The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-24

The booking Office, in Bethany was in
charge Of David Wilder, and in Milford,
Of the late Charles B. Seaman, grand
father of ex-County Commissioner
George H. Seaman, of East Honesdale.
A. g. Sarven lived at Paterson, N. ].
There seem to have been domestic
troubles among pioneer Wayne counte-
ans as well as our more recently married
couples, as two subpoenas in divorce
are advertised in this one issue Hannah
s. Elting by her "next friend and broth
err" Vim. N. Raymond, wanting to get
rid of her husband Addison Elting, and
Samuel Wightman having grown tired
of his wife Laura. Paul S. Preston
signed as sheriff. Ellsworth Mapes noti-
fed his creditors that he had applied for
the benefit of the insolvent law. Chas.
A. Tenant and Elisha Heacock had lum-
bering and farming oxen for sale; Sheriff
Preston announced his intention to dis
pose of the property of Joseph Marcy,
in Salem township, for the benefit of his
creditors; Solomon Moore, clerk, had
need for column to advertise the or
phans' court sales of the real estate of
Joshua Schively and Jacob Enslin, de-
ceased, and Paul s. Preston offered for
sale 5000 acres of land in Manchester
township, twenty miles from the vii
lage of Honesdale, at the head of the
Delaware and Hudson Canal"
A column and half state bank note
table was given, showing discount of
from one-quarter to one-half per cent.
on the bills of all eastern banks, and
from four to eight per cent. on all west
ern and southern paper money. Joseph
B. Walton offered cash for 1000 bushels
of oats; j. Manning & Co., of Bethany,
advertised an extensive stock in their
general store, and Jason Torrey wanted
to sell stout pair of team horses.
Thomas Hurley was making coaches,
gigs, sulkeys, barouches, raisees, bug
ees, &C., &c.," at Canaan, and furnish
ing harness of all descriptions on the
shortest notice, taking country produce
in part payment of all sales. William
S. Vail, of Mt. Pleasant wanted an ap-
prentice to the boot and shoemaking
business, and Ephraim w. Hamlin, af-
terward senator, and for many years
president of the Wayne County Agricul-
tural Society, advertised for boy of Is
or 16 to learn the hating trade, supple
menting his "want ad." with an offer to
buy $50 cords of Maple and Beech wood,
from 2 to 3 feet in length, for which, if
corded at the door, he would pay one
dollar per cord-in hats. He also offered
to pay cash for lotto, mink, martin, cross
or red foxes, muskrat and other furs.
Stephen Brush, father of Cornell Brush,
for many years Honesdale drayman,
and VIM. B. Mandrake announced their
dissolution of partnership, and Henry
w. Stone, father of William H. Stone,
of Court street, called on people to settle
up at his store in Mount Pleasant.
E. w. Hamlin, postmaster at Bethany,
Charles Forbes, postmaster at Homes
dale and Henry w. Stone, P. M. at
Pleasant Mt, advertised lists of uncalled
for letters at their respective offices. In
the Honesdale list the names of John
Brownscomb, George M. Keen. Levi
Benson, E. T. Losey, John Kelly, J. B
Jervis and James Archibald appeared,
most of them familiar to many of the
present generation.
The Enquirer was printed on a sheet
20 by 26 inches IN size, and the typo
graphy and press work would not dis
grace an office of today.