THE CITIZEN
rOBUSIIEtl EVERY WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY BY
THE CITIZEN PUDMSIIINO COMPANY.
Entered as second-class matter, at thepost
olllcc, Honesdale, Pa.
E. B.IIAHDKNOKRGII. PRESIDENT
W. W. WOOD. - MANAGER AND SKC'Y
directors:
C. n. DORFI.INOER. M. B. At.LEX.
UENRY W1LSOX. E. B. IIARDESBEROII.
W. W. WOOD.
SOBSCltlPTION ! $1.50 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 100J.
Catholic Church Choirs.
The news, which comes from Rome
that the Congregation of Rites has so
far modified the decree promulgated by
the present Pope soon alter his accession
concerning the composition of Catholic
church choirs as to sanction the engage
ment of women in such choirs will be re
ceived with much satisfaction by the
local clergv in many parishes. It is no
secret that the exclusion of women from i
their choirs caused tliem great eniDar-
rassment. As a matter of course, such
as were not excused from the full oper
ation of the order, complied with it be
eause the strictness of its discipline is
one of the strong points of the Roman
organization, but they did so with great
reluctance. Honesdale was not greatly
affected by the decree, as the bishop of
the diocese permitted mixed voices at
vespers, with exclusively male singers at
mass, in St. John's church, and in St.
Mary Magdalen's no change was made
in the composition of the choir for any
of the services. When the decree was
promulgated St. John's choir of mixed
voices, always noted for its exceptionally
fine music, was at i very high point of
efficiency, many protestants attending
at Easter and other special occasions at
tracted largely by the musical pro
gramme ; and hence there was a gener
al feeling "of regret when ft was an
aounced that the organization must be
disbanded. It was not long, however,
before a notably fine male choir was
elected and trained, and, comprising
fifteen boys and nine adults, is now ful
ly sustaining the reputation of the church
for good music. It is probable that St.
John's will not return to mixed voices
for the mass services, for some time at
least.
The pastors of many churches, how
ever, were very loth to give up their old
choirs, as they were Jnot so fortunate in
the matter of material to take their
places as our local congregation. It was
not only that in dismissing the women
singers they would be sacrificing an at
tractive feature of the service, although
as practical men they could not have
failed to annreciate the importance of
this consideration. What troubled them
most was the difficulty which they knew
would be encountered in replacing those
whom they had been forbidden to retain.
It may be possible to European countries
to get plenty of boys with voices suf
ficientlv good to be available, who can
without too much trouble be induced or
compelled to undergo the training nee'
essary to enable them to sing even in a
passable wav the music of the mass. It
is not easy in the United States ; and
while the clergy must be assumed to
havte done their best, the results gener
ally speaking have been far from satis
factory. There area few churches where
the ideal which the Pope had in view
when he proclaimed his ''De motu pro-
priis" encyclical has been approximate
ly attained, but these are exceptional.
Wk occasionally hear it stated that
women are eligible to borough and town
Bhip offices in Pennsylvania. This idea
grows out of the fact that, by virtue of
a special act, they may serve as school
directors, but this is as far as their
privilegesin this direction go. Upin Tioga
county this question was authoritatively
settled a few days ago. "The question
of the eligibility of Mrs. Elinor Wescott
for the office of collector, created much
discussion both in the township and at
Wellsboro," says the Westfield Free
Press. "The first lot of ballots printed
and sent to the election board of West
field township contained Mrs. West
cott's name and that of K. A. Buck, as
Republican candidates for collector. The
commissioners were undecided whether
or not Mrs. Wescott could be elected as
Tax Collector, and the matter was finally
referred to Attorney General Todd, who
decided that she was not eligible to the
office and consequently though she re
ceived the majority of votes at the cau
cus, was not the Republican nominee
and that her name shouldnot go on the
ticket."
