The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-26
A Squirrel Is Charmed by a RattIesuake
at Cascade.
ALONG THE JEFFERSON BRANCH.
susquehanpa shops Are in Operation
But Six Hours Each Day--Prepara-
tions for Memorial Dav Celcbra-
tion 80 Various Notes of County
News--Personal and Other Scraps
of Information.
special to the Scranton Tribune.

ground, whose strange actions INTEREST,"
ed him. He approached near, ana the
squirrel was evidently unaware OF his
presence. He soon discovered a large
rattlesnake in front of the little ami
NAL Nearer and nearer the squirrel
approached the reptile, continuing its
strange actions, until the snake opened
its mouth and seized the animal At
ter the rattler had partially swallowed
its prey, Mr.. Thompson grabbed a pole
and attempted to kill the snake. The
pole struck a limb, when the snake
threw the squirrel from its mouth and
Jumped at Mr.. Thompson, a distance OF
eight feet. The second blow killed the
reptile, which was six feet in length.
ALONG THE JEFFERSON BRANCH.
Business in the several factories in
pleasant little Brandt is not at all
booming. The advance agent of pros
perity appears to be lettering by the
wayside.
The funeral of Mrs. G. X. La Monte,
highly esteemed resident of Thomson,
occurred and was largely attended on
Saturday afternoon.
Herrick Centre has a Woman's Chris
| tian Temperance union, organized last
week by Susquehanna ladies.
In the Susquehanna railroad yard a
| few evenings since, a Stevens Point
man was "held up" and relieved of SIS
| in cash.
Missionaries from Dundaff are said
to be drifting towards Susquehanna.
THE ALMANAC SPRING.
Notwithstanding the backward sea-
| son there is the very essence Of spring
in the following fugive poem:
! There's a kind of curious, lazy, lullin'
feelin IN the breeze,
An the early buds are bendin' meath the
| weight Of honey-bees;
| The downy doves are matin' in the
woodlands where the stream
| Is a clear an shinin mirror where the
| sunbeams love TO dream.
| You can see the buds a-swellin' on the
| branches, once so bare,
| An, the cattle-they are grazin' where
the tender blades appear;
| You can hear the birds a. chirpin' in
their nests or on the wing,
| But-"Enclose please find a poem, 'is the
| surest sign o. spring!
ALONG THE RAILROADS.
| To what base uses, ETC.! The coach
in which Colonel Jim Fisk was whirled
over the Erie, in it's palmy days, is now
| utilized as a tool car in the Susque-
hanna yard.
| 1t is expected that the coal output
and traffic will be increased in June.
| The Susquehanna shops are now in
| operation but six hours per day. The
present rule is probably for the remain
der of the present month only.
| President E. B. Thomas and lesser
| lights of the Erie, paid the Susque-
hanna shops an official inspection on
Saturday.
The familiar rumor that the Boston,
! Catskill Mountain and Scranton road
| is to be commenced this year is again
revived The route has been surveyed
nearly the entire distance.
The Eries Wooten extension boilers
are giving excellent satisfaction. The
''old reliable" is endeavoring to find
the perfect locomotive. Like perfect
men-they are scarce.
MEMORIAL DAY.
Memorial Day will be appropriately
observed in Susquehanna. After the
parade and the ceremony of decorating
the soldiers graves in the several
cemeteries, a public meeting will bt
held in Hogan opera house, to be ad'
dressed by District Attorney w. d. B
| Ainey, of Montrose, an able and elo.
quent speaker. In the evening a mu
sical and literary entertainment will
be held in the opera house under the
auspices of Moody Relief corps. The
proceeds will be used to defray the nee.
essary expenses of the day.
Sleep, comrades, sleep and rest
on this field of the grounded arms,
Where foes no more molest
Nor sentry's shot alarms.
Ye have slept on the ground before,
And started to your feet
| At the cannon's sudden roar
Or the drums redoublng beat.
But in the Camp of Death
No sound your slumber breaks;
Here is no fevered breath,
No wound that bleeds and aches.
All is repose and peace
Untrampled lies the sod,
The shouts of battle cease,
1t is the truce of God.
Rest comrades, rest and sleep!
The thoughts of men shall be
As sentine.s to keep
Your rest from danger free.
Your silent tents Of green
We deck with fragrant flowers;
Yours has the suffering been
The memory shall be ours!
All honor to them! May the revolv
ing years increase the greatness of tn
government, which they preserved, tn
security they won, the laws they estab
lished!
IN sUSQUEHANNA COUNTY.
The Susquehanna county Prohibi
tionists meet in convention in Mont
rose today.
Following is the new County Medica
Pension Examing board: DR.. Charlie
Newton, of Montrose; Dr. d. C. Ainey
Of New Milford; DR.. NJ, l.. Miller, o
Lanesboro.
1t is reported that signs of seventeen
year locusts have been seen betwee
Susquehanna and Hallstead.
A Montrose man desires the legisla
ture to pass a bill prohibiting wheel
men from back pedaling while goin
up hill.
Two South Gibson business men, VIII
were born on farms, few days sine
visited the woods to secure a smal
maple tree. After several hours har
work they placed a tree in the wagol
and started for home. En- route the,
met a woodsman, who informed then
that they had an ash. They threw |
out of the wagon and rode home discon
solate.
The health OF Luke Buck, the IA
nous Great Bend auctioneer. Is preoar