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Milford chronicle., 1909-11-26

Just arrived.-TwO cars Wsccsmaw'
Cedar shingles. 1. d. Short.
Milford chronicle., 1909-11-26
RCadia Butter
Is truly a GOOD BUTTER

Good-Because 1t is pure.
Good Because It contains only about
4 per cent. moisture, while most butter
shows % per cent-and over.
Good-because 1t comes to you in her
meticaiiy sealed packages, retaining all
the natural favor Of the Butter.
Good-because the very excellence Of It
has set a new standard Of quality in but
ter making.
Gocd-because it has come to be recog-
nized as the BEST Butter on the market
to-day.
Good-because it is made In Delaware
bv firm that has made Purify and Quail
ity the first consideration in every pro-
duct which 1t offers for sale
Task your Grocer for ACADIA;
and bear in mind please, there is
none other Just as good. "
For sale in Milford by
E. c. PIERCE.
1[ieLaLekoaDn .EarAzs
MIDDLETOwN, DEL.
Pure Dairy Products.
Milford chronicle., 1909-11-26

Ofdfe Qf DeidW0fe, C0HnLY V AeHEi -
IL. B. SMITH, Cashier OF the abOve-named bank,
do sOemnly swear that the above statement Is
true to the best Of my knowledge and belief
j. B. SMITH, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn 70 before me this 22nd
day OF November, 1909.
GARDNER W. JOSEPH, Notary Public
CORRECT-Attest;
R. II, WLMAMs' ,,-....
ISAAC s TRUITT Directors.
JOSEPH f. HOLLAND
Milford chronicle., 1909-11-26
Uniform Rate Une Cent a Word
Each Insertion.

II you have want InaJ you think some
man in Milford can I'LL, take in the whole
neld at once by inserting a want ad in the
CHRONICLE.
There's no half way business about the
CHRONICLE. IL gets right eut among all the
people Who are worth talking to. And your
man Is In town you'll hnd him. There's no
doubt about that.
The rate is one cent a word each insertion.
II you have pig for sale. or have lost any
thing. put II in this column.
Milford chronicle., 1909-11-26
NO. 234o.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION.
OF THE
First natiCnaI Bank
NO. 2a4o

At Milford, in the State OF Delaware, at the Gloss
Of business November 10, 1903:
RESOURCES.
The Newtown bee., 1909-09-10
eeeeeeeeeeesesee
 New Milford.
 TOWN AND VILLAGE COMMENT. OSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSS

Hatch X Marsh, passed several days at the state fair at Hartford, this week.
The Newtown bee., 1909-09-10

Palm Rebekah Lodge, No. 43, vii hold one of their enjoyable socia dances in Odd Fellows hall, on Wed nesday evening, September 15. Mu sic by Prof Whitney's orchestra Tickets including refreshments, soc
 Homer Landis of Poughkeepsie, N Y, is in town, calling on his man! friends. He stopped at the Parl View House.
 Miss Florence Farr, whose work 1T the emotional part of Aga tna Reniel in the play Miss Petticoats," is saiC to possess more charm, grace anC magnetism than any other female star.
 FRank Isbell of Poughkeepsie, N r., was an over Sunday guest of his daughter, Mrs Charles H. Osborne making the trip on his bicycle.
 Charles DonnelIy and Miss Ada Calvin of Bridgeport were over Sun day guests of Mr and Mrs Henry Donnelly.
 H. A. Palmer has returned from his vacation and is again on duty at the c. H. Booth & Bentley Co.
 Mrs L. M. Platt of Bridgeport has been visiting MT and Mrs s. H. Mor- gan.
 MT and Mrs Joseph Titus returned Monday from their trip to Colorado.
 q love my minstrel show, but! Oh, you Miss Petticoats.'
 Michael Lynch, the affable clerk at Noble's Drug store, is enjoying his annual vacation.
 Rev and Mrs Frederick Wright of Brooklyn, who nave been spending the summer in town, returned to the city, Tuesday afternoon.
 c. D. Pulver passed two days, last week, at Coney Island ana Dream land"
 Charles Brinton of Elgin, H., who has been sick with typhoid fever, is now conyalescent and able to sit up.
 Mrs Engles ana Mrs Hamilton of Washington Depot were in town, Tuesday, dining at the Park View house.
 Samuel Porter of Goshen is assist ing in the store of w. G. Barton dur ing the absence of the Barton Broth- CTS.
 The family of W. G. Barton are en- toying a sojourn at Walnut Beach.
 F. w. White, of Weed & Co.,, of New Haven was in town, Tuesday, the guest of Frank Evitts.
 F. J. Hatch passed Labor Day in Danbury. 3
 Philip Welles, the esteemed editor of the Gazette, passed Friday in Gay- louisville and vicinity, the guest of Clarence Evans.
 MT and Mrs c. B. Riddiford passed Tuesday in Winsted. On Monday Mir Riddiford attended the races at Charter Oak Park. x
 James Marsh and George B. Ack- ley, of the popular firm of Ackley,
The Newtown bee., 1909-09-10
MRS LYDIA ADDS ARNOLD.

