The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-08-13
Personal and Impersonal.

Personal and Impersonal.
Reader OF THE CITIZEN, docs you
copy have penny stamp attached1 |
80, 1T denotes that you are in arrears
j for q year or moro. Kindly remit bal
ance due, and then the postal laws viii
permit us to omit tho stamp.
Tho Leckawexen Valley Street
Railway Co. has been direct ed by th'
town council to remove their rails aud
ties on Main street, below 4th.
--Tboro are 3 4S9 men in Wayne
county who are available for military
duty, according to data compiled By
g ommissioners' clerk, Geo. P. Ross.
Although the opening of the season
at tho Lyric Theatre does not take place
until September, manager DIttrich will
play one moro popular priced summer
attraction during the month Of August.
A. . 5cammon will present high
class musical comedy, The Real Wild
ow Brown" the merry laughing festi.
val that has been pleasing the New
England people oil summer, on Friday
evening, Aug. 14th.
Some OF Wayne county's supervi-
sors aeem TO have forgotten the facl
skhRt the State law makes IL their duty
have the stones removed from the
highways Of their respective Districts
at least once month. during the sum
mer season.
Prices Of automobiles are rapidly
coming down. One leading company
will put q four-cy Under machine on the
market for I'll 200 and another O six
cylinder machine for 81, 400, which is
less than one haif for what they have
recently been selling for.
"A farmer living near st. Joseph
Michigan, where crops were suffering
for the lack OF rain, sent the following
notice to the editor Of the village paper
st. Joe, Mich August
Gentlemen: You seem to be able to
get everything you advertise for We
want rain. MICHIGAN FARMER.
7, 8 -Inclosed please find 25 cents.
Please insert "ad."
Il is hoped he received a prompt an
swer, as he is evidently believer il
advertising.
salt il valuable product manu-.
factured in the United Statee. The last
government figures chow that 90, 437, :
GG3 worth were turned out last year.
have been complit.
he appearance OF Babes 10 Toy :
,.o the Lyric. on w ,i,s'ily ovar-
Z. ng, Sppt. "a Babes IN Toy land" 10
the jJiut work OF Glen MacDonougb
and Victor erbart. The former drama
tized the fairy tale Babes in the
Wood and TO tho exquisite story Mr..
Herbert set musical gcms thut have
never been equ .lled and the fact that
4 Julian Mitchell staged the product IN
is the best endorsem mt shat 1t ia COM
plete to the smallest detail.
From the Financial Review, Of
Scranton, date OF Aug. S;h.
Ii )nesdale has not felt the results of
the financial depression as other manu-
featuring towld nlva. An)ns the fac
tories that have been busy ia the Dur
land, Thompson Shoe Co of this place.
The factory has been running, through
all the business depression, ten hours a
day, six days in the week. The usual
half-holIday has been given only
through July. Monday, August 3D. the
factory began running on full time
again ORDERS nre shipped promptly
and customers arc given the equlva-
lent of their money. Toe firm has a
largo trade on miners bo)ts. S)me OF
fRnlnFV
from 20 to 30 years and few are stock
holders j. D. Weston ia manager.
There arc many types Of comedy,
but the enduring sort IN "Babes in Toy
land" is that which sweeps the chords
OF human emotions from grave to gay,
from lively to severe; that makes laugh
Ter sparkle with years and lights emo
ton with the sunshine OF smile. The
real comedian is wrongly confused with
the clown. The clown is the droll OF
an instant, the real comedian fingers
with the imagiaati on and dwells in the
heart as long as memory holds it's OF,
fee.
by the explosion OF boiler in the
rolling mill at York, this State, on Mon
day last, eight men were killed and
nearly a score OF others more or less Sc
riously injured. The money loss wei
vary large.
Says a writer in the Scranton Times
aAAug, 9th;
Miss Brownscomhr. who. even eite,
her latest sojourr gocosrd, came, tor
more or less time each summer that an
was in America 70 her little studio ~
her home town, has at last given II W
to Honesdale's iptense regrets, and sluc
May OF the prescott year writes hersel
only as OF New York city. But sh,
clings no lees with strong affection Il
her "home" town, and holds her inter
est in particulac manner 10 it's improve
ment association. The Honesdale CITI
ZEN Of recent issue publishes q not
from her. just received by the secretary
of the association in response to re
quest for another painting TO be dispos
ed Of for tho benefit Of the 'sociation
AS the Citizen odltorially notes il
prl1tIng the letter, that society has u
various times boon very generously
treated by her." Miss Brownscombe'
answer says: II; is happiness for m
to do anything that will bene6s my dea
native town, even IN q small way and
though no longer live there | still fee
that belong to Honosdale, where ar
centered all the memories Of my child
hood and youth, and where have .
many dear aud valued friends Wist
ing continued and increasing success I
the society that has helped to make on
town famous, | am very cordially your
Jennie Brownscomb'. Scranton's latel
formed Civic improvement Society
one OF not few that have had the
first incentive to organization in III
success OF the Hrnesdale Association
II Scranton shall make as great SUI
cess ln proportion TO the size OF the in
proyomenl task before IL. then il wi
have reason TO boast itself OF results.