Milford chronicle., 1915-12-17
MUTTON NEWS.


that there is stagnatioils, not somewher
but everywhere. 1t seSms to us tn,
barring a few minor jobs there is indee
nothing doing to attract labor caf any kinC
Some small property owners al e gettin
respondent at the prospect of ineSrease
taxation without the means at hand
making the money to liquidate that taxASs
! ton, and are seriously contemplating re-
| moving to a more congenial locality.
Most of the working people of Milton are
now making their living somewhere else
and spending sufficient of their earnings
for the support of their families, and the
payment of taxes in the town which gives
them no support, and they argue, and
with reason, that it would be better and
cheaper for them to remove their families
to the scene of their work What they
pay for their own board in the city, they
contend, would support their families
there and save the expense of frequent
travel to and from home.
There are some people of a farming
community, and have been for several
ears past, who see many attractions in a
town life. In fact, they have tired of the
hum-drum of the farm and sell off to
crafty a whim, and remove to the town.
The sale of their crop products, stock and
farming implements enables them 20 live
comfortably for the FIRST one or two years.
However, high rents and the high cost of
living soon depletes their resources, and
there is nothing in the town that they
can do to compete with older residents
and more efficient laborers, and they are
compelled to return to the farm, if so be
they can get back. But many of them
have spent all of their money and are in
debt. and conuot get back, except some
friends take pity on them and sets them
up in business again. There are some,
however, who can and have held on for
I several years, have adapted themselves to
/ the customs of the town, and have really
become part of the town themselves.
/ What town wants is good citizens; it is
not altogether necessary that they should
be wealthy although wealth is certainly
no hindrance to citizenship but good
men is what is wanted, and TO have good
men as citizens the town must see that
the citizen has some employment For
if the town does not find some employ
ment for its citizens,
The devil always finds some work
For idle hands to do"
The foregoing has all the force we in
tend it in a general way. Exceptional
times occur that give business squirt,
though these are transient and of short
duration Now the Christmas season is
coming on apace and the merchants are
intending to reap a harvest during these
holidays. With this end in view they
have their Christmas goods attractively
displayed in their show windows, to the
delight and amusement of the little folks,
who gather in groups as they loiter home
from school, to admire the beauty of the
nicely trimmed windows. while their
mouths water for some of the delicious
candy they expect to get few days hence.
The Sunday Schools of both of the
Methodist churches are rehearsing for
entertainments to be given sometime dur
ing the holiday season, and the older
people are preparing for their annual
Christmas company.
James Mason, employed at Pennsgrove,
N, j., was home in attendance at the
funeral o! his brother-in-law, George W.
Atkins.
On Thursday night the chimney of
Ben jamin Walls on Chestnut Street took |
FIRE, and as the wind was blowing a stiff |
breeze, created some excitement for the |
time 1t happily burned itself out with |
out damage to anyone.
There were no services at the Church |
of St John Baptist on Sunday on account |
of the absence OF the rector.
Upper and lower Lakes Fanganzyki |
were frozen over block and beckett on |
Saturday and Sunday mornings. The
thermoLeter reached 20 degrees above
on Saturday morning.
The storehOuse OF Carey & Darby, situ
ated on South Union Street, was sold at
public sale on Saturday afternoon, and
bought by Robert Lingo for 81, 10000.
The building is 25xS7 feet, two stories,
and built of brick. 1t was built in 1910,
Just after the big FIRE of August 1909, at
a cost of $500 co. Property does not
appear to bring so much when men are
as it does when all are excited.
and scrambling around, each trying to
outdo the other.
George Reed, who now lives on the
John Reed farm, lately sold, will soon
remove into town, and occupy the prop
erty lately owned by Nathaniel Hood,
corner Poplar and Chestnut streets.
The sale Of the personal property, con
sisting of store goods and fixtures, of
George L. Short. deceased. was COM
menced on Saturday afternoon at Over
brook by the S. T. T. & S. D. Co. as adj
and will continue this week
until all is sold.
The two children of Captain Charles
Darby of Philadelphia, who have been
the proteges of their grandmother, Mrs.
Lucy Atkins, for a considerable time,
have gone to live with their father.
An expert is here making connections
of the water mains with the tank and
pumps of the water works system. There
is some of the pipe for this work lacking,
which may delay the final finish of the
system for time.
rhe M. E. Sunday School has pur
chased a new piano which was installed
in the lecture room of the church last
week.
Columbus Welch, of Wilmington, was
a visitor over Sunday with his father, J.
B. Welch.
The holly business increases as the holi-
days approach. Shipping holly weaths,
selling oysters, and preparing for Christ
mas are the only industries of interest
that are now attractive.
When we awoke, early on Monday
We heard the 'patter, patter
of the soft rain on the roof!" and this
continued until 10 o'clock m. when it
turned to snow, the spits, almost half as