FresSo ,ft til Ju JL ? VOL. XVI. MILFORD. PIKE COUNTY. PA., FKIDAV. DECEMBER 30. 1910. XO 9 BRIEF MENTION Ex Ciritity Commissioner Theo dore Cnrrell nnil T. U. (iilpin, hnth prominent cili.oiis of Green town ship, wlio have been ill, are itnprov Int. A lot of material, which was lo IK1 used in rebuilding 'be railrond bridge at Sliitumoras, has been sold by thn Sin riff of Orange county. Mr. and Mrs Frank V. Suitsinnn are 1 1'l'ivlin" tlir Holidays with rela tiv. a in Harrif!-urn Miss Margaret Hnllot, who is at tending school in li illunore, Md.. Is visiting her aunt, Miss Betty Cor nelius. Mrs Albert Ctt"rill has gone to Switzerland for u visit of some mouths. Mr. D la Tiur nnd wife, of Brook lyn, were recent guests at Milford Inn. ' O M Brink nnil son Charles have gono on a visit lo II ufonl, Ct. George Bonner ctvl wife, of New York, tire visiting the family of W. T. St ruble. Box rents a' thn post office after Jan 1st will ba as folia s: Cail boxes 2"o Small b ek bnxos 40e Med. " ' 0c Large " " 75c The government is making au ef fort to reduce tle postal di -licit. Pike county, according to the as sessors returns, is Mussed with 123s dogs. Henry Koloson and wifo of Ding man township are entertaining a young gentlemen guest who arrived last Suuday. Mra. 8 A. Beach Is visiting in New York. Miss Lillin St. John of Long Is'anrl is a guest wih her parents on Aon Btrect. E. 8. Wolfe is preparing to move the blacksmith shop on Fiftb Street to the rear of the lot and convert U p front part into a dwelling where it now stands. This will occasion ti c launching of the largest boat ever bin i t in town. Ex Senator James Smith and Gov. emor-elect Wilson of New Jersey af saying to each other "you are another.'' Wilson says Smith said through a friend that he was not a candidate for Senator and South Bays be can't prove the allegation and he defies the alligator. It- is said the wicked stand on slip pery places but several in Milfoid could not lust Monday, among then we were one who sat down without any preliminary ceremony. Nine tons of liquid eggs consigned by Chicago cold storage warehouses to New York were seized and de stroyed this week. The legislature tin? yesr will have to make an appropriation to pay niouiliers befor.i they can connect with part of their salary. Before tliey drew part of their pay the first day of the session. Milford seems destined to lose one of lu r fair daughters to Port Jervis as the engigement ol Miss Euulv Warner of this Borough and Ketcham '"" tlle '"'""li"1 referendum. A lit De,iue of that place is announced. tle ba"ot intended merely as an ad San.unl II. McE.vn of New York visory v0,e waa ""'""i""'. contain- is voting his fthe,-,u-law Arthur i B. MeCarty. Luke Wliitiiker lias sold bis lands in Porter to the Slate. Harry Dow It I of Orange N.J. via- ited his mother in Wesrfall township over Christmas. George Uttimoiv, who is connect-, ed with a lurge drug house in Con nectiout, is visiting Ins mother. The School Directors Dep-.rtuietit of the Lducatioiml A-.-Uiefit at ll.irrirburg T Fri'tty February 2 and 'ion will IWH. J H. Van Ellen was e'.ec i. il a (leleat. at the last Directors (' nvention for Pike. District Deputy W. H. IIu!.,i.it ol Houeadule paid a fraternal visit to Milford Lodge F. He A. M. St John's Day evening. Madame L, itussoll Gamier deliv ered an instructive address in the Episcopal church Tuesday evening the mbj"t l tn-ing the Women of the French Revolution. She is a master of French lostory and treated her ' topic in an interesting manner nu- plenienting it with views of the per-i ...... ! nonages prominent in that great, "'ua' j Miss Annette Lyman of Scrauton la a visitor in towu this week. i Mrs. Divid Cuddeback of Eliza- both, N. J. spent Cbrietmas with Jtr mother &lr , M. AlUricb. ' Percy Lyman, Jr. of Williams town, Mass., is spending the week with his parents at Scrunton. Frank Gehrig of Jersey City spent Christmas with his mother In town. r. Alice, the iDfanl duughter of John C. Albright and wife of Delaware, died last Monday morning Frances Emily, wife of Jaoob Oar ilson, died at Middletown, N. Y. Dec 22. She resided with her hushanil fo. many years on a farm in Milforo township. Her husband, two sons, William H. aud Leonard 1!., all ol Mi'lrlletown survive her. Hon. F. P. Kimble of Honosdalt was a business visitor here last Sat urday. A. B. Sullivan has been in New York this week. . . L. W. Armstrong of New Yorl was here Christmas The state game commission