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71th YEAR. -NO. 1
BROTHER ACCIDENTALLY KILLS
SISTER
TrnRcdy Occurred n Lookout Last
Friday Mazy Iia )renco Vic
tim, Has Taco Blown Off
Brother Didn't Know
Gun Was Londcd.
Mazy Lawrence, seven-year-old
daughter of 'Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Lawrence, of Lookout, was Instantly
killed 'by the discharge of .a single
barrel brcechloading shotgun held In
the hands of her sixteen-year-old
brother, Herzon, last Friday morn
ing. The face of the little girl was
entirely blown off by the shot. She
happened to pass In front of the gun,
which her -brother was cleaning,
"when It accidentally was discharged.
Herzon says ho didn't know the gun
was loaded, but alas It was then too
late not to 'know. Mazy dropped to
the' floor of the Lawrence room and
lived scarcely two minutes after
wards. The shooting occurred In the
Lawrence home about li;30 Friday
morning. Dr. Corson was called.
Cbroner P. B. Peterson, of Hones
dale, was then summoned. Upon
learning the facts of the shooting he
deemed that an 'Inquest, was unnec
essary. Herzon, who Is heartbroken, pur
chased the gun of a boy .friend a
ifew days before the accidental shoot
ing. It was a single barrel breech
loader and he was cleaning the weap
on when the accident occurred.
The funeral of Mazy, who was
an endearing child, was held Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at Lookout,
Rev. Frank Bowen, pastor of the
Methodist church, officiating.
The parents of Mazy have .the
most profound sympathy of the en
tire community and county in their
hereavement.
NEW INDUSTRY FOR WAYjVE
COUNTY.
Raising the sugar beet can be
made a profitable industry among the
farmers of Wayne county. There is
a shortage annually of over two mil
lion tons of beets, which 13 imported
annually, according to a, statement
-made by the' Department of Agricul
ture, Washington.
Sugar beots will grow iustas good
in Wayne county as anywhere in the
united States, it is not only a profit-
able, vegetable to raise but It will aid
In advancing the fertility of the soil
Uncle Sam" is a great advocate of
the. sugar beet and ho urges every
farmer In his domain to raise the su
gar -beet :at. home. If the 'farmer
will agree to raise the beet the
Greater Honesdale Board of Trade
will provide a way. to convert the
vegetable ,intp sugar.
"The ayefage American consumes
elgbty-ttyo. pounds of- 'sugar-, each
year," says the report, "dnd'only ten
pounds of thrit ration In iow produc
ed In this country. ,.v fanners of
this county .should keep that money
at home, in other words, put IE in
their own pockets, and the Depart
ment of Agriculture has been trying
for sixteen years to show them how
and to Induce 'them to do so."
Although the crops of sugar beets
have Increased from 81,729 short
tons In 1899, to more than 700,000
short tons. Secretary Wilson 'believes
that even better showings should he
made, for he holds that the best in
dustry has established Its worth.
He would have one million extra
acres planted in the coming year In
order that the amount now Imported
might be kept out by the home
grown product. -
EGGS FROM HENNERY TO
EATER BY PARCELS POST.
N. Y. Women Start Work on Tlan to
Eliminate Middlemen.
Now York, Dec. 31. Apples, fresh
egg's and country butter, direct from
the farm to the housewife by parcels
post, to reach half a .million homes In
New York and Us environs .this Is
the newest .plan, announced to-day.
of Mrs. Julian- Heath, president of
tne .National Housewives' League.
Mrs. Heath says her plan will become
operative January 1, wlien the mails
are opened to parcels post packages.
Mrs, Heath's plan to eliminate the
middleman Involved the creation of a
registry committee, which has begun
listing all farmers within the flfty-
muo zone.
The resultant economy, Mrs, Heath
helfeves, will be dual, inasmuch as
the farmers -will receive more for
their produce than they -now receive
from dealers, and the consumers will
get fresh food at lower prices than
tnoso now charged.
