The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-21
Bile CRANDALL
OF RED ROCK
HIS SCHEME FOR RECOVERING
BODIES OF THE DROWNED.
"a Loaf Of Bread Flung Upon the
Waters" Said He, "Will Float to
Where Body Is Lying"-Big
Footed Reptiles-The Man Who
Wanted Pleasant Reading Matter.
His Base Voice Returned.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

SusGuehanna, April 20.-"Heard Of
the Susquehanna river, I reckon?' he
.queried, as he combed his long yellow
whiskers with his fingers and pulled
down his vest.
Yes"
Probably never heard Of Bile Gram
dali? Bile lives near Red Rock. and
he's pizen boiled down. When the last
flood come he come to Great Bend and
said Il boat had upset above his house
and drowned two men. He wanted us
to go up and help drag fur the bodies.
We was willin. of course, and Bile pro-
posed we try Il plan lie said worked in
dozen of cases. It's an ole belief with
some folks. you know. that If Il loaf OF
bread is flung on the water tn float
to whar a dead body is lying and then
stop. We reckoned to try 1T, and every
man chpped in and we took up twenty
loaves.
"Bije bossed the job" continued the
man with the yellow whiskers. "and we
got out two boats. put bread in 'em and
in little while keerfully dropped the
loayes overheard. Some of 'cin went
humping along ut the rate of six miles
an hour. while others sort o circled
around and went off slowly. We used
up all the bread. and Bile was takin'
up a collection to go to Susquehanna
to buy more, when IL feler come up in
Il canoe and called out:
"'What ar you lunatics doing over
thar?'
"a risin' the dead I answered.
"'Oh, We are!' he continued. Well.
when come around the bend old Bije's
wife was out in IL boat a-pickin' UP the
loaves, and I reckon she's got twenty
five. You fellers had better send down
some pork and taters to keep company
"Well. sir, that ar was a put up job
on us by the galoot of a Bile to git Il
heap o. bread without working fur it.
and when we took him ashore to adj
minister Il great moral lesson, what did
he do but turn to and outrun the best
OF us and got clear off,
IN sUsQUEHANNA COUNTY.
The work of locating a chamois skin
manufactory at Brandt has commenced.
The seventeenth annual convention of
the Susquehanna County Sunday School
association will be held at Uniondale,
May 81.
Prospecting for natural gas will soon
begin at Salt Springs, near Franklin
Forks"
The second annual summer normal OF
the Susquehanna County Sunday School
association will be held at Heart lake,
June 23-2S. Able instructors will be
furnished by the state association.
The members of the Great Bend
Methodist Episcopal church have been
hustling to secure pledges for the ad-
ditional $50 to the pastors salary, In
den returned to the church the coming
year. 1.
WHAT HE FEARED.
You are charged with bigamy," re-
marked the Susquehanna county judge
impressively, while the prisoner glanced
over his shoulder at three stern-visaged
women. Now" continued the court,
II intend to give you the severest pen
atty the law allows" Here the pris-
oner covered his face with his hands
and wept. II shall sentence you to I'M
prisonment for twenty years. What are
you grinning ate" II thought" smiled
the prisoner, through his tears. that
you>were going to turn me loose!"
FOOTED REPTILES.
A big discovery of fossil footprints
in a bluestone quarry. In clear sur
face of shale are seen about forty
tracks. Nearly all of them are in rows
the largest one containing sixteen
tracks, The tracks are from six to eight
inches in length, and We're probably
made by reptile that, if it had front
feet, seldom used them. This is, with
out doubt. the largest uncovering of
W
HE WANTED PLEASANT READING
MATTER.
"A Susquehanna county representative
at Harrisburg last spring received Il
letter from Il constituent as follows:
"PlenSe send me some of the volumes
containing memorial addresses for dead
members of the legislature. There Is
nothing | read with so much pleasure
as obituaries of members of the legls-
lature."
NEWS MATTERS
About LOO men are now employed in
and about the Erie shops.
AT county court, on Friday, James
Sheridan, of Susquehanna, charged with
serious crime, was acquitted.
The Uniondale Trotting association
is preparing to build track.
At county court. on Wednesday.
Frank and Tony Dunn, father and son,
charged with stabbing and shooting
James Laughlin in Susquehanna, were
convicted They will be sentenced later
on.
The late Erie engineer, Michael King,
carried life insurance to the amount of
$4,000.
In the matter of the governorship,
leading Susquehanna county Republic
cans, like Brer Fox, "he lay low"
The Erie is carrying 4 great number
of Immigrants westward.
Rev. ii. B. Benedict, pastor of the
Montrose church, is likely to be presid-
ing elder Of the Binghamton district of
the Wyoming conference.
LESS RICE THROWING.
1t is reported that the Erie will soon
declare war on the festive young people
who persist in throwing rice on the
departing bride and bridegroom. At
Hancock travelling man slipped on the
rice thrown on the platform. fell and
broke leg, and the company may be
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