The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-11

and when he was with the Giants few
years ago he was used in a pinch. He
could not keep the pace and in 1907 he
was sent out to the minor leagues to
work his way back up again if he could.
1t is said that be will easily make good
in Savannah and be back with the
majors the next year. He played with
two or three of the visiting clubs in
Honpsdale during the past season.
-"Billy the Kid" by Joseph Santley
and Walter Woods, in which Frederick
Santley, is starring, this season, is re-
ported as being one of the best plays of
its kind that has gone out OF New York
this year. 1t is melodrama but it is
said to tell concise and powerful story
with due regard to sequence so often
missed by melodramatic writer's. The
play abounds in strong situations, the
dialogue is clever and there is plenty OF
comedy. The production is a handsome
one and the stars supporting company
exceedingly well balanced. Mr.. Santley
is to present "Billy the Kid" at the Lyric
this Friday evening, Dec. II.
In view of the fact that the beaver
colony on Crooked Creek, this county, is
attracting SO much attention of late, the
following item, illustrating the habits
and intelligence of that rare creature,
may prove interesting. II comes from
Kennebec, Maine
"A peculiar" fact was discovered at
the reservoir at Saddleback Pond re-
Gently, at Rangeley, when beavers work
in dam construction was found to inter-
fere with the water supply from Saddle
back stream. These busy engineers had
constructed tight dam, which had re-
tanned considerable of the supply of
the mountain reservoir, and workmen
each day tore out their work, only to
find it rebuilt on their next visit. Good
sized tree sections had been hauled in
and placed in the dam by the beavers.
After several distinctions of the beavers
dams there was again found to be a
stoppage in the supply of water through
the main pipes. The dam had not been
rebuilt but ON close investigation it was
found that those cunning engineers, in
revenge, apparently, had built dense
screen across the strainer, which had
prevented the flow OF water through the
main pipe
Miss Helen Elizabeth Boies, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Henry M. Boies, Of Scran-
ton, became the bride of James Jerome
Belden, in the Second Presbyterian
church of that city, on Tuesday evening
last. The wedding was the most notable
social event of the Electric City for years,
eighteen hundred invitations having been
sent out, and the bride having been a
prominent society favorite since her
debut the attendance included guests
from many cities. The groom is secre-
tary-treasurer of the Spencer Heating
Company of Scranton, of which the
BRIDES brother is president. The bridal
party comprised, besides the contracting
parties and Ethel Boies, maid of honor,
and Meade Belden, of Syracuse, best
man, eight bridesmaids and eight ushers.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
J. II. Twichell of Hartford, Conn.,, as
sisted by Rev. Joseph II. Odell, of the
Second Presbyterian church, Scranton.
Mrs. Joseph A. Bodie and Mrs. VIM. H.
Ham, of this place, are cousins of the
BRIDES mother, who is daughter of
Mrs. Thomas Dickson.
Now and then some farmer or fisher
man brings into town a swapping turtle,
which he fancies it was his good fortune
to capture, under the impression that
our restaurant keepers will buy it of him
at good round price as Il tempting bit
for their tables when made into turtle
soup. As rule they make great mis-
take, as the exceptions are rare when
the reptile can find market at any
price in our hotels or saloons; but it
seems that the ungainly creatures are
not without value, even if they do not
tempt the ordinary palate. In bulletin
issued by the State division of Zoology,
Prof. Surface warns farmers that they
should not only not destroy turtles, which
remove incalculable menaces in the shape
of carrion and noxious and annoying
insects, but should cultivate and protect
them, as well as many harmless snakes
whose mission, if entirely understood
would be found to be beneficial. Sum
ming up his warnings, Professor Surface
regrets that the wanton destruction o
birds, harmless reptiles and turtles causes
great loss to the crops of the State eacl
year.
The feast of the Immaculate Con
ception was celebrated in the Latir
Catholic churches throughout the worlC
on Tuesday last, the Sth of December
and in the Greek churches on the 9th
The festival itself dates in the latte
church from the end of the fifth centur,
and in the Latin from the seventh. Fo
many centuries the question as t.
whether and in what sense the concep
ton of the Blessed Virgin Mary was t,
ha held immaculate was snhiart N