The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-27
"reminiscences BY
GEORGE JOHNSON
ingly of Carbondale's Days BE
fore the War"--Mentions Many
Well Known People.


lore tne Waf'-Mentions many
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| George johnson. of pittston, on. of
t; the Wcu known former residents of
| this civ. rontrihutod an iptcrestinp
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"'""s l'"rS h' was 'o''''r''eu WIN
| Wv ware an" tiu"So'' '".'P'ns
| l''' an" was ialef laiiu agent ioT 'h'
| i'hhSNiNhia coal company lie writes
| as follows:
| Your note rcou,,ti rr,ojlrcticns oi Carbon
| dale seems 10 mo 10 lie addressed to the wrcng
p,rsou. lived in that ,i,v but six wears. is56
| ,o 1852 and ii would ,rpc,r prcsumptuu,s in
one residing there for -, brief a period 10 at.
t.uui +, uiyc AN, n,rnunt ,i ,u icupor,r, A
| .oiorn What il ,Ic,,r,l IN nv mind l., the
| ul,os,u,ncss nj INV ,,,y there, thc warm ncarr,d
| Kindness which / rc,ci,,L from its rcoplc aui
| ,Lc pleasure with which | uow look back uuon
| that norton os my life
| Tho rity WAS youup in lsj6 MIR. Archibald,
| its first m,,or. sim lived upon ,hnch street
| though hr had Ict fine, s,ryi,c uf the Delaware
| and Hudson companv which he had served So
| 1ong and so Gitltul,v and was engaged with
| tho Delaware Lo,kannnra and Western ,ompany
| in Scranton
Rev r. = Ward WAS uIstpr uf the rrc>hNicIan
| ,rurrh which ,h.u and .h,riuu ,hc wears of my
! STAY vor.hirrcd in fine old wooden church, rro
| /, Init WAS in front AMI tlrdv rou,cr. walked
| ur tic si.i, facing batter, of ewes wlca
| cried aloud-.I,ow htr Won ,rc''-Dr sweet had
| ceased 10 practice AS a pl,v,i,iau, but lived as
| a rcticI ccu,Icm,n ,t ,is homo ON Main street
| | think fine property is NOW owned by the Man.
willie family.
John : Law and Howell wore merchants on
| John NJ poorr nf Ihi, last finn was for one
| or more forms moyor of tLr CITY IIc WAS A
most kind hearted man fond %, =, iokc. and
what is uurh mora rlrr roulI ,uinv one when
himself it,. subirrr rcuc,tnr il against him.
self l,uuIiu, with hc,rIic,t clc, lanes Clark.
son still Iy,d ON fila, s,uthcrlv ,ido nf tl,c , ,u
mon IJc haJ retired from business lilo cas
lnur "A mining cNpcrt whose ,uiuious wcrc sought
and mizcd
W H. Richmond Lcnt \ rcnc,,I ,,,,c ON Main
and DuudnN q, ,trccts. \ndrc,. Wa,t ono nm
uo.itc onpo.i,c Nh. WARS s,orc I ,hiuL ,bc
ground was va,sut There once had stood tho
hotel kent by tho routl,u,.n ,,h,,u Mr. p,Imcr
calls ..Hill Eropsnu',- AZ f., n, | ,,,uIJ ~, s,n,
have tlourlt of .rc,I,ir,, ,i po,. wu,I , ..ro,,
Ward'' as of mcntiorip.- = handsome MAINLY i,,t
ncnrI, dressed gentleman a, "Hill B,onson =
Dmiug my ~ov in Carboudalc thc youu- mon
organized a Lyccun where rcck,v dch,,os vorn
held and subjects of ,otionl imrcrtopro discussnd
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,l,htcr. / hr,.uc 4, r,cm,,or nf iii ,,,l, ami
hv courtesy Of tic others wa. nov, and ,Lcn
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exhaust the audience IN ic-> than the hirf time
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