The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-18


terry of her right wrist. DR.. II. B.
Ely was called and gave the case
attention.
The Bell Telephone Co. of
Pennsylvania held the first annual
conference of the Honesdale dis
trict, at the Allen House, last Thurs
day morning.
Interesting news letters were
crowded out from Whites Valley,
Tyler Hill and Waymart. They will
appear in our next issue. This
cannot be helped, sometimes.
The Pike County Press has dis
covered that Shetland ponies are
not a bit afraid of the snorting,
coughing automobile. This should
cause rise in the pony market.
The Neubauer house and lot on
Spring street, this borough, was on
Saturday, through Dorin's real es-
tate agency, sold to Mrs. F. Kearney,
of Whites Valley, who will reside
there.
Aesthetic Middletown has ar
rested the Erie Railway Co., in the
person of the station agent, for
allowing locomotives to burn soft
coal within the sacred precincts of
that city.
Joseph Bullock, missing
Scranton boy, has been found. He
is in Glasgow, Scotland, and is well
and happy. All the fuss over his
mysterious disappearance" is now
ended.
The latest health recipe is to
eat only night and morning, at
each meal only one pound of food
and only thirty ounces of water.
But just think how you'd feel at
about midday.
Enterprise Hose Co. No. /, of
Forest City, will be the guests of
Texas No. 4, during Old Home
Week. The Forest City Drum and
Fife Corps will accompany the hose
company.
-Middletown, N. Y, was visited
Friday last. The Mercury informs
it's readers, in a foot-note, that
"lipidopterous" means white mill
lers. The price of the Mercury re-
mains the same.
The Philadelphia Press, in a
notice of Homer Greene's latest
war story, closes by saying: "A
Lincoln Conscript' is greatly supe-
rior to most of the stories published
under the incentive Of the Lincoln
Centennial"
"A short circuit of the electric
power wire in tree on Seventh
street, opposite Jadwin's drug store,
caused a temporary shut off yester-
day morning. The tree was smok-
ing well, and soon would have be-
come a torch.
A gentle-appearing young man
is reported as being in this place in
the interest of the Mormon church.
He is trying to sell books and tracts
Day Saints. He must be full of
nerve. We'd rather tend buzz
saw.
The BellefOnte Watchman ir-
revently says, that "if their chances
of Heaven depend upon their pray
ers, some of the good brethren who
have been praying for rain so dill
gently, lately, are doubtless begin
ming to think they had better save
up for an asbestos suit"
John Bryant has just completed
the large ten foot porch on A. T.
Searle's home on Upper Boulevard.
The porch is AZ feet long and the
bay window has been replaced with
large plate glass window. A
hard wood floor has also been laid
in the parlor and hall.
When you are through cleaning
with a rag soaked in furniture
polish, gasoline or benzine, don't
throw it down, anywhere, but
burn it, Otherwise you may lose
your house by fire, caused by spon-
taneous combustion. A dwelling
was burned in Scranton Sunday
from that cause.
-Honesdale people were startled
Sunday afternoon by a Shrek from
the fire alarm whistle. The fire
boys scooted for headquarters and
were all ready for a run, when
the telephone announced that it was
"all a mistake" Somebody work
ing about the engine accidentally
pulled the wrong string.
When in Old Forge, if it even
so happens, and you see a street
car coming, get over the fence
Steve Sukey, on Saturday, contented
himself by getting off the track
when he saw one approaching, but
that didn't save him. The thing
followed him off the track and
smashed in three of his ribs
During the past week forest
fires have been burning in Pike
county on Broad Mountain, in the
neighborhood of Twin Lakes, OF
the Homer Herman mountain camp
and of the Burger homestead. One