THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY,, JVhX 2, 1800.
VILLAGE, HAMLET, FARM.
A Week's Doings in Rural
Wayne.
Interesting Items Picked Up by Our
Staff of Wide-Awake Correspondents
June 28. Will Adams hns moved
on the Loomls lunn which he
.bought last fall. He will keep cows
and peddle his milk in Long Eddy.
Mrs. U. J. Stalker and son, Ar
nold, of Lookout, are visiting at this
pi ICO.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Murray an;
made happy by the arrival of twin
boys weighing two nnd one-half
pounds each.
Miss Emma Wool heater visited
Mrs. Mary White one day last week,
on her way to llonesdale to attend
teachers' examination; Addie Hau
lier is also at llonesdale taking the
examination.
O. II. Iiranian, of Carthage, X. Y.,
passed through here, making a short
visit on Ills way home from Hones
dale, having been called there on a
law suit.
SOUTH CA.VAAX.
.June 'S. Children's Hay services
were held in the M. 1'. church on
Sunday evening to a large and ap
preciative audience. The Sunday
school did themselves ciedlt In the
masterly manner In which they took
their respective parts. Much credit
is due Misses Hazel Swingle and
Myrtle Hooper, who trained the
school; also Ieona Hooper nnd Miss
Beaula Edwards who presided at the
organ. Nearly eight dollars were
realized for foreign missions. The
church was very prettily decorat
ed with crepe paper in a beautiful
design; also flowers, etc.
DltEHEIt.
June US. Miss Carrie Gilpin,
daughter of P. Gilpin, M. D., and
wife, sailed from New York on June
26th for Europe and will spend her
summer vacation, visiting foreign
places of interest.
Simon Beehler, niter spending a
month at Lake Cannudaqua, N. Y.,
visiting liis son-in-law, T. C. Med
land, and wife, has returned to his
homo in Greentown.
Richard Dortree's new house near
the Newfoundland creamery, Is near
ly ready for the roof.
Fine growing weather and verv
warm.
At the residence of Mrs. Sarah
Seig, of Greentown, Pike county, on
June ;!0, her duiichtrr. Ailuu
Seig, will wed Frederick Robbins of
inuw .icrsoy. itev. A. E. Francke
will be the officiating minister.
F. W. Reynolds and wife, of Now
Rochelle, N. Y., are guests at the
I'aupack Valley house.
LOOKOUT.
June 2!). Tiie Sunday school Chil
dren's Day cxercNes which were held
in the M. E. church at this place last
evening, should bring forth com
ments of approbation. Tho children
rendered their parts well and the
instructors deserve much pviuiu
their thoroughness of preparation. !
iiiey could not have been unmindful i
of tho fact that a thing that is worth
doing at all is worth ilnini -.,ii i
The church was prettily decorated
with ferns, evergreen and (lowers.
Not only did tho audience 1111 the
body of the church hut tho vestibule
and steps were crowded as well.
Ve believe that the question which
should be uppermost In the minds
of every hearer when listening to a j
public address is this: Could 1, un-'
der similar circumstances, do as !
well? We can not nelp thinking!
nil! IT CI (I It WHO tUa rtrtcn Pn...n..
After July 1st Orrin Lester will
take the place of Frank Bruce as
mail-carrier from Lookout to Han
kins. Lewis G. Hill has been having his
phouse painted which greatly adds to
its appearance.
LAKE COMO.
June 29. Adelaide and Fred
Watson, of Equlnunk, were enter
tained at S. Woodmansee's on Satur
day. Miss Grayce Bennett, of New York
City, has come to spend tho summer.
Mrs. W. J. Watts and daughters
are at J. F. Jaycox's.
Miss Bessie Phillips, of Port Jer--.vIb,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. C.
Stanton.
George Wesjtgate, of Forest City,
spent Sunday and Monday in town.
Ray Hopkins spent Sunday at his
home in Rlleyvlllo.
Miss Gabrielle Blair, of Scranton,
.is at Dr. Merriman's.
Wilbur Mills, who has spent sev
eral months with his brother at the
Lodge, returns to his homo In Indi
ana Wednesday.
Mrs. George Gilchrist and daugh
ter, who have been visiting her par
ents in Rlleyville, have returned.
Dr. Rosalia Underwood was a call
er In Hancock last Saturday.
LAKEVILLE.
