Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-10
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Queer Episodes and Thrilling Adyen-
lures Which Show that Truth Is
Stranger than Fiction.

queer EplSOueS anu HTliilnS AuNeh
lures Which Show that Truth 1,
Str,rror th,n E;ot;on
STATION MASTER MARCHAND, at the lit
tie village of Godarville, not far from
Charleroi, in Belgium, has been sus
pended from his official duties for G
most remarkable irregularity in office
lie and his wife own goat, which gives
enough milk to satisfy most OF the
fumily's needs for milk. The goat has
the popularity of allowing only Mime
Marchand to milk her, and whenever The
station master approaches the goat kicks
and bucks. A short time ago, Nine
Marchand went to market before break
fast The station master was in haste
to begin his duties of the day, and there
was nothing in the house to eat. He ap-
preached the goat with pail ON his arm.
and the goat, as usual, began TO kick and
buck In despair, he decided to
goat into being milked He mt on his
wife's skirts. waist and bonnet. and re-.
turned to the shed. The CONT was
docile, and he began milking her. All
his preparations, however. had reouired
more time than he had realized. and be-
fore the pail was half full he was aston
ished by hearing the whistle of the first
morning express, which it was his most
important dntv to meet He dronned
the pail, ran TO the house. exchaneed
his wife's bonnet for his red and hiue
cap of office. and ran with Avinp skir,s
to the station plntform The siobt of nm
individual with n full beard in flowing
skirts and a station masters can dazed
everybody on the train. and paye the
porters at the station the idea that
Marcband had gone crazy. So n police.
man was summoned and the station
master was marched off to mil. To the
railroad authorities at Charleroi. who
began an investigation of his conduct.
Marcband explained the responsibilitv
of the obstreperous poat for his unpreee-
dented performance He was punished
by TEMPORARY retirement from Office.
PRESIDENT McLEoD, OF the Philadel-
phia and Reading Railroad, about whom
the whole country is talking since the
consummation of the gigantic coal deal
is, like many another American who has
attained success and fame, u self-made
man. During the early days of his Ca
reer he was in very straitened circum-
stances. 1t is now related of him that
before his connection with the railroad
business he was the proprietor of Il pot
terry in Texas, and that utter hard
struggle for several years he was sold
out by the sheriff. Then he went West
with unbroken determination to "makc
his fortune" il possible. About this
time Alexander Dryden, of Pittston,
Penn mine boss, was travelling in
Colorado with view to investigate coal
lands there and form company to oper-
ate them it practicable. In "a small town
"Aat on his back :" with no prosnect Of
bettering his condition. He appealed TO
Bryden for enough money TO nav his fnre
East again. and his apneal met with II
generous response. As be took tbe
money. McLe,d said. "Rrvden IN bo
in n position some dav TO return this kind.
ness and | won't forget Won y lilo was
trno to his word Wien Tho now oroot
railroad k;ng was nIaced m charge of tbo
Pbilodelnbie ond READING INTERESTS ana
of his earliest acts was to send for Brv.
den. who bad returned IN Pitts,op. md
offer him tbe sunerintcndencv of tbo
companv's Sobbvlkill anthracite indus.
tries one of the most rosnnnsibI, nosi.
tions in tba cornorot;on's hr sinass onJ
most coveted because of the fat salary
attached to If Rrvdon occ.nted tooL
the reins for n venr. but fonnd that the
dnties were telling on bis health ond re.
signed and returned TO his old place Mt
Pittston. 1t is needless to saw that Mr.,
Brvden takes the keenest interest in Mr.
Mel ,eod,s ntest and greotest scbemo
and that he hopes for his friends com.
plete sucoess
Mrs. TARsNEy, wifo of Congressman
Tarsney, has had quite an experience
with cyclones. Her remembrances of
them are so vivid that whenever she sees
threatening sky she becomes nervous.
81 have been through two," she says
"and in one had terrible fright. Word
reached me that the school-house had
been blown down and the children killed
My little son was at school, and to my
ideas just then there was only one school
house in Kansas City. started out. No
cars were running and everything seemed
ruined. found my boys school had
home lust as the cyclone came. Then |
was more than ever scared. set half n
dozen policemen hunting for him and
went towards the wrecked schooI-bouse
riding in n mule car that had finally found
the track. Every child they brought out
from the ruins was mine, but Still he
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