Similar registry 'bureaus will, ibe
opened Wednesday in the principal
cuies oi wo country, Mrs. iieatn ae
olared. BIENNLYL REPORT SnOWS
STATE REVENUE INCREASE
Harrlsburg,. The biennial report
oi secretary or tne commonwealth
Thomas McAfee shows a revenue, for
two years of $1,290,646.54 of which
$1,043, 991.92 came from bonus on
Incorporations and Increases of stock
or .debt. During the two years 3.'
067 corporations were chartered un
der the general IncornoratUm act to
gether with .forty-eight railroads, 15G
Dunaing and loan associations, thir
ty-one Insurance compaqlett, twenty-
eignt natural gas companies and six
teen banks. In the same period 1,-
406 justices of the neaea were com'
missioned and 3,610 notaries public,
wnue 7.U33 nurses were registered
in. an d,607 election papers were
filed, 2,132 being nominating peti
tions, of which the bulk were enter
ed in 1912,
A GREAT GAME SEASON.
To-day pnds Pnnnaylvanla's game
season. It Is now unlawful to shoot
bear, raccoons, blackbirds and Bhort
blrdBi Pucks or the enly legitimate
game in the state. Reports to the
State Coromisfliph. indicate the sea
son Just closed t6 boAteat.
MISS WILSON HOST AT DINNER.
Brldo-to-Bo of Attorney Chester A.
Garratt Entertains Sixteen
Young Ladles at Mrs. Brlggs.
Miss Eva Wilson, who will become
the bride of Attorney Chester A.
Garratt on Now Year's Day, enter
tained a number of her friends at
ffltf-W-irUff Bar,Efe've0n.
co dinner. "tImI dtcora-'e
Hons Were unique. A large .basket
of roses, 'ferns and smllax, tied with
huge bows of pink ribbon, was plao
ed in such a way that it occupied the
center of the ttable and (festoons
of smiilax extended from -the basket
to the ends of the table. The color
scheme was pink. Place cards, con
taining a photograph of the bride
and groom-to-be, were placed before,
each of .the sixteen guests. The
photos were taken .by Russell Ro
malne, photographer. The .favors
were tiny pink baskets decorated
with roses and carnations. The
menu:
Fruit Cocktail Chicken Boullon
Wafers Celery Olives
Heart Shape Shrimp Patties
Turkey Dressing
Sweet Potatoes
Peas Mashed Potatoes
CroqUets Cranberry Jelly
Fruit Salad
Carmel Ice Cream
Assorted Cakes
Salted Nuts Coffee
Music during the dinner was fur
nished by Joseph Bodic, plano,4 and
Leon Katz, violin. The dinner was
livened 'by singing, which was par
ticipated by hy all present between
the courses.
After the dinner at Mrs. Brlggs
the guests were taken to Miss Wil
son's home where -they were enter
tained by selections on the Vlctrolla.
The guests were: Misses Ethel Lee,
Stella Congdon, Bessie Lawyer, Alma
Schuller, Helen Charlesworth,
Gladys Weaver, Amy Corey, Mabel
Reed, Martha Collum, Nellie Doo
llttle, Mrs. Leon Ross and Mrs.
Blanche Horton, of Honesdale;
Miss Anna Reed, of BInghamton, N.
Y.; Mrs. Wm. Sharp, of Lebanon, N.
J.; Miss 'Louise Lee, of Jersey City,
J.; MissMartha Voigt, of Scranton.
The marriage of Miss Eva L. Wil
son, daughter of Judge Henry Wil
son, to Attorney Chester A. Garratt,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Garratt,
will 'be solemnized at Dallas, Pa., at
the Methodist. Episcopal parsonage.
The ceremony will bo performed by
Rev, Wilson Treible, an, uncle of the
bride, an,d only the' immediate fam
ily of the contracting parties will be
present.
Mr. Garratt and Miss Wilson, ac
companied iby Judge Wilson, llett
Tuesday at 12:25 for Dallas. The
bride-to-be wore a -brown traveling
suit with -brown- velouu hat.to match
aubi u guun trip iiey wju ue ui
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home to their many friends at 307
East. Fifteenth street, Honesdale.
