The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-30
STORY OF THE
MAN And BABY
THE REASON THE VICTIM OF A
JOKE HAD FAITH.
Wages of the Erie Employees Will Be
Increased-What Farmer Rimron
Struck-Ararat Mans Grounds for
Divorce-Reopening Services of the
Methodist Church-Paragr graphettes.

special to the Scranton Tribune.
Susouehanna Jan. 2S.-A young man
about twenty-five years old was sitting
in the waiting room of the Erie depot
the other day with a year old baby on
his knee and his alarm and helpless
ness when the young un'' suddenly
began to howl was SO marked as to
attarct attention. BY and by Il watt
ing passenger walked over to him with
Il smile of pity on his face and in
CURED:
"A woman gave you that baby to
hold while she went to see about her
baggage, didn't she?"
Yes"
"Ha! ha! ha! I tumbled to the fact
as soon as I saw you, You expect her
back. SUPPOSE"
"Of course"
'Ha! ha! ha! This is rich! Look
ing for her every blessed minute amt
you?
Il think she'll come back
well, this makes me laugh-ha!
ha. ha. l had Il woman play that
same trick on me in a Chicago depot
once, but no one ever Will again.
Young man you're stuck. You've
been played on for Il hayseed. Better
turn that thing over to Il policeman
and make q skip before some reporter
gets onto you"
"Oh, she'll come back" replied the
young man, as he looked anNiously
around.
She WILL eh? Ha ha. ha, Joke
grows richer and richer. What makes
you think she'll come bacli?'
Because she's my wife and this is
our first baby"
"Oh--um-I see," uttered the fat
man, who got over feeling tickled all
ut once, and in his veXation he crossed
the room and kicked Il dog which Il
farmer had tied to one of the seats with
Il piece of clothes line.
THE NEWS RECORD.
A large number of our townspeope
are at Montrose, doing penance ut the
county court. Among the Susquehanna
cases to be tried is that Of the common
wealth VS.. Frank and Tony Dunn,
father and son, who are charged with
stabbing and shooting James Laughlin
in this borough, last summer.
In st. Johns Catholic church on
Monday morning, anniversary mass
was celebrated for the repose of the
souls of John Canavan and Keran
Moran.
In st. Johns Catholic church this
morning, John j. Smith and Miss Mar
garet Barr We're united in marriage,
nuptial mass was celebrated. Frank
Irving was groomsman and Miss
Margaret Smith was bridesmaid.
Rev. Joshua, Brandle, of Davenport,
New York, will assist Pastor Bouton in
the revival meetings in the Oakland
Methodist church this week.
Agreeable to Governor Stones procla-
nation there will be Mckinley memo
rial eXercices in the Susquehanna High
school on Wednesday morning next. An
excellent and appropriate programme
has been arranged,
THE ARGUED.
A Susquehanna young man who be-
lieyes in elf-improvement, having re-
Gently married, suggested to his
wife that they should argue some
questions frankly and fully every
morning, in order to learn more of each
other.
The first qudestion happened to be
"Whether a woman could be expected
to get along with one hat year." and
he took the affirmative, and when he
was last seen he had climbed up into
the hayloft and was pulling the ladder
after him.
WAGES INCREASED.
The Erie employees grievance COM
mittee, which has been in conference
with the chief officials of the road, in
New York city for several weeks, have
secured an advance in pay for en-
gineers, conductors and trainmen. The
conductors asked an advance from
f2.70 to SO per day The firemen asked
!or an advance several months since.
This viii affect all of the engineers,
conductors and trainmen between New
York and Chicago. The advance will
probably take effect February /.
SIDE ISSOES.
vicinity man, in a newspaper
lard says that as many citizens have