The funeral of Mrs Lydia Addis Arnold, who died on Saturday at Cornwall Bridge, took place on Mon day from All Saints church at D.. D: m., Rev F. B. Draper officiating. The pallbearers were J. H. More house, w. J. Keller, Leslie Osborne Grd Wilbur Marcy. Mrs Arnold was 22 years ana seven months old. She was q daughter of the late Constable Charles Addis. The burial was in the Center cemetery. Funeral ni rector Hubert Thomas had the ar arrangements in charge.
The Newtown bee., 1909-09-10

only S1; also fine fat ones, 5c and 10c each. At Farmers Trading Co.
 "W'de Mouth" telephone jars for canning at Charles I. Leach's.
 Harrington Castle and Newport blend of coffee will please you. At Charles I. Leach's.
 Ray Leach, Stanley Warner, Leslie and Herbert Marsh, attended a clam bake at Mauwehoo Lake in Sherman, Monday.
 Leona and Aileen Hawley of Brook field have been spending some time with their grandparents, Mir and Mrs Charles Conkrite of Gaylordsville.
The Newtown bee., 1909-09-10

Wilbur Osborne, of the firm of Os borne & Stone, is taking a weeks va cation, passing it in New Milford ant vicinity.
 Joseph Golden returns on Thurs. day from New York, Mrs Golden re turning with him. The stores of Golden Brothers will be closed Thursday, Friday and Sat. urday, September 16, IT and IS, the new year holidays of the Jewish church.
 Miss Caro- Sanford lies critically ill Dr Stuart was called to see her Monday, in consultation with Dr F E. King.
 Dr and Mrs B. E. Bostwick have re- turned after a sOiourn of three weeks on the coast of Maine. On Monday Dr Bostwick visited the Orange fair with City Editor Emerson of the Sentinel.
 Don't miss the special sale on tea and coffee commencing Saturday, for a limited time. 35c tea 25c; soc tea 40c; COG tea soc; 25c coffee 2Oc; BOG coffee 25c; at Farmers Trading Co.
 Look at the beautiful presents given with tea and coffee at the Farmers Trading Go.
 Bargains in pails of New Macherel
The Newtown bee., 1909-09-10
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
 NOTES.

Services will be held on Sunday morning at Roger Sherman hall at the usual hour of morning worschip. Rev G. H. Johnson, the pastor, will preach on Christ and the Common People,"
The Newtown bee., 1909-09-10
THE CHARMING MISS PETIT
 COATS"

The mission of dispelling gloom
 with sunshine ard brightness is in-
 doe1 glorioIs and iii probably 10 bet
 ter or larger field of usefulness today
 can this mission be fulfilled than in
 that of the world of the theater.
 Nearly everyone attends the theater
 nowadays and no more fascin-
 ating, uplifting, powerful sermon
 could be preached than a perform
 ance of that ideal New England play,
 Miss Petticoats." How it grips the
 heartstrings with the memories of
 youth; how it charms the eye with
 the beauty and fragrance of New
 England scenes; how delightful to
 mingle in the joy and sorrows of
 these fine type of true hearted men
 and women, descended from the good old Puritan stock. The potency of the smile to drive away the tear is
 recognized all over the world and the most charming parsonage today on the stage is Miss Petticoats' so- called, as a pet name, by olu Capt Stewart of New Bedford, who 
 brought up his granddaughter on board the old whaler at an ancient wharf. His shipmates were her play mates and through a. her struggles and triumphs, they stayed by her through thick and thin and their honest, spicy wit provides much fun in the play. Their four-in-hand dance at the ball of the Countess Fournay is a novel and amusing feature and brings down the house. When the book was written about five years ago it was widely read and ldlhCu OFOl duu OfOl yUllC DOCdLlC ld~ miliar with the scarlet cloak of Miss Petticoats' and were anxious to see it produced as a play for it's many points of interest. It was first pre- sented at the Boston theater and was pronounced a brilliant play with a great future and has fulfilled these prophecies. It has made a distinct hit wherever produced, having emo- tional power combined with a real navor of New England wit that leaves clear sweet taste behind. A very we'll trained company of se- lected actors and actresses will give this popular play at the New Mil ford Opera house on Friday, Septem- Der "A, for one night only. Under the auspices of the Odd Fellows.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

