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CENT A WORD COLUMN! NOTICE. Th6 annual meeting of Stock holders of Mllanvllle Ilrldee Company, for lection of ofQeers, and other business, will ke held at the office of T.J. Fromcr, on Mon ay, Jan. 4th. 1909. ntfO o'clock a.m. , CHARLfes K. BKACH. Secretary. BAIT FISH FOR SAI.K.-Apply to Henry Parish, 350 River street. WANTED-1000 cords of Kxcelslor Wood, oe aeiivcrca at me nun oi j. . ivern. nun rr In Mnnnnti tnwnahln tinnr K (MMl'fl rtOlin. 4011 T CJ t r T I . .1 wi n nil m lit nil reasonable. Inquire Hotel Wayne. 45tf street. Larec lot with sixty feet front. ,.M... Simons. IftSeoltf 100 ACRKS KAKM Good buildincs-tor sale or exchange for a house In llonesdale or Uawlcy. JOS. STKHN11AUKR, Hawicy, Pa. the estate of Clifford L. Chapman. CHAPMAN. Administrator hay frc UEO. FOR SALK-Lot and bulldlmr located at 1129 Main street. Knqulro or write C. h. Gibbs, Honesdale, l'a. 37tf HOLIDAY KUKNITUKK at BROWN'S, Parlor Suits at Brown's, Bedroom Suits at Brown's, Couches at Brown's, Fancy Chairs at Brown's, UlnliiL' cane and wood Chairs at Brown's. Chains. Lockets. Ijivclllercs, Brooches, Fobs, Belt Pins, Veil Pins. Collar Sets, Back Combs, Side- Combs, Scart Pins, Cuff Links an endless variety. Sommer. The Jeweler. 42cl5t LOCAL MENTION. A matinee dance will be held in Lyric Hall on New Year's afternoon. Music will be furnished by the popular Lyric Orchestra. We ask our readers to carefully peruse the Honesdale National Hank advertisement which appears in The Citizen, as it brings to light facta which ofttimes escape the notice of the bank depositor, and when thoroughly under stood is a source of comfort to him. The 100th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln will be celebrated throughout the country, and wherever American colonies exist in foreign lands, n the 12th of February next. Is Hones dale intending to permit the centenary anniversary to pass without a demon stration of any kind ? On Wednesday afternoon last, Louis Bolinski was driving his team over Crystal Lake, hauling a sleigh load of props when the ice broke and both horses and the front bob went through. The driver managed to scramble over the back of the load and save himself, but both horses were drowned. The Northeastern Pennsylvania Tel ephone Co. now have long distance ser vice from Waymart, to Binghamton, For tst City, Pleasant Mount, Uniondale, Jackson, New Milford, Harford, Susque hanna and Montrose. Fifty cents a month gives subscribers connection with 275 telephones using 150 miles of wire ; five sents affords them a talk with Hones dale and Carbondale, and ten cents gives them Scranton. A Herrick Center correspondent says : Kddie Joyce, night operator at Uniondale, took a cat from the farm of his uncle, P. H. Flynn, Sunday, Dec. 6th. He took the 7:05 r. m., train that night for the home of his parents in Mast Hope. He arrived there with the cat and left for his work Monday morn ing leaving the cat at Mast Hope. When Mr. Fly.nn went to the farm Wednesday morning to do his chores, the cat had come back none the worse for its hun dred mile trip. The State ol Pennsylvania will re move its official protection from the great American eagle if a bill in con templation and having the backing of the State Game Commission becomes a law. Now the eagle is protected and there is a fine of $50 for each and every eagle killed. The State game officials take the ground that the eagle is a bird of prey and does more damage than good. It has been ascertained that the United States Government does not pro tect the eagle, and the plan is to make it legitimate game. But on second thought, why exterminate the great American bird which is so hard to find even now after years of protection ? No one can gainsay that it is any thing but great pleasure to announce the coming of Fanny Rice and her com pany to the Lyric, New Year's Day, Fri day, Jan. 1st. Miss Uice for a long time has given her talent rather too ex clusively to the big cities, but theatre patrons who have once seen her hold in pleasant memory the lady's fine work, being one of the most versatile come diennes of the stage to-day. Miss Rice is at home in opera, comedy or drama, in hoydenish or pathetic scenes. The play for the coming engagement is call ed "A Day Off" taken from the German and has proved n pronounced success. The leading character, Nancy Patch, played by Miss Rice is broad in comedy with touches of pathetic scenes. In the prologue, Nancy, in her .humble home, made dissatisfied by a friend, a gamb ler's wife, finally finds access into the wealthy homo of society, and in each of the succeeding acts the complications and situation wax strongly in humor and comedy and the musical numbers add additional interest. The mimic stage protrayals of Miss Rice in her original creation of various character izations meets with hearty approval. The scenery is new and bright and the costumes in the best of taste which again add much to a most perfect whole. The Honesdale National Bank will bo Closed ,'o'n New Year's Day. The various lodges of Eagles in this State will have a new ritual after the first of this year. This is the first change made in the ritual sinco the order was organized ten years