The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-21
-Carbondale has diphtheria.

e~A OOAuAAO mao
MIR. A. Robinson has leased the
old Central Theatre building for
manufacturing purposes.
Horace Williams has sold his
house and lot on West street, to
Frank Lent, of Eleventh street.
Daylight is very noticeably
shrinking, at both ends. Probably
you have noticed tin the even
ing.
People who claim to be wise
on the subject say that there will
be an enormous chestnut crop this
year.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Baptist church will hold a cake
sale in the chapel Friday afternoon,
July 23rd. Sale begins at p. m.
Lizzie Tauchek, aged six years,
died in Scranton Thursday last, from
eating ham bologna" You don't
really care for ham bologna, any
way. Do you?
"A little girl, aged ten years, was
buried alive in sand pile, at Scran-
ton, Saturday morning. After be-
ing buried twenty minutes she was
dug out unconscious and will recover.
Pennsylvania can, in a few days,
sit up straight, and tilt her nose at
her less, wealthy sisters, as she is
the only state in the Union really
owing nothing.
Ralph Smith, of Scranton,
age 10 years, when chided for mis-
conduct by his father, on Sunday,
shot himself in the abdomen. He
is alive, but in a precarious condi-
ton.
If you wish your children to
eat ice cream, let them buy it of
some respectable dealer. Several
deaths of children have recently oc-
Cured in neighboring cities, from
eating ice cream in cones, bought
of push-cart venders.
"A dog tackled a nest of rattle
snakes, at Freeland, Wednesday, in
defence of two little girls, whom he
accompanied. The dog was bitten
several times and swelled to twice
his natural size, but was still alive
at last report.
White Mills and Hawley on
Sunday played the second of series
of five games of baseball, at the
former place. White Mills won by
score of and 0. We understand
that $500 will change hands when
three games are won by either club.
A citizen of Scranton was severe
ly bitten by Abe Getz's dog. The
sufferer wanted to secure a handful
or so of the ours hair, with which
to ward off hydrophobia. Abe OBJ
jected and a scrap ensued, in
which he won out" A lawsuit is
now on.
The building on Twelfth street,
owned by Mrs. Oliver Bunnell, which
was, about month since, badly
damaged by fire, is being repaired.
The building adjacent, where the
fire originated and which is owned
by druggist Peil, is being torn down.
The department of public works
at Scranton has decided to close
Lake Lincoln to bathers on Sundays.
Nonsense! Some people never have
time to battle, except on the Sab
bath-others no time at all. Clean
illness is next to Godliness"-let' 'em
wash.
We live and learn. An ante
quarian has discovered that the bow
on a mans hat band is all that is
left of two tails to the band, which
were tied or pinned to the left
shoulder to prevent the lid from
soaring away with the wind. Valu-
able discovery.
We are feeling rather ante
quated, because almost every news
paper in the surrounding country
has had at least one "big snake"
story. If any of our readers has
one, please send it in at once. We
could make one, but we have con-
scientious scruples against telling
things which aren't true.
The ice-cream social, under the
auspices of the ladies of the Pres
byterian church, Thursday evening,
was very successful affair. Chi
nese lanterns were swung over the
lawn and upon the street fronting it,
and twenty-five young ladies, attired
in white, attended to the wants of
patrons. The receipts are said to
have been very gratifying.
Weather prognosticators in this
vicinity declare that we need not
look for rain for six weeks yet. The
st. Swithen's day chestnut concern
ing rain, is still believed by many,
that it rained, in
spots, all about us on the day nam
ed. 1t will rain when it gets ready,
st. Swithin's day parallels to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
The Olyphant Citizen has this
to say about the Home Coming