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HONESDALB, WAYNE 00., PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER , 1911.
PRICi2 CENTS
TWICE BIG
20 LICENSES ENGINEER WEDS ROOSEVELT
WOULD HONESDALE GIRL
AUGUST SCHOOL TEACRER LIKE MR.
KILLED AT CONEY
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BEATEN
PARADE
ONE
LABOR
DAY
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Taylor Athletics Have
Easy Time With County
Seaters
MORNING GAME A SHUTOUT, 0-0;
AFTERNOON GAME LOST 0-1.
The Taylor Athletics administer
ed two crushing defeats to Leon
Ross' little boys at the silk mill
mailers wuiats nits iuuiuiu& uuoo o
a coat of whitewash.
"We never could play against Tay
lor," lugubriously remarked Captain
Leslie Brader toward the close of
the morning game. And he hit the
nail on the head, exactly.
Anything and everything from
Hawley to Scranton, the County
Seaters can trim, but when Taylor
comes into view, down, down the lo
cals go into the depths o'f ignomini
ous defeat.
MORNING GAME.
The largest crowa ever seen at a
morning game turned out Monday
to see "Sandow" Stegner hold the
locals at his mercy lor nine innings.
In addition to striking out ten men,
Tie only allowed the locals six scat
tered hits, and some of those were of
the scratch variety.
"He's there all the time, that
pitcher is,'' moaned one of Leon
Ross' little boys, after fanning twice
in succession. And he surely was.
Herbert Male was hit safely four
teen times. Inasmuch as four of
these hits were bunched in the sec
ond inning, Taylor made a getaway
start of four runs in that stanza, and
kept on adding runs in the fourth
and fifth innings.
Sandercock was the only local to
connect safely with Strong Man
Stegner's curves twice, scoring a
single and a double. Jacobs featur
ed the game by making a fine run
ning catch of Seebold's long fly in
the third. Schilling bunted the
third strike, in the seventh. Brader
and Ross pulled off a neat double
play in the eighth.
Bnjamin 'Hessling went in to bat
for Dudley in the ninth stanza, and
singled to centre. , Male "walked.
Hope sprung up.inithe breasts of the
local fans, for games have bejlrf won
in the last canto!,. But J3ader, went
out on a grounder - to ,Sci.eild, 'and.
the melodrama -.vas ended.
The distressing details follow:
TAYLOR ATHLETICS. .
R. H. 0.,'A. E.
Stump, 3b 1 1 0 0 0
Schield, lb .1 1 10 0.0
Morris, 2b 0 2 1 4 0
Evans, cf 0 1 2 0 0
Warner, rf 0 2 0 1 0
Morrison, c 2 3 5 2 0
Welsh, ss 0 1 6 4 0
Seebold, If 1 0 1 0 0
Stegner, p 1 3 1 3 0
Totals G 14 x2G 14 0
xSchilling out for bunting third
strike.
HONESDALE.
R. H. O. A. E.
Mangan, 3b 0 0 0 1 2
Brader, ss 0 1 G 4 0
Sandercock, c 0 2 5 2 0
Ross, lb 0 1 11 0 0
Jacobs, If 0 0 1 0 0
Schilling, rf 0 0 0 1 0
Dudley, cf 0 0 3 0 0
Male, p 0 0 0.6 0
Bader, 2b 0 1 1 4 0
xxHessling Q 1 0 0 0
Totals 0 6 27 18 2
xxHessllng batted for Dudley in
the ninth.
Taylor 04011000 0 G
Honesdale ..00000000 0 0
Two-base hit Sandercock: Hits
Off Stegner 6; off Male 14. Left
on bases Taylor 9; Honesdale 8.
Struckout By Stegner 10; by Male
4. Bases on balls Off Stegner 2;
off Male 2. Hit by pitched ball
Evans (2). Double play Brader to
Ross. Sacrifice hits Welsh. Um
plre Ed. Isbell. Time of game
1:38.