ago. Fred. O. Gclbert has sold his res taurant business in Hawley to Louis Geisler. Mr. Gelbert and wife will re move to Honesdale, and in April occupy the restaurant building on Seventh street recently purchased by him. - Oneonta had a $100,000 fire on Sun day last, the Arlington hotel and seven other buildings in the heart of the city being destroyed. No lives were lost, but many occupants of the hotel and of the living apartments in the other buildings had narrow escapes. Candidates for nomination for bor ough and township offices are beginning to make themselves known. Russell T. Whitney has announced himself as a candidate for the nomination for Tax Collector, for the borough of Honesdale, subject to the decision of the Republican caucus. Fred. Cory is also in the field for the same position. The Erie's new tunnel at Otisville, N. Y.,'is now being used for freight trains. Railroad men say the tunnel is one of the finest in the world. It is one mile 200 feet in length, so straight that one may stand at cither end and look clear through, and so high that a brake man can stand on top of a box car and pass through untouched. "In Eugene Walter, Messrs. Wagen hals and Kemper have made a 'find,' perhaps the best 'find' of the season. If he can do as well as this at his first play, we can hope for much. And beg gars can't be choosers. We are beg gars." So writes Alan Dale in the New York American. "Paid in Full" will be seen at the Lyric on Thursday, Dec. 31st. The Susquehanna basket ball team scored a rattling victory over the Hones dale five on Saturday the 10th, at the Railroad Y. M. C. A. rooms in the for mer place. The score was fifty to eight. The Honesdale players were Finerty, 1. f. ; Ross, r. f. ; Bader, center ; Bradcr, 1. g. ; Vetter, r. g. Time of halves, twenty minutes. Fell township in Lackawanna coun ty, separated from Clinton in Wayne by the Lackawanna river, has been divided by the court into three election districts, the portion cut off from the old second district constituting a third. The new boundaries of the second district which will consist of that portion of the old district lying on the southerly side of'tho Lackawanna river, are as follows : On tlw south by the' city line of the city of Uaroondale ; on the east by the county line dividing the counties of Wayne nnd Lackawanna ; on the north and north west by the Lackawanna river, extend ing from the Wayne county line south westerly to the Carbondale city line. The town hall is designated as the poll ing place. In the coming of Fanny Rice to the Lyric Theatre on New Year's Day, Fri day, Jan. 1st, the amusement seekers have a treat in store for them, not alone in the fact of Miss Rice herself, but in the opportunity the lady is given to por tray her versatile art, as Nancy Patch, the Shoemaker's wife, m "A Day Off." The play is of the best class of musical comedies, and a real story of interest runs through the prologue and three acts, abounding with comedy, pathos and music, tine opportunity is given in the last act for Miss Rice, who will impersonate in midget mimic stage her famous characterizations which alwavs prove a delight to ladies and children. With an excellent cast and complete production, which is promised, anexcep tional offering seems assured. Telephonic communication has been established between the Farview hospi tal site and Honesdale and Carbondale A very commodious ofiice for the use of the superintendent of construction has been made out of one of the buildings formerly located on the picnic grounds It was removed from there to a site di rectly opposite the proposed buildings Tho stone to be used for the foundation walls is being delivered on the grounds. It is native mountain stone which is quarried near the site of tho buildings. William Work, superintendent for the contractors, is said to be one of the best qualified men in the entire State. Ho was at one time employed in the me chanical department of tho Delaware & Hudson company on the New York di vision and has had charge of some of the finest buildings in this and adjoining states. PERSONAL. A. J. M. Scott, or "Dink," is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Scott, in Goshen, N. Y, Willis P. Sweatnain, the noted actor spent Christmas in Honesdale as the guest of O. L. Rowland. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vandenburg are passing the holidays with tho parents of the latter, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Drake Tho health of Charles Meyers, the well-known proprietor of the Texas House, on Willow Avenue, is much im paired. Elwin S. Norton, of the University of Pennsylvania, is spending his holi day vacation at his home in Clinton township. Mrs. Julia McGarry, and son, Jos., of Scranton, paid Honesdale relatives a holiday visit. Edmund Finnerty, of this place, at tended tho recent Century Club dance in Port Jervis. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Warner and sons, of Old Forge, spent Christmas with Lake Ariel friends. Miss May Campbell is suffering from an attack of typhoid fever, at her home in East Honesdale. Horace Lyons, of Olyphant, spent Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Lyons, here. Miss Irene Boner, of Port Jervis, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Iva Ycrgy, wifd of Rev. Lewis Yergy, at Hollister villc. .Mrs. Win. H. MacMillan, of West Pittston, is visiting at the home of her mother, Mrs. Margaret Ball, of Park street. Mrs. Fred. Wood, formerly proprie tor of Tho Gale, will occupy the apart ments in tho Powell building, Main street. