The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-24
SAMMY WOOD AND
THE RATTLESNAKE
Effects Of the Music of q Violin Upon q
CallicCOn Reptile.
NARROW ESCAPE OF A YOUNG LADY
0cusOnablc Poetry by SUsquehanna
EditOrs..A Dcudhead Cat. .Canaan
Silver Miners Strike Something.
Railroad and Other Topics Dis.
cusscd by Whitney.
Special to The Tribune.

Susquehanna, June 23-Sammy Wood,
fiddler, was furnishing the music for a
gathering at the home of a well-known
farmer near Callcoon, a few evenings
since, given in honor of a young lady
near New York. The night was warm
and the window was open. The young
lady, tired of dancing, noticed a bird
cage hanging among the vines which
grew over the veranda, the inmate Of
which was reused to it's sweetest strains
of song by Sammy's fiddle. Tapping
with her fingers lightly upon the cage,
the girl felt what she thought was the
vine buds playing about her hand.
"Heavens!" cried one of the dancers, as
he looked toward the girl, look there!"
A shrek from the girl. and she fell to
the floor. A huge snake was circling
down her arm from the cage and across
her shoulders, and as she lay PROSTATE
it coiled itself upon the floor near her.
The moment was one of intense excite
ment. The snakes mouth was wide
open and its fangs We're set The omin-
Gus rattle was heard. Then Uncle
Sammy's iddle gave forth one " it's
liyeliest ans. and the reptile quickly
crawled away toward the music and out
Of the house. Snakes are seduced
away by music. and Uncle Sammy's
fiddle undoubtedly saved the girls life
The snake was followed and killed. 1t
measured five feet in length.
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM.
The epidemic Of measles is subsid-
ing.
Colonel ]. p. Sanford. a famous lee
turer, who has appeared in Susquehan-
ma, died at Wheaton, H., June 1, aged
GA years. Some time before his death
his mind had become impaired.
Congress passed bill giving S., 900 to
the widow of Congressman-elect Myron
B. Wright, who would have been q
member of the Fifty-fourth congress,
but died before its organization. The
action is customary.
The American Chair company, COM
posed principally Of Scranton capital
lists, has shut down its factory at
Brandt for six months.
The Erie will run excursions from
Binghamton to Riverside park, Lanes
boro. on Saturday and Sunday next.
Editor Birchard Of the Susquehenna
Transcript, mixes religion and the gold
question in the following verselet:
Bye and bye, bye and bye,
Bye and bye, bye and bye.
We shall never know sorrow. bye and
bye;
On the streets with shining gold
And with glory in our souls,
We shall never know sorrow, bye and
bye.
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crop. the work Of the grass hopper and
the prolonged drought Editor Storr. the
Deposit Courier's agricultural enthus-
last, hangs his scythe on an apple tree
while he breaks forth in song
To corn all eyes are now directed,
Since grass. counterfeit, we have detected
Then let US toll and gaily sing.
All flesh is corn, and corn Is king.
Brother Cruiser. OF the Montrose Dem.
ocrat, manufactures a verselet out Of
the ancient and honorable interroga.
tion.-
''Now, prisoner said Justice Courtright
How comes this person dead?'
"lIe asked me II twas hot enough"
Discharged" the justice said.
A DEADHEAD CAT.
The usually strict railroad rules wert
not enforced on fast train that cam'
into Susquehanna few morning
since. When the car inspectors got Il
work on the train one'of the men dis
covered lying on the truck, large ca
OF fierce demeanor and so dusty tina
its original color could not be ascertain
ed. Some friendly overtures were mad
Z ana respected with Kisses and yowls, 81
ths conductor concluded to let the tram