The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-05
WHITNEY'S WEEKLY
BUDGET OF NEWS
ED. GARDNER AND BILL GAR
LOCK LAND A TURTLE.
Elizabeth Sands Made Hangman's
Rope-Editor More and the Angel
Of Peace-Race Course for Union
dale--aibson Will Celebrate Pole
Raising
Special tn the Scranton Tribune.

Special tn the Scranton Tribune
susquehanna, Oct. 4.
The boys are coming home-the boys are
coming home
From the bullets of the battlefield-the
wrecks that strew the foam:
From the ways where men like tigers in
the deadly jungles roam
The boys are Coming homecoming home!
The boys are coming home! . 1t
may be the stripes of red
May droop in dreary shadows where the
stars stare at the dead:
But a welcome waits the living from red
turf and stormy foam
The boys are coming homecoming home!
The boys are coming home! and
the flags are ripping bright;
But oh. for all the faces that are lost
lost-lost from sight!
Yet a welcome waits the living in the
humble cot and dome
But oh, for all the brave boys who are
never coming home!
Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
THEY LANDED A TURTLE.
Ed. Gardner and Bill Garlock were
fishing in the Susquehanna river near
Red Rock a few days ago, and at
tending to their night lines, which had
been set the night before. Their luck
was poor, line after line being pulled
up and found bare Of both bait and fish.
Approaching the last line they found
in beginning to reel up that they had
a monster. The line was out seventy
five feet, and it took some time to reel
it UP. The struggles of the eel were
unusually strong, but they saw at last
Drawing the eel nearer to the boat
they nearly fell overheard in their as.
tonishment at seeing on the end OF
the eel a turtle weighing thirty-twC
pounds. A pole with a strong iror
hook in the end, made for turtle fish.
ing, was thrust under the monster!
shell and he was landed in the boat
He had swallowed about six inches o.
the eel, and preferred to be captured
rather than give up the prey.
IN OLD SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY
The semi-annual meeting of the Sus
quehanna County Medical society wal
held today in New Milford.
Some wretches have stolen potatoes
from the cellar of Editor Taylor, o
the Montrose Republican, and Dor
rowed his scythe. Whoever stole tn,
potatoes borrowed the scythe to pee
them. They never will go where tn
good old Elijah went.
Near East New Milford a farme
thought he had discovered an oil well
the other day. A farmer boy water
ing his stock" had dropped his lanterl
into the spring. Hence-hence thes
steers.
The Forest City News reports tha
the Susquehanna board of trade ha
been dead four months. This Will b
new news to the board aforesaid.
Hilarious Uniondale will have a half
mile race course. Horse owners there
abouts will be glad to learn that tn
race is not always to the Swift.
Gibson is a little late, but she wi
have a pole raising Oct. 8.
Editor More. OF the Great Ben
ain-Dealer, alleges that the news
paper gang are jealous because he wa
in float with the angel of peace n
the recent peace day parade in Mont
rose. The newspaper chaps were nc
jealous, but they did feel sorry for tn
angel. 50 far as she was concerned
II was another case Of poor dog Tray
IN A LINE OR so.
'rhe Erie shops We're on Monda
placed Ion eight hours time. a gain G
an hour.
The funeral Of William Conway oC
Cured and was very largely attende