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

Only one Citizen will be pub
lished this week and that is today's
issue.
-Honesdale has a 800" club.
Most towns are satisfied with 400"
clubs to say nothing about 800
Forest City News.
The supervisors of Texas town
ship met on Monday afternoon to
complete their report which has been
forwarded to the State.
The bank employees of our local
institutions are now busily engaged
in computing interest upon the sew
eral accounts in their trust.
-Tho personal property of Leon
Bidw.ll of Hawley was sold by Sher-
iff F. c. Kimble on Tuesday OF last
week to the highest bidder. The
goods were sold separately.
ALI articles sent by parcels post
must have return cards attached.
We print tags of all kinds for this
purpose. Get your prices at The
Citizen office for job printing.
The express companies through
out the country are working on
new schedule of rates which Will be
put into effect January lst, to meet
the parcel post charges which go into
effect at that time.
The front of the new Gurney
Electric Elevator factory is COM
pleted. The steel columns aud
trusses are being erected in the
foundry part of the building. The
roof is being placed on the main
shop.
The chestnut crop in Wayne
county this fall was almost total
failure and as a consequence there
have been very few in the market
or offered for sale. What few there
were brought top notch prices. 1t Is
claimed that owing to the cold, late
spring the buds were frozen, pre-
venting the chestnuts from coming to
maturity, hence the scarcity
Have you been over to the
Free Library since the books were
classified and properly arranged on
the shelves? If not you will be sur
prised at the wealth of interesting
and instructive material you will find
there. The Library is open from 3
to . and 7 to 8 every Tuesday and
Friday. They are giving out about
200 books per week and have over
$50 borrowers. They have thirty
new novels which they will let you
have by your paying two cents per
day.
Saturday the sun was supposed
to cross the equatorial line and win
ter officially began at l:45 p. m.
According to an old saying which
has often been reported, III a storm
of rain or snow comes on the day
winter begins or soon after, and il
1t clears away with a high wind and
cold weather, all the storms for the
next three months will do the same
On the contrary If it clears away
\ with a southerly wind and tolerably
warm the following storms in that
time will do So"
On Saturday afternoon the
Sophomore class of the high school
gave a very creditable and interest
ing program at the school auditor
ium. The exercises were to mark
the close of the first half of the
school year. The Blind Brother
one of Homer GTeene's most widely
known books, which was originally
written for the Youths Companion
was recited in part by number o
the students. Parts taken from the
book were assigned and arranged
so that each recitation was con
tinuation of the preceding one, max
ing the sense of the story complete
The program was interspersed will
songs by the high school chorus. A
the conclusion, Homer Greene de
ilvered a brief address on How
Came to Write the Blind Brother.
Rev. John ]. O'Toole of st. john
r. C. church also spoke few words
to the assemblage.