The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-08-06
Hawley

Hawley
AUG. 3d.-One day last week, Samuel
Vernooy, Jr., OF Blooming Grove, met
with al accident while riding moving
machine, from which he Is confined to
the house, but 10 reported to be improy-
ing nicely. From a sudden starting up
OF the team he was thrown from the seat
OF the machine and fell upon the wheel
sustaining severe decorations about the
face aud scalp and injury to his back.
DR. Catteral Iwas called to dress the
wounds aud he says the only serious re
suit will be some bad acars about the
face.
On Thursday of last week, there was
considerable excitement on Main street
Tor short time. Three young men,
whose names we did not learn, but who
were said to hail from Honestale, Rrriv-
ell in town on the bumpers Of the after.
noon passenger train, where they were
rot discovered until they landed here,
aud apparently bent on painting the
town red. Russell Hull, an aged and
highly respected farmer Of Tatton, and
a veteran OF the civil war. had driven to
town to meet his ron, Curtis, who was
to arrive on the evening train from Dun
more. The young men referred to inter
cepted MIR. HUFF on the street, jumped
upon his wagon, wrenehed the whip
from his hands and attempted to take
the wagon from him. This was too much
Tor some Of our heroic young men and
the strangers were very roughly handled.
Two of them were very badly Injured
about the face, aud when the fight was
over the visitors clothes were sadly in
need OF brushing. Upon the conclusion
| OF hystanders that they had been pun
! iehed enough, no arrests were made.
Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Curtis, OF Chi
| cugo, are spending few weeks in HHw
| ley. Mrs. Curtis If II native OF Hawley,
having been born and reared here.
Mrs. Frank TuthiIl aud son, Pau, of
Schenectady, n. Y, are guests at the
| residence of George ID. Tuthill.
Mrs. Clarence Simons, OF Cleveland,
OHIO, is spending few weeks at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. We'll
iington Geary.
Mrs. l.. o. Ripley, Of Schenectady, N.
| ~ aud Miss Evaugeline Ripley, of
Wilkes Barre, are visiting at the M. +.
| parsonage
| Mrs. Ruth Hnllewpll, of New York city,
Is spending few davs at the home OF
her mother, Mrs Eliza Cole. Mrs. POI =
ter, Of New York, also spent Saturday
anu Sunday with Mrs. Coles aud her
daughter, Olive.
Mr.. aud Mrs. W. n. Pierson are at
90 ean Grove for two weeks.
Mrs. May Plum is SPEEDING week at
| the Thousand Islands.
MIR. aud Mrs. Gus HenseI, OF Carlisle,
Pa, are visiting III town with relatives.
IL. Phillips was at Stroudsburg last
week To attend the funeral of his sister,
Mrs. =. Melick.
The congregation OF the Blooming
Grove Baptist church will hold fan
aud festival at their church, on the after
noon aud evening Of August l2th. Au
interesting musical program has also
been arranged tor the occasion.
The Methodist people will also hold Il
far and festival in Paupack at the resi-
dence of g. Pellet, on the afternoon aud
evening of August Sth.
1t was our privilege to spend Sunday
July Goth, with the nospitablo people OF
| Newfoundland, one Of the most beRuti
iul spots in Wayne county. We hHd
often been there before but never had
II seeiued 80 cool aud pleasant as on that
| day. When mercury most everywhere
else was at the broilinR point, there W,
had d moderate temperature and tn,
cool bracing atmosphere made 1t restfu
and inviting enough to make one tee
that this was the one spot Oh earth
where Que could breath his life peace
fully away aud miss II when 1t was gone
IL was tedious and tiresome driv,
through heat and sand and over hill,
and some places rough roads, but the re
| ceptlon at the temperance hostelry o
and heat away aud we ut once felt nj
home in pleasant land among pleasant
people.
Newfoundland Is one OF the oldest
settlements in Wayne county. The South
branch OF the historical Wallenpaupack
river passes through the village ant
separates this fine and fertile flats will
Wayne county on the West and Pix,
, county on the East. These beautiful fiat
are hemmed in by recedlng hills on eithe
side of the river aud WIS named New
foundland by one Daniel Stroud, who
more than century ago discovered tina
some two thousand acres OF land in thi
valley remained unmarked and had no
been surveyed and he at once gave 1t tn,
name OF Newfoundland. Later a mum
Der OF Germans settled here and II ha
since been commonly known as "Dutol
Flats" History tells us the first whit,
man who visited this beautiful sequiest.
cred vale was one Deman Coe, a shrewt
Yankee school teacher. This was abou
1884. He settled there with his famil,
and hunted, trapped aud lived a sort o
part of the flats.
On our arrival at the Smith house q
casual glance about the premises told u,
that something little out of the ordI
nary was in preparation and our host iu
formed us that Il little "blowouL' was I,
De Helu that evening III the form OF
farewell reception tor one of the mem
bers Of the home gse club who wa
about to change his place of abode
Knowing that the village is inhabite,
by the most law-abiding and peacefu
people oil earth and yet not dead set
10y any means, we naturally expected al
: interesting time that evening and wer,
ANXIOUS TO enjoy 1t, but felt little deli
uatr as to whether our presence woulC
I l.. t..R
assurance OF II most hearty welcome anI
. II previous invitation TO Join with the
party during the evening, we decided tC
record another epoch in the pl-asantrie
OF this life OF struggles, settled down ant
anXiously awaited the arrival Of the
guests. With II little diversion, jus
here | want to make nentiou OF til,
fact tuat Newfoundland has one of the
! linrst Rlee clubs of male voices to b,
found i'll the country, and when they gel
together there is plenty good music witt
never Il failure, aud the evening men.
toned was no exception. About eight
O'Clock they began to get together anC
from that time on until midnight the
valley resounded with singing, laughing
and social intercourse. The club, witt
their wives and friends, numbered oveI
20. The men had full charge Of the sup
per aud the way it WAS prepared ant
served reflected credit upon them.
Ii WAS o'clock when We retired, but
the next day found us about 70 year.
younger.