Milford chronicle., 1922-10-27
Henlopen Grange

The melancholy days have come
so sang the poet but the farmers are
so busy from. dawn until dark trying
to house the crops he has spent the
year in growing, only to find the mar
kets glutted and scarcely anything
produced on the farm can be sold ev-
en- at fraction of the cost of produc-
tion, that he realizes that there are
more kinds of melancholy than even
the poet imagined.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lynch and Miss
Grace Lynch were the weekend
guests of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. e. Lynch at Midway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Schmeirer and
son of Georgetown spent a few days
with Mrs. Mary Schmeirer at Five
Points.
Mrs. Sallie King Marvel, of Wilkes
Barre, Pa, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Thomas Holland.
Mrs. Ida King Short and daughter.
Florence, who came north from Flori-
da, with the body of the late John
Short, left for Wilmington Friday ac-
companied by Mrs. Josephine King
Carmine, where they will spend few
days with Mrs. Emma King Dick, be-
fore starting for their Florida home.
Miss Maude Short left for Boston,
Mass, at the same time where she is
engaged in teaching school.
Mrs. Matilda Hart of Philadelphia is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Mary
This community was well repre-
sented at the County Sunday School
Convention at Millsboro last Thurs J
day. Among the number were Rev. 7
William Phifer, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Y
Hudson, Mrs. Robert Dodd, Mrs. Ed
ward Lynch, Mrs. Sadie Donovan, Miss s
Nora Walls, T. c. Wilson and daugh- e
er Marion. I
Edward Baker has new auto. il
Theodore Marvel was thrown from t
wagon and one wheel ran over his +
lead, but fortunately a severe head a
Lche was the only bad result. "
I. G. Wilson dug a sweet potato of u
he Southern Queen variety that G.
Weighed six pounds and IL. ounces at t.
igging. a a
Miss Maribel Prettyman of Fair
nount has been visiting Mrs. Rich el
rd Stevenson for a few days. =
Mrs. Eunice Wilson is spending a VI
ew days as the guest of her sister, h
Irs. j. Sanderson Trump in Philadel- 20
hia. til
Rev. Davies and wife who were for el
lerly in charge of the Midway Pres gil gI
yterian Church, but are now in Lam to
aster county, Pa, were weekend su
1ests of friends in this section. y6 Sr
John Fisher and daughter Irma and or
Nie1,o ,fT IL
MIA, Mr. and Mrs. George Kennedy M
Palymra, Pa, attended the funeral at
their mother, Mrs. Martha Fisher, na
hich was held at the deceased's da dtl
)me on the Angola-Rehoboth road, m;
lturday morning. pc
Two months ago Mrs. Fisher broke > st5 y
# hip and although the fractured PEI
me knit she was a suffered from a an
of diseases until Octo- noi
r 18th, when He Whose follower she to
d been all of her long life, said: "It mi
enough, come up higher" and she ''i
de earth farewell to enter the house ter
t made with hands Eternal in the yiIo
avens. The funeral services were on
by Rev. Davies of Pennsyl- lat,
mia, assisted by Rev. w. S. Grant of ter
hoboth. fow e..
Two sons, John Fisher of Philadel- eha
ia and Herbert Fisher; three daugh- dist
s, Mrs. May Kennedy og Palmyra; 9ne 5,,,,
s. Mollie Lynch and Mrs. Grace Sill tbe
rt, of Philadelphia, survive. Mrs. ele'
;her was the daughter of John Fish tbo tr
Sr., and wife, who was a daughter the
DR.. Joseph Marsh. The deceased tior
s the widow of the late Hiram Fish ,,ro. no
and was "a years of age.
Trick not lest ye be tricked. sus