June 29. There was a slight
mistake in last week's Items in re
gard to the Sunday school plcnlo
which is to be held July 3rd in
stead of the 5th.
Mrs. Wm. Renshmeir, of Mount
Cobb, Is visiting her parents, Jacob
Sleezer and wlfo of this place.
Mrs. Judson Stephens is very ill
at her home at this place. Dr.
White, of Ariel, is in attendance.,
The case indicates appendicitis.
Miss Myrtle James, also Harry
IJ. Cross, of Hoadley's, vlslteu the
former's parents, Lafe James and
family on Sunday.
Mrs. Raymond Woodward, of
Adella, Is home caring for her moth
er, .Mrs. Stephens.
Mrs. L. Cohen and Mrs. David
Cohen, of New York, returned home
on Sunday last. A number of city
boarders accompanied them.
The new IJ. S. mall carrier, Rear,
accepted his position on Thursday.
A. .Miller made a business trip to
Scrnnton recently. Morris accom
panied him.
Hawley and Lakevllle base ball
score for last Sunday was 14-7 in
Hawley's favor.
There will be a dance at the P.
O. S. of A.. hall on Monday evening,
July nth, l'.Hi'J.
Mrs. Oscar Alpha, who has for a
fortnight been spending at hei'
mother's, Mrs. Win, Amniorinan's, of
White Haven, l'a., is expected "home
tills ween.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sheeley and
daughter, lleatrix, is spending a
short time at W. 1). Sheeley's at
this place.
Rumors say wedding bells near
our town soon.
Messrs. Ed. Rutler and Fred Mil
ler, of Scranton, are visiting rela
tives at this place.
Announcement of the marriage of
Miss Eva Butler, of Scranton, form
erly of this place, was received re
cently. The wedding took place at
the Elm Park church in Scranton
on June' 30th. They left after the
wedding for Seattle, Washington,
where they will make their home.
Mrs. Clirlstlan Schrnder, of
Ledgedale, called on Mary Schrader
on Wednesday.
The ladles will serve ice cream
at the dance at the P. O. S. of A.
hall on Monday, the nth.
MILAXVILLK.
June 29. Mrs. O. F. Fenwick ar
rived Thursday to spend the summer
in town.
Mary Van Orden Skinner, widow
of the late RueP Skinner, of this
place, died at her home in Brook
lyn on Tuesday last from pneumon
ia. Interment at Greenwood on
Sunday. Mrs. Skinner, who lived
here for several years, was a very
capable woman, making many
friends. One daughter. Mrs. Albro
Dexter, and three sons, George and
Elmer, of Brooklyn, and Nelson, of
Washington, survive her. Olso her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Van
Orden, one sister, Mrs. Ida Lester,
and three nrothers, George. Howard
and Harry, all of Brooklyn.
.Miss Minnie Gay and niece Eliza
beth Skinner, expect to leave this
week for Union, N. Y., to visit Mrs.
II. II. Dresser.
Mr. George Hoden of Paterson,
N. J., was in town last week making
arrangements to ship lumber bought
from the C. H. Rex ford Lumber Co.
Miss Alma Noble, of Calkins, and
Miss E. Holene Yerkes, of Milanville,
Heights, are attending commence
ment at the Bloomsburg Normal
school this week. Miss Laverne
Noble is one of the graduates.
F. A. Jenkins was in town last
week.
Miss Lorena Skinner arrived home
from . Albion, N. Y., on Saturday
last.
Miss Edna Skinner visited Calll-
coon friends last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Frenmith and
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Decker are
entertaining young daughters.
Mrs. Adelia Nichols, Mrs. F. D.
Calkins and Miss Minnie Gay spent
Tuesday in Honesdale.
George Donelly, of Endlcott, N.
Y., is shaking hands with old ac
quaintances. FALLSDALE.
June 30. Weather fine and crops
are now looking up.
Haying will be late and a fairly
good crop.
Never had such struggles with
garden, and as yet not much in evi
dence. Fourth of July nearly hero and no
new potatoes.
S. D. Noble has a few boarders, the
first arrivals.
S. D. is building a now hen house.
Poultry business is on the Increase
here.
A. E. SIsson is shipping his early
broilers.
Mrs. Joseph Yerkes, accompanied
by her daughter, Meda, attended the
commencement exercises at West
Chester Normal School laBt week.
Mrs. Yerkes's son, Leon Reynolds,
graduated from there this year; also
Walter Kimble of this place.
