Milford chronicle., 1932-08-26
Big Thursday, 1882


large concourse of people present
but owing to rain in the morning,
many of those who would have been
present remained at home.
Big Wednesday Night the usual
drinking took place and some fights
were indulged in by those who had
imbibed too strongly: The drinking
this year was not among the Old
sOaks who used to load up on Big
Wednesday Night in the old days,
but was among young men and even
boys.
The writer saw for himself five
young men, perhaps Is to 20 years
of age, and a boy II years of age,
standing on the boardwalk near. his
cottage; day was breaking, yet 1t
was light enough to see. The young
men each had a bottle, supposed to
contain brandy or whiskey in their
hip pockets which they drew out and
commenced to drink themselves, but
also gave to the boy, who drank his
full pOrtion-these five young men
and boy were seen afterwards in
mood which denoted what they
drank was stronger than water.
The bootleggers piled their trade
throughout the day and many who
were thirsty had their wants sup
piled. The crowd generally was or
derly but their spending of money
this year was less than usual, and
in consequence the hotel and mer-
chants report a smaller business
than in former years.
A few people were here Big We'd
nesday Night; while they yelled, the
dancing in the pavilion was not in
dulged in as no music was provid-
ed. They missed Jerry Miller with
his fiddle or George Dickerson with |
his accordion, playing as only they |
could play, RED Wing" and "Tur-
key in the Straw" The only substi-
tute was a fellow with three string |
banjo, who tried faithfully to muir
der those old dancing tunes.
People will say are the present
day Big Thursdays equal in every |
way to those experienced by the
people of ye, olden time? We don't
believe so. Ask the old timers
around Glendale; they will tell
you that they miss the rumble of the
covered wagons and carts; they
miss the old time music which came
from vehicles passing over the
streets and some would say I can
almost hear Glib Donovan's voice as
he speaks to his wild steers to keep
them quiet. Those Big Wednesday
Nights were worth remembering.
Ask the old timers again do you
think the present day Big Thurs
days equal those held fifty years
ago-they will no doubt answer
with one voice: I'VE don't think so;
we don't think sol"
AtteitnO, Boys!
The following item was taken
from a newspaper published at Kar-
achi, India, and we thought that
some of the boys in the United
States would be of the same opinion
as some of the boys living in India
and perhaps they will also wish to
present their bills for work done.
A mother found under her plate
one morning bill made out by her
eight-year-old son. 1t read as fol-
lows:
Mother owes her son:
ID For running errands. .... CSC
(2) For being a good boy.
(3) For taking music lessons. Is
(4) For extras ................. B
Totals. s................55 55c |
At lunch time the son found be-
meath his plate the bill with 55c,
and another piece of paper folded
like the first one, reading:
Son owes Mother: +
ID For nursing him through scar I
let fever ............... Nothing J
~ For being good to him. Nothing s
80 For clothes and play
things ................. Nothing I
I4) For his play room and i
meals .................. Nothing \
Total ............ Nothing :
The son kept those two bills all
through his life and never forgot =
heir lesson. !
The writer remembers with re- 3
ret how he used to grumble when \
.sked to perform some labor for /
mother, and he will never forget the {
words his mother used on these oc- 7
asions. She would say: Son you Y
re now eating your white bread. l a
id not think so, for l considered l Y
ad a hard lot in life. l had to go to i
chool, run errands, and do many a
ther things, which l thought ought 7
0 be performed by others. l had Ii
Orgotten what mother had lone for r
le, but l realized it fully when I A
eft the old homestead and was v
0rced to win my daily bread by the n
weat of my brow; then I remem- n
cred what mother had said to me
! my early boyhood days: "Son &
OIL are eating your white bread" a
Honor thy father and thy mother, r
nat thy days may be long in the n
md which the Lord thy God giVeth
lee. d.
canty Bathing Suits D
People are becoming disguested o.
ith the meagre bathing suits now
orn by both women and men. n,
At the resorts in New Jersey and re
lorida a law requires all bathers w
earring loose trunksc or separated A
ithing suits to wear cloaks when NJ
)pearing on the streets. b
Ocean City, Md, has through al
RS. Nettie c. D. Carter (hotel ow- M
sr) made a war on those who wear G,
anty bathing suits, saying that M
omen and men who wear them are te
oly;,or on indecar,t evpOcura of ~.