AFTERNOON GAME.
Maple City fans turned out en
masse Monday afternoon in the hopes
of seeing the County Seaters retrieve
themselves, For, was not Ben Hess
ling, the mighty Ben, going to twirl
for the locals? He was. But alack
and alas, Strong Man Stegner went
in the box for the Miners, again, and
repeated his performance of the
morning, granting Leon Ross' little
boys only six hits.
Honesdale escaped the disgrace of
a double defeat by making a lone
tally in the fourth, thanks to Schil
ling who singled, stole second, and
waltzed home on Polt's single to left.
Hats off to "Jack" Schilling!
Evans was out in the fifth for
stepping over the plate when the
pitcher was facing him. Starting in
to bat left-handed he decided to
change over to right. Ho changed,
and was Invited to retire.
Sandercock singled at the opening
of the second, but was caught off
first. Welsh and Scheild executed a
corking double play In the seventh.
Taylor made two runs In the third
Inning. Seebold walked; and stole
second. Scheild fouled to Sander
cock. Stump fanned. Welsh walk
ed, and tallied on Morris single to
right. Welsh stole home a moment
later, when Hessllng'a attention was
directed to another part of the dia
mond for a costly moment.
Taylor made another In the
fourth, still another in the fifth and
two more in the seventh, one of
Knights of Labor Viewed
by Hundreds
SPECIAL INTEREST IN AIRSHIP
FLOAT AND ONE LITTLE, CUTE
tlTTLE BILLY GOAT.
Just as the clock struck ten, the
knights of labor, several hundred
strong, took up the line of march
down Main street in one of the
largest parades ever seen in Hones
dale on the first Monday, in Septem
ber. Riding on gallant charters at the
Head of the procession were Mar
shals Earl Mitchell, Theodore He
bert and George Schmuck, repre
senting the glass cutters, the shoe
makers and labor In general, re
spectively. Following them were,
In the order named:
Five Committeemen.
Flag bearer.
Honesdale Band. Nineteen men
In line.
Two men carrying the banner of
The American Flint Glass Workers'
Union No. 92.
Float, with glass cutters seated
on It holding aloft a cut glass pitch
er. Eighty-four glass cutters.
" William" Goat, blanketed and
decorated with "Hardware," "But
ters In Keep Out" signs.
L'lghty-six glass cutters.
The. Maple City Fife and Drum
Corps, fifteen men In line.
Federation of Labgr float contain
ing eight girls dressed In white.
Twenty members of Federal La
bor Union No. 10,746.
Eight men belonging to the Cigar
Workers Union of America, Local
355.
Women's Label League, No. 182,'
banner.
Airship float. Blazoned wlh
signs: "No Fake," Go To The Park!
See Her Fly!
Boot and Shoe Workers' Union,
No. 377.
Twenty-eight men in line.
Provisional Local 8. American
Theatre Scene Erecters. Eight men
in line.
Hundreds of people lined the
curbs and watched the parade march
down Main to Fourth, thence to
Church, up Church ' to Twelfth,
across to Main, out Main to Seven
teenth to West to Park street to
Main and countermarch to Bellevue
Park.
It was a quiet parade, and a quiet
crowd. That part of the procession
which attracted the most attention
was the 170 glass cutters who wore
their white work aprons and white
hats and were led by the National
Organizer, Robert Luckock of To
ledo, Ohio.
The airship was voted "cnte," by
the women, and "too cute for any
thing" by the young ladies.
Mr. William Goat was also much
admired.
The Maple City observed Labor
Day with the closing of the county
offices, the banks, barber shops,
grocery stores and numerous other
business places. Bellevue Park was
the center of attraction all day long
where dancing was enjoyed until a
late hour, the music for which was
furnished by the Honesdale Band.
Several refreshment stands did a
land office business all day long, and
It is expected that a neat sum of
money will be realized.