Walter Sheard graduated at Free
port, L. I., and will return this week.
Floral Sunday was observed here
In a very pleasing manner June 20th.
Miss Lilly Sheard as superintendent
13 giving great satisfaction to the Sun
day school.
Miss Laverne Noble graduated at
Bloomsburg Normal school. Miss
Alma Noble, with her sister, Edna,
and Miss Helene Yerkes, attended the
exercises. Miss Alma will make an
extended visit at BlooniBburg and
other points before returning.
The ice cream social at the Grange
hall last week raised $28 for the
church.
Sunday school plcnlo will be held
at W. D. Orr's lawn Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Lybolt will go
to Blnghamton the last of the week
to see their daughter, Miss C. R. Jack
son who has been in a sanitarium
there for the past six weeks. She is
improving and expects to be able to
go home soon.
Isaac Lovelass visited Jiis daughter,
Mrs. J. C. Burcher, at Scranton, Inst
week. Mrs. B. has been 111 for the
past three months with lung trouble.
Mr. Lovelass reports her condition as
a little better.
H. E. Decker's brooder lamp set
lire to his brooder house and burned
IG8 chicks together with the building
on Wednesday morning.
Mrs. David Orr has a bed of clove
pinks tlftit Is worth going far to see.
It Is "Vi by lOVt feet in dimensions
nnd almost a solid mass of bloom. J
Fred Dennis, Sylvester Pethlck nnd
Boyd Clark have gone to help in the
wheat harvest In Kansas.
BAXOi DAY IS HERE.
Willie has just lost a thumb and one
ear.
Bang! Bang!
Cheer for the blessing of liberty,
cheer!
Bang! Bang!
Bring the rusty gun out; let the
loud cannon roar.
Make the day that we celebrate
bloody once more.
Let us all be more foolish than ever
before.
Bang! Bang!
Mabel henceforth will be shy of an
eye.
Bang! Bang!
Shout freedom fore.ver, her standard
set high.
Bang! Bang!
Let all the world know that we kneel
to no foe.
Let the heavens be rent by the
sounds from below.
Baby's lingers are gone never mind;
let them go.
Bang! Bang!
The dead and tho wounded are
strewn through the land.
, Bang! Bang!
Hurrah! There goes Johnny's poor
little left hand!
Bang! Bang!
Fling out the gay banners to wave
in the air.
Shoot off the loud cracker 'neath
grandmother's chair.
The kitchen's on lire, but let us not
care.
Bang! Bang!
Chicago Record-Herald.
WEIGHT AEH0PLANE DAMAGED
Second Attempt at Flight at Fort Myer
Proves a Failure.
AVashlngton, July 1. Insufficient
power again was responsible for the
misbehavior of the Wright aeroplane
lit Fort Myer. The second flight at
tempted by Orville Wright resulted In
slight dainugo. to the machine, its
duration was about thirty seconds.
The aeroplane glided down the start
ing rail and Hew at a height of about
fifteen feet for the leiigth of the drill
grounds.
As he-neared the southern end of the
field Orville lowered the left wing mid
raised the right one. The machine
began to make the turn gracefully,
but it had gone around only a few
feet when it seemed to lose its equilib
rium. When a little more than half
way around the left wing struck the
earth and brought the machine to the
ground with considerable force.
The nvmlor stepped out and upon
examination found that the right skid
was broken near the forward end and
that a few wires hud been jerked
loose-.
Orville Wright explained that more
flower was required to make the turn
than on a straight flight. He said
that the motor did not seem to be gen
erating enough power to take the ma
chine around the turn. He thought
tho damage could bo repaired easily.
Charlie Taft, the president's younger
son, went to Fort Myer with Major
Squler of the signal corps and insisted
upon having the Wright machine ex
plained to him In detail. Ho manifest
ed great Interest In the aeroplane.
FILIBUSTER SHIP DETAINED.
British Steamer Suspected of Aiding
Santo Domingo Insurgents.
New York, July 1. Suspected of pre
paring for a filibustering expedition to
tho island of Santo Domingo, the Brit
ish steamship Ethelwold, in port, is to
be refused clearance papers by order
of the secretary of commerce and la
bor. Tho vessel has been lying close to
the llrearms warehouse of Francis &
Bannerman. This aroused suspicion
and the circumstances were communi
cated to tho state department by Senor
Sannon, the Haitian minister. One end
of the island Is occupied by Haiti and
the other by Hie Dominican republic,
hence the minister's Interest lu the
matter.
