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ciety through difficult situations and to wise and usually unanimous con- clusions. Almost the last work of his life was the raising of a considerable extra fund for certain usual expenses Of the Society. He did this in the quletest way, in remarkably short time, and so effectively that the gifts to the fund ran we'll beyond the sum sought.
 For many years MT. Brinsmade was the moving spirit in the conduct and control of the public library, which developed into the present Gum Me- morial Library. He was it's treasurer and secretary until few years ago. lie continued an active member on the board of directors until he died.
 And while thus deeply engaged in every public activity he founded and carried on to its present place of equipment and usefulness the Ridge School. This was his own life work. Most impressive was it at his funeral to see the long line of young men, scholars and alumni of the Ridge School, whom honor and love brought together to render their tribute to his memory.
 He left Harvard in 1881 and im- mediately started in is work of teach ing as one of the staff of the Gunnery School. While thus engaged he mar ried Ada Colton, daughter of the pas- tor of the Washington church from 1866 to 1877. Mrs. Brinsmade also taught in the Gunnery. In 1894, how ever, they built their own home here, and soon after made it the center of the Ridge School. In that work they were continuously and progressively successful His influence and control over boys was one of the finest traits of William Brinsmade's character. He could accomplish by the simplest means large results of discipline. A glance from him was often more fruit ful than many words from others. He excited most loyal devotion to the school amongst all who gathered to it, and he won for it as for himself a place of esteem and admiration in the community.
 There are few amongst us who could so ill be spared. There are none of whom it could be more truly said:
 We can not doubt that for one so
 true,
 God has larger, higher work to do.'
 -Litchfield Enquirer
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Evening Slippers. Numerous are the .designs for. slippers for evening wear. Suede, iinI grey..and in black, with trap.buttoned.on the instep, aud with Cuban heel is one.of the latest styles. At w. K. Mollan's any number of different feathers with various dec orations are shown in evening slippers. Boots with cloth tops ana patent vamps will be found at Mollan's, together with all the leading makes of Women's
 fine boots. Particular attention is giv- en> to the fitting at Mollan's.
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RANK ROBUSTNESS.

ss''When attacked by a cough or a cold, or when your throat is sore, it is rank foolishness to take any other
 medicine than Dr Kings New Dis covery," says co. Eldridge, of Elm pire, Ga. "I have used New Discovery
 seven years and I know it is the best remedy on earth for coughs and colds, croup, and all throat and lung troubles.
 My children are subject to croup, but New Discovery quickly cures every attack" Known the world over as the King of throat and lung remedies. Sold under guar antee at ,R. H.Beers & Co.,, New town; Taylor, Curtis 6 Co.,, Sandy
 Hook; P. J. Garvin, Bethel; L. Gou- lett, Stevenson; H. w. Osborne, Eas- ton; W. B. Hawley, Sherman; Smith
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Roxbury.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Everett Hurlburt of Glastonbury spent New Years day at George w. Huflburt's.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Humphrey of New London, are spending few days with Mrs. Sarah Colt.
 The Methodists of the town held a watch meeting service in their church New Years Eve.
 Mir. and Mrs. Stephens attended the funeral service of Mrs. Stephens brother, Captain Frank Potter, in West Haven, last Monday.
 Born, December 30th, daughter to MT. and Mrs. Clarence Evetts.
 The young people held a New Years party at Mir. Humphreys, New Years Eve. There was also very pleasant New Years party at Craven Cross Roads.
 The Seeley place in the Center has been sold to Miss Blsham of Philadel- phia, who expects to make extensive repairs immediately.
 Both schools opened for the winter term January 9th. Miss Coates re- turned from Mystic, January 4th.
 Died, December 30th, Ernest, infant son of Mir. and Mrs. Anthony Zagar.
 Dr. Day of New Haven and Miss Mabel Thomas spent New Years day at Myron Thomas.
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Washington
FINE TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY
 OF WILLIAM G. BRINSMADE.


