PAGE TWO
THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1913.
VOICES FROM THE PAST TELL
OF EARLY HONESDALE LIFE
(Continued from .Page Eight). 1
er Asa Stanton was the lono candi
date. For Auditor there were three
candidates, Thomas T. Hayes, Daniel
13. Willcox and Charles Forbes. For
Commissioner there were two candi
dates, Enos Woodward and Abrier
D. Collins. In a unique "Postscript,"
announcement Is made that the press
was stopped to chronicle the fact
that Oliver T. Hatch and Calvely
(Freeman had declined being candi
dates for Sheriff.
There was more than a column of
political announcements, some of
them signed "Many Voters" and oth
ers signed by tho individual who
wanted office.
Long lists of letters were adver
tised at Bethany, E. W. Hamlin be
ing the postmaster, and at Hones
dale, Thomas T. Hayes being the
postmaster. That -was before the
days of pastago stamps, and letters
were sealed with wax.
It is to the advertising columns
that we turn to find tho local story,
and the story is certainly full of in
terest. The late Lucius Collins, fath
er of the late Lewis Collins of Hones
dale, was Sheriff, and he was adver
tising his election proclamation, the
election to be held on Tuesday, the
14th day of October. Tho phrase
ology of the Proclamation is quite
different from that used nowadays.
For instance the word "freemen"
was then used where the word "elec
tors" is now used. The notice to
Honesdalo voters read like this: "The
freemen of the borough of Honesdale
are to hold their election at the
house of Charles Forbes In said bor
ough." Charles Forbes was pro
prietor of tho Wayne County Hotel
at "Dyberry Forks," then away up
town.
In Palmyra township, (that was
before there was any Hawley), tho
"freemen" hold their election at the
residence of William Purdy.
Jonas Handscum, of Honesdale,
had lost a light red cow with one
horn broken. (The animal's picture
at the head of tho advertisement
had two horns.) "The printer" of
fered a line yoko of oxen for sale.
(The picture of one of them looked
COMING TO
Thursday, Ju!y3
DON'T WAIT FOR SOMETHING
YOU NEVER HEARD OF.
FRANK A.
NEW ALL
FEATUR.E -SHOWS
CIRCUS
THAT IS
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IND GEO. WASHINGTON.
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jjjftllHE DIVE OF HEAT
exactly like Jonas Handscum's lost
red cow! )
Graves : Hulbert wore merchant
tailors. Their shop was opposite C.
Forbes'. John P. Hoe sold dry
goods, groceries, crockery, hard
ware, leather and salt. Hayes &
Williams were proprietors of "Hones
dale's cheap store." . They sold al
most everything, Including paints,
oil, ladles' bonnets, fur hats, grind
stones, mackerel, palm leaf hats,
looking-glasses and leather.
Silas Stevens and J. M. Blackinton
were Honesdale's marble men, and P.
M. Davis, in lower Honesdale did
shoe-making. He swapped boots and
shoes for produce and lumber.
Men's shoes cost $1.50 to '?2.75 if
coarse, and $1.75 to $2.00 If lino. If
pumps were Wanted they post $1.25
to $1.50, if of leather, and $1.75 If
made of Morocco. 'Men's coarse
boots were $3.00 and $3.50, and fine
ones were $4.00 and $5.00. Ladles'
shoes were from $1.00 to $2.00, ac
cording to the kind of leather used.
Cornell & Gedney advertised the
Delaware & Hudson Canal Transpor
tation Line, giving tho names of ves
sels and sloops and their times of
sailing from Eddyville. Two cover
ed canal boats were advertised as
transporting merchandise and lum
ber to and from Honesdale.
Hand & Kirtland advertised a few
bushels of dried blackberries, and
Delezene & Beach wanted 500 bush
els of rye, the same of corn, 200 of
wheat, 1000 of oats, and maple,
cherry, whitowood, ash and hemlock
lumber. They also advertised 200
tons of ground and stone plaster for
sale. Mutton Hams, (an article of
food now unheard of in Wayno coun
ty,) were advertised by Hayes &
Williams. P. Wentz sold farms In
Canaan and Salam. J. B. Walton re
quested all persons indebted for
building the Episcopal church to
make immediate payment. J. & It.
