The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, June 08, 1910, Image 8

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    THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1010.
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A CHAT WITH
OUR NEIGHBORS
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Richard W. Pen warden, of Hones
tla.e, was n business cnllcr In Do
posit on Tuesday,
Philip Krantz, of Honesdale, spcntl
Wednesday here looking after bust
ness Interests.
William T. Heft of Honesdale,
spent Memorial Day with his son,
W. F. Heft, of 51 Pine street.
Emmonds Tennant spent Memor
ial Day In Honesdnle.
The Deposit Choral Society held
a recital In Odd Fellows' Hall on
Tuesday evening of last week, which
was largely attended and greatly
enjoyed.
SHERMAN.
Mr. and Mrs. .1. F. Reynolds spent
their forty-first wedding anniversary
with their son, D. F. Reynolds, In
Binghamton.
Mr. and Mrs. Clair Starblrd, of
Preston Park, Pa., visited relatives
In town the ilrst of the week.
Mrs. William O. Curtis is visiting
relatives In Winwood.
Charles Lincoln and daughter
Mamie, spent Thursday in Deposit
The illustrated lecture given In the
Red Men's hall last Tuesday night by I
Rev. C. C. Rich of Deposit, was well
attended, and all were well pleased
with it.
One of the Sherman Manufacturing
Company's heavy team horses is very
sick. Dr. Chase, of Deposit, Is at
tending It.
The Danville Helping Hand society
met with Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Llttell
on Thursday last.
A new foreman arrived at the nome
of Mr. and Mrs. William Evans last
Sunday. Will says the boy is doing !
fine, and has already asked for a'
hound and shot gun.
LAKEVILLE.
Misses Blodwyn Richards and
Elizabeth Jones, of Scranton, were
entertained over Memorial Day at
the "Reusamont."
Mrs. Alfred Locklin recently
spent a time with her parents at
Hub.
Mr
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Mrs. Frank Hess, of Dunmore,
visited friends and relatives in this
vicinity last week.
ed his property by repairing the
road to his residence. I
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Adams and
little son are being entertained at
the Lake View House for a time. ,
A number of young people from
this plate spent Memorial Day at
Haw ley.
Edward Loveless recently visited
Sterling friends and relatives.
Mrs. Daniel Smith of Audell, is
visiting in this vicinity.
Mr and Mrs. Lockwood, of Port
Jervls, Mrs. BcnJ. Degroat and
daughter Mary of Hawley, were
callers here on Sunday.
and son,
Mrs. R. W. Murphy
George, were callers at this place;
on Monday with their auto.
SOUTH STERLING.
Mr. and Mrs. Burke and daugh
ter, of Scranton, spent a few days
at the home of Mr. G. H. Lancaster.
Mr. Roy Marthens, who has been
spending a few weeks at the home
of Mr. T. G. Barnes, has returned
to his home in Pittsburg.
Mr. Ivison Gilpin's wife, who died
on the 30th of May, In New York,
was buried on Thursday, June 2nd, ;
in the Pine Grove cemetery at South :
Sterling.
Miss Lydia Gilpin spent Memorial
Day at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Gilpin.
George Cummlngs and wife of
Scranton, spent a few days with rel
atives here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Whittaker are
visiting relatives in Philadelphia.
Miss Anna Barnes has gone to
Moscow where she expects to spend
a few days with her aunt and uncle,
Mrs. Joe Yeager and Mr. Edgar
Rohacker.
Mrs. Harry Carlton of Moscow,
who has been ill for some time, has
come to spend a few months with
her mother, Mrs. E. E. needier.
Mr Lewis Dunning, of Scranton,
spent Decoration Day with his peo
ple. Ira Frey and wife, Guy Feslngton
and wife, of Scranton, Mr. and Mrs.
M. B. Carlton and sons of Toby
hanna, spent Sunday and Monday
at the home of G. V. Frey.
HAMLIN.