has been abandoned for a Capitol
building and a mansion that are the
last word of modern ut1litarian1sm.
The patient burro-New Mexico's CHIEF
means Of transportation for genera
ttons-is being met on the highways
by automobiles, and Jose, the burro
driver, has gazed with mild wonder
upon the goggle-eyed chauffeur. And
out on the broad plains, that AVE
known only sheepherders and cowboys
since the days of Coronado and de
Vaca. homesteaders have made a YER
fable checkerboard Of ranches.
According to the Posta, Guide, more
new post offices are being opened In
New Mexico, in proportion to the pop
ulation, than in any other State or
Territory. Not alone are thousands
of acres being reclaimed under 1rriga-
ton schemes, but dry farmers are
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

Woman has been handicapped
through the ages by being brought UP
to think that there Is not much worth
while In life outside of marriage. writes
Orison SWEET Marden In Success Maya
zine.
How many precious years AMI op-
p%ortunities for growth, for life Ell
largement she has missed while walt
ing for marriage!
Even to-day, in this splendid age, we
see young women everywhere with
just waiting, waiting. waiting for what
they have been brought up to believe
Is the supreme event Of their lives.
Many of them might broaden their edu-
cation and improve themselves wonder
fully while they are waiting for the
right man to come along. Did they
but know it, they are not half as likely
to find the right man while waiting
inactively as when they are vigorously
preparing themselves for n large and
useful life.
1t is most unfortunate that any girl
should be brought up to-day with the
%antiquated idea that marriage Is every
thing, and hat other things do not
A1unt much.
The traditions Of the past, however.
are rapidly falling away from the
emancipated woman Of the twentieth
century. In this new era tens Of Gus
ands of girls h>a"1 found glorious open
ings in all departments Of life. Vast
fields OF usefulness are awaiting wom-
an on every side. She is realizing that
achievement is seXless; that she can
be just as Independent as man, and
that there are just as many oppor-
tunities and fields Of usefulness for
her.
Who can estimate what this new era
means to the plain girl. the girl with
splendid mental powers, but who may
be physically u~nattractlve, or who may
prefer a single life?
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11
Calling the Deaf,

'To waken q deaf person who wishes
to be called at a certain time In the
morning Is about the hardest PROPOSE
ton a hotel clerk runs up against"
said a member Of that fraternity. ITO
ring the Telephone Is useless, because
the man can't hear. Knocking, for the
same reason, is futile. Now and then a
guest who has lost his hearing suggests
that he leave his door open so we can
walk right III and shake him, but even
if he does appear to be dead game there
are so many chances Of somebody less
guilele0 than ourselves walking in
ahead Of Us that we can't consent to
that simple expedient. 1t seems to me
the nan who can patent a device for
waking the deaf Is sure Of fame and
fortune, not to mention the gratitude
of the brotherhood of hotel clerks"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

There is a difference Of opinion "a
to perfumed hair some women, nice
ones, too, think a faint, elusive, In
dividual fragrance to the hair correct,
while other women are strong IN their
condemnation of scented tresses.
IL you are not one Of the women
who think perfumed hair vulgar. you
may ike to know how to impart an
odor to 1t instead of paying to have 1t
done by the hairdresser.
The best time is Immediately after
the hair is shampooed, while 1t IL still
slightly damp. Pour five or six drops
Of oil Of lavender, oil of jasmine or
oil Of violet In the palm OF your and
and rub 1t over the bristles of q clean,
rather stiff hair brush.
Brush the hair thoroughly for five or
ten minutes, and you will carry around
for n week a faint, delicate fragrance.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11
A woman.s Question.

Before trust my fate 20 thee,
Or place my hand IN thine;
Before you get your overcoat
Or help me OH with mine
Before ] peril all for thee,
Question thy soul tonight for me,
Before we stir Il single step,
Stand back and let ME know;
Does my black skirt touch on the sides,
And does the white skirt show!
Speak now, lest at some future day
My whole life wither and decay.
Look deeper still within thy soul,
And let me learn my fate;
Am l all buttoned down the back
And is my hat on straight:
Let no false pity spare the blow
But in true mercy tell me so.
Gaze on my face and answer true,
Before we start to go;
Can'st thou detect the rosaline
And does the talcum show?
II so at any pain or cost,
Oh, tell me now ere all is lost!
Nay, answer not thou could'st not tell,
The words would come too late;
Get on thy hat and hurry up,
We haven't time to wait.
Whatever in my heart may fall.
Remember, l must risk it all!
Puck.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

