Milford chronicle., 1914-09-04
MILTON NEWS.

that is uusavory, and it must be admitted
- they are guilty of disseminating a greal
deal of knowledge that might be left out
Last spring they took up cantaloupes and
discussed the small fortunes that were
to be made by raising this vegetable.
AS a consequence, the poor farmers
= went in for cantaloupes; they planted a
large acreage and raised many. 1t is
probable some persons have made some
money from their crop, others have
fallen in debt, and are now worse off
than If they had not planted any Some
shippers have not realized enough from
their shipments to pay the freight.
Tine above is in consonance with the
lugubrious howl made two weeks ago.
# by Paul Pry." All of the chickons in
& Ellendale were being stolen; fruit and
vegetables were bringing low prices, and
the poor farmers were going to the
! demnition pow-wows all in a bunch. We
{ suppose the reader as well as the writer
Of this paragraph, has become acquainted
with the pessimistic proclivities of Paul
Pry," and know how to take that gen
, tleman
About $50 foreigners arrived last week
to work in the Canneries. This does not
include small children; and it is well
known that Italians are not given to race
suicide
John Mcgee is again enlarging his
residence on Lavinia street, to accom-. I
modate the recent addition of six mem
bers 10 his family from Denver, Col. If /
! Mr.. Mcgee continues to enlarge his resi-
dence will soon look like some baronial
castle of medieval age.
| Fodder saving has commenced in some
lots near town.
IL hot s.. F-1 ]
of Mrs Fox's new store, has been re-
moved farther south.
Captain Andrew Davidson and wife, of
Wilmington, have been entertained by
Milton friends during the past week.
During an electric storm last week the
fuse in the dynamo of the Milton Flee
triC Light and Power Co.. was burned {
out, and the town has had but little light ,
since. The whole upshot of the matter {
is, the plant is insufficient, or not prop
erly managed, and should be abandoned 9
by the town. Some of the populace are
seeing this. a
Last week J. NJ Outteu, of Townsend. n
Del, agent for Pituer's Gasoline Gas
Light Co., of Chicago, H.. installed gas t
lights in the Milton post office and in {
the clothing and furnishing store of the t
Misses Palmer in the Palmer Block The
agent has contracts TO install lights into "
other stores in town, and will do so as Il
soon as material can be gotten from Chi
cago. il
During the late drought the Wagamau O
Brothers attached a portable engine to o.
the Diamond State Flour Mills to keep
them going while the water was low As b.
soon as the engine was in working order, Q
copious rain fell. and there is again di
water enough in the lake to run the mills al
The Annual Sussex County Sunday
school Convention, will be held in the h,
Milton NJ. Z. Church on October 10th a,
md 1lth
William McIlvaine, of Camden, n. j., "
oined his wife on Friday who is visit th
ng her parents Mr.. and Mrs Ingram te
N Federal street.
James Maull of Philadelphia, has been W
-siting Milton, after an interval of six st
cen years. Pi
Mary Neal, of Philadelphia, is the guest
+ her daughter, Mrs. w. II. Welch, on da
Worth Union street. NJ
William w. Conner, while closing the Ci
tore on Tuesday evening tripped and
ell striking his head against the safe, da
nd bruising his face badly of
Edward Argo has the foundation laid W,
Or two-story frame dwelling on North pil
'nion street ch
Arthur +. Jefferson has been elected be
lnitor of the Milton Public School Build sic
X, at a salary Of $4,000 for the wear. an
Mrs. Fannle Hopkins, Mrs. Hannah WI
arey, Mrs. Robert Lingo and son, and Ou
oseph Black and wife, are visitors at in
cean City. tn,
Mrs. Layton Douglass and daughter. inl
$50 Mrs. Elizabeth Fowler and daugh- "(
r, Helen, returned to the city on Sat lit
rday. a
The shirt factory closed on Friday VIII
fening TO repair some machinery on cal
aturday, resumiug work on Monday. sic
Mrs. Laura Pepper IS improving slowly EN-
ON her recent dangerous fall. She is so
DE to hobble around some on crutches. ths
The Colored camp closed on SUNDAY I
ght, and on Monday morning the worn mo
1t veterans of this meeting moved from Sh
e ground. The gate receipts for the wa
ST evening shows there were less than ste
ree hundred visitors on the ground. loa
Thomas Morgan, of the battleship Con the
scticut, laying at League Island, paid cit
5 mother hurried visit on FRIDAY. the
turning on Saturday to his ship, which poi
lied for Bar Harbor on Tuesday. VIII
Mrs Araminte Hood has sold her prop arc
ty on Mil street to ohm Hood. Con wa
Iteration $3.50. chi
Miss Mary Mcgee, of Lewes, was the of
lest of Captain G. Z. Mcgee and fam tur
over Sunday. the
A. H. King A. H. Mcgee and Silas roa
arlington, were elected delegates on wal
turday to attend the Republican Con- dri'
ntion to be held at Dover on Wednes- to
v. Two from Harbeson, one from the smi
unity, and-none from Milton. wei
]. Carey Palmer is a candidate for State the
nator from the Fifth Senatorial Dis Shr
Ct. Subject to the Republican primar- 7
}, wit
Tomatoes are coming in in quantities lies
suit the Canneries. Rel
Captain George Z. KINNEY left for ten
5 home in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Don
, has been here for Just one month. whe
, has gained twelve pounds, his cloth an
Z are becoming too small, and he is mer
iged to return home, or refurnish T
nselt altogether. He leaves with our and
st regards for his future welfare, and give
iope that we may be permitted to vel fur
lie him again to Milton year hence, Cou