ItEPKKSENTATiVK E. E. Jones, of Sus
quehanna, has given utterance to the
most sensible expressions regarding the
good roads movement that have been
heard. His plea for dirt roads and for
abolishing the "working out road tax"
and substituting the payment of money,
thus conducting road constructing on a
business basis, is right to the point in
practicability. The Scranton Republican
in commending Mr. Jones says: It would
be just as wise to ask the citizens to
"work out" their school tax by person
ally repairing the buildings, teaching a
day now and then, or acting as janitor
occasionally, as to ask them to contrib
ate a few days' work under more or less
incompcterit supervision in road making.
Lackawanna county will never have
even tolerable roads until this archaic
practice it abandoned.
SIXTY YEARS AGO.
Two Children Frozen to Death In a
Stage Between Ilonesdale
and Port Jcrvls.
The Gosben Independent Republican,
under the head of "Happenings of Lo
cal Interest During the Last Week in
January, 1849" among other 'facts re
calls the severity of the weather, the
mercury only rising twice above the
freezing point during the month, and
reaching as low as 17degreesbelov zero,
and the incident that "two children were
frozen to death while traveling by stage
from Port Jervis to Carbondale."
Few who are still living in Honesdale
were old enough at that time to be able
to recall now the shock experienced by
the townspeople when the story spread
ai,out the village that the New York stage
which reached the Mansion House
(where the Petersen-Nielsen building
now stands) at about daylight on the
morning of December 27th, 1848, (not
Jan. 1849, as the Goshen paper has it)
contained as passengers a 'father and
motneri bearing in their arms two of
their chjijre,,, wn0 ia& been frozen to
d tl t f p , jervia.
In 1844 William R. McLaury & Co.,
established a stage line between Hones
dale and New York city, post coaches
leaving this place everyday for the city,
and running three days of the week via
Big Eddy to Port Jervis and onward,
and the alternate three days by way of
Cherry Ridge, Blooming Grove and Mil
ford to the same point. Other stages
coming from New York started at the
same intervals and traveled over the
same routes. It was in one of these
conveyances, coming to Honesdale over
the Pike county turnpike, that the fatal
ity referred to happened.
The particulars as related at the time
in a Honesdale paper are as follow : An
Irish family consisting of a father,
mother and several young children, left
Port Jervis on the 26th of Dec, 1848,
in the stage bound for Carbondale. The
night was exceedingly cold, and tiiough
the children complainedbitterly and the
parents repeatedly endeavored to obtain
admittance to taverns along the route to
warm themselves, they were in every
instance refused admission. One of the
children expired early in the night, when
not many miles from Port Jervis ; an
other died just previous to reaching
Cherry Ridge. They were aged respec
tively nine and thirteen years. The stage
reached Honesdale about daylight on
Wednesday morning, December 27, 1848,
and soon after left for Carbondale, carry
ing with it the unhappy parents and the
corpses of the little sufferers. The name
of the family could not be learned. The
local journal added: "If these facts
are true ; if these children came to an
untimely end 'through the brutal care
lessness of the drivers, or the more brutal
inhospitality of the tavern keepers along
the route, we trust that the matter will
not be suffered forest here. We earnest
ly hope thatthe authoritiesof Pike coun
ty will institute a thorough investigation
into the affair. A fearful responsibili
ty rests somewhere, and no effort should
be spared to ascertain the guilty parties,
and to mete out to them the severest
penalty that the law attaches to such a
brutal and criminal outrage upon hu
manity." In a subsequent issue the editor modi
fied his indignant censure to the extent
of saying that "Every attention that hu
manity could suggest was paid to the
suffering family at Cherry Ridge ; and
if blame attaches to any persons it cer
tainly does not, nor did we intend to
fix it, upon the hotel managers or stage
agents at this end of the route."
Harrisburg Letter.
M Alien Gtli. On Thursday next the Su
perior Court will sit here and hear argu
ments for a new trial in the case of
Messrs. Sanderson, Snyder, Mathues
and Shumaker. All of the defendants
are now out on bail. The appeal to the
Superior Court was takei. in October
last, when Judge Kunkelof the Dauphin
Common Pleas refused a new trial and
passed sentence upon the four defend
ants. Since that time ex-State Treas
urer Mathues has died. Should the Su
perior Court refuse a new trial the de
fendants may appeal to the Supreme
Court. If the appeal be refused or a
new trial denied them, the defendants
will then have to undergo the sentence
imposed. Another case in connection
with the finishing and furnishing of the
new Capitol will be tried, and the four
defendants above named will have Jos.
