The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-11
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N. P. Dennis, of Damascus town
ship, was in Honesdale on Wednes-
day of this week shaking hands with
his many friends. Mr.. Dennis is a
prosperous farmer, and no one who
saw him for the first time would ever
suspect that he is seventy years old,
he looks so much younger than that.
He raises fine apples on his farm,
and has produced specimens of the
Wolf River variety that measured a
trifie more than fourteen inches in
circumference, and that is some ap-
pie, even If it is grown right here
in the best apple section of the
world. Mr.. Dennis has very vivid
recollection of the big snow storm
of 1857. He lived at that time on
the Blandin flats, up where the T. B.
Clark glass cutting shop is now To-
Gated. 1t began to snow on April
18th and continued to snow on that
and the following day until "the
beautiful" measured three feet in
depth. That was the year following
the election of James Buchanan, the
only President of the United States
Pennsylvania has ever furnished.
Mr.. Dennis recalled the election be-
cause he is Democrat, and quite
naturally keeps tab on such infre-
quent events as the election of DEM
ocratic Presidents of the United
States. The writer of this remem-
bers the Buchanan election also.
He was about three and a-half years
old at the time, and there was a big
Democratic mass meeting in Homes
dale. Teams carried loads of people
into town from all parts of the coun-
ty. There were flags, music, excited
men, cheering, and a big OK roast on
Honesdale's public square. AS the
Salem teams drove past our house
the writer was perched on a chair
with flag in his hands, and, under
instructions he cheered for Buchan-
an. The only regrettable incident is
this Some big-hearted man from Sa-
lem wanted the lad to go out to the
fence, shake hands and get new sill
yer quarter of dollar, but the lad
was afraid that man had evil de-
signs on him-wanted to put him in
the big wagon and carry him off, or
something, and he wouldn't go out to
the fence. And in that way he miss
ed the quarter, and has always re-
gretted it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis expect to
start for Boulder, Colorado, about
the 1st of May to make quite an ex-
tended visit. They will stop off at
Buffalo, where they will visit
friends. The Citizen is glad to join
the hosts of friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dennis in wishes for safe trip, to
and from Colorado, and most en-
joyable visit with their friends out
in the land of Rocky Ford melons,
the land also that produced the ex-
preston, pixies Peak, or bust!"
There is an old and trite saying
that seems to be based on truth.
This is it: Good things come slow"
The writer hereof believes the say
ing is true, anyway, for none of the
good things" ever came to him on
the wings of the morning, or were
handed out to him on courier
mounted on fleet-footed steed. This
saying may as we'll be passed over
to the new patriotic organization,
the Daughters of the American Rev
olution, Chapter of which has re-
Gently been started in Honesdale.
We do hope that the public will
stand back of the Daughters and
lend them every assistance possible.
Theirs is a splendid work, and it is
too bad that years ago more effort
was not made along the lines the
Daughters will pursue. 1t will not
be long ere the last person who ever
saw one who lived in Revolutionary
days will have died. Historical re-
search quite largely ends with the
grave. Wayne county had part in
the Revolutionary war. Veterans Of
the great war for Independence liv-
ed on our hills and in our valleys.
Their bodies were committed to the
dust in our cemeteries. Surely the
Daughters have patriotic work, a
useful work and work of love be-
fore them. Their research will bring
to light much that is of interest to
Wayne Counteans; and what is thus
uncovered will be preserved for the
generations that are yet to come,
who will appreciate this work which,
although slow in coming, will, un-
doubtedly. be rich in results. This
paper will be only too glad to open
it's columns to exploit the work of
the Honesdale Chapter of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution.
1t is with much regret that the
writer learns of the quite serious
illness of w. l.. Ferguson, who, at
the ripe age of "a has been so active
in both mind and body. Mr.. Fer
guson has done much good work in
this his native county. Especially it
is to be hoped that his illness will
speedily pass away as the warm
days of garden planting draw on. 1t
would seem that the whole nation
is waking up on the corn question.
Wayne County is getting awake, too,
and along the line of corn Mr., Fer
guson has been in advance of his day
and generation, for his experiments
have been remarkable in their re-
suits. First he began developing a
manV-rOWad corn hut when the cob