The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-27

\ deputy game warden for the coun-
~ Will be appointed in the immediate
future
Rev. j. NJ Kelley, of Archibald, is to
he appointed curate of st. Lawrence
catholic church in Great Bend.
CAN "RESOLVED" ONLY.
Hallstead merchants have held al
meeting to protest against outside
dealers hawking their wares i'm the ho-
rough, to the great injury of the home
merchants. Nobody can blame them;
and yet, according to the decisions Of
the county court, and of Justice Brew
er of the United States Supreme court,
the transient dealers cannot he inter-
fered with, without infringing upon the
interstate commerce laws. Hence the
ftallsteadites can only "resoloota''-,
and grin and bear it. Josh Billings
said that he could eat crow, but he
be darned if he hankered for it,"
GANDER DANCES TO MUSIC.
lively air played on a violin will al
most inarviably set a flock of wild
geese frantic with delight. Last week
at family reunion in Lansboro there
was curious performance by a flock
of geese. After dinner the hostess en-
tertained the guests assembled on the
lawn with music from an accordion. A
tock of geese were feeding in the road
Just below the house, and, with out
stretched neCks, answered back with
loud notes of satisfaction. Soon a
white gandcr began dancing a lively
jig, keeping good time to the music.
For several minutes he kept this up, to
the great delight of the company. The
experiment was tried several times a
few days later and the tones of the ac-
Gordon never failed to set the old gan
der dancing.
Bill Tyler, of the Cascade, a few days
since went up into the mountains to
gather some sasafras, when he enCoun-
tered huge black snake. The reptile
was close to a large rock when he
found him and the rock was flanked by
a log. Tyler noticed a large hole at
the angle of the rock and log, for which
| the snake made on being surprised.
Seeing a large stone he cast it at the
snake, grazing its body. On receiving
the blow it turned like lightning and
sprang at its antagonist. Tyler stum-
hled over some bushes, and the snake
Coiled about him in an instant. A pine
| knot was close to the mans hand, and
reaching Tor 1t he struck the snake sew
eral sharp blows on the head. The
| latter turned and ran his head into the
| hole, dragging Tyler close to it. The
| man braced his feet against the rock,
| but could not eXtricate himself, as the
| snake had its body around his left leg,
| and, as he afterward said, was just
| squeezing the life out of it," Tyler
was twenty minutes in this predica-
| ment, until he finally thought of his
| knife, and, getting it out of his pocket,
! jabhed it into the snakes body After
few cuts the snake became enraged
| and began to wriggle its head out OF
| the hole. Tyler say that his time was
| short and made a lively attack on the
snakes neck, severing it. The instant
| it was severed the neck rose convul-
| sively in the air. Tyler tainted away.
and he thinks he must have remained
| in that condition for over an hour.
| When he regained consciousness the
| snake was still coiled about his leg but
| dead. He carried it home, and 1t
| measured seven feet long without the
| head.