H. Dunning conducted -Honesdale's
hat manufactory. John Torrey, treas
urer of the Big Eddy Turnpike, no
tified subscribers to the stock to pay
the regular installment before Oc
tober 15.
Isaac Rogers had a barber shop
one door north of C. Porbes's Hotel.
Hussel Daniels, of Palmyra, advertis
ed i pair of stray oxen he had taken
up. Jirah Mumford, Wareham Day
and George S. Young, County Com
missioners, advertised a new law re
garding tho election of assessors,
Abner u. uomns contradicted a re
port that he had changed his politics
and was "a warm Jacksonlan." The
Honesdale Sunday School Depository
advertised a new map of Palestine,
also "a few Psalms and Hymns, such
as are used by tho Presbyterian So
ciety.
There was a long advertisement of
"Bicknell's Reporter, Counterfeit
Detector, and Prices Current, the
Only Journal of the Kind Issued in
the United States," published In
Philadelphia.
Probably the most remarkable ad
vertisement was that of "The Hy
geian Vegetable Medicines, of the
British College of Health, London,
invented by J. Morrison, President of
that institution." A list of the won
derful things thoso medicines would
do made the writer want some right
away. Just see here what they would
cure:
" Numerous certified cases of
Ague, Apoplexy, Asthma, Bilious
and nervous affections; Blindness;
Cancer; Cholera Morbus; Consump
tion; Dropsy; Dysentery; Dyspepsia;
Epilepsy; Erysipelas; Intermittent,
Scarlet and Yellow fever; Fistula;
Gout; Gravel; Inflammation, internal
and external; Itching of the skin,
and all cutaneous disorders; King's
Evil; Jaundice; Liver complaints;
Lumbago; Measles; Palsy; Piles;
Pleurisy; Quinsy; Chronic and In
flammatory Rheumatism; Rupture;
Scurvy; Salt Rheum; St. Vitus
Dance; Small Pox; Tic Doloreaux;
Whooping Cough; Worms, and in
short, every malady to which the hu
man frame is liable. Thoso medi
cines, which are declared to be, "the
greatest discovery in the science of
Pharmacy ever produced," could be
"safely and advantageously used by
both sexes at any ago or period of
life," and, just think of it, they only
consisted "of two sorts of Pills and
tho vegetablo cleansing 'Powder."
They were put up in packets, and a
box of packets cost only $1.00.
Hand & Kirtland, in Honesdale, II.
W. Stono, in Mount Pleasant, and
Thomas Clarke, in Canaan Corners,
sold those medicines.
And just to think of it: That was
away back in 1834, when folks lived
the simple life in tho good old days.
It really looks as If "Inventor" Morri
son was right on his job and was
actually going some. Too bad, isn't
it? that all of those wonderful medi
cines can no longer be obtained.
iPerhaps, in some old neglected cup
board in Wayne county some of
them may yet be In existence. If so,
don't be too swift to take them,
whatever your ailment, for they may
by this time have lost their virtue.
Right along side this wonderful
advertisement of those wonderful
pills and powder was the advertise
ment of Dr. E. T. Lasey, who dealt
In drugs, medicines, oils, paints,
spices, "a little 'itch ointment, con
fectionery and fruits," also Salora
tus, ginger, nutmeg and spices. Dr.
Losey, by the way, always visited his
patients on Horse back. He never
urged his horso to travel faster than
a walk, but ho made the horse "walk
like sixty." Ho claimed he made
better time In this way than to urge
his horse to a trot or canter, then
allow it to slacken to a slow walk.
