Milford chronicle., 1911-07-07
MILTON NEWS.

How quickly any news of an exciting
nature hiesl And how it, is distorted
exaggerated, twisted, and even lied about
A few evenings ago when some gasoline
that was oozing ont Of barrel in the rear
of c. c. Waples' residence on Federal
Street took fire all kinds Of wild reports
went flying DER the town II was said
the house had "been struck by lightning
and was on FIRE, " "a gasoline tank had
exploded within the building and set FIRE
to the house, etc, etc All this had the
effect to arouse the people, who went to
the rescue. The fire engine was gotten
out, but before il could get there the fire
was out and every thing was tranquil.
The truth about Clement Kerr" is lust
this; They use gas as well as electricity
at Mr.. Waples; and there is a tank. an
der ground, at the rear of the house in
which the gasoline is kept. This had be-
come empty, and there was fresh barrel
near 1t. The lights were out in the house.
in the early evening, and Mr.. Waples
son went with a lantern to draw some of
the gasoline from the barrel into the tank
and in doing this he set die lantern too
near the barrel and the gasoline iguited.
The fluid burned as it came from the
barrel, creating considerable light which
alarmed the nearby neighbors who quickly
appeared upon the scene Water was
found to be of but little avail in ouench
the fame, and bags and blankets were
.resorted to, and after much excitement.
during which the spigot on the barrel
was broken off, the flames were smoth- {
cred. At no time was there any danger
Of conAagration but there were fears
that the barrel would explode and it is f
wonder it did not. e
We have made mention of the follow
ing subject before and by request we do i
so again, i. e., the nasty dirty way the 5
boys and men have of expectorating to- n
saliva on the pavements, and against a
the stone houses. This is mostly done b
Of an evening, and the next day it is per C
tectly disgusting. Now there is no man
NN-~H
he was the guilty party. No set of men
would be willing for the community to L
know they were guilty of such dastardly
work. Such actions are but little above n
the instinct of the brute. We know we n
have an element in town, who are guilty
Of such work and if they cannot be tr
shamed from it, Town Council should al
make it a misdemeanor, and punish ac- Ia
rordingly. L
We have lots of gentlemen of leisure pi
n Milton. This is best verified BY seeing OF
he men sweeping the sidewalk in front 9i
# their home, in the morning. Wonder
ome Of them do that. NJ
New potatoes we're in town last week. a.
DON'T know who brought them to market.
mt they were a mighty dirty looking lot =.
+ potatoes. 1t is suggested the farmers 90
'ash the mud off their potatoes before "
ending them to market. n, ~,
There were four so called evangelists fro
the Norman pursuasion in town last
eek. They harangued the people from u.
le middle of the street on Wednesday !
ening and during the course Of their tur
* said they had nowhere to lay their
ads to night. Subsequently they were IeII y
vited home by our generous citizens.
'illy' Robinson entertained two of -
IN, and was much edited and bene-
ID thereby ,-as BILLY" usually is. 4
e other gentleman who essayed to en- 7
tain the remaining two did not benefit
much. II is related when he went n
ne with the men his wife drove the :"
q and her husband all Of them 3
y. And yet there are persons who Sis
slider themselves thoroughly imbeded
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