The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-24
NEVER MENTIONED HIS NAME

A Susquehanna mother, who had for
hidden her children to mention the
name of the "evil one" was not able
to attend church last Sunday, and
when her little boy, years old, came
home after service. she asked him the
subject of the sermon. He answered
promptly: at was about Jesus being
taken up into the mountains by the
by the-by the gentleman who keeps
hell!'
HEARD IN PASSING.
There are nineteen prisoners in the
county Jail.
The twenty-seventh annual encamp-
ment of the Susquehanna Veteran or
ganization will be held Aug. 30-31 and
Sept. l, in Montrose, Aug. 81 there will
be a peace celebration and parade.
The annual parade of the Montrose
fire department will form one of the
divisions. Hon. Galusha A. Grow and
others will deliver addresses.
Fassell and White. the young men
who swindled Landlord Donahue, of
this place out of $124, and who were
captured in Scranton, were on Thurs
day taken to Montrose Jail in default
grand jury. They returned about 500
to Mr.. Donahoe. White is said to hail
from Norwich, n. Y. Both men are
cool propositions. They may do the
state some service.
WHOLLY UNPREMEDITATED
These are torrid days, yet, ere we
realize 1t, we can feed the old straw hat
to the COW
When a girl screams and throws her
arms around you it is said to be diff
ticult to tell whether she loves you or
is merely scared
Without big words some people could
never say small things
Early indications point to a "beaut-
ful snow" crop next winter. 1t showed
in Alaska last week. Stick to your
flannels.
The negligent habit fallen into by
some opulent people. some years ago,
of putting a cent into the church con-
tribution box is still kept up with
painful regularity.
The rooster would be a much more
popular bird if he could only be in
duced to feel that there is no real, vital
necessity for his reporting his where
abouts between midnight and a. m
The community knows that he is at
home. So are few married men, but
they don't get up in the night to brag
| about it.
| PARAGRAPHIC PICKUPS.
The Norman elders distributed their
tracts and made tracks westward The
| world is getting better, wiser-and
| fresher!
A strong effort will be made to save
| the necks of alleged Murderers Eagan
| and Shaw. Its an unucky man who
| feels the halter draw in Susuuehanna
county. Some murderers repent. Few
hang. There's a yellow streak in hu-
| manity that makes it wait to blame all
| its troubles on others.
| The snake crop this year has been
immense. Some of the reptiles have
| had a rattling good time
1t bothers the editor of a paper in a
| country town to go to the undertaken
| for an advertisement and be asked
| whether he lis willing to take 1t out in
| trade"
There was a rumor yesterday that a
| tramp had been drowned in the river
| The good news lacked confirmation.
| A tramp yesterday asked a Grand
| street lady for Something to bite on
| She handed him a file For the time
| being he was not in knawty mood
| A man is known by the letters he
| keeps.
What shall it profit a county to cooI
| tramps and feed them on plum pud.
ding, while the Taxpayers work like
blazes to support them? Better give
the tramps pick and the taxpayers
the plum pudding.
| ONE MORE USEFUL CAT.
| Farmer John Terwilliger, of Han.
cock, is the possessor of a cat. which
during the past month, has developed
a penchant for harvest apples, ant
now keeps the family supplied with
fruit of that variety. 1t makes daily
trips to the neighbors' trees, return.
Ing with an apple in it's mouth, which
1t carefully deposits on the sorch
During the past week it has brought
home, by actual count, just forty ap.
Piles. Mr.. Terwilliger is thinking
strongly of placing several barrel.
near the porch and teaching the ca
to drop the apples into them, so thai
when the time comes to gather winter
fruit, all he will have to do is tC
place the barrels in position, and tn,
cat will do the rest at the expense
of the neighbors. Whitney.