lias is sued an appeal to sportsmen am farmers to eu re for Quail This is i trying time with tiiein and a -tt"titinu now in the i oy of sh-lte-ind feeding would pre-erve ti ck which otherwise will perish. Writ Joseph Kllhtus at Hurrisburg to bis pamphlet on protection of gaim birds, which gives methods and sug gestions. Charles St John of ScTanton wher he Ins a responsible position in i hank, was a 'guest with his inothii b-'ie over Christinas. The State Highway li partinnnt '. preparcd to issue automobile license ind t'gs for 1911. About 4,500 a - plications have been Clod. Scientists have now decided tbs there are no canals on Mars. 1 that case they have never had li bother about where the expositio should !e held, when one is finishco. Perhaps when Dr. Cook needs tittle mare ready cash he will I t able to remember for some enterpri iug magazine that he really did g I to that pole after all. Nothing like having an early win ter and getting done with it. Roscoo Gourlay and Jubn Hilfcn spent the first of the week in Middle- town. N. Y. James Humbert .of Stuten Island spent Xmas with his parents in Dii g man tap. ' . 'I believe" remarks a juvenile court judge in Wasbingtyn, "that a girl who cannot conk bread lias not yet attained her education." Opin ion concurred in ; judgment aflirmed "A Philadelphia judge has dceid ed that a husband has no redri -s when his wife gia?s through bit pocket and takes money from them." Some judges are awful Ions in waking up. The conflagration in Tammany Hall must have seemed like a burn ing shame. " Government attorneys are now roasting the beef trust, cleaning out the bathtub trust, dissolving the sugar trust, piping the oil trust, smoking out the tobacco trust, aud shocking the electric companies. Al ways something doing. One of the signioant features of the late election was the vote in Illinois aU opportunity to express the views of the voters upon a number ot Items. The total vote of the State was about 700,000 and of these Jt3, 50) voted for the initiativeand refer- er.duin, and 17,751 against them, Tl) lllBjority is overwhelming. u , . . .... The handsomest Calendar of all is lne ,,,, ,y The National .stockman and Fanner, Pitisburg j i. lt lw w.t , aMy 1B lv)m t will semi 10 ciiits to py uckuge and ' posta Send tor it I J lie tune for ri . otu'ioiis is at hah J , ., ; , , , . . .. aiej -"-Mini win in- u.(II.IO( It 11 IX ure.ia- iiu .ttit tn . ainiut as soon as maiie. Tln-v i.'e vciy much like pio cru-t anyhow. It is said a bill will be otto el ii the. next legislature to greatly in crease me salaries or all judges, it aun:,hiae, with a background of Lorn the pay is not suflioient now to sup imray poplars through whioh one port them they have an easy way CB.CheM a glimpse ot distant hills, out to resign. When the State lmSTue pjeturo being ill 12 colors, the ample money lor her schools and ' ,on, 8 ot tUB orgiuai ara faithfully roads she uiluht iucrease the pay "'reproduced, tier oHleiulM. but until Mioia u.dl ' . proviued for a judge might squ.-izi. , on his press,,, salary. ' WANTED 1 LADY or GENTLEMAN, canvas- SKr to sell GUARANTEED goods ot ' mvtn, ,0ur new book "Piling Dol- lars" explains everything. Its free j Rhoads & Seyfried, fl-S-U Branch, Pa. NOTES FROM SANDYSTON Miss Mabel Smith at present en giged in teaching in Newark is speuding her holiday Tactaion with her patents, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. S'nith at Ijiiyton. . Our blacksmiths are Xept on the move from early dawn until night with sharpening horses. The rain of Friday night swept the snow and much of the ice ont. of our roads, hut the ii" w road required horses with rthsi p caulks. Miss M nbel Rosenkrans, who en tered a Passaic hospital, and was :akon very sick is reported as being mnch better. Kinging a heavy bell at the end if a long rope may increase the de elnpinent of the muscles, and may e called physical culture, but is it necessary. The Stoll trothers of "Alsacia Firm'' lost ft valuable team horse iwt vek from distemper. At one one they were offered $000 for that 'earn. Wi'l Cotirtright, at present tenant in the Dr Cole farm at Layton. has ented the farm of Evan llivan and vill occupy the same after April 1st. