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68th YEAR. NO. 61
HONESDALE, WAYNE CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1911.
PRICE JENTS
"GOING TO HAVE
THAT M SPITAL"
Enthusiastic Meeting of
Association is Held
TO ASK A 910,000 APPROPRIA
TION FROM THE STATE.
That there is renewed activity and
vigor among the members of the
Women's Auxiliary of the Wayne
County Hospital association is
evinced by the enthusiastic meeting
held last Thursday evening in the
council chambers of the city hall.
The meeting was called to order
by the president of the board, Miss
Tilile Weiss. Nearly all of the offi
cers of the board were present and
the room was filled with, prospective
workers. When 'Miss Weiss asked
for the sentiment of the members of
the board they replied In one ac
cord, " We will have a hospital."
When suggested that If some would
not deem it wise to wait awhile be
fore active work might be done, the
president found It almost impossible
to govern the session owing to the
earnestness and Intensity demon
strated by the women in wanting the
hospital at once. The idea of aban
doning the project was made light of.
Representatives from Texas No. 4
and East Honesdalo were present.
Both districts have over $100 sub
scribed and claim that they can se
cure more money If the occasion de
mands it.
The Wayne 'Hospital association
lost its appropriation by only $1,000,
14,000 having been pledged. Of this
amount there is $1,300 in the bank.
The ladies of the board are to be
commended for conducting the pro
ject on an economical basis, there
having been but $17 expended so far
for printing, supplies and school
children's envelopes. Persons hav
ing any money representing " years,
months and days," a method adopted
by the hospital association for col
lecting funds, are requested to give
same to Miss Tilile Weiss or Miss
.Emma smith.
The board proposes to continue
to get funds and add same to the
principal. It has decided not to ask
for $5,000 appropriation from the
State at the next legislature, but
double the amount, asking for $10,
000. The auxiliary hope' to have
that amount raised at the time of
the next legislature.
A hospital Sunday will be asked
from the different churches in Wayne
county, when a special collection
will be taken and same go toward
the hospital fund. The different
churches can take their special col
lection any Sunday from now on.
The money can be sent to the presi
dent, Miss Tilile Weiss.
The children of the day schools
throughout the rural districts have
contributed $180 to the enterprise,
which is very commendable upon
their part.
A committee composed of Mrs. G.
M. Genung and Mrs. George W. Pen
warden was appointed to ascertain
whether or not special concessions
could not be obtained from the
"Wayne County Agricultural society
for the hospital association during
'fair week.
The association Intend to start In
a simple manner and hope when the
time comes to have enough money
ahead to start a sinking fund be
sides the $10,000 which will coun
terbalance the state's proposed ap
propriation. The board hope to be
able to maintain the hospital with
out having a constant drain upon
the public for maintenance.
The Montclalr, N. J., hospital,
which was founded about ten years
ago, started with twelve beds and to
day it has eighty and Is worth $200,
000. A board composed of forty
women govern the hospital. During
this period the hospital has had no
resident physician.
The above is an illustration of
what can be accomplished by a hard
and persistent working board and
the Wayne County Hospital associa
tion is just as enthusiastic and hope
to accomplish something just as
good. The members do not propose
to allow the project to lack interest.
Ways and means for raising money
will be considered at an early date.
A prominent citizen, who is very
much Interested In the hospital fund,
suggested to the president that con
tribution boxes be placed in the
postofflco and Union depot to secure
money for the project.- The auxili
ary claims that only twenty men in
Wayno county have contributed to
the fund and sincerely hope that a
general awakening among this class
might speedily be realized.
The general meeting of the
Wayne County Hospital association
will be held in September.
ELECTION FOR WAYNE.
To fill the place of Congressman
George W. Kipp who died last week
in British Columbia, there will prob
ably be a special election sanctioned
by Congress for the Wayne-Susquehanna-Bradford
district within the
next few weeks and there will be
some sharp campaigning for the of
fice. Bradford county will insist
that it Is entitled to the office on ac
count of the unfulfilled term of Mr.
