Milford chronicle., 1912-02-16
MILTON STILL ENJOYS
THE WINTER SPORTS
Skaters Make Merry. Ladies To Give
Play. Several Persons Dead.

The past month of cold weather has called to my
mind reminiscence of how cattle were treated by
renting farmers and others who nominally owned
their land forty years ago. when we first noticed
the situation. The cattle were seldom sheltered
during the winter and also poorly fed We have
known some farmers 90 who owned a COW. a pair
of oxen, and maybe heifer or yearling. and kept
them in an open pound all winter and fed them on
corn husks and bent hay; and when the COW was
milked in the morning half pint or a pint of milk
was the quantity. During the snow storms the
cattle were showed under and shivering with cold.
In this way they passed the winter. and when the
chilling winds of March came many of them being
thin and weak. died But this condition of affairs
is now changed for the better. Cattle are now
housed well as horses and the result of this pro-
lection is in their appearance and product
Truly. the people are progressing. The world is
getting better.
1t is said that when the NJ D. & " train was
ready to leave Lewes on last Wednesday morning
the water in the boiler was frozen. Anyway that
train was nearly an hour behind time at the Milton
station that morning.
Captain Silas Dodd spent few days in town last
week. and left Friday morning to join his vessel
in New York
Clarence Dickerson hrs removed with his family
from Philadelphia to his farm in Broadkiln Neck.
A Sabbath School was started at the Church of
st. John Baptist on Sunday afternoon. in charge
of the Rev. C. A. Behringer.
In the Chronicle of last week was published
recipe. How to Stew a Rabbit" Knowing the
game laws of Delaware we think anyone who pub
fishes such recipe at this time is guilty of breach
of promise" exciting to riot" Why. It's as
henous an act as committed by the manufacturers
of pepsin who excite the appettes of their pigs by
tempting them with savory food and then kill them
George A. Goodwin, Jr., will be three years old
next Decoration Day. George is an active little |
boy. When his mother went out of the room. leav-
ing the door key in the lock on the inside, George
turned the key. and his mother was locked out
Strangely enough George could not turn the key |
the other way and unlock the door Now all of the
outside doors of the house were locked, as were also
all of the windows. but upper one over the back
veranda the lock of which would not work I'm
der these conditions the mother called to her aid
neighbor who procured a ladder and went upon the
roof of the veranda and into the house through
the unlocked window. To descend and unlock the
door an easy matter. When the mother en-
tered the room George was in high glee, and ex-
claimed. Where have you been. mammal Did
George get licking? Not muchl
Prof Fearing, while fooling with a penknife,
stucklft into his left hand inflicting painful
wound.
A wagon load of skaters came over from George
town on Tuesday evening of last week and spent
pleasant evening skating the CLASSY surface of
Lake Fanganzyki.
Miss Lila Wilson NAron, of Dover. delivered an
address in the NJ E. Church on Tuesday evening.
inder the auspices of the W. C. T. U. The subject
vas, "A Little Demon"
Mrs, May Blizzard and son. Charles A., of Will
nington, are the guests of her parents, Mr.. and
drs. j. B. Welch
1t is said that George Jones has a mahogany tree
i've years old on his farm between Milton and FL
endale; present from his brother from the south.
Mrs. John Cade fell down stairs on Friday and
ractured her shoulder blade. Dr. Douglas render
d the necessary medical service.