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Harsh, of Sas ,;nel:ewa province, Canada, arernak "ng fn extended visit among friends nl relatives in Jersey. They -wimg around by way ot Ottowa, Montreal and Boston, taking in Soi. them Canada on the way. F.rnest lirown, of Wulpack, pur h.i;!d a toum a little over a year igo, and Inst suminor be lost one, toil last week driving on the macad itn the other one fell, fracturing u leg so badly that it had to be shot. The hunting season is about over, ir will be by the time this is in jrint and it lias been a poor one. A few flocks of quail have squeez a1 through and our kind hearted tportaiueii are feeding and protecting tiiOin, From reading the Newark News .ml the Star one would be led to leliuve that the election did not Bet no all political matters.. The general feeling is that the Senatorship should to to Martine, aud uphold the Gov ernorelect. Mr. Corliss and wife, of Newark, spent Christmas with their daugh ter, Mrs. George Owen, at Layton, returning to Newark on Tuesday. Week of Prayer The week of prayer will be observ )d by the Methodist and Presbjteri- inn churches. Union services will be held in the Presbyterian church on Sunday, Monday, aud Tuesday ol next week. On Thursday, Friday and Sunday week, the services v. ill be in the Methodist church. All services will begin at 7.30. The following topics, suggested by the F.vangelicai Alliance for the United States, will be the themes for praise ami prayer. Sunday, Jan. 1. "The Father hood of God." Sermon by Rev. Levi McMicklo. Monday, Jan. 2 "The World's Approach to God." Tuesday, Jan 3 "The Christian Church." Thursday, Jan. 5. "Home Mis sions.1' Friday, Jan. 6 "The Home and the School." Sunday, Jan. 8 "The Brother hood of Man." Sermon by llev. C. A. Wuit'j. The public is most cordially invit ed to attend all these services. TLe Youth's Companion Cal endar For 1911 'i t ; publishers of The Youth's fete j ,iien uil), as always at this se.isoii," iisv.-ent to every subscritier whf.se subscription ($1.75) is paid tor Kill a beuutitul Calendar for the new year. The picture panel repro duces a water color painting of an old-time garden in a Hood of summer Election Ot Managers. T,,L. anlnMl olw..Uon for Malwger, , t , ,, H of the, Milford Cemeterv Association will be beid at the ollice ot Geo. It. Kail iu the borough of Milford on Holiday, Jan 2nd, 1U, between tlio hours of 2 and 3 P. M. WILLIAM MITCHELL, Secretary. Milford, Pa , Dec. 16th, 1910. SAVE OUR QUAIL. By ERASMUS WILSON. ' Yon know Bob, so line and cheery long about harvest, time and so friendly 100, and sociable like, call ing to you 'rom the meadow fence, or old stump, or miybe from the potato field where he has been feed ing on "tater bugs." Ynu may not know (hat Bob Is speomlly fond 'of these, and of cab baire worms, at well as of several other I inds of bugs and Annus that bother the farmer Hut ho is, and he tieiVes a full hand iu tho field every day, rain or shine, all of which entitles him to your protection, and commends him to your caro when the ground is so deeply, covered whir- snow that he 'can't uuli lor Ins liv- ing, which he would cheerfu'ly do if he ha 1 a chance, or even half a chance. It is u ' to yon fanners and subur banites to look after Boh, while the snow is on, for he Is In a b'ld way ust now, and is railing pliuntivply und pitifully to you for food and shelter. .Noiv is the time wli in you can do your i.:ir good friend a turn that will not only help him but will be a beuoil'. to yourse'f, as Tell as to the whole community, for it you let him starve and die you will be plagued with l urs and things hereafter. And don't you think you would deserve to lie? What oughtn't tu happen to any fe low who allows bis givitl friends to starve while he has enough and to spire of that which tbej helped linn to get? Look Boh up. You can easily And his trail in the snow. Carryout some hbeaves of grain; or if yon haven't any unthreshed take bundles of straw or hay and make a oorrai large enough for the whole drove. A few rails, or poles laid against a log or something to raise them a foot or so from thn giound, and covered with straw, will be a palace for Bob. Grain, screenings, ground feed. sunflower sited, chicken corn any sort of grain, wiil maka a feast for htm. At this seasou of the year the same as you, he has a special liking for buckwheat. Can you blame him? Every boy who. knows where there is a covey of quail should re- gard lt as a religious duty to see that the birds are fed every day. Such boys will be all the bettir men for doing this. IF. Dedicated to Cecima E. Craig If hills and valleys were always green And flowers were always to be seen, And waters always calm and clear. And always pure and soft the air Methinks the heart would crave a change. 