The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26

The directors of the Women S
Hospital Auxiliary will meet at the
town hall Thursday evening at 1880.
The Citizen is indebted to A.
H. Noble, Torrey, for copy of The
Citizen of April 21, 1911. Thank
you very much!
The recent rains have saved the
berry crop. The blackberry bushes
are well loaded and the prospects for
heavy crop are good.
Fifty prizes, donated by mer-
cahnts, will be awarded at the con-
tests held at Lake Lodore Wednes-
day, Aug. 2. All stores will be
closed.
Mrs. w. ]. Van Keuren, Court
street, entertained number of
young ladies at a dinner party on
Sunday evening in honor of Miss
Florence Barnes of Philadelphia.
Miss Eta Nelson and Mrs.
Erik were the two prize winners at
the 500 card party given by Mrs.
Silas McMullen, Jr., last Thursday
afternoon at her home on Main
street. There were eleven tables,
making "A guests present.
The Standard Bearers of the
Methodist church netted $1S.35 from
its ice cream social held on the lawn
of Miss Edith Tolley last Monday
evening. japanese and Chinese Ian
terms formed the decorations. A
number of young people were pres
ent and a most enjoyable evening
was spent.
"A prize of $25 worth of groc-
cries has been announced by the
Carbondale business men which will
be given at the Business Mems pic
mic at Lake Lodore Aug. 2, to the
largest family attending the picnic
The members must be of the immed-
late family and must come by rail if
the family is to compete for the
prize.
- The Watch contest at Rowlands
JeWelry store closed on Saturday
evening with Mrs. L. A. Loomis as
winner. The judges, who were JUL
ius Freund, c. P. Searle and JOS
Bodie, Jr., found the number stamp
ed on the movement to be 1885,
546 and the nearest number guess
ed was 13,6O3,601 by Mrs. Loomis
Miss Lillian Gleason was second
highest, her guess being 13,555,555.
Fishermen in Massachusetts
bays are on the alert for a monster
sea reptile, 200 feet long, with a
bumped back. 1t was first seen by
the keepers of Boone Island light a.
few days ago. On Sunday it made
It's appearance at Nantasket. The
fishermen refused to venture near
the fishing grounds while it is in
that vicinity. The head, according
to more or less veracious observers.
resembles that of an alligator, and
the body is as large around as a
barrel. The bumped back projects
above the water for a distance of
loO feet, it is said. 1t travels with
great speed through the water and
scoops the fish as it passes.
Three games will be played be-
tween the Hawley and Honesdale
base ball teams for the champion-
ship of Wayne county. The first of
these exciting contests will be pulled
OFF at the silk mill grounds, Satur-
day afternoon, July 30. The second
lnter-urban batting matinee will take
place in Hawley, August 10. If a
third game is necessary, it will be
Leon Ross, of the County Seaters,
and Frank Mcdonald, of the Bridge
Dodgers, met at Heumann's Monday
night, and drew up a list of fifteen
names on each side, from which the
players of each nine must be select
ed. This was done so as to prevent
" ringers" from being used on eth
er side.
hot =.
on the Dyberry road early Tuesday
morning. The weasles evidently
were going on a picnic and had an
early start. Mr.. Seely got his gun
which was loaded with BIB shot. The
first shot killed two, the second shot
one and the third four. Three of
these were full grown and there were
half dozen smaller ones that escap-
ed the shot and scampered off into
the bushes. Theodore Day, Wayne
county's naturalist, told Mr.. Seely
that he might get the other members
of the picknickers by call made by
the measel or by a noise made by
their prey. Mr.. Day lost seventeen
half-grown chickens a few years ago
by a single weasel that got into a
coop one night.
-CulCdSO Will never OuISIOW IHe
picturesquenes of the stockyards for
which the world knows her best. A
big herd of Texas longhorns was be-
ing driven by a bunch of cowboys
from the railroad tracks to a stock
yard recently when one of the steers
saw something that frightened him.
Maybe it was a statue in one of the
parks; maybe only live politician.
Anyway he bolted, and the herd
stampeded after him. The cowboys
saw the danger in fash. Two
spurred their bronchos into a dead
run, passed the herd and rode, yell
ing, down the street warning people
to clear the track. Only one man
was seriously injured, and three
steers were killed before the cow+
boys got the herd in hand again.