The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-29
WHITNEY's WEEKLY salad
kaleidoscope Budget Of Interesting
Reading Matter.
LIVE MEMS ALL ALONG THE LINE
Fishermen Arc on the Aisrt-NOtss Con-
eernins the Railroads Of the
Silver Mining Boom In Wayne
Couuty-Persoual Nows.

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
\ SusQuehanna, April 2S.-The house.
holders Of Susquehanna and its imme-
diate environment have learned with
regret and alarm that a Brooklyn man
has been arrested in MontrOse for PRO
fame swearing" and that he Is liable
to a fine of 81 cents for each cuss word
uttered against the peace and dignity
of the commonwealth" II the prison.
er Is convicted, liberty in this country
is knocked highern the kite of the late
lamented MIR. Gilderoy. II hereafter a
free-born American citizen cannot say
a few torrid words to his mother-in-
law II while adjusting ancient stove
pipe he cannot express his feelings; and
if while "shooing' his neighbor's hens
from his garden he cannot use q few
short sentences without being yanked
before the cadi and impoverished, the
sooner he shakes the dust of this al
legged land Of liberty from his feet and
seeks a quiet haven in some Of the isles
Of the sea, where he can swear in six
teen languages, living and dead, with
no hog constable to mOlest or make
afraid, the better. Sixty-seven cents a
swear Is enough to make freedom
shrek.
HEARD ON THE AVENUE.
A large number Of fishermen are
threshing the streams along the JEFF
ferson branch in search of trout. Few
have caught anything. except a cold.
Several Susquehanna gentlemen will
honor the National Republican conven-
ton at st. Louis with their presence.
One will go as a delegate, the others
will beat tom-toms for Matthew STAN
ley, the silent fisherman.
A number of Forest City people have
exodusted to Wayne county-"the
promised land'-to stake claims when
silver and copper is discovered.
"A colored gentleman" advertised in
the Honesdale Independent for posi-
tion as coachmah. No common stable
trash, that
The Prohibitlonists of Hallstead were
all in the borough lookup on Saturday
evening. They hadn't been drinking
chain lightning. They We're holding
caucus.
People who complain of the things
that editors print should be thankful
for the things they do not print. The
secret of good editing Is knowing what
not to publish.
IN A PARAGRAPH.
The funerals of Thomas Kelley. for
twenty-five years a prominent business
man, occurred and was largely attend
ed from st. Johns Catholic church on
Sunday afternoon. Requiem high mass
was celebrated on Monday morning.
Mrs. Il. +. Smith. an old and re-
spected resident, was on Sunday morn
ing attacked with apoplexy, and is in
a serious condition.
Fred II. Pride's new steamer. the
Idlewild, is approaching completion at
LanesbOro. A large number of Lacka-
wanna county excursionlsts are expect
cd this season. A ten-mile ride on the
picturesque Susquehanna is a rare
treat. Mr. Pride's first steamer, the
Erminie, carried a very large number
| of passengers last summer.
The Erie shoDmen today were reim-
bursed for services in the month of
March.
Monroe Carter lodge, Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainment, will hold its ninth
annual ball In Hogan Opera house on
Wednesday evening.
NOT A HOLIDAY.
Throughout the state there Is strong
| and quiet-growing sentiment that there
| is too much merrymaking on Memorial
Day, and too general indulgence In
sports and excursions, a tendency
which Is contrary to the spirit Of the
day. Some Of the posts Of the Grand
Army of the Republic have placed
themselves on record on this subject
Their resolutions recite that Memorial
Day was set apart for services COM
memorative Of the death of soldiers
who gave their lives for the preserva-
ton Of the country, and that it is of the
highest Importance that the day shall
be kept sacred to such purposes. They
deplore the growing tendency to public
games and excursions and other forms
of amusement, and earnestly protest
against all such celebrations as turr
the mind from the serious purposes OF
the day.