Milford chronicle., 1910-01-28
ELLENUALE.

our Iast letter which gave Mr. Reed the honest
credit due hin Is the hero Of the Harry jester
nre has brought him many congratulations
and Justly arouses his modest pride and also
arouses the jealously Of ssme Of 7. Bakers
ri -nds who claim him 10 be q more worthy
and ever greater hero than Mr. Reed and this
event brings Nr Bakers gailantry 10 our at
iention. whose deeds Of chivslry are liken ur-
20 this Tommy Baker Is the tlue ard trusted
agent at the Queen-A nne station, where all
traias take wafer as they pass. one night dur.
ing the cold snap when Il was near zero the
train from Baltimore came 20 the ianE loaded
with passengers and the engine was out OF
( water and could not proceed any further with
I out it and as the engine pulled the leaveT 10
( the tank it was found TO be detached from the
wave at the bottom Of the tank and no water
could be had unless the valve could be iifted
/ and every cor rceivaole plan that could be sug-
gested failed and al last when everybody gave
Up 10 despair ard the passengers became panic
I stricken our brave Tommy Baker came 70 the
rescue and mounted the tank full OF water and
taking an Ak he cut the Ice from the top. pulled
of bissboes. hataud cost and then dived head
dst 10 feet 20 the bottom OF this tan e. lifted the
/ valve aud turned IL back. then came 10 the sur-
face. ran 20 bis home two squares aTay, with
hair and clothes a mass Of ice, while the train
proceeded on It's wsy the tank emptied Itself
Mr.. Baker changed his clothing. repaired The
crank, started the pumping engine and by
morning it was ready 20 water the early train
aud he suffered 20 iiic1uventence from his daE-
Ing experience and the incident passed with
out notice or comment. This a true story and
we wonder iftae railroad company really ap-
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has yet been heard OF but 10 tnis case it is
espec.a ally deserving.
Pusiism has struck the younger boys ofour
town and on Monday two o. our fourteen year
old school boys SPARED Few rounds 10 regu-
lar Johnson-Jeferies style and both stuck to
the ring until blood was running from nose,
mouth and eyes and u showed p'ainly that
there must be a knock out 10 name toe wiune-
So neice WAS the encounter that u became
necessary for interference and draw was The
result.
The Beef Boycott that is raging So fercely 10
the cities has sirucs EIendale and Lemuel
Holston. an active citizen Of this dstric, Is
circulating a petition and many citizens I'VE
izned not 10 purchase any more meat until the I
extreme hign prices are reduced. Notwith-
standing this Boycott there Is sttii more meat
coming to 10 IN and auoiher meat shop has .
been opened here 10 Mrs. Lekiies store house,
by J T. Lind.e who has moved here with his .
family from Townsend. New Castle County.
While walking by the Red Mems Hall on
Tuesday evening, We heard the most terrific .
snd deafeuing racket that resem bled a large .
negro camp meeting or the ciashiHg OF two
large armies 10 battle and upon Information
we learned that several women we're iniaieing
Miss JenneIte Warren into the Focahontos
tribe so It Is very evide . that gang Of row
dies are not ia lt With a large gathering OF the
genller sex.
Mrs. Joseph Fisher is just niuety years old.
but is now very IN az the home OF her son. VII.
liam Fisher near town
John A. CleHdaniel is Just eighty nine. He
Is hale and hearty and alert mentally but is be-
coming quite deaf aud aas extremely poor
syesight
our enterprising barber Harvey Wilson. has
accepted the agency for the steam Laundry al
Milford and sends great bundles Of laundry
away on Mondays and the same is returned
on Thursdays He Is receiving q large patron
age.
Mr. and Mr.. Howard Anderson. Mr.. and
Mrs. James Jester. ard Mrs. Florence Russell
have returned afler week OF p easure iu
Phnade. phia.
Miss Rattle Reed uas gone 10 Potutown,
strssourg. ard Philadelphia for tWo weeks
WISH 10 her old school mates.
N 81 Mary Dicserson no Is teaching school
In Broadkun Neck, sud her friend samuel
Walls, spent sunday with her parents here
Henry Laundry has returned 10 iii nda'e
amer spsudlng the hoiisys with his family n
Canada
Alexander Warren has completed a new
barn aud stables wnicu Is eat Improve
meut 10 bis already nice town property.
esquire e egood is haulng large lot Of
framing 90 MS town ioi preparing ioT building
activity shen spring ope-s. Paul Pry.