The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-14
ROUND ABOUT THE TOWN.

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| policeman Jack" the dog with the
funny tail and interesting ways, like
William Tell and his native crags and
| peaks. is with us once more.
Jack" has changed his ways and is
showing those who took an interest III
him that like the leading lady in the
| show who also sings and dances be-
tween the acts, he is quite versatile.
Jack earned the soubruuet of police
man Jack" by following the policemen
of the town, night after night, last
summer, not only refusing TO go With
his owner, or even be coaXed away, but
not deigning Il recognition of any one
save his favoritc policemen. which was
oftenest Patrolman James Bell. In the
fall, Jack showed the first streak of
versatility by running off to Mayiield
yard, where he lived among the rail-
road men there. Sharing their fun but
oftener their suppers and dinners.
Jack" tired of the noise of escaping
steam, changing bells and footing
whistles and last Sunday he came back
to town as quietly as he left three or
four months ago. He has shaken the
police, however and has given further
evidences Of his second love, the rail-
road men, by making his night quar-
tcrs at the city station of the Della
ware and Hudson. Every night this
week Jack" could be seen in either
the baggage room or the waiting room.
His life, however, is not Il pleasant one,
as he is buifeted about by speeding
passengers and as he is suffering from
rheumatic gout caused by the pie crust
and such like that the newspaper men
and others used to feed him nights in
the restaurants last summer when he
was Policeman Jack" he is in sore
distress. He still has his funny abre
Waited tail and he still does u sort of
cake walk with it when you tell him
what u good dog he really is.
A commendable effort is being made
to have a late mail out of Carbondale
to New York city. Landlord Williams,
of the American house, has laid the
matter before the postoffice people who
have promised to present the request
and the necessity for the same to the
proper officials and to press the matter
with as much Vigor as will be tolerated |
There are numerous good reasons
why there should he facilities for send |
ing mail to New York city by way of
the train leaving here ut 1901 each |
night Under the present arrangement, |
mail for eastern points must be in the |
postofiice before $3.50 the latest, if it |
would go out the same night. Any mail |
dropped after that hour lays i'll the |
postotIlce until the next morning. Here |
is II delay of about T. hours, an item |
of some consequence TO the business |
men and travelling man in these days |
of competition and despatch in the |
business life. Drummers who mail |
their orders to their firms in the big |
cities, suffer most from the absence of |
u late mail. After their days canvas,
it is usually impossible to have their
mail in the postotice by $50 or there
abouts. Then when they discover there
is no late mail, there is usually Il sui
phurous time. The drummer is not
the only one who suffers; the hotel
keeper keeps him company. When the
travelling man learns that his mail
cannot leave for New York city or
Philadelphia he picks up his grip and
goes to Scranton for the sole purpose of
mailing his letter. Beside being Il loss
to the hotels of the town, it also gives
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what slow, and for this reason, alone,
there should be an arrangement where
by mail could be cared for on the
1901 train.
The freezing weather caused faithful
Park Keeper Richard Udy to feel like
making some explosive remarks yester-
day. The reason was that he was un-
able to hoist the flag on the pole in the
park yesterday, in observance of Lin
coins birthday. Faithful Richard as
IS characteristic of him, was on hand
early in the morning with the big
American flag that swings in the
breeze on every occasion that calls for
ts presence; but when he tried to
raise it he found that the rope was
,ro2en and would not go through the
pulley at the top of the staff. Mr.. Udy
tanked and pulled and jerked, but with
10 success; he could raise the flag no
higher than Il few feet. Then when he
red 10 lower the flag he discovered
hat the rope stuck like the men who
IRE often n candidate just before cleo
ion. 1t was just high enough. too, to
'equire Il ladder TO reach it. This was
inally done, but not until there was II
ieal of energy wasted in fretting and
ussng and in expressions of disap-
,oint, for Mr., Udy takes the highest
bride in seeing to it that Memorial
lark contributes everything in the life
# the city that is looked for from it.