The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-11

made the trip In his Buick tour
about.
j. Harrington Smith was call
ing on his many friends in Homes
dale on Friday and made us a pleas
ant call
Mrs. John f. Dooley, who is
spending some time at II. A. Dun
kleberg's, Seelyville, called at our
office on Friday.
Justice of the Peace Raymond
of Sherman. was a caller at our of
flee on Thursday, having been called
to Honesdale on business.
We note that Thomas Baird
carried off the highest honor in the
three-year course at the Carbondale
High school. Thomas was formerly
a Honesdale boy.
Mrs. James j. Ward and daugh-
ters, Misses Marie and Helen, at
tended the commencement exercises
of the graduating class of the Moses
Taylor Hospital Training School at
Scranton on Thursday evening. Miss
Anna X. Ward, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs James J. Ward, was one of the
members of the class.
Abraham Ballinger, a farmer Sc
years of age living near Sherburne,
n. Y, drove home from town late
Thursday afternoon with a big load
of feed, and as he drove into his barn
he miscalculated the height of his
barn door and was crushed to death
between the top of his load and the
upper casing of the door. Mrs. Bal
iirger found him dead there later.
Judge Searle, who has been
holding court in Luzerne county, left
Wilkes Barre for Danvers to visit
his mother and reached Honesdale
on Sunday evening. The Montrose
and WilkesB Barre papers are full of
encomiums regarding the Judges
dispensation of justice and his meth
cd of getting at the pith of the cases
that are brought before him, which,
with his suave. courteous bearing
to everyone interested, makes him
very popular
"A test has recently been con-
partment of New York of Holstein
COW that is just few days less than
three years old, and is owned at
Solsville, Madison county. In seven
days she averaged over eighty pounds
of milk a day, and from this was
made over twenty-nine pounds of
butter. 1t is said to be the worlds
1,
nell agricultural college had rep
resentative present constantly during
the test.
The Pennsylvania Legislature,
which meets next year, will be called
upon to take action in regard to a
proposition to abolish the toll roads
of the State. There are more than
700 miles of these roads, and motor
lists have complained bitterly of them
on account of the exorbitant rates
which are charged for motor vehicles.
Discomfort became so general all over
the State that at the last meeting of
the Legislature a committee was ap-
pointed to conduct an investigation
and report at the next session.
The baccalaureate sermon was
preached by Rev. George S. Wen
dell, of the Baptist church, to the
graduating class of Seelyville on
Sunday evening at the Seelyville
Chapel. The sermon was excellent
and Mr.. Wendell held the attention
of all during the talk. A quintet
composed of the following persons,
Misses Louise Smith, Mary Holland,
Emily Holland, and Oran Sutton
and Mr. Hazen, rendered two selec-
tions in a very pleasing manner.
The services were attended by
very large audience.
William Graham died at Nor
ristown after suffering nine days
with violent hiccoughs. Graham
had finished a hearty meal when the
become alarmed, thinking that the
hiccoughs were due to slight indi-
gestion, but when all the simple
remedies were tried to no avail, a
physician was summoned Attempts
to ease the suffering were futile, and
the attack became more and more
severe. For nine days Graham did
not have an hour of natural sleep.
The only way that the awful strain
could be relieved was by the use of
anaesthetics. In that short period
Graham wasted away.
Men and women and children
throughout the United States who
wore the white carnation last Sun
day celebrated no event in history,
no glory of race. of order, creed or
religion. All classes, all colors, all
sects were a unit in the deep, pure
sentiment expressed by the snow
white carnation. For everybody has
had a mother. 1t was the third an
nual observance of Mothers Day.
Sixteen Governors in as many states
of the Union set the day aside by
official proclamation. In West Vir-
ginia the Governor presided at a /
big special service in honor of the
day A great MANY carnations were