Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-04

Town.
Why not have a gymnasium in OF
school yard.
Notice to sportsmen The dog poisone
is again at work.
The pupils of the High School are anxi
Gus for the opening.
Thieves have been stealing fishing net
along our bay shore.
Quite a number of blue fish have beef
caught along our shore.
The last cold east winds have caused al
epidemic in this vicinity.
The salt hay crop on our marshes il
said to be in fine condition.
Holly and hOllyberries are said to b,
plentiful and in fine condition.
There were twenty-five bathers in tn,
waters Of our river last Saturday
Many of our tomato growers complain
of the tomato rotting on the vines
Oysters have been picked up on Cedar
Creek bar this week by the bushel.
Quite a number of English rabbits were
turned out in Cedar Neck last week.
The peach crop is nearly finished and
the growers have made a good profit.
Frank A. Robbins Show will exhibit in
Milford on Saturday, September 18th.
The apple crop is fine one and the
cider makers have commenced business.
Two large birds known as cranes were
killed on one OF our meadows this week.
Quite a few English snipe have been
killed this week around the land springs.
A mad dog was shot this week in Cedar
Neck after it had bitten large number
of dogs.
The steamer Richie departed this week
with a full load Of tomatoes for the city
market,
Thieves with a wagon stole a large
number of melons from one of our growers
this week.
Fox hunters say the sport will be fine
this fall as a large number of foxes have
been seen.
Trappers report that the outlook for
muskrats was never known to be more
While asleep on porch in this town
last week young farmer was robbed of
sixty dollars.
Tea berries are said to be very plentiful
this season. They should be gathered
about October.
Woodcock shooting in this vicinity will
be failure this fall as very few birds
have been seen.
Base ball players and crap shooters put
n Sundays on the outskirts of our town
n large numbers.
For the first time in many years there
$ not a vessel on the stock in either of
he local shipyards.
The catching of king crabs along our
hore this season, and which has just
.losed, was failure.
The diggers Of mananoes say they are
more plentiful along the bay shore than
or many seasons past.
Quite a number Of pigeons have been
tolen lately by the night providers, one
arty losing thirty-tive.
Chicken thieves are still plying their
rade in this vicinity and quite number
prize chickens taken.
Prospects are encouraging for turkey
rop as the hatch was good and they es-
lped the late transforms
Shirt-waist girls were out in force on
II streets last Saturday under the inhu-
ice of the warm sunshine.
There were never known to be as few
ling vessels trading in and out of our
yer as at the present time.
Quite a number of boating parties are
It on our river every fair evening and
e music they put forth is fine.
Several cabins belonging to our fisher
en- and gunners have been broken into
ID robbed during the past few nights.
Butter Beans we're never known to be
plentiful as at the present season and
l in our market tor 5 cents per quart.
The storm OF last week broke the beach
several places. No great damage was :
is done outside of net washed away. d
The glass blowers of New Jersey who F
We been staying at Cedar Beach for two
)nths broke camp last week for home.
Look out for counterfeiters as they are 2
,und and have passed bogus coin on a
mber of our inhabitants the past week. y
Dur farmers have in store a large num-
{ of quarter, half and whole barrels of A
ut for winter use at a cost of SIS a barrel. IN
The sportsmen of Cedar and Slaughter
cks have had fine sport shooting mud
Is they being plentiful on the marshes.
NE storm of last week brought large G..
nifty of lumber, chairs, bottles and
er miscellaneous articles along our bay =
ore.
he corn crop in this section is said to
ine. Our farmers commenced last week
avirg the fodder which is in splendid
dition.
harles Humphreys, with some friends
n the city, caught one day last week in
river over three hundred perch. This
done by angling.
any farmers about here deny a report
the average of tomatoes will fall