Milford chronicle., 1919-06-13
MILTON NEWS

Ine manufacture SlIdMbtIiltS
to wine is by no means an unusual
occurrence. Fifty years ago it was
done in the rural districts of Kent, and
perhaps in Sussex, for ought we know.
It is a good rink, but treacherous and
more intoxicating than beer. 1t is also
subtle also and will get one before he
is aware of it. We had experience in
it years ago when there was not so
much fuss about intoxicants as there
is at present, and we know the seduc-
tiyeness of strawberry vine is great.
II is said "A rose by another name
would smell as sweet" Perhaps, and
the Strawberries that are now being
put up are not packed for wine, IL is
said. They are, however, shipped as
soon as picked-these from Milton to
New York-to the Juice factory" to be
converted into something else. Ex-
tracts. of various kinds are to be made
from the juice, it is said, but of this
we do not know, and are rather skep-
tical on the extract business. But one
thing we do know, Strawberries make
good wine, and if one takes too much
of it at one time he will get mighty
Jolly and care no more about prohibi-
ton than a cat does for the mouse with
which it is playing. However, straw
berries are and have been bringing
big prices in Milton; let them be put
to whatever use they may. From three
to nine dollars a crate has been paid
on the market, and the growers have
been reaping money, and want more.
Prices have been so high this season
that Milton people will not be likely
to suffer with strawberry itch this
summer on account of eating too many.
They generally retail at the stores for
20 cents a quart and have been bought
from carriers at Is cents quart. This
fruit is now on the wane, or else the
crop is shorter than anticipated, and
the canneries are at work on peas. /
The pea crop is reported to be short, /
yet there are many being hauled to I
the canneries and they appear to be |
in an advanced condition, due to stay |
ing too long in the field. People who 4
eat peas before they are canned are /
better judges of peas than they who |
eat them after they are canned.
Elmer Dickerson, who owns the
farm opposite LaYinia Woods, told the
writer that this year he had raised
six tons to an acre of scarlet clover,
rye and vetch, mixed; and three and
one-half tons of scarlet clover straight
to an acre. And this farm a few years
ago was a thicket of varying kinds of
bramble and sage grass.
We cannot see why the bridge at
Lavinia is not repaired. The lumber
has been on the ground for a long
time and the lumber is disappearing
also.
The interior of the Jr. o. U. A. NJ
is being repapered and repainted and
a part of the outside under the direc-
tion of Prof. Fearing.
Joseph Walls has had his front
porches screened and other work done
to his residence, corner North Union
and Chandler streets, by ]. A. Belts.
viii Townsend has removed from :
near Greenwood to Milton and is en- !
gagged in supplying the people with
fish.
Waterlillies are now covering the
surface of Lake Fanganzyki, and the
rhodOdendrons are blooming in the !
woods at Lavinia.
Mrs. Susie Carey and nephew, JOS I
eph Carey, are at their Milton home. !
F., W. Pepper has this week laid
concrete surface over the burial lot
of the late d. ]. A. Hopkins, in the
cemetery at OOOlSpIl0B- {
2 F. W. Pepper has completed a 80 foot {
silo on the farm of George Draper. Jr.,
in Slaughter Neck, and will build !
brick barn adjoining it as soon as the
bricks can be obtained.
A car load of strawberries arrived
on Saturday from Bridgeville for Bird
song Bros. This cannery is still busy
packing and shipping this fruit The :
record rains have revived the crop, p,
which was suffering much from the
drought, and it is probable that the
present week the factory will be as
busy as usual, or more so.
II is said that peas are short, yet
the canneries were busy the latter part
of the week and worked late on Sat
urday night. This probably may ac-
count for the slim attendance at the
churches on last Sunday morning.
David Dickerson has again resigned
his position as supervisor of streets
and returned to Wilmington to take
command Of one of the barges Of the
Bush Line plying between Wilmington
and Philadelphia. However, Mr.. Dick
erson has left the streets in fair con-
dition and they may likely remain so
until his return
Edward B. Atkins and wife of Phil
adelphia and Ira T. Atkins and wife
Of Boston, Mass. are touring Sussex
county with headquarters at Milton.
Mrs. Sallie Hart has returned from
a pleasant visit amongst friends in
Greenwood.
The Victory Quilt, made by the
members of the W. c. T. u, has been
relegated to the cold storage. The
managers did not embrace the oppor-
tunity when enthusiasm was rampant
to sell the quilt, and now that enthu-
siasm has died out. II is the intention
to add more names to the quilt and
offer it for sale at some future time.
Children's Day services were held
at both Of the Methodist churches on
ounuay evening. The collection at the
NJ P. Church amounted to $2S. Preach
er Phillips, who a few years ago was
barber in Milton and later removed
to Harrington, turned up at the NJ. P. /
Church on Sunday evening as a full .
fiedged minister of the Gospel He did .
not preach, but prayed and pronounc-
ed the benediction. Rev. Phillips is at /
present from Florida.