The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-01-10
LITTLE LOVE GOD
HAD GOOD HUNTING
Cupid Pierced 376 Hearts
in the Year 1911

III ConSIueTdIlOn OF one Dollar,
good and lawful money, Prothono-
tary M. j. Hanlan granted to one
| hundred and seventy-eight appli-
cants, who personally appeared be-
fore him during the year ending
December 81, 1911, permission to
marry and be given in marriage.
Men from all walks in life cheer
fully parted company with the dol
lar, the paper dollar, the silver dol
lar we all love so well, in exchange
Tor what they considered to be the
pearl above price-a good woman.
One man even 'skated" here all the
way from Massachusetts Bay so that
ne might have his marriage recorded
in the State of Pennsylvania.
Thirty-eight farmers forsook the
ancestral acres long enough to come
up to the County Seat and be hitched
up. twenty-five glass cutters, glass
blowers, glass dippers ceased 'cut-
ting blanks" for a few hours. and
took time off to cut out the other fell
low. Seventeen laborers begged off
from the boss for the day, put on
their glad rags, and He did the best
five minutes, hours work He ever
did. when She went along to the
Minister and promised to share lifes
DuTuenS Win Him.
Five machinists, five clerks, four
firemen, four lumbermen, three knit
ters, two railroaders, two electricians,
two retired gentlemen, two team
sters, two travelling statesmen, two
knitters, and two butchers joined the
goodly company of Benedicts
Occupations represented by one
follower each were these: Merchant,
brass-worker, milk agent, telegraph
operator, druggist, ice dealer, rural
letter carrier, blacksmith, cattle deal
er, loomfirer, boOk-keeper, stone-cut-
ter, mail carrier, shoemaker, carpen-
ter, bridge and structural iron-work-
er, plumber, lumber dealer, under
taker, mechanic, bartender, moulder.
deputy collector, train dispatcher, as
sistant foreman, lineman, liveryman,
restaurant keeper, physician, profess
sional roller-skater, car inspector, ho-
tel manager, painter, contractor, iron
forger boiler-maker, college student |
teacher, newspaper writer, grocer, |
laNndryman. But shades Of Galusha
Grow! Not single lawyer among
the lot,
Ninety-eight OF the brides gave
their occupation as lat home"
Query? How many Of them will. in |
very fact turn out to be "stay-at- !
homes" after loves young dream has
been shattered by days of spattings
and tongue lashings, and hubby no
longer stays to home O. nights, but
finds his chief solace and joy in the !
little saloon around the corner. Such
common and tragic sequeals to
happy honeymoon seasons should |
make every Daughter of Eve pause
and count one hundred before hen
pecking her partner.
There were ten housekeeps among
the 17S sweet things. There was one
'homekeeper." Bless her: that's !
what they all ought to be, There was
one housewife, another housemaid, |
third houseworker Lest we forget,
there were nine school marms too. |
Three dressmakers helped swell the |
list. Five silk workers became |
housewives. Two domestics decided |
to go to work for their board and |
clothes.
Then there was one artist, two
trained nurses, one laborer, one SER
want, one lady, one merchant, one |
saleslady, one factory employee, one |
college student, one professional roll
ler-skater, and five who had no occu-
patton at all
June was the banner month when
eighteen licenses were issued Au-
gust came next with twenty. Decem- |
Der and October each had eighteen |
April and September had fifteen |
apiece. May was responsible for |
fourteen, February for thirteen, |
March and June for nine each, and
January had only eight.
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