History Of Dallas
(Continued From Last Week)
He originally owned all the north-
west end of lot number three certified
Bedford down to a point 160 rods or
one-half mile southeast of center line
(middle of road by old M. E. Church),
which included nearly all the land
within the present village of Dallas.
In 1816 he sold twenty-five acres to
Christian Rice, on which the latter
built the saw-mill before referred to.
The new Dallas Cemetery grounds
were also included in that purchase.
On this ground Christian Rice also
built a log house, which, until a few
years ago stood on the northeasterly
side of the street, just across an alley
and west of A. Ryman & Sons’ store.
One of the first to occupy it was his
son, Jacob Rice. This house was torn
down to make room for the house now
occupied by Clinton Honeywell, which
stands on the same spot where the log
house stood up to about 1861-62.
Patrick O'Malley, a son-in-law of
Jonah McLennon,
trade, built a log house and lived on
westerly side of road leading to Har-
vey’s Lake, nearly opposite Raub’s
hotel, about four hundred feet west of
the Wilkes-Barre and Harvey's Lake |
Railroad depot.
Another log house built in Dallas
village, probably the third, was erected
by Joseph Shonk, Esq., on the ground
now occupied by “Odd Fellows’ hall.”
This house was built about 1819-20.
Joseph Orr, afterwards, about the year
1838, built a frame front to the house,
the first frame building in Dallas, and
converted it into a hotel. It was the
custom at that day to make a “frolic”
or “bee” and invite all the neighbors
to help whenever there was any extra
work to be done, like the raising of a
barn or other building, clearing of the
logs and rubbish from new land, or
the burning of ‘new ground,” or re-
moving the stones from a very stony
field, or the husking of a big field of
corn when the farmer was, from some
cause, belated in his work.
These “frolics” or “bees”
usually very well attended; by some
from motives of neighborly kindness
and charity, but by many, it is prob-
able, because plenty of free
and food were on such occasions to be
had. They were often occasions of
general debauching, and ended fre-
quently with many trials of strength,
or, worse still, with brutal fights
among the young men. On the occa-
sion of the raising of the Orr Tavern
there was a convivial crowd present,
and much hilarity prevailed. The
erection of the first frame house in
Dallas, and that too for the purpose
of a permanent hotel, was an event of
sufficient importance to be marked in|
some way. There were then five
houses in the village, and it was de-
cided that this was sufficient to war-
rant them in dignifying the settlement
with a special name. That the chris-
tening 'might be properly solemnized,
several ; young men from the crowd
climbed part of the almost unsup-
ported frame, and from the highest
peak of the rafters one of them, stand-
ing erect, held up a bottle of whiskey,
swung it around once or twice above
his head and then hurled it down,
breaking it over the timbers and named
the place “McLennonsville,” in honor
or Jonah McLennon, while from below |
came approving shouts, mingled with
the firing of guns and pistols. By this
name the place was known, and by
many it is still so called to this day,
though through some oversight the
postoffice and borough charter took
the name of Dullas from the original
name of the township, rather than the |
more proper one, McLennonsville.
Like many men of his time in that
vicinity, Jonah McLennon was very
fond of whiskey, and frequently in-
dulged, his fondness. [He had not al-
ways lived in perfect harmony with
his wife, Eunice.
It is fair to the memory of Jonah
to say that his wife, Eunice, was’ not
generally regarded in the community
as distinguished for womanly loveli-
ness. ‘On the contrary, she was be-
lieved to be a witch. Joseph Honey-
well, when alive, was sure of it, and,
as proof of his assertion, used to say
that on one occasion when driving to-
wards Dallas « from the Trucksville
grist-mill, he overtook Eunice, who
was walking. She asked him to let
her ride. He declined, for some reason,
and she took offence. “Go on, then,”
she said, “I will get to Dallas yet be-
fore you do.” She kept her word,
“for,” said Mr. Honeywell, “she witched
my load of grist so that it would not
stay on the wagon; whenever I went
up hill it would slide up hill and fall |
out of the front end of the wagon, and
when I went down hill it would slide
the other way and fall out behind, so
that IT had to keep putting the bags
back into the wagon all the time and
was hardly able to get home at all
with ‘my load.”
