The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-09
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

received with genuine sorrow in Sus-
quehanna, where she resided several
years ago. She was not then can
didate for National Poet Laurate. Her
inspiration came later on--after she
removed to Honesdale. From time to
time she wrote unique verses, had them
printed upon slips. and sold them over
the country. Before the war she mar
ricd Horace Kelley, who was later
soldier At one. time she taught school
in SusQuehanna county. In one OF her
poems she wrote:
II am thinking. l am thinking
OF the days when l was young,
/ was the very best of teachers,
At least my praises so were sung.
BY a. N. Bullard, superintendent
of SusQuehanna county at that
time:
] was educated most resplendent.
Another one of her efforts Is called
Aspirations of the Bard, and the mot
to thereof is Queen Carolines remark,
Let others seek for fame; give me
innocence Mrs. Kelley had. how
ever, no deeo-seated prejudice against
fame. The Aspirations" consist Of
five stanzas of six lines each. the object
apparently being to put at least one
very long and one very short line in
each verse, the others varying In
length. BY some oversight four lines
Of nearly equal length got into one OF
the stanzas. as follows:
'I'll elothe myself with Aspiration
For my wardrob Is mostly rags
"Shreds and Patches are my station
OF No Bard this Nation brags."
These lines present Mrs. Kelley as q
social reformer. It is evident from the
closing stanza of her poem, Bury me
Beside Ny Husband" that while Mrs.
Kelley did not expect to be immortal
In one sense. she was quite confident
of 1t In another.
Bury me In Jackson cemetery Is
very beautiful. Let the officiating min
lister be the Rector of Grace Catholic
Protestant Episcopal church Of
Honesdale, Pa
The Bard of Shanty Hill whose fame
shall never fade away"
While Mrs. Kelly did not live to be-
come National Poet Laurate. she realiZ-
ed that she wrote better verse than
England's present Laurate. After life's
ftful ferver she sleeps well. Peace to
her ashes!
NEWS MATTERS.
Mrs. c. c. Nicholson. an old resident
died on Thanksgiving morning in her
Seth year. The funeral occurred from
noon.
Washington Shaeff, an old and es-
teemed resident, departed this life on
Monday morning. after an illness of
several years of paralysis. The funeral
will take place on Wednesday after
noon.
The lodge of the Daughters Of Rebe-
kah will be instituted ON Saturday
evening next.
Several SusQuehanna hunters are in
Pike county in scent of deer.
Keystone Hook and Ladder company.
No. !. will hold it's seventh annual ball
December 81
TEACHER HELD TO BAIL.
Irving Tewksbury. Il school teacher
of Brandt, was on Thursday arrested
and brought before Justice Williams.
in this borough, charged with assault
and battery upon Joseph Dugan, a six
teen-year-old pupil. The teacher in
defense, claimed that Dugan was gen.
orally unruly, with an inclination to
thrash the pedagogue. The teacher
was held to bail in the sum of 5000 for
his appearance before the grand jury.
The affair created much excitement in
the little village of Brandt.
THOSE DRILLERS.
Elk Mountain, upon which Scranton
pH1spectOrs are digging for something,
Is nearly the highest altitude in Penn
sylvania. Why don't the prospectOrs
stop drilling and erect an observatory?
When will people with good deal of
zeal and considerable money cease
making thousand-foot rat holes in the
uninvitng lands of Susquchanna and
Wayne? There IL. more money and less
labor In playing the races. taking
chances at church fair or buying
western wildcat land.
ODDS AND ENDS.
a blind COW fell Off the river bridge
at Winslow, swan half mile in the
rapids and landed safely on the shore.
a vicinity man. whose family had
been the recipient of poor funds, re-
Gently paid IS for dox tax.
A correspondent of county paper
informs the readers that Mr. Wilbur
is suffering from absence of the liver"
The condition of the esteemed Mr.. Will
bur is Undecided deplorable. He ought
to send out a search warrant for that
liver
On an average, ten tramps daily saw
wood in the borough wood yards. Oc-
casionally they are given an old rail-
road tie to saw. Then you never hear
them sing, "Best be the tie that binds. u
All the same the yard is a bowling sue
cess. The authorities have hung on
the water walls the stirring legend
mo saw-no straw, no hash."
RAILROAD FLOTsAM.
The Erie last winter purchased a
monster Leslie steam snow excavator
1t is also building big plow in the
shops here.
In our county court the jury gave
Mrs. Ida Tiffany a verdict of $4,000
against\ the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad. The plaintiffs
husband was killed by the cars al
Kingsley while driving across the
tracks
The proposed extension of the Buff
falo and Susquehanna road may take
in TOwanda.
1t is said that the late H. G. Brooks
founder of the great locomotive works
at Dunkirk, owed his rise in fortune tC
Jay Gould. who successfully made him
superintendent of the western division
of the Erie, and then placed him at tht
head of the big locomotive shops al
Dunkirk.
Night Operator Rozelle, Of Great
Bend. has been promoted to the Sus.
quehanna Office.
Workmen are at work along the JET
IerSOn pranch, removing Overhanginl
rocks from various embankments.
e. AND HE DREAMED.
The editor of the Nicholson Examin
er. after eating heartily of liver onion.
and raw turnips, retired to his ham
mock and dreamed q dream. Hea
him:
II had a dream the other night. ant
In my dream I saw the gate OF Heavei
open. Its streets were not paved with
nor its walls studded with precious
gems and lined with silver Seeing st
Peter standing by the gate, went t,
him and said: st. Peter. l have al
ways been told that the streets of thi
city were Of gold; see they are not.
Good st. Peter smiled and said: "Wha