Kipp, but Wayne county can be de
pended upon .to put up a strong con
test. The next congressman by every
right of fairness ehould go to Wayne
county aB both Susquehanna and
Bradford have had representation
later than she. Carbondale Leader.
TAGGED
NINETY-TWO DOGS
Mr. Canivan Talks Inter
estingly About Canines,
Past and Present
ONCE HAD TO SHOOT ONE BUT
THAT WAS YEARS AGO. ,
"Oh where, oh where, is my Ilttlo
Oh where, oh where, enn ho bo?
With his hnlr cut short,
And his tail cut long,
Oh where, oh where, can ho bo?"
Three dogs, some big, others lit
tie, have entered the "llmbus can
um," and no longer keen their noc-
turnal vigils on the streets of Hones
dale town, and the peaceful Inhabi
tants of the borough are no longer
aroused from their noonday siestas,
nor awakened from their late-morning
slumbers, thanks to the efforts
or High Constable J. J. Canivan.
" There were ninety-two dogs I
tagged this summer," said Chief of
Police canivan, who adds to his
multifarious duties, that of the office
of Poundmaster, to a Citizen man,
Friday.
" Dogs have to be tagged in Hones
dale for the past four or five years,"
he said. "The first year I killed
thirty or thirty-five. There was a
pile of them around here, then. Now
they have run on down, until there's
only good dogs left.
" This is a pretty fair kind of a
town now for dogs. Anybody that
has a good dog, they'll take good
care of them.
" I had to shoot a dog on the
street two or three years ago. He
began foaming out of his mouth,
and getting ugly, so I killed him.
That's the only ' mad dog scare ' we
ever had around here.
" There are very few stray dogs
around town. Most of the dogs
owned here are bulls and bull ter
riers. There are very few shepherd
dogs around town. Shepherd dogs
are big dogs. A bull dog isn't so
very big.
"The biggest dog In town is a
Scotch Coolie, as big as-a calf, own
ed by Mrs. Emma Fowler, of Main
street.
" The smallest dog In town is the
one at the Allen House. It's a little
bit of a thing, so small ,you could
put It In your vest pocket. It be
longs to Frank Anthon.
" There are no Newfoundland nor
Saint Bernard dogs in town.
"The reason we don't see any
dogs on the streets Is because they
are all licensed and people take care
of their dogs.
" Yes," concluded Mr. Canivan,
" the dogs are pretty well cleaned up
around here."
This, in view of the approaching
dog days, is comforting news to
timid pedestrians.
" Come here Nipper!"
"Bow wow wow!" (which Is
canine for " Yes, Master!")
EAGLE DAY IN HONESDALE
Friday, August 11, will be a gala
day for 'Honesdale Aerie 1858, Fra
ternal Order of Eagles and their
many friends. In fact it promises to
be the day of the year. The popu
lation of Honesdale will be Increas
ed about 2,000 persons that day ac
cording to acknowledgements of in
vitations sent out. In honor of the
visiting guests the merchants and
store keepers of the town are re
quested to decorate their respective
places of business with flags and
bunting. The occasion will be one
never before experienced and the
visitors should be given the key of
the town.
Upon the arrival of the special
train 'Friday morning, August 11,
the visiting Eagles will be greeted
by Honesdalo's flourishing aerie, the
Honesdale band, the Fife and Drum
Corps, and the town in general. The
local aerie will parade in uniform.
The procession will form In front of
the Union station. The visiting
aeries will fall In line and one of the
most spectacular processions ever
seen in Honesdale will then take
place. Scranton aerie expect to
have nearly 1,000 men In line. One
of the attractions or features of the
parade will be the exhibition drill
on (Main street, near the railroad sta
tion, by Lieutenant Guy Relph'a
team, which consists of 24 men.
Two other drills will also be made
during the day, one each in the af
ternoon and evening, at Bellevuo
Park, where the local Eagles have
planned to entertain their guests.
The pedigreed Scranton Aerie's
prize $1,000 dog Foe, will be hero
and assist in the drill exhibition.