M. Huston, the architect, added to their
number. The date is April 5th.
Once more there is a popular and wide
spread demand that the date for the in
auguration of the President shall be
moved further along in the calendar,
when better weather might be expected.
The 4th of March this year was one of
the worst Washington ever experienced,
but a fine day at this season is the ex
ception rather than the rule, and there
are many more thousands that would
like to go to Washington' on Inaugura
tion Day if it came along about May 1st.
If Congressman Pratt will arrange an
amendment to the Constitution chang
ing the date of inauguration to May 1st,
and get a good weather man to insure a
May day, he will make himself solid,
and certain of at least one more term.
What one newspaper called "The
Seven Years' War" came to an end on
a stormy day, and from now on the
Teddy Bear will lay down the Big Stick.
Of Roosevelt it, may well.be said, as .an
admirer of Cleveland's saidof him, "We
love him for Uie enemies he made,"
Had Roosevelt given his consent to try
for another term last summer, lie un
doubtedly would have been elected, for
there has been no President of recent
years so popular with the common man.
His methods may have been wrong, but
his heart was right. His many-sidedness
is shown in his skillful and diplo
matic management of the Russian-Japanese
trouble, culminating in the treaty
at Portsmouth, his handling of the Pan
ama canal, the Philippine question, the
warfare on trusts, the plea for the con
servation of our vast natural resources,
his position on the question of child.la
bor, and his unwavering efforts for civic
righteousness, a square deal and fair
play. It will be years before the cooling
of prejudices and passions will find him
properly located as he deserves.
So
strenuous a man made many enemies,
who while they condemned his actions,
never questioned his motives.
The change from Roosevelt to Taft is
one of persons, not of principles, per
haps not of policies, for Taft has indi
cated his purpose to carry forward cer
tain reforms that his predecessor had be
gun. The same end will be sought but
by different means. The expression "My
policies" and facetious reference to the
Big Stick will be absent, and judicial
thought and action will be accorded
worthy objects. The experience gained by
President Taft at the Bar, on the Bench,
in the Philippines, at the Isthmus, in
the Cabinet and in various minor duties
have broadened and educated him so
thoroughly that no man in (he country
to-day is as well fitted to administer the
exacting duties of the Presidential office
as the bit: man now occupying it. His
attitude toward the South and his ex
pressions of good-will have raised high
hopes in that section, and he already
occupies an exalted position in the hearts
south of Masori and Dixon's line.
But six weeks remain of the Legisla
tive session, and something over 1,000
bills remain to be acted upon. So far
the Governor has signed five bills. The
great mass of stuff will make necessary
many sessions and hard work, and even
at that, most of the bills wilt fall by the
wayside, a deserved fate. Appropria
tions, local option, pensions, good roads,
and Capitol Park extension will be like'
ly to receive the most attention for a
time, and less important measures will
take their chances.
The Fair local option bill comes up
for second reading on Tuesday. It may
get past that, but is doomed to defeat
later on and its friends know it. Some
way of avoiding a direct vote will be
found so that the members may not have
to go on record, but the supporters of
the measure feel sanguine of better're
suits next session.
There will be no pension law enacted
at this session on account of the lack' of
revenue, and by the same token there
ought to be no automobile road. Good
roads legislation is needed, but the
State has not $5,000,000 for an automo
bile road from Philadelphia to Pittsburg,
if there is no special money forpensions,
charities or schools. State roads con
necting the county seats and the prin
cipal towns ought to be built and some
system should be observed, but a $5,
000,000 road, such as is contemplated,
would benefit but comparatively few
The bill for the extension of Capitol
Park has passed the Senate, and now
goes to the House. Generally speaking
the press throughout the State seems to
be in favor of the bill, but again the
question of revenue bobs up. Every
body admits that the property in ques
tion can be purchased now morereason
ably than it ever can again, and the
Park needs to be enlarged so as to pro
vide an adequate setting and surround
ings for the handsome building, but the
success of the! bill is by no means as
sured.