The son-in-law, Patrick O'Malley,
was in some respects unique. He had
been a soldier in the .war of 1812, and
was lame from a wound received in
battle. Otherwise he was a man of
powerful physique. Jt is my many re-
membered of hi mthat he would at any
time bare his breast and let any man
strike him with all his power for a
drink of whiskey. The Irish reputa-
tion for a quick answer was also well
preserved in him. He had a very pep-
pery temper withal, and on one occa-
sion was pressing Mr. R —, a well-
to-do neighbor, who was then keeping
a store in Dallas, for the payment of
a small debt which he clained the
neighbor owed him. The claim was
denied, and, of course, payment was re-
fused. Some words followed, when
suddenly O’Malley turned to go away,
remarking as he went: “God Almighty
has made you able to pay me, Mr.
R— , and I'll soon make you will-
ing.”
The old Orr
Tavern served its pur-
pose well for many years, and the
father, Joseph Orr, died a few years
later and was succeeded first by his
son, Miles Orr, and later by A. L. War-
ring, followed by another son, Albert
S. Orr, late postmaster at Wilkes-
Barre, in the proprietorship. On the
night of April 27, 1857, the entire
structure was destroyed by fire. Al-
bert S. Orr was then owner and pro-
prietor. With characteristic energy he
began immediately to rebuild, not on
the old site, but on the nore desirable
one where the new hot. still stands,
now known as EE Set. This
to
and a cooper by |
were |
whiskey |
—-Alderson-
September started out with a smile
and presented’ us with a fine warm
Labor Day. There was a large crowd
at the lake that day and the summei |
resort ‘closed with a grand flourish.
Now that we have bid our summer
visitors farewell, we can settle down
and enjoy the Autumn and Indian
summer that is always so beautiful
here at the lake. Some of the trees
are already butting on their Fall en- |
sambles and the little patches of red,
vellow and brown scattered here and
there in the green background add to
the fading summer beauty and promise |
still more beautiful landscapes in the |
near future. We aon’'t mind the Fall]
at all. : i
The coach, cast, stage manager and |
so ‘forth of the play, ‘‘A Henpecked
Hero,” which was presented here a
short time ago, celebrated their suc-
cess with a corn roast on Friday the
twenty-third. Numerous hot dogs
land many, many ears of delicious corn
were consumed amid much laughter
and song. Among those present were:
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Armitage, Mary
Kutcha, Ruth York, Genevieve York,
Lillian York, Esther Garinger, Addu
| Garinger, Harry Allen, Jr. Joseph
| Rauch, Michael Kutcha, Paul Avery
|and George Lewis.
| Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fr.iley off
| Wilkes-Barre spent the week-eni with
| the latter's sister, Mrs. Harriet Rauch.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Farrell of South
| Eaton spent a few days with Mr. and
| Mrs./G. C. Armitag>.
| Mr. and Mrs. Ehrinan of Long Island,
IN. XY. visited Mr. and Mrs. Fayette
| Williams over Labor Day. |
| Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Oates ard |
family of Towanda spent the week
with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Kitchen.
| Mrs... T. Avery is spending soe
| time visiting relatives in/ Wilkes-Barre. |
| ‘Mr.’ and Mrs. Jacob: Klimich of
Wilkes-Barre spent the week-end with
| the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
| W. Major.
Mrs. Florence Perrego of Trucksville
and Mrs. Phoebe iKtchen or Alderson
| visited Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Davis on
Sunday last.
| © Mary) Kuchta and Ruth York have
again taken up the arduous task of]
school teaching. Mary has a school
in Philadelphia and Ruth has retruned |
ito her former post at Yardley, Pa. |
[| Mr. and Mrs. William F. Koenig of |
| Hackensack, N. J., spent a few days
last week with Mr. and Mrs. Charles |
Kern.