The Honesdale aerie is continu
ally growing in membership, hav
ing initiated ten candidates Monday
evening and have pending as many
moro applications.
MARRIED BV REV. MILLER.
'Miss Charlotte Bussa, daughter
of Julius Bussa, of this place, and
Henry Brown, Troy, N. Y., were
married Tuesday morning at 6
o'clock by Rev. C. C. Miller In St.
John's Lutheran parsonage. The
attendants were Miss Florence Cas
sidy, of Bayonne, N. J., and Walter
Brown, a brother of the bridegroom.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown left on the 7:20
Erie train the same morning for
Troy, where iMr. Brown is In a large
store of the 'Mohican company.
-The date of the fair is but a
short way off.
HAWLEY
BEATEN
IN CLOSE GAME
Home Team Wins by Final
Score of 3 2
VISITORS HAVE STRONG NINE
AND MAKE HONESDALE
WORK HARD FOR VIC
TORY.
Honesdale i
3;
Hawley
Such was the verdict, Saturday
afternoon, at the silk mill grounds,
in the snappiest base ball game
ever played in the Maple City.
" Something Doing. Honesdale
vs. Hawley at 3 p. m. To-Day."
That was the way the game was ad
vertised in streaks of white on every
corner flag-stone in the city last Sat
urday morning. And you can just
bet your sweet life there was
" something doing," too!
The spectators, and there were al
most a thousand of them, Hawley
alone bringing over two hundred
rooters along, were really treated to
a double-header. They certainly
got the worth of their money.
The First Game.
The first game was called at 3:17
p. m. by Umpire H. Balles, who gave
tne decisions on balls and strikes.
while Robert Boland, Hawley um
pired tne bases.
Sweltzer opened the stanza by
grounding to Kupfer. McNamara
singled to left, and Rose followed
suit. Gilpin fanned. Sweltzer tried
to reach home, on Seller's safe hit
to left field, but "Duffer" Weaver re
covered the ball in time to make a
splendid throw to Sandercock. cut
ting off the threatened run, and re
tiring the side.
All looked well when the Countv
Seaters went to bat in their half of
the first. Mangan straightened out
one of Southpaw Sheridan's curves
and sent the ball akiting to centre
for one base. Captain Brader sacri
ficed to Sheridan who threw the ball
to second in time to catch Mangan.
Ross hit a grounder to Wilson who
threw the ball to Gibbons in an at
tempt to make a doubleplay. Gib
bons dropped the -ball, and, Brader
kept right on to third. Gibbons
threw the ball to McNamara, who
dropped it, and Brader was safe on
third and Ross on second.
A hot argument arose over the
play, 'Hawley claiming that Brader
was out for overrunning second.
The crowd rushed on the field. The
discussion waxed warm. The Bridge
Dodgers left the field refusing to
continue the game, unless Brader
was declared out.
The Second Game.
" We have compromised on the
scrap and start the game' over from
the beginning!" That was the com
forting announcement Manager Leon
Ross megaphoned to the rooters dur
ing a temporary lull in the verbal
hostilities following the first game,
which by right belonged to us. Just
to show that there were no hard
feelings, after winning the first
game, 9 to 0, the County Seaters
turned in again, and In a ninth
inning batting rally, won the second
game 3 to 2.
Hawley got a runaway start In the
first session, when on a combination
of three hits, a base on balls, and
Sandercock's wild throw to third,
they scored the only two runs they
made that afternoon.
This is how they did it: Sweltzer
singled to right garden, beating the
ball out to first, but was caught try
ing to steal second. McNamara's
patience was rewarded by a pass to
first. Gilpin fanned, McNamara
meanwhile stealing second. On
Seller's single to right, McNamara
went to third, and all the way home,
followed by Rose who brought in
the second run on Sandercock's wild
throw to third. The Hawley root
ers went wild. Thlelke ended the
agony by sending an easy grounder
to Kupfer. Score 2 to 0.
In Honesdalo's half of the first
Mangan put a pop fly In Wilson's
hands. Captain Brader was hit by a
pitched ball, and trotted to first base.