 The year of our Lord 1908 has been a year of great and serious losses to the town of Washington. In this year three of those who have been most widely known and influential among it's citizens have finished their work-Dr. Wm. H. Ford, Mrs Abigail l. Gum and now MT. William G. Brinsmade. Such losses in a small country town are of great and seri- ous moment.
 MT. Brinsmade filled place of use- fulness and activity which reached out in many and most varied direc- tions. His temperament was retiring, reticent, yet no one in the community served in quiet ways so many differ ent institutions, and such important ones. He had the faculty of doing unostentatiously, but with great eff ciency, whatever he set out to do. Slow to come to a decision he was unusually steadfast in working out decision to work prominently characterized by lack of haste and presence of wisdom. If he himself would have allowed it, or if his health had permitted, the responsibilities upon him would have been increased even beyond those which he so we'll bore.
 For many years MT. Brinsmade has been the central and guiding spirit in the public educational system of the town. His position on the School Board has been of unusually long dur ot; iy, l of great usefulness and discretion in the wisdom of its service to the com- munity. Few small towns have the privilege of such expert and wise ad- ministration in this position.
 For many years also Mir. Brinsmade was the center of the musical interest and life of our community. AS a young man he succeeded to the direc- ton of the choir of the Congregation al church; and at the same time he be- came Director of the Washington Choral Club, and led it in the produc- tion of a number of concerts. In this work he followed MT. Earl Bucking- ham, who was our musical patriarch, and did what nobody else could have done in filling is place. In later years he ably assisted and seconded MT. Ar thur D. Woodruff in the now famous whether on public occasions, or in pri- vate gatherings, whether festivals or funerals, it was MT. Brinsmade to whom our community inevitably turn ed
 The Congregational church will miss him very greatly. He was chairman of it's Society's Committee, and also secretary of the society, and was act ing as its treasurer when he died. In these positions his carefulness, his pa- tience, and his deliberate wisdom were invaluable. He was not one who sought his own way. He was a con- ciliator. He was most persistently a peacemaker. In many circumstances he was able because of his position to aid in guiding the Church and the so-
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Bridgewater.
NEWS HEREABOUTS.

Rev. and Mrs. William Wallace and children, who have been spending the holidays at the home of Henry C. Sanford, have returned to New Haven
 James Roberts, who has been visit ing MT. and Mrs. Ellie Roberts, re- turned to his home in New Milford on Sunday.
 Miss Gladys Roberts, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Rob- erts in New Milford, part of last week, has returned home.
 Myron Disbrow was the guest of his family here over Sunday, returning to Bridgeport on Monday morning.
 Mrs Elizabeth Morris is having her barn repaired, new windows put in. A. Morden of Southville is doing the work.
 One of the span of horses belonging to c. N. Hatch, which has been ill and in the care of Dr. R. s. Todd of New Milford, died on Friday.
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Brothers. Cornwall Bridge; Connery Bros, Georgetown; R. F. Smith, West cornwall; $. J. Blaekman, Hawley- vile: c. W, Hurlburt & Co.,, Rogbury {; Allen Joyce, Roybury Station; C. w, Hatch, Bridgewater; w. N. Noble, New Milford: E. Il. Beardsley, New Prestoni Cogswell X Wettereau, Wash lngton Depot; Harry Brown, South bury; c. P. Williams, South Britain Perkins Bros, Warren; w. N. Hurd, Long Hill; Penfeld < Craig. stepney Depot; druggists. 5Oc and $l.Oo. TriO bottle free.
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S1OO REWARD S1OO.

The readers of lthls paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded dis ease chat science has been able to cure in all its stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls Ca known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being constitutional disease. requires con- stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. thereby destroying the foundation of the dis ease. and sgiving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting na- ture in doing it's work. The proprietors have so much faith in it's curative powers that they offer One Hundred DoilarS'for any Cease that , Address F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, O.
 Sold by Druggists. 75c. .
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
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..ThesfoIlowlng pupils of Gray's Plain school were perfect in attendance for the month of December: George Clark, Irving Hall and George Mo Kenzie. George Clark has been present every day since opening of school, Septem- Der l. The average attendance for the term is 1855 with l2 names on the reg ister.
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At the annual meeting of the First Ecclesiastical society, Monday, night, these officers were elected: Clerk, Johr J Northrop; treasurer, Levi c. Morris society committee, c. B. Taylor, A. T. Nettleton, w. M. Reynolds; organist, Miss Mabel Taylor; auditor, Arthur J. Smith. Dr E. J. Gale was modera. tor of the meeting.
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SOuthville.
NEWsY NOTES.

