Milford chronicle., 1910-05-06
MILTON NEWS.

Senator Owens Of Oklahoma. sometime back
Introduced bEll n Congress creating depar.
ment Of health, with a cabinet officer At ia
head During the latter part OF March in !
speech In support Of the bill he declared there
are 6OOiOOO lives sacrificed annually because OF
Ignorance, and neglect Of sanitary and health
laws" In addition to the 500 900 cases of fatal
illness annually, he asserted "that an average Of
S,OOOOOO persons were constantly sick with pre-
ventable deseases" He further declared 'tbat
with proper attention TO the prevention Of con-
tagion and 70 the protection Of the people against
the use Of polluted drinking water and impure
and uHduiterated food human life could be
greatly extended and that the average might be
increased 70 the extent OF q years within the
century, On account Of the opposition of
many Senators, the bill is not likely to become
law yet we all know, who observe the difference
in the health Of the people of Sussex and Kent
Counties, than what it was thirty oreven twenty
years ago. Beyond these periods Il was a com
mon thing 10 see men aud women during the
autumn, and other seasons, going around. (
drawn up, with apparently no blood within
them. what's the n atter?'-"O, I've got the
Chi is and ieversP We scarcely see any of this /
III " 7-days. what's the reason" BETTER
dts aageH'--"Party; out ot all together 20
~ We wells is the great factor. that gives pure
watrr and wards OF disease [ have seen walls
In the lower part of this con t. aud they NAV
still exist where one could stand and din the
water out of the we'll after moderate rain. for
the use Of the family aud the family wasoompel.
led 10 use it. II had no other now recall one
vel! IN particular situated in a pound for the
use Of the cattle and horses; and during and ar
Ter rain, the water was colored with the sedi.
ment collected from this pound This the cattle
drank and the family used the milk. Conld
anyone expect good heath from such use
That condition may exist IN thst locality vet
but eonditious are not so IN Broadkiln, and
btoadki'n has fairly good nealth attributable to
drive wells and better drainage.
Last week We were through the dlstricr ,vbera
a great fire ragged three weeSs or more ago u
There are hundreds of acres Of burnt thinner I
mostly pine, that are blackened oy the fire
That resiou is very sombre on in appearance
IL must have been "a narrowing time 70 the peo.
pie Who were hemmed in By that fire. They
say u was There are three houses that we saw.
which 70 ook at now. seem MIRACULOUS that they .
should nave csc ped obstruction Their saIva :
uon was due to the HeTcuean efforts of tbos. "
VINO we're lighting for their homes The roof of
one nome was ou nre several time. ana altbougb "
the 1901 was party oufhed was saved There
Is now an immense quantity OF timber nr4spp,- ~
a6y killed, but if cut sopn. may robabl,. ba
utilized for Sc me OF the many pun poses TO which
LUMBER IS applied. IAe pine, II eft standtuo
iohg VIII become 20 to- gin that il cannot be |
'plit for cord wood aud doub less hundreds Of
cores oi wood Will rot on tue ground already ~
covered with the oiackened fallen branches A.
rum ne trees. During this great confagration
iieh faseu several days and eou.d be plainly 10,
ZEE from Milton, the people we're terrified and -,
%
ialiy no lives were lost; yet many frightened VI
cope, who we're then in danger. may 1tve -
ecall this event IN the years to come. Much of
bis timbered 4and oe'ong to the Cafey brothers l'
nd sisters. Of Glenside. Pa. aud CHEYENNE Wv -,
ming and ex-Judge Jo 'eph Carey Of the latter
'ty was down last week 10 negotiate tor the dis. -,
osai oi the timoer. His sister Miss Susie ID =
afs7 OF 5lenslde, Pa. was so here The sale -
the timber Is 20 the di, osal of the after
Lnroushout the soptntrn aud southeastern 80.
Il u Broadkiiu Hundred. the wheat pre,en,, ~
yellow sickly appearance The farm of Dr
ines A. Hopkius, near town and tensnted bv -1D -"
1Di' Kitchens, has the finest field we have vet
- 10 our amble Il is very thick and of a n
ETY. green appearance Kitchens is good We
mef. works well, attends To his business and
Is that every thing under his charge. is In a
oyer state Of beiig. Wish we could say this of ia
sry Ose. u,s,'
There are lots Of the old-fashioned aworm n
ic- IN bFoadkhn yet. Fuis fence is also "
led stake aud rider fence I believe sp,
Fougn some portious OF the heretofore unex y,
gums we iound much Of this past
'1os' O''' Oi course out having been 'Te- bes.
his spring particularly for enclosure for n,
lie PASTURE and By the way all of the prac A.
. Of half century ago are not obsolete AZ,
it " EEK we saw women and girls IN the fields orsn
piping corn, aud covering tt with hoes Also .ior
o.d fashioned ship Jack" was at work But W
re are, with all these Old fashioned relics the Tn
dern Improvements In agricultural work Tn
= i'm proved planter is visible In many fields N,
vel As many other mOdernisms. rao,
here was quite frost on Friday morning Nrs
potato tops that are peeping through the AIR
in5 bear evidence 70 this fact. vi,h
iss Ida Ponder and niece Mis- Sarah Ponder III,
Visiting Milton aud are stopping a. Hotel for n
Mir
- lsuia o. Oonner represented the NJ. stivel
day School, as delegate at the state Conven old h
J held in Wilmington, last week, after which Mis-
visited her sister in Philadelphia, returning ana
e On Monday Jam
,vor John c. ZONES real as,. ,,o,, beaui
rtay the old ex-Gov Pouder mansion house Mi Sis
sbIo sale. The building and lot was bid of Nea
ivsr gs1zard ~ ssoo N 49,, s'',',, ~ Bowe
ava -1-ae-tN AeA eosVu1t hAlu uulluluU lot
ining was struck OF to the sane person for
ton was represented at the ". C. 7. o.. ~
lty Convention held at Lincoln on Thurs.
y last week. by Mrs. Gesfge Waples. Mrs ~
e Black. Nrs. Carrie Hurd, Miss Lillian ~
, Miss sa, ie Lofand, Miss Maggie Holland
Lizzie davidson, Miss Lille Davidson. -
Sarah Aisins Miss Mary Robbins, and Mis- Tr..di'
e Conner. iSss,, gons