Milford chronicle., 1925-08-28
JUST FADED PICTURE AND
MEMORIES IT BROUGHT Me

d
+ure discovered at the home Oh d
farmer schoolmate on recent Trip
to the scenes Of my carry eOD tba
davs in lower Delaware. 10 w
owner, who has continued 10 i've a., -
that community, that old photo ulu
NOT mean half so much, no, not onS-
tenth so much as it meant 10 me- al
fer a lapse of twenty-five years. q"
quarter of a century. INCL,
To me it brought back with a rush u
a wealth of memories, lot 1t MaS "
nboto of the little old sehooIhouse'
1,,ith the teacher and pupils, WneIe
I attended school for many yea Ono
The old building, chnglhg on ono
side to the bank Of stream "uo9 S',
waters ultimately found thelr way w.
70 the Delaware Bay, and almost SIT
ting in fine county road on the oIneI
eide has long since been replaceu
Nth = more modern building IN an
other location. The teacher SHOWN
in tbe picture passed to his reWaIu
MANY wears ago, whatever that may
no and we hone it was good, for COIL
sidering the physical conulIions az
the human material with winch - nv
had to labor, I think he could tIuiy
saw tn the guardian of the Heavenly
cote ct did the best I could. q,
took that old faded picture anu
snant an hour alone, RELYING some
of the DAVIS at that old school. There
were John. and Harry, Virginia ana
Pertba Ella and Jennie, and numer-
one others. Among those who nave
conc IN their eternal home were
three sisters, who lie in the village
cburchyard across the highway al
most directly opposite. the locatlon
% the old school building. There
we're some. who like the writer, nave
married and live in distant places:
Of the boys, several are successful
farmers in the home county; some
have drifted with the tide OF leasI
resistance and disappointed the IOnu
homes of loving parents, and loyal
friends, and in this latter class IneIs
were two in particular, VINO seemeu
to be richly endowed by nature III
natural talents, and I paused 10
muse on the vagaries of life, and the
tremendous limitations surrounding
the average individual.
Then nv thoughts drifted to the
times we enjoyed, and with all tne
Tnodern schools and improved meth
ODDS of teaching, which we readlly
grant are a great advancement l an
inclined to doubt if the present
school children of that community
have any more enjoyment or learn
onv more of the basic studies, Vlz''
Tesding. 'riting, 'rithmetic, geogra-
nbv and spelling than we dlo III
hat old building, where there was
an enrollment of fifty pupils for SIX
teen home built desks, where we al
Jron1- from the same uncovered wa
Tor nail with an old tin cup, and nau
a wood stove in the center OI tne
room. which scorched those neare sI
If hit at the same time was haruiy
felt by those farthest away On "
cold winters day.
The picture Of Harry
now a highly successful farmer, re-
minded me of how dign1tied anu re-
so1ved he used to be on all occasions
ovcent one. that being when a Ger
tain pupil planted tack on inc &c
citation bench, while Harry We
standing to recite, in manner tno S
made itself felt very promptly an
1ainfullv as he took his seat VIII
I3js usual deliberateness. l closeu
NV ewes and saw again the hanos u
+bo teachers clock pointing u
t LIZ noon. when the old pond was
e and the crowd of boys who
Gould not take time to eat luncn'
61,t rushed with their skates 10 Cle
ice. and came trooplng III WI
skates changing, fully i've m ,
after the bell had called one cIOCn'
saw the pine grove nearby WneIe
tho GIRLS in the Autumn and Spr!nS
reed to build playhOuses, LOT WHICH
+bo bovs gathered moss and FERNS
froro along the edge Of the stream.
cav the several budding romances
between those in the early Ceens'
onIv one of which to my knoW!euse
s+ood the acid test of time TILL those
involved reached maturity l saw
again the wild fox grape Vlne' tne
on1v one the writer has even seen'
and how delicious those great us
cranes were each Autumn 4o
THE changing conditions Oh INC
4i,,1as have witnessed the dWlndIng
- +ba stream to tiny rivulet' anu
tba nine grove long ago fell a W.
49, r. tbe woodlands axe, Whlle Cne
Ia sandy county road, used as one
If our childhood playmaCes' ns.o
given away to a modern GUM wv
nlgn I'D over the weekly routine Oh
49, school from singing OF AlneIloo
Ia The CAPITALS Of the STATES On
S g. and each succeeding InOtI
: w. 10 Friday afternoon when Lolz
3 ms, recess at 2:30 P. NJ, we 1au
I0@ @noe1ing bee and am sure In9U
&c 4I,ie should be read by one lnulEt
dual. he will recall one FTtuay W. nc
there were only three OF Ioul " I'D
iaft standing, and the teacnsI nd
~ nIlo,,t exhausted the hard WORDS, anu
49, go irving to seat us IN snOtC'
oo+obv words, that in his nasCe ~
' Uei.C and took his seat Oh . CI
word RAISIN, emitting tne nLS' i'm
". +bin1, it made an indellple ILL
preston on his mind. 1900 If |
vs. # was lust faded picture VI |
twenty-five years ago that 81 sea coz
NV, T%IT mental processes on a trip o coy
er i several years and many ~ p4 aaod |
in one brief hour, and yet tne H &c
If memories it re-awakeneu W'.S ~ ~ a,
of The most enjoyable features OIL 10y
o-nTo1 vacation, and well repaid ne
CO. co.. visiting that community WheIe
TOT sne S1f-1 NV early life and participaJ-
Z ID SYM IN many boyish pranks, which n
vexed the teacher, and wonueIeu "a