Milford chronicle., 1918-08-16
MILTON NEWS.

buildlng Castles in Spain - should give
place to other, and more profitable ser
vices. Be this as it may, the subject
mentioned, has beeu one of the many
pas-times of our life, and, while it NAV
not have proffited us, in the least. we
are unable to see where, in any wise, it
has been to our discredit We are all
dreamers-day dreamers; building Gas
ties IN Spain Some persons carry
their dreams to a tangible conclusion;
while others continue to dream without
focusing their ideas on anything. Our
Castles in Spain have materialized.
IN many instances, in many others they
have been nil. However, as there is a
pleasure in the trackless word, as there
is pleasure in memory, so there is
pleasure in day dreaming when the mind
is running wild on fascinating objects,
wearing them with geometric regularity,
into some beautiful phantasmagoria:
A lovely parterre filled with flowers of
iridescent bloom NAV charm us, and be
over, for the moment, the fantastic pal
ace of Harum-al Rashid with its white
domes and delicate arched porticoes, and
silken canopies, with beautiful houses
of some diyine harem dancing, and sing
ing their weird love songs, and many
other eastern attractions of Arabian
Nights illumination may belong to us,
in imagry, for the time. What if the
awakening does dissipate our illusion,
when we become ourselves again We
/ have had the glory of the service and
enjoyed the pleasure thereof. Shakes
/ peare has written, We are such stuff
as dreams are made of. " and after all,
is not life a dream
Life know not what thou art.
But know that thou and must part,
And when. and where and how we met
own. to mes secret yet
Last week Clarence Watson, colored,
and Joseph Fisher, white. got into an
alteration near the lake, which led to
blows Fisher was about to get the
best OF the colored boy, when Johu Der
rickson rushed in to help his colored
friend. Fisher seeing the situation a.
gainst him, rushed into the water and
swan out to a stump on which he climbed
and began cursing and our informant
states that when he left, Fisher was still
on the stump and still cursing.
Franklin Lank and wife have returned
from a visit to Johnstown, Pa.
William d. Lank, George X. Palmer
and William c. Pettyiohn, draftees of
class /, have enlisted, in the electrical /
corps, and have been sent to Bliss Elec- /
trical School, Washington, ID. c.
Rev. c. A. Behriuger and family, of /
Crosswick, n. } b, are visitors in Milton .
and BroaGkiln Beach.
Last Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug.
9th and 7th, were the hottest days OF the (
summer. or any other summer of late .
years. Several women of Milton were
prostrated by the heat, and general out
door work was suspended during the
afternoon of those days. On Wednesday
evening a change came, and since, the
has not been so high.
During a change OF wind on Wednes
dav evening large limb of a tree in
front of Capt. George Hunter s residence
was broken off and fell upon the roof Of
the house, making loud noise, but do
ing no damage.
Thursday was "big Thursday" at
Reach, and many were there
as usual, enjoying the balmy breezes of
the old ocean.
Mrs. Ida Case who is enjoying life at
and has been for several DAYS
lost her driving horse on Thursday. The
horse had been sick for several days and
died at a farm house near by.
The colored people all along the line
motored to Oak Orchard on Thursday
and had CAV time.
lanes Douahoe and wife, John Dona-
hoe and wife and some children motored
from Camden, y. J.. to Broadkiln Beach
and Milton last week, returning on
Tuesday. h
Post Office Inspector, II. L. Conner,
visited the Milton post office on Tuesday
and found everything O. K.
Lawrence Crouch, of Philadelphia is
taking his vacation in Milton, and Incl
ientally helping Billy Mears at bar
bering, for the next two months.
The canneries commenced operation ,
on Thursday afternooE. The tomatoes
are few and very inferior in quality.
Some time ago Mrs Ida Fox gave the J
R ed Cross privilege to use her old store
house for its meeting and work room I'M ,
iii she rented it. The Red Cross now I
has orders to vacate as Mrs. Fox has !
rented the building to Mrs. George Mar {
shall who will open a millinery and first :
class Ladies Furnishing Store therein.
Bailiff Dickenson has erected bench
in front Of the lately established Auto
mobile Park, for the accommodation of
evening and SUNDAY louugers.
On Friday Mrs. Wilson, wife of the
Rev. w. w. W. Wilson fell down the
stairway at the home of her brother, j.
:. Lank. Comptroller Of Sussex county
and was considerably bruised Forum
itelv, no bones were broken.
w. H. Chandler is now shipping
peaches to northern markets.
Capt. George A. Goodwin and Capt.
Ralph Mcgee nlotored to New York on
Friday.
John Crouch. on Monday removed his
goods from their former place
nto the property of Mrs. Sallie Massey,
IN North Union street. Mr.. Crouch
las also removed his shoe shop into the
iame building. Louis Lane will occupy
ne residence vacated by Mr.. Crouch
md family.
The Diamond State Flour Mills shipped
mother carload of -four to the govern
nent agent at Philadelphia on Wednes-
lay.
F. W. Pepper is repairing, repainting
md doing cement work at the home OF
Alfred LeKites on Chestnut street.
The trains missed connections at FL
endale on Saturday evening, when pas
sengers for Milton were compelled 10