A delegation of eighteen from
this place attended tne L. T. L.
convention held at Honesdale, May
31st. The party was conveyed In
two teams drjven by F. A. Peet and
Stewart Peet. Among those in at
tendance were Mrs. W. A. Stevens,
Lorraino McKee, Claire Simons,
Clara Chapman, Edna Chumard,
Miss E. M. Buckingham, Eltnn Peet,
Edna Resslgue, Laura Resslgue,
Florence Spangenberg, Donald Sim
ons, Lloyd Lawrence, Butler Ham
lin, Herbert Chapman and Glen
Stevens.
The Wallen Paupack Telephone
Company have completed their Mos
cow line, and it is now in servico.
Laura Boyco, who has been suf
fering from tonsllltls, is improving.
Miss Irene Moore, of Hacketts
town, N. J., visited Miss D. P. Ham
lin over Decoration Day.
Dr. n. G. Hamlin is homo from
Camden, N. J., where ho has been
acting as resident physician of tho
West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital
for the past year,
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Miss Anthony, of Scranton, Is the
gt'est of Mrs. G. A. Olllctt.
CJeorge Spangenberg, of Deposit,
X. V., visited his parents, Mr. and
Mis. C. H. Spangenberg, over Sun-
day last
Edna Chtimnrd is visiting Mrs.
George Collins of Honesdale.
Decoration Day services were well
attended and Mr. Webster's speech
was much enjoyed. The solo by
Rev. J. H. Doyce is deserving of
special mention as It added a most
pleasing feature to the program.
Among those, from a dlBtanco who
nttended Memorial services hero
were the following: Rev. and Mrs.
H. G. Harned, Mr. and Mrs. Levi
Lewis and children, Mr. and Mrs.
B. P.. Williams and son Robert, H.
M. Simons, Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Gar
rett, Mr. and Mrs. Horton, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Hornnn, and Howard
Hornnn.
Dr. Joseph McKee hns returned
to Philadelphia for a few days.
The Hooklovers' Club met on
Thursday with Miss D. P. Hamlin
and spent a very pleasant afternoon.
Max Clearwater, who hns been
with his nunt, Miss D. P. Hamlin,
for the past few weeks, has return
ed to his home at Hackettstown.
WHITES VALLEY.
Mrs. L. E. Perkins of Forest
City, hns returned to her home.
Mr. William Tolley and daugh
ter Mattie, of Aldenvllle, spent
Sunday at S. Pomery's.
The first quarterly service and
conference of the year will be held
Friday, June luth, by the new Dls-
trlct Superintendent, Rev. Murdock.
Service at 10:30. The Ladles' Aid
Society will serve dinner In Inde
pendent Hall the same day. All are
invited.
BETHANY.
Sundy and Memorl(ll 'llay "at llIs
home here. Roy is a trainman from
Chd8 to MldllIctown iV Y,
Mrs. E. W. Gammell and Mrs.
As-a K. Kimble spent Wednesday and
of Tyler Hm
MM Baker' returned to her home
, Carbondale Saturday aftor spend.
, a few d wUh her
Chares Pethck Mrs. Pethck ,s
vislu , Carbondale for a f
dayg
Mr. and Airs. Cott of Miner's Mills
are here over Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Faatz.
Mrs. Helen Gilchrist and Miss Gil
christ returned Friday from a ten
weeks' stay in Wllkes-P.nrre.
Mrs. J. B. Cody expects to leave
this week to visit sisters and uroth-
ers in Canada and North Dakota
T. .,., ,,t.,i ...,t,t.i c ,i.
P,enBant Valley L. T. L. took ;nce
Friday eening in the M. E. church
There was a large attendance and
all enjoyed the entertainment. The
six contestants were: Lillian Glca
son. Bessie and Fred Kimble, Floyd
Smith, John Maddeford nnd John
Reifler. The Judges, Mrs. Charles
Faatz, Miss Mary R. Gilchrist and
Mr. Frederick Dillemuth, decided in
favor of Bessie Kimble. Rev. W. B.
bignor, in n tew appropriate re-
marks, presented . the medal.