Mrs. W. O. Shepard of Naugatuck spent last week with her mother, Mrs. M. Bristol.
 Mrs. A. Bedau of Brookfield has been spending week with Mrs. D. Barnum.
 Mrs. M. Northrop, H. c. Northrop, and Miss H. Johnson spent New Years with Mir. and Mrs. Lewis Nor throp.
 Mir. and Mrs. F. Carlson entertained friends from out of town over New Years.
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Allison'P. Smith was in Middletown Tuesday, Band Mrs -ss..Smith returned home with him.
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Mss Frances Griffin of Hawleyvllle spent her Christmas vacation in New Milford, the guest of Mrs, T. F. Young.
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Miss Elsie Ferris returned to Syra. cuse university, Wednesday, to re- sume her studies.
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Mrs Bertha Ferris and daughter wis., ited the Park City, Tuesday.
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Rev J. H. George..was in.New Ha- ven, Tuesday.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-13
TERRIBLE FIGHT WITH A BEAR.
4OO-Pound Monster Killed by George
G. Mexican and Son Near Nc
kean Valley, Pike County.


kean Valley, Pike County.
Mexican Valley, Oct. 5.-An enor-
nous black bear, which weighed
nearly 400 pounds, was killed here
yesterday, after most savage fight,
by George c. Mexican, the we'll
known guide and hunter, and his son
Cleveland.
The bear was seen by young Nc
Kean, feeding on apples in the or
chard. Hastily getting his rifle he
informed his father and the two
started out after bruin.
Cleveland wounded the bear in
the neck with a bullet and the ami
NAL started on a run toward a
swamp.
The hunters kept up a running
fire but failed to make hit, and the
animal reached the swamp and dis
appeared from sight.
The two men entered the swamp
and ran upon the bear licking his
paws and rubbing it's wounded head.
1t turned at bay and a battle roy
al began.
The father shot the bear in the
shoulder which maddened the beast
to a charge.
With a sweep of one of it's huge
paws it tore the rifle from the man S
grasp and ripped the sleeve from his
coat, leaving scratches on the mans
arm.
Young Mexican coming to his
fathers rescue fired wildly, the bull
let tearing away bruins right ear.
The infuriated animal turned on
the younger Mexican, who lodged
behind a boulder.
Turning it's attention to the elder
Mexican, who had regained posses
sion of his rifle, the bear pressed the
man so closely that he was forced to
beat a retreat.
1t was evident that the bear had
been badly wounded by the shot in
the neck and weakened by loss of
blood, for it did not attempt to fol-
low Mr.. Mexican far, but tried to es-
cape.
At this moment Cleveland fired q
bullet into bruins brain, killing it
instantly.
The assistance of half dozen
neighbors with two horses was re-
quired to drag the carcass from the
swamp from which place it was TAX
en- to John F. Meyers Hotel, Lacka-
waxen, and placed in the ice house
This morning the carcass was shipped
to Port Jervis and sold to a butch
er, who is disposing of it to his many
customers fond of game. The fore
and hind quarters look like sides of
beef, are very fat, and in fine con-
dition.
The skin is jet black and meas
ures six feet in length from tip of
nose to it's stubby tail.
The natives of this section of Pike
county say they have seen the bear
for the past ten years and many have
hunted 1t in vain, never being able
to get near enough for a favorable
shot, 1t is undoubtedly the largest
bear killed in Pike county in many
years.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-13
Erie Opens New Cut Feb. 4, 1910
Working Day and Night.

