The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-05

on his way to borrow his neighbor's
paper was struck by lightning and in.
stantly killed. Let a word to the
wise subscribe for The Citi.
zen-and have a paper of your own.
On Monday morning deal was
. closed between Edward and Andrew
/ Hoel and Mrs. John DrisColl where
/ by Messrs. Hoel became the possess
/ ors of the wholesale and retail bust
ness conducted by the late Theodore
Bruning.
On Thursday afternoon of last
week Mrs. Olaf Spettigue, Jr., and
Miss Anna Seaman entertained thir-
ty-eight young ladies at cards. The
prizes were won by Miss Margaret
Weaver and Miss Eta Nielsen.
Decentralization Company held
their annual meeting and elected
John d. Weston, President and
Treasurer; William H. Lemnitzer
Vice President; Thos. Fuller, Secre-
tary.
-Nerna, daughter of Robert J.
Miller of East street, fell last Satur-
day while on the Seelyville road just
south of Clark's Cutting Shop, and
fractured the two bones of her wrist.
DR.. Peterson was called to set the
fracture.
The following out of town peo-
pie attended the dance of "Degang"
on Thursday evening last: Misses
Nerna, Kathryn and Gertrude Drake
of Hawley; Howell Bortree of Ariel;
Frank Davis and George Galley of
Carbondale; and Elsa Roos of Scran-
ton
The Wayne County Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance Company held
their annual election at the office of
the company in the Postoffice build
ing on Monday and reelected H. c.
jackson, President; f. T. Tiffany,
vice president; John H. Ames, treas
urer; Perry A. Clark, secretary. The |
following directors were also elected: |
Eugene Swingle, S. r. Crane, James
S. Noble, J. b. Megivern, e. T. Tiff
fany, j. |. Bates, Walter Vetterlin,
T. C. Madden, H. c. Jackson and
Perry A. Clark
A very pleasing cantata, The
Revolt of the Toys" was given Fri
day evening, Dec. 81, by the children
OF the Grace Church Sunday School.
Miss Jennie Hagaman and Robert
Heft took the principle parts, and
the Messes Lucille Rowland, Clara |,
Reit, and Catherine Nicholson taking
the parts of Faith, Hope and Char
Ity. A number of small boys were
dressed to represent tin soldiers, and
The girls to represent dolls. George
Nicholson played Santa Claus. Miss
Helen Beck pianist.
A self-acting sofa, just large
enough for two, has been invented
)y one of our townsmen. If proper
y wound up, it will begin to ring a
warning bell just before 10 o'clock.
At one minute past ten, it splits
apart, and while one half carries the
laughter up stairs, the other half
kicks the young man out the door.
They will come high, nevertheless,
several parents in Honesdale and
towns feel that one of
hese sofas will be household neces-
ity in the near future.
Young man, when you are court
ng your best girl, don't get soft.
Don't say: These little hands will
lot do a stroke of work when you are
nine, and you shall have nothing to
10 in our house but to sit all day
ong and chirp to the canaries." AS
~ fooling away her time in that
ort of style. A girl has a retentive
memory of the soft things and silly
of courtship, and OCCASION |
lily, in after years, when she is bend
ng over the wash tub or patching
he west end of your trousers, she
'ill remind you of them in the cold
arcastical tones of voice.
Real estate transfers recorded S
[ the court house are as follows: '
Vm. Foster of Honesdale, to Rt. Rev.
|. j. Hoban, of Scranton, land in 7
iouldsboro; r. w. Penwarden of p
oronto, Canada, and wife of Homes
ale, TO William F. Lynch of Tanners
alls; grist mill and property at East =
lOhCbudltB DdNlu hluBSDuGy ana
life of Lake Como, to Tallman
tone Co. of Winwood, quarries at q
axe Como; Russell p. Patterson and '
life of Carbondale, to Augustus l..
atterson of the same place, land in \
Iaymart, consideration S175; Thos. S
aVanaugh of New York, to Mary
avanaugh, one-half interest in three Y
arcels of land in Palmyra; John d. \
User of Kiesrs, to John Fisher of
axe, land in Lake; consideration p
200. y
AT five minutes to twelve on
ew Years day the fire gong sound h
an alarm for the lower end of a
,wn. The firemen responded
and located the fire in the :,
house on Church street, near II
xth. The house was occupied by
le families of Edward Wright, Will
am Stahl and Richard Oakes. The ST