The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-08-20

and much lingerie Children are cross
and un wiling. Cats ssretch fat out oo
the hoor and refuse to move. Dogi
gasp aud pant in the ehade, refusing
even to follow a butcher wagon. The
piano won't play. The doors won'I
close. The potatoes won't boil mealy
The bread gets wet. The crisp pret eel
are az dough. Tae shades refuse to rol
up. Tue newspapers are damp. Print
ere rollers won't take ink. Horses droop
Fish and m sat spoil in few hours. Th'
pos,man is late. The policeman never
shows up. The windows stick. The
typewriter ribbon blurs. The saws rust
All the carpenter tools are dull. Moth
log wants to do as natu-s int I lei it.
Wherefore and why is General Humid
ityi
White Haven has q b)rough ordi'
nance restricting automobiles TO speed
not exceeding six miles an hour, under
heavy penalty. and il Il ines are no: paid
within forty eight hours ten days i'm
prisonment is added, with con6scation
OF auto until all claims are settled.
Honesdale's speed limit Is much N 1re
liberal, but generous az it is it is with
out doubt frequently exceeded. That
arrests for violations OF the local ortl-
lance have not already been made IL
due to the difficulty Of fixing the eX tct
rate at which the machines are travel.
ting without ms9surei sn1 marked dis
iancss bsing established within which
)b ser sations may be ml1e. This trouble
my bs rem iiei. however. AMI vhel
it IL. reckless drivers may eKpsci to
lake the conseq FENCES Of their disregard
Of the borough laws.
"A well written article accompany
log a picture Of Hugh A. Lancaster in
the Herald Of August II h, states that
Mr.. Lsncastor's father. Richard Lam
caster. "siter filling nearly every cleo
ton Office in Wayne county, was nex'
elected q member OF the State Legisla
,ure at Harrisburg, where he served
over four years" This, il true, is ncwe
TO most Wayne county people. Thomss
j. Hubbcll was the member for this coun-
" 10 1851. and +. NJ. Crane in 1853. Mr..
Llncaster's term coming between, could
)nly have bsen FIR one year, that Uf
1859. With tho exception OF his term
as sheriff. beginning in 1910. we have
no knowledge that Richard Lane lster
ever held any other office than that oi
representative. 1t was his Official rec
Dri as sheriff that it was deemed best to
have legaliEed by an act OF the Legisla-
ture.
Lake Como is filled with summer
sucsts. aud city people are turned away
every day. The greater proportion OF
the many large lakes in Wayne county
are destined to become great res orts for
pie isure seekers.
The Dsl. and Hui Co. is nov opsr
,ti1g mechanical slate pickers in sew
eral OF its collieries in and near Wilkes
Barre. One Of the machines with
twelve boys does the work of 800 Doys.
TAG uss Of these pickers will doubtless
De extended to all the other collieries of
this company, as well as other corpora
tions. the invention proving a success.
There will be large apple crop in
Wayne county, this fall, aud this re
milds us that Pennsylvania stands sec
ond In the list of States growing apples.
Harold Krantz. son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Krantz, Of Carbondlle. slipped
al fell oa ths sidewalk near his home.
On rnursdsylsst, and sustained broken
wrist.
The SSH annual parade and inspsc
tioo OF the Hoaesiale Fire Dspartm snE
viii take place on Thursday, AuE. 9th,
With Alert Hook AMI Ladder ca and
cexss No. 4 Chemical Co. as guests. TIE
donesdale Band and the Maple City
Drum Corps will furnish music for the
parade in the morning., aud Sinners
orchestra for the picnic and dance in
B,llavue Park during the afternoon and
evening.
The first annual re-uaioa OF the
Diver family will b, held in tn 3 grove o.
Alfred Il Oliver, EN- Place. on Friday,
Aug. 2oth.
Officer Canivan has relieved the
community Of eleven worthless cure
during the past week.
The shoemaker excursion from
Honesdale to Lake Lodore, on Tu esdsy.
was well patronized, no less than 1,195
tickets being sold at the union station.
From the Scranton Tribune of Aug
18Th.
while it is comp paratively recently
the weather observation station was es-
CAblIshed in this city ald the people Of
Scranton have beeb furnished with &C
curate data concerning the weather, the
little town OF Dy berry, 10 Wayne coun-
ty. has for forty eight years been sup
piled with this information through the
OF Theodore Day, one
OF it's public spirited citizsns. For al
most half q century Mr.. Day has care
fully observe the changes in tempera-
ture, measured the rainfall and gauged
the wind at Dy berry. At the outset his
own satisfaction inspired Mr.. Day TO
perform these duties. Later he was
encouraged by the weather bureau and
appointed quasi weather observer. All
these years Mr.. Day has kept careful
record OF his observations and he ia now
able to ascertain at a moments notice
exactly what the temperature was on
any specified day forty eight years ago.
Every month the Hones1ale papers pub
lIsh the summary of his ooserVations
for the preceding month. Mr.. Day is
now well advanced in years, but his
weather observations continue to inter
est him just az they did when he began
them while a young man."
Owing TO the tremendous demands
the fund for the pay ment Of bounties
upon the scalps OF noxlous animals ap-
propriated by the Legislature OF 1907
has been exhausted in only one nalf the
time which the sum was expected to
cover. Last week Auditor General
Young was confronted with bills
amounting TO t22,970 and iound but
81, 347 remaining in the s5O, 900 fund,
and the bills from forty y-three counties
had to be pro-rAted, each county receiv-
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