The Citizen Joins with' their many
mends in wishing them much Joy,
JOSEPH LESCn DD3S
IN SCRANTON.
Joseph Lesch, of this place, died
Saturday night, in the State hospital
as the result of a heart attack. Mr.
Lesch was taken ill here Tuesday and
was taken to scranton on- Thursday.
Mr. Lesch came to this country from
Hamburg, Germany, in his sixth year
and spent the greater part of his life
in Honesdale.. He Is survived by Ave
children, three Bons and two daugh
ters, namely. Conrad, of Newark:
Fred, of Jeanette, Pa.; Frank Lesch
of Waymart; Mrs. Joseph Chambers
and Miss Florenco Lesch, of Hones
dale.. The funeral was held Tuesday
morning, with services in the German
Catholic church, Dr. J. W. Balta of
ficiating. MRS. SD3NEY MAROLD.
Hannah J. Koesler, wife of Sidney
Marold, and daughter of Marshall
and Myrtle Keesler,' died at the home
of her parents at Conklin Hill, Dec.
9 th, aged 18 years, one month and
22 days. She is survived by her-husband
and parents, two brothers,
Nicholas and Ainsley, at -home, and
two sisters, Mrs. Otis Turner, of
Conklin Hill, and Mrs. Chauncey
Lewis, of Hankins. The funeral was
held at the house Doc. 11, and in
torment was made at, Conklin Hill,
Rev. A. C. Olver officiating,
Deatli of Father Ganns.
After eating his Christmas dinner,
Rev. Henry G. Ganns, fell dead in his
home In Lancaster, at the age of
fifty-seven. Father Ganns was well
known here. When Homer Greene
of this place wrote "The Banner of
the Sea" the Truth prize song, a
prize was offored for a music set
ting of the song, The best compos
ers of the country competed. Father
Ganns won. The priest who Is dead
was an ardent lover of music, and
wrote music that has become popular
in studios where the classic is appre
ciated. He was a lovable man and
had an extensive acquaintance,,
HEIR TO $500,000.
Charles Drake, aged 56 years, and
for the past seven years an inmate
at the Sullivan county poor farm,
has recently received word that he
lias fallen heir to nearly $500,000,
through the death of a' relative in
.California.
Mr. Drake is a former resident of
the town of Forestburgh. He has
placed the matter of the Investiga
tion oi ms legacy in the hands of
Bruce Winner, of Liberty, and Ells
worth Baker, of Luzon, who' aro now
making an investigation.
WATOJI NIGHT SERVICES
Pastor Hiller and members' of hla
congregation will observe Watch
night services In the Methodist
church this (Tuesday) evening. The
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be administered 'between 1 ad 12
o'clock. A cordial Invitation is .ex
tended to all to attend.
HONESDALE, WAYNE CO., PA.,
MANY PRESENT AT FARMERS
INSTITUTE
Interesting Sessions Saturday at
Court House Many Fanners
Present Topics of Vital Im
portance Discussed.
titute ZESST
Saturday mo
"l?vi? "?dfL.h.?.Ji?,,5? Sf
Department of Agriculture of Penn
sylvania. There were about a hun
dred of Wayne county's iforemost
farmers and dairymen at each of the
meetings. There was a scattering of
women among the audience. Al
though the number present was small
comparatively, it was composed of
representative men and the meetings
were declared to have been very en
couraging and many interesting facts
were obtained.
The meeting was opened by Mr. W.
E. Perham, chairman, of Pleasant
Mount.
Burgess C. A. McCarty gave a
brief opening address to the farmers
present in which he extended, In the
name of the people of the L'orough of
Honesdale, a cprdlal welcome. He
expressed a desire to see two 'blades
of grass grow where one had Krown
before and he said this could only be
done by applying scientific methods
to farming.