'Twould not be content. Is it not strange? If birds sang out morn, noon and night, And music's strains that so delight The aoul, and pleasure ne'er would cease, And friends and worldly store in crease E'en then I feel we'd like a change For less j y and friends Is it not strange? If our dear ones nj'er should roam And parto gs would never to us come, If all our lives wire smooth, serene, And no sh nlows, ever seen I think e'en then we'd like a change We know not why. Is it not strange? No ; it is not strauge, for aj unrest Is Implunte 1 in every human breast, It was so with Eve long, long ago, She wished for greater things to know ; We are her children. It is not strangii Our inheritance, it calls for change. CECILIA A. Cl'LLEX. Real Estate Transfers. Henry W. Richardson to William A. Lambert, 440 acres Thomas Coim aroe No. 27 Shoboia. Daniel B. Olmsted to John Trumpi 1 aore Milford township f 10 ' Emil T. Riviere to John Drake and Fled Gebhardt, 252 acres Luke Urodhead No. 15 Delaware. Dividend Declared. The First National Bank of Milford, Pa. Mi'.f. rd, Pa., Deo. 27, 1910 The Board of Directors have this jday declare I a Semi-annual dividend j of Z pavab'e on January 3rd, Kill. The transfer b.oks will remaiu clooed until that date. JOHN U. WARNER, Cashier. i NEWS FROM WASHINGTON Congress has adjourned for the holidays and is devoting itself In a vi'isatilH way, according to indivld uil tastes, to the enjoyment ot Xuins festivities. An unusually large con tingent will remain in Washington. This was not the way in days of yore, when free railroad passes or bribes were as thick as leaves In Velambroae. Now let the various constituencies of our niuety million nation send members to Congress un- tainted with Other insiduons bribery and we will have still othor reforms anihbt farther from the decline and fall which historians say is inherent in all nations. The Cuban situation is exciting much interest in political and official ofe. President Taft Btopped in Cuba on bis recent return from Panama. Flo talked with representatives of both factions. The President of Cuba, it seems, wants to porpetaate his presidency by reelection. Presi. dent. Taft, perhaps, does not consider hi unnatural, but the ways and tricks of perpetuation in Cuba, in Mexico, in Central America, in tact, wherever Spanish precedents and o lstoms prevail, are not according to Arglo-Saxon ideals, although they may find parallels in Anglo-Saxon practice. Our grandmotherly inter est in our Latin neighbors may yet result in our giving them a I'nrto Rioo or Philippine government under the flag. There have been official denials of early intervention in Cab au affairs. Nevertheless, it is known that the entire American battleship fleet with twelve or fifteen hundred marines aboard will be at -Guantan anio early in January and it is said that five thousand United States, sol diers fully equipped can be landed in Cuba in three days. Notwithstanding this country has the best fire fighting equipment In the world, it each year loses more than two hundred millions of dollars hy fire. This is fonr or five times as rtuch as la lost in all the European countries. The president of one of the fire Insurance companies has said that if the loss by fire in this country could be cut down to seventy five millions a year, the saving would be equivalent to adding a billion of dol lars to the wealth of the eountry every ten years. The conditions are bid, but better than in farmer years, for concrete and steel are to some ex tent protecting oities from the holo causts of former days. Mr. Bryan is ont In a disclaimer of further presidential aspiration and he has named four candidates who in the order given are, in his opinion, eligible to the office. We have beard of them before. They are Folk of Missouri, Harmon of Ohio, Gaynor of New York and Wilson of N. J. The war soare so prominent two weeks ago has been pretty effectual ly smothered. Coining as it did on the heels of Mr. Carnegie's ten-mi lion donation to the cause of peace, it had all the effect of contrast and incongruity. The President, the Secretary of War and Gen. Wood have hastened to disclaim any anx iety with reference to the safety of t ie country. Militarists, and these are quite numerous, are positive in thoir ntuteiucnts that our condition is one of defenselesness against the warlike nation of the Orient, between whioh aud our nearest shore there