Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1914-06-26
MILTON NEWS.


C. EXaggeraton. Il appears 10 be til
50 aim and intention of many newspapt
correspondents to magnify the most tril
ial events into sensational absurdities
y and when expostulated with regardin
n their errors, will tell you Il don't car
10 d-n so get paid for it 90 o., Il don
care anything about the matter ali I car
> for IS sensation - II is written tina
y when the Queen Of Sheba came from
- the uttermOst part of the earth to hea
. the wisdom of Solomon, she exclaimed
The half has not been told me 90 II
> the twentieth century reports. the doing.
] OF the day are magnifed to ten time,
2 their normal condition. We all remem-
Der how bloody war the Russo Japanese
war was at the time said to be. II ha,
lately developed from truthful sources
that there were not as many men killed
IN battle during the whole of that war
as fell on the field of Gettysburg. II has
also been written by careful historical
writer's, that the correspondents who
| telegraphed the accounts of those battles
were not at the time within two hundred
miles of the battlefield. How do we
know these latter assertions to be true
At the present time, what do we know as
TO the condition in Mexico Absolutely
nothing. One day we are told that pros
poets for peace are bright" the next
day that peace is assured, - and the
next day, the mediators have Struck
snag, and probably, Tampico will be
taken by Wednesday" At another time
we are told that ''Huerta is about 10 |
leave Mexico City, " that "Carrauza and |
Villa have quarreled, - that THE railroad
from Vera Cruz to Mexico CITY has been
mined and will be blown up tomorrow.
and the next day this is all contradicted
We suppose this is in the main. due IA
the genius of the newspaper correspon-
dent, and to keep his paper alive with
During the Civil War
and just before the beginning of Ger
ain battle, correspondent of one of (
he Philadelphia dailies got possession of
he wires, and in order to keep them \
busy until the fight came off. he tele.
'raphed his paper the first chapter of
he Bible, When the fight came off he :
lad the wires, and his paper got the first
ccount of the battle This. uudoubt +
dly, was true genius. However. the Z
eople love TO be fooled and the seusa
on, II not the desire for exaggeration 4
one OF the means by which to fool 'em Y
Walter Derrickson and Harry Forman. 8
Dover. have been the guests of VII T
am NAPLES Z
An election for the purpose Of choos- q
y three commissioners to serve three r
-ars IN the public schools of Milton y
III be held on Saturday afternoon. the e
tn inst. {. +. Bacon and Thomas Gut r
have been appointed auditors of said y
ection n
John Wilson lost a calf in the Meth r
lst Church. or, back of the Methodist Y
lurch or, somewhere near the Afetho- e
st Church ~ Such was the startling r
formation which greeted ones ears on V
lursday morning. Mr. Wilson was en- q
ate to shipa calf It escaped from him r
Federal street, near the NJ. +. Church. "
was subsequently captured in the mea- q
" back of the church, and has proba r
eer now, satisfied the appetite of ~
lie city epicure to whom il was con q
ned. rs
rot. Fearing went to Milford on Thurs VI
7, and III the course of his perambu- -
ions visited Grier's hennerv in the
'urbs. Prof. Fearing was informed o@I
re were 1000 chickens in the estab anu
lment' and on inquiry was told they 70
l,SOO eggs a day Well, laughed the a.
'tessor, I've got twenty-seven bid. u. ,ioi y
5, and get eight eggs a day, and l III >
ught was doing we'll. +" l ~
mad been advertised previously the io y,
es VIII close at six O'Clock on Tues -
ana thursday evenings of each week. 60 60
y began to close on Tuesday evening . 1us'
some of them did, others did not sHe
re IS difference in opinions regard a. a.
this act. Some of the farmers are Ou ~
II against it, saying the evening is -,
only time they have to come to town ~
ms season" The ones who don't an .iu y
e to close, say Il pay license to sell on !
IS and propose to do so at any law 80
ime. ~ Others say, If it is neces- mn, ~
10 close the stores at any time. close d -
at II o'clock noon, and open them -
< clock IN the afternoon; for there -
pre- business done at night than of -
'ternoon. And others say, "A prac III ~.
u that Kind does not suit Milton - 80
piniop ~ OH -, anu hnaIIy the ];
desire IN 10 -. mem SIose for a
~ % ioi NE, JOS
S Susie Ca-er NJ. GU. corn
oSeph Case, their nephew, all oil Loo, :.
ade, Pa. were visitors last week AZ ias -,
-mily homestead in Milton. 1ns
the evening of July 4th. a fete ! sew
g
Mabel Draper, near town under the NJ, ~
'es Of the Milton New Century W ;
Refreshments will be served liiplo
Z. Palmer has bought a tract Of sls'el
timber between Lincoln and Mil st ~ II
canneries closed on packing peas factor fi|. D.
eek. aIter a
at cutting began on the Hastings at a tb 60
re has been more gravel put upon rision
lseway leading to Sculltown, and si nm !.
re is needed. we
lty Clerk-of- the Peace Wright was lIdgic
on on Friday, and at the Trpst nc {
ny Bank isissuing licenses to those VS. We
daty II was to take out the same ,'I.'- PI
am Parker, late of Los Angeles eaFeu
as been visiting his sister. Mrs z A
e Collins. r. A.
men and woman, tramps, have o
outing along the Queen Anne's
track during the past week In N
lode OF operation has been TO keen Front
town themselves men-and Natio,s
e woman in town to beg. ostensi- onened
ralse money to replace house Pbilade
ed by lightning. We don tbint for tbe
be successful. p;.-I -
# Town Council informs rs. tbe bueines,
y OF the Board has received a neor,le ,