The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-17

Frank H. Bridge, Of Dingman
township, and Minnie Robson, of
Milford, were married last Friday
In Honesdale, by Rev.. A. L. Whit
taker.
"A positive cure for cancer has
been discovered by the pathological
department of Columbia University,
so 1t is said. In eight cases, the new
cure which is in the nature of a
serum, has been successful.
The Parish Aid Society of
Grace church will hold their annual
supper in the Sunday school room
Thursday evening, November 18th.
Tickets, soc. First table $50.
Fancy work and candy for sale at
2 O'Clock. Menu-fried chicken,
cold ham, potatoes, cabbage salad,
jelly, rolls, coffee, ice cream and
cake.
At Weldo, Pa, there is an apple
tree that has netted its owner $780,
900. This amount has not come,
however, from the fruit of the tree,
but from the picture which the own
er has painted of it when it was
bearing Its blossoms and half opened
green leaves. The apple blossoms
became famous, and the pictures
were as good as sold before the ar
tist began his work.
Superintendent Westbrook, Of
Pike county, says in his report to the
Department of Public Instruction:
We have better qualified teachers
and more of them this year than for
the past several years. Less trouble
than usual has been experienced in
obtaining teachers for all schools,
and all indications point towards a
successful school year.
The Rev. Amos N. Somers, a
Unitarian minister at Montague,
Mass, states that he has succeeded in
growing a "bugproof" potato. He
says: ''The vines of my potatoes have
a peculiar odor which is offensive to
the potato bug, for it never goes
near them. l have taken bugs from
plants of the type in the next row
in my potato patch, and put them
in my new vines, and in half an hour
l can't find one"
In a test examination recently
held of twenty-four students in a
college, seven could not name one JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of the
United States, and several could
only give the last name of one while
only one of the number was able to
give the full name of one. This
may be over drawn but it is stated
for fact. If true it proves that a
certain kind. of higher education does
not educate. Suppose our high
school pupils were put to this test.
The following young people
from Wayne county are students at
the Bloomsbury State Normal school:
Ethel Biesecker, Hollisterville; Ha-
eel Franc, Hollisterville; Harold
Box, Gravity; Irene Curtis, Way
mart; Grace Gillner, Sterling; HUI
bert Gleason, Gravity; Elna Nelson,
Siko; Minnie Neville, rCallopoose;
Bertha Policy and George Policy,
Seelyville; Blair Shaffer, Warden;
Lille Sheard, Calkins; Burton Shu-
man, Torrey; Emily Spring and
Grace Wegge, Hawley.
In speaking of the election at
Hancock the Herald of that place
says: After waiting, working and
praying for twenty-five years, the
advocates of temperance were re-
warded on Tuesday. The town went
no-license on all four liquor PROPOSE
tions by the following majorities:
Saloon 283, wholesale 301, pharma-
cist 24O, hotels SO. When the result
became known late Tuesday night
there was great rejoicing. The
church and school bells were rung
and parties of men, women and
children paraded the streets giving
vent to their feelings of joy and
thankfulness in song and blowing of
horns. The law will become ef-
fective Oct. 1, 1910.
Present indications are that
persons wishing first rate, plump,
juicy turkeys for their Thanksgiv-
ing dinners will be obliged to pay
from 25 to 80 cents for every pound
thereof. Because of unfavorable
weather conditions the turkey sup
ply all over the country is falling
short of last year. In the principal
turkey centres, which are Vermont,
Maryland and Virginia, the supply
has fallen off 80 or 40 per cent. In
addition to this the weather has
been so warm that the meat has not
developed the way it should, and is
still soft and dry in great number
of the birds, which have survived
the delicate age and have grown to
their full size. Two weeks of dry
cold weather, with a little frost
would put the birds in fine condition
and harden the meat considerably.
The state railroad commission
in the matter of the depot at Haw'
ley, has determined that they have
no legal authority to compel the