D. H.' Watts, of Kerrmoor, Pa., oc
cupied a short time with a few re
marks on the Importance of farmers'
institutes, until the speakers listed
for the morning program arrived.
He said that it was very encouraging
to see so many present at these meet
ings as they were very Important to
everyone. He spoke of the concerted
action which is necessary to the suc
cess of the meetings. That a farm
ers' institute was not a legislature
or a place for political argument.
Everybody came .for business. MHe
spoke of the state being divided Into
five sections and how groups of three
or four men had charge of the meet
ings held In these sections, five in
stitutes being conducted at the same
time.- Mr. Watts Introduced the oth
er two speakers. Dr. J. D.,Detrlch of
Chatham, N. Y., a renouned dairy
man who epine, here under the direc
tion of tho Borden company. How
ard Mitman, of Hellertown, was the
first speaker on the morning pro
gram. His subject was "Water, The
Greatest Thing on the Farm." Mr.
Mitman gave a highly interesting ad
dress on tho origin, forms and uses
of water on a farm. The farm well
watered simplifies 'farming problems.
South of the Lehigh river there is
plenty of water; just north of it and
stretching to the Blue mountains are
the.so-called dry lands. There water
Is conspicuous by Its absence. The
people' there 'have- to. .drive their
cattle many miles to 'give them wa
ter'. The land is rolling and com'
paratlvely level. People adopt them
selves to conditions. He went on to
explain that water freezes at 22 de
grees Fehrenheit and that 32 degs.
is the. melting point of ice and the
point where water expands. In, a
heavy fall of snow there is consider
able nitrogen brought down and de
posited In tho soil if the snow does
not meit away two rapidly.
Frost Is impossible without water,
The deep freezing of last winter for
the first time in five years has .made
the fawn lands more fertile .this year.
Farms are always more fertile after
a hard winter. In speaking of the
amount of water used by plant life
he said that a field of alfalfa pumps
up from the soil in the course of its
growth about 360 tons of water. It
requires that amount of water to
produce a field of dry hay. He ex
plained tho drying up process of
plant life. The talk was very In
Btructlve and Interesting.
Dr. J, D. Detrlch, of Chatham, N.
x was tne next speaiter oi tne morn
Ing. He was sent here under the di
rection of the, Borden Milk Company
ana is engaged in doing Held work,
He said that two years ago he was
here and talked about dairying. He
Is now engaged In dairying and lias
under his charge one hundred dairy
farms. Ho advised farmers to put
their rarms in shape, clear away all
trash and make the lands fertile,
He said that there was not much in
the idea of rotation of crops, and that
Instead of 'better, farms were getting
poorer and poorer every year. What
they need Is the rlghtvklnd of atten
tion and then they will grow a crop
"There is nothing In seasons for
growing crops," he said. It makes
no difference- whether it Is a wet or
dry season li tne land is in condition,
We do not build our houses to stand
only in the summer time but expect
them to shelter us Jn tho rains and
storms of winter
It Is a good Idea to -make two
blades of grass grow where one grew
beforo .but I want each farmer to
make it four Instead of two. Stop
pasturing the soil. Keep the cpws
in the .barn. They tramp down the
soil and make it hard so that no air
can reach the roots of the grain. If
the crop can get air and food there
will be no trouble. I do not believe
any man can afford to pasture a cow,
In planting peas with oats put the
peas in deep and sprinkle oats on top
with only a shallow covering. The
trouble wtth most fanners, On De
trlch said, was that they Insisted
their farms would not yield a crop
instead of going at It the right way
.to get a crop,
Give the very best of everything to
the cow. It needs the best to give
the best milk. Do not plow tho field
In .the fall. The Held needs a blanket
Just as well as a horse or a cow. We
have all stopped fall plowing and we
get results. It Is not because -we
have better soil than Wayne county
but 'because of the way we do it and
go aDout it. it is expensive to pj
under a field In the fall,
In planting grass seed put it
with a brush harrow and put It in
mo right date not later tnan au
12. Men must farm right to
Continued on Pa Bfrht.)