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Dimmick, of Scranton, were guests over Sunday of tho former's father, Hon. William H. Dimmick. Harley Woodward, formerly editor of the Hawley Times, and later of the East Stroudsburg News, was in town on Christmas day. Three cases of diphtheria are report ed in Carbondale, one of the children affected being Duane, eon of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Pethick. Mr. and Mrs. Win. H. Hawken and daughter, Laceta, of East street, left on Monday for a few days' visit with rela tives in the Lackawanna Valley. JKev. t.t. Uibus, formerly a resi dent of Bethany, is now pleasantly lo cated as pastor of the Methodist Epis copal church in Delano, Michigan. Peter States, of Carbondale, called at The Citizen office to renew his sub scription on Saturday last. Mr. States one of the paper's oldest and most valued patrons. Miss Anna, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred. C. White, of Hawley, a stu dent at Knox School, Lakewood, N. J., is spending the holidays with her parents. John L. Wolf, foreman of the lino type department of the Scranton Repub lican, spent the week end with his Honesdale relatives. Mrs. Wolf was a visitor with him. Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Thompson and two little daughters, of Andovcr. Mass., are guests of Mr. Thompson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Thomp son, of Park street. Charles Fisher, for tho pact three years in the employ of the Grand Union Tea Co. here, has been transferred to Hancock to take charge of a route for the same company there. Barnet Golden, tho optician, for merly of this place, but now located in Carbondale, has been confined to his bed for several days with a severe at tack of bronchitis nnd grip. He is now improving. Announcement is made of tho en gagement of Miss Josephine C. Dittrich, of South Main street, and Franklin H. Neuberger, of Madison, N. J. Mr. Neuberger is a divinity student at Drew Theological Seminary. Michael Tigue, the Scranton drum mer, often heard here with Bauer's band, was a member of the orchestra at the Herald Square theatre, New York, when the building was destroyed by fire and the music was continueduntil every person except the orchestra had made a safe escape from the structure. He lost all his personal effects in the fire. James u linen, who was born in Carbondale, and became a noted mem ber of the Pinkerton Detective agency, died in the Wilkes-Barre city hospital, on Wednesday of last week; aged 02 years. After ho loft tho Pinkerton force he was employed by the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, and was in the serv ice of that corporation when Paymaster McClure and stable foreman Flannaghan were held up on the Wilkes-Barre moun tain and robbed by "Red Nose Mike," whom he eventually captured. We are indebted to William Wallace Ham, who was a member of the Press Committee of tho great banquet given by "The Friars" in honor of Oscar Ham merstein, at Hotel Astor, New York, on Sunday night of last week, for copies of tho elaborato menu and "The Star," a beautifully illustrated dramatic periodi cal, which gives two wonderful flash light pictures of the six hundred guests seated at the feast. Among the portraits thoso of Mr. Ham and Lieut. Robert T. Menner, both from Honesdale, are easily distinguishable. James J. O'Neill, of Carbondale, who read law in Honesdale, and was elected additional law judge of Lacka wanna county at the November election, took the oath of ofiice before Judge Newcombe, in chambers, last week. Judge O'Neill will take his seat at the left of President Judge Edwards, Mon day next, January 4, and succeeds Judge J. W. Carpenter. There will be no ceremony connected with the new judge's taking his seat. He will be introduced to the members of the bar in the court roomby President Judge H. M. Edwards, and his first official act will be to charge the grana jury, which convenes the same day. He will also probably preside for the week in equity court. Major Edgar Jadwin, who was in jured, It was first feare'd very seriously by a fall from his horse at Gntun Canal Zone, is, we are pleased to say, making a very favorable recovery, and with, the aid of crutches, is already able to visit his office. J. M. Romick, of Prompton, who went to tho Isthmus of Panama to ac cept employment under Major Jadwin at Culebra, and was continued there after the latter's transfer to another point, is visiting his family and friends on a furlough, which gives him leave of absence until February 1st, but which will necessitate his starting from here on his return trip, January 10th, next. Mr. Romick is in fine health and spirits, but his experience in tho tropics has already made him peculiarly sensitive to our northern climate at this season of the year. In our last issue we mentioned as something extraordinary in the way of longevity, tho