Milford chronicle., 1932-07-15
Scenes of Long Aso-No. %

In crowd of boys you will al
ways find few who are determine
to injure or destroy. The George
town lads had these fellows anon;
them, and it took careful watchin!
to prevent them from doing wrong
full acts, for instance, if not CLOSELY
watched, they would burn gates anC
door steps belonging to the citizens
of the town, but they were few and
it can be said to the credit of the
boys belonging to the town anC
country that they were never guilty
of destroying property and if, by
any means, the property which was
brought into the square on Christ
mas Eve, was destroyed, the young
men generally made the loss good
Of course they engaged in all kinds
of tricks, such as putting vehicles
on the top of some dwelling, chang
ing the wheels. putting the hind
wheels on the front of vehicles and
the front wheels behind. This made
some of them look very elevated on
the front-created much laughter
when some one tried to drive some
vehicle home without observing that
the wheels had been changed.
An old gentleman whose hack had
been put in the square and the
wheels changed, failed to notice it
and hitching his horses to the We
hicle and getting aboard, drove up
in front of the Eagle Hotel. When
the crowd saw the condition of his
hack, it created great laughter and
some one said Mr.. E., you seem
to be elevated on the front. Some
one must have changed your wheels.
The old gentleman jumped down
and after viewing the condition of
his hack said, I thought something
was wrong but 1 could not tell what
the trouble was. Now 1 see. He took
it all in good part and Joined the
crowd and laughed as heartily as
the rest, and he at once changed the
wheels, which made the hack stand
on even keel once more.
Let the writer tell you of an epi-
sode which happened on that Christ
mas Eve, 1862, as we have already
told you that the older boys brought
into the square vehicles of different
kinds, and they also looked after
the bringing in of gates and door
steps, and left for the smaller boys
to hunt boxes and barrels to keep
the bonfires burning, which took a
lot of stuff as they were kept rdn-
ming from dark until daylight The
younger element used to persuade
the older boys to let them go out
and bring in some of the many We
hicles around town; but they al
ways refused, saying if we got hurt
they would be blamed; but on this
particular night, Christmas Eve,
1862, the older boys said to the
younger boys, now you have been
wanting to go out and bring In
some vehicle; now we will give you
a chance. Sheriff R., has a new car
riage and it is housed in the alley
back of the Court House; go and
get it, but only three of you go. The
boys at once rushed to do their bid
ding. They found the carriage as
they said, and at once proceeded in
the following manner to moYez the
carriage to the square: One was to
take the whippletree; the other two
to take the shafts. AS soon as the
boys had assumed their respective
positions and started to move the
carriage, something happened,
which was not bargained for. The
Sheriff was sitting in the carriage
waiting for the boys, and before
they could get the vehicle out of the
house, they received one of the
worst thrashings which they ever
received, and they carried the |
marks of that horsewhip for weeks !
to come. They hurried back and told .
the older boys what had happened, |
but they were told afterward that |
the older boys knew at the time they
sent the younger boys to get the !
carriage, that the Sheriff would be !
there. One thing is certain the Sher !
iff's carriage remainded in the
house the remainder of the night
and the older boys
were not bothered in the future by
the younger ones asking to be sent /
out after other vehicles.
The public square was the scene
of many conflicts of different ma
lures and in a. future communica-
ton we may try in measure to de-
pict some of them.
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Motoring Through the Country
There is no more pleasanter pas
time than motoring through the
country at this time of the year. A
splendid trip ca nbe had by motor
ing from Philadelphia over the du-
Pont Boulevard to the different wat
sring places in Kent and Sussex
counties. From Philadelphia to Do
yer the scenery is great and it will
produce that satisfied feeling of the
mind that the human system is in |,
need of.
Bowers, one of the old resorts,
near Dover, can be reached in few
niles from the capitol city. After
7iewing this wonderful fishing re-
sort, go on, passing through the
Jity of Milford, one of the most pro-
yressive cities in the State, until
rou reach Slaughter Beach; there
vou will see one of the great water
ng places of the future. After view
ng this old resort motor on until
-ou reach Lewes, one of the Oldest
owns in the State, situated as it is
It the mouth of Delaware Bay and
pposite Delaware Breakwater, 4
makes the scenery great to look
pom; but motor on until you reach
Iehoboth, Delaware's favorite sea-
ide resort, situated on the Atlantic '