Milford chronicle., 1917-09-21


In the old church yard in the valley Ben Bolt,
In corner obscure and alone;
They have fitted a slab Of granite 80 gray
And Sweet Alice lies under the stone
There is q change in the things loved, Ben Bolt
They have changed from the old to the new.
[ But feel in the depths Of my spirit the truth
Z There never was change in you
Twelve years. twenty, have passed. Ben Bolt,
Since first we were friends-yet hail
/ Thy presence a blessing thy presence truth
4 Ben Bolt Of the Salt Sea gale.
It is no less singular than true, that
man changes, and often it takes but lit
tie to produce a change. We met man
yesterday whom we had not seen for
/ some months, but, who in the meantime
] had been the victim of a severe accident,
and he was so changed that we hardly
recognized him, and was only convinced
/ of his idenity when he left with the
staggering gait; one of his characteris-
tics
( After a change by menial, or matri-
mUnial, produces a change in the con-
tracing parties greater than the differ
tia would lead one to believe. A few
( years ago we had poet in Milton, who,
really, wrote some good verses, He
married an estimable lady, and they are
! living happily together; but his poetic
affinity has left him; he no longer cult
Yates the Muses., and apparently is alb
sorbed altogether in his new found en-
: joyment. This being his second embark
alton on the matrimonial sea we can't
exactly account for such notable change.
AS we grow older we perceive that
everything about our con itutio n
change Our appetite, for instance, we
{ TnestH 15Nrn the khfuoru rrcaff to
with avidity, and we don't like the COM
pany with whom we used to associate,
and really, we don't like but little, that
used to delight us. We're growing old
/ The difference in price asked by the
store at retail, and that which the farmer
| is paid for the same vegetables, is so
different that one would think the farm
er would sell direct to the consumer for
cash, instead of selling to the stores for
] goods. 1t would be as we'll for the
farmer, and great deal better for the
consumer.
Samuel Bailey has removed from La
vinia street into a property on North
Mulberry street.
The Ponder heirs have sold a cripple
and part of Broadkiln Greek to Sam
Wilson and Al Johnson.
Elmer Dickinson is painting his prop
erty opposite Lavinia Wood.
On Friday Roland Raught ran his
bicycle against one of the plate glass
windows in the post Office front, shiver-
ing the glass to the extent Of about
$500 damage.
W. T. Abbott sold his household goods
and dwelling on Chestnut street, on Sat
urday The house, two story dwelling,
nearly new, and one acre of ground, was
bought by Alfred Johnson for $1,000. 90.
The household goods were bid off at
good prices.
Fred Pepper has been awarded the
contract to build a school house in Cave
Neck. The building will be 2Sft. Aft. |
and 12ft. pitch. The walls will be of
corrugated brick and the roof of shingles.
It will be built on the lot where the old
one now stands and the old one will be
used for school purposes until the new
one is completed. The work Of prepara-
tion will begin this week.
Captain Ralph Potter and family are |
guests at the Jester House. Captain |
Potter is looking for a house with the in
tention of returning to Milton. There
are plenty of vacant houses in town, if |
one can be found to fill the bill
The Poles who are at work in the can
neries, are said to be visiting the far |
mers' potato patches nearby, and carry |
ing off potatoes and even cowpeas, any
thing they can get, suits them.
The Sunday excursion trains on the
D. NJ. & V. R R. will be discontinued |
on the last Sunday of the present month
The second quarterly conference of
the NJ. E. Church was held on Friday
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salary was discussed, but no action taken
in the matter. Other business was of a
routine character.
Three of the canneries are already
shipping their canned tomatoes The
pack this year promises to be small, and
prices are booming at the railroad sta
ton. They started on Mondoy at 90
cents, and received "a cents en- Tues
day. The canneries have had nothing
like full run yet, and the season is now
too far gone to expect much more.
Lots of fertilizer are being received
and sold TO the farmers, who are using
more this fall than formerly
George G.. Jones died on Wednesday
at the home of his brother, Theodore
Jones, in Prime Hook Neck of paraly sis,
aged 65 years, month and days Fun
eral services were held at Slaughter Meek
Church on SUNDAY by the Rev Gardner, 3
and interment made i'll adjoining ceme- '
terry by S. J. Wilson 6, Son.
Holstead Belts, a former resident of !
this town, died on Thursday in Philadel- {
phia. of tuberculosis, aged As years. The :
remains were brought to Milton on Sun I
iay train Funeral services were held F
at his former home by the Rev. Hunger
lord, and sepulture made in the Belts
near town, by J. R. Atkins.
Edward Atkins and family and other T
friends of the deceased from Philadel-
1hia. motered to Milton and attended =,
he funeral
J. Leon Williams of Washington, D. c., :
vas billed to lecture on Community Co
,peration Town Team Work. on Monday
The lecture did not materialise
leither did the speaker. B
The following young men have been Ia
allied to the colors from Milton. and left
N Tuesday for Georgetown, from whence
hev will 90 to Camp Dix, Wrightstown, at