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Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-20
Do YOU know if this nation as a n

Do you know if this nation as a. na- tion could get the real Christmas spirit breathed into it's soul so we all knew and felt the real impress of peace on earth, good will to mer, that it would be the greatest Ch,';stlnas since the birth of Christ at Bethlehem. It would mean peace to all people, and plenty and pleasure beyord compare; and it is not an in possibility. The world to- day Is crying Peace! PeaCe!" while it repudi2tes the sure fourdation of the millennium. II is making a pretense at peace when it is without the spirit of peace. It takes more than temple of peace at the Hague. or an agreement for permanent disarmament, or peace commissioners, or a naval holiday to bring peace. The price of peace is the love for one another which Christ com mended the absence of greed and square deal for every man. So long as the rights of the weak are not respect
 ed and the poor are tryrannized over and oppressed there will be war. The world knows the price of peace but is not ready to pay it. We are stfl crying @'Peacei Peacel" when there is no peace except in righteousness.
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 One sometimesA shrinks from our modern whoIesaIeS methods of Chris mas giving. As pr. Charles E. Jeffer- son remarks tersely. Tt is possible for Christmas which ought to be a white robed angel coming to meet us with songs and crowns to degenerate into a grim -visaged highwaynan lurking amid the snow banks. of December and bouncing down upon us as we come his way, demanding not what we can give, or what we want to give put what we are expected to give be- cause of what has been given in by gone years
 hignWayman to many, there can be no doubt; and herein is 9 terrible per- version of it's true meaning. Consider for instance. what is behind an adyer- tisement like this one displayed iii thick, black type in a daily newspaper; The Christmas Conudrum Solved If you need money for the holidays, why not borrow on your furniture or piano at legal rates and pay by small monthly instalments? All business strictly confidential, etc, etc" You have there a picture of Christmas giv- ing become a monstrous burden and an essentially evil thing.
 Two things at least, let us demand of the gifts we make at this beautiful festival season They must be within our means; ana they must be the eX- pression of real affection. If one can not afford a gift he has no right to make it. If the gift is made grudging- ly or in the hope of return, or to pay a social obligation, it is abhor- rent to the spirit Of Christians.
 When we put something Of self into the gift, when there is a sentiment of the heart behind the contents of the hand, then only the gift becomes d blessed thing. Without such a spirit all this buying of goods and this wrapping and mailing of innumerable packages degenerates into a rather vulgar exchange of merchandise Bet ter the childs soiled little trinket be- slowed heartily than a rich jewel from perfunctory or a reluctant hand.
 Tis not the weight of jewel or plate Or the fondle of silk or fur;
 'Tis the sRirit in which the gift is rich As the gift of the wise ones were; And we are not told whose gift was
 gold
 Or whose was the gift of myrrh.
 Tt is more blessed to give than to receive" But that is only true when we give in the right way. Only when we keep the weariness, the sordidness, the insincerity out of our giving can we experience it's full joy and enter the new world Of biessedness into which each successive Christmas leads again the whole race of men.
 THE PARSON.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-20
A good face and good heart are real assets in life. and they do much

A good face and a good heart are real assets in life. and they do much to make a, smooth road. It is impossi- ble to have a good face if you do not have a good heart. for the face is sim ply 8 reflector of interior heart condi- tions. It was Madam Necker who said
 2 "The heart of a good man is the sane tuary of God in this world" It is the seat of mans passions and emotions, and he who is false to his own heart it g. bad man. It was Bulwar who saw If a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is q letter of credit" and still the world always considers a good d-hearted man an easy mark, when it is credu1ity which makes men an easy mark for knaVes. It is the true heart which lends charm to song and grace to sympathy, and which is so phenomin- ally moved by love, joy and sorrow. The man who has his heart in trade is a square dealer. and the man who has his heart in his work is a cheerful doer. When we come right down to tacks the mind has to take second place to the heart God moves ts af-
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their children vaccinated. I believe similar state of affairs existed in Nor Wich a few years ago, when the anti VaccinationiSts demonstrated the fact that they had some rights in the mat ter
 The writer-as well as numerous other citizens would be pleased, to have some well informed anti-vaccina tionist explain in this column what legal rights our citizens are entitled to in this matter.
 A CITIZEN. Taftville, Dec. 19, 1913.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-20

Governor Foss of Massachusetts nominated Dean Thayer of Harvard Law school for the supreme court bench after the latter had repeatedly refused the offer. Inasmuch as the governor seems surprised he apparent Jy considered he was dealing with an- other one of Harvard's famous men who couldn't resist the call,
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or which dodge the existing laws upon technicalities are operating against the best interests not only of the public but the business itself
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-20

