Milford chronicle., 1919-04-18
MILTON NEWS.

add that he is the same individual we
had in ante -bellum days. Nevertheless,
he makes a good street worker. Now
what we are using so much circumlocu-
ton about is this: When our supervisor
Of streets has nothing else to do he takes
the cover of the bridge at the confluence
| of Chandler street with North Union
street and rummages about in that gut
ter. Whether Prof Fearing has anything
to do with deponent sayeth not. It will
he recalled by the reader that when the
German army in the late war had moth
ing else to do it bombarded the Cathed-
raj at Rheims apparently for pasttime;
and those of US who live around Milton
viii remember Jesse Wilson. who was
since died; a man with broken ankle
or foot. and in the eyes Of a sane man
entirely unfit for military duty; how this
poor man was hailed before the draft
board at Georgetown on several occasions
for examination. APPARENTLY TO keep itself
the board-in practice. Now our street
supervisor knowing or believing that old
things have passed away and that all
things are become new. is adopting the
plan mentioned above to keep his hand in.
/ Now this item is not written to be con-
strued in any way as an adverse criticism
/ Of the work Of our supervisor, for We hon
estly believe that we could not get a bet
/ ter or a more efficient one No one could
please all OF the critics Of our town, nor
anyone tries to please any Of them. +. e.
the fault finding portion. Do your duty
4 toward all men, keep a stiff upper lip,
and the world will go easy. is our motto.
A cheerful countenance indicates a merry
heart, and merry heart betokens a good
disposition, and a good disposition is one
of the sweetest accomplishments a man
or a woman may have, and it is not al
ways inherited, but often cultivated. Our
street supervisor is aware of this.
Peter P Welch, who for the past two
years has been living in Wilmington, was
in Milton on Tuesday. Mr. Welch expects
to return with his family about the first
of May.
The large growth of lockwood that is on
the homestead property of the late Ne
hemiah D. Welch has been sold 10 a New
York nurseryman and is being digged up
for shipment. That portion within the
yard has been reserved.
It will be remembered that at one time
during the late war the L. S. Navy asked
persons who might have binoculars, eye
glasses. etc, to loan them to the govern
ment for a season and they would be re-
turned Capt. c. T. Lacey responded by
sending a binocular. This has now been
returned to Captain Lacey with the
thanks of the Navy Department. The
department also wrote that it was max
ing an engraving, as a remembrance,
which would be sent to him later.
We were pleased to meet Prof. W. F.
Deputy of Laurel on Thursday, erstwhile
principal of the Milton public schools.
Prof. Deputy was principal of our schools
during the fall and winter of 10000, and
we now query how it is that the board of
education of the present does not en-
ploy the same kind Of teachers it did in |
the past. That "one can not judge man
by the color of his hair" holds good today !
as it did years ago.
The shelling of corn at the railroad |
station causes such an accumulation of |
cobs that it has forced the Corn Cob /
Trust out of business. People can now
get all the cobs they want by paying the
cost of hauling them. The poor farmer"
in this has seen another chance for him
self, and after delivering his corn at S1.5O
a bushel, loads his wagon with cobs and
takes them home with him. There IS 4
good chance now at the station to start
a corn cob pipe mandatory and it is a
wonder some Of our geniuses who are
forever looking for something to turn
up" don't seize upon the opportunity.
How about it, Dr. Leonard?
The press and fixtures of the Milton
Times bid off at the late sale to T. H.
Douglass have been removed to the farm
of w. W. Conwell.
Edward Melvin of Philadelphia and Miss
salle Melvin of Wilmington have been
guests of Miss Mary B1aun on North
Union street.
Miss Elizabeth Biehl a missionary from
india, lectured at the NJ E. Church on
Friday evening. under the auspices of
he Women's Foreign Missionary Society.
rhe attendance was fair.
Jos. F. Forst advertises in the Milford
'hronicle for a purchaser for a heifer.
he adv. says mo butcher need apply" \
md we think such an act is commend
BILE. Too many calves are now butcher I
d or shipped out Of the county, and a Y
lpBly Of beef is hard to obtain. We have
sveral Bohemian families settled near 4
Lilton and they appear to be an indus 1
'ious people, willing to conserve calves
) well as to propagate the Industrial
lrsuits Of the country. They are pa
iotic and attached to this country and
e cannot have too many of such people.
Alderman Porter has had two persons
,fore him of late afflicted with motor
IS. One was a serious case of speeding
fecting the nerves. The prescription
lieu f0I SfSS.SSSS &C and oo5::S, ;:.:.lI:icl -a'as
i'd. The other was the case of a col
ed man driving a motor without license.
lis was a somewhat serious case af-
citing the memory. $1,000 and cost re- r
wed the pressure and the descendent of L
am went his way a sadder and per-
ps a wiser man.
W. H. Chandler of Scranton, Pa, was If
Milton visitor on Saturday. if
The American Stores Co. on Monday
moved its goods from Milton to Milford.
Rev. Hungerford returned from Con-
renee last week and on Monday evening
Is given reception at the parsonage
North Union street. It is estimated
at there were two hundred persons
esent. Rev. Hungerford was welcomed VI,
ok by his many friends-members of
3 church and members Of the congre-
tion-with enthusiasm. Addresses of
leone were made by Prof. w. G. Fear