Ross got to first on player's choice,
sending an easy grounder to Wil
son, who tossed the ball to Gibbons
and Brader was out. All that San
dercock could do was to send a pop
fly to McNamara. No runs.
In the second canto, Captain
Gibbons "fanned. Wilson walked,
and took second on Captain Brader's
fumble of Sandercock's throw.
" Sheridan " rode. Sweltzer rolled
to Brader. "Nothing doing" that
Inning.
Kupfer fouled to McNamara, and
Polt sent an easy one to Sheridan.
Schilling gave the ball a ride to
right garden, stole second, but was
an easy out at the home plate, in
attempting to score on "Duffer"
Weaver's single to right.
Hawley threatened to score in the
third inning on McNamara's double
to left, but Rose and Gilpin fanned,
Seller flled to Captain Brader, and
the danger point was safely passed.
Benjamin Franklin Hessllng was
out on a terrific line drive to Wil
son, who made a fine catch. Mangan
followed suit with an easy one to
Sweltzer. Captain Brader walked.
Ross singled to centre, advancing
Brader. Sandercock filed to Captain
Gibbons.
Thlelke opened the fourth inning
by striking out. Gibbons singled to
left. Wilson singled to left, ad
vancing the runner. Sheridan hit
the ball to Kupfer, who fumbled the
uuu. me oases were an mien.
Sweltzer rolled to Brader, who threw
me Dan to sandercock, cutting off
the coveted run. With two down,
'and the bases filled, all McNamara
couia do was to roll one to Kupfer,
bellie an easv out at first.
Ill tho fnnrth Tlnnparinlp a'onl nut
one, two, three, Kupfer and Polt
succumbing to two wonderful
catch.es by Thlelke, and Schilling
luumng.
In thn fifth. T?nnp fnnnoH Son
dercock dropped the third strike but
miBtv 10 nrsi in lime to catcu tne
runner, nilnln fll,i tn " tntow
Polt. Seller got to flrst on Kupfer's
iumoie. TfiielKe singled to left, ad
vancing 'Spllpr. U'hn tvna ni,f ti.vlnn-
to steal third when Captain Gibbons
wu-ai uai.
Honesdale made two hits In the
fifth. aftdP Wsavnr rnllnrl tn Ql.nnl-
dan. Hessllng planted one in right
Kurueu, una Siangan singled to Iert.
They were stranded, however, since
uiauer ana koss ootn lanned.
Hawlev wpnt mil nnp iwn thrpp
in the sixth. Gibbons grounding to
.iiaagau, wnson iouung to Sander-
cuuk, ana anerioan " riding." Wil
son was out nn n npmiUnr nlnv Wo
hit. a foul, which Sandercock dropped
uii account oi uaptain Gibbons get
ting In his way, and Wilson was de
clared out for lntprfprpnrp.
Leon Ross' little boys tied the
score in tne " lucky sixth." Sander
cock started the " merrygoround "
by slnirlln? tn lnft P"nrrlpn Cn n
wild throw, he took second. ' Kupfer
flled to McNamara. Polt hit a
grounder to McNamara who fumbled
the ball. On a wild throw to catch
Polt. Sandprrnolf nrtvnniofl tn thlf1
McNamar.a throw wild tn flrot Dnit
moving to second, and Sandercock
scored, sciiiiiing was out to Swelt
zer, unassisted, Polt going to third.
"Duffer" Weaver hit a terrific drive
right at Sheridan. The ball bounded
fully twenty feet, struck Southpaw
Sheridan almost knocking him down,
and bounded thirty feet away. Polt
trotted in with the tielng run. Weav
er stole second, on a wild throw,
and was put out trying to steal
third.
Excitement was now at fever
heat. The crowd surged up to the
third base foul lines. Hawley went
into the seventh determined to
break the tie. Sweltzer, flrst man
up, singled to left. McNamara sent
a hot one to Brader who tossed the
ball to Kupfer. Kupfer stepped on
second, and sent the ball to first in
time to retire the runner, and exe
cute a neat double play. Rose
fanned.
