The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-13
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

burg, who has been the guest of DR.. |
and Mrs. X. F. Griffin, has gone to
Scranton to enter Moses Taylor hos
pital for an operation for appendi- |
citis. Mrs. Griffin accompanied her.
Local No. 80, American Flint
Glass Workers union, will hold their
second annual picnic July 80, two
weeks from Saturday, in Bellevue
park. Plans are being made by the
committee for a royal outing. There
will be plenty of eatables and an
abundance of amusements for old
and young. Sonner's full orchestra
has been engaged to play.
Last week we gave our readers
a brief sketch of the proposed dam
at Wilsonville and an inkling of its
magnitude. An additional bit of in
formation which may be of interest
is the fact that it is estimated that
it will require six months for the
dam to fill with water. 1t is also
the intention of the company to
build a speedway the entire distance
around the big pond. Contemplate,
We joy riders sl-Hawley Times.
The Electric City quartet, COM
posed of J. Percy Burns, Herbert
Davis, Harold j. Whitmore and Clar-
ence Paul Phillips, were registered
at the Lake house, Lake Ariel, over
Sunday, and gave some fine vocal
music. This quartet has toured the
world and is now resting, prepara-
tory to taking up the fall and win
ter work. They will be heard at
Delaware Water Gap the balance of
the season.
Emerson Gammell, DR.. P. B.
Petersen, R. A. Smith and G. P.
Ross went to Seelyville Saturday
night and surprised William C.
/ Ferguson on his 92d birthday. They
/ found the venerable man in good
health and spirits and he was glad
| to see them. The five men talked
reminiscently and the four visitors
| congratulated Mr.. Ferguson and
/ told him they hoped he might see at
least eight more birthdays. He
works every day, eats well. feels
we'll, and says he is well.
There is a Jeffries man in town
who bet Johnson man cigar, a
sandwich and drink that the white
slugger would clean up the ring
with the black slugger and take the
winners end of the 100000 purse
at Reno The black man got there
and the Jeffries man offered to set
tie, but the Johnson adherent let
him off in part when he found it
was really going to hurt the feelings
of the Jeffries man to buy the three
articles called for by the conditions
of the wager. The loser said he
would pay the moist part of his bet
and let it go at that. The cigar is
still in the dealers box and the
sandwich hasn't been put together.
A good many people, not all OF
them sports, have been wondering
whether or not Honesdale would see
the pictures of the great Reno fight
between Jack Johnson and Jim JEFF
fries. Many Southern and Eastern
and also a few Western cities have
put up the bars and the syndicate
that paid 100000 for the privilege
of using the fight films faces a heart
breaking loss of profits in some
large cities in consequence. Mana
ger Dittrich of the Lyric is ava!
at his summer cottage and could no
be reached for an interview. Whel
the acting manager was given
chance to talk he just smiled through
the ticket window at the question
when do you expect the fight pic
tures?" and answered 1--WE don
know yet"
Robert Pitman of Honesdale
Pa, has been in Westerly ant
!, Quonochontaug, r. l., this week
!. calling on the friends of boyhood
: He has been Quonochontaug yisi
= tor every summer for 80 years o
: more. He says the Rhode Islam
:, coast is one of the finest summe
cooling spots on the continent
:, though the Wayne county hills ar
beautiful and breezy. He was rais
ed in New York but spent much G
his youth in Westerly, where forme
, Representative b. Court Bentley an
the late Charles w. Barber, the sue
cessful druggist and past command
. er of Narragansett commandery, +
% T., were among his chums. Mr.. Pi
man is a factory boss in Honesda''
His personality is agreeable, and /
!, that part of the state he has gref
IT, many warm friends.-Norwic
~ Comm Evening Record.
The finest specimen of oa
rs seen here for many day wa
le brought to this office on Thursda
is by a son of milkman August Heyn
The sample was one plucked at raj
ID dom from a field of acres on Il
a Heyne farm and is said to be ia
n sample of the whole close. IT
er stalk is unusually thrifty, with lor
ic broad leaves, and measures feet
inches in height. Ten inches of tn
e. length is made up of the kernel
IN which are extremely thick in clu
st ter and very heavy. The seed w
RS put into the ground on April /, al
IN in the three months following tn