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


! ten of her young girl friends this
afternoon in honor of her birthday.
Joseph and Florence Houck, of Haw-
| ley were the only out of town guests
Unclaimed letters at the Homes
dale postoffice: Abbie Bartley, Rev.
j. w. Cameron, Emma Borrower, J.
| ID. Holland & Bro, Henry Jacobs,
! Thos. Kilgallon, Lester Rosencrans,
! Miss NJ Sheeche, b. +. Swartz, Nora
! Terrell.
Last Fridays edition of the
! Honesdale Citizen was sent out to
| the subscribers as a twenty-four
page publication, every page of
which was filled full of interesting
reading matter of a local nature, and
with a fine display of local advertis-
ing.-Peckville Journal.
Russell Mumford has moved
| from Pleasant Mount to Poyntelle.
He has very rare selection of old
coins. He has a half dollar that
dates to 1907. There are thirteen
stars to represent the number of
states on the coin. This coin was
willed to him by his grandfather.
He also has a sword and sheath and
coat and cap of the war of 1912.
The Honesdale Citizen published
/ it's Christmas number on Friday,
Dec. 13. The issue is of twenty-four
pages and is a credit to our neigh
boring borough. One of it's most in
teresting features is a collection of
biographical sketches with portraits
of the members of the Wayne County
bar, among whom are V. A. Decker
and C. S. Houck, of Hawley.
ley Times.
--Honesdale Lodge, No. 21S, Free
and Accepted Masons, elected officers
last Thursday night for the ensuing
year, as follows: Worshipful Master
l.. B. Nielsen; senior warden, Ed
ward Lindsay; junior warden, Chas
Fletcher. |. B. Brown, postmaster
was elected to represent Grand
Lodge in Philadelphia. After elec.
ton turkey dinner was enjoyed by
the members.
Maple City Council Modern
Woodmen of America, elected the
following officers on Friday even
ing: Geo. p. Ross, consul; L. s. Part
ridge, advisor; H. H. Hitler, clerk
A. C. Lindsay, banker; Harry Miller
escort; c. E. Bond, watchman; J
, Grambs, sentry; DR.. w. T. McCon
will, physician; Eben p. Keen, audi
tor; H. II. Hitler, trustee. A commit
tee was appointed to arrange for {
suitable celebration of the anniver
sary of the order at the January
meeting when the officers will bC
installed.
For the loss of both feet whicl
were amputated at the Wilson Creel
mine of the Delaware & Hudson com
pany north of Carbondale in Sep
tember Albert Griffin, aged eighteer
years, has been awarded $1,000 will
interest from December 16, 1912, b,
w. n. Leach, referee. The mothe
is also awarded S4OO with interes
from the same date. In his conclu
, sions of law the referee says tn,
evidence shows that Griffin as
miner was negligently entrusted will
: dangerous work and that he had no
been given proper instruction in tn,
2 work.
Within the next half century
half the people of the civilized worlt
will be insane, according to DR.
Theodore B. Hyslop, noted psychol
ogist. THE human mind has los
more than it has gained in the pro
gress of history" DR.. Hyslop sait
; recently, commenting on his lectur
! on THE Rise and Fall of Nations.
The so-called instincts of the lowe
animals are more perfect than tn
laborious processes of reasoning
: The more we are advanced in artifi
cial aids, the less do we rely upol
= the individual power of thought AM
= reason. The reasoning faculty be
} comes atrophied through disuse, s.
to speak, and the races are graduall
. tending toward disorder and decay.
e An opinion of unusual interes
= was given last week by Attorne
Y General j. c. Bell of Harrisburg, il
e which he said that the State had III
I first right to the highways and tina
e companies having water, gas, sewe
4 or other pipes laid in the road mus
a relocate them when directed to d
so. The matter was decided n
some objections raised by companie
near Harrisburg to moving pipe
which they had in State highways
. Mr.. Bell reviews the whole situatio
= and says that the State has unques
= tionably the first right to the high
ways, and that when there is
; change of grade or realignment
= can require the changes to be made
c Another question connected with tn
. original proposition was also decid
9 ed by the Attorney General who hel
that the companies could not claiI
:, any compensation from the State 70
. making the changes.
v The town of Bethel in Sulliva
e county has been made defendant
an action brought in New Yor
County by James f. Greenleaf an
e Charles II. Lewis, of New York, VIII
e want $4,000 each for personal IL
II juries received when their auto true
e went through a bridge at Whit
o Lake. They were moving load {
" furniture from New York to Call
e coon, and when they reached tn
y bridge which covers the White LAX
/ outlet, the rear wheels of the true