The committee In charge of the
Labor Day program consisted of:
President, John Weiser; secretary,
Horace Williams; treasurer, Fred
Cory; Messrs. William Hattler, Wil
liam Rellly, Fred Lelbig, John
O'Neill, Paul Sonner, J. McGulnniss,
A. Palmer, Charles Cade, F. Dan
iels, Charles Boos, Joseph Cole, Pat
rick McCarty, Dan VIcinus.
them on Sandercock's wild throw to
first to catch Stumn.
Taken altogether it was a bad day
for the County Seaters. Taylor came
nere determined to win both games.
and win them she did. The soulless
score:
TAYLOR ATHLETICS. ,
R. H. O. A. E
Stump, 3b 2 1 1 0 0
Welsh, ss 1 0 3 3 0
Morris, 2b 0 1 0 2 1
Evans, cf 0 1 2 0 0
Warner, rf 1 1 2 0 0
Morrison, c 0 2 7 2 0
Stegner, p 0 1 0 G 0
Seebold, If 2 1 0 1 0
Scheild, lb 0 0 12 1 2
.
Totals G 8 27 15 3
HONESDALE.
R. H. O. A. E.
Mangan, 3b 0 0 0 2 0
Brader, ss 0 1 3 2 1
Ross, lb 0 1 13 1 0
Sandercock, c 0 1 7 2 0
Jacobs, If 0 0 0 0 0
Schilling, rf 1 2 0 0 0
J. Polt, cf 0 1 1 0 0
Bader, 2b 0 0 0 5 0
Hessling, p 0 0 2 4 0
Totals 1 6x26 1G 1
xEvans out for changing batting
position.
Taylor 00211020 0 6
Honesdale ..00010000 0 1
Two-baso hits Evans, Morrison.
Hits Off Stegner 6; off Hessling 8.
Left on bases Taylor 4; Honesdale
7. Struckout By Stegner 5; hy
Hessling 6. Bases on halls Off Steg
ner 2; oft Hessling 2, Umpire :H.
Dalles. Tlmo of game 1.38.
Course of True Love Ran
Smooth Last Month
TWENTY COUPLES TAKE THE
THREE DEGREES OF MATRI
MON1 IN WAYNE COUNTY.
The course of True Love did run
smooth In the county of Wayne, in
the month of August, Jn the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred I
and eleven. Witness: Twenty mar
riage licenses were granted by Clerk
of the Orphans' Court M. J. Hanlan,
Twenty couples are rejoicing over
the possession of beautiful little cer
tificates. Twenty lassies promised to
love and to obey their laddies.
Twenty bridegrooms took the three
degrees In married life. First de
gree 'Pay the Clerk of the Orphans'
Court ?1 short and sweet: Second
degree Pay the preacher at least
five slmoleons Longer and not so
sweet. Third degree Entrance up
on the 'Thirty Years' War' Longest
of all and positively sour! (i. e.,
some times).
The grooms entered the hallowed
portals of the matrimonii mansion
from sixteen different walks In life.
The farmers as usual took the lead, j
Adam was a farmer, and Eve was a j
farmer's wife. Who can imagine a
more glorious life than days spent
close to Nature; conquering her
stubborn moods, and forcing her to
yield the finest harvests of grain?
The other fifteen Benedicts pur
sued occupations of various kinds,
ranging from physician to profes
sional roller skater. To be exact,
there was one representative of each
of the following callings: Physician,
car inspector, hotel manager, painter,
teamster, contractor, lumberman,
Iron forger, glass cutter, boiler mak
er, college student, clerk, engineer,
professional roller skater and school
teacher.
The average age of the grooms
was 27 and years. The oldest
groom was 41, and the youngest four
were of age. Half of the grooms
were less than 25 years old. It was
a remarkably youthful lot of bride
grooms that took the leap in the dog
days.