Hy,edale failed to accomplish
any.tuing In the seventh. Hessllng
flled to Wilson. Mangan flled to
Thlelke. With two down, Captain
Brader singled to centre, but was
an easy out trying to steal second.
Things looked squally In the
eighth. Gilpin singled to centre.
Seller slashed a terrific hit full at
Hessllng. The ball was too hot to
be fielded, and bounded back al
most to the home plate. Then
Thlelke put a fly Into " Duffy "
Weaver's hands. Captain Gibbons
slammed one at Kupfer which the
shortstop failed to handle. Gilpin
tried to -score on the hit, but was
put out at the plate by Sandercock.
(Continued on Page Eight.)
CHANGE IN
E LAWS
Woodcock Season is Two
Weeks Earlier
OTHER IMPORTANT CHANGES
HAVE BEEN MADE BY LEG
ISLATURE. Quite a number of Important
changes have been made in the
game laws by the last legislature.
In almost every instance the season
has been changed from October 15
to November 1, with an extension
of two weeks at the end of the sea
son, which will make the closing on
the 1st of December. The woodcock
Season PnmpS In twn wpolra anilla.
Instead of October 15 It has been
cnanged to October 1, and ends De
cember 1.
The law In full Is as follows:
Bear Unlimited Oct. 1 to Jan. 1.
Use of steel traps forbidden.
Black blrrta. fill klnrtn. nml rlnvna
Unlimited September 1 to January
Deer, male with horns visible
above the hair One each season
November 15 to December 1.
HarB Or Hnhhlt Tati In nnp In..
November 1 to December 15.
Hungarian Quail Five in one
day, twenty In one week and thirty
In One season. Octnhpr 1R tn Wnvom.
ber 15.
Plover Unllmltpil. .Tulv 1K tn
December 1.
Ouall. nnmmnnlv nnllori Vlrp-lnln
partridge Ten in ono day, forty in
one ween ana seventy-live in one
season. November 1 to December
15.
Shore Birds Unlimited, Septem
ber 1 to January 1.
Snipe, Jackson and Wilson Un
limited, September 1 to May 1.
Squirrel, Fox, black or grey Six
of the combined kind in one day.
November 1 to December 15.
Web-footed Wildwater fowl of all
kinds Unlimited, September 1 to
April 10. Not to be shot at be
fore sunrise.
Wild Turkeys One In one day,
two in one season, November 1 to
December 16.
GAM
E
E
Dr. Flack Conducts Ser -
vices at the Old First
Church
HE IS MODERATOR OF PENN
SYLVANIA SYNOD; DR.
SWIFT AT ASBURY.
" Our religion touches life at
every point if It is real. In our
dealings with each other, In our con
duct In the home, In our buying and
selling, it will Influence you. And If
we are friends of God, the world
around us will recognize It In our
lives and be convinced of the reality
of the religion of Jesus Christ in our
hearts."
Such was the sane, healthy doc
trine expounded by the Rev. Ebene
zer Flack, D. D pastor of the
Washburn Street Presbyterian
church, 'Scranton, at the Old First
church, Sunday afternoon. Taking
as his subject, "Abraham, The
Friend of finil ." nnri Minnilnf, or, i,io
texts, the twenty-third verse of the
secona cuapter or St. James, and the
fourteenth and fifteenth verses of
tllP. flftppnth rhnnloK nf Qt Tv.n
Doctor Flack drew beautiful ' paral
lelisms uetween Divine and human
friendship.
Doctor Flack is the Moderator of
the Synod of Pennsylvania, one of
the largest, wealthiest, most power
ful eccleslastlp.il nrirnnlntlnnc, In tl,
United States. Its twenty-one pres
byteries control the local Interests
Of the denomlnntlnn In tho tr
stone state.
" There am snmn hnaimmic
marked Doctor Flack, "who wouldn't
like to tell everything about their
lives and thoughts to their wives.
And there are some wives who
wouldn't like to tell their husbands
everything."