Ella
and Freeman Egan furnished music
between the orations and for the
songs. Little Franklin Walters re
cited in a very graceful way and
Dorothy Reifler recited the declama
tion that won the medal at Pleasant
Valley at the other contest.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
of this week the Methodist peoplo
will celebrate their centennial. An
interesting programme has been ar
ranged for the afternoon and even
ing sessions of all the three days.
Edward Woodward, of New York,
was here over Sunday visiting rela
tives. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hlldorbran, of
nrooklyn, N. Y., were callers In town
on Memorial Day.
Ella Gammell spent Sunday in
Hawley with Eva Harmes.
B RAMAN AND KELLAM.
The Aid society held at tho home
of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest White on
Thursday last was well attended and
all had an enjoyable as well as
profitable time. Proceeds, J5.25.
Miss Nettle Dames of Hornell, N.
Y., and her BlBter, Mrs. Charles
Bechtlofft, of Rldgowood, N. J spent
three days last week with friends here
and also visited the cemetery at
Union and Improved their lot by do
ing some work and planting flowers.
Mr. II. Weltzer Is on a business
trip to New York.
Mr. George nioom, Sr., has rented
his house for two months to New
York parties, relatives of Mrs. H.
Weltzer.
There are many farm homes where
rooms may be had nnd be a great
benefit to peoplo from the city, and
we hope there may be moro applica
tions for light housekeeping.
Mrs. Russell Stalker and son Ar
thur, were saying good-bye to rela
tives and friends last Tuesday, as
they moved to Peckville Wednesday,
whoro they have bought a home.
Mrs. Adallne Young and son
Coo, and Mr. nnd Mrs. Louis Rauner
made a business trip to Honesdale
recently.
Frank Rauner, an operator near
Susquehanna, visited his parents last
Saturday,
Addlo Rauncr and Sophia Bloom
attended commencement exercises at
Damascus last Wednesday evening.
Bnrilla Kcllam, whom wo mcn-
! t toned In our last report, as very 111,
Is gaining very slowly. Her niece,
Carolyn Caulklns, who has Just finish-
' ed n course of nursing at Thrall
Hospital, at Mlddletown, Is taking
care of her. Dr. Apploy of Cochec-
1 ton was called last week for consul
tation, and thought she would get
well.
PLEASANT MOUNT.
The 3-ltli annual commencement
Inst week nt Pleasant Mount, In
connection with tho High school of
that place, passed off with tho usual
success. Instead of the usual Sun
day morning service the baccalaur
eate sermon wns delivered in the
Presbyterian church on Sunday
evening by Rev. William Usher, and
a special choir furnished the music.
The drama was presented on Tues
day evening before an audience that
taxed the capacity of the hall. Dr.
Wlvall's orchestra of Forest City
furnished very acceptable music for
that evening. The "Old New Hamp
shire Home" proved a wise selection
nnd wns presented In a manner that
gave proof of some considerable
skill and talent. Receipts of play
amounted to eighty-five dollars.
On Wednesday evening the grad
uating exercises were the event of
interest. The class composed of
Misses Mary and Sadie O'Ncll and
Alary Allen, Minnie Giles and Bert
Kennedy were assisted in their ex
ercises by Aliss Usher, who gave a
piano solo, and Supt. Koohler, who
addressed the class, presented the
diplomas, and the Aleredlth quar
tette, who furnished music.
One of the specially pleasing
features of the exercises on Wednes
day evening was the singing by the
Meredith quartette of Carbondale.
This quartette, composed of Alessrs.