George Baker family of Dybcrry, the combined ages of husband, wife and brother being 250 years. This is doubtless a remarkable record, but as an instanco of individual vigor at an ad vanced age, B. R. Child, ofWestcolang, Pike Co., is perhaps entitled to the medal. A letter to C. M. Betz has been shown us, written by him at the age of IX) in which the penmanship would do credit to a high school graduate, the spelling without an error, and the lan guage fully up-to-date, and this from a nonogenarian, who is nearly blind in one eye. The first number of the Wayne Co. Herald, established in 1832, contained a poem entitled "The Living and the Dead." Eliza Stott, of Carbondalp, was so favorably impressed by the verses that she copied them, and her nephew, William S. Birdsall, of Seelyville, has her original manuscript, still as legible as when written more thon three-quarters of a century ago, and a model of dainty chirography. Wanting space for a reproduction of the entire poem, we give the last verse : The crave for the dead 1 How short the stage Allotted to man for his pilgrimage. For to-day he Is, and to-morrow he's gone. Like the tlower of spring, which the sun shines on, But should chilling frosts assail It ever It falls. It withers, and urlses never. Rev. F. M. Turrentine, a pastor well-known in tho northern townships of Wayne, while preaching at Irvington recently, exercised a presence of mind which doubtless saved many lives. While speaking he became aware that a fire was raging under the floor beneath the pulpit, and at once seeing the risk of a panic, in an ordinary tone of voice re quested the congregation to move out slowly, as there was no immediate dan ger; in proof of which he would be the last to leave the building. When the entire audience had passsd out in an or derly manner, tho preacher followed, and almost immediately afterward the flames burst through the flooring. The building was entirely destroyed, involv ing a loss of $30,000. No wonder Hon. Leopold Fuerth declined with thanks Seat No. 13 as signed him in the next House. He had just read tho experience of Captain W. Lauer, of the schooner Willis A. Holden, of Port Washington. Lauer never be lieved that there was anything wrong connected with tho number thirteen. He laughed at the idea that some people did not care to be included among thirteen at tabic. But it is different now. He has just completed his thirteenth voyage, and he has become convinced that the number is the worst hoodoo that was ever inflicted on mortal man. From the time that he sailed the skipper was pur sued by calamities. He lost his sails, his cargo shifted and a part of it was lost at sea, his rudder and steering gear were damaged, and two sailors were badly injured by tho dropping of a boom. Now he is a linn convert to the superstitious idea, and he will never again laugh at people who shy room thirteen or disap pear when thirteen are found sitting at table. ANNOUNCEMENTS. On Friday evening, Jan. 1st, 1009, the Odd Fellows of Pleasant Mount will hold their winter ball. Good music and abun dant refreshments. The public are cor dially invited. Rev. R. D. Minch supplied tho Bap tist pulpit last Sunday, morning and evening. Tho Sunday school has been reorganized and is preparing for effici ent work. Tho regular Wednesday night meetings are being held and a speciol meeting is called for this, Wednesday, night for business and the consideration of settling a pastor. The Christmas festival of Grace Epis copal Sunday school will be held in the Sunday school rooms on Wednesday evening at seven o'clock. There will be a New Year's Watch night service at Grace Episcopal church, Thursday evening commencing at 11:30. The regular Wednesday evening pray er meeting will be omitted at the Meth odist church this week and a Watch night service will be held on Thursday evening beginning at 8 o'clock. Tho choir will furnish special music. Several laymen will give short addresses. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered. There will be a brief sermon and the old time prayer and tes timony service. A cordial invitation is extended' to all to attend. "Santa ClauB Surprise Party" will be held, at the Presbyterian Chapel, Thurs day evening, Dec. 31, 1008, at 6:45 sharp, Don't be late. FANNY RICE AT THE LYRIC NEW YEAR'S NIGHT. JANUARY SALE OF LADIES' AND HISSES' SUITS Ladies' Misses' g Children's Winter Coats SeparSeSKJRTS and WAISTS BEAUTIFUL FURS KIMONAS and HOUSE GOWNS Our Entire Stock of Readv-made Garments to be closed out from i-3 to 1-2 be low regular prices. KATZ BROS GREAT Clearance Sale The entire Stock of J. N. C. Bader, consisting of Mens', Youth's Boys' and Children's Suits, Overcoats, Ulsters, Hats, Caps, Shirts, Waists, Under wear Sweaters, Gloves, Neck wear, Collars, Suspenders and Overalls MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE REGARDLESS OF COST. A. HELFERICH Successor to J. N. C. BADER. Pat Faith an' phwat is this foot and mouth disease ? Mike-Why, that's the thing that kilt the Dimmycratic party. DIt.C. R. Bit ADY. Dentist Honesdale, Pa. Office Hoobs-8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Any evening by appointment. Cltltensrphone. 8J. Residence. No. 88 X. Advertise in THE CITIZEN. 1