The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-25


Following are the newly elected off,
GERS of the Spring Brook Creamery Co.,
of Tanners Falls w. j. Ogden, ]. 1.
Bates, VIM. Riefier, James Taylor, T. F.
Dunn, r. w. Kimble and f. w. Gam
nell. They organized by yselecting w. j.
Ogden, president J. I. Bates, secretary;
VIM. F. Riefler, treasurer.
The Wayne County Farmers Mutual
Fire Insurance Company have now pol
icies in force, on exclusively farm prop
erty in Wayne and portion of Pike
counties, amounting to about three and
quarter millions of dollars. 1t is one
of the most carefully and economically
managed institutions of its kind in the
country.
Orders were issued Saturday from
n. q. =. headquarters in Harrisburg
fixing the inspection dates for the vari-
Gus regiments of the Pennsylvania mi
litia. According to the schedule the
members of the Thirteenth will pass
muster early this year. Company E, of
this place, will be inspected on Wednes-
day, February Sd.
Monday last was the shortest day of
the year, the sun rising at 7:42 O'Clock,
and setting at about 4:55, allowing only
Q hours and 13 minutes of daylight.
Some close figuring is necessary to dis
tinguish this Shortest" day from the
two days preceding and following it. 1t
is shorter than they by only small frac-
ton of minute. The daylight period
of all is spoken of as being nine hours
and 13 minutes in length. This is to
allow the use of even minutes in the rec
ords. As a matter OF fact, however,
December 2lst is just little bit shorter
than all the rest.
There has been movement on foot
foy some time amongst several repre-
sentative business men of Lackawanna,
Susquehanna, Wayne, Luzerne and
Monroe counties, to form Benefit as
socation, with the home office in Car
bondale, says the Leader, of that city.
The object of the organization is stated
to be to give the members estate funds
for immediate use, to meet expenses in
cident to death, undertaker's charges,
car fares, burial plot, clothes, carriages,
etc., and thus relieve the family from
the humiliation of seeking financial as
sstance from relatives or frien DIS, before
moneys become available from wages,
saving accounts, or life insurance pol
icies.
Mrs. Mary Hillman, who died on
Monday last, at the Wilkes Barre poor
farm, at the advanced age of 92 years,
was fifteen years Of her life circus rider,
entering upon her public career in that
capacity when fourteen years of age.
She travelled with the shows of Fore
paugh, Barnum and Dan Rice, and was
noted for her "dare-devil' performances
on horseback. Though personally at
tractive, it seems to have been risky
thing to become her husband. Shortly
after she reached the age of fourteen she
married Bernard Bertram, ringmaster
of the circus. He was shot in Califor-
mia in dispute over cards. Her second
husband was killed in Connecticut by
falling from horse. Her third q nephew
of the second, was drowned by falling
from ship while crossing the Atlantic,
and her last husband had his head sew
cred in railway accident.
For many years it has been the GUS
tom for alumni and former students oil
the Honesdale Public Schools to meet
with the regular students the Monday
after New Years Day. This year there
is much more interest than usual being
shown, owing to the fact that it will be
the last meeting in the old building
There will be vocal and instrumental
music, short history of the school, and
former students who are now attending
other institutions of learning, will tell o.
their respective schools. The following
Will pC upSdI
Wilson, Wells, Wellesley, National ParA
Seminary, Syracuse, Lafayette, Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, State College, Yale
Amherst, and West Chester Normal
This ought to prove most instructive to
the students in the High School, as wei
as to all friends of education. The pro
gram will begin at nine O'Clock, and con
tinue most of the morning session o
January 4th.
In Wednesdays issue we gave {
brief notice of the death of John S. Kir
by, at Oneonta. A Carbondale CORES
pondent furnishes further particulars
He says: jumping from caboos
on moving train, James S. Kirby, o
South Terrace street, had his ankl
crushed so badly that it was found nee
essary to amputate it. The injury prov
ed fatal in ncharacter and the unfortunate
man passed away. Kirby was brake
man for the d. & H. and left Carbon
dale last Wednesday with crew il
charge of Conductor Inch. of that citv