As tho writer reverently and care
fully scanned the yellowed pages of
that old Wayno county paper It
seemed to speak with a voice from
the past. In Imagination he was In
tho little printing office of the in
fant days of Honesdalo and saw that
identical paper as It was lifted from
a pile of blank's that had previously
been "wet down." He saw tho press
man as he placed It on the "tym
pan," fastened it there by folding
the "frlsket" down upon It, folded
tho two down oncetuoro until tho
paper rested in position over the
type; then saw tho "bed" of tho
press rolled under tho big flat plate
called the "platen," then saw the
pressman grip tho big wood-covered
handle of tho lever and pull It clear
around until its "elbow" thumped
against the upright part of the
frame. Then he saw all those mo-
( A FOURTH OF JULY REMINDER INSIST UPON A SANE DAY. Courtesy of "Life." '
Young Patriotic American, do not cause your dear mother's heart to grieve over what might happen on July 4th as is shown
in the above illustration. Abandon the idea that Fourth of July can be spent only by firing off canons and ear-splitting
giant crackers. Insist upon your parents spending the day under the shadow of some weeping willow tree or alongside a
beautiful brook. Take your dinner along and have a picnic. The time would be more pleasantly and enjoyably spent
than if in the din of a town or city where some other boy thinks that the only way to celebrate is by the use of the dangerous
canon. Prevail upon your parents, girls and boys, to spend a sane Fourth.
tions reversed until the printed
sheet was lifted from the typo, gaz
ed at lovingly, then laid on the pile
of other printed sheets. Six papers
to the minute was mighty fast work;
on one of those Washington presses,
and few men could keep up that
pace for any great length of time.
But the old ways and tho old
days are gone forever. All we get
of them is the sentiment that
glimpses through an occasional rift
In the years. I was about to add this
sentiment was accompanied by the
good old healthy morals of tho vir
tuous days gone by, or some thing
like that, when there arose tho
memory of some of the editorial ut
terances along political lines that
paper contained, also the memory of
that wonderful patent medicine ad
vertisement, and it seemed better,
some way, to cut this article right
short at this point and to restore
that old copy of Vol. I, No. 40 of The
Wayne County Herald to the one
who loaned it to me, who in turn
might turn it over to its real owner,
his good wife.
LAKEVILLE.
Lakeville, June 2C. The Ladies'
Aid society of this place met with
Mrs. "Rntrlo nn Tlmrerlnv nf laof
wePk Net nrnr-PPrli 'So 7
The M. E. Sunday school of this.
place held their annual Chlldren'sTconlmence1 t0 lay 'ts eEBS on little
day exercises June 22, and rendered
a splendid program. A number
from Paupack, Arlington, Ledge
dale and Avoy were present.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Daniels, also
Mr. and Mrs. George Hildlebeck
from Wilsonvllle, passed tho week
end with relatives here.
Mrs. Chas. Daniels recently at
tended the graduation exercises of
the State hospital nurses at Scran
ton, Pa.
Mrs. Matilda Bishop and grand
daughter, Miss Virgie Goble are
spending a short vacation at Dun
more and Moscow.
Mrs. Robert Baisley of Sterling,
is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Mar
tha Loveless; the later is confined
to her bed with illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Cross and
little daughter, Cordelia, passed
through this place on Friday en
route to Sterling where they will
spend a time with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Cross.
The 'M. E. Sunday school will con
duct their picnic In the grove near
the church on July 4th.
Mrs. Mary Sheeley and family aro
entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Sheeley and son from Yonkers, N.
Y., for a 'month.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Chester James
aro rejoicing over the arrival of a
daughter.
The Ice cream festival held in
P. O. S. of A. hall on June 18th, was
a success both socially and financial
ly. Net proceeds $20.45 which was
applied on the pastor's salary.
J. N. Stephenson was In Honesdale
last week courting.
IMr. and Mrs. J. Ward Henry
spent Sunday last with relatives at
Hoadleys. Miss Ada Kerby accom
panied them homo.
Mr. and Mrs. J, C. James are en
tertaining New Yorkers for a time.
NEW LOCAL ROUTES
IN STATE HIGHWAY
SENATE STRIKES OUT DATTON-
GLENWOOD ROAD HUT LETS
BLAKELY IN.
Effective in June, 1015 Four
Routes Approved by House Aro
Stricken Out by Senate.
Tho Senate has amended the E.
E. Jones hill mnUIni? tiaw ronton fn
main state highways by striking out
iour or inn rnrrv.nnA rmirog nnaoaH
fcy the house and adding forty-six
rmiiRH rnvnrofi nv mnrnhni-a nr thn
senate, making the net number of
yiupustm new routes eignty-tnree.
As it passed the legislature of
1911, the Sproul act designated 29G
routes for main state highways con
necting important towns and cities.
