Milford chronicle., 1911-04-14
MILTON NEWS.

of sheet iron, and having holding ca
pacity of three gallons each. And this
is estimated to burn twelve hours. There
fore the burners will consume 4500 gal
Ions of oil in twelve hours-or in one
night. There is now a tank car at the
railroad station, capacity 5000 gallons;
and two more are expected this week.
The oil is being hauled from the station
IN a tank to one of the orchards, where
a reservoir of brick, concrete lined, has
been built, and where the oil is stored for
filing the heaters. 1t is estimat. d that
ff.y of these heaters cover one acre of
ground. The peach orchard of Mr.
Chandler is at present said to be in good
condition, and the prospect for a good
crop is very hattering. These burners
or heaters have been fired this week
The last two nights, Sunday and Mon
day, there have been big frosts; but it is
thought no damage is done to the fruit.
Mr.. Chase has also two ot-houses, which
are to be used for sweet potatoes. This
farm is--the most of it-within the in
corporated limits of town, and has been
used in part as a fruit farm for many
years. Last year and the year previous,
the old peach orchards were pulled up;
and the presept orchards are of young
trees, having been in bearing but two
years. There is also 800 Keiffer pear
trees on this farm, which bear a good
crop nearly every year. This adventure
of the Chandler's, while by no means
new in some other states, is a decided
departure from the ''old ruts" in lower
Delaware. There are many persons who
,hink we should let Nature have her
course, and not try to divert her from
established custom. Indeed, we heard a
person remark the other day in sub
stance Il don't believe it's right to do
what Mr.. Chambers doing. If the Lord
don't want a peach crop, he'll kill it
and if he does want us to have one, he'll
send one without us trying to kill the
frost by artificial means
At a recent session of the A. NJ E.
Quarterly Conference, the Rev. D. J. |
Blackston was asked to return as pastor |
of the church in North Milton for an
other year, subject to appointment by
the A. NJ. f. Conference, which meets in
Philadelphia on May 10th.
If Town Council will put five hundred
dollars more on the piece of street it
spent that amount on last year. we think |
1t may succeed in running it completely.
1t is now pretty mess, and has been dur
ing the late spell of wet weather; and
possibly will continue to be unless the
dirt, or clay, is taken off the stone, that
the water may run off.
Frederick Pepper has removed into the
building he has recently built near town.
John Wright having purchased of Mr..
Pepper the building he recently occupied
has removed therein; and James Glen
daniel has removed into the building va
Gated by Mr.. Wright-the Wagamon
property near the lake.
The Cave Neck school - Columbus
Welch teacher-closed on Wednesday the
5th
There are some sad events that occur
in everyday life; and one of the ssddest
was witnessed in this town lately. A
woman who had been the wife of three
legitimate husbands, and had lived in
affueut circumstances, died in home
in a city not far distant, and was brought
to this town for burial, and there were
hardly enough people attending the fun
eral to put her in the ground. Such is
life
And also not long ago there was wo-
man, deceased, in an adjoining town
ship, and the relatives of the dead one (.
refused to give her age. Was there an
insurance company mixed up in this re-
fusal?
And, again, we knew of an undertaken )
in another town to be given an old shawl
by the friends of a deceased woman, to
put in the bottom of the casket wherein
.he dead was to rest, for some mysterious
purpose. Was there superstition in thiso
There have been nineteen carloads of
charcoal shipped from Lavinia Switch, =
he product of the wood from the tract
opposite Lavinia Woods. These cars av-
rage 1900 bushels to the car. There
re three more pits, and the last already
burned and ready for shipment; but as
,it only turns out $50 bushels, this will
wait shipment with another lot. The
business will now go to near Ingram's
Branch, where another lot of wood is to
De burned, and this coal will also be
.hipped from Lavinia Switch.
The sidewalk in front of Harry Robin
on's store has been repaired; and other ?
teps have taken the place of the chunks
hat were used before.
The Board of Health has advertised our
owns advantages on the business en- q
elopes of merchants, free of charge; to Il
q. sf ~ l.