Captain Brown of the Ethelwold is
believed to be acting In conjunction
with Glordania and Jlmluez, two
Dominican politicians now In the
United States. It Is thought that the
plan was to have munitions of war
carried to sea on the Ethelwold and
then transferred to some other vessel.
Mary's Lamb.
Mary had a little Iamb,
So we have oft been told.
Twas butchered ten years Utter
And as "spring: lamb" was Bold.
St. Loula RflUUbllo,
The Annals of
a Joyous Day
8 a. m.
10 a. m.
1 p. m.
7 p. m.
9 p. m.
Gee! but I've had a good
time!
A Boy's F6urth.
Been saving my money since last
year.
Going to have more.'n a barrel of
firecrackers, torpedoes and sky
rockets. Going to have oranges, lemonade,
cocoanuts, peanuts and ginger bread.
Been reading up George Washing
ton for the last six months, and have
got him down fine. If he'd had dad's
Job la the city hall he'd have been a
heap of a feller.
4 p. m.
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The Stars
t
An Interesting History of the Birth of Our
Nation's Flag-Quaint Brick House,
Home of Flag, Still Remains in Philadelphia
last
jjtSN Arch Street, below Third, in
Philadelphia, there nestles be
tween the towering walls of two big
buildings a quaint two-and-a-half story
brick house. Its steep, shingled roof
and dormer windows, together with
Its diminutive size, mark It ns belong
ing to a period long gone by: and a
glance nt its Interior confirms the im
pression. This house is over two hun
dred year old. The bricks, of which
It is largely built, came over In the
ship Welcome; and tradition has It
that William Penn himself laid part of
of the walls. This was the second
house of Its kind to be put up In Phila
delphia, the first being Ponn's own cot
tage, not many years since removed
from n nearby site to a more conspicu
ous one in Fairmount Park.
But besides Its age the Arch Street
house has claims to distinction which
make It historic In the truest sense of
the term. Few buildings are as de
serving of the patriotic interest of
every loyal American as this; tor
within Its walls was made tho first
flag of the United States.
The passer-by would, In most cases,
remain in ignorance of the history of
the place were It not for a gayly-palnt-ed
board beside the broad, low door
way, which informs all that this was
the birthplace of the Stars ana
Stripes. More than half of the front
of the building is occupied with a
show-window In which are displayed
smokers articles. In fact, the house
Is used as a tobacconist's shop by Its
present occupant, yet It Is to her
credit that, for over half a century,
she and her family have kept the
building intact, and, with a patriotic
Instinct worthy of emulation, have
scrupulously preserved every fixture
and bit of Interior furnishing.
When I went there recently and told
Mrs. Mund that I wished to look over
HI Jll.--t-VVli.ln
The Arch Street House.
the house, she seemed to take the re
quest as a personal compliment to her
self and immediately led the way into
tho back room, In which the flag was
cut and sewed together. The doorway
through which we passed, in Its con
struction gave the key-note to the
whole interior. Dark with age, with
worn panels of broad boards and with
its iron latch still in place. It swung
on Its right-angled hinges as easily as
though It had been put up a year ago
Instead of two centuries and more
past The sunken heads of the old
fashioned, hand-wrought nails by
which the hinges were made fast to
door and frame attested to the fact
that no change had been made here
since that time when the Continental
generals passed In to see Betsy Ross,
tho owner of the house, probably
stooping their heads to do so.
In the tiny parlor, not more than
twelve by fourteen feet, on every hand
were evidences of ags. Opposite the
door by which we entered was another
of much the same look, except that
the upper half of this second one was
made up square, deeply set panes of
glass. In the windows on one side of
the room were similar panes, bright
from much rubbing. At the end of
the room was a great fireplace of am
ple depth, with a row of blue and
white tiles, depicting rural scenes and
baronial castles, running along the
top. Once these tiles extended down
on either side, but many of them have
been picked out and appropriated by
unscrupulous visitors.
Tho floor, made up of boards four
or five times the breadth of those now
used for the purpose, was sunken in
places; yet the stout oaken beams be
neath have, by careful watching, been
kept unbroken, though worms have
honeycombed them In many places.
Of the solidity of these old beams
and of the framing of the whole
house, In fact, only a glance at the out
'side walls Is needed to convince one.
