The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-22
WHITNEY'S LATEST
BUDGET OF VERITIES
sUsoUEHANNA FARMER SAVED
BY HIS DOG.
Sombrero That Cost Six Thousand
Dollars-Knocked Down by a Wild
Cat-Personal Points and News
Whittlings Set Forth in Concise
Fashion

Whittlings Set Forth in Concise
Fashion.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Susquehanna, Sept. 20.-Sam woos-
ter. farmer living near Windsor
owes his life to his dog. on Monday
Wooster went out upon a hill to fell
trees. The dog followed him. Wooster
cut down a tall oak It fell and lodged
against another tree. Wooster struck
the butt of the fallen tree a few
sharp blows with the ak, and 1t Slip
ped off the stump and pinned him to
the ground. There was a depression
in the earth under Wooster's body,
else he would have been killed in
stantly.
He shouted. The dog appeared, and
seeing the predicament of his mas
ter, began to bark, supplementing 1t
with attempts to pull his master from
under the tree. Finding that useless,
the dog ran towards the home. Ar
riving there he sat down in the door
way and howled. The men in the
house paid no attention. The dog
dashed back TO his master. In a few
moments the bowling of the dog
was again heard at the door of the
farmhouse. When the door was OPEN
ed, the dog was seen with his mas
ter's hat in his mouth. The men at
once saw that something was wrong,
and followed the dog, which still car
ried the hat. When the tree was
reached, Wooster was nearly exhaust
cd. He was soon rescued. His dog is
not for sale.
QUEER BOUNDARY POINTS.
In an old Susquehanna county deed
certain boundary line was described
as terminating at "a stump where
Daniel Harrington licked William
Jones'" In the early days of Harmony
township, a road was laid out, which
was described as running from Com
forts meadow to the stream where old
Mr.. Doolittle's horse died"
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
The case of little visitor to this
vicinity, who rather missed the con-
veniences of the city, is cited as show
| ing that the seasons outing Is not
| always considered an unmixed bless
| ing by those enjoying the same. This
|
| country road with his mother. and
on his return to the farmhouse, on
being asked how she liked the place,
| said very decidedly: Don't like 1t,
| cause there's no street cars. l like
ridin' better'n walking"
A COSTLY SOMBRERO.
| An old resident of Susquehanna
| county has a sombrero which cost him
| $4,000. The only ornamentation about
| it is a cord of gold braid wrapped
| about the crown. Years ago the old
| gentleman bought a copper mine in
| Mexico, for which he paid $4,000 In
| cash. He left his home and went to
| the land of the Greasar5 to show them
| how to make money out of copper
| mine. He bought the sombrero and a
| big pair of boots to wear while boss
| ing the workmen digging out the ore.
| The mine had been pretty well
| "salted," or something else was the
matter with it, for it yielded no money,
and the disgusted prospector, after
some time losing money on it, was
| glad enough to return tC the hills of
old Susquehanna county. The boots
| were thrown away, and all the old
| man has to show for his $4,000 is the
| old Mexican sombrero
IN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY.
Montrose Is raising money and sup
plies for the Galveston sufferers.
The home band will furnish music
for the Hartford fair.
The Montrose papers do not love the
Susquehanna ball club since that or
| ganization laid the county seat nine
out cold.
| Harmless little filings, from time to
time, show that the steel has entered
the editorial soil.
BY a popular vote, Herrick Centre
has decided to have a graded school
building. 1.-THE world do move"
But one Susquehanna county couple
have recently applied for divorce
but some others ought to.
TREED A WILDCAT.
Tom Osgood and his two dogs treel g
wildcat near Hallstead on Monday
night. The cat hid in the branches Of
an oak tree. and while OsGood was
circling around in the brush and fall
on timber. to catch sight of the beast
it sprang with scream upon The
hunters back. The cat struck OsgooC
with such force that it knocked hin
down. Immediately the two dogs flew
at the animal to protect their mas
ter, and a lively fight followed. Tht
dogs made it so hot for the cat tina
It ran up another tree, when OsgooC
shot it dead.
JUST SAID ASIDE.
1t is not the biggest things tina
, make the most commotion. Take ;
mouse in prayer meeting, for instance
The best way to encourage a traml
is to show him a pile of cord woOC
and other little axe of kindness.
A Carbondale man has seen whit
'ainbow. He ought to drink some 9th
| { brand.
, The real "boy wonder" is the you'll
who would rather saw stick Of WOO
than ride a wheel five miles.
"Time brings change" but the cash
l Ter of a ladies fair doesn't if sh
. knows herself.
Long sermons are spoken Of as cler
ical errors.
A NEW PERIL OF THE ROAD.
A freight train on the Ontario roa
came to a standstill near Poyntell
the other night, owing TO the engin
slipping an eccentric, and the enginee
and fireman got out to repair dr.
e ages. As they were working the
+ heard a terrific veil and then a wild