Senator Knox has forwarded to Gov
Stuart his resignation as U. S. Senator,
and a successor will be chosen next. By
common consent that honor will fall to
Geo. T. Oliver, of Allegheny county.
Oliver will serve out the two years and
in 1911 his successor will be named. As
Allegheny county wants to name the
next Governor, the successor to Oliver
will not bo Oliver.
Like a wise man, President Taft chose
three natives of the old Keystone state
in selecting material for his Cabinet. He
has surrounded himself with an able
corps of advisers and the Nation's af
fairs arc in the hands of safe and con
petent men. N. E. IIause.
PRIZE ESSAYS.
The approaching completion of the
Public School buildings will soon neces
sitate the grading and arrangement of
the school property grounds. No one is
more interested in having this work
properly done than the pupils who are
to use them, and no landscape gardener
should attempt the task without con
sulting 'them. In order to stimulate
suggestion on this point The Citizen
offers the scholars of the High School
two prizes of (1.00 each for the best two
essays on "The Best Woy to Arrange
the New School House Grounds," the,
competition to close April 1st. The ar
ticles, which must not exceed four hun
dred words in length, are not to be
signed, but, the name of the writer must
be written on a. separate slip, and en
closed in an envelope with the essay.
The contributions will be numbered and
submitted to competent judges who will
decide on their respective merits. The
winning' essays with4be names of the
authors will appear in the first number
oi iui uiTizcn louowing we award.
TUC flTI7CM Has made ar
I nt til I LLn rangements for
A FIVE MILE
FOOT;
RACE
AFTER THE '
MARATHON PLAN
WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ON
PccC" MAY 30
5 Handsome Gold and
Silver Medals will be
Awarded the Winners !
g ENTRANCE FREE 33
To nil competitors llvlncr In the county,
exclusive of professionals; entries to be
made at any time prior to April 15th,
ALL CONTESTANTS will be re
quired to submit to a physical examin
ation by competent physicians, to Insure
propcrendurnncecondftlonfor race.
FURTHER DETAILS- Including in
structions for proper training, will ap
pear In succeeding Issues of The Citizkn.
FINANCES OF WAYNE GO.
CK
By enlnry for 1008 J TOO 00
dcllv'R ballots, view brdR8,"ronds ! 13
balance salary 1007 50 00
" expense account ... . 85 02
t 1221 54
J K Hornbeck. rr
To county orders received I 1208
balance due Jan 4, leoi) es 06
11307 27
CK
By salary for 1008 $ too 00
balance salary 1007 450 00
expense account 1908 iw OS
balance expense acct 1007 68 82
1307 27
John E Mandovlllc,
To county orders received .
balance due Jan 4, 1009. .
Dr
t 05S 40
21 ttt
$ 078 24
Clt
By salary for 1008.
I 700 00
150 00
balance salary 1007
expense account 1008
balance expense account 1907. . .
71 84
58 40
f 078 24
SHERIFF'S ACCOUNT
DR
To county orders received
verdict fees received
balance duo Jan 4, 1009. . . .
t 1437 18
12 00
189 20
t 1688 SO
J 137 13
By balance duo Jan 0, 1008. .
washing for prisoners. .
42 25
40U 00
noaru
dockets, commitments, discharges 108 00
taking Ohas Dodge to Danville.
41 so
45 hi
90 67
84 09
84 09
84 99
10(1 40
3 05
57 (10
51 00
2 50
1 (X)
8 80
10 UO
40 00
20 00
5 00
85 00
35 00
Mrs j Morgan,
" J McKenzle, Huntingdon
O V Lautenschlager, pen'ty
Barney (inhlo to pcnltcn'ry
Domlnlck F Katie,
drawing jurors and notices. . . .
barber for prisoners
att'g criminal court sheriff 19 dys
" deputy 17
2qunshod indictments
1 habeas corpus (Secger) . .
lining Jury wheel
court proclamation, 4 terms . . .