There, thrusting their rough ends
through the stone and mortar of which
the rear of the building Is made, are
timbers ten Inches through. The cell
ing of the parlor also sags gently in
places from age, though it Is other
wise apparently firm.
In one corner of the room Is a cup
board with brass knobs and Iron
hinges, miniature Imitations of those
on the doors, The balustrade which
leads In short lengths to the right-
-f
and Stripes
angled stairway that gives entrance to
the upper stories Is brown with age,
but bravely strong and quaintly pretty.
Such Is the appearance of a house
which has seen a city grow from Its
birth to bo one of tho largest In the
world; which has seen the greatost
nation of the day founded and develop
ed Into Its present splendid brilliancy
and strength; which was visited by
the most famous men of that nation's
early days, and which gave that na
tion Its Hag- a Hag now greeted by
seventy millions of people with pride
and joy.
It was to the Arch Street house
that, In the early part of 1777, the
committee appointed by Congress and
"authorized to design a suitable flag
for the nation" came. Previous to
that year the standard of the Unit
ed States was an affair of uncertain
Individuality and mongrel type. A
Congressional committee had made a
banner of the king's colors together
with thirteen alternate red and white
stripes, all of which were supposed to
signify that the colonies were united,
yet acknowledged the rule of the
rule of the mother-country; and this
arrangement received a martial sa
lute when flown, in 1778, at Cam
bridge. Mass. But the union with the
cross of St. George was not pleasing
to the patriots' eyes and is scarcely
more worthy of the name American
flag than the colonial flags bearing
pine-tree emblems and tho like which
succeeded it and which were also used
during the early part of the struggle
for Independence. Independence, the
Inspiration of the patriots, needed an
emblem from which should be strick
en all that reminded them of King
George and his rule.
And so It came about that the
sketch, drawn roughly with pencil,
which General Washington presented
to Betsy Ross as a pattern for the
new Hag on that day in May, 1777,
showed no trace of the English cross.
The thirteen stripes remained, but in
the union were thirteen stars of white
on a blue Held.
We can Imagine that Betsy was de
lighted when she heard that to her
had been delegated the duty of making
tho Hag. And yet it was quite proper
that she should have been chosen for
the work. She was accounted the
most skilful needlewoman in the coun
try. She was a dressmaker and, it is
said, had made many of the tine ruf
fled shirts which Washington wore. It
was a little Inconsistent, however,
that, being one of the Society of
friends. It should have been her lot
to make the banner under which thou
sands of men should fight and die in
defence of their country's Integrity.
But Betsy showed herself more
than a good worker with the needle
For, it is related on excellent evi
dence, she was the only one who no
ticed an oversight made in drawing
the design for tho flag, and proposed a
change which was carried out. The
pattern for the flag presented by the
committee bore six-pointed stars, and
these were the stars employed In
British heraldry. Betsy suggested
that, instead of six points, the stars
on tho new flag should have five, and
she showed how readily these latter
could be fashioned by folding a square
of paper and making a single cut with
the scissors. The proposition met
with Instant favor, and the Sag she
made was adopted by Congress June
14, 1777. The act authorizing its adop
tion read as follows:
"Resolved, That, the flag of the thir
teen United States be thirteen stripes,
alternate red and white; that the
union be thirteen stars, white in a
blue field, representing a new constel
lation." In September following, the adop
tion of the flag was officially promul
gated. Previous to the latter act Con
gress Issued an order on the Treasury
to pay 14 12s. 2d. to Betsy Ross for
the making of the flags for the fleet In
the Delaware. The contract which
she obtained thus was held In the
family by the next generation for a
time, but, on account of the prejudices
of the Society of Friends against war
fare, her daughter, who took up with
the work soon after, relinquished the
task In so far as flags for war-vessels
were concerned. As an additional bit
of interesting history It Is noted that
It was a number of women with pa
triotic instincts who, In 1777, made
the first American flag displayed on a
vessel, the banner they made in the
summer of that year being floated
form a small boat sailed up and down
the Schuylkill River by the famous
Captain Paul Jones.
The reason for choosing stars and
stripes as the distinctive marks of
the American flag is somewhat doubt
ful. The weight of opinion seems In
favor of the Idea, however, that, In so
far as the stars are concerned, they
were suggested by the Washington
coat of arms, which bore on the upper
part of its shield three stars. But as
tho stars thus shown hare but five
points an acceptance of that theory
would render it very improbable that,
Washington or anyone else should
have made the mistake of drawing six-
to Betsy Ross. - .