It only remains for someone to dis cover 8 "gold mine'' in an unknown locality in order to reap a fortune from the confding and gullible public who while they cannot understand the reason they should be selected are willing to take chance for sure loss.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-20

There is a great deal of commend able work to be done by those who are planning to carry Christmas cheer where it Is not otherwise likely to be found. They deserve the early assur- ance of the aid and support of a generous community.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-20

The handing out of holiday pardons is denounced by the governor of Geor- gia, unless they are deserved. In this there is a sensible expression quite in contrast with the attitude maintained in South Carolina
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The man on the corner says: The way to make others shop early is to set the example.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-20

It would pay if every one would sit down alone and ask themselves sin cerely: What is vulgarity?' It is just the opposite of refinement. It is vulgar to dress loud to talk loud and to make pretences. This is a straight definition and if you will measure the people and society by it you will dis cover that it is more common than you had thought. It is constantly making itself evident in high life and low life it is vanity expressing itself in thousand different ways every day. It cannot be kept out of the churches or out of the schools; and strange as !, it may seeTr some persons mistake it as something to excite envy when it really should create disgust. The truly re- fined come nearest to being angelic of any persons on earth, for refinement is marred by quick tempers and in-man- ners and lack of charity real re- fined person should not appear to be conscious of tke fact. and any feeling of pride concerning it has refinement mildewed. The level of refinement is not so easily attained as most people think.
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This is the time to scatter a few tried in advance cigar bands about the house in order to insure a usable brand for Christmas.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-20

Orville Wright has seen much pro gress in aeronautics since his first flight ten years ago and he has also seen many untimely ends.
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The friend of Schmidt who has known of his insanity for a dozen years has cause for believing that si- lence is not golden when it contributes to an atrocious murder.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

No one ever knew before that Pres ident Wilson was so sensitive over his Philippine policy.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-20

While uncertain results have been made in sitting 8 crows tongue to make it talk there is no question about the amount of talk the slit skirt has caused.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-20

No greater ambition can possess the late Christmas shopper than getting it done in advance of the night before.
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A joke ceases to be a joke when it is declared that the Carabao effusions might have been sanctioned had they jibed with the administration's policy.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-20

Most every state cries out against the whipping post, but there are few cases of wife beating which do not deserve just such punishment.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-20
Some folks think the

Some 30ikS thInk the T3cn Wuo S1l around are superior to the poor who work around; but there is nothing in the world to prove it. Never knew millionaire to build his own mansion, lay out his own grounds. build or sail his own yacht, and usually there is not ia member of the family who can cook their own food. Riches just pro- mote heIplessness; and where they are inherited worthlessness. The truly superior class is the one that has plenty of health and muscle-those who have the strength to do and the spirit to dare. It is not money or pedigree that make superior class, but ability to do things for the good of the whole. Money properly valued and correctly used carries a blessing with it. but where it is only an agent for sustaining vanity it is the root of all evil as the Scriptures declare. The world is in no need of an aristocracy but it is crying loud for a pure and undefled democracy. Superior man hood on a common level is going to be the salvation of the earth History shows aristocracy has always been totally incapable of saving itself.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-20

If that threatened debate between Congressmen HobsOn and Donovan ever takes place there will be no chance for the cry of "absenteeism" that day.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-20

The getting together symptoms be- ing manifested in Indiana and Mich igan simply substantiate the forecast in the Maine election.
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The currency bill is undergoing some important amendments and it is ap- parent that republican influence and advice have been weighed and found valuable.
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SUNDAY MORNING TALK
A TALK WITH CHRISTMAS elvERs

The essence of the Christmas spirit is good will. To pass through the spirit in any other mood is to degrade it. kindliness should now, of all times in the year, permeate all our activities. Unless there is genuine regard behind the gifts we make this week they are naught but rank hypocrisy. "The gift without the giver is bare'
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-20

Someone will yet call the presidents attention to the fact that the man worth while is the man who can smile when everything goes dead wrong"
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in the world Of books there are books to work with and books to decorate with and the working library and the show library each have their place among men. Some people think the binding makes the book and others think the ideas presented therein are the real thing; and it is because of these differing tastes that some per sons pay $250 for book that a plod : ding bookworm may buy for a dime. There was never a time when all books could be bought as reasonably as they can be today. nor an age when more money could be squandered on a single book I was surprised to find dis tinguished writer saying the other day, T never buy high cost books for l haven't time to be careful when I am studying" President Eliotts famous five foot shelf books cost $40, and l have seen sixty classics on a four foot shelf that cost only $6, and not a page missing. Tn these days youth de- sirous of learning need not think he canhot afford the books for outside of never-eXcelled library privileges there is no end to desirable books at the very lowest price upon all subjects.
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feet the hearts of the people. and he lets the mind take care of itself.
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EVERY DAY REFLECTIONS
Pooling Himself.

