Milford chronicle., 1932-02-12

to a man, who was guilty of some
heilOus crime, was that he should
stand in the pillOry one hour an(
also receive sixty lashes on his bare
back, well laid on. This was the sen.
tence of the courts in Sussex coun'
ty, pronounced by Chief Justice Gil.
pin, who was the presiding judge
and whose associates were Houstof
Wales and WrOten. This occurred iI
the year 1861 or 1862. "p
The punishment meted out to the
prisoner named above took place on
Saturday, and drew a large crowd Of
people, among whom were some w6-
men, who had come from the sec
tiOn where the crime was commit
ted. The temper of the crowd
showed that the prisoner had no
sympathy from the people present
or the Sheriff either, for that mat
ter When standing in the pillory
was over and his hands were fas-
tened to the post by shackles, there
commenced one of the worse fog
ging person ever received. The
Sheriff used ten gum rods and gave
the culprit six strokes from each
switch, which made the prisoner
squirm and beg for mercy, but the
Sheriff continued until the sixty
lashes had been received in full and
at each stroke blood was drawn. Ei
We don't think the courts in
these days ever sentence men to re-
ceiVe lashes; only those who are
guilty of robbery, larceny of differ
ent grades. 1t is well that law
should permit the judges to SEN
tence men to receive lashes or else
the farmers and others who own
fiocks of chickens would not be able
to keep any at all fa
The whipping post is all right,
and we hope the Legislature will
never repeal the law which makes
it applicable in some cases.
We also understand that when
the new Jail is finished the prison.
ers from Sussex county now incars
cerated in the WOrkhOuse, will be
brought back to Sussex county and
some means will be found to give to
these criminals some kind OF work
and in that way be self supporting.
This is fine and we understand also
that Sheriff Brittingham has en-
ployed Elton Wood, superintendent
of the Almshouse, to look after
this work.
1t seems that one dollar per day
for each prisoner which Sussex
sends to the WorkhOuse is too
much in the times when meat and
provisions are so cheap and we
think when Sussex is able to care
for its own prisoners, a bunch of
money will be saved to the taXpays
ers. v%
When the Welfare Home shall be
built near Smyrna, which will be
soon, and when the almshousesi of |
each county shall be abolished, and |
the poor be established in the new
home, Delaware will be moving for |
ward at a pace now seen in all pro- |
gTesSlye ~ ,: states' i4HI
Sunday, February IA, will be st. |
Day. Old timers will le-
member when they were boys and |
girls what a glorious time they had |
in mailing comic valentines to those
whom they did not like and especial
ly their school teachers, who Tin
hose days. received more than a.
louble share of the comic pictures.
Comic valentines in those days
cost one cent and the boys and girls
would save for months the few pen
lies they received so that they
would be able to purchase some of
hese valentines, and send to some
9ne for which they had no love. A
i've cent piece in the early days
seem to mean more to the boys and
girls living then. than a dollar bill
s now to the youngsters living to-
lay. Money was scarce and hard to
get. If for any reason any boy or
girl was fortunate enough to saved
sufficient to purchase a fancy Val71
,ntine with a big red heart on it
md verse speaking of love, &C.,
md send to the boy and girls they3
dOred then would their cup of hap
Diness be full indeed, but it was
'nly few who were able to do this
nd others had to be content with
rawing a heart on a sheet of paper
nd selecting some verse which |
would convey to him or her their Z
reat affection, if the love was re-
iprOcated a return valentine would
e sent. Many cOurtship was start
d in the early school days of girls
nd boys by the sending of valen-
ines, which afterwards at a later
ate ended in marriage.
These were days when woman and
len loved each other, and remainedj .
teadfast and true all through life:
was at time when divorces were
are; there was no Reno where j
larried couples rushed to have the I
larriage tie dissolved and then mar
y again before the sun goes down.
10, it was when women loved their /
ONES and delighted in administer
lg to the wants of their families.
Id timer when you think of the
oOd old days when you were young,
ont your heart long for them to
eturn again and the days when as
iris and boys you sent Valentines +
, the one you cared for most? tI
Valentines, both comic and fancy, | r
re used to some extent in these | v
lys, but not so largely as in the Y
lrly days. While the comic Valan-
nes remain at the same old price, |
,me of the fancy ones bring much h
gher prices, running as high as h
,veral dollars each; but the ones S
the early days drawn on a sheet fl
paper had more lasting results, S
hN 1snhnv |