The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01
FOR SALE.
LOCAL MENTION.

Rev. Coenen, of the Lutheran
church, breaches at Aldenville next
Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
The cowless dairy is the latest.
Some parties we're arrested in New
York City lately for diluting con-
densed milk with water and selling
same as dairy milk.
Sitting around the store stove
disputing the question of who found
the North Pole will not contribute
single chunk toward the filling of
the ice house.
Emma Sergent the Beach
Grove teacher, who was taken to
Scranton at the time of the teachers
institute, to be operated upon for ap-
pendicitis, is improving. E
Geo. Knapp, who was our genial
conductor on the branch for many
years, was in town on Saturday. He
now is conductor on No. 8 and At
running between Elmira and New
FORK City.
That big pie which was made for
President Taft's Thanksgiving din
ner, went astray on the railroad and
although tracers have been sent to
search for it at last accounts it can
not be located, It is, hoped fhRt the
hobos have it under cover.
I'VE once heard that in the west
a philanthropist gave lot of land
to a town for a cemetery. 1t was
fenced in and made in readiness, but
the place was so barren of deaths
that the inhabitants had to shoot one
of their number to give the cemetery
individuality. 4 ...,. ....
Chief Factory Inspector. De-
laney is insisting upon his deputies
enforcing the child labor laws
throughout the State, On Saturday
he sent out letters advising them to
run down all possible information
where age certificates appeared some
what doubtful.
Bears and dogs live 20 years,
foxes g, lions 20, cats IA, squirrels,
hares and rabbits 7, hogs 80. A
horse has been known to live sixty
two years; their average Is twenty
five; sheep 10, cows Is, camel 100,
eagle 1O4, ravens II, tortoise 107,
swan $50, elephant 400, whale 1000.
Mistakes will happen at the tele-
phone exchange. A gentleman asked
for the Lyric theatre; he got the
wrong number, and without asking
to whom he was talking, he said:
"Can I get box for two tonight"
A voice at the other end answered:
1--WE don't have boxes for two"
isn't this the Lyric theatre?" he
called Grossly. "Why no, this is
Browns undertaking establishment"
DO hogs pay?" asks one Of our
editorial brethren, whose work is to
solve agricultural and such problems
Not to any great extent, dear brother
They attend church for months but
when asked to help support the
preacher, don't pay. That is, hogs
don't they take paper and read
it until at least three new pairs OF
spectacles are worn out, yet don't
pay. The production of work is quite
often profitable to those engaged
therein, but hogs don't pay.
-Middletown people point with
prlQe Wnll0 MT. anu MrS. Cndrles
Bernard, residing on Prospect ave-
nue., are rejoicing over the arrival OF
twin daughters. The happy event
took place last Thursday, and moth
er and daughters are doing well
This is the fourth pair of twins born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard, three pail
of whom are living. Twin daughters
died last spring. There are ten chill
dren In the family, the oldest being
fourteen years.
There is only one way to advertise
and that is to hammer your name
your location and your business sc
persistently. 80 thoroughly into peo
ple's heads that If they walk in theil
sleep they will constantly turn theil
steps toward your store. The news
paper is your friend in spite of criti
cism. It helps build up the communi
ty that supports you. When the da,
comes that the newspapers are dead
the people are on the edge of thu
grave with nobody to write the cpl
taph. ~ ~