Milford chronicle., 1930-05-16
GLENDALE NEWS
WRITER PICTURES
SCENES LONG AGO
Also Notes Dry Weather ;
NeU Road; Measles
And Marriages
SUNDAY SERVICES
Scenes Of Long AgO-NO. 9

planted. The writer as quite a youn
lad had often chased his playmate
across this space in an old fashion
ed play called sally"
It was an exciting game and calle'
forth the best that was in the play
ers engaged to succeed.
At this time and long before fus
tian, the great wearing material
was made and wOVe by women ant
men for everyday wear, and som'
for the Sunday dress suits. 1t il
true that most of the material wa:
worn by the farmers and their wives
as il was woven in the home by the
women and even went so far as t(
cut and fashion the suits woven by
both women and men. Blue fustlal
was worn by the men and brown
! fustian by the women. Women Ol
those days were not afraid to Dc
seen in wearing an apparel when
thev had woven and fashioned into
garments to be worn by themselves
This was a time when ladies were
not Judged from the clothes they
wore, but by the upright Christian
u character which they displayed al
all times.
The men as we have already sald
wore the blue fustian. The coat was
cut in the swallow tail style, double
breasted with a row of bright brass
buttons on each side. The vest was
some times cut low and smaller
brass buttons adOn it. The trousers
were cut in several styles, mostly
fitting closely. AS the farmers IN
those days wore mostly boots it was
some trouble to get the leg of the
trousers over the top of the boots
and some times you had to put on
the trousers before attempting to
nut on the boots, or there would be
trouble.
When the writer was boy he used
to think if he ever reached the age
of manhood he would purchase as
soon as he was able a blue suit of
fustian and wear it for every day
and Sunday, as well. This wish on
his part was brought about by. the
visits of an old friend of his fathers
which often took place on the farm
where we lived. The gentleman, as
the writer remembers. was always
dressed in a suit Of blue fustian,
and always had such nice appear
ance in his home made apparel that
he always looked as though he had
lust come out of the band box tan
old saying at that time). The brass
buttons on his coat and vest were
rubbed until a person could almost
see their face in them and they were
kept so. No gentleman would have
been considered dressed who had al
lowed his brass buttons to tarnish.
But the writer never got his wish,
as he grew to manhood his longing
for the blue fustian ceased and his
mind turned to the more stylish
things which were worn by young
men of those days long ago.
You may ask did women and men
wear the fustian both winter and
summer? While some did, others
sought lighter wear. The women
gingham or calico and the men a
light cotton material called Ken
lucky jeans.
No 8 of Scenes of Long Ago" will
appear at an early date.
Dry Weather
The long continued spell of dry
weather is causing some uneasiness
on the part of farmers and others
who are engaged in raising truck.
Those who planted gardens-while |
some of the things such as lettuce,
beets and string beans are through
the ground, they don't seem to grow |
for want of moisture. Early tomato |
plants are drying up and fleas have |
attacked them. Making the matter |
worse still with the farmers factory
peas will not be worth harvesting. |
Scarlet clover is short and some |
fields will not be worth the labor ii |
will cost to save it. Soy beans will |
be planted largely. The beans for |
planting purposes are so scarce that |
many fields will have to be put in
other kinds of grain. The peach crop |
IS more than scarce in Sussex cOun-
". The pear and apple crops will be
enough for home use and no more.
rhe outlook for the farming inter
ssts is not very bright at the pres
ent time.
EeW Road
The new cement highway now be-
ng built from Owens to Glendale is
yoing forward at a rapid rate. The
last week they have been blasting,
blowing and scraping, getting the
-oad ready for the pouring of ce-
nent. This has been a bad piece OF
Dad to build. There has been so
much forests and other impediments
O clear away.
But in a very short time people
will be able to take their autdmo-
lies and in a few minutes reach the
own of Greenwood. This will be 1
ne not only for travellers who go
rom town to town but will be a
reat boom to the farmers who live
long the route.
'OreSt Fires
Our firemen have been kept busy
he past week. Wednesday they
,ere called to assist the Milton Fire
in subduing a fire located
ear Coolspring. On Saturday the
oys were called out three times,
rst to the Asa P. Warren farm,
here very little damage was done.
he second and third times to the
obbins farm near Robbins where
luch valuable timber was destroy
i. It seems that the two fires
hich occurred on this farm broke
at in different places, as soon as
le fire men had put out one fire