Milford chronicle., 1915-09-24
PAUL PRY'S GLENDALE LETTER.

] Holy Moses. what a notoriety and a
lot Of cheap advertising we have gain
ed with big laugh and lots of amuse-
ment from the simple compliment we
paid the pretty visitor to our daughter
in our usual Chronicle letter of two
weeks ago. The city papers, in their
extreme hunger for material, have
taken up and inflated to an unreasOn-
able exaggeration the story and made
a miserable serial of it until at the
present the whole thing has become
a nuisance to us. We have received
over fifty letters, many containing
pictures of beautiful women of all
ages from II to go years of age, and
OF every nationality, even a mulatto
wondering if we were white or black.
Many of these pitiful tales touch our
sympathies, and we wish that we
could give them all homes.
One sad widow with nine children.
six OF whom are boys, would marry
anything in order to have the bows
raised on a farm. Many are grass
widows, while the majority are divor-
Gees who wish to try it again All
wish a charming life on a Delaware
Farm as an old mans darling, and |
each one is sure that she is very |
handsome and will suit Strange to /
say, the only one who has aroused |
our contempt as an imposter and a |
fraud, is a Delaware school teacher
summering at RehOboth.
We have received many from school
teachers in New Jersey, New York.
Pennsylvania and Ohio whose beauti- /
ful writing and sweet sentiment swell
the old mans heart. Who could stand
the temptation to answer? We are
not seeking wife by any means, but
we acknowledge our weakness and
have been quietly answering some of
these nice letters, principally those
pretty pictures These
have answered our letter in glowing
.ermS of affection Great Scott. but
hey are hot STUFF and sweet as pie: ,
who knows what the future will bring :
orth.
The pretty ones in their teens we
lave turned over to our boy of TWEEN
y and we are ashamed to say that
hey can beat the old Dad all to pieces
)ne already is about to make a match C
We give them the cake and take t
lack seat. We are not up to date with e
oung America. We must say we o
AVE one lady who motored here in e
'ersOn with the paper in hand to t
ress her claims for the prize in real Il
arnest business style p
On Monday morning last the new d
awmill owned by Col. Dave Reed s.
nd located about three miles from t'
his town, was entirely DESTROYED bv
re. The mill was alright when if
-as left by the workmen, and no sign
fire was to be seen. When news
nat the building was on fire was re-
eived here men in automobiles and bl
arrying buckets rushed to the scene re
the blaze where they saved over m
1000 worth Of lumber which had
cen worked up. The mill building III
as worth about S1.50O and set of Ia
witch ties worth S400 and lumber to d.
lie value of about $500 was DESTROYED
he loss of the building and fixtures =,
'es not seem to daunt Col. Dave and =,
has announced that he will rebuild -
e structure at once. He is also -,
Hiding two new barns, painting two -
yellings and planning duck hunt mi
g trip. Col. Dave also lost one of 81
S fine span of draft horses this week -
e animal having dropped dead while Ts.
ting it's meal.
The price of tomatoes has taken a w
mp this week, and at the present
ey are selling at 20 cents per bas- Toi
t. The prevailing price last week Do
IS fourteen cents. The season is
actically over and the foreign help bu,
ought here has been sent to their vot
mes. 4
Iohn Milman has returned home af- har
a delightful visit to PHILADELPHIA
the guest of his son and daughter. En