This Jones bill, which Is an amend
ment tn thA Rnrnni not lunnM in
crease the aggregate number of main
street roaas, to do owned and main
talned by the state, to 379. It is
Sneclfinri. hnwuvflr. that iha Tnnaa
bill shall not become effective until
June, 1315, thus avoiding tho addi
tional expense to the state involved
in taking oyer the eighty-three new
routes until the time when the pro
ceeds of the $50,000,000 road bond
issue are expected to be available.
Tho four routes approved by the
house that are stricken out by the
Senate are: Prom Waterford to
Erie, from Reformatory Crossroads,
Huntingdon county, to Pino Grove
'Mills, Center county; from Ply
mouth to Kingston Corners, Lu
zerne county, and from Dalton, Lack
awanna county, to Glenwood, Sus
quehanna county.
Following are the routes placed
in the bill by the Senate roads com
mittee in Northeastern Pennsylva?
nia:
Wyoming county From Tunk
hannock to Chocount via Auburn
Center and Lawton. From Oster
hout to Hartford, Susquehanna coun
ty via South Ablngton township,
Lackawanna.
Pike county From Freely to
Lackawaxen.
Monroe county Prom Steltz
bridge to Mountain Home via Cresco.
Lackawanna county From Peck
ville to Clifton, Susquehanna coun
ty via Blakely and Miller's school.
Luzerne county From Ice Cave
to Kyttle via Huntsville.
TEXT CATERPILLAIt MOTH OUT.
, Tho tent caterpillar moth has
twigs of trees, which is the beginning
of a further and wider scope of de
vastation of the tent caterpillar.
Usually tho moth lays its eggs on
the south-west section of a tree. It
can be distinguished from the ordi
nary moth by a bar similar to the
number sign (), only Instead of be
ing a double cross is single. The
eggs are laid upon the outer
branches and can be easily reached
by a pole pruner. The best time to
remove the eggs is after tho leaves
havo fallen. They can also be de
stroyed by rubbing them off the
bark. The eggs aro covered with
a coating similar to varnish and can
be seen in the sunlight by the glis
tening of the eggs. District State
Agriculturist W. H. Bullock says the
bettor way to destroy the eggs,
which do not hatch until next
spring, is to prune the tree.
PARISIAN SAG
FOR THE HAIR
If your hair is too dry brittle color
less thin stringy or falling out use
Parisian Sage now at once.
It stops itching scalp, cleanses the hair
of dust and excessive oils, removes dand
ruff with one application, and makes the
hair doubly beautiful soft fluffy
abundant Try a 50c. bottle to-day.
It will not only save your hair and make
it grow, but give it the beauty you desire.
For sale by G. W. Pell.
HONESDALE DIME BANK,
HONESDALE, PA.
CONDITION AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS MAY 1, 1913
(Condensed Report)
RESOURCES.
Lonns
Bonds
Overdrafts
Real Estate and Fixtures
Cash and due from banks
Our constant endeavor has been to render a banking service
second to none, thoroughly adapted to the needs of this community,
assuring the same welcome to the small depositor as to the one
with larger business to transact.
WAYMART.
Waymart, June 2C. Mrs. Charles
Slagor, of Panama, but formerly of
Hawley, has returned homo after
spending some time with her aunts,
Mrs. Wm. M. Mullen and Miss Aman
da Thorpe.
Dr. White of Wllkes-Barre, has
returned to his home after remain
ing a few days with John and Kath
erine Leary.
Miss Martha Keglar Is visiting
friends in Carbondalo and Scranton.
George Moylan of Wllkes-Barre,
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. James Moylan.
J. T. Burnett spent Sunday cir
culating among Carbondale friends.
Thos. Hurlehey is spending his
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Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Reilly.
Jeremiah Hughes and wife
of
Dunmore are also guests at
the
Reilly home.
Miss Mary B. Burnett was a guest
at the Emergency hospital, Carbon
dale, one day last week.
The Citizen office is fully equipped
to do all kinds of Job Printing.
Special cuts to illustrate work ob
tained on short notice.
Hot weather makes aching
corns but why suffer ? PEDOS
CORN CURE will give instant
relief.
BRIGGS
MERRILL
EVERETT
MARTIN BROS.
in representing these
could not place a bet
vacation at tho home of
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