You see that geezer gettin' off tn car, tn one with goggle eyed glasses
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The proverb: What is good is worth repeating" comes down the ages to Us and few fail to recognize the truth or it: bur we are not yet famous for put ting this wholesome rule into practice Somehow that which we should With heart and soul cry out on the strS~'s corner is forgotten. and that which We only tell in a whisper runs on like the brook forever. This is not because the world is averse to good but because the world got into a bad habit in the days of it's youth and finds it hard to curb it. It has been said: The habits of time are the souls dress for etern- ity:" and if we do not look out we shall not appear well dressed in the sweet by and by. That which the world is repeating most has not the sheen of silk or satin or the refinement of lace patterns. 1 guess the clothes most of us are weaving will have to be whispered about instead of openly praised. if that is true, don't you Since habit is known to be a good servant but bad master, it is up to us to make the best of it.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-20
THE MAN WHO TALKS

It does not make any difference whether or not the. sun shines out of doors if the sunshine gets into your, heart early in the morning. The early morning when you awake is the time to think of your fellow-m men with the same spirit of love that you can imagine God would think of them, then the spirit of resentment and hate which were born og yesterdays obsta- cles and misunderstanding fade away like mist before the sun and have no chance to prompt one to breeding gloom or revengeful acts which tell against peace of mind and righteous ness. It Is & bad habit to begin the day by praying God to forgive you when you have refused to forgive your fellow men of their real or imagined sins against you It is time people who have not thought of this woke up to their lack of the merciful spirit which they find so assuring in their Heavenly Father. If we are not honest with ourselves and do not keep an eye to our own unworthiness, how do we expect the sunshine of love to be our daily portion. There is no such thing as pouring the vinegar of vindlctlve- ness into life and taking out honey comb. Divine law operates for or against our happiness.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-20

'Tis not the weight of jewel or plate Or the fondle of silk or fur; 'Tis the s2irit in which the gift is rich As the gift of the wise ones were; And we are not told whose gift was
 gold
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-08
AT THE END OF THE GAME.

1t will pay our readers to read
very carefully the article published
elsewhere today written for The Citi-
zen by A. M. Stevens. Especially it
will pay Wayne counteans who are
possessed with the idea that this
section of the universe is the Jump
ing off place" of creation to read
the article. Again are we called up
on to say that our county is a pretty
good place in which to live, and to
reiterate the fact that if the one who
wants to go west and grow up with
the country will work as hard here
as he would there he will be money
in, to say nothing of other matters
that accompany removals, at the end
of the game. 1t is the end of the
game that counts, after all
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-08
MIR. REYNOLDS DID 1T.

If the women of the Keystone
state do not arise and declare that
the Lieutenant Governor, John M.
Reynolds, is just the greatest propo
sition that ever happened, then The
Citizen is greatly mistaken in the
gentler sex of this grand old Com
monwealth, that's what. Why, if it
had not been for the prompt work of
the Lieutenant Governor the Anti
Suffragists would have suffered sad
defeat. OF course the women can't
very well take off their hats to Mr..
Reynolds, but they can, and have
right to, say some very sweet things
about his gallant action.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-08

Uncle Sam may act hastily at
times, but he generally comes up
smiling, bright and right at the end
of the game. For instance, Postmas-
ter General Burleson has done a SEN
sible thing in resembling the depart
mental order that double postage be
collected from the addressee when
ordinary postage stamps have been
affixed to parcels instead of the spe-
cial ones which have been prescrib-
ed. Under the instructions which
he has just issued, parcels which
have been improperly stamped and
other mail improperly bearing par
Gel post stamps will be returned to
the sender with the stamps uncan-
celed. The Philadelphia Inquirer
believes that this will lead to the
further sensible action of doing away
with the parcel post special stamps
entirely. The ordinary stamps, it
seems to us, should answer all pur-
poses.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-08
THE TOOTHSOME SHAD AND IT'S
RONES

