Milford chronicle., 1932-06-24
GLENDALE
Scenes OF Long AgO-NO. 20
Public Square, GeOrgetOWn-NO,


The Christmas Eve night of the
year 1862 was one that had capped
all previous efforts and was one
long to be remembered as one which
the boys Of those days had outdOne
themselves in trying to make this
Christmas Eve greater than others,
that they succeeded, the mass of
stuff piled up in the public square
was proof that they had more than
succeeded.
A stranger coming into town on
early Christmas morning would
have thought a cyclone had struck
the county seat the night before and
what he saw he must have thought
the wind was good and strong when
it would land a two wheel sulky on
the ridge pole of Moses Robinson's
dwelling, but there it was, but how
the boys succeeded in getting it up
there is a secret and never was told.
The board on the chimney of the
same dwelling was causing some
trouble as those colored people
could not get any breakfast and
Robinson said he had lived there all
his life and he never knew that
chimney to smoke before.
When some one suggested per-
haps the boys the night before had
put a board on the top of the CHM
ney, which was true. After it was
removed things became normal
again but the old colOred man said
he would get even with those boys /
if it took him ten years to do it.
There was trouble in other homes |
where breakfast was late on ac-
count of boards on the top Of the |
chimneys, but Bob McIlvaine not |
only had boards on both of his .
chimneys but a two wheel gig was
perched on the ridge pole of his
dwelling. How it got there was an
other secret, but it took hard work
to get them down, and language was
used that is not printed and if they
could have got those boys who did
the trick, they would make them
suffer.
More soon.
Political
Governor Roosevelt seems to be
going forward and at the rate he is
now going will have more than a
majority of votes when the Demo-
cratic National Convention meets.
Ex-Governor Smith has let the cat
out of the bag why he is opposed to
Governor Roosevelt. He wants the
nomination for himself. The same
vote that defeated him before will do
so again. We hope the delegates to
the Democratic Convention will
have more sense than to attempt to
nominate him. The Democratic par
ty, if it knows what is good for it,
will nominate Governor Roosevelt
and if they do, they will stand a
good chance to win, and we don't
believe they will be able to do so
with any other man.
Several men have been spoken
about in relation to the Office of
Governor, but we still believe that
DR.. Roland G. Paynter is the best
the Democrats have, and will add
dignity and ability to the Office. We
hope his health will improve so
that he can accept the nomination
if it is extended to him.
For Congress we still believe that 1
John Biggs, Jr., would make an ad-
mirable candidate for the place. (
Some say that he should be nomina-
ted for the Office of Attorney Gen ;
eral. We do not think so. We want
to send men to represent Delaware
in Congress who have the ability ]
and character which will always be {
put forward to do only the right ]
things. We want the time to come
again when we will be represented
by such men as the Bayards, Sauls- {
burys and the young mans grand t
father, Benjamin T. Biggs.
Republican {
AS predicted President Hoover |
won the nomination without much t
trouble. For the vice presidency /
Charles Curtis had more trouble and {
the opposition at one time was so
strong, some thought he would be
defeated, but the delegates gave him '
a majority vote. The ticket will be
the same as four years ago-HoOver I
and Curtis. The platform is full of L
promises, and the prohibition ques-
tion was to suit everybody and the f
fact is, it pleases nobody.
Short for Governor is the only one
who at the present time has his hat
in the ring. A strong effort is being e
put forth to have Governor Buck to /
run again. A nearly answer is eX- Z
pected from him and if he consents
it will cause bitter fight between b
the two factions of the Republican
party. The outcome is very uncer-
tain. k
For Congress Robert G. Houston p
is the only one who is making a 7
strenuous fight for the nomination.
We don't believe he will win this Fl
time. Some say he is too dry. 1t
would be well if the prohibition
question could be settled outside of cl
politics, but it will never be. We h
will wait and see what the Demo-. p
cratic Convention will do with the v
question, and then perhaps We will
answer who will Win-Hoover or d
Roosevelt. j
Death of Joseph E. Reed "
Joseph E. Reed, aged 80 years, a 81
highly respected citizen, died at his
home here on Friday morning, June pi
"a. W
Mr.. Reed had been confined TO his
home for several years from a COM A
)lication of diseases, and for some "
ime had been unable to walk. Mr.. el
Reed was for long time in the en-
)loy of the City of Philadelphia, as tt
engineer on one of the tug boats vi
which the city owned, He was pen- G.