Milford chronicle., 1910-12-09
MILTON NEWS.

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How different are the changes
Since forty years ago
When girls wore home spun dresses,
And boys wore pants OF tow
/ ne girls took music lessons
Upon the spinning wheel,
And praeteed late and early
On spindle, shaft and reel,-
] he boys would ride horse back to mill
Some dozen miles OF
And scamper of before twas day
Some forty years ago
The death Of an aged woman las, week whom
knew many years ago, and the manner Of life in
which she then lived, vvidly recall the above lines
The times are, indeed, changed since forty years
1 ago. When 6rst came into Sussex county. pair
of oxen, an old cart, plo,v and harrow and pos
sibly horse was the tout ensemble Of the average
renter farmer And when he rented a farm it was
generally stipulated with the landlord that he-the
renter-was to cut and sell enough pine wood to
keep his family in gToeeries.' As matter Of fact
most Of the farmers time was employed in cutting
and hauling pine wood to the neglec, Of his crop.
And at the end Of the year the tenan, had but little
and the landlord had less This condition has
ceased to exist The pine wood currency as a cur
reney, is more. Land owners have turned their
attention to the improvement Of their land and the
high state Of cultivation. producing more than their
owners ever dreamed Of in their highest fever Of
delirum The ods,yle ,enan, is either dead, or has
driited with the current into the new order Of
things, and is enjoying ife beyond his widest ex-
peetstions. The me,amorphosis is indeed, great
and everything has kept pace with the enlightened
order of the twentieth regime. Do farmers live
easisr9 yes, indeed. ! remember in my younger
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the woods splitting rails to fence his farm; or in
fencing that farm, and now he spends three months
in other pursuits and lets the State Legislature fence
his farms BY passing hog laws, and other laws
concerning sl1sys" o, yes these are the days Of
Improvements and high living. People live faster,
enjoy life better, and die, almost, without notice
A college professor and married man has been
making attacks on college girls saying they don't
make good wives etc. etc. The editor Of the
Philadelphia Inquirer in commenting on the above
remarks after making other good points College /
graduates Of the male persuasion do not want edu-
Gated wives, because they fear dsilusion Ignorant
men want them because they consider them prizes
So they are. No home is really happy ysithou,
wife who can read Greek and solve problems in
lferential calculus. This is the reason for the ae-
ivity Of the divorce courts When all women go to
will be established to be sure
Allowing for the sarcasm in the above it may be
aid there is truth in its outlining than ariea
ure. Whether college girls do, or do not make
good wives, is an experiment to the prospector Of
natrimony. There are many men VINO have been
after the knot has been tied We
,now Of a man-his widow resides in Milton
Who said if he ever married again, he would never
marry school teacher. He will never marry again.
ie is dead In regard to the writer about the col
sge girl married one. She couldn't read
ireek' but she was fairly educated for the time.
he could make an old-fashioned country poneand
i've her husband the enjoyment Of life. She in
er youth a pupil Of DR.. James A Hopkins.
'hioh is recommendation enough for her eduea-
on. She died nine years ago to-day, November
lth, the mother Of eight children
Steamer Marie Thomas was burned at Milton
oek on Friday evening Dec. 2nd The steamer
as under libel by Pennsylvania drm, and the
caring came of on the date Of the fire At about
of the clock the people Of Milton were aroused
ON their slumbers by the church bells, and the
readed cry through the streets of FIRE FIRE = :
very one, even John B Welch was soon on the
-ound, and whence, and where, was the Mecca Of
]. The unusual call, and the startling dishabile,
at were eonglomerated at the public dock were
simile Of the paraphernalia Of the town, At the
.gnning Of the FIRE the vessel was cut loose from
e dock, and when we were there she lay across
c channel. By the here ulean efforts Of Charles
naekeray and James Palmer-not Jim-,ith their
ptha launoh,.the burning hulk towed parallel Q
th the stream, where it smoudered and died
few more men like Charles Thaekery is what we
ant. Capt George E. Mcgee, the supposed
'ner Of the steamer Marie Thomas arrived home q
,m Wilmington on the SIS train, on Friday even .
3. The wstehman left the vessel at about TO- 80
Dorman Porter has removed from Chestnut street
o Miss Susie Carey's properly on North Union
eet William Maull the former incumbent Of
s property har removed into the property with his
her-in-law, J. Crouch.
The enterprising W. W. Con,vell, is showing pill
into the station. Con,yell is like a man rolling
'vn hill in ompany with log. He's on top half
The time.
The many friends of the Rev. George R. Nc
sady welcomed him the latter par, Of last week
] the 6rst Of this. Mr.. McCready is now re- -
ID and is living at Laurel He preached on last
nday morning at Reynolds, and in the afternoon
Wiegand's.
he Mrs ATariIa Behdnger, Of S,vedesboro, n.
and sister Mrs. Elizabeth Fowler, Of Philadel- II
ia, returned to their homes last week after Y
nding some time with their parents, Mr.. and n
:. Constable King. III
he Deputy U. S. Marshal came to Milton on /.
lrday, after the burning of the steamer Marie III
'mas, and is still here on Monday.
ye wonder if it be fact that Milton is pizen' III
teamers. Or is it convenient place for a hol-
ust. Some years ago the Van Dom was burned
r the DTawbndge, on the Broadkiln; subse-
ntlv the INWARD 1,tas sold and taken s,ya,, ms
y 70 escape a worse fate.
iss Mamie Conner entertained the members Of
Us at her home, on Federal street. on Tuesday
ont suffer USE RHEUM CUREii