The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-11

Keep busy about Old Home
Week preparations. The time will
soon be here.
The Baptist Ladies Aid society
will hold a cake sale in the church
on Friday afternoon at 8 o'clock.
1t is stated that frost visited
this locality last Thursday night.
There has surely been none since
then.
j. A. Robinson is removing the
machinery from his factory in the
Dodge building, to the Liberty hall
building.
The Honesdale base ball team
was defeated at Port Jervis on
Thursday of last week, by the score
of to ].
And yet rainless weather af-
fiicts this locality. There were
showers a short distance. west of this
place Monday evening.
We understand that the Inde-
pendent is putting in a new Cottrell
newspaper press. We are pleased
to note this evidence of our neigh
boris prosperity.
The old hand-pump fire engine,
once of Honesdale, and now owned
by the Narrowsburg fire department,
will be a feature of the parade of
firemen during Old Home Week, in
this place.
If we are not mistaken, an or
dinance of the borough requires
that all dogs running at large, shall
be muzzled at this time. One would
not believe it, from the number of
unmuzzled CANNES at large.
Storms and Signs" says the
best days to fish, this month, are
Thursday, the 18th, Saturday, the
21st, Saturday, the 2Sth, and Mon
day, the goth. If you catch any
on those days, tell us about it.
-Hard-hearted Scranton has de-
cided that no beggar shall ply his
occupation in that city without per-
mission from the Board of Charities.
It's queer how some people get
envious at the business successes of
their neighbors.
Holy Communion will be held
next Sunday, at St. Johns Luther
an church, at both mathis and morn
ing service. Mathis will be held in
English, at Z a. m, the morning
service in German at 10:3U a. m.
There will be no vespers.
When the U S. weather maxi
cyi,-
individual township, then, we think,
they may interest. AS it is they
don't excite much curiosity. 1t
rains where it will rainfall around
in spots. We don't seem to get
any.
On Thursday evening number
of base ball players met at Frank
Schuerholtz's cigar store and or
gapiZed a team by electing Frank
Schuerholz manager, Leslie Brader
captain, and Leon Ross treasurer.
The first game will probably be
played Saturday afternoon.
In Scranton, yesterday, lad
was badly bitten by a bulldog.
And now the newspapers have dis
covered that all dogs running at
large should wear muzzles. We
presume that Honesdale dogs are
also entitled to that privilege, but
we notice but few so adorned.
Word was received here Sun
day of the death at Ell Paso, Texas,
of Herbert Seamans, a brother of
Jay G. Seamans and c. S. Seamans
of Scranton. The telegram con-
veyed the information that Mr.. Sea-
mans was killed in wreck of cleo
trio cars. Particulars of the trag-
edy were not given.
-Honesdale's base ball team
journeyed to Port Jervis, Thursday,
and was nicely trimmed" by the
team of the latter place. The Port
| Jervis Gazette, however, speaks in
high terms of praise of the Homes
dale boys, both as regards deport-
ment and ball playing, and that's
some balm to our wounded pride.
There are two things which
every American citizen can do bet
ter than the man on the job-run
newspaper and manage a hotel.
| If there was ever any such person.
not connected in the callings men
toned, who didn't believe in the
truth of this statement, he is either
dead or in an asylum.
-Messrs. Diffene and Grumsen,
of New York City, were in Homes
dale on Saturday for the purpose of
recording the deed of new tract
of land they purchased of Gottlieb
Matter in Paupack township. There
are 166 acres and the price paid
was $500. The new proprietors
will build a large summer boarding
house on the property.
"A funny" chump, who signs
as Horace bod Gastit," attunes his
Tyre and thumps off a string of
doggerel, which, evidently, was sup
posed to be rap at the personal"
column of the country newspaper.
1t must be of great benefit to the N.