are nearly CO0O miles of suit water. It is glibly asserted that Japan can laud two hundred thousand troops on the Pucitio coast before we would lie ante to send ten thousand soldiers across the continent to the defence of Scuttle, Sau Frauoisco and Los Au yeles. But the situation is very much like that of England with rtf-1 ereuce to Germany. A great Ger- man strategist is 'quoted as saying that he hud planned half a dozen campaigns for landing two or three hundred thousand troops in England but had never been able to work out a plan for getting them safely out. It is ouly a day or a night trom a Ger man to an English port, while from a Japanese to an American port is fifteen days. We have received a copy of a pocket diary for containing 84 blink pages arranged for memor- anda, cash account, etc., with oalen- !dar, common business laws and decis (he largest citiiw; synopsis ot useful ions iu Pateut Law, which wilt be:tTery - day information; business jseut on receipt of stamp to any iuvenjlaws, postage rates ; aud the amouut Kir, patentee or tuanuiaoiurer. Aa dress C. A. Snow & Co., Patent Ijw- yers, Washington, D. C. Thn book is such as frequently retails for 25o. MILFORD BASE BALL. COMMUNICATED The last isRue of the PRESS pub lished a communication regarding the necessity of supporting a Milford base ball team eaoh season. The writer made the assertion that with out base ball Milford would be less attractive to summer guests and the summer business in this community w mid materially suffer if the mer chants and hotel and boarding house keepers refuse to give their financial support to Ihe seemingly one attrao tion which will bring people from the hot cities to this mountainous and most delightful locality. If we have no base ball wa will have no summer guests and Milford willoease to attract those who bring and spend their money hero, says the writer of this communication and the met. chants and the hotel men will be lo blame for the financial panic. Iu the face of an indictment of this nature, It may not he amiss to enquire into the real situation regard ing the Ixmefit of base ball to Milford and to ascertain the real value of tliis form of entertainment to the community flnanoially and other wise. Base base is a fine, manly sport we will concede. It is entertaining for summer guests, but does it pay? That it iIiks not pay is admitted. At least it has proven itself to be a fi nancial failnro up to the present time. Again, does base ball bring people here who otherwise would not visit this spot of natural attraction? Base hall has not heretofore consti tuted THE attraction of Milford and is not responsible for the excellent reputation this community bears as a sun inier resort. We are iulormed that nearly $1700 constituted the income ot the Base Ball Club lust summer. This proved insufficient to support the team aud to pay all the expenses of landing games. Tne previous season also witnessed a deficit. Milford base ball is a financial failure. Why bur deu a town with an expense wiiioh It cannot ufford? A few persona who are interested in the game promote a base ball team and expect other citi zens to support their project. It Is evident that the merchants, hotel keecr8 aud citizens, cannot afford the expense of a professional team and it should not be forced upon the community. The amount required to be expended each season would support one of our churches; it would oil the Port Jervis road; it would advertise Milford in a way which would bring returns to the citizens greater than ever, before, and so many other necessary things to make Milford attractions permanent If, for example, this amount of inon oy might be devoted to the activi ties of the Field Club, more good might result than from base ball. Milford does not need base ball like the cities. Milford is an out of doors in itself. Nature has bound fully supplied sufficient attractions io this locality, Base bull is not a necessity. It would be enjoyable and acceptable, but has proven to be too great a financial burden for so small a community. If the income of a business does not pay expenses, that business must cease, If the income from base ball does not meet the necessary disbursements to sup port it, then we might as well make up our minds that we cannot supply our summer guests with this form of entertainment. Farmer's Institute A farmer's institute will be held in the Piiupac M. E. Church Friday and j Saturday January 6lh and 7th. Ad 'dresses