The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-25

and sitting there until she was driven
out or until the newly-lighted fire made
the place too warm for comfort. Then,
as the catch of the door was worn and
the door was not often shut, she would
step out, quite frequently leaving an
egg behind her. The other day Mrs.
O'Brien placed a griddle in the oven
to bake some biscuits on. She went
into the cellar to get wood to kindle the
fire, and in her absence the hen entered
the oven and sat down on the griddle.
When Mrs. O'Brien returned she did
not notice the bird, and, having fas-
tened the door with wire, she soon
had the fire glowing. A quarter of an
hour later, when she opened the door
to put in her buscuits, the hen jumped
out out and a blast of heat followed
her. Her eyes were bulging, and her
feathers were badly singed, but she
did not seem to have sustained any SER
ious injury. But the egg she had laid
on the griddle was cooked.
MATTERS AND THINGS.
In Great Bend, on Saturday after
noon, the Susnuehannas defeated the
Great Bend nine, Z to 6, in ten innings.
The Susquehannas have defeated the
Great Bend team three straight games.
At the Presbyterian parsonage, in
Bath, n. Y, on Wednesday, August IL,
by Rev. Charles NJ. Fisch, George Kirk
and Mrs. Mary Dewitt, both of Sus-
quehanna, were united in marriage.
Susquehanna is we'll represented at
the National G. A. r. encampment.
The "Susquehanna Depot Mercantile
Cooperative company" has given legal
notice of it's intention to apply to the
governor of the state for a charter OF
incorporation.
Rattlesnakes five and six feet long
are almost daily killed in this vicinity.
WHY NOT REFORM?
In his last issue, Bre'r Sam More, the
wicked editor of the Great Bend Plain
dealer, makes this public confession:
1--WE let our timber rot and buy fenc-
ing. We throw away our ashes and
| buy soap. We raise dogs and buy hogs.
| We grow weeds and buy vegetables
and brooms. We catch fish with 81
! rod. We dispense vita the old fashion,
| ed 50 hand sled and buy our boys 500
| bicycles. We build school houses and
| send our children away to be educated
away from home. And lastly we send
our boys out with a $40 gun and $40
dogs to hunt 10 cent game. And then
we complain of hard times"
IN sUSQUEHANNA COUNTY.
Several cattle have recently died in
North Jackson, from some peculiar dis
ease, thought to be anthrax.
The descendants of Ansel G. Hill, sr.,
will hold their annual reunion at the
home of Henry w. Hill, in Silver Lake,
| September s.
The Clappon family reunion was we'll
attended in Thomson on Saturday.
On Saturday b. f. Leonard was ap-
pointed postmaster in Jackson, vice
! c. A. De Lancey, removed.
The annual camp meeting at Dimock
will commence on Wednesday.
The Free Methodist camp meeting at
Ararat is being largely attended.
Editor Morse, of Great Bend counted
forty tramps upon one freight train
That's about the only excitement the
Great Bend editor has.
The Greene family reunion will be
held in Finn's hall, in Clifford, August
26 The Greene family is Greene in
name only.
A county shoot and clam bake was
held in Hallstead on Saturday and
largely attended.
CASUALLY OBSERVED.
That when a fellow misses trair
he is very anxious to catch, he likes tC
hear people shout THAT is a good joke
on you!"
That after you are good yourself i
is time to complain OF the wickednes!
|, of others.
That the poison of the rattlesnake i!
a valuable medicine. The venom of tn,
neighborhood slanderer does not cure
But it often kills. Perhaps ther isn't {
hell, but there ought to be an extra no
one for slanderers.
That at an Anarchists picnic nea
, Philadelphia three Anarchists wer
fatally bitten by snakes. Let's rails
more snakes.
! That every time people talk love the,
try to pass their brass money as gold.
And people who have the easiest tim
are generally the first to suggest tha
somebody else go to work
And imam wants but little here be
Z low" He can count himself might
S lucky if he gets 1t.
And did you ever notice how quickl
= the world gets out of joint when
ceases to come your way?
: ALONG THE RAILROAD.
,. The Montrose railroad reports a yea
: of prosperity.
Near Stevens Point on Thursda
s night, Contractor Kearins' Erie coz
train broke in two and ran together
: Ten cars were piled up and two wer
e burned. Tracks We're blocked for eigh
hours.
a jefferson Branch Dispatcher John I
Purtell, of Carbondale, called upon
:, few of his Susquehanna friends on Mon
k day. He was returning home from HI
annual vacation, spent In Michigan.
n Jefferson Branch Engineer Micha,
: Kane is recovering from a week
severe illness.
! The Erie is having a large numbt
# of freight cars built, to handle tn
enormous grain traffic, soon to some.