reports on public charities for
April, July, October, Decemlior
soap, mops, brooms, palls, etc
making sheets, pillow cases, etc
care of jail, 1008
washing and mending clothes,
blankets nnd beds
S 1588 89
CLAIMS IX FA VOU OF COUNTY
Due from KlorcncoGlossinger error
In order no filfl j ro
from KV MlllscrrorordernnGAO 1 (10
Thos F Dunn Ml 3 00
H W Monahan " " " f.si 1 00
Jos O Dcnk 688 10 05
J WCowperwalto " " 690 1 00
N H I.lppert error In sheep claim 60
Geo I, Bates " in collec's acct 81
from Preston poor district 1S(7 75
Hawley " 775 25
Cherry Rldgo " ... 495 20
XI t I'leasant " ... 779 03
Berlin " 1291 00
Palmyra t " 627 49
Honesdale-Texas " ... 78334
. Snlem " 23 00
Dyborry " 200 81
Honesdnle-Texasoxpenso taking
Bauman to asylum . 413(1
Wm Zeii7.cn, commonwlth costs 12 00
NBSpencerovrpd cmw costs W 1 40
" error In mlgo Faux caso 100
M F Williams ovpd witness fees KI 18
T Wilson cement bags returned (10 on
Collectors on duplicuto 1002. ... 37 88
" " 1004.. H75
100(1. ... 1 02
" " 1007. . . . 254 85
1908 13010 22
dog fund assessing dogs 1008 137 25
state treas louiity claims 1890 8f
" " 1vo wardens oxp... 30O7 23
county funds In hands of teens 2395 80
$28583 20
OliAIMS AGAINST THE COUNTY
T J Varcoe, contract Salem blidgo $ 90 00
J A llQi kness Wlnterdalo 104 00
Alaio&BandercocK Indian Orchard bg 00 00
J K Hornleck comlialnneenect lttW 08 as
T O Madden :w 62
J E MaiHlevillo " " " " 21 81
Wm Walters, witness fees 3 30
Ira Mitchell. " ' 1 on
Geo Fielding, " " ... 24s
wm Harklow, " 2 411
Stanley Bagmlct, " " . . 4 2
EliFrlsble. " " .... 3 00
Ootherlno Kelgler, " " 8 00
Mario Keigler, " " 3 00
Henry Kelgler, Jr. " " 3 00
Chris Keigler, " " 8 OO
Walter Morwln, coroner's Jury. ... 2 60
Michael Brown " ' . . . 2 60
James Nagle, " " .... 2 60
Daniel Gray, " "... 2 60
Thomas Brown, " "... 2 60
J Mulen, common wealth costs.... 100
NOItldgeway, " " " .... 160
M J Han lan, bal acct 1008 85 87
8 II Woodmansee, error In col's act 21 18
W F Brannlng, " " ' a 00
Wm Watts, note and interest 1038 00
Mrs Elijah Gray, 457 60
MrsOhaaGrcssraan" " 1014 25
ThomasGlljL " " 1084 60
Patrick McCarthy, 1239 00
Myrn Hill, 1220 83
K K Ferguson, 10811 01
H II Ferguson, , 6100 OS
W li Ferguson, 6108 8S
Balance due sheriff for 1008 180 29
Estimated amount due collectors 8000 00
131234 81
FINANCIAL STANDING OF COUNTY.
Total claims against county (31234 84
" In favor county 8683 M
Balance againit county MSI 08-181234 SI
We, the undersigned Audi tors, In and for
the county of Wayne, do certify that we met
at the Court "House at Honesdale, Wayne
Co, Pa., on Jan. 4. 1008. Have examined end
audited the foregoing accounts of the county
commissioners, sheriff, county treasurer,
coroner and district attorney ot Wayne Co.,
and find tbem correct as above presented.
Witness our bands at Honesdale the oth
day of February, A D 1000, r . ..
A. W, TJLSBABKX, I
Urn
HENRY Z. IUJB8ELL.
FRESIDEMT.
AN DREW THOMPSON
VICE rtlESIDENT.
HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK.