Ball, Duffy, Gramer and Shepherd,
with AI. Firth, accompanist, Is a
new organization and gave their
Initial concert in Carbondale some
three weeks since, with very nat
tering success. The following let
ter, copied from the Carbondale
Leader, explains how they came to
choose their name and will also
show why the name is of double in
terest in this place, the former
home of General Aleredlth.
Air. R. R. Gramer,
Carbondale, Pa.
My Dear Sir: In proposing the
name, "The .Meredith Quartette,"
for your organization, I have1 in
mind the commemoration In this way
of a name that should mean con
siderable in the history and tradi
tion of this region, though there Is
not any recognition of it in the
nomenclature of the city. Sam. Mere
dith, a Brig. Gen. in the Col. Army,
and the first treasurer of the United
States, was granted a tract of land
by the Penn heirs, or the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, that in
cluded much of this region and
made his home at Belmont, near
Pleasant .Mount. Later his son,
Thomas .Meredith, a gentleman of
much culture and education, built
the "Cottage" below the southern
limits of this city, and lived there.
The family name is now extinct, and
as you know, the Aleredlth monu
ment recently erected at Pleasant
Mount was the first public honor
done In the name. The family, 1
understand, was of Welsh origin, so
we may safely assume that the old
gentleman knew good vocal music
when he heard it. These facts and
the euphony of the combination, and
also the uniqueness of the title, sug-
I gest themselves as sufficient to war
rant this proposal.
Sincerely yours,
DWIGHT L. CRANE.
if General Aleredlth, from his
resting place in our little part, could
have had the pleasure and Interest of
the audience on Wednesday evening,
he would have felt highly gratified.
Each number was recalled and
heartily applauded.
Pleasant Alount wishes them nil
success in their venture.
Thursday evening the class festl
al and social was an occasion of
keen enjoyment to the High school
pupils and their friends. Thus tho
events of 1909 and 1910 pnss Into
history. Next spring is the time de
cided upon for tho Alumni meeting
and banquet, and will ho an occas
ion of widespread Interest.
Decoration day was observed by a
brief exercise in the park. An ad
dress by Rev. AlcCarthy and tho
decoration of soldiers' graves at tho
cometery.
The Ladles' Aid of the Presbyter
Inn church meets this week Wednes
day for tea at the homo of Airs. Geo.
Wilcox.
Children's Day servico Sunday eve
next with recitations and special mu
sic. Rev. Wm. Usher will make an
address.
HAWLEY & WILSON VILLE
Air. and Airs. Down, of Tafton,
entertained during the week their
daughter whoso home is at Dalton,
Pa.
Levi Kimble visited at the homo
of James Swan and wife at Uswlck
on Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Sara Klmblo went to Lake
vlllo on Thursday whoro she will
spend some time with relatives and
friends.
Julia Compton, of Whlto Mills,
arrived on Friday at Tafton Corners
where she will bo tho guest of Air.
and Airs. William Keosler for sever
al days.
Owing to an increase in business
Fred Rolneke has secured tho as
sistance of a shoemaker to attond
to the shoe repairing department.
A. Goblc, of Lnkevillc, wns In
town on Saturday.
AI. S. Kemcrer, of Wllkes-Barre,
has purchased of R. W. Murphy his
fast driving horse, King H.
Airs. William A. Lobb and littlo
son Anthony, of Jamaica, N. Y., are
guests of her parents, Fred Pooppcl
nnd wlfo.
On Tuesday Airs. Eppcl, son
Gottlelh, and dnughter, Airs. L. De
groto, went to Stull, Wyoming coun
ty, Pa., to be present nt tho funer
al of Airs. Eppol's grandson, n young
man who wns killed In the Lehigh
Vnlley railroad wreck.
Kate Daniels wns n visitor of her
sister, Airs. George Helchelbcck, nt
Wllsonvllle, on Alondny, attending
the base ball game nnd races In the
afternoon.
A small party enjoyed the first
basket picnic of tho season up the
river yesterday. They wore not de
terred by tho cold atmosphere nnd
leaden sky which brought a heavy
down pour of rain for their return
trip.