The other day we clipped from one
of our down-the-country exchanges
the following dreams and comments
on the shad:
Captain John Bent, of Glouces-
ter City, N. j., a noted shad fisher
man, commenting upon the first run
of that toothsome fish, is quoted as
saying that "shad would be the fin
est dish the Lord ever gave to man,
if it were not for the bones" The
bones worry the captain because of
the increased length of time neces-
sary for the appeasement of his man
size appetite when he dimes on shad.
1--WE object to the qualification.
Who, pray, would want to bolt a
plate of planked. shad? We feel pos
tive that those bones were placed
there especially for the purpose of
requiring us to go slowly with each
mouthful; to linger lovingly over
each morsel of the delicious dainty.
No, captain, you are wrong. The
shad is all right in every respect, ex-
cept price. Cut that in half and we
will worry along with the bones"
But the fact remains that people,
generally speaking, are nervous over
shad bones, and therefore, anything
that will help making shad eating
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-08
WAYNE COUNTEANS IN TORNADO
AND FLOOD.

We are sure Citizen readers will
be interested in Mr. Crossley's letter
from Omaha, and Mrs. Kimble's let
ter from Ohio. One tells of the tor
nado, and the other tells of personal
experiences in a flooded section of
country. This paper is always pleas
ed to open its columns for such let
ters, as the stories they tell have
element of human interest that par
ticularly appeals and is appreciated
by readers here at home.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-08
OBITUARY.
(Communicated.)


Mrs. Elizabeth E., widow of Robt.
Peel, deceased, died at her home in
Preston, March %. Mrs. Peel had
been sick about one week before she
finally passed away of heart disease.
Deceased was born in Pleasant
Mount township in June, 1889 and
she was daughter of James and
Catheren Smith, of Pleasant Mount.
She was married to Robert Peel in
1860. Mrs. Peel leaves three daugh-
ters and two sons, namely, Mrs.
Michael Finn, of Endicott, N. ";
Mrs. Jennie Bloomer, of Lakewood,
Pa; Mrs. M. J. Touhey, of Bing-
hamton, N. Y. and Robert and Fred
erick of this place. Deceased also
leaves two sisters and one brother,
Mrs. Mary McCabe, of Corning, N.
Y; Mrs. Margaret Davey of Hawley;
Chas. Smith, Garteen, Pa. Mrs.
Peel was highly respected by all her
neighbors and friends throughout
the country, and was noted for being
kind and loving mother and will
be missed very much by her neigh
bors and relatives. High mass was
held in ST. Julian's church, Rock
Lake, at 10:30 o'clock, Tuesday,
March 25, Father j. j. Hefferon Of
ficiating. Interment was made in
the Rock Lake cemetery.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-08
Death of Mrs. Peter Burlein.

Mrs. Peter Burlein, an aged resi-
dent of Texas township, died at her
late home at 700 Ridge street, Satur-
day afternoon at o'clock. Death
was due to general debility. Mrs.
Burlein was IA years of age, having
been born in Bayern, Walsdorf, Ger
many, on January 81, 1889, and
came to this country forty-seven
years ago, locating directly in Homes
dale. She has been a devoted men,
ber of st. Johns Lutheran church
ever since residing here and also a
member of the Ladies' Aid society.
She is survived by her bereaved hus-
band and six children, namely: Mrs.
John Hitler, of Kennelworth, N. j.;
Mrs. Emmus Tenant, Honesdale;
Misses Margaret, Elizabeth and Cor
nelia, at home, and one son, Fred, of
Honesdale. She is also survived by
nine grandchildren and niece, who
had made her home there since eight
months old. She is also survived by
one sister, Mrs. Paul Grossman, of
Carley Brook.
The funeral will be held from her
late home on Ridge street, Tuesday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. Rev. c. c.
Miller of st. Johns Lutheran church
will officiate. Interment will be
made in the German Lutheran ceme-
terry.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-08
TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1913.

as safe as it is otherwise delightful,
will be as welcome as the first flow
ers of spring.
1t is declared that if shad are
first boiled in vinegar, then thor
oughly rinsed, then seasoned and
served in the usual way, the bones
will become jellified and thus be rem
dered absolutely harmless. We're
going to try the trick some time, and
find out for ourselves, providing we
can raise enough dust to get the
shad.
1t is also stated that raw lemon
juice will jellify and liquify any fish
bones in half minutes time. We're
going to try that, also.
There was time, years ago, when
shad came up the Lackawaxen as far
as Honesdale. They don't try that
trick any more, more is the pity.
Maybe it's because the charms of the
town are not properly advertised in
the Fresh Fish Gazette.
But it is shad season, now; so,
let's have some "Shad, oh! Shad!"