The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
SOUTH STERLING ALL RIGHT.
Ought to BE One OF Popular Vacation
Points-A Model Butchering
Business.


Business.
Our representative spent part of
a day last week in this section of
the county, but, owing to business
demands at home, was compelled to
cut short his visit and was thus de-
prived of calling on many of the
friends of The Citizen in this neck
of woods. South Sterling is a de-
lightful place at this season of the
year, and Philadelphia and New York
people are aware of this fact to the
extent that many of them are domi-
ciled at the various hotels and board
ing houses. The Paupack valley if
better known would become one of
the great summer resorts of Penn
sylvania. Delightfully."- situated away
from the noise and confusion of the
railroad, nestled in a beautiful val
ley, which is higher than many of
the hills and mountain resorts ex-
plotted in city papers, it affords that
rest which brings health and renew
ed vigor to those whose energies are
used in the business life of the big
cities and congested centers. There
is plenty of shade and the Wallen-
paupack waters the entire valley,
making it garden spot, so that an
abundance of table vegetation can al
ways be had. Pasture land and wa
ter for the cattle unite to produce
plenty of rich cream and milk. The
nights are cool, insuring good rest
full sleep, and those who spend their
vacation here are loud in their praise
of the healthful and beneficial effects
derived from a short stay in this
valley.
We found the boarding houses
filling up rapidly. At the Brookside
we note the following guests:
Mr.. and Mrs. Housekeeper, Rev.
c. l.. Frey and family, Mrs. Charles
Warren, Charles Warren, Jr., Marion
Warren, Clementine Warren, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. c. Boyd, Miss Elsa Boyd,
Miss B. Boyd, Mr.. Whitaker and
Miss Ernest.
At Edwards Hall we found the
following Quaker city people rest
ing: Jacob Fox, Miss Hattie Scott,
Mr. and Mrs. Parnell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mattran and Marcus Mattran, Mrs.
DeLapunte and daughter Marie, the
Misses Guthrie, also Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith and Miss Elizabeth Smith of
Brooklyn.
We had the pleasure of meeting E.
d. Dunning, one of Dreher's enter
prising citizens, and made a visit
to his model slaughterhouse. The
word slaughter" seems to be mis-
nomer for the place we visited, as eX-
treme cleanliness was in evidence on
every hand, and as we watched the
younger Cummings manipulate the
lambs they were preparing and dress
ing for their trade in the fashion
able summer resorts on the Pocono
mountains, we thought some city and
town butchers would be benefited if
they could take lessons from these
young men in the care and deftness
with which they handled the beef
and lamb, not only as to the way
they did their work but also the
manner in which sanitation was OBJ
served.
We went into their refrigerating
department, which is kept at tenn
perature of 40 degrees, and the
goods there went to show these men
are artists in their line. Mr.. Dun
ming has diverted a portion of the
Wallenpaupack over onto his land,
where he has excavated so as to have
a large pond filled with nice clear
water and which can be used by the
summer boarders for bathing or
rowing, there being a boat on the
pond. The surroundings of the pond
have been carefully looked after and
seats have been placed on the banks
for spectators. We were envious of
the young people as they disported
in the cool, clear, spring water, while
the temperature in the shade was
somewhere in the eighties. In win
ter the boys and girls from the near
by school use the pond for skating
rink, so it is a public benefit all the
year round.