The remains of Jesse Wilds, an
inmate of the Hillside Home, was
brought to the home of his sister at
Hawley on Friday. The funeral was
held on Saturday afternoon and the
burial was made In the Eddy ceme
tery. The deceased was a brother
of .Miles Wilds.
Ralph Reineke passed his week
end vacation with his grand-parents,
William Reineke nnd wife at Lake
vllle. There are nine contestants In the
contest for that trip to Atlantic City
for one week and all expenses paid
or ?25 In cash which will be given
by the manager of Dreamland to the
most popular lady of Hawley.
Several In town have contracted
heavy colds and are confined to the
house. Two of .Murphy & Wall's
teamsters are among the afflicted
ones, being unable to attenu their
work the altter part of the week.
William Clark, of Honesdale,
was in town on Aleniorial Day.
Charlotte Kimble, of Hawley, was
a guest at the home of Frank Bea at
Wllsonvllle yesterday.
An artesan well drilling engine
with all of the apparatus required
for the work, moved at a slow pace
over the road enroute for Sterling
on Tuesday, causing a panic among
the horses, It being almost Impossi
ble to get the most of them to pass
it until the steam was shut off.
Airs. Jos. Shook and daughters
Pearl and Mabel, have Just recover
ed from an attack of measles.
Jacob Adams, wife and little son
.lerard passed the week at the Lake
View House at Lakeville.
Air. Grumsen of New York, was a
guest of .Mr. and Airs. Dlffene of the
Paupack river farm during the week.
Airs. Augusta Keyes and daughter
Emaline visited Ariel friends over
Sunday.
C'.ii.-c Stock Quotations.
Mom- uii ill today was 3 per cent;
tliiif ni.'M i und mprcantllo paper un
changed !n rates. Closing stock quota
tions on the New York exchange June 8
were:
Amal. Copper... 01 Norf. & West... tSH
Atchison 101 Northwestern .M'i
B. & 0 110V4 Penn. It. It. 12ST4
Brooklyn R. T... 76 Reading 149Vi
Ches. & Ohio.... 7914 Rock iBland 3S
C. .C..C.& St.1... 78 St. Paul 122VI
D. & II 1G2',4 Bouthern Pac...ll7
Erie 2 Bouthern Ry.... 21
Gen. Electric. ..140 South. Ry. pf... SS
111. Central 123V6 Sugar 114
Int. -Met 17 Texas Pacific... 23
Louis. & Nnsh. .1) Union Pacific... 1C7H
Manhattan 132 U. S. Steel 75?
Missouri Pac... Gl4 U. 3. Steel pf...H4H
N. Y. Central... 113Vi West. Union 62H
Market Reports.
BUTTER Firmer; receipts, 7.073 pack
.iRes; creamery, specials, per lb., 28?4c.;
extras, ZSVic; thirds to firsts. 2Ca2Sc;
atate dairy, finest, -Sc.; common to prime,
23V4a27c.; process, specials, 2Gc. ; seconds,
to extras, 23a25VsC.; factory, seconds to
firsts, 22V4a23',4c.; Imitation creamery, 1a
25c.
.CHKIJSE Unsettled; receipts, 952 boxes;
state, full cream, new, specials, 14?4al5c. ;
fancy, white, UUc ; colored, ,14V4o. ; aver
age prime, 13al4c. ; fair to good, 12V5
13c; common, 10nl2c. ; skims, specials,
12c; fine, lOttallc; fair to good, 7Ha9c.;
common, Ga"c; full skims, 2a3',4c.
EGGS Weak; receipts, 17.E4! cases;
state, Pennsylvania and nearby, hennery,
white, 23a25c; gathered, white, 22a24c;
hennery, brown, 22a23c.; gathered, brown,
21a22c; fresh gathered, storage packed se
lections, 20Ha214c. ; regular packed, extra
Brsts. 20Ha21c; firsts, 19a20c.