1t was announced Friday by the
engineers in charge of the construc-
tion that the Bergen Hill cut, which
is to supplant the Erie tunnel will
be open for train service by Feb. 1,
1910. The ground was broken two
years ago and work has been push
ed rapidly. There is still much to
be done before the cut is ready for
traffic, but with 700 men working
by day and 500 by night the en-
gineers say by February at least two
of the four tracks will be open for
traffic.
1t has been arranged to carry on
the blasting three times a day, when
the traffic is light. Sometimes large
boulders have been found thrown
down in the tunnel, and suburban
trains have been delayed while work
men cleared them of the tracks.
The work has been carefully inspect
ed though, and there have been no
accidents of Importance. When the
cut is finally completed the old
Bergen tunnel will be used for freight
trains, and all passenger trains will
go through the cut.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-13
THE LATE ROBERT HOE.
His Achievements as Head of Great
Press Making Firm,


Robert Hoe, who died in London
on September %, was head of the
firm of r. Hoe G Co., widely known
as manufacturers of printing
presses. In speaking of his remark
able career the New York Evening
Post said:
Robert Hoe was born in New
York city seventy years ago. He
early succeeded his father, Robert
H. Hoe, in the management of the
printing press factory established
by his grandfather, Robert. He
achieved fame as the most efficient
member of a distinguished family
which had brought the mechanical
art of printing to its present high
perfection.
when Robert Hoe entered the
business of his father and grandfath-
er, the Hoe cylinder patented in
1S46, was considered a marvel. 1t
was the invention of Colonel Rich
ard M. Hoe, uncle of Robert, and
proved of such great value in what
was then considered rapid printing
that it was called the lightning
press and was introduced in many
newspaper offices. The new system
consisted of placing the actual type
on a horizontal cylinder revolving
on it's axis, against which sheets
were pressed by external small
cylinders. The principle of the
lightning or rotary press has been
applied to large printing presses
ever since.
"The first newspaper to introduce
the new machine was the Philadel-
phia Ledger; two years later La
Patrie installed one in it's Office in
Paris, and in another ten years
Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper intro
duced the rotary press in England.
Upon the death of Colonel Rich
ard Hoe, in 1884, Peter Smith Hoe,
his brother, retired from the firm,
and Robert became head of the es-
tablishment. AS in the case of
those who had preceded him, his in
terest was largely centered in the
mechanical side of the printing bus
mess, and even in the latter years
much of his time in the machine
shops. To him are due many of
the most important features of the
great printing presses of to-day.
! Combined with the inventive genius
of his predecessors, he had admin
istrative ability and a faculty of
surrounding himself with capable
men, and it was these qualities that
contributed in no small measure to
the growth of Hoe & Co., now the
largest makers of printing presses
in the world.
1t has been said of Mr.. Hoe that
his autobiography is in almost every
newspaper Office in the world, writ
ten in massive shapes of iron and
steel.
Mr.. Hoe had a maxim which may
serve to throw a side light upon the
character of the man-"Concentra-
tion is the first condition of sue
cess To this he often joined an
other, equally characteristic, indi-
eating his dislike for undue personal
prominence: Get behind a thing
and push it. Don't put yourself in
front and pull"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-13
THE WORLD SERIES.
Pittsburg and Detroit Battling for
World Championship.

Pittsburg and Detroit Battling for
World Championship.
Nearly 10000 people witnessed
the first game between the Pitts
burgs, champion of the National
Association, and the Detroits, champ
ions of the American Association,
for the worlds championship, on the
grounds of the Pittsburg base ball
club on Friday, Oct s. The game
was intensely exciting and resulted in
some sensational plays, whereby the
Detroits were defeated, they scor-
ing but one run while Pittsburg
scored four.
The second game brought out a
crowd of spectators who filled the
grounds to overfiowing. The De-
troits placed Wild Bill Donovan in
as pitcher while Pittsburg used their
efficient boxman, Camnitz. The
game was far more exciting than the
game of the day previous and the
Detroits gave an exhibition of ball
playing in all it's phases that was
marvellous; batting, base running
and phenomenal stopping of liners
and fiys that not only surprised the
base ball fans of Pittsburg but re-
suited in the defeat of their favorite
team by score of to 2, the De-
troits getting the big number. The
third game took place at Detroit on
the grounds of the champions of
the American Association which are
smaller than those at Pittsburg, but
the grounds were packed with null
titude of enthusiastic devotees of
base ballism, that made up in noise
what it lacked in numbers as COM
pared to the Pittsburg crowd. The
game resulted in a victory for Pitts
burg, they scoring runs to Detroits
6. The grounds were wet it having
rained heavily the day and night be-
fore and during the game a fine mist
was falling, causing errors which re-
suited in the game being decided
more by chance than skillful play
ing.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-13

