Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-06-27

iS4 Ess-- occurred few days ag,
&c. 80 near the home of tn,
E.TN latter. jesse was stroll
ing around the hills
when he stumbled upon hug
rattier that Mt once assumed hostil
tiles, and striking at the intruder
his fangs became entanglel in leg O
his trousers, and there he hung. Abou
that time Jesse thought of some busi
ness he had ut the house, and being il
something of hurry, he started hom
on the double-quick without taking tim
to release his snakeslIip. 1t was clos
race between Jesse and the rattler. Fo
one-half the distance the snake was i
the lead, and the other half Jesse woul
pull ahead, and thus they had it unit
the house and ss;slance were reached
and there the serpent was killed. 1t i
quite safe to say that neither Jesse no
the snake ever made any better tim
over the same distance.
OF the remarkable personages in New
Haven, Conn ,one of those most worthy
of note is boy of fifteen years, tho
son of Timothy Dwight, d. d., Presi
dent of Yale College. At the age of
ittoil litti an
far in advance of the average man, was
fitted to enter Yale, and had mastered
all the Greek and Latin which is re-
quired at any college i'll this country.
At that time his age prevented him from
entering Yale, but he will enter the col
lege this fall and among other things
will study the Greek and Latin au-
thors for two years, with whom he was
familiar two years ago. The little fellow
has used up the two years which inter
venedbetween the time of the completion
of his fitting and arrival Mt an age which
would admit him to college, in studying
Arabic and Syriac, and he has a good
knowledge of these languages. To see
the little youngster (for he only weighs
seventy-five or eighty pounds) going
along the street in roundabout jacket
ind his sandy locks sticking out from
l.c2er the visor of his cap, no one would
think that this youthful compendium
of the classics was more than an ordiu-
ary little grammar school kid.
THE body of John Meyers, passenger
train engineer ON the Wabash, was bur
led in Dubuque, Iowa. He was stricken
&::.si paralysis while on his engine just
before reaching the end of his Iun at
Srarta, Mo. He knew that his time had
ONE, and told his fireman he had only
sesw hours to live. Summoning all his
strength, he pulled open the throttle of
his engine, and made the great machine
fairly bound in order to reach the sta
tion of Sparta before he became perfect
1y helpless. AS the train dashed along
tne rigor became more intense, and
>'hea he dashed into the station he was
almost completely paralyzed. His left
arm alone was capable of action, and
With it he shut off steam and stopped
his train at the station. He was carried
from his cab, and before his wife and
children could reach his bedside he was
speechless, and died i'll few minutes.
AwAITER at Boston hotel says there
is rat of unusual Intelligence which
Eaants the hotel kitchen, and, when oc-
casion offers, steals food from the cook.
He says this rat ought to be caught and
exhibited rs marvel at the dime
museums. Several stories of sagacity
are told about this rodent, of which the
following is one: ga few evenings ago."
said the waiter, 81 had occasion to go
down into the kitchen. 1t was dusky
when / arrived and as soon as my eyes
would permit me to get used to the light
saw large rat walk deliberately up to
q dish of doughnuts and begin to take
them out one by one and string them on
his tail, rs you would string beads.
When he had put on five and loaded his
tail all up, he turned around, took the
end Of his tail between his teeth, and
walked off as if he were going to mus
ter"
WHILE prowling around among the
wrecked building i'll the vicinity of Main
street, Johnstown, n Braddock man dis
covered half-drowned cat that had
found lodgment i'll hole near the top
of house. He climbed up to where it
was at the risk of his life, and brought it
down. There didn't seem to bo much
life i'll it, but after washing the mud off
of it, and keeping it under his coat for
awhile it began to revive. When he
brought it up to the station great
crowd gathered around him, and he was
offered big prices for "Flood Tom." us
he called his pet He refused all offers,
and said that he intended to keep it rs
long as it lived, and then stuff its skin
anu hcSp u III ~ SiitS9 CiSc' 40 ltitI itS
could be judged it was Maltese, but its
fur was so mud stained that its color
was not well established.
A GENTLEMAN living near Milwaukee,
Wis, Whites that he has collie that is
a great tree climber, and it is hard lines
for squirrel tackling tree that the
dog can make his way up. Straight
trees are too much for him, of course,
but where there is lean to it he is all
right. Jack is what the collie is called,
and he always had II craze for squirrel
hunting and was so eager in the chase
that he got in the way OF scrambling up
inclined trunks, finally becoming very
expert. He has been known to go up
tree to u height Of forty feet above the
ground. When returning he hugs the
surfnce OF the tree rs closely as possible
and backs down, digging his short claws
into the bark until near the earth, when
he jlmps.-ISt. Louis Globe Democrat.
EVEN carrier pigeons seem to miss
their route now and then. Captain Nor
ris of the schooner Galena, which re-
comfy arrived at Charleston, S. c.. re-
ports that on the second day after leav-
ing New York his vessel was boarded bv
pigeon SO exhausted from its long
fight that it could be caught without
any trouble. On one leg it still bore n
fragment of q rubber band with "SS"
stamped on it, but the message attached
to that band had been lost. No land
and no other vessel were iii sight at the
timo, and rs there had been no gale for
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