A new source of conflict has arisen |
between the fishermen and the
farmers. The new subject is— |
crickets. The farmers are complain-
ing that the fishermen when searching |
for crickets lift up rocks which are |
level with the ground and leave them |
standing on .end. These projecting |
rocks damage the farmers’ machinery |
|
and—what have you? The farmers
say that they don’t begrudge the
| fishermen the crickets, but will the'
fishermen kindly replace the rocks in
their original position or at l2ast not
leave them standing upright. Hear and
heed, oh ye fishermen!
Miss Sabina Henry of Wilkes-13arre
spent Labor Day with Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Kern.
Miss Maude Baker of Kingston spent
the past week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
|R. A. Davis.
Mrs. Florence erregPo of Trucksville
visited Mrs. Phoebe Kitchen over
Labor Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank /Rauch and Mrs.
| Sutherland, all of Wilkes-Barre, spent
| Tuesday, - August 27, with Mrs. Harriet
Rauch.
Mrs. Albert Adams and children,
|who have been spending some time
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Biery, have returned to their home in
| New Jersey.
Miss Adeline MacKinder
| coke spent the past week
| Emma Odenkirchen.
of Nanti-
witn Miss
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jigelow
visited Mr. and Mrs. M. 13. Avery on
Sunday last.
Mr. and Mrs. Dory Rodgers ana
family of Dallas spent Thursday eve-
ning with Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Rodgers.
football, basketball and ba=zeball on tne
side.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Rice and sons,
Paul, Harold and Howard, spent Sun-
day with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ide
at Shavertown.
i Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ide spent
| Saturday might and Sunday with the
| latter's father and sisters at Trucks-
ville.
| Rev. J. W. Price, a former pastor, |
{delivered a very excellent sermon here
fon. Sunday evening. Rv. Price, now re-
| tired, lives at Forty Fort.
i Walter S. Ide is spending a few days
lat his home here before taking up his |
{duties in New York City.
| Mrs. James Ide spent Monday at the |
[home of her daughter, Mrs. Garey, at |
| Shavertown,
Mr. and Mrs. John Price and daugh-
ter of Dalkas were recent callers at
| the home of Isaac Nulton. {
Mr. and Mrs. Reese Thomas enter- |
tained friends from Rettsoff, N. Y.,,
| recently.
| The Ladies’ Bible Class will be en-
|tertained on Friday afternoon at the
{home of Mrs. Ralph Johnson by Mrs.
[Johnson and Mrs. Neely.
hotel was completed almost as it now
stands (1886), erected by Joseph Ather-
holt, Esq. Those buildings were con-
| sidered very large and grand for that |
| place at the time they were built, and
{they added much to the dignity and |
{importance of the village. On the com- |
pletion of the latter building the Odd |
| Fellows, T.odge, which formerly had |
[been held at Huntsville, was moved to |
|Dallas. A lodge or chapter of the]
| Masonic fraternity has since been es- |
{tablished in the same building. This |
| building was burned down in 1894, and |
|
la new two-story building has been
|erected by the Odd Fellows in its |
I place. : |
(Continued Next Week)
to New York State.
| [ First Neto Bo
Lake Township school starts this]
coming Monday. Another year -of |=
study and let's hope tor some good
DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA., SEPTEMBER 7, 1929
-Shavertown-
Mrs. Margaret E. Patton
Thursday of last week in Berwick on
business.
“Watch for the date of the big Lar-
kin Christmas display to be held in the
early part of October in the Ayers
store, Shavertown, for Trucksville,
Shavertown, ' Dallas and Harvey's
Lake.
Misses Pearl Averatt, Elsie Ritts
and Esther Thomas attended the Sid-
ney Echo banquet at Kingston M. E.
