The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-09-10

TO press, 20 that there vss no opportu
nifty to express sn opinion Sc to the mer
lie Of the performances in our last iseue
The plsy is well termed an extravaganza
but as Q "nusicsl' entertainment. i
wss, e. rendered here, somewhat Of I
disappointment, and suffered by com
parison with other shows Of @ similal
character with which we have beeo IA
vore1. The Time, The Place and Tht
Girl. for instance. Neither the scores
Of young ladies. nor the complement o.
young men in the cast sppsar to hsvt
been selected with much more care ss tc
their faces and forms than their voice.
They were nimble-foote1. however. anc
we're often grouped in vel!
and effective tableauE. lite march anc
dances OF the living dOlis wsrs quaint
and pleasing. and constituted .hs most
satisfactory part Of the performance
For the rest il is to Be sAi1 tdI. the or.
chestral music was gooi. the tasteful
costuming better. ami the elaborate
scenery best. Ii NAV be thought hardy
fair % judge Tine Babes in Toyland
oy their fret performance for the sss-
sOn. snd doubtless much improvement
| will come with m0rs experience AMI
greater familiarity with the music a1i
situations OF their parts; b1G there are
10 such catchy airs in the opsrett4 a.
| gave 'PInatora" :" ami "Tna Nix ADD" ami
O;aer comic operas thsir popularity.
rna theatre was fille1 II it5 capacity.
Iu 1 the large auiie1cs was p1: IN cAoi-
sal hun 1r for the full e0j j3ymen. Of IN f,
play by tn treI' of a NV 4.op CIR lia
replacing the original mig ghtmA are entillei
Tine sag" Tna new drop Is q pretty
sieE Of Like 4: VILE 4 A-SIiie. s1i
vas g-eeie1 with 4 hstrty r)1nt Of ap
plAnss when n, drs IrtLI1 T'n: up.
The city clerk OF West Caes:er, Ps.
received q marriage c nse through the
m All. Aug. 3isi, which h. Lsd Issued L
Q resident o. that place last Mag. TIE
paper wasildors d across ;1e face: "kc
turned, bec4Ise got ou; OF the notion.
The pu'se; for the race, a; the CON
rus fair. have all oe.n increased ami
will prove highly attractive tn .horso
men. The trlals o; speed Iaxc place IN
the afternoons u the last three days Of
tn. fair.
The older q msa grows the more
funerals ne hes to attend and the fever
sjdiDg InvitaiI ms reach him.
The grave OF John Rup7. IN the
c. meIery at Numi4i., Columbia county
was opened Sept. %, anu search for
papers. buried with his body in ISIS
Vas msde. At the time nf his inter
meut it wGs custom ary TO inter the birth
AL baptismal certificates with the body
Thry Eere found ia fair state Of pres
e5satIon aud show thst he wss 8 years
oil when he died, and was the s5n OF
q 1rge Rupp. who, his descendant O,
q I'm. was the direct heir 10 large e.
t. e 10 Germany. \ diligtn. search fol
th, heirs has been made :or scve.a
y-trs.
The directors Of the Jewish ceme-
.e!y are negotiating with the OH :Ials Of
R.Serdaie cemetery for the purchase OF
a plot Of ground directly north Ct the
present location. for an addition to The
Jc Sish cemetery. an action rendered. d
necessary By the rapid filing up the lat
ter ground.
There was large attendance ct tie
golf club house, on Monday afternoon.
fully one hundred psr;sking Of q del
cious supper On the south porch. The
q IWcrs facing the porches are very at
trac:ive, and chow excellent taste il
their arrangement.
-Olyphanl is celebrating its 5o.h al.
niVersary, this week, in grand style.
Coal mining was begun in the town IL
ls5S. when Rev. Abel Barker, E1~ar1
Jones and Lewis Pugh opened Q cosl
ir.it. Mr.. Barker was for years u reel
d Mt of Honesdsle. The fire department
Of our borough go over to-day to sssiit
in the celebration. One Of the survey ore
who laid out the town in ls57, was Pat
rick M:Cabe, of Houesdale.
There was sold on "Wednesday. the
real estate On Industry Point, compris-
ius lot and building thereon, belong
inc TO C2nivsn ~ Charles worth, AID
Us d and occupied by them fer sew,
| -rIl years as "A machine chop. EiwsTd
G. Jenkins has bought the machine sh op
| agt will continue the business.
The recent encampment of the Fra,
r 'GImsnt OF the Junior O:ier .. U. a.
NJ At Lake L,dnre. was q highly suc
cs's'uI affair. from a financial stand
point, as it netted the command sutfic!.
eat TO pay off q debt Of 81 coo. and leave
a balance 10 the treasury.
Pitcher Willie Dougher, of the Arch
bald team, having met with a dislblIbR
accident, several games scheduled with
hin in the box have necessarily beer
postponed.
| The re union OF the survivors Of the
Hist Penn'a Volunteers was held a
WyalusiuG. Bedford county, Angus
20 b. Co. G, OF this regiment, was re
cruIted 10 Wayne county. There wer,
7G survivors of the regiment in attend
auce, and the deaths the past year mum
oered %. leaving SSs still living. III
officers for the coming year are as fol
loSs:
George w. kilmer, President; d. J
Sweet, Vice President; Rev. David Craft
Secretary, and John a. Allen, Treas
uver.
The Freeman management will ope
a new Moving Picture Show" 10 tn
rooms formerly occupied by Dream
md" Main street, on Saturday evenin
IoXt. They have named It The NicH
; elctte, and although under the sam
m LnHgement it will bc an entirely dI
uncr entertainment from The Theat
rum, which will be continued as usua
excepting that both shows will be ope
every week day night, at "a regular ar
mission price OF five cents. Each sho
: will have three separate sets of pictur,
8 a week, and there will be no exchanI
| pf Alma hal Uaan IN