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1913.
TO HOLD TWO WEEKS' COURT
IN JANUARY
Last Two Weeks In Month Grand
Jury to Meet Second Monday
Twenty-Five Cases on Calen
dar. There will be a two weekB term
of court in January, commencing on
the third Monday. On account of
the 'large number of cases which
havo been continued from time to
time it was decided to .hold a double
session this month. There are
twenty-five civil cases on the calen
dar and one commonwealth, case. The
grand Jury meets on the second
Monday. The following Is the list:
Rule to Open Judgment Knapp
vs. Stimard. Kimble plaintiff's at
torney and Greene attorney for de
fendant. Interpleader Skinner vs. Dolsen.
Mumford for' plaintiff; Stocker for
defendant.
Trespass Kordman vs. Denio et
al. McCarty, plaintiff; Wilcox vs.,
Mumford, Iloff and Garratt for plain
tiff, H. W. and E. C. Mumford for
defendant; Kreiger et al. vs. Salem
township. Simons for plaintiff,
Searlo & Salmon for defendant;
Kreiger et al. vs. Salem township.
Simons .for plaintiff, Searle & Salmon
for defendant; Hittinger vs. Erie
Railroad. Kimble for plaintiff, War
ren, Knapp & O'MaMey for defend
ant; Cortright vs. Kroitner et al.,
Greene for plaintiff, Lee for defend
ant; Tuthill vs. Erie Railroad,
Greene for plaintiff, Warren, Knapp
& O'Malley for defendant; Sllvoka
et al. vs. Kilsey et al., Searle & Sal
mon for plaintiff, Kimble for de
fendant. Appeal Selllck vs. De Breun,
Kimble for plaintiff, Mumford for
defendant; Conley vs, McKenna,
Garratt for plaintiff, Searle & Sal
mon for defendant; Honesdale Mill
ing Company vs. Kuhbach, Kimble
for plaintiff, McCarty for defendant:
Gerety vs. Columbian Protective As
sociation, Warren, Knapp & O'Mal
ley for piamtiri, scragg & scragg lor
defendant; Vetter vs. Columbian
Protective Association, Searle &
Salmon 'for plaintiff, Scragg &
Scragg .for defendant; Box vs. Co
lumbian Protective Association As
sociation, Searle & Salmon for plain
tiff, Scragg & Scragg for defendant;
Congdou vs. Columbian Protective
Association, Warren, Knapp &
O'Malley for plaintiff, Scragg &
Scragg for defendant; Bregstein
Bros, vs." Rldgeway, Searle ic Sal
mon for plaintiff, Slm'onB for de
fendant; Lowson vs". Weltzer, Si
mons for plaintiff, Searle & Salmon
for defendant.
Assumpsit Wayne Concrete Sup
ply & Construction Company vs.
.union ;for "defendant; Thomas vs.-
Norton, Executor, Garrett for plain
tiff, Lee for defendant; Jordan vs.
Lake Lodoro Improvement Co., Mc
Carty for defendant, Kimble for
plaintiff.
Quo Warranto Gray et al. vs.
Hudson et al., Greene for plaintiff,
Searle & Salmon for defendant.
Replevin Wilcox vs. Hause, Mum
ford .for plaintiff, Garratt for de
fendant. Mechanics 'Lein Kroitner vs.
Cortright, Lee & Simons for plain
tiff, Greene for defendant.
There is one Commonwealth case
already on the list which was con-
tinned over from the October term
of court. It Is Com. vs. Morton
Hlnes for Selling liquor without a
license.
REAL RESTATE TRANSFERS.
W. L. Harvey et ux. of Goulds
boro, to trustees of Grace Evangeli
cal Lutheran church of that place.
lot in same village; consideration $1,
Walter Petersen et ux. of Beach
lake, to A. Olver, of same, land In
Berlin township; consideration, $250.