The brides? Oh they averaged
only 23 .plus 4-5 years. Two of them
were seventeen, two were nineteen,
one-was twenty, six wore twenty-one,
and the rest were all the way up to
forty summers.
Two school teachers gave up the
arduous task of Instructing the
youth of the nation for the more
congenial occupation of making a
happy home for some dear boy.
There was one trained nurse, one
silk worker, one housekeeper, one
college student, and fourteen " at
homes." The "suffragette virus"
never did seem to take, nohow, in
Wayne, and like the Roman matron
of old who said "Ubi es Calus, ibl
sum Caia," (which freely translated
means "You run the office, I'll run
the house") the fair young women
of the shire prefer to limit their
sphere of usefulness to home, sweet
home! Selah!!
Four of the brides were older than
the partners of their choice. One
groom was more than twice as old
as his bride.
Honesdale and Hawley share first
honors with two grooms each, but
Hawley leads with three brides to the
County Seat's one. Good for Haw
ley. Thirteen of the grooms reside in
Wayne county, and seven came from
adjoining counties, and sister states.
Susquehanna, Lackawanna, Pike,
Carbondale, and the State of Massa
chusetts were represented.
One couple travelled all the way
from Massachusetts Bay, (we mean
Worcester, Mass.,) to be remarried In
Honesdale, so that their marriage
should be recorded In the State of
Pennsylvanla-h! Rah! Rah!!
Rah!!!
One college boy and one college
girl decided to be chums In the Unl
versity of Life. One school teacher
and one school marm went Into
perpetual co-partnership. Bless
them!
Oh the stories that lie burled in
Marriage License Docket Book No.
4. Not even the voluminous pages
of The Citizen could contain them
all. And lest the reader grow weary,
here Is the last paragraph of them
all, the Age calendar (gentlemen
first In this case), viz:
2421; 2524; 2221; 21 17;
37 40; 2G 21; 3832; 21 17;
3G 37; 2121; 2124; 2322;
2321; 2829; 3321; 2420;
41 19; 3027; 2423; 27 19.
LAYS 84 EGGS IN 85 DAYS.
Mount Joy, Pa. U. E. Hoffer, of
Mount Joy, has a mongrel hen
which he purchased from a local
dealer when three months old for 50
cents, which for its laving aualiflca
tions beats Peggy, the $10,000 hen
of national repute. The Hotter hen
commenced laying on December 4
last and up to date has laid 231
eggs.
During the month of December she
laid 24; January, 30; February, 24;
March, 31; April. 29: Mar. 29:
June, 18; July, 24; August, to date,
22. From February 28 to April 11,
48 days, she did not miss a day.
Missing only one day, April 18, she
again iaia jo eggs in 36 successive
days, or 84 eggs In 85 days.
It's Wayne county's turn to have
the next Congressman.
J. JV. Long, Scranton,
Married to Miss Clara
Gibbs, Maplewood .
MANY GUESTS AT CEREMONY
PERFORMED BY REV. GEO.
POPE, BINGHAMTON.
Judson W. Long, Scranton, was
united in marriage to Miss Clara
Belle Gibbs Wednesday afternoon at
4 o'clock at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Gibbs,
at Maplewood, by the Rev. George
Pope of Blnghamton, N. Y.
The bride wore a point do sprit
gown trimmed with duchess lace and
carried bridal roses. The brides
maid was gowned in lace net over
blue silk and carried a large bouquet
of roses.
V. P. Long and Miss Julia M.
Long, brother and' sister of the
groom, attended the bridal couple
and Miss Keene was flower girl.
Mrs. Pierce of Scranton, played the
wedding march from Loneghrln.
Mr. Long is chief engineer of the
Scranton Y. M. C. A. building and
Miss Gibbs has been a teacher in the
public schools for over twelve years.
