The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-15

smouldering for years and has just
made itself manifest. They point to
the fact that the fire has burned for
so great a length in one direction,
and had it been of recent origin and
burning so rapidly it would have
spread in all directions, extending
north under the tracks. Their theory
is that the section is composed of
cinders that were dumped from en-
gines, some of it being red hot when
it was dumped This hot mass was
covered over with other cinders and
the hot ones lay there smothered, the
same as charcoal is made by fires
that have been smothered by being
covered over with earth. These
subterranean fires finally burned
through to the surface, when the air
made the combustion more rapid.
Mrs. M. ]. McAndrew took some of
the unburned material home and tried
to burn it. She tried every trick she
could think of, but could not coax
the stuff to burn. If the mass had
been lighted by little bonfire, what
is the secret back of the combustion?
1t is claimed that among the cinders
in the pile was much coal that had
been but partially burned, and that
it is now on fire. This is undoubted-
ly true. That gas has been gen
Grated which is now on fire is a
certainty. The secret of how the
trick is done has not yet manifested
itself so that common folks may un-
derstand it. This may be the shoe
makers secret who two or three
years ago claimed he could burn Gin
ders.
In order to confne the fire to the
burning section oil from the more
district in which it is now burning,
a deep ditch has been dug cutting the
extensive portion of cinders on
which are located many Erie tracks.
Into this ditch a stream of water is
poured through a fire hose that has
been connected with the Company's
water tank.
In case of sudden flood much dam
age might result from the flowing
of the waters of Middle Creek
through this ditch. The food would
put out the fire by washing away the
cinders, and it might undermine
many of the railroad tracks, also.
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Farmer Reineke's Cows
Take Turn in the Buckwheat.
There was trouble over in Pau
pack township on August 1st, and it
had it's ending in the office of w. B.
zimmerman, Justice of the Peace
in this borough, on Monday morning,
August 18th.
Peter Daniels lives over near one
of the fish-filled lakes of that town
II, h. Ia1,
at other times he catches fish, and on
the morning in question he caught
some cattle in his buckwheat field.
He identified the cattle as belong
ing to his neighbor, Mr.. Reineke, and
the latter admitted before Mr.. Am
norman that the cattle were his.
Mr.. Daniels went to his neighbor
and asked him what he was going to
do about it, and the reply received
was Sue mel" So Mr.. Daniels
brought suit. Damage was proved in
the Justices court, which together
with the costs amounted to $14.
Inasmuch as Mr.. Daniels offered
to settle the damage for less than IS
out of court, the suit was certainly
a costly one for Mr.. Reineke, who
doubtless regrets that his cream
yielders have become so fond of the
grain that tastes so delicious when
served up in the form of smoking
hot pancakes, along with new sau-
sage and honey, on a frosty morning
in late autumn.
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Last Monday Was Squire
Ammerman's Busy Day.
On Monday morning Judson Gill
lett was arraigned before Squire
zimmerman charged with disorderly
conduct on the previous Saturday. 1t
was very hot day, you will prob
ably recollect, and there was some
sort of "doings" in the vicinity of
Wangum avenue, (away up town. 4,
the "doings" being not exactly of a
public nature. Finally police officer
Richardson was sent for to decide
some question as to whether every
thing should be peaceful and quiet
along the Middle Greek, or other
| wise, and Ed. went up to pull off the
little stunt. When he got there Gill
lett was anxious to bet that Ed.
! couldn't do certain parts of the
stunt. Nobody was anxious to hold
the stakes; but Richardson went
| rlgnt through with the program. In
some way Gillett must have slipped,
or something, and got hurt. When
he went down town with Ed. he was
bleeding. There was plenty of ex-
element in that part of town. 1t
was livelier than three games of
base ball with the Honesdale team all
rolled into one. There was an inter-
lude from Saturday until Monday,
and Squire zimmerman, after hear
ing all about it, decided that a SO
fine and 50 costs was about what the
racket amounted to. The So was
forthcoming, and everybody went
home happy and satisfied. All is now
quiet along the gurgling waters OF
the Middle Greek.
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