The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-28
SMOKE HOLLOW
SNAKE CHARMER
HANK SAUNDERS is FOLLOWED
BY 20 ADDERS.
A Snake Yarn from Cascade-Items
of Interest in Railroad Circles.
General News from Susquehanna
County-Snap Shots at Side Issues.
Hits and Misses.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

special 10 tllc scranton lfDuFic.
Susquehanna. April 27.--In Smoke
Hollow, Hank Saunders. Il young snake
charmer, has twenty-nine adders that
think SO much of him that they follow
him around like dogs. On wash day
each one takes the tip of a companions
tail in his mouth, and thus allow them
selves to be hung up on poles for
clothes-lines. In the summer time they
braid themselves into most ingenious
hammock, in which the snake charmer
rests or read novels on the front porch.
Last September Farmer Comstock, of
the Cascade section, discovered that
one of his Jersey COWS yielded but very
little milk. He suspected some neigh
bors, but could prove nothing. Each
night and morning the COW was Il GER
tain place near a marsh one night
Farmer Comstock decided TO settle the
York hospital for several weeks, will
revolver, he went to the pasture and
hid behind Il big hemlock stump.
The Jersey COW was in her acccus-
toned place, evidently expecting some
thing. In IL few moments he saw a
great black snake crawl noiselessly up
from the swamp and begin milking the
COW. Then Comstock seized stone,
killed the snake and solved the nys-
terry. After the COW had lnOurned sew
eral days she resumed her business of
giving milk
IN RAILROAD CIRCLES.
John w. Bond, recently foreman of
the Erie boiler shops in Susquehanna,
has been appointed general foreman of
boiler shops ut Decatur. Ala.
There is report that the Erie will
run it's freight trains from Jersey City
to Susquehanna, cutting out Port JerVis
as terminal station.
Erie Engineer John King, of the JEFF
fersun division, who has been in IL New
York hospital for several weeks, will
resume duty about May l.
Two Jefferson division train crews,
about fourteen men, will in {; few days
remove from Susquehanna to Carbon
dale.
The offices of the Erie storage depart
ment will remove from Susquehanna to
Meadeville during the first week in
May.
IN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY.
The Hallstead Herald doesn't take
kindly to the proposition of the Bing-
1lamton Electric Railroad company to
extend its lines to Hallstead. 1t claims
that the Lacka wanna railroad is good
enough.
The Susquehanna medical examining
board met at Montrose Oh Wednesday,
The old Kistler tanning building at
Great Bend, now used as II chamois
factory, has been sold at sheriff's sale
TO the First National bank of Susque-
hanna, which had a mortgage of $lO,-
900 against it. The chamois factory
will continue business.
1t Is reported that the Susquehanna
county prohibitionists, to meet mt
Montrose on Tuesday next, will nomi-
nate field ticket.
SIDE ISSUES.
Long sermons are spoken of as "cler-
ical errors"
The whale and the school girls are
the greatest sources of blubber in this
country.
The crow very seldom leaves place
without caws.
An Office that seeks the man is the
police Office.
II is said that the hair crop will be
shot next summer,
A sewing bee can't sting, but it does
lots of buzzzing.
What duh stupid world this would
be without any sea serpents in the sum