They were remembered by a host
of friends by many valuable pres
ents. The bridal party left Thurs
day for Washington, New York City,
Philadelphia and Albany, returning
by the Hudson river. They will be
at home October 1 at 1224 Schlager
boulevard. Among the guests were:
Mrs. James H. Beddell, Philadel
phia; Mrs. M. L. Henry, Mrs. Lewis
Henry and son, Luther, New York
City; Mrs. I. A. Resh, Philltpsburg,
N. J.; W. Justin, Clark's Summit;
Mr. and Mrs. Simpson, Moscow; Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Horton, Carbon
dale; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gibbs,
Honesdale; Miss Bertha Hawker,
Seelyville; G. A. Gibbs, Indian Or
chard; Rev. and Mrs. Morrison,
Canaan; Calvin Coons, V. P. Long,
Mrs. W. A. Long, Miss Lucy Long,
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Long, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Crawford, Mrs. F. .
Gibbs, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hartman,
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pierce, Mrs. Ira
Orr, Mrs. Edward Evans, Scranton;
Mrs. Lydia Rlckens, Mr. and Mrs.
George Black, Mr. and Mrs. O. P.
Sharp and sons, Ernest and Keith,
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Keene and
daughters, 'Florence and,, Martha,
Lyle Keene, Mr.- and Mrs. T. N.
Jones, Mrs. Anna Schoonover, Mrs.
John uromllch, Miss Francis Olm
stead, Sylvester Gibbs, Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Gibbs, Misses Augusta and
Adelaide Mitchell, Miss Minnie
Keene, Leroy Black, Miss Minnie
Buddenhagen of Maplewood.
IMPORTS FIVE
CAMPINjPULLETS
F. W. Schuerholz Owns
Remarkable Birds
LAY EGGS WHEN FIVE MONTHS
OLD; BROUGHT FROM BEL
GIUM. " These birds have been on the
go, since the first of August, and the
day after they arrived in Honesdale,
one of the pullets laid an egg."
Such, declared Frank W. Schuer
holz, the Main street cigar man. to a
Citizen reporter, recently, was the
wonderful record made by one of the
five Camplno pullets, which crossed
the water from Belgium, along with
a male fowl of the same breed, on the
day after they reached the Maple
City.
" These 'pullets are only five
months old. They mature remark
ably fast," continued Mr. Schuerholz,
who Is an enthusiastic chicken fan
cier, and an active member of the
Wayne County Pigeon and Poultry
association. "They practically get
tneir growth at six or seven months
" The average bird don't lay until
they are eight months old. Take a
bird hatched in April, as most of ours
are, and if they lay in November,
they do well. Often they don't lay
until January or February.
These Camplne fowls are probably
tho first of their kind In this section
of the State. They have been bred
for laying purposes for many genera'
tlons, and were well known In the
tlmo of Charles V, four hundred
years ago.
Tradition speaks of them as far
back as the year 1206 A. D. The
name Camplne Is derived from the
plain La Camplne ln Belgium, whore
they are raised in large numbers.
Belgium breeders consider them far
superior to our Leghorns which they
resemble In everything save color.
The Camplnes are good to look up
on, with their black and white feath
ers broldered with silver white hack
les. Withal they are active fowls.
These imported birds stood their
trip across the Atlantic remarkably
well. Scores of chicken fanciers
made It a point, last week, to drop in
and see them at 611 Church street.
" I'll bet he'll exhibit them at the
County Fair next Fall," remarked
one envious chicken man. "Say, they
are pretty nice birds, brother, aren't
they?"
They be.
Knows AH About Spider
Webs
DYBERRY NATURALIST KNOWS
FROM: PERSONAL EXPERI
ENCE; THE WRITING
SPIDER.
Theodore Day, naturalist of Dy
berry, was an Interesting caller at the
Citizen office Saturday morning. Mr.
