The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-25

evening (Christmas) at the Metho-
dist church.
Trade Moral - Advertising
prominence in this paper is to you.
Mr. Home Merchant, what steam is
to an engine.
In many countries where they
go by the old calendar. Christmas
is celebrated January 6, the ceiebra-
ton beginning twelve days before.
Christ church. Indian Orchard,
Sunday, Dec. 29, at 2:3O p. m,
Christmas service and sermon.
Sunday school every Sunday at f:30.
Ira S. Conklin and Miss Hen
rietta Stermer, both of Salem town
ship, were united in marriage on
Friday at the Methodist parsonage
by Rev. Will II. Hitler.
There comes a story from AL
denville that three young men of
that village town were treed for
several hours by sheep belonging
to David Hopkins of that place.
A transfer OF real estate was re-
corded in the register and recorders
office Thursday from f. A. Bloxham
ct ux of Forest City to Frank Fentz,
of Browndale, for property in the
town of Browndale. The considera-
tion was $500.
Among those who are attending
the Bloomsbury Normal school, who
are spending their Christmas vaca-
tions in this vicinity are Miss Louise
Sheard and Miss Lena Pethick, of
Calkins; Miss Anita Clark, of Boyds
Mills, and Miss Juanita Branning of
Ashland.
A disease which has the symp-
toms of hog cholera, has made its
appearance in Clinton township and
J hog owners are powerless to curb
| its spread or cure the afflicted. So
| far William Martin and George Gay
! lord are the heaviest losers, each
| having lost several heads.
-Canivan & DeGroat disposed of
their entire consignment of Christ
mas trees in the Ridgeway building
last week. The little advertise
ment we inserted in The Citizen did
the trick" quoted Mr.. Canivan to a
! Citizen representative Saturday
night. 1t pays to advertise in this
| paper.
Mrs. Grace Severance, wife OF
| the former postmaster at Royal, Pa,
died Friday night Her husband, it
will be remem bered, met death about
six months ago when his auto was
struck by a d. & H. train on a grade
crossing in Scranton. Mrs. Sever
ance was appointed postmaster to
succeed her husband by President
Taft.
Hugh Johnson, an aged and
highly esteemed resident of Forest
City, died at the Emergency hospi-
tai, Carbondale, Saturday, following
a long illness. He is survived by
one daughter. Isabel, and severa
sons. They are: Hugh, James anG
Walter. The remains were taken tC
his home in Forest City where the
funeral was held.
Otto Brown, farmer of Lake
Ariel, was arrested Friday and tineC
500 and SIS costs by Chief Game
Warden c. S. Lowery for using the
dead-fall and taking rabbits out Of
season. Mr.. Brown paid the fine ant
costs. According to the complaint
lodged against Brown by the game
warden, the rabbits had been taker
early in September by the dead-fal
trap method, commonly Known as
the figure four trap. Mr.. Brown, i
is claimed by Mr.. Lowery, obtained
ten rabbits.-Scranton Tribune-Re
publican.
The price of all grades of egg!
are still coming down in Philadel
phia as a result of the campaign con
Quoted by the Housekeepers' League
to reduce the cost of living. Th'
league Friday last placed on sale Sc
lected storage eggs at % cents a doz
en-. The woman managers of the
league said recently they have an al
most unlimited supply of eggs The!
are being received from a wholesale
egg dealer who has connections il
different parts of the country. Tht
price of eggs remains the same il
Honesdale, however. What about I
Housekeepers' League here?
Considerable complaint has beel
made to town authorities concern
ing the new pool room on Mai1
street owing to late hours that tn,
place has been kept open. Seeing
light in the room early Sunda.
morning, Chief of Police j. j. Cant
van and Patrolman Levi DeGroa
visited the quarters. They fount
25 young men of different age
there. The law was quoted to tn
J proprietor and then the place wa
, Immediately closed. Another time
should the pool room be open late
than II o'clock Saturday night tn
: place will be closed and all who ma
be as unfortunate as to be in tn
place will be arrested.
With the sale last week of tn
|, Kittatinny hotel at the DelaWar
Water Gap to Charles II. White, o
Atlantic City, and the Maple in tn
Pines, a palatial summer home, I
Mrs. Elizabeth r. Conry, of NeV
York, it becomes evident that ther
is an active market in Monroe count
- real estate. The transfer of the Kit
tatinny has caused a stir among tn
l resort men as the hostelry is one O
l the largest and best known in tn
Y Monroe resort region. Mr.. White tn
new owner, has been steward o
1 the Hotel Traymore in Atlantic Cit
e for several years and he is rated a