Milford chronicle., 1915-06-11
MILTON NEWS

The gentle rains. the growing yegeta-
tion the baiuy air, and all the stfulgeuce
OF Nature makes one feel these days as
happy as though be had been reading
Laura Teu Libbevs Heart Topics.
They are all nice. The Heart Topics, =
and the natural surroundings, also. But
from these glowing scenes and beautiful
reminders We must turn away to deal
with facts Of the living present Since
science and physiology has stolen our
hearts and located our passions for affec-
lion and love In the brain We don know
that we should consider the heart 50 much
IN the matter as we used 10 do when IN
the DAYS Of youthful sentimentality We
were won't to love almost every one We
saw and ascribe the passion to the heart.
If that was all a delusiOn, We are sorry +;
and the worst part is, II cannot be un-
done.
To Napoleon IS ascribed the words :
From the sublime 10 the ridic Ilous there
is but a step, and for want of literal and
genuine local news, We are often COM
PEELED by the very force Of circumstances
to deal in incidents that may, by many,
De called trivial. and by others appreci-
ated as spice. or a little nonsense
II must be remembered VS. are not all
constituted alike. That what is sauce
for the goose is noc always. sauce for
the gander To illustrate. When a
concrete gu ter was being built, and other
work OF a similar character being done
on North JnIOu street, a gentleman pO-
litely asked the "boss" of the work
where are you going to drain the water2"
An odicious individual butted in with,
lin the crick The iuterrOgator tlrned
around and mildly replied I'm not talk
ing TO YOU sir. Now this incident
might be considered as a little Of the (
spice Of life, but did the loquacious 4
individual think it was Nay, verify |
1t Is said he got as mad as a March 4
hare, and has not spoken to the gentle
man who made the Iuiry since. Now
this circumstance is only one of the many
that might be cited to show there are
times when It was better for a man to
keep his mouth shut But we are all
human, and many of us are apt to butt
In at the wrong time. u
We are requested to say that Mr.. and !
Nrs. Piercey Warren, Of near town, re-
turn thanks to the people of Milton, who !
50 hurriedly CAME to their assistance, and
nv their efforts helped to save the residue {
aud our furniture" when the barn was
DESTROYED by fire a few weeks ago, on the {
farm Of James Clark.
Anthony Holman, Of New York City
has bought the 81 acre farm Of arthur j.,
+. Walker in Cave Neck, for $500 Some :.
time in January, Postmaster J. B. Mus +
tard received a letter Of inquiry from the !,
above named purchaser, making iuquir a
les about a farm The postmaster re- !
piled, and knowing the peculiarities of T
people who want to sell property to dou ),
bic the value of said property when they ?
know a man wants to buy, advised the y
vould-be and final purchaser to come y
iowu and make a still hunt, etc. The 4
gentleman came as advised, and made Z
he purchase at a fair price. .
I. 7. Pettyjohn went to Smyrna after 4
some passengers who had broken their y
Early in the morning on i
he ran into a curb near the
own and smashed one wheel of his car
md otherwise damaged it. He left his
az for repairs and returned home b.
rain.
Tohn o. Donovan died on Wednes
Law evening at the home of his daugh- q
er. Mrs. Henry Bennett. of dropsy, aged
S veBrs, months and 4 days. Funeral 7,
ervices we're held on Saturday morning
( sand Hills, by the Rev. w. P. Taylor,
I'd sepuiture made in the nearby Gem
1ery. DV >. ]. wilson q Son.
The Draper Cannery commenced pack
~ peas last week. This is the only can 10
ery in Milton that will do this work this dl
easou. There is quite large crop, and ~
be peas look as though they be as hard
5 bullets.
I. r. Davidson, who is afflicted with
.ncer in the jaw, appears to be getting
orse.
Prof. c. z. Bacon is sufferixg from in s
zdgar Welch had a severe attack of v
sate indigestion on Wednesday. Heis q
.tter now. :
The former Methodist Protestant par =
cage on Broad street will be sold at g
i6Iic sale on june II. 81
II. L. Robiuson's auditorium Is