Kobmlerz Orzchwskl et ux, of Sa
lem, to William Orzchowitz, of Buf
falo, N. Y half Interest in land in
Berlin township; consideration,
$1600.
PREPARING FOR
ANNUAL EUCHRE.
Members of St. John's R. C. Church
Making Preparations For Elabor
ate Affair Beforo Lent.
The congregation of St. John's
Catholic church held a meeting Sun
day evening to make arrangements
for their annual Pre-Lonten Euchre
to he held in the new .armory 'Wed
nesday, January 22, 1913. The fol
lowing committees wero appointed:
Hon. Charles McCarty, President.
Rev. E, H. Burke, General Mana
ger. Mls3 Besslo Carroll, Treasurer.
Miss Margaret Griffin, Secretary.
Executive Committee: Hon. Chas.
McCarty, Rev. E. H. Burke, Miss Bes
sie Carroll, Miss Margaret Griffin,
Miss Mae Flnerty, Mrs. T. D. O'Con
nejl, Mrs. Thomas McKenna, Mr,
Ambrose Whalen, iggfiss Dorothy
Sbanley, Miss Sara iJENllman.
Publicity Committee: Richard
Bracey, Edward Butler, Bernard Cav-
anaugh.
Committee on Music: Bessie Cau-
field, Mrs. Eugene Canlvan, Richard
Bracey, John Carroll.
Prize Committee: Dr. W. T. Mc-
Convlll, James Monaghan, Mrs.
Thomas Baker, Kate O'Connell, Kate
Flnerty. Annie Rellly,
Chair Committee: John Caufleld,
James uyan, job, unran, wm. juor
an, Wm. Kalllhan, Frank McGInnls.
Decorating Committee: Thomas
Kelley, Vincent Carrol, John Murtha,
Lawrence -Brled, Francis Igo, Paul
O'Neill, Kate McKenna, B. Lynott,
Mam' Kelly, Mame Coleman, Mary
Butler.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Farnk X. Hoefleln, ....Galeton, Pa
Mary A. Rellly ........ .Honesdale
William Garrett White Mills
Helen Welst White Mills
Chester A, Garratt .... Honesdale
Eva L. Wilson Honesdale
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Mrs. Georgo S. Purdy is visiting
relatives in Now York 'city.
Mrs. John Male, of Hawley, was
a caller in town on Monday.
E. T. Voigt, of Philadelphia, is
visiting friends in Honesdale.
U. G. Rldgeway. of Freeland. snont
Christmas with his family here.
N, J. Spencer will spend New
Years with his mother a Preston.
J. B. Robinson spent the week
end in northern Wayne in tho inter
est of his business.
Louis Korb Is Convalescing from
an operation which Temoved a
growth from his nose.
.Miss Emily Goldstein returned
from Lakewood, N. J last week,
greatly Improved in health.
Miss Laotea V. Hawken, 'East
street, is spending New Year's -with
her friend, Miss Lorda Rlvenberg,
at Carbondalo.
Editor and Mrs. M. V. Richards
and son, James, of Port Jervis, are
guests .of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac J. Loob
on Court- street.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Racht of
Bloomsburg, spent the past week at
the home of their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Oeh
lert. They returned home Monday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Carter and son,
George B. Carter, of Greene, N. Y.,
and Miss Lois Chapman, of Denver,
Col., are guests this week of the
former's sister, Mrs. W. H. Stone, on
Court street.
Mr. Youngblood, who is employed
as an operator in the machine shop
of the Gurney Electric Elevator Co.,
had the misfortune to run a sharp
pointed file through the fleshy part
of his forearm on Friday last, caus
ing a painful and ngly wound.
William Kupfer, of Brooklyn,
formerly a member of Honesdale's
base ball team ior several seasons,
was called suddenly to Brooklyn on
Saturday by the very serious condi
tion of his brother, Gustave, who Is
111 with pneumonia and whom he had
just left a few days previous to make
a holiday visit to his old friends
here.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Heft and son,
William, returned Thursday -from
Hagerstown, Md where they spent
Christmas with Mrs.' Heft's parents.
