The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-10
Rev. A. L. whitaker will hold

Rev. A. L. Whitaker will hold
service in White Mills on Sunday.
December 10, at 3 p. m.
"A. o. Blake, the cattle dealer
of Bethany, left the middle Of the
week for New Jersey with carload
of cattle.
Miss Harriet 8. Sutton left on
Monday for Washington, D. c.,
where she will pass the winter with
relatives.
Mrs. Laura Clark, accompanied
by Mrs. John Emo expect to return
from Brewsters, N. Y, on Friday
of this week.
-Honesdale's new hose company
gave their new hose a thorough try
out on Wednesday evening much to
the satisfaction of all witnesses.
Married, Wednesday, Nov. "a.
1909, at the Presbyterian Manse,
Hancock, by Rev. w. H. Yeomans,
Lee J. Hadden and Lizzie e. Stan
ton, both of Shehawken, Scott town
ship.
Marriage licenses have been is
sued to the following: Hiram Desher
and Edna Joscelyn, both of Damas-
Gus, and VIM. A. Covert of Welcome
Lake and Olive J. Gregory. of Beach
Lake.
John Brooking, assessor Of
Preston township, holds the record
among the assessors of Wayne coun-
ty by handing in his assessments on
December Sth, being the first asses
sor in the county to do so this year.
We are informed that the beau
tiful Arctic Owl, which has been on
exhibition in the hardware store Of
o. NJ. Spettigue for several weeks,
will be shipped to New York
where 1t will be put in one Of the
large parks of that city.
The evening services at Grace
Episcopal church will be read Sun
day at $50, in order that the con-
gregation may hear the address of
Miss Martha Robson, Field Worker
of the Pennsylvania Sunday School
association in the Presbyterian
church at 1880. The morning SER
vice will be as usual, at 10:3U.
"A three days convention will
be held in Damascus Baptist church
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, Dec. IA, 10, and 16. Afternoon
and evening sessions. On Tuesday
the subject will be Sunday School
Work.; Wednesday Church Work
and Life; Thursday Evangelism.
Various speakers will participate.
e. c. Boss, our local florist,
was served with an order of arrest
on Thursday, charged with en-
bezzlement. We have not been noti-
fed of the particulars but hope that
the charge has grown out of mis-
understanding, between Mr.. Boss
and the local company he represents
and of which he was the sole owner
some time ago.
-Chas. w. and Henry s. Hand,
Brooklyn on Monday last, gave the
piano belonging to their mother to
the Presbyterian church. 1t has
been placed in one of the parlors of
the Chapel. They also kindly re-
membered Miss Mary Ryan, who had
been a member of the household for
over thirty-six years.
Services at the First Baptist
church on Lords day morning at
1890 o'clock. Sermon by the pas
tor. Bible school at 11:45. Young
Peoples meeting at $50 p. M, sub
ject Pilgrims Progress" and Gross
ing the River" Leader, Mrs. John
Silsby. The church will attend
union service in the Presbyterian
church in the evening at 1880.
Frank Farnham, who was in
New York on business trip, was
called home on Monday to prepare
for trip to Washington, where he
is needed in the suit which he has
pending against the U. S. Govern
ment for over a million dollars, be-
ing the amount due for royalties on
his patent postage-stamp book which
the government officials in the post
Office department have been for years
using against his protest The case
is now before the Court of Claims
and is in a fair way of being ad-
jucated in Mr.. Farnham's favor as
it is now only question of the
amount of royalty due.
AT the regular monthly meet
ing of the Woman's Missionary So
ciety of the Presbyterian church,
Monday, December 9Th, 1909, a
beautiful tribute to the memory of
Mrs. Horace Hand was given by
Mrs. Charles Rockwell. Mrs. Hand
was a charter member of this So
ciety, and a most faithful support
er. Her death was like translation,
and she was ready when the Master
called. Words are not found to fit
tingly express all that she was to
us. In our loss, we were much COM
forted by the gift of her piano to
the church parlor from her son.
She still speaks to us through the
hymns of praise.
Thn alaotion 0f off1cara 0f the