The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-24
WHITNEY'S WEEKLY
BUDGET OF NEWS
Strange Effect OF a Sermon in Susque.
hanna.
sTARRuccA MAN SEES QUEER SNAKES
Notes of Interest to the Railroad
Bovs-.A Peculiar Case That Was
Appeudicitis-.T The Assessor scoops
One MOrn-- Actors Return From
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Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Suspuehanna, Nov ga well-to-do
resident OF Susquehanna who is chief
ly noted for his penuriousnces, ran
short of reading matter on Sunday eve
ming and wand red into a church. The
congregation was surprise d. Even the
collection bag was so astOunded that
1t flew off the handle. The preacher
had for his theme the blessedness Of
cheerful giving to the poor He told
how the grim, gaunt wolf was gnaw-
ing at some doors in Susquehanna,
and what a work there would be be-
fore spring for the well-to-du. The
preachers words made a profound i'm
preston upon the stronger within the
gate. and he resolved then and there
to begin on the morrow to be a philan-
thropist. As he went out into the
night air he felt like a new man, and
his heart seemed to enlarge. Bright
and early the next morning the pc
nurious man knocked at the door of
a poor widows cabin. When she APP
peared he greeted her cordially and
told her that he had noticed her brave
struggles to earn a livelihood, and de-
sired to have her accept something
from him. not so much on account of
it's intrinsic value. but to show his
sympathy. Then he handed her an en-
velOpe and a package, bade her a very
good morning and withdrew, not wait
ing to receive the fearful thanks of the
grateful recipient With fast-beating
heart the widow tore open the envelope,
and found that it contained printed
from a famous New York
cook. How to feed a family of ten
on a dollar a day" The package con-
tained over two pounds of liver. An
account of what the widow said, and
did, will appear in future chapter.
IN SUSQCEHANNA COUNTY.
The New Milford Dramatic society
appeared on Thursday and Friday eve
nings in the drama The Deacon"
An Ararat correspondent writes to a
Susquehanna paper that "weasles ana
chicken poX are the prevailing epi-
d mic among the small children around
here, while devilishness seems to pre-
vail among the larger ones, especially
when they go to church"
The newspaper was down in Hall
stead and Great Bend now looks as
large as a mans hand.
Montrose will soon vote upon the
proposition to purchase a poor farm"
Measles are numerous in several
townships in the county.
Farms report a large crop of turkeys.
Now is the accepted time to secure
ladder.
There promises to be a pumpkin pie
famine throughout the county this win
ter The pumpkin crop was a failure.
Better late than never! The county
commissioners have offered a reward
Of $1,000 for the arrest and conviction
Of the murderer or murderers Of A.
j. Pepper of Rush township.
HE SAW STRANGE SNAKES.
a well-known resident Of Starrucca
claims to have recently seen and
fought on the Starrucca Creek, new
stevens Point, a hitherto unknown
species of snake. He says the snakes
were black and i'm shape nearly like a
buggy whip. They had no heads, so
far as he was able to see. When they
came in contact with a stick or weed
they simple parted in the middle,
went together and assumed their nat
ural shape. The Starruccan tried to
Kill some of the reptiles and beat them
into thr ground, but in a very short
time they would rise out and be as
sound as ever He tried to kill them
repeatedly, but always met with the
same poor success. He finally gave
II . ha i,I, ia, a
The StaTuccan undoubtedly encount-
cred a nest Of hard cider moccasins.
They are peculiar to some parts of
Pennsylvania and very hard to subdue
RAILROAD MELANGE.
Work is rushing in the Erie shop, and
considerable night work is being done.
General Iardmaster NJ. s. Jordan has
returned from Wurtshoro, y. Y, where
he attended the funeral of a sister. 1t
is now said that the new Erie time
table will take effect on Sunday next.
Hub Wood, of the jefferson
branch flyer, is an excellent engineer.
and a good Judge Of horses. In his
younger days he drove stage over the
nils of all Delaware county. He also
knows something about oxmanship.
Charles ID. Hammond, who has taxi
on the superintendenCy of the Fitch
burg road, was years ago, manager of
the telegraph office in Susquehanna.
He was success as superintendent of
the Albany and Susquehanna road. He
Is one of the most genial railroad Of
ucials i'm the country.
During the past few days the freight
traffic on the Erie has increased very
perccptibly.
IT WASN'T APPENDICITIS.
1t is reported that while seriously III
last week Jackson young man named
Brown, astOunded the physicians of
the Vicinage. The young man lad
been i'll for some weeks, and the Cis-
ease was supposed to be appendicitis.
While a Scranton specialist was pre-
pairing To perform an operation, the
patient paralyzed the noighborhuod by
ejeCting the remains and remnants Of
a sure-enough frog. First reports gave
the weight OF the frog rs seventeen
ounces, but authenticated reports lat
er, reduced it to two ounces. There
was some doubt among the physicians
and laYmen-and some who were not
laYmen-as to the elected matter
being the remains Of a frog, hut the
concensus Of the opinion Of experts Is
that it was an undoubted case of frog
appendislScus The young man will
recover. He may cast out other am
phibiOus creatures and prove himself
to be a human aquarium.
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