Milford chronicle., 1919-03-14
MILTON NEWS.

{ | Milton and pervaded the precincts o
e everyday life. The mercantile life as wei
e as other branches Of industry. Il is no
j an uncommon sight TO see twenty five dol.
D lar a week clerks. OF statesmen. to be more
J refined lazily lolling over their counters
, in state Of "inocuous desuetude". wait
ing for something or somebody to turn
! up. Camoufiage conditions as we may
we cannot disguise the fact that il is dull
and 10 be emphatic. we may insist that il
is very duh. The fact appears to stare
us in the face that business has not yet
opened for its spring work The weather
has been ideal for many weeks, but little
appears 70 have been done in and around
Milton. Perhaps this may be in some
manner explained on the ground that the
mildness Of The weather has engendered
a spirit al Lassitude that is hard for
human nature 10 shake OF. Hence. ennui
p~edom.nates and the body rests in a
SKATE of blisSful laz.ness from which it is
hard 20 arouse. There is comparatively
nothing doing in the mechanical depart
ment. save a warehouse being built near
the railroad station. and the canneries
making ready for thei rspring work Fish
ermen are not using much effort for the
fish campaign. expecting to reap sufficient
revenue by continued high prices for
small FISH The loneliness Of the winter
evenings OF the past have been. in part.
mi,igated by literary entertainment of
/ which Milton IS proveFbially fond The
| Chautauqua entertainments and the
| school Lyceum Course of which there is
| yet one 70 come. have furnished amuse-
ment and catered to the palate Of our
literary connoisseurs and frightened the
evenings of many days We may add that
farmers are receiving fertilizers at the
railroad station and hauling them to their
farms, hut O. my, they are in a tremen-
dous stew over the price Of tomatoes
They are afraid they are not going to get
80 cents or 75 cents a basket for them
this year Captain Jim Conwer. one Of
Milton's early birds. has been getting his
garden ready 70 beat somebody else There |
is a singular anomaly in sea captain
when he quits the water, he has a ham
kering after gardening or trucking. How
is il?
Some plowing has been done near town /
presumably for peas or early vegetables |
The water system is being extended 70 |
the remOtest and most out Of the way /
sections Of the town. Last week the water |
main on North Mulberry street was tap
ped and piping laid from thence down /
Tilney street TO Reed street and to the |
residence Of Billy Robinson. and several /
families are thus supplied with water.
William Workman has bought a lot Of
ground from Mrs. Annie Carey on Tilney !
street. on which he has built a garage
and carpenter shop, under one roof This |
is mighty convenient and will be a hot
r,fo 20 fr,
comes. But William does not expect TO
be in the shop in hot weather.
John Wright, who removed 10 Phila- /
delphia some months ago will move back
and end his days in Milton. He sold his
old furniture on Saturday and will refur-
nish his home with other furniture He. /
with many others, think there is no place
like Milton
A few shad have been caught in the
Broadk.ln but there IS no established
price for them
Two car loads Of stone have been re-
ceived Tor Milton streets, and part Of /
it mas been spread on top Of them-the |
streets.
c. A. Conner received car load Of hay /
from a point in Maryland.
The last installment Of the Milton High |
School Lyceum Course was held on Fri |
day evening aRd now that this thing"
IS over it is hoped the pupils will get
down to studying.
And so the Nations lack law 10 punish
the Kaiser and others who are response
hle for the great war. They can fine moral
responsibility. but cannot punish Hunt
that's great note Didn't suppose there
was or is any morals In the whole Hun
crowd. It IS singular that some way can
not be found to hang the rascals
\ farmers meeting was held in school
hall on Thursday even ng for the purpose
Of organizing farmers association and
crea ing a farmers exchange in Milton.
About thirty persons were present. all
Of whom signed their names for the pur-
pose stated Another meeting will be held
this even.n when the organization will
be- perfected by the election Of officers
and doing other necessary work to make
The ih.ag GO.
There are some newspaper correspou-
ler-- for the city da.lleS who peruse the
oGll weebiie- aad steal from them items
# news and after While send the said
90 city daily as fresh news
lnly last saturday there appeared .n the
'h.ladelph Inquire an item Of news
ha; was news .wO 0r three months ago
nd was Published as such in the local
apers Of Sussex. }, was an account Of
marriage between parties. both Of whom
'ero widowed The plagiarisi wrete that
occurred in Milton Yesterday The fact
. the item was not written i'm Milton
nd the writer is one Of number who
axe il a practice 20 DO this kind Of work
is q wonder that the editors of these
lpers do nor see through the camouhage =
at these writers are practicing and de- r
r such old new~ from their columns.
Mrs. Ida White of Camden. " j.. is Wis
ing relatives and friends in Milton
Mrs. Maggie Mcllvane Of Camden. y
is jhe guest q her mother, Mrs Annie
gram on Federal street
The canneries that propose TO pack peas
is season have contracted for all they
ed at four cents per pound.
An electric lighf pole has been broken
with the ground on Atlantic street
ID now leans AT an angle of forty-fve
grees across the street 1t should be
heightened Ip or a new pole put in its
ice.
Miss Clara Vaughan has returned from
visit q several weeks with her brother.
Edward Vaughan. a. Niddletown, Del
On Sunday evening tho annual mis-