The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-09-10
A New Fashion in Mlzz.e .es


Suns staff writers, has jIst finished n.
tortDishIs vacation, winch aisJ hap
pened TO be bis honeymoon, in Homes
dale himself and talented wife. who l.
also q writer OF merit, making many
friends during their stsy at the Al!er
1ouse. Mr.. hitchie is Il alifornIAn
md happened to be in 5 Al Francisco d
he time of the big earthquake. II.
daily reports OF that catastrophe whicr
be furnished The Sun attracted .enrcnI
attention at the time. and 90 thor ouEh,y
convinced the proprIstors OF that iIu u,-
.ary OF his merit, that he was iavI,-.
D come east, aud accept parmiuc.
staff position. Mrs Richie Is au eiItrcs
aud magazine writer, and as 1t be
Jassed into proverb thst 'o!ris % q.
Gather fl )ck together. Il; needs * ri.' 3,
Sonder that tins happy couple ma Sc :
Nor is 1t surprising that they shyuiu a.
ect Honesdale Rs the sc.uc OF their ii -
billing and cooing; but that the ho.cy-
noon, even at it's full, shoul have n
such a surprising effoc: on Mr.. Ritchi-'
imagination as Is evinced by the foi'ov
lag letter TO his paper, is to ne tepior-G
|. 10 the sincere hope uf his Homes 1sl
'riends that he has ragantd his mental
equilibrium by this time, since he i.
once more baskins in the Suns light,
Instead of suffering from the b4leful ef
fects Of Luna's rays, which Burton, il
his Anatomy OF Melancholy says, "ii-
,urbeth the brain:
HoSEsDALE PESS'A-The county seat OF
Wayne county and all the neighbour: ter
TItory as far out as Salem Corners IL All torn
up over the Interpretation OF III" new dog
muzzling ordinance which the cIty fathers
OF Honesdale put into effect on July 81
Honesdale never had d dog muZZluE OF
dInance enforced before and the folks about
here are undecided whether the new Law l.
contrary to the charter laws of wm. Penn,
the Constitution OF the United States or tue
borough grants of Honesdae as interpreted
by Squire Will Ham and enforced 10y Mayor
Tom Ham.
First place, the notices to citizens that
were nailed up OF the trees and telegraph
POLES around town by Chief of Police John
J. Canivan are ambiguous. The Hone-iale
CITIZEN says of them that they are incOn-
sequential ola podrIdas OF black type aud
blank sense which convey no warning and
fail even 10 conform to the laws Of subject,
predicate and OBJ bject"
On top Of the notices IN heavy black type
is the word DOGS" At a distance out. sees
nothing else, and Pat COgGin-, OF C0gGin-'s
Corners, who left his reading glasses at home
last time he came TO town. failed 10 ser tnt.
small line. Notice to Owners Of" over the
namboyant Dogs"
"Irs not sign for me OF any other man
TO read" said Pat, Its Il sigu Tor dogs on
ly, and that's what il i-."
After the nail to dogs the notices set forth
that certain sections relating 70 the muzzlins
OF dogs and TO Se found IN Borough Dril-
nance No. will he enforced after July 81.
| and will all citizens please unite with Police
Chief John J. Canivan ia enforcing the law.
| Now the ordinance distinctly sets forth
| that during the months OF July, August and
september all owners OF dogs shall se- TO II
| that their dogs while At large shall wear u
muzzle. Other minor provisions have to do
with collars and license tags, but the main
point ie that. TO quote the language. Of the.
| ordinance, 'all dogs at large shall We ar II
muZZle."
Its that verb "wear" that now Jars the
calm of HonesdAle into anGTy dispute. tn e
| ordinance says that dogs shall wear muZ-
| zles, but IL does not say word about wheIe
they shall wear them. Jerry LauhTegan.
| owner OF the well known hay aud feed store
| OF SeelyvIlle, was the trst to discover this
| flaw.
Jerry came to Honesdaie one day last
week with his "Oach dog Pan-y traii.ns uu-
| der his buggy. PAnsy Eal a collar auI H.
cense tag aud she wore mg2zle. Snr 81 !
| not wear the muzZlr over her IArr, hut trd
| loosely TO her collar aui H4rp.aE between
Ler front feet
Chief Canivan spotted PAnsy ar started
| to gather her III wneu J, .ry iuteri II. JrT.
| ~ and the chief wrangI-'. all .. r Le side
| walk IN front OF the nTrLou-r L ia hnAliy
| they decided TO 20 before Squire " Ill Ham,
| and hear the law.
| They found the Squire palulinE IIvrr
| scene in his studio III the county court
| house. LandreEAu Iaii his case before TIA"
| squire first, SaII H.
Chief CanIvau here starts 4 o pull my dog
| Pausy for not conforming with huiuuGI uI.
| dInanCe No. !. 1 object on two grounds
hrsI: that she Is IA resident OF SrrlSV lie Ati,i
not Of Honesiale, anu second. tust -no Is
| conforming To the ordinance. sac l. Wraf- =
lug u muzz,e. The ordinance does Tot -ttt
where shr shall wear II; sue might wear -
| on her tail"
Squire Ham laid aside his palette AMI TOOK
| look At PHusy sue certainly was ", ITiu=
q muzzie. Then he looked up the borough
ordinances and discovered that NJ. iti uu'
say anything about the location OF the ln.L'
Ze.
Until We can get an opinion on tins from
the CIty attorney Pausy LaniTrgan u with
in her rIghts,' said the squire, aud hr add d
u dash OF eepa 10 the rocks Iu lhv Lore
ground of his picture.
Well, the news OF Pansy Llndrcgau's t-,i
case spIead all through Huuesdalc uriuI,
tue day was over ana at suuiOwn halt III,
dogs IN town wore happy smile RLl thril
muzzles dangling ITom their collars A
| things stand now the city attorney = plan
ming TO pats the question up TO the county
prosecutor. The prosecutor says he - moi
going TO decide any such momrntou- Issue
and that the State Attorney at Harrisburg
will have TO pass on the point hiinsrt.
As tue HonesdAle CITIZEN says: No IN
buuAl short OF the supreme tribunal ~ ia,
nation II competent TO pass judgment "n ~
issue so ultimately affecting the canine o!u'
, zens OF our town"
| DeWitts Carbolized Witch Hazel SAlve /
recommended as the best thing To use 10
piles. IL IL, OF course, good Tor Auythin.
where salve is needed. Beware OF anita
llona AalI hv DEII Tha nrnVutaI