The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-08
WHAT LITTLE CUPID HAS DONE
Many Hearts Were Made Happy in
October BY This Little Fellow.

Octoner By lnlS Llttie felloW.
Dan Cupid, he of the little bow
and arrow, found hunting rather
poor in the hills and hollows of dear
old Wayne during the golden month
of October The Son of Venus bag
ged only thirty-six hearts as over
against a catch of forty-eight in the
travelling moon hunt of 1910.
Whether this alarming falling-off
in the number of entrants for the
matrimonial lottery is due to the in
crease in the price of sugar, the
timidity of the county "Barkis', the
uncertainty as to the outcome of the
election, or to the many rainy days
and nights when "courtin" was we'll
nigh impossible, could not be ascer-
tanned. One thing is certain there
was a decrease of 33 1-3 per cent.
and the puzzle is respectfully sub
mitted to our learned sociologists
and political economists for solution.
The glass cutters again lead the
procession, four followers of that
occupation taking unto themselves
partners until death or the divorce
courts do part.
The farmers came in strong, also,
three sons of the soil being included
in the goodly company of Benedicts.
Other occupations represented by one
follower each were the following
Teamster, blacksmith, jeweler, fire.
man, mason, photographer, machin-
ist. Two laborers and two railroad
men rounded out the dozen and a
half who foreswore the care-free
joys of single blessedness.
The County Seat as usual furnish
ed the largest number of bride
grooms, four in all. White Mills
beat out Hawley for second place,
with a total of three. Bethany, the
ancient shire town of Wayne, fur
nished two bridegrooms. Reporting
for other towns and townships came
one man each, viz: Salem township,
Aldenville, Pleasant Mount, South
Canaan, High Lake. From beyond
the borders came citizens of Cochec-
ton, Centre County, n. Y, Schenec-
tady, N Y, Newton, N. j., and Car
bondale, Lackawanna county, Pa,
prothonotary-wardbound.
The average age of the bride
grooms was 27 Ills years. The
Oldest one was 40, and the youngest
21. A remarkable feature of the
months matrimonial activity was the
fact that all the bridegrooms were
of age. In only three cases did the
men marry women older than them.
selves. Two of the bridegrooms had
been married before.
The County Seat furnished no less
than five of the blushing brides
White Mills was the dwelling-place
of three. The rest of the sweet
young things came from Beachlake
Bethany, Galilee, Heart Lake
South Canaan, Farview, Haw
ley, Salem township. The remainder
came struggling in from Schenec
tady, N. Y, and Duryea.
No less than five of the brides
were under age. Two were seven
teen, three were nineteen and one
was twenty years old. Three hat
attained their majority. Two were
twenty-three, three were twenty
eight and one was fifty-seven years
of age. Only one had previous mat
rimonial experience, and she was {
divorcee. The average age of thu
brides was "a and 1-3 years.
There were only two "housework
ers'' among the bevy. One was {
stenographer. Another was a "sill
worker" And the rest were jus
"stay-at-homes."
The ages of the contracting par
ties, gentlemen first, in this case
follow:
37-2S; 24-19; 22-2O; 2S-23