Here is a clever notion-a fog BELL
said an old New England fisherman.
On a bleak, gray afternoon they
stood at the seashore-the old man and
his city cousin from Boston. A great
bell hung from a scaffold, and under
a metal owe hung a great sponge.
This here machinery is wound up
REGULAR" the fisherman explained, "and
this here sponge is kept under cover
so as the rain can't get at 1t. In dry
weather, Materially, the sponge is dry
and light; in foggy, though, it gets
heavy with fog solicitations, just heavy
enough for to press down the lever that
starts the machinery a-going. Then,
dingdong, %ding-dong, sounds the bell In
the fog, savin' many a fisherman from
wreck OIL this rock bound coast"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11
Tz1L anu T6Hce/
aXam@ewT

rale-tOned gloves are being worn in
Paris more than white ones for smart
afternoon dress.
Satin Is best left untr1mmed, al
though for afternoon gowns for spring
1t will be among the most popular IA
brics.
Hats Of fine coral chip, as well as
the once more popular %crinoline, will
be seen, with wide-spreading brims
curled up on n side.
A rather wide band Of ribbon.
brought up around the hair and tied in
a broad, girlish bow at one side, is n
French head finish much favored.
bangles, ~tassels, fringes, all are in
order, and passenlenterle drop trim
mings may be found in all the modlsh
colors and in the metallic, pearl, jet
and crystal effects.
Metallic tissues and nets are being
brought out in amazing variety. Every
shade of gold, silver, gun metal and
bronze is represented, and there are,
too, all of the colors shot with metal.
Net girdles of wide soft mesh, EN-
broidered boldly in ~ribbousine Ga lus-
trous Gber) and frInged with this same
, r%ibbousine, are offered in many Of the
fashionable colors and in white, which
may be dyed to any shade.
Rafia has been woven into extraor-
dinarily smart bags and belts, the
straw often being oddly but delight,
fully studded with se%miprecious stones.
whose color shows attractively upou
the soft shade of the straw.
Heads are no longer crinkled and
rated past all semblance Of humanity
The simpler the better, say the know.
ing ones. If your style" permits a do
mure wave flowing away from a classic
center part, so much the luckier 70,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

the red, red West were coming back again. Again we
may look for lurld stories from real life riyal1ng the
doings of Diamond Dick, Dare Devil Harry, the Ter
ror of Raw-Hide Gulch," Dead Shot Jimmy, the NAH
eater of Bloody Mountain, and other heroes OF our long
gone boyhood days.
The Colorado incident comes as the elimination OF
a series Of train robberies during the past decade which
indicate that the West is by no means the decadent
and efete land which many of us had almost become
ready to believe. The series began with the comic hold
up in Missouri some years ago, when a country school
teacher with a broken horse pistol held up the train
which was CARRYING the Governor of the state to the
capital and got away with the express bags. This rob-
Der also performed his work at the gates OF a great
city, the train being only a few miles out Of st. Louis
when the robbery occurred. The Denver robbers, how
ever, adjured the broken horse pistol and did their
work with the aid of an automobile.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11
Cracks In Floors.

There are three methods Of filling
cracks IN floors. First, dissolve n
pound Of glue In two gallons Of water.
Stir into this enough fine sawdust to
make a thick paste and fill the cracks
with it. The paste may be colored to
match the wood. Second, fill the cracks
with putty. One can make the putty by
mixing whiting and linseed oil together
and kneeding 1t until the paste is
smooth. The putty may also be colorcd
to match the wood. Third, soak finely
shredded paper In water and boil 1t
until 1t is soft pulp, and to every two
gallons add n pound Of glue. The
cracks must be filed solid and even
with the boards.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11
$4,000 acres, and is increasing rapid

$4,000 acres, and is increasing rapid
ly.
Santa Fe, the ancient capital of the
Territory, Is n of the most interest
Ing cities in America. 1t had been an
Indian pueblo at the time Of its dis
covery and occupation by the Span
iards in the latter half of the six
teenth century and has remained the
seat Of government eve since. In 1850
the Indians revolted and drove out the
Spaniards, out after fourteen years
the latter regained the ascendency and
the Spaniards and their descendants,
the MeXicans, continued to govern the
Territory from Santa Fe until the
Americans, under General Kearney,
took possession, in 1916.
Two-thirds Of the present popula-
ton Of Santa Fe Is Mexican. The
boys who drive the wood-laden burros
from the distant mountains are Mex
leans. The man who sells you gro
ceries would rather talk Spanish than
Omitted States" and official docu-
ments are printed in the language Of
the Dons as well as in our own unor-
nate means of communication. The
influence of the Spanish pioneers Is
everywhere visible. One sits in the
| plaza in the center Of town, and looks
upon the long, one-storied structure
that was graced with the name Of
palace by the long line Of Spanish
governors that lived in it.
One hears the silver tinkle of m
ancient bell, and it calls him to Did
San Miguel Church-the hoariest re-
ligous structure in the country, save
one. The adobe walls of the old
church have been repaired, but in gen.
eral outlines 1t Is the same as when
the old Spanish pioneers built 1t. A
little way from he old church n is
directed to the Oldest house in the
country-and SO one wanders through
| the streets of Santa Fe, sometimes
amused, but always fascinated.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11
TO EVADE ARMY SERVICE.
Some Clever Tricks Resortcd to By
COnscripts Abroad

