The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-08-27
Additional Nearly Forgotten Facts.

day Magcsine Of the NV York Tribune,
TO tho issue Of the current
week very valuable ossay on The
Gentle Art OF Making yricnds" 1t was
an article that appealed very directly 70
the writer OF the narlcs Of "Ncntly For
gotten Facts Perhaps no ouc 10 nN.
other calling, or profession oi bu-.u'
in lie is 81 opt to mako eneuio5 Gng.F
peopleaR.iusL vhou, he hasn't tn- aliga'-
est Ill feeling. .. iiWuds, wituou, ruo
ing that ne ma ever done them foot
turn, ns a country editor.
Mr.. Chester sass, II you wont 10
mako friend Of thu other chap, liu.p
when you can. end keep h,m cheorod
up and hustinS" WIaa words aud
sugee ,tivo; for II timely help ID b'no-
fetal, 1t Ia fair 10 infer that All upuccof.
eary or unjust criticism may b. harmful
tar beyond the possible colrcqucrces
imagined by the author thereof
The writer has vivid rccol'oc'ion7 OF
his own experiences illustrotivc OF THE
fact in his half century 10 the cditorlnl |
haruces, and Ia disposed to congratulate |
himself gu the fact that among thr earll. |
est lessons borne homo to h's cnli1T it,
tellect was ono showing the folly ct al
verse critiCism when no possible com. |
ment could change the Gta;us quo. II
was away back in the carly day = uf The
war, and ono OF our townemcu had been
favored with an honorable and doubt r.
a l. H.t l#s.t
his family was rich aud Influential
one; OF opposite politiCe OF course, aud
in our judgment fGirly euhjrct ~ somc
sort OF an unfavurable paragraph. so
We ineinuatc1 that the "silvcr apo ~
instead Of merit might be- Thanked Tor
his Advancement. ard that he was IN
justly decorated with the insignia Cf
rank. while other ard worlhiCr nDu|
among our volunteers were still forced
to bear the burden aud hcat OF co' illCt
in the ranks. 1t ls doubtful n We ever
escaped from tho adverse impr,lairn
created among many OF our beet we'll
wishers by that entirely unuccceslr!
aud puerllc paragraph. We know tia.
|
may well believe that on many ucCa.
sions Of which we knew not, ', was Che
source OF more than ono rotHllutCr
thrust which hurt mono the less because
its origin was obscure.
Still. "expericucc tcnchco, "if we may
believe the old Latin provorb, Nnd lhC
mistake the writer made then may hnNC
had salutary inlluorCe On his life m
the multitude Of ycars hItcrward vuuch-
safcd him At the recent anuug. bra.
quct of THE Wsyuo County pcuuss Iva
MIA society" in Now York city, hJ al
in some sort of Justification Of tho cour-
tesy shown hun IN being invited TO
epeak, that IL he could in his hcQr' OF
hearts cloim any right TO such - dig.
tiuction il must be Oh thu gruuud that
with a rare exception, ho hgd u,,cr
failed to epeak n good word for any fc.-
low native Of Y ne, who seemed to be
in the line oi or0Gle promotiou or
distinction, Wiz at regard to sex, poll
tics, religion. nationality or social stand
ing. From an ethical and philanthropic
standpoint alone this may be admitted
to have been a claim worthy of com
mendation and to have perhaps justified
the evidences OF appreciation which
greeted it; but il "the truth, tho whole
truth and nothing but the truth Wcr,
to be told, 1t would have involved tho
confession that the policy indicated had
been largely based on the untoward cx
perience Of the writer in the excCp,ionu
case in which he acted upon ditfercu
conception OF his interest md duty
That "a eolt answer turncth 0woy
wrath" was not more true in Bible time
,han it is to-day.
In 1855, when the writer was c,crE
in the Honesdale post Office aud icro
| man of Protection Eugiur CDmp1ny, il
( was the custom OF Homes itta boys It
y play base ball in what wac thea The pUO
lie square, now Central Park. The 10
e vorite game was lively and Cxai l.
i one, with chosen sidos, covering pltch, r
i catcher, basemen, and an InjClint
s number of chascrs. These chaserg wCr
l. charged mainly with the duty o, rccov
ering tho ball when hit by the batter, @
thrown by q player at base runu'r;
"plug" on the wing scoring an out. \
there were many mi.sca, there va
abundant work for the chnscrs cpp,yin
e ly as dozens Of the rejected whcu IT,
o sides were selected, revcngcd thons,ivC
= when the bali reached the ou,Gcij, b
It throwing II hcre and there out OF Ill
l. reach OF those Immediately conccruo
q in the game. This practice became q
II annoying one day that it wns Ngic,
'e among the chasers to get even wis
IL any offender who might be caught whl
fleeing from the wrath to coma.
chanced on that occasion that tho writ,
found himself in hot purnuit of laN
Levi, then q clerk in the storC Of h
lie brother .in-law William Wcsa. "Gt
J. the final collision came young Levi hf
= q bad fall but, jumpinE up tmmci'atei
- administered q retaiiatory kick il
- memory whereof still remaineth
N. crowd immediately gathered about Il
4. bolligcrents, and more decided hostlliti
seemed unavoidable, when it Was Ri
covered that Lnwi was bleeding vcr
protuscly from ncaln wound of 60
:. siderable extent, and n was hurricd
ed Mlrsh's drug store tor gurglcal lrc
Ic- m,nt. Meanwhile runura began
u, Il mt about that the boy had been }
with stone, Or knife, or s'ilotl,
70 scimitar, or snlckersnee, or some 9th
"a deadly weapon, all es may be Imagine
~ greatly to the fright Gad a3tlui5ame
'd of the youth who wal, however inr
on Gently, responsioIo for yogne lew
knock out.
IN Then came threats Of pr0s-tGli1a g
Il. demands for damage Oh the par. NJ =
brolhcr.in law and the withdrawal fru
Of the fire company OF young Lowi en1 q
w E.;onI, n,,,h NthNr Iprrt.l,, r.ll,a,. a.,