In discussing the question of "how
can one who is not a friend of God
become a friend of God?" Moderator
Flack enumerated some of the dif
ferent wavs In whlph tula f-i.. i
Is established, saying:
" The great work that Is given
ministers of the Gospel, elders of
the church, Sunday school teachers
.um urisuan worlters Is to intro
duce mpn nnrl wrnmnn . T
-- " tu ueaus
Christ. That is all we can do. Take
men and women and' introduce them
to Jesus Christ. Then their part is
to cultivate the friendship."
uucior i-iacic is a healthy, expon
ent of the safe and sane doctrine
Which hp nrnnphpa ctmwii
IOOt tall, nf tTprnnlaan -.(.1.
broad and massive shoulders, 'clean-
ouavou, asceuc race, ne proclaims
by his Vprv nprannnl nr...nnnn
. . . " " ui'iicuiaiiutj 111 U
glorious gospel which his lips pro
fess. Larcre nnnrpp-ntlnno nm.A .
- - o-o.o "cid iiicaeui
at both thp mnrnlnp. nnH
n v. atji
ViCeS to hear the noted Scranton di-
wue, who maue touching reference
in his prayers to the pastor, Doctor
W. H. Swift whn to r.)l . a-
--------- ' ' " . 1V1JVII15 rtB"
bury Park during the month of
WoOdCOCk Ton In nnp rlo.. t,
-.. -"i'j t tncuB
ty in one wppIt .mri nttv in nn
son, October 1 to December 1.
Remember Hint pnmn llllarl In
this commonwealth may be had In
jjussession oniy during the open sea
son for such game in this common
wealth and fnr thlrtv H
iiivicai-
ter. This is the law.
No deer, ruffled grouse, common
ly called nh
monly called Virginia partridge,
killed Within tills nnmmnnn.nl,!.
can be bought or sold at any time!
ruuiea grouse commonly called
pheasant, killed outside this com
monwealth, excepting during the
open season for like birds in the
commonwealth, and for thirty days
thereafter. No wild turkey or wood
cock, killed plthpr wlH, 1 1, n n.lth-
OUt the commonwealth, can be
uougiu and sold in season.
No game of any kind can be legal
ly carried, or in nnv mnnnpr rpmnv-
ed out of the State, except by those
who nave secured a non-resident li
cense. The starling-, thn Rnplloh onnrrno.
the kingfisher, the crow, the raven,'
iue iieron, me eagle, tne buzzard,
the crane, the bittern, the Cooper's
hawk, the sharpshlnned hawk, the
duck hawk, the pigeon hawk, the
great horned owl, the barred owl,
the red or pine squirrel, the opos
sum, the woodchuck, or ground
liner, thn fnv. thn wild pnt thn waniai
the mink, and the skunk are not
protected, and may be killed at any
time.
SALESMAN CHARGED AVlTlT
LARCENY.
David Derr, a salesman of Wllkes-
Barre, on July 26, appeared before
Alderman Rlcketts, Wllkes-Barre,
and gave ball for $500 to appear at
Octobo term of Wayne county court
and answered the charge of larceny
preferred against him by m. W.
Gurnsey, Scranton. John E. Mor
gan, AVllkes-Barre, went his bond.
FRATERNAL NOTES.
F. O. E.
The following candidates rode F.
O. E., Honesdale aerie's goat on
Monday evening: Joseph Carroll.
John Decker, Stephen Bower, Carl
Bartholemus, William Cuhn, Henry
'imodine, George uoiiaway. Pette
Chakerls and Lewis Wagner.
Gilbert H. Knapp, Aldenvllle, was
a business caller here on Monday.
SCRANTON
DIVIN
PREACHES
HER
EDUCATION filES
CHEAP NOWADAYS
1 Costs only I8c. per Day
i to Teach Johnnie the
; " 3 R's "
COSTS SCRANTON SIX CENTS
MORE THAN IT DOES HONES
DALE. It cost just eighteen cents a day
to educate each one of the 525 pupils
In the Borough Public schools last
year, according to the financial state
ment of the Honesdale School Dis
trict just Issued.