RESOURCES.
Loans 9178,470.80
Stocks, Bonds and Mort-
fpEOS 80,410.73
Cash and Reserve 40,328.03
Due from Other Banks. 8,820.43
Real Estato 20,703.00
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NEWS -
FROM DAMASCUS
Thouch wo nre hcnnl frnni iih frn.
fluently as some other towns, there
Is no reason for thinking we are
either dead or asleep. Tho most of
our buildings nre kopt In good con
dition lnsldo nnd out, and there are
more nicely kept lnwns than In any
other town of Its size, known to the
writer. Wo have no manufactorlng
Industries, but wo boast of two
good churches, Alethodlst and Bap
tist; a good High school, which un
der tho efficient principal, Pror. AI.
S. VnnCampen, has been regraded,
and made a first-class school; our
general store with A. G. Gregg pro
prietor, Is a "Bazaar," employing
one lady and three gentlemen clerks
besides tho proprietor and his wife,
who are always busy; our furniture
store and undertaking establish
ment is a modern up-to-date busi
ness, with George C. Abrnham as
proprietor. Air. Abraham devotes
most of his time to lumbering, and
employs Corwln H. Valentine, who
as an undertaker, Is equaled by few,
and excelled by none. Our harness
store and shoe shop with Henry
Baeherer, proprietor, is n busy place.
With Dr. Ben. Tyler to keep the teeth
In order, Bide. Pethlck to shoe the
horses, Airs. Samuel Pethlck to keep
the ladles In stylish gowns, and Airs.
Ellison to furnish millinery, there
seems to be very little to complain
of, except the few who always kick
about everything from the toll bridge
to Halley s comet. We have two of
the best kept cemeteries to be found
In the rural districts. Air. Amasa
Appley does most of the work, and
he knows how to do It. If the few
who own lots that are neglected,
would give them a little more atten
tion, or employ .Mr. Appley to do it,
for a small sum of money they
could be kept up nicely all the time.
The .Methodist church here is the
largest Protestant Institution in the
Delaware Valley between Port Jer
vls and Hancock. Rev. Joseph AI.
Coleman has just begun his third
year as pastor. There are Ave ap
pointments on the charge, Damascus,
Galilee. Calkins, AHIanvllle and
Abrahamsville. Within the bounds
of his parish there are nine U. S.
postofllces. In addition to those
mentioned as appointments there are
Hutledgedale, Tyler Hill, Fallsdale,
and Boyds .Mills. We have two or
ganized adult Bible classes in the
.Methodist church here. The men's
class has twenty members, and the
Indies class seventeen members.
These two classes unite once a
mouth, in a class social. We invite
those who are not members to "come
with us and we will do you good,"
at the same time make it pleasant
for you.
The Baccalaureate sermon for the
Damascus High school was preached
this year by Rev. Bell, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, Cochecton, N.
Y. Class night and graduating ex
ercises were held in the .Methodist
church on Tuesday and Wednesday
eenings, Alay 31st and June 1st.
The church was crowded both
nights. There were nine graduates
Alary E. and Edward K. Fromer,
Russell S. Clark. Alary J. Noble,
Ruth AI. Kopp, Frederlka Hockor,
Helen B. Rutledge, Sadie F. Welsh
and Clara AI. Gaston. Judging
from the display of their talent, we
predict for them a bright nnd pros
perous future.
To be sure we are patriotic. We
have a picnic nnd in other patriotic
ways, celebrate the Fourth of July
every year. We also observed Ale
morial Day In a fitting manner, with
a parade, decorating tho graves,
placing "Old Glory" on the grave of
overy soldier, and then going to the
Methodist church where there was
appropriate exercises, consisting of
prayer, recitations, singing of pa
triotic songs and short address by
Revs. Bell and Jos. Al. Coleman, also
by Charles R. Dexter, a veteran, and
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
-OF Tin:-
Farmers and Mechanics Bank
OF HONISSDAIjE, pa.