Day, whoso store of knowledge is In
exhaustible along nature study, is a
very interesting person. Whenever
he comes to this office he always has
something new. Something that is
beneficial to mankind, also instruc
tive and interesting. Saturday
morning he told a reporter a num
ber of interesting traits and pecu
liarities about spiders. Mr. tay said
Saturday was a typical August day
in that the weather was similar to
the month Just passed and that
spiders had their webbs all splnned
anew after the recent storm, ready
for prey.
Speaking about spiders the natur
alist mentioned the writing spider,
a name which he has given it, ow
ing to markings upon the web rep
resenting the letters M, N. and W.
which are plainly visible in dry
weather as well as when the dew Is
upon the web. These letters are
made, according to Mr. Day, who
has made a careful study of the
spider, by this delicate weaver of tiny
threads taking up the old web. In
doing so the different letters become
visible. Tho writing spiders are
seen in meaaows atter haying.
Their geometric web slants a little
The snider watches on iha unrioraMo
and can readily drop to the ground
ii uuyuung enaangers ner. " l nave
walked around the writing spider's
web for the nnrnnso nf hovltii.
grasshoppers become the spider's
iiiey. wneii a. grassnopper scrucK
the web the spider turned It over
thr( tlmps fn?toTiini Ifa loora will.
thousands of tiny cords, so that it
was unaDie 10 kick, ana then It was
at the mercy of the spider. To ac
comnllsh this rIifi snInK till Vin woVio
at once. The spinnert Is composed
oi tnree parts ana each part Is cap
able of spinning one thousand webs
or the. three parts three thousand
webs at once.
" '"'Then .there. Is" the bell spider,"
continued Mr, Day. " It is very rare
in this county. One morning I
went out and saw a score or more
Of tho RnlHpr woha hilf onmA
hird captured the spider and I have
not seen any since. They are very
plentiful in Columbia county. The
ueu spiaer duuqs its weD among tne
dead brtish in pastures. When com
pleted it is in the form of a bell and
the spider stays up in the top of the
bell-shaped web, where she waits for
her prey, which is chiefly of gnats.
" Then there Is the net-web that
lays flat. It is densely thick and
varies in shape. Sometimes it is
long ahd then again it may be
round. This kind of a web is the
common spider's home."
While Edward, six-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Reifler. was
going to school Tuesday afternoon
at 1:15 he ran into S. A. McMullen's
automobile and Injured his right
knee and ankle on the running
board Of the car. Young Reifler was
in company with two other boys
about his own age and were running
across the State bridge. Mr. Mc
'Mullen blew the horn upon the auto
before he turned down Twelfth
street, but owing to the, height of
the bridge, the boys failed to hear
or heed the alarm. Edward ran in
to the car as It passed over the
crosswalks. Mr. McMullen stopped
immediately afterwards, inquired
the ooy's name and took him home.
He was afterwards taken to Dr. F.
W. Powell's office. No bones were
broken and the doctor says beyond
being shaken up he Is none the
worse for .his experience.
M. E. SUPERINTENDENT .DEAD,
Rev. C. M. Surdam, superintendent
of the Binghamton district of the
Methodist Episcopal church of the
Wyoming conference, died suddenly
of heart trouble, Sunday evening at
Waverly, N. Y. He was aged Gl
years.
SCHOOL OPENS.
Honsdale public schools opened
Tuesday morning. Long before the
appointed time of the sounding the
old school bell boys and girls were
anxiously waiting outside the closed
doors. Many wore new dresses and
suits and their countenances told of
the glad hearts that were within
The teachers were also in their re
spective places, feeling refreshpd
from their summer vacation.
BIG YEAR IN COTTON.
New Orleans. Secretary Hester
announced before the close of busi
ness that the commercial crop of cot
ton for the year ending August 31,
1911, amounted to 12.120.051 bales.
an increase over last year of 1,510,
427, a decrease under year before
last of 1,705,362 bales, and an In
crease over 1907-08 of 548,129
Dales.
This year's" marketing at the ports
of , pew cotton distances. all previous
records. The largest: previous to this
year was in 1896, when the total was
160,900.