For the small sum of eighteen
cents per diem, John and Mary have
been filled up with reading, writing
and arithmetic and " extras." The
curriculum In the higher grades, by
the way, largely consists of such
luxurious deserts as Latin, Greek,
Geology, Geometry, etc., which of
course will bo of great (?) help to
the boys and girls of the Maple City
In earning their living, after' their
school days are over, in the glass cut
ting shops and underwear factories.
More 'than ten thousand dollars
was expended in paying the salaries
of fifteen teachers, and one janitor
whose salaries averaged ?70 per
twenty-day month, or ?3.50 per six
hour day. Understand, however,
that this was the "salary average"
and not the "average salary," a dis
tinction with a decided difference,
some of the teachers receiving con
siderably less than that amount and
others being paid rather more.
The secretary and treasurer of the
school board did not draw large sal
aries, and only received ?50 apiece
as compensation for their onerous
duties.
Books were seemingly a small item
of expenditure, a little over $1, a
pupil being required for " canned
wisdom," which is certainly a mark
of progresslveness, as the trend of
present day pedagogy Is away from
stereotyped text book Instruction and
In favor of the Socratlc and lecture
methods of drawing out and impart
ing information. For strange to re
late, education, In its primary mean
ing, has to do with the "drawing out"
of a scholar. Nature abhorring a
vacuum, it is then an easy matter to
fill up the cranial cavity of the child
with " knowledge over much."
Not much money was wasted on
supplies, either, probably not more
than ?1.25 for each scholar. A little
over a dollar apiece was required to
keep the boys and girls protected
from the Arctic blasts of Honesdale's
nine-months' winters!
Notes and interest amounted to
something like $4 per scholar. $58,
000 worth of bonds are still out
standing, the interest and principal
of which the boys and girls who are
now attending school, will have the
pleasure of paying later on.
That the financial affairs of the
Honesdale School District are wisely
administered Is shown by a favorable
comparison of the cost of individual
Instruction between Scranton and
Honesdale, the cost of educating a
child per day in the Electric City
averaging twenty-four cents, or six
cents more than in the Maple City.
FAIR NOTES.
The department superintendents of
the fair are working assiduously to
made their respective departments
show up well. This year there
promises to be an excellent display
of horses, cattle, sheep and swine,
poultry, dairy and farm products,
grain, vegetablesand Grange, fruit,
domestic manufactured articles, la
dles' handiwork, painting and flow
ers. Don't miss this year's exhibit.
The committee on horses compos
ed of J. V. Starnes, T. B. Clark and
L. P. Patterson, has arranged for
six trotting and pacing races, two
each afternoon, beginning Tuesday,
August 15. The program, subject to
change, is as follows:
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15.
2:40 class, trotting and pacing
Purse $200
2:18 class, trotting and pacing
Purse, $200
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17.
2:27 class, trotting and pacing
Purse, $200
Free for all, trotting and pacing
Purse, $200
Grangers do not want to forget
that the fair management offer $200
in prizes for best exhibits. First
prize $C0; second, $50; third, $40:
fourth, $30; fifth, $20:
The dates of the fair are August
14, 15, 1G, and 17. All roads, In
cluding railroads, lead to Honesdale
fair week.
REAL ESTATE DEALS.
John Merrlgan, Scott, to Albert L.
Crossley, Blnghnmton, land In Scott
township; consideration private.
W. W. Mumford, Starrucca, to A.
C. Crossley, land lying In Preston,
Scott, and Starrucca; $1 and other
valuable consideration.
Catherine D. Burleigh, Scott, to
George M. Burlegh, of the same
place, land In above mentioned town
ship, $1,000.
Gouldsboro (Hall Association to
Gouldsboro Lodge, I. O. O. F., lot
in said borough. $1,600.
Daniel G. Underwood, Deposit, N.
Y., to Henry W. Wilcox, of the same
place, several tracts of land lying In
Scott and Buckingham township, $1.