Milford chronicle., 1914-05-15
FREDERICK.

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made up our mind to write nothing abou
the town, and but little about Barratt
Chapel. 'Why2 n Because Frederic
has correspondent for the Chronicle
and almost every person who goes t.
Barratt' $ Chapel, and especially if he b'
a Methodist minister, has something tC
write about the place. Hence, we opineC
people who read the papers, are sur
feited with descriptions and incident:
from this place. II has been said, sen
sible people change their minds; fools
never We have changed ours. Sc
many little Incidents trivial perhaps, Il
us, but fraught with momentous Interest
to others, have occurred, that we have
concluded to notice them. On the day
we came to Frederick, a concrete walk
was put in front of the Chapel building.
Il is laid parallel with the front of the
! church, and extends a little beyond in
the form of right angle. We must crit
| icise this work, because it is not archi-
tectural. The workmanship is good, but
there is no finish to the walk. In our
opinion, the part of the walk that runs
at right angle with the front of the
church should have made a turn, and ex-
tended to the pump; and the part ex-
tending from the front door of the church
south should have been continued with a
circle to the second gate in the cemetery
wall. That would have made a pretty
finish, and can be done yet.
On the same day, i. e., the day of our
arrival, ex-State Senator Alvan B Con-
ner, of FELTON,, was at the Chapel and, it
is said, contracted with w. V. Sipple &
Son, for marble mausOleum to be built
this summer on the family lot.
On Monday, May 4th, the Rev. George
w. Burke, a former minister of Dover
District of the Wilmington Conference,
was buried in the cemetery. Rev. Burke
had been superannuated for some time.
He was IS years old and resided in
Smyrna. Mr. Burke was raised near
Frederick and taught school in early
life while studying for the ministry. I,
a mere boy, was acquainted with him at
that time, but had not seen him since he
preached at Lewes and Whites Chapel
about forty years ago.
The old colored burial ground-or GEM
atery-that used to be at the north of the
white cemetery, has long been discon-
lnued as burial place, and a part of it /
s now under cultivation, and a part of il /
S in pole beans When a person said |
The would have an uneasy sensation about |
he stomach, should she eat Of the beans /
,rown at this place, we did not try to /
!issuade her from eating them, but sug-
Iested that anything put into the earth
n the form of a fertilizer would undergo
ertain laws of transmutatiOn and cleans
1g, and return TO earth again in a diff
erent form; it NAV be in beans; it NAV
e III peaches; it may be in the different
rees of the wood; or, in whatever form
he assimilating process is the most alb
1rbing.
We often meet in and around Barratt's
emetery the aged, who realize they are
n the down grade, and we watch them
S they meander around. We are in a
)ndition TO know what their thoughts
re; as we have similar ones ourselves.
robably they are viewing the places
here they must shortly lie. This sort
musing would appear terrible to the
)ung, but It must be remembered every
-cade of life has its pleasures and en-
yments. Hence, the aged see pleas
e in the fantasies their minds coniure T
?, as do the young in their dreams of I
long and happy life.
When we came 10 Frederica some time
70, housekeeping was in full blast It
,peared that all families were cleaning
at once. Perhaps it was cleanup
EEK, yet we had seen no announce
ent of it. However, It did not interfere
tn US, as we took to the woods and to
t road. There are many tramps scout
G around the country, and the first
rex we were here we met on three diff
rent mornings pair of these gentle
en-, and each pair inquired the time of
Y. We don { like to meet these fell
rs, as some of them look sinister. and
are afraid of them. One white man
q one negro was the complexion of
2 last pair we met. They said they
re from Wilmington, that there was IL
thing doing there. and wanted to know
en strawberries would he ripe We
erred them to Bridgeville and Seaford
ey were south from Frederica and
ng toward Milford. Hope they reached r
re. We thought towns off from the 4
iroad were not troubled with tramps
we have seen more, near Frederica.
Il we do in Milton.
since we have been in Kent county the 81
gwood has lowered, and the wild
leysuckle has permeated the woods -
h its etfusiveuess. This is the SPRING
e OF life. The flowers know it. Andl
Tough they may be kept back bv the
)erborean blasts from the north. they i
come. We expect them; and they
not disappoint us. And so have the
1t fish come. For weeks past the
elaware Smokehouse" has been open
many of the inhabitants of Delaware
Maryland have been putting up their
k. These trout buyers are earnest.
rain does not deter them. We be-
e they choose rainy weather, or sun. I
to 90 TO the beach after fish. Last /
k we witnessed several teams return (
with their loads of fish. It was rain. /
and they were driving slowly through [
n getting dripping wet, but taking il /
with perfect nonchalance.
IS remarkable what interest is taken 1
ne Sunday Schools at Frederica and
rats Chapel. We were riding out I
sunday with a friend, and were at
ted by the many carriages going into I
n so early after the noon hour. Our
liry revealed that these people were
u to Sunday School II such inter
we're taken in other schools we might
tion, the children of this generation
nt raise up hereafter and call their
fathers blessed.
e have not attended church since we
, been in Frederica, and when asked
reason, we have informed our friends
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