The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-01
REFLECTIONS
ON NEW YEAR
WHITNEY DWELLS UPON IN
CoNsIsTENCIEs OF LIFE.
The Only Man Who Ever Loved His
Neighbors as He Did Himself-An
Effort Upon Part of Enterprising
Citizens to Keep Off the Drought.
A Woman Who Did Her Duty.
The News Record.

The News Record.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Susquehanna Dec 31.-The local
clergy often tell their congregations to
love their neighbors as themselves.
The advice is most excellent. Only
one man ever lived who loved his
neighbors as he did himself. His
neighbors put him to death as a re-
ward for his unselfish devotion to their
temporal and eternal interests.
If man goes wrong kick him.
That's the way to induce him to do
right. If a person does not like you
kick him. That's the way to win his
love. If child falls down and soils
it's clean apron kick it. That's the way
to make it solid on it's underpinning.
If horse is skittish and wild kick him.
That's the way to make him gentle. A
good, stubbed boot will conquer all the
evil in the world if properly applied
Arrangements are being perfected to
form a Pastors Association" 1t will
serve to further cement the feeling of
brotherly love and Christian fellow
ship already existing among the local
H
it is for brethren to dwell together in
unity!"
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM.
The new Methodist church at Rush,
was dedicated on Saturday and SUM-
day with appropriate services.
The Republican county committee
will meet at Montrose on Monday, Jan.
Forest City may never have a new
railroad station, but she is cheered
with the rumor that a brewery. store
house is to be located sin her midst"
George B. Horton. Of Bridgewater, is
the very latest Republican candidate
for sheriff.
F. S. Greenwood, of Lynn, is a Re-
publican representative at Harrisburg.
Things politically begin to get interest
ing.
THERE'LL BE NO DROUGHT.
Sixty-nine residents of Susquehanna
county give legal notice that they will
apply at the January session of county
court to sell liquor, in hotels and eat
ing houses, at wholesale and as bot
tiers. Only twenty-five of the applica-
tions are from Susquehanna. There
of grace, 1902.
WOMEN WITH GREAT FINANCIAL
HEADS. ,
Undoubtedly women are the greatest
financiers. in the world. When they
can adroitly and secretly abstract
from the pockets Of their husbands,
which are not likely to be any too we'll
Of hot ,eb 70 n,,xy
silverware, hats, caps, books, shoes,
cigars, pipes, candies, furniture, paint
ings, decorated china and the like for
members of the family and all the rela-
tions besides handsome piano for the
parlor, without their husbands detect
ing the leak they are certainly entitled
to be classed as Josephines of finance.
In view of Christmas purchasings and
the elasticity of currency in woman's
hand, woman ought to be made sec
retary of the treasury.
THE DEATH RECORD.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Jack
Brown, an esteemed resident of the
Oakland side, took place from the
Oakland Congregational church on
Sunday afternoon, the pastor, Rev.
c. G. Mackay, officiating. Interment
was made in McKune cemetery.
The funeral of the late Hugh p.
Doran took place from st. Johns
Catholic church on Saturday morning,
when requiem high mass was cele-
brated. The remains We're inferred in
Great Bend.
After a protracted illness of con-
sumption, Mrs. Edward Doyle died at
the home of her mother, Mrs. Connor,
on Prospect street on Monday morn
ing. She is survived by the husband
and babe. The funeral will take
place from st. Johns Catholic church
on Thursday morning.
SHE DID HER DUTY.
Amos b. Carrier, of ELAN, the father
of twenty-five children, celebrated his
eightieth birthday recently. He was
married but once, and his wife died
about two years since. Upon her
tombstone is this poetic inscription,
placed there by MrCarrier's direction:
Some have children
And some have none;
Here lies the mother
or twenty-one.
SOME NEW YEAR THOUGHTS.
'Tis sweet to stuff.
But oh. how bitter
To regret next day
The oyster fritter.
This is the day to deeply regret the
mistakes made during the year-by
your neighbors.
1t is now about time for hubby" to
get the bills for the Christmas gifts
made him by his dear wife.
An observer claims that in the
"swell" churches little attention is paid
poorly dressed people. He says there
Is no affinity between a velvet cushion
and a pair of overalls-silks and cali
Goes cannot mix.
Warm over the resolutions of 1901 for
1909,
About the best way to keep a new
year resolution is not to make one.
The old year is dying in the night.
Therefore, Resolved
THE NEWS RECORD.
1t is expected that there win soon
be an increase I'm the coal business on
the jefferson branch OF the Erie. It is
now very duh.
Many out-of-town people will see
Daniel Sullv as "The Parish Priest" in