Riding in "Roller Coaster"
Which Jumps the
Track
MISS KALLIGHAN WAS BORN IN
HONESDALE AND LIVED ON
ERIE STREET.
Two women, Mrs. Alice Prevost, of
Jersey City, and Mary A. Kallighan,
formerly of Erie street, Honesdale,
were killed Sunday evening when the
last car of a three-car train on tho
" Giant Racer," a high roller coaster
at Coney Island, left the rails. Their
bodies were Wedged between the side
of the overturned car and tho guard
rail and badly crushed. Two women.
and a boy, the other occupants of the
car, were painfully but not seriously
injured.
The coaster where the accident
happened is about eighty feet above
the street and firemen had to use
scaling ladders to reach the spot and
extricate the bodies of the victims.
Miss Kallighan was born in Hones
dale 41 years ago, where she resided
with her mother until about eight
years ago, the family having since
lived In Scranton. The deceased was
a lovable young woman and com
manded the respect of many Hones
dale friends, who are grieved to learn
of her accidental death. .
Besides her widowed mother, Mrs.
Kathryn Kallighan, the deceased Is
survived by five brothers and one
sister, namely: Thomas, John and
William, all of Scranton; Michael, of
Batavia, N. Y. ; James, of High Lake,
Wayne county, and "Mrs. Margaret
Smith, Jersey City'.
The remains of Miss Kallighan
will arrive in Honesdale Wednesday
morning and the funeral will be held
from St. John's Roman Catholic
church Wednesday morning at j.
o'clock. Interment will be made in
Honesdale.
LIFE IN TRE
LEGISLATURE
Experiences of the Hon.
H. Clark Jackson,
Tyler Hill
NEVER MISSED A SESSION AND
WOULD. LIKE TO GO BACK.
"I was not approached by the
'interests.' I expected to be, but
they lot me alone. Not a word was
said. I didn't see or hear of any
thing of the kind throughout the ses
sion. I don't think there is as much
of that done as there used to be."
Such was the experience of the
Hon. H. Clark Jackson, Tyler Hill,
Wayne county's representative in the
General Assembly, who attended a
meeting Thursday afternoon In
Honesdale of the board of directors
of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insur
ance company of which company he
is the President, and spoke freely to
a Citizen man Thursday evening at
the Hotel Wayne, of life In legislative
halls at the State Capital.
" The Barnard statues," he said in
reply to a question, " are all draped
now. They stand right up there In
such a prominent place. If they
were in a gallery where the children
wouldn't see them, no complaint
would have been made. They were
Just natural statues. I presume a
hundred school children travoi that
way back and forth every day. They
are not exactly the thing for tile com
ments of children. They putia sort
of a marble bar around them.
" I didn't miss any of the sessions
last Winter," proudly remarked As
semblyman Jackson. " I was on the
Job every day that the Legislature
was in session. On the whole I en
joyed It.
" My constituents didn't do their
duty. It seems to mo they should
write to their representative occas
ionally, and let him know what they
want. Very few did. I used my own
judgment. I
" I Introduced two or three bills.
If a man Introduces a bill, and don't
turn In and work as they want him
to, It never gets out of committee.
" Many of the men aro out of mon
ey long before the session is over.
They spent from ?500 to ?700 to get
there. Then they go there and pay
their board, sport a little, and get
broke.
"The men are sociable. I didn't
make many speeches. Very few
speeches are made.
" Damascus has her share of can
didates. The crop in the county Is
great. This is the fourth drouth we
had in succession. It begins to tell
on grass lands. There Is not going
to be an average yield of anything
this Fall. Early potatoes aro poor
and apples are a light crop."
" Would you like to go back to the
Legislature?" ha was asked.
" If I can do any more good down
-there. I'd enjoy another Winter.
Sometimes I thought I didn't care to
go back."
John Golden, Scranton, visited
relatives and friends In Honesdale
Labor Day,