The Arctic Club, which is composed
of friends and followers of Peary,
after a very solemn trial of DR..
Cook on the charge of "Faking the
Public" in which Peary was the ac-
cuser and only witness, deciaed that
Cook was guilty, and therefore
Peary was hero and the only dis
coverer of the North Pole. This
Club has been very prominent for
years in milking the rich philan-
thropists of New York and elsewhere
for money to make arctic explora-
tions and as DR.. Cook without any
"blare of trumpets' and without
consulting them went up into the
frozen regions of the north and To-
Gated the North Pole, he not only
committed the objectionable sin but
he has put the Arctic Club out of
commission, as their occupation of
raising money and spending it for
the so-called purpose of discovering
this particular pole is now gone,
hence their chagrin and disgust at
having their means of getting easy
money removed. They will have to
discover some other fad, whereby
they can reach the wads of the over
burdened rich. One of the strang-
est things about this controversy is
that when Peary heard or surmised
from what the Esquimaux reported
that Cook had discovered the pole,
he Immediately started and reached
that location himself, and then load
ing up with envy and malice he
started for civilization to endeavor
to discredit the report of Cook.
There is strong possibility that
when the whole truth is known in
regard to Arctic explorations that in
stead of DR.. Cook being a fakir, he
was instrumental of breaking up a
system which under the guise of a
club, were taking the public and
milking the rich.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-13
Death of Former Resident of Hawley

John Quincy, of South Hancock
street, Wilkes-Barre, formerly a
resident of Moosic and Hawley, died
at his home Thursday morning af-
ter an eleven months illness of par
alysis. He was well known in Lu-
zerne and Lackawanna counties,
having served in the capacity of
county commissioner in the former
for three years.
MIR. Quincy was sixty-two years
and was born in Ireland. He came
to this country and resided in Haw-
ley. Later he moved to Moosic
where he lived for some time, being
engaged as manager of the Moosic
Powder Co. for a number of years.
In 1898 he commenced a three year
term as county commissioner of Lu-
zerne county, the term expiring in
1901.
Mr.. Quincy was stricken with par
alysis on November 21st last. He
is survived by his widow, one son,
four brothers and one sister.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-13
New Tariff Law a Success.

Treasury officials believe that the
new tariff, judging from its opera
tion up-to-date, will prove satisfac-
tory from the revenue raising stand
point. For the month of September
just closed, the customs receipts
reached $4,000 900 in round figures,
as compared with $25,00O,OOO for
the same month last year. Since the
beginning of the present fiscal year,
July 1, the receipts from customs
has reached total Of $85,500, 900
which is twenty millions more than
they were for the same period last
year.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-13
A New Home for Blooming Grove
Club.

Estimates have been invited for
handsome club house to be erected
by the Blooming Grove Hunting and
Fishing Club. The building, which
will be two and three story struc-
ture, 140 by 108 feet in dimensions,
of local stone and frame, will stand
in the center of the clubs $1,000
acre preserve which teens with bear,
deer, ruffed grouse and all varieties
of small game that can stand the cli-
mate, to say nothing of well-stock-
ed trout streams and lakes where
bass and pickerel abound.
The main floor will contain large
hall, exchange, Office, writing room,
ladies' parlor, dining room, serving
room, kitchen, bakeshop, buffet,
supply room, gun room, locker room
and a cold storage room, in which
specimens of game or fish may be
preserved until the opportunity to
mount them presents itself.
The upper floors will contain forty
three bedrooms, baths, etc. The
building, which will replace one de-
stroyed by fire last February, will
cost about $4,000.
The club membership is composed
principally of Philadelphia, Eastern
Pennsylvania and New York sports
men, the president being H. A.
Smythe-Martin of New York and the
vice president, Otto c. Wolf, a we'll
known architect of Philadelphia.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-13

There is law on the statute
books which prohibits any munich
pality going into debt beyond Z
per cent. of the value of it's real es-
tate. This law applies to boroughs.
1t would be we'll for all city fathers
to know the value of the real estate
of the places they represent and then
keep the debt within the limit pre-
scribed.