They brought home with them a
specimen of "Cabasta," a new com
bination of a fruit. It has the ap
pearance of a large cantaloupe. Its
flavor Is that of a pineapple, while
some taste like cucumbers. The fruit
is grown In California and by one
man, he being the only producer in
the UnltediStates. Tho Cabasta was
Imported from China and is practi
cally a new fruit In this country.
A single fruit, which is' globular In
Bhape,' weighs about live pounds and
retails at 60 cents. It grows on a
vine similar to a cucumber or canta
loupe and Is a cross between these
two fruits and the pineapple'. It is
delicious and is eaten raw, making
a very appetizing dish.
VOCABULARY OF A CHILD.
rV Tlireo-Year-Old Who. Knows 1800
Words Not Extraordinary.
I 'believe that, most parents great
ly underestimate tho number of
words that are used by their chil
dren, observes a writer In the Amer
ican Magazine. The only way to get
a child's' speaking vocabulary is to
go after it with pencil and paper ana
religiously to set down his words,
one by one, not for a day or for. sev
eral days, but for several weeks.
When during the courso oi a din
ner table conversation I asked how
many words an ordinary every-day
3-year-old boy could use; tne nrst
of my friends' "guessed" '150 words;
his estimate was greeted with deris
ion by the:othor, who declared:
Oh, pshaw.! Fifty words would
cover the vocabulary of the brightest
3-year-old you ever knew.
Needless to add that oy assertion
that my own youngsters at that ago
actually used toy count 1771 different
words was the occasion commisera
tion of the fond but deluded parent.
However, this vocabulary Is on
record in detail. (Pedagogical Semi
nary, March, 1909), and the inquisi
tive reader may learn there that it is
by no means the largest vocabulary
that has 'been reported, though to be
sure probably above the average per
formance. In the 20-odd published vocabul
aries we find that children from 16
to 19 months aro using from 60 to
232 words that 2-year-old children
are using from 115 to 1227 words,
and that tho vocabulary increases
rapidly from that time on. It is per
fectly safe to assert that tho average
3-year-old child makes use of 1000
words.
The present vocabulary was assem
bled in 26 blank sheets, one for each
letter, and for 10 days prior to his
third birthday recorded words as
fast as we heard them used. We
next added those words which we
knew had been used previously, hut
which had not chanced to appear
during this record. In each Instance
wo framed up conversatlbn that
would Involve the use hy R, of tho
word in question In order to make
sure that the word was Btlll known
and could be properly used.
Finally wo turned to tho several
published vocabularies of children
and found a large number of words
that had not 'been recorded by either
of the first two methods, these were
similarly tested before they wore
Included.
Even after all these devices had
been exhausted, wo doubtless missed
a number of words, as several terms
appeared during the next few weeks
which were thought to be, third-year
terms, so that the 111 words which
are recorded represent a minimal vo
cabulary, and the actual number of
words known and used by R, prior
to his third birthday Is' probably
the neighborhood of iboo
PRICE 2
PARCELS POST IN tfrvECT OK
WEDNESDAY
Honesdale Ofllco Ready to Caro for
liusiness Special Stamps to do
Used Record Kept for Fif-
teen Days.
Parcels post service will be Insti
tuted In the Honesdale and ail oth
er postoffices In the United States
to-day, Januaf" 1. Postmaster M.
B. Allen has completed arrange
ments for the new business, which
promises to bo a blessing .for hu
manity In that It may solve the
problem of the high cost of living.
The parcels post bl 'iness will ibe
conducted in connection With the
regular 'business for the present or
until It will have outgrow.l the pres
ent capacity of the Honesdale office
should It 'become popular.
Special stamps of 1, 2, 4, 5, 10,
25,' 75 cent and $1 denominations
will be used. No packages will be
sent C. O. D. as yet and no packages,
will bo registered, the insurance
taking its place: Parcels to the
value of $50 will bo Insured for 10
cents. All merchnndlsft ovr four
ounces must be sent by parcels post.
