Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-12-19

- give DfieI Ii rather paIIOI-lih
description Of his native town, and
French sourd -muet answered severel le
gal questions with accuracy.
TRAVELLERS in India sometimes hav
strange bed-fellows. A first-class ras
senger, by slow passenger train lun
ming between Howlah and ASSEMBLE
was disagreeably surprised to find, ol
waking from n sound sleep, that some
thing cold had come in contact with hi
hand. On looking at the hand, wha
was his his horror to find that under
meath it was a cobra. As the snake was
asleep and hal not coiled itself around
the hand, the gentleman sprang up and
managed to evade its bite. How il got
into the carriage is one of those mys-
teres no one can unravel. 1t may have
eff cted an entrance while the carriage
was on the siding at Howrah, and
quietly ensconced itself behind the
cushions of the carriage seat.
Mr.. AND Mrs. HOMER GRIEvE, an ell
derly couple of Homer, Ga., quarreled
twelve years ago over q remark made by
a neighbor that one of their children
did not resemble the remainder of the
family. Argument only widened the
breach, and the couple mt last agre ed to
live under the same roof, but never to
speak to each other. During all that
time Mr.. and Mrs. Homer sat at the
same table and entertained their friends,
and no one ever detected the breach.
Recently Mr.. Homer brought the mat
ter before the church brethren, who adj
vised reconciliation and remalriage.
Mr.. and Mrs Homer have consented to
accept this advice, and will Immediately
remaTy.
GEORGE CREEMER, of Morristown, N.
S., while hunting in the woods, saw two
moose approaching him. He at once
took aim, endeavoring to shoot one of
them. Unfortunately the gun burst,
leaving the stock in his hand. The
moose then sprang at his assailant, Mr..
Creemer managed TO climb tree, where
he remained several hours, when the
animals walked off. Creemer then
started for home. The moose then re-
newed the attack, chasing the defence
less man many times around Il tree,
which he tried in vain to climb, and
finally gave himself up as lost As {
last resort he triel screeching, which
happily drove the moose away,
DEIos GRIFFIN lives at Laurel Run,
Belkesley, Penn. Crows dug up his
corn last spring until he got very angry
He couldn't get the best of the black
thieves, and finally he soaked pint Of
corn in quart of cheap whiskey fol
forty eight hours. Then he sprinkleC
/ the corn i'll the field, and five crows COB
bled it up and hung around for NOR
until they got so drunk that the.
couldn't fly away. They tipped up Oh
their tails, cawed hoarsely and tumble'
about, and Griffin got some cord, h
said, and tied them to the fence by thei
legs till they sobered up. Then the
fiuttered hard for freedom, and Griff
wrung their necks.
In Surrey County, N. c., there is
remarkable natural curiosity in the shap
of mountain resembling the famou
Sphinx of Egypt in all its details.
lays east of the Blue Ridge Mountains
on the Piedmont plains, like giganti
lion; its body at right angle to the ridg
and with head reared aloft as if in tn
act of rising. The head is of solid rocl
several hundred feet in height. Th
shoulder and breast are finely propol
toned, and at the distance of a fe
miles it looks like thing of life and il
} telligence. 1t rises about 1,500 fee
above the plain and can be seen for
distance of many miles.
RECENTLY the dentists of st. Loui
have begun to employ young women II
Office assistants. Probably dozen ar
thus employed. They are paid from
So to $40 week. Among other things
it is their duty to assist in bra ing tn,
nerves of patients. One of them says
eff the patient is woman [ frequently
stand by her side and hold her hanC
sympatheticllly. Some people may
| laugh at this, but it's an immense hell
| to the person in the chair. Once OF
twice when very nervous man wa:
being operated upon / have taken his
hand, and it really braced his nerve
wonderfully"
JACK GEIeER, who is teaching school
at Clay Hill, Fla, was attracted by the
cries of some of his pupils the Other
day, and proceeded to ascertain the
cause of their alarm. 1t proved to be 9
monster rattlesnake. Jack got pole
and struck ut the snake, but the pole
b olle, the impetus of the blow throwing
jack, who has but one leg, down to the
ground. The snake struck at him and
barely missed his ear, and before il
could strike again Jack had rolled out
OF danger. The snake was killed, and
measured feet IL inches in length,
and had eleven rattles and button.
A PRESBYTERIAN church in Melbourne
has introduced some innoN ations into
its services, which, although happily
blending patriotism and piety, woul6
artle the sober minded Scotchman a
home. The choir, comp osed of gentleme 1
wearing the Highland kilt, and girls Mt
tired in the costume of the Lady of the
Lake, sing their hymns of praise to the
music Of the ba9pires. The ingenious
person who contriNed these effects ha'
his reward in greatly enlarged cong1e
cations.
The central and eastern parts o
Trumbull County, Ohio, are suffering
from plague of rats. Corn, cabbage
teets, tomatoes and grapes were de
stroyed in large quantities i'll fields an
yards, and then the rats swarmed t
barns and houses. A competitive ra
hunt of several weeks i'll Mecca Town
ship was recently ended, when the viii
/ uinor Ci1a Dro1urel . 073 rat fails an