This Bonk was Organised In December, 1836, and Nationalized
In December, 1864.
s
Since Its organization it has paid In Dividends
to its Stockholders,
$1,905,800.00
The Comptroller of the Currency has placed It on the HoVlOR
ROLL, from the fact that Its Surplus Fund more than
equals Its capital stock.
What Class
are YOU in
The world has always been divided into two clnsses those who have
saved, those who have spent the thrifty and the extravagant. ,
It is the savers who have built the houses, the mills, the bridges, the
railroads, the ships and all the other great works which stand for man's
advancement and happiness.
The spenders are slaves to the savers. It is the law of nature. We
want you to be a saver to open an account in our Savings Department
and be independent.
One Dollar will Start an Account.
This Bank will be pleased to receive all
or a portion of YOUR banking business.
EVERYTHING IN
SAP
WARE
Galvanized
Sap Pails
(Willi or without bails)
Tin Sap Pails
(With or without bails)
Grimm Sap Spiles
Post's Sap Spiles
Tapping Bits
Reamers
syrup Thermometers
Hydrometers
Syrup Cans
Sap Pans
C..MMM.4.Mo MADE TO
A Discount for Cash will
be given on Galvanized
Sap Pails and Syrup Cans
0. M. SPETTIGUE
. HONESDALE.
LYRIC THEATRE !
BENI.II. DIHRIIU. - - LESSEE AM MANAGER
MONDAY
WEDNESDAY
SATURDAY
MARCH
8th
10th
13th
Afternoons at
Evenings at -
2:30
- 7:30 to 10:30
LYRIC.
Vaudeville i Animated Pictures
A COMPLETE CHANGE!
Eto ALL NEW ACTS !
PICTURES AND SONGS
Chanted on each of tbe above dates.
PRIPF? ENTIRE BALCONY, 10c
uUUuu MAIN FLOOR, 20o
CASTOR I A
Fer Xa&ate tad OklUrea.
Tto KW Ym fro Ahrasrs Iwgki
1mm Um
KDWIN V. TORRKY,
CASHIER.
ALBERT C. LINDSAY
ASSISTANT CA8HIRR.
Jl
We have no Insurance against
. panics, BUT
We vnnt to sell
Kvcry business man In Wayne
county a (rood sized life or en
dowment policy that be may
use as collateral security for
borrowed money-tide you over
tlcht places when sales arc
poor and collections slow-possibly
iiead off Insolvency.
We want to sell
Kvcry farmer a policy that will
absolutely protect his family
and home.
We want to sell
Kvcry laborer and mechanic a
savins; policy that will be Im
x possible for him to lapse or
loxo.
If not I,lf Insurance
! i J! ?.V,'rLt, "omenf your KI I! K
INMJKANC'K. Standard, re
liable companies only.
IT IS I1KTTK1! TO DO IT NOW, THAN
TO WAIT AND SAY " F"
HITTINGER & HAM,
General Agents.
WIIITK MILLS. PA.
ttl FOR SALE
NO DISTEMPER.
HO Head of Nice Horses--. Native
and Western. --the latter arc
stabled In separate barn.
SAIjE NOW ON nt
Sheriff Braman's
Hear of Allen House
LIVERY
Boarding and Sales
STABLE)
Best Outfits in Town to
Hire for CASH.
Good Assortment of Wagons,
Sleighs, Harness and
Whips, ALWAYS ON HAND.
LOST OR STOLEN !
All persons are hereby cautioned
against receiving or negotiating for In
terest Department Bank Book, No. 4407,
issued by the Honesdale National Bank,
February 10th, 1908, to Elbert C. Best,
aa said Bank Book has been lost or
stolen. Payment has been stopped, and
I have made application for the Issue
of a new book. j
ELBERT 0. BECT.
Honesdale, March U 1000.
NOTICE I
Notice Is berehar.elven that all perioni are
forbidden to bareoror trust my wife. Mr.
Margie Noble, oa tar account, as I shall pur
no debts contracted by her after this pate,
unless compelled tT law,
' IljM.NOnLR.
DmaeBs. Pa.; March 1, im laws