un dairying, poultry raising, ipituto culture, and fruit growing j w ill be made by S. P. Woodman, M. H. McCuilum, J. F. Campbell aud I M. S. Bond all experienced Slid prac tical men. The Saturday afternoon session will be devoted exclusively to educational interests. A 96-Page Diary , For Our Readers. We take pleasure in announcing that our readers can secure a valua ble 9ii-page diary for 1911 by seuding 4 one cent stamps to D. Swift & Co., Patent Lawyers, Washington, D. C. This diary is worth 26 cents and con . tains a memoranda and date for each jBy in the year; the census of 1000 ana 1910 of the Stales: nearly 300 of 1 of corn, wheat, oats, tobacco and cot- ' ton produced la each State. ' Subscribe for the Press. OUT OF THE GINGER JAR. One may retail apples, but it la impossible to re tail a dog. While few women are able to write for the magazines, all can write for a catalogue. The healthy youngstr will not (In sert the table so long as there Is any dessert in sight. Elect that man to offioe who baa thecourageto.be decent and honest when nobody is looking. A lie travels by aeroplane, while truth trudges along with latrciinr step, and yet it finally arrives. To possess information ia an Im portant matter It is desirable even for a fence to be well posted. If yon will carefully count vonr expenses you will seldom hav nrv- sion to ask the bank to disoount your note. On the very first of Jan. A new diary he began ; But before the first of Feb. His well. mean" zeal began to ebb. The boaster's story. of his life in too much like the historical novel, one part truth to three parts fiction. The chestnut tree is exoneHinlv popular with the small boy; but s well laden doughnut tree would give him greater Joy. Of all the monopolists the one w most detest is he who monopolizes conversation and prevents ns from getting in nur word. At last we have something to hn really thankful for. Fashion has de oreed that the "rampant rat" and the bulging bun" must go. It will require more than ojs nost of whitewash to renovate some poli ticians. Indeed, some of them need a disinfectant added to the lime. Wiseacres advise us not to bo to extremes; but how can we comb our hair or put on our thoes in the morn ing without going to extremes? It W8B not ''Mrs. Partington hut some other woman who observed that the Sterling famllv must havA been large and very rich at on tima. judging from the great quantity of silverware marked with their name. From January Farm Joubnal. OBITUARY Warren K. Van Gordbn. Warren, a son of the late Randal and Hannah L., (Decker,) Van Gor- den, died at his home in Dicginan'a Jterry, Pa., la it Mondiy after au ill ness of several months. He was an enterprising young man, progressive in Ins ideas and the oommunitv will suffer a great deprivation in hit loss. four sisters survive him: Hattle. Charlotte and Linda at home and Mrs Floyd E. Bevans. John M. Dolph Professor John M. Dolph, for many years Superintendent of the Port Jervis publio school and of high . rank aa an educator, died Monday night. He was born in Schuyler county, New York about sixty -five yea rs ago, was gradua ted from Syra cuse University in 1872 and name to Port Jervis where for six years he was Principal of a High School. Ha then went to Honesdale, Pa., where he remained for six years and then returned to Port Jervis which has since been his home and where be has taken a prominent part In the social, educational and religious life of I lio city. Big Money For Corn. One feature of the Joint meetings of the Pennsylvania Live Stock Breeders' Association, the State Board of Agriculture, the Dairy Ciion and the Horticultural Associ ation, to be held at Harrisburg, January 24, 25, 26 and 27, Is the annual Pennsylvania Corn Show. Liberal prizes arc offered for all kinds of corn grown in the State, including the small high altitude type and the big Southeastern type. Get your corn ready for the show and win some of the money. Greene county h is been winning a large share of the prizes ill past years because her farmers have made a good big show. Let other counties "get busy." With stxty-live prizes there is a chance for everybody. Prizes of 25, $15 and f 10 are offered for Grange or club .exhibits. We can't give complete ' particulars here but any one can get ' them by dropping a postal card to E. S. Bayard, Secretary, 203 Shady Avenue, East End. Pittsburg, ADVERTISE IN THE PIKE COUNTY PRESS
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