Some Clever Tricks ResOrtcd to By
Conscripts bros
In the countries Of Europe in which
the military CONSUMPTION exists many
tricks are resorted to by conscript~ in
order to escape service. Often men
have been known to- mutilate them
selves, as by cutting off a foret1nger,
in order to render themselves unfit for
the service. Pretended inability to see
great difficulty, but pretended deafness
sometimes battles the examiners
A counter trick on the part Of the
officers was for some time effective
against this fraud. The recruiting Of
ficer, after a conscript had pretended
to be deaf, remarked in an ordinary
tone OF voice: You are unfit for the
service, and are, therefore, free" In
many cases the recruit showed by ev1-
lent signs Of satisfaction that he had
heard the remark.
He was then recalled, told that he
had been detected in his fraud and
sent to the barracks.
After a time, however, the conscripts
became too wary to be caught In this
trap. They had heard Of the trick and
were consequently on the lookout for
this remark and when it was uttered
they made no sign of intelligence.
Lately the French officers have in
vented a new trap. the success Of
which is a curious illustration Of the
ingrained courtesy, or at least the as,
sumption Of courtesy, on the part Of
F%renchmen of all classes.
After the You are free" has failed
to excite any sign of understanding in
the recruits face the command to 90
Is shouted at lin. He starts out Of
the room, the door of which is held
open by mechanical means. AS he pass,
es through it the officer says:
you might at least shut the door %
This little unjust impeachment of
the mans politeness is said in nine
cases out Of ten OF pretended deafness
to result In q quick turning Of the
mans head. He is then called back
and told hat he has peer found fit for
the service.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11
CIRCUS CaILDRl.y.
Tbs Making Of trrnhais Begins At
ram EIF!y Aup. .a#

This Making OF ,rroaa,s Besius At
IAN Earl.
It Is nothing unusual for he larger
clrcnses to carry thirty and forty chill
dTeH, ranging AL the WY from mere
babies to boys anil girls Of 10 and 16
years of age. Tho majority are travel
ing with their parents, both the father
and mother doing daily duty IN the
ring, and while often they are trained
to follow In the steps Of their elders
they are seldom allowed to perform In
pu0lic,
II Is d common belief among cincua
iaen that the pprf0rmer whose train
Ing II not started until after the age Of
& viii seldom make n distinctive rec
ord. Following the afternoon show I
Otter. saw groups of boys, some Of
whom could not have been owe 4 and
5 years old. rrlrticing rudimentary
somersnultS and hand springs. while
their parents lo0Nrd on with Il graft
fed smile. These were the families Of
the circus ~nristo'rary, who treasure the
records Of their ancestors with the
pride of Il son in his fathers sword
am. who see no more inspiring calling
for their own children than that Of the
great white canvas.
Not that their education is neglected
in other respects. Several of II famt-
lies often hire an Neutrality-suspicious.
one Of the performers who has h time
and ability Tor such wOrk-to coach
their children in the standard studies.
One circus has Il travelling school for
the Youngsters. If they are to be aero
bats. they are to be educated a%crObats.
Bohemian Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

Wrestling crops, without irrigation,
from lands that heretofore have been
regarded as irredeemable desert.
In the fiscal year Of 1908 there
were 1852 homestead entries, cover
ing 2,2ss, 7O4 acres and 97O desert en-
tries, covering 162,43O acres. Four
ffths Of these entries were made by
'homesteaders'' from other parts OF
the country-men and women attract
cd to the southwest by Its fine eli
mate and its farming possibilities. In
two years there have been 10000 home
stead entries in the Territory, cover
ing more than 100000 acres, and
Gov. George Curry estimates that New
Mexico now has a population OF more
than 100000. In five years Roosevelt
County, in the southeastern part OF
the Territory, which was regarded az
hopeless desert a decade ago., has
grown from 5000 population to 10000.
Not alone II New Mexico being 81