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS MAY 2, 1010.
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock $75,000.00
Surplus and Profits . . . 12,044.30
Deposits 241,843.07
15320,788.03
COMPARATIVE STATEAD3NT OF DEPOSITS.
June 1st, 1907 - -
May 1st, 1908, - -
May 1st, 1909, - -
May 2nd, 1910, - -
Dr. Alto Appley who presided over
tho gathering. Tho Tyler Hill band
furnished music for the occasion.
At tho closo of tho exorcise the Ep
worth League furnished Ice cream,
strawberries nnd enke, realizing
about $35.00. Tho band was treated
to delicacies for tho service they
rendered gratis, as was also tho vet
erans. The honored guest of tho day
was Allcaljah Weiss, who on Juno 15,
1910, will be 100 years of ago. He
was born at Alt. Bethel, Northamp
ton county Pa., Juno 15, 1801. In
18!25 he bought a large tract of land
nt Hemlock Hollow, (now Lake
ville) where ho lived until 1897
when he moved to Beaver Brook,
Sullivan county, N. Y., whore ho Is
still living. At the age of G5 years
ho enlisted in Co. G, 141st Regi
ment, Pennsylvania Volunteers with
Captain Mumford in command.
Alumford was killed In the battle of
Fredericksburg and wa3 succeeded
by Capt. Joseph Atkinson. Air.
Weiss has been married four times,
three of his wives, nnd two children,
a boy and a girl born to the first
wife, are dead. His first wife was
Elizabeth Ansley; tho second Lucy
Roberts; the third Lucy Westfall;
the fourth Christina Weber. There
were no children except those men
tioned by tho llrst mnrriage and
these died at the ages of 5 and 7
years respectfully. Air. Weis3 never
wore glasses and is still masticating
his food with his original teeth. He
never used tobacco In any form; re
tires at 8 p. m. and rises at 4 a. m.
usually; works a "small garden of
about one half an acre." His mind
Is clear, memory good, voice strong,
enjoys a Joke, and can entertain by
the hour. He claims to have follow
ed the river longer and run more
lumber than any other man now
living. He Is short of stature but
stocky in build, a typical Pennsyl
vania German. He says "the War
Department does not know his real
age, but he gave them three years of
good service." At the age of 109
years, he represents nn ordinary man
in good health, well preserved at
about 85. As an expression of our
appreciation to Air. Weiss, let us
send him a shower of post cards on
his 100th birthday. He rode to
Narrowsburg and took the train for
Cochecton on the morning of the
30th, spent about an hour and a
half In n wagon and an hour In the
church, aftor which he was entertain
ed by a comrade, O. W. Brigham.
Several called to see him and he
was not tired at 9 p. m. The next
morning he returned to his home.
Long may he yet live.
VALUABLE INVENTION NOT
PATENTED.
"The Manufacturer ana Builder"
suggests the following: "The cheap
est, most simple, and practical fire
alarm for ordinary household pur
poses is a small weight of lead or
Iron made to adhere to the celling
of each room with a piece of wax.
When the temperature becomes ele
vated above that of the ordinary
atmosphere, the wax will lose Its ad
hesiveness and allow the weight to
drop. The weight can be attached
by a wire to all the bells in the
house, or to sound any alarm ex
temporized for the purpose. The
weights should be kept away from
stove-pipes and out of the sun, and
one should bo placed In each room
and hallway. They will not fall to
give the alarm when there Is any
excessive Increase of temperature,
and no house should bo without
them. This alarm is not patented,
and is freo to be used by all without
money and without price."
CASTOR 1 A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Boars tho
Signature of
If you read tho paper Tho Citi
zen you known you are getting the
best.
9320,788.03 I ft
9 31,308.54 g
9100,800.20 O
9101,077.58 8
9211,843.07 8