Milford chronicle., 1915-11-26

horse might have become suddenly i'll,
went to the stall door only to find the
horse dead. Upon the arrival of sew
eral of his country neighbors, who
had been summoned to render assist
ance to haul the corpse out, was
puzzled in such a manner that a local
veterinarian was called and after a
thorough examination said the horse
had become paralyZed upon entering
the stable and instead of falling had
propped its legs in such a way that he
stood erect as if alive. The horse be
ing as stiff as iron, a portion of the
barn had to be torn away before the
body could be removed. This being
the first time anything of this kind
ever happened in this vicinity, created
a great curiosity, wanting to see the
dead animal standing unassisted.
In coming around a curve Bird
town on Sunday afternoon one of the
"Jitney" cars operated by the Mock
Garage driven by John Milbourne,
failed to take the curve and jumped
the road and upset in a ditch. The
occupants of the car were thrown out
but escaped with few minor cuts and
bruises. The car was pulled out and
continued on its run.
Benjamin Melvin. on his Wye Mill
Island farm, has hen that is mother
ing a brood of kittens. The kittens
were born in a manger, where the hen
had previously had a nest. The hen
returned to the scene shortly after
the kittens were born and drove the
mother cat away. Since that time she
has taken charge Of the little group
of felines.
William F. Cox, who is an extensive
grower of and dealer in eweet pota-
toes, has awarded prizes amounting
to S45 in gold for the three best de-
liveries of 200 or more baskets made
to him during the season. The first
prize of $40, was won by G. w. Phil
lips. The second OF SIS was won
Jointly by N. F. Mills and G. W. Will
liams, the third prize of $40 being di-
vided between J. A. Nichols and A. ].
Handy, who tied for third place Mr..
Mr.. Cox has handled 10000 baskets of
sweet potatoes this season so far.
Guide posts at the intersections of
roads have been placed throughout
Caroline and other counties by the
Automobile Club of Maryland for the
convenience of automobilists. These
posts, indicating the route to different
cities and towns on the various roads
are of unlimited value to all travellers
and especially to automobilists who
journey into unfamiliar sections.
While walking down High street
yesterday an elderly lady, who gave
her name as Mrs. Jones, of Whining
ton, dropper her purse while going
through a crowd of men, but FORUM |
ately for the lady small girl about !
II years old, seeing Mrs. Jones drop |
the leather bag, started on a run, !
STOPPING down at the feet of the crowd /
of men, who had never seen the wal /
let near their feet, and grabbing the |
same, made a dashing run down thr |
street, overtaking the owner, and af- (
ter calling her attention to the fact
that she had found her pocket book,
seemed to startle the old woman at
first, who until this time thought she
still had her money pinned to her
belt.
The little girl, after giving up the
lost property, was made extremely
happy when Mrs. Jones opened up her
purse and made the child a present of
a dollar bill as a reward. The child
joined a crowd of her
girl friends and made good use of the
reward in a way of getting many sorts
D fcandy, toys and cakes which the
whole gathering partook of lavishly
with much enjoyment.
After a heated dispute in Stems
store over an unpaid bill, Victor c.
Hill and William Vincent became very
lnruly, especially Vincent, who was
l desperate colored man accusing Hill
MS employer. and a well to do farm
sr, which Hill denied Vincent grab
Jed long knike and made dash to-
wards Hill, who defended himself J
With an iron bar. After a little diff
,ulty the men left, but Vincent threat
med to burn Hills barn down before
morning. Constable Thomas Scott |
vas Immediately called on the scene
md made a quick trip in an effort to
apture the dangerous threatening |
nan, and unassisted made a thorough |
earch of several colored homes, only /
o find his man gone. He did not give
p the hunt, however, until he saw
nd traced his fugitive over to Ross
oint at the Maryland line, where the III
aw forbid him from going farther. iii
For the last few weeks Officer Scott II
as made, single-handed, some of the
oldest arrests ever pulled off through
MS section, especially with many ii
of which officials from III
ther States wanted, but seemed to be
the chicken-hearted disposition, but ii
colt, who is known by many around II
ere as a daredevil, and who fears II
othing, has not been in a position so II
IT to have to call for assistance in II
ny arrests he has made, and has as II
)nished the community to a great OK III
mt by his shrewdness and the de- III
sctive work he has done, of which II
tie he is given and called by many III
the free train riders, who make
ire Scott is no where to be found be- III
re boarding trains, as they are of the Ill
Dinion he is a silent detective for
ie railroad company, and his appear
ice is feared by them owing to the
ct that they have little chance to
cape his clutches.