Milford chronicle., 1918-10-04
MILTON NEWS.
"a little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the best Of men

DC deprived OF kuE FORMER scllS a IEElluE
\ of dullness over our anatomy that makes
, US almost shiyer with ennui. And this
. ennui has been endured almost a week
: only one spirit Of enliyenment as far as
we know Last Wednesday was one Of
those balmy September days that one
often reads about in romance and story.
The mellow rays of the afternoon sun
were scintillating down Federal Street,
which was deserted save by few who
were lettering along the sidewalks or en-
Sconced in their doOrways. Silence
reigned supreme. When suddenly from
the mysterious recesses Of Hog Alley the
most unesrthly yells were heard; and as
two spectators tsrned themselves to gaze
into the alley dog with tin can partly I
filled with nails and tied 10 his tail I
leaped into Federal Street, and contin- /
ned his melodramstic yells. Turning /
suddenly into Front street and making
for the opposite corner, he ran into Sam
Smith, who was reclining on a goods
box and upset that individual. The
aged vender of newspapers picked him
self mp and stood for awhile, rubbing
his lumbar vertebra, while be muttered /,
1 By mighty wasn't that a remarkable
/ occurrence :" Meanwhile the dog kept
| up his unearthly Yelp, Yelp, Yelp The
employees Of Fidelity Trust and Savings ;
Bank rushed to the front door to see
what was the matter John Crouch
I slipped from his shoe bench, and stum- 7
bling over his door sill, fell sprawling a
into his front porch; J. B. Welch aroused I
from his afternoon siesta came out at his S
front door with dishevelled hair, and
took one look, then sat down in the n
doorway to mediate on the vanity of a
human life. And the dog kept on until S,
d fr,rN -.
Street. It is said there had not been Il
such excitement in the city of Milton o
this Summer. But it was soon over (,
and as we returned there were but three
persons visible on North Union Street m
DR.. Welch had returned to his nap, John bl
Crouch to his bench, But say, ," said he, b,
Wasn't that the biggest inieuity you AZ
ever saw" We admitted the fact, and til
passed on.
At Federal Street DR.. Starkey and n
Billy Mears, the tonsorial artist, were vi
discussing the late episode, Sam Smith ca
was still busy rubbing part Of his trou br
sers; we entered the post office, the fs
postmaster was waiting for some one to
interest him, and just across the way at
he Trust Co. Bank, one officer was fill
Hg questionaires for registrants, and the
1ther waiting to cash the next check.
The condition of Milton's postal ser da
nee is such that the postmaster has his tin
work to do mostly at night; and it is BIZ
,etting to be more frequent than desir-
ble; that the night mail is considerably nil
ate. US,
But the conditions that we have been tht
aborinR under have been transient paC
evertheless these conditions have been col
uch that generate lethargy, more espec- hat
ally on phlegmatic constitutions They De
re nov happily ended Tie Star route I
lail between Ellendale and Milton com hor
fenced, again on Tuesday, Oct. l, and sire
Ill bring the mail from the first men h
oned place to Milton at about noon, and Ida
AIRY the Milton mail to Ellendale at II.
- p. NJ. Our usual morning mail Do
AL continues leaving the Milton sta y
on by train, at 7.05, a. NJ, and re- mir
lrmng any time between S24 and tax
idnight. And our friends coming from a 81
ie cities can-if they come on the noon fevC
Milton by stage, or auto G
obile, and coming on the evening spe
ain to Ellendale can reach Milton by nea
ain, II they wait long enough for that NJ
ain sist
Captain George A. Goodwin left Milton Hei
] Wednesday for New York, from NJ
hence he sailed later in the week on Rot
e ive.masted vessel Frsrt, n .- nser;,,,+ ~ We.
H. ~
1000 tons burden, for Port Elizabeth MI.
ID Port Natal. South Africa carr,ire, ring
assorted cargo. NJ
William Hanson, clothier, has removed Emi
stock to Wilmington, where he will que
ntinue IN the clothing business bea'
Dr. b. Hopkins is having installed
heater at his residence, on Federal ST. ana
The Misses Elizabeth Wyatt and Nellie hrst
pper were the guests of Mrs. John relal
ouch, last week. on
1t is self evident that there will be no orlei
mp meeting held at Lavinia this II
lson; therefore the committee having Seri
matter in charge should see that the mere
ards and seats, now on the ground, te
1uld be properly packed away seCtl
Tomatoes have been selling, during "he'
past week at, from 80 cts. to So cts
basket; and Keiter pears at 40 cts r.
basket There will be no more pears
ight at the station this season. Toma-
5 will be bought on Wednesday.
ursday and Friday.
IndeEson's Cannery has closed for the
son. II
he Community Sing, =" that was to 4
'e been held on Friday and Saturday
nings did not materialize, for lack of
gers. :
he postofice department has sent to
'tmaster Mustard U. S. Flag, which
' waves in front of the Office.
Oseph Carey now hauls piling from ,
woods with motor, and makes sew III
loads day.
he Republican primary for the nomi- {
ion of candidates for the county ticket Y
held on Saturday. There were five
didates for Coroner. AS there were a
for the other Offices, the
Die ticket was nominated. o
aul Bryan a student at Goldey's Col O
E, Wilmington, and a resident from
ton came home on Friday to fill out
QUESTIONABLE. 7
lr. and Mrs. G. W. Tucker have re- =
red letter from their son, Tohu Ii
her, who is now in France, stating
he is on the front line His post is II
servation post, and where he getsa /,
view of No Mans Land" He a
writes: that for the iast feuv dave II III