The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-03
Don't forget to swat the flies.

-On July 4tn the delaware ana
Hudson will run special trains from
Honesdale to Lake Lodore, leaving
at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m.
Company e have added five
more recruits to their already large
company. Election of officers will
be held this (Tuesday) evening,
The dance given by the Seely-
vile Fire company in their hall on
Saturday evening was a big success
both financially and socially and
everybody had a good time.
Miss Florence Warren will open
a choral class for the study of vocal
music Friday night, July 8. at the
Damascus Baptist church. All are
invited.
The Wayne County Savings
Bank declared a quarterly dividend
of per cent. on Monday and all
stockholders received the banks
check for the interest on their stock.
Paul Frederic's store in the
Brady building has been treated to
a coat of green paint, which sets it
off distinctly from the stores on
either side.
J. J. Canivan moved his house
hold goods from the rooms in the
city hall recently occupied by him to
his new quarters in the Mrs. Tilleu
house on Eleventh street on Mon
day.
Fred Schuerholz, of this place,
who has been playing ball with Al
lentown in the Tri-State League,
has been transferred by Manager
Bill Coughlin to Youngstown, Ohio.
He is now in the o. & P. league.
The following comprise a party
who are camping this week at Low
er Woods pond: George Cole, John
and Charles Bosse, John Artman,
Fred and John Theobald, Joe
Schiessler, William Krup, Fred
Hoeflein and George Neimeyer.
DIR. Reed Burns made a pro-
fessional call in Honesdale on Sat
urday last. He and his son, DIR. E.
w. Burns journeyed to Beachlake
from Honesdale the same day where
the distinguished surgeon perform
ed an operation upon Prower Budd.
If you want to have a good
time go to Pleasant Mount to spend
your Fourth of July vacation. There
will be a ball game in the morning
at 10 o'clock. Dinner will be served
by the ladies at noon and again at
night The Vandling Glee club of
twelve male voices will furnish the
music during the day and evening.
Mrs. Augusta Friedewald will en-
tertain in the evening at 1880 o'clock
after which a social time will follow.
A farmer gives this simple
method of Kidding farms of rats:
"On a large number of pieces of
old shingles l put about half a tea
spoonful of molasses, and on that
sprinkled a small amount of con-
centrated lye, then placed the
shingles around under the cribs.
The next morning l found forty
dead rats, and the rest left the
place. | have tried several farms
and have never failed to rid them
of these pests
One thousand three hundred and
ffty-three school children of Will
Transport deposited more than &c.
600 in pennies, nickles and dimes in
the school savings bank during the
term just closed. The total now on
deposit is S31, -Wellsboro
Gazette. A good suggestion for any
time when it was harder for the
youth of America to save than at
present, some attraction being pres
ent on every hand to get the pennies
and nickels.
The Herald Press Association
stockholders met on Friday last and
elected the following directors: n.
A. Hulburt, Scranton; j. G. Hill,
P. A. Clark, c. A. McCarty, Fred
Saunders, C. E. Sandercock and
Bernard Reilley. The latter and
former were elected in place Of F.
P. Kimble and R. NJ Stocker. The
directors elected the following Off
GERS: President, P. A. Clark; N. A.
Hubert, treasurer, and G. A. Nc
Carty, secretary. c. Z. Sandercock
was retained as editor and mana
ger.
The use of chloroform, ether
and cocaine, as anaesthetics, is
strongly discouraged by a report of
prominent surgeons to the Ameri-
can Medical association, which met
in Atlantic City recently. These
surgeons have carefully analyzed
and prepared clinical data on the
subject of anaesthesia and they
have come to the conclusion that
chloroform, ether and cocaine are
no longer safe, and they have asked
the association to go on record as
opposed TO their use. The associa-
tion is asked to place itself on record
in favor of nitrous oxide. This,
they say, is not only absolutely safe,
but there is no shock or bad after
effects.
DR.. f. l.. Kemp has been re-
elected principal of the East Strouds-
burg State Normal School AS was
to be expected DR.. f. l.. Kemp, the
principal for so many years and un-
der whose guidance and direction the
school has grown to such wonderful
proportions, was reelected unani-
mously. There is no harder worker
in the country than is this well
known educator, says the Monroe
Record, and he has raised the stand
ard of the school to such an extent
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