Milford chronicle., 1917-04-06
MILTON NEWS.


Come gentle spring ETHEREAL mild
ness come Perhaps We may be within
bounds to saw that spring hasreally come.
There are signs Of this-the buds are
swelling on the shade ami ear y fruit
trees and are almost ready to burst forth
some of them NAV be considered 10 be
really in flower the robins are mating
and looking for places to build their nests
and all signs are promising as better
times. The ground, however, is vet full
of water in consequence Of the late heavy
rains. Notwithstanding all of these
drawbacks. people are ploughing and
truckers are getting IN their seeds, par
ticularly peas and tomatoes for factory
purposes. The gardens in town are
mostly planted with the hardy vegetables
potatoes, onions and peas, and with
/ few more days of warm sunshine, the
other work will begin. Farmers appear
to be more active than usual in the use
of fertilizer. A great many car loads OF
! lime have been received at the railroad
station and put upon the farms near
Milton. Dealers in phosphate are selling
much OF their fertilizers chiefly for
tomatoes.
Cauneries are contracting for tomatoes
Oscar Belts is contracting for hrm that
will operate the former Royal Packing
/ Co" at Is cents a basket and has about
all he wants. Mr.. Moulten agent for the
Winters aud Prophets Cannery is also
contracting for tomatoes. The Draper
Cannery we understand, will be operated
and peas as well as tomatoes will be
packed
It has been decided to put a concrete
pavement in front of the NJ. P. Church.
This act has been in contemplation for
some time, and it is now resolved to ma
terialize il.
Mayor Cornelius NAPLES has about re-
covered from an attack of vertigo which
seized him last week and was mistaken
for paralysis.
The festive osprey is now lowering over
the Broadkln and Lake Fanganzykii
| boarding out of these waters, If he does
have to work for that board.
The last of the series of entertainments
! for the benefit Of the Milton High School
was held on Friday evening when The
Man With Many Faces" developed him
self
!. Leon Black, George NAPLES, J. +.
Outten, w. T. Starkev, Joseph L Black
and Captain George +. Mcgee represeu
tative men of the NJ. K. Church attended
the Conference at Seaford on Friday.
The sale of a II acre tract of timber be-
longing to William w Hudson did not
materialize on Saturday The tract was
offered but no one seemed 10 want it.
We had thought for some time that the
renting of the Fox corner for an automo-
bile park and the erection of the sign in
front of it was a needless expense to the
town and should have been daubed
"Fearing's Folly, but our opinion IS
now changed, for on Saturday night 1t
was well filled with automobiles, some
thing it has not been heretofore. There
were many people in town on Saturday
evening
w. II. Chandler. of Scranton, Pa, has
sent a carload of phosphate for use on
his Milton farm. On Saturday his EN-
plovees were hauling it from the station
to the farm. The two lots adjoining the
ancestral home, and which Mr. Chandler
recently purchased. will be given the
stable manure he lately sent down from
Scranton. and also this phophate. MIR
Chandler believes in improving his land.
The late rains have so increased the
water in the lake that it has been neces-
sary to let il 20 at the mills waste gates
for few days.
Under the auspices of the Parent
Teachers Association the comedy Ys
Village Skewl of Long Ago, was rem
dered In School Hall on Tuesday even
ing TO a large house There were TWEEN
t, seven characters persOnated.
T. 3 Welch preached at the NJ +.
Church in the absence of the minister,
on SUNDAY morning, and an enthusiastic
class meeting was held afterwards.
There were no services in the evening
Easte- services will be held by the NJ
p. Sunday School on next Sunday even
ing, when a splendid program will be
rendered.
Mrs Clarence Welch and SOL, Clarence,
of Philadelphia, are being entertained by
] B Welch and wife.
Hunting rabbits ont of season is not
right aud hcnting them TN Sunday IS
breaking a law OF God Hence, there is
a State Statute law and moral law both !
broken at the same time when persons
hunt rabbits ~ this season aud on Sun
day And the persons who do this had /
better be at Church on Sunday mSrniug i
aud living up t. th-ir profession.
Irwin Burton has removed from town
to the farm of John T. Wilson near by. I
Irwin is a good work e a good WORK
er can always get a job.
Mrs AlTan Fisher. nee Miss Naomi
Robinson, HI S been i'll at the home of the /
groOm's parents on Federal street
Mr John Coulter is yet couhAed to his
home with intestinal troubles
Charles W. Fisher is still It Lewes and
convalescing from late operation for
appendicitis.
Fred Pepper is putting a new shingle
roof on the Masonic temple; corner
Chestnut and Mill streets.
Rev. d. J. Gran, formerly of Princes
Anne, Md, has been appointed by coll
ference, pastor of the NJ. 4 Church at
Milton vice Rev. Zach Webster appoint +
ed to St. Michaels, Md. d. A. {.
For your Easter and Wedding Gifts,
see Stokes, the jeweler.