Milford chronicle., 1919-02-14
MILTON NEWS.


memorable births and more commem-
erative days are observed during this
month than during any other month of
the year. On February End is Candle
mas Day, at which time the Roman
Catholic Church observe a feast of
the purifcatiOn of the Virgin Mary.
It is also known in vulgar parlance as
ground hog day" when tradition has
it, the ground hog comes out Of his
hole and looks around. If the day is
sunny and he sees his shadow he goes
back into his den and stays six weeks
longer and we have six weeks more
OF winter weather. But if the day is
cloudy and he cannot see his shadow,
Spring has come and he stays out.
There are lots of people who still be-
lieve this. February -, 1909, ushered
into the world Abraham Lincoln, rail
splitter, canal boat magnate, back
woods lawyer, President of the United
States of America, emancipatOr of the
negro race, and the victim of an as
sassin's bullet. February 14th. observ-
ed as st. Valentines Day. st. Valen
tine was a Roman Catholic bishop who
was martyred in Rome on February
IA, A. d. 270. This day has been cele-
brated for centuries by sending love
missives and other tokens of appre-
citation to friends and luved ones. Feb
ruary Is, 1898, is memorable, for on
the night of that day the L. s. bat
tleship Maine was blown up in the
harbOr of Havana, thereby precipitat-
ing the war with Spain. The tyranny
of the Spanish government in Cuba,
under the scoundrel, Werzler, forced
the United States to interfere. and after
the destruction of the Maine. believed
to have been done by Spanish agents,
the Spanish government dismissed the
U. S. Ambassador at Madrid and de-
clared war against the United States.
You know the rest. February % 1882
witnessed the advent of George Wash
ington into the world. The man who
was first in war. first IN peace, first
in the hearts of his countrymen." No
more need be said. There are many
other persons who were born in this
month and have made history and
many more memorable events that we
have forgotten, or never knew. that
have been born in February. Febru-
ary. though it has two or three days
Topped of its latter end, is the equal
of any of the months in historical and
biographical events
Ralph Smith has resigned his pO-
sition with the Continental Life In
surance Company and secured a pO-
sition with the Arlington branch of the
Y. NJ. c. A. as secretary. Mr.. Smith
left on Wednesday for his new field of
operation, Arlington, Pa.
Mrs. LOttie Wagamon has been Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. May Blizzard, at
Wilmington.
Hall Pierce of Massachusetts has
been a guest of j. B. Welch and wife. /
Mrs. Mary Gray of North Union
street and Mrs. Martha Warren of
Chestnut street, South Milton, have
had the shade trees in front of their
homes nicely trimmed. Laboring men,
for doing this kind of work. charge /
so cents an hour.
Oliver Hazard, engaged in govern |
ment service. is home for a short time /
with his family.
Layton Belts has engaged at work
at Marcus Hook.
Miss Lima PettyjOhn, owner and pro-
prietor of a ladies' furnishing store on
Federal street, was i'll last week and
unable to attend to business for a
while. During her enforced absence
from the store Mrs Emma Kirby sub
the position.
There is on exhibition in one of the
front windows of Mrs Ida FOx's res
taurant a German helmet sent to David
Reed by his son, Joseph Reed, who is
now in France.
We had occasion to visit the north
part of Milton recently and much after
8 o'clock we noticed the coiored pupils
along to school and when
we returned to South Milton there
We're still others going TO school and
Il was then 10 minutes after 10 o'clock.
And the query naturally arises, When
loes the colOred school open?
John J Wilson is the proud parent
Of a hoy baby This is the sixth child
and The first boy. and Mr.. Wilson hopes
.aat the rest will be boys so.
Hula Sockum, an employee in the
rEackery & White crate factory. while
attempting to adjust a belt. had the
saw 20 strike his right arm across the
elbow, lacerating it terribly. II re-
Iuired eight stitches TO close the
wound. The patient is getting along
very well at present.
y
vas at home on Sunday with his fam
~.
The Draper cannery is being over
lauled preparatory to the summer
work.
Clement Hart of Federal street has
leen confined to his home for more
han week under the care of physi-
ian.
After an effective sermon at the NJ.
,. Church on Sunday a great deal of
was displayed amongst the
ongregatou and this may be taken as
h3roayer OF q good sine when the
evivai services begin
Memorial services were held al the
l. E. Church on Sunday morning in
onor of Col. Theodore Roosevelt The
.ev. d. J. Givan read a short biograph-
al sketch of the Colonel and the fol-
)wing persons spoke in eulogistic
srms of the hero of san Juan Hill:
tate Senator ]. c. Palmer, W. H.
|elch Dr.. W. T. Starkey. DR.. J. b.
1elch, Capt C. F. Lacey. J. NJ. Lank.
L. Black, S. l.. Black, Otis Goodwin,
Ohm w. Bennett, Mrs. Otis Goodwin,
nd Miss Lillian Cade. A very pleas
lt time was eniOVed and uhan wa