Milford chronicle., 1912-07-19
HOLLYVILLE.
An Abridged Autobiography OF Some
Things That Came Under My Obser-
vation When Boy.

WdLlOn WnGN O IVY
MIR. Editor II hereby send you the
following statements for publication,
which. no doubt, might be somewhat in
teresting to many of your subscribers, who
did not exist when was a boy SIS yearsago:
Upon this sun-shiny 9th day Of july
1912, I am presented with new birthday
Upon making computation, we are
somewhat agreeably surprised to say
that we have safely arrived and anchored
unon the shores of our oath anniversary,
of which am very thankful to the Su-
preme Deity for the prolongation OF my
probationary existence. Upon reflection,
! find MANY changes have taken place
since was a boy. Well do I remember
over fifty years ago, when our diet was
cooked by the old fashion fireplace, using
some of the most insignificant utensils,
such as the long handle frying pan, the
three legged duck oven or spider, with
Dart of ton of Goals of fire and ashes
upon the lid, which hid from view the
1 luscious contents for the inner man,
which sometimes consisted of dozen or
more of single story, fiat top, fork picked
biscuit. or a two story corn king yellow
none. which ment in those days special
SUNDAY feast. Our week dav diet, most
/ of the time, in the bread line, consisted OF
/ Mr.. Tohunv Cake, the same being made
/ from Indian meal, then plastered upon
board about 6x24 inches, and then de
posted upon the hearth, III front OF a
! fiery conhagratiOr, to cook The next
most important domestcated feature that
engulfed my attention was the scrubDlng
/ of the kitchen floor, which generally
| took place at my boyhood home on Fri
! dav afternoon. A mortal woman l nave
seen with an old fashion long handle
split stick broom in hand, going to and
( fro over the carpetless planks, so continu-
ing, in the midst of puddles OF water un-
til completely clensed. Then to cap the
climax of the fantastiCal touches OF the
old scrub broom, the floor would be dec
GRATED by tbe dropping OF a mixture OF
sand and water all over it, in spots, about
the size of a trade dollar. When through
with this process, upon observation,
could only congratulate that mortal
woman, by saying, how beautiful the
kitchen floor looks, with its Sunday robe
]
few of the domesticated antiquated per
for1nances that took place under my OBJ
servation during my ancestral birthdays.
Also, well do I remember how l used to
sit upon the base stair step within the
precincts of that old shingle wall struc-
ture) in obedience TO the commands OF
the parental masculine gouverner, my lot
was to be seen and not heard, (oniy when
: y Tf rin1afaH nf fna TlIIeG
/ that were laid down by the aforesaid mas
culine gouverner, l suffered the penalty,
which was nothing more or less than an
external application of Natures product
which only means noncompliance OF our
/ Divine history, which emphatically says,
/ You spare the rod, and spoil the child.
! During my former birthday periods, the
agricultural pursuits were carried on IN
a very rough and unbecoming system
work hard all day long over the broad
/ acres of listed hills with an old barnard
plow and a wooden brake harrow, until
! the sun was hid from view, behind the
western hills, then unhook old Rock ard
| Ranger, or Sally and Lucy, and embark
/ for home, where, no doubt, the good old
! Johnny cake and fat meat supper were
awaiting the arrival of the poor old tired
mortal man and boy to devOur the anti
uuated nuptials of life, which were the
means of invigorating the tender chord
! that binds mortality to immortality.
/ Dear reader, upon reflection, | emphati-
callv exclaim what a contrast in the way
of living and doing things at this present
/ dav and time, which dates down to my
/ 64th anniversary.
/ Jesse f. Joseph has a porker- -suitl-
Cient in size as to tip the beam to 400 lbs
dressed
The farmers through this section are
somewhat gratihed III the beautiful yield
of their clover and wheat crops
Wm. c. Burton has recently beautihed
/ his commodious dwelling by giving it a
new coat of paint.
Archie Lingo, a prominent merchant,
OF near Oak Orchard, departed this life
quite suddenly on Thursday evening, July
! l1th his demise originating'from a wound,
produced by ball from an old revolver
/ the same of which, while in the hands Of
another party, who was standing nearby,
was accidentally discharged, the contents
| hitting Mr.. Lingo, which resulted in a
| fatal blow. He leaves behind to lament
over his loss a companion, mother
/ FIVE sisters, three brothers and host of
other relatives. The funeral of said de
parted took place at his late residence on
Sunday afternoon, July 18th, and his
mortal remains were laid to rest in the
| Brotherhood Cemetery at Millsboro.
hereby close my corresponding epis-
tie by saying join in colleague with
brother D. A. c., your Milton corresF<gl-
dent, who declared in one of his former
letters, that he was glad that he did not
freeze to death last winter.
Yours truly,
WRIXHAM NJ. McILvAINE.
July 9Th, 1912.