Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1914-06-19
BOWERS

OF not anu uIy weather, Lue farmers IN
this community are getting seriously con
cerned relative to their crops. The most
promising patches of factory peas that
TWO weeks ago promised to exceed in the
yield to any thing heretofore have dried
and burned so, that it looks now as
though the farmers were going to lose
quite heavily in this one crop. The early
round potatoes are in bloom, and the to.
mato plants are only about two-thirds
standing; so, if there is not a good mud
rain before this letter is published, the
farmers will have to draw pretty heavily
on their reserved bank account
The farmers near town are looking up
their help to cut wheat, as they expect
to have it about all in the stock by Sat
urday night, and they say the wheat in
this vicinity is very heavily filled.
The king crab factory that is located
near town, IS having some trouble in get
ting help to properly take care of the
catch this year, owing to the immense
number that is being delivered daily
The head supervisor, Mr.. Blackburn, in
formed the writer that they would han
| die about double the number of crabs
! this season than any year previous.
William Abram "a highly respected and
energetic colored man, near town, and
quite a large owner of real estate, was
married the past Wednesday morning by
Rev. William Matthews, of Magnolia, to
Miss Lydia Laws, of Wilmington, Del.
Miss Laws has been teacher at the Col
ored State College, at Dover for the past
seventeen years, and we understand she
has become tired of college life as a tea
cher, and decided to enter private home
where there was only one pupil.
/ I. A. Wilcutts, our most successful
producer of small fruits and berries, near
town, reports that he received from nine
thousand strawberry plants one year old ,
$3.50. 90 clear this year. Now that sounds
good to me, and especially so, this dry
season.
Captain Thomas Morris, of town, who
is in the claiming business down near
the Breakwater reports poor success at
the business this season, as the CLANS
seem to be very scarce.
Harry Fisher, of Newark, y. one
of our most famous base ball players last
season, was in town the past SUNDAY
Harry is some ball player, and 1t is to he
hoped that he will spend his vacation
with us this summer, and assist our base
ball team with his slick all-round play
. ing.
The Ladies Aid at Barratt's Chapel
met at the home of Mrs. Elmer J. VII
liams the past Saturday afternoon, an'
. quite a full membership was present
All the progressive and interesting topic
3 of the dav were thoroughly discussed ,anI
- among the most interesting question
that was presented was the PURCHASING
of piano for the Sunday School by tn
Aid Interspersed between these after
= noon talks was some very entertalninl
: Rotations and musical numbers by III
: different members of the Aid; and last
u hut not least, was the refreshment part o
The program. for which this member
=, so highly famous. The next meeuh
Il was decided to be held at the home O
Mrs. VIM {. Salevan, September oll
4 in the afternoon. 81,
Mrs Lima A. Dare. of Philadelphia,
. on an extended visit with her mother
/, Mrs. NJ A. Short.
Mrs. Z. V. Davenport is visiting rel'
tives in West Philadelphia
Miss Annie McCaffrey, of near town
on an extended visit with friends an
= relatives in Philadelphia and Atiahu
Civ ,c.l., \
= 7 and T. Nau-de Bogart, OF w d9l!iN .
ton, D. c, are among the recent arIiNa
n at THE Johnson. 81. G..
u G. A. Hincken and wife, Miss Sal
Hincken and Mrs. c. Edgar Pierson,
II Philadelphia. are spending the summit
at the Green Gables.
=, Mrs. Richard Louph, of Tuckahoe-
- who has been visiting her parent
Il Stephen Clendaniel and wife, returns {
home the past Monday accompanied
her sister Annie.
Oscar Bic, of Collingswood, n u,
spending some time at the Bee hive
= cottage. ,,,.,,.;,
Miss Elizabeth Butcher is occupyil
her new cottage on Murderkin Avenu
and has as her guests Miss kath!y
We White and Mrs. John White, OF PM
delphia. ..;..,, -e1,ti,.
of in Philadelphia ,-..,,-,,
" Miss Annie May Galloway has retuTn'
e to her home in Camden, n. J.
II Mrs. D. Earl of Port Morris n J.'
o. the guest of Mrs. John H. Short.
~ Ernest Wilson, Of Wilmington sPT
the weekend with his mother MIS- l.
(: Wilson, at the Kent Cottage md
n Miss Regenia Morris IS on an , eA'e''''
II visit with relatives in Philadelphia
III NA94t WIZ CT PAUL.