Church recently. AR
Corn and wiener roasts are the or-
der of the day. The following guests
were present at the home of F. B.
Layaou, where corn, wieners and fun
filled Saturday evening brimful until
a late hour: Mr.-'and Mrs. W. E.
Decker and family and Betty Bloom of
| Kingston, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Layaou
and Mr. and Mrs. Radph Decker of Lu-
zerne, Lawrence and Margaret Ellis of
Wilkes-Barre, Mr. and Mrs. James
George of Plymouth, Mrs. Margaret
Youngblood, Mr. and Mrs. M. Bilbow
and family, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Layaou
and family and Jack and [Frances
Youngblood of Shavertown.
Mr. and Mrs. O. Sutliff have moved
They returned
with Mrs. Sutliff’s uncle, who has been
visiting with them here for some time.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Neyhart enter-
tained their son, Frank Neyhart, of
Chester over the week-end.
Herbert Williams, who was injured
several weeks ago while driving «
Williams bread truck and who has
since been in the hospital, is improv-
ing slowly. It is believed he can be
moved to his home within a com-
paratively short time.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hammond
have left to make their home in Atlan-
tic City.
Rev. Harry Henry was host to the
directors of Mt. Greenwood Kiwanis
on Monday evening. After dinner club
affairs for the month were discussed.
Several people from Shavertown at-
tended the Dallas District Epworth
League rally held at Noxen on Wed-
nesday evening.
G. Harold Wagner of Dallas and
Earl Monk attended oRtary luncheon
at Pittston on Wednesday. “Roses and
Bread” was the unique subject chosen
by “Scotty” White, past district gov-
ernor, who was the main speaker.
Glendon Sipple will leave next week
for Bucknell University, where he
enrolld for his first college year.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Monk
and Mrs. I. A. MdHenry of Dallas at-
tended the American Legion conven-
tion at Scranton on Saturday after-
noon.
Mrs. William Ferrell and daughter
Grace, who have been spending the
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Mr. and Mrs. Timothy TaBar held |
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Dallas, on Thursday evening in honor |
of Mr. and Mrs. William LaBar, who
were recently married. The bride re-
ceived many pretty and useful gifts.
Social diversions were enjoyed and a
dainty luncheon was served to the fol-
lowing: Mr. and Mrs. Herman LaBar
and daughter Doris of Tunkhannock,
C. B. Schoonover of Forty Fort, Joseph
Lang of Wilkes-Barre, Mrs. Hatton of
Hazleton, Mr. and Mrs. George LaBar
of Orange, Mr. and Mrs. Lance Harris
and Mrs. Kate LaBar of Centermore-
land, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hoyt, Miss
Edith Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Sterling |
Jenkins, Mrs. Grace Ide, Mrs. Ralph
Hess, Mrs. Olive Hoyt and children,
Mildred and Herbert, all of Kunkle;
Mrs. Harry Howells, Mrs. Charles
Searfoss, Mabel Searfoss, Grace Fox,
Mrs. T. S. Biery, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Mission and children, Carl and Stella,
Mrs. Raymond Moore and children,
Wilfred, Gene and Geraldine, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Roberts, Miss ‘Addie Elston,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brickel and son
liam, Dobert Hamilton, Arthur Frank-
lin, Mrs. John Harris, Mrs. Fred Gor-
don, Mrs. Fred Riley, Mr. and Mrs.
William LaBar, Donald, Clarence and
James LaBar, Mr. and Mrs. Tinothy
LaBar, all of Dallas.
last six weeks at various points of’ in-
terest in New oYrk State, will return
to: their home the early part of the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sipple and Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Dampf and daughters,
Jean and Marie, returned Tuesday
from a moter trip to East Stroudsburg
and Milford, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lowe and Mel-
bourne Carey have returned from a va-
cation at Ocean City.
Walter Rossman spent Labor Day
with his family at Glenview Terrace.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Monk and # mily
visited relatives in Pittston cn Mon-
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