Milford chronicle., 1913-10-24
MILTON NEWS.

The hide-bound manuer in which H.
quor is surrounded in Kent and Sussex
counties, recalls "reminiscences of other
days. Forty years ago. when l first
came into Sussex, it was the custom, at
least in Broadkiln, when visiting a fam
/ ily for a bottle of brandy to be set out
on the sideboard, bureau or table, and
help yourself to as much as you please
and to as much as YOU want. These
| people were nearly all good Presbyter
ians, of a generous, free-hearted make
/ Up. Twenty years ago, or more. this
| practice was discontinued; not because
! the people had lost their generosity, but
partly on account of the high price to
/ which liquor had advanced, the education
of public sentiment against it, and other
causes combined. Then these good old
people mostly farmers-w would collect
during the week all the eggs they could
| find around the premises, and on Satur
day bring them to Milton; and some
times few old hens, and in season few
young chickens. The wife, however,
! having charge of this department of the
! farm produce, would not allow her spouse
to spend money for over two drinks, and
sometimes on special occasions three
I from this fund. And this amount they
were sure to have, When these acquaint-
ances, who had not seen one another
/ perhaps for a week, met at the hotel and
I took drink, they would get out into the
| front porch and conversation began about
/ the farm work Corn up ?" 20, yes. i"
How does it stand ?" Sorry sorryl'
! And other interesting things which were
uppermost in their minds. They would
/ talk about the spooks and hobgoblins
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really believed all they were talking
about Now they enjoyed all of this,
and when they went to their homes, the
next week was profitably employed, and
/ they worked with vim in anticipation of
! the good time they would have on the
next Saturday. These men seldom be-
came intoxicated, unless it was on some
extra occasion when they would go to
the county seat, to a show, or during
court week, " or some other highly aus
/ picious occasion. This generation of peo-
! pie has passed away, and who shall say
! the world is any worse for they having
/ lived or themselves any worse oil for
having lived in it But times have
changed and people have changed with
them; and it is plain to see that people
who drink whiskey, taken as a whole,
are not the worst people in the world.
Fanatics, liars, and cigarette smokers
are worse than men who drink whiskey.
! of the latter, one department of the
/ United States Government has put its
! fat on saying, "a whiskey drinker will
| tell the truth; a cigarette smoker cannot
be believed. " We are opposed to the
Hazel Law OH principle. Notwithstand-
ing the decision of the court, we believe
the Hazel Law is wrong because it
abridges the rights of the people" Yet
we are honest and fair in what we think
and believe And we believe the Hazel
/ Law is doing more and has done more
to stop the flow of liquor than any other
| law vet passed. But, as we have said
above, we are opposed to it on principle,
we believe it ''abridges the rights of the
people " We believe it to be uncOnst-
tutional, although we are no lawyer. We
believe it should be a subject for refer
endum, rather than for judicial opinion.
John o. Donovan, well-to-do farmer
of Broadkiln, and a widower, has con
veyed to his four children, viz w. II.
Donovan, John G. Donovan. Charles c.
Donovan and Mrs Henry Bennett, each
a farm in fee simple Mr. Donovan is
but in the meridian of life, and is prob
ably, barring accidents, good fo- twenty
FIVE years longer; yet this seems a good
idea-it is not an original one-we have
known the like done before; it gives the
children chance to improve their land,
and having got all they want or expect, /
they may wish their father longer life. (
lanes A. Johnson has sold his farm
near town to Charles Stuchliels, of Penn /
sylvania.
On October 14th, the Orphans Court
of Sussex county, made decree of adop
ton, of Lawrence A. Manship, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Manship to Mr.. and Mrs /
T. F. Walls of Milton.
John NJ Carey has his new store now
complete on Mulberry street. near Broad /
street, and will be glad to see as many /
of his friends as his store will hold at
one time, and continue this daily.
Prothonotary w H. Welch has been |
at home the past week, and confined to
the house with neuralgia.
Mrs T. B. Ingram left on Thursday to /
visit her daughter, Mrs. Maggie Nell /
vaine, at Camden, n. j.
The farmers are using a great deal of /
fertilizer this season.
There is at times much talk about scar
CITY of wood for fuel. The fact is, there
is plenty of wood near Milton rotting on
the ground, and can be had for the ask
ing. We heard man make an offer re-
Gently Said he to another Il have
four hundred acres of lap-timber, you
NAV have all you want for nothing. You
to cut and haul it. The other refused
the offer. The fact of the matter is, it
is not so much a scarcity of wood, as it
is laziness in getting the wood to town.
And this brings us to another point. One
cauuot hire but few men in Milton for
love or money. Many of them will loaf
around with an old black pipe in his
mouth cursing the employers of labor,
because they will not give me job, ="
when it is known the grumbler will not
have a job at any price.
A new bridge is being put in at the
old saw mill, near the southern limit of
town, by the Diamond State Flour Mill
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