Milford chronicle., 1916-05-26
D. A. c. AT FREDERICK.


] am sitting here this morning, in the
little archaictown of Frederica and
while sitting here, Il take nv pen in
hand to inform the reader that am well
and hope these few lines may find you
the same This is the way we used to
put it in school boy davs.
We left Milton on Tuesday morning
the 10th, dark and pretentious clouds
were scudding above the horizon and all
indications promised rain. AS the reader
has, already surmised, the day was
dreary. The green of the leafy trees,
and some early vegetation, scatter ed, A.,
here and there, relieved the monotony
that was becoming dispiriting, and has
! some effect in chasing away the son1bre-
ness of our thoughts. When we reached
Harrington it had begun to rain, and a
twenty minute stop at that place, did not
mitigate our condition. II there is any
thing we are not exactly in love with it
is waiting for train, or, in fact, waiting
for anything else; we want to be going,
not rusting out by inactivity. This de-
tention, however was inevitable and was
ultimately over, aud we sped on to
FELTON,. At this place while the autOmo-
bile that was to take us to Frederica was
waiting for the south bound mail train.
a north bound freight train struck man,
who was too near the track, killing him
almost instantly. The car struck him
on the right side of the head, and threw
him from the track, and when he was
taken into the freight house life was ex-
tinct. The man was John w. Lynch an
erstwhile representative in the Delaware
Legislature from the eight district Of
Kent county. We did not see the acci-
dent occur, but, we saw the body after
the accident had occurred. The news
papers have given graphic accounts of
the accident, and we desist from further
comment. We missed the genial coun-
tenance of Alvin B. Conner whose sud-
den death occurred here a few weeks ago,
and whose perennial rile had illumi-
mated FELTON, for over half a century.
The rain still continued, and we left
FELTON, in the storm, and as matter OF
no surprise, the ride into Frederica was
devoid of enjoyment. Our conveyance
kept us dry, but, we did not get to see
the landscape and the beauty of the
country living between these two towns
but we knew the beauty was there.
When the Frederica Public School
building was first built we did not think
much of the location, nor of the archi- !
tectural construction of the building |
When Prof. ELS was principal Of these
schools, through his courtesy we were
shown through the interior, but, we now /
have but little "reminiscences of its appear !
ance. On Saturday morning as we
passed along St. Agnes street, we were
struck with the beauty that now sur
rounds this school house. a beauty that |
We never realized before. Twenty seven |
maple trees, half grown, or more sur
round it on the front, and the two ends, |
and really, makes it as pretty, in that
respect, as is the public school grounds |
around the Milton school building. |
Yes, it's fine place Ito teach the young !!
idea how to shootl'
Our youthful haunts along the old |
creeks TO the north and south Of town |
are but little changed since Major Blades,
linn Boone and others, with myself, |
caught cat fish and mud turtles from |
their turbed waters, or, waded in the |
spltte1docks along their shores.
On Wednesday evening Miss Maude |
Palmer, a school teacher, of Frederica, |
gave social to her friends at the home /
Of her parents, Captain and Mrs. George |
Palmer on Market street.