Milford chronicle., 1911-12-29
MILTON NEWS.
While Shepherds watched their Hooks BY night
All seated on the ground
The angels Of the Lord came down
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.eu " was the announcement made to
the shepherds on the plains of Judea,
one starry night over 1900 years ago.
The proclamation then made to the world
bv Gods ENJOYS, holds good to-day" "
"Peace on earth" How terribly the
world is prostituting that phrase. We
talk about peace and prepare for war
We refer to the Hague and build dread .
naught But let all this moralizng go
fOr the present This is the Christmas
tide; the season of mirth aud festivity ;
the season when friend meets friend. and
the absent ones once more return to the
parental hearthstone. All should be JOY
and gladness. All should be happy, If
We are not, it may not be our fault, but
very often it is. Christmas dawned under
rather unpropitious circumstances
Cloudy and murky And the day was
rather dull Many OF those who have
been from home during the year. came
home; there are so many that it is too
uuch of a task to individualize them.
The Holy Communion was administered
at the church of St. John Baptist, at $50
a. HI; and a Christmas treat was given
to the children of the NJ. Z. Sunday
School, also. The NJ. P. Sunday School
had their treat on Sunday afternoon. On
On Christmas evening the ladies of the
N. E Church rendered the play A
Clergyman's Courtship," in School Hall
TO a large audience. Proceeds, S74.10.
The day passed pleasantly without Incl
dent, and but few drunks. On Sunday
evening previous, the NJ. f. Sunday
School rendered The Feast of Light,
at the M. f. Church; and on Thursday
evening the members of this organiza-
ton will give a reception to their friends
in the lecture room of the church. And
Christmas Day is numbered with the
past.
Edwin P. Johnson, engaged a; rail-
roading at White Plains, n. j.. is home
for the holidays.
Miss Mamie A. Conner, student at
Strayer's Business College, Philadelphia,
is visiting her father, brothers and sis
ters.
We understand the Lewes agent for
the Prudential Life Insurance Company /
does not like the remarks we made few 1
weeks ago regarding his early visits to
Milton. That agents mental percep-
tions must be very obtuse that he could
not comprehend that our criticism was
upon the late risers of Milton, rather
than upon himself
John H. Davidson has completed his
Suilding on Lavinia street.
The big white oak that was struck by d
lightning during the summer, and sub Il
,equently blown down across the road v
On Lavinia Camp ground, has been con
Ysrted into wood and gotten ont of the d
Jay a
Junifer Ch2se, on the Chandler Farm, Il
aas been ploughing out head rows, and
Utilizing the past good weather at var e.
Ous kinds of work incident to farm man a.
cement. d
It appears that the persons having new
built in the late burnt district, u'
ave been unfortunate in getting leaky le
Oofs. The roofs are of tin, and some of
hem leak badly, even during a moderate ~
6H
Rphraim Darby has been elected libra ai
an of the NJ +. Sunday School.
The Milton Times office has been re- I'd
liuted and re-papered
A new curb has been put in front of D.
Ie old academy building on Front street ~
Nrs. George G. Fomler, (nee Miss Il'
lizabeth King) and daughter of Phila- Ni'
,lphia, are spending the holidays with ue
eir parents, Constable and Mrs Joseph ~
King. =
Mrs. Elizabeth Chandler has presented Da
the town the piece of land known as ,
Chandler street" This is a lateral
rect running from North Union into -.
e branch. 1t had become imperative ,
at the town should own this street, as 49,,
ere were buildings on it, and the in r
ates of these buildings must needs have :,
means of egress from their homes. =.
Lieutenant Louis B. Chandler, of the I
tn U. S Infantry, stationed at Fort of
,orge Wright, Washington, has been Ch
me on a three month furlough. He
t last week in company with his mother, iup
rs Elizabeth Chandler, for Scranton, Cit
To-, where he will spend a short time I
tn his brother VIM H. Chandler, after day
itch he will return to his command in of
. far Northwest. Mrs. Chandler will the
md the winter in Scranton. vai
rhe contract for work on the jetty at I
mouth of the Broadkiln river, has vic,
m awarded to the U. S. Drainage and frol
igation Co., of New York. The work Fut
st be completed by June IS, 1912. v
It the sale of Mrs. George Rust last are
ek, we hear that the holy Democ- thy
=" and the dollar day pension bill'' w
red on Paul Pry," and he got to NOR