Any merchandise under four ounces
will go at tho old rate, one' cent per
ounce. Books must be sent as fourth
class mail matter.
Parties sending articles by parcels
post must use the special stamps
issued .for that purpose, otherwise
parcels post packages will be held
for postage. Every package must
have a return card attached.
Tho Honesdale postoffice Is
known aB " 865 " In the parcels post
system. Tho local zone Includes' the
town and rural delivery. The next
zone is '50 miles. In this zone fresh
meats or any other perishable arti
cles can be delivered. Full weight
of liquids in cans, such as oils, etc.,
will he delivered in the local zone.
No article will be sent over' 11
pounds. Liquid outside of' the local
zone must he in a container and
measure not over 12 ounces.
The business of the Honesdale of
fice will 'be taken care of by' the
substitute mail carrier -and When it
reaches tho proportions to warrant
a horse and wagon samo will ho
placed on the road.
The local office Is required to
keep a record of all business done
for the first 15 days. At the expir
ation of that time an estimate of the
amount of .business ia required -by
the 'government for two years' in ad
vance. .
TUG CATCH OF PICKEREL.
The largest catch of pickerel of
tho season was made, at Mink's Pond
in Lehman township, Pike "county,
last week 'by a party' of eight from
Allentown and.--'..Vicinity, .In fdur
bined catch weighing about
pounds. The largest fish was
25 Inches long and weighed
pounds. A number ran Irom 2
pounds each,
John C. Warner, Dr. Wm. B
worthy and J. F. Terwllllger of Jail-
ford spent the week-end at Mink's
Pond, but luck was against them and
in two days they caught only 27 flBh
of average size'.
During six; days' fishing at this
pond last week over 1,000 pickerel
were taken. Port Jervis Gazette.
TEACHING AVITII MOVING PIOT
TJRES.
To prove that there is, or at leasl
learning, Thomas A. Edison, tho wiz
ard of electricity, proposes to spend
thfi next elcht vears and thren mll-
llnn tf1stllnia In nnpfflpUnn' ft i-anorfnpi;
or educational nims. tnat win makt
nrtllTwnn tirri r hntA othrml nnrl n n n
know, .from moving picture screens.
When this task that Edison has p$
nimseii .to is compietea, it is cianmeu
that children will know more about
the activities of the world and of
nature than adults to-day dream of.
Harrlsburg Patriot.
Death of Mrs. Samuel Romaino.
Mrs. Samuel Romaine, a former
resident of Honesdale, died at hej:
home In Morrlstown, N. J., on
Christmas afternoon. The funeral,
was held from her late residence in
Morrlstown, N. J., last Friday and
interment was made In Southamp
ton, Long Island, N. Y on Saturday.
One daughter, Mfss Mary Romaine
and a son, William, both of Morrls
town, N. J survive. Mrs. Romaine
and daughter left Honesdale 13
yearp ago after living hero six yoars.
Death of Ariel Man.
John Wittach died Monday morn
ing a few moments after midn'ght.
aged seventy-six years and o.leven
months. The deceased was -well
known at Ariel having 'been a. resi
dent there for tho past forty'-fouf
years. He 1b survived by his wife
ana two oaugnters, ivaura ana iier-
tha. Tho funeral will be neld oil
Thursday at one o'clock. Interment
1 11. . T T 1 f 4... '
Deatli of Delia Frailey.
suit of a stroke of paralysis
aucci. MUD, th 1CW UUUIO I11UCOO.
was 72 years of age and -was a-4
long resident of Honesdale. t
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ONE FROM PHCE.
Sheriff Cuddoback has received an
order from Judge Staples dljectlng
tbq Tomoval of Benjamin Co.lrtright
from the hdspital at NorrUtown to
the Statq bbspita for criminal Insane
at Farvjew. Plko County Press.
Mrs. Albert Beardrvee. of Hawley.
spent Christmas wlth her elster, Mro.
i u. u, iiwgeway.
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