Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-28
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One of the incidents of the Gettys-
burg reunion last summer was the call
paid at the home of George d. Thorn,
chief clerk of the State Department,
who is native of Gettysburg. by Con-
federate soldiers who confessed to
having robbed the Thorn yard of bee
hives and honey and the garden of
onions during the battle Mr. Thorn
spent some of the time close under
the maternal wing during that engage
ment and is not qualified to give ex-
pert testimony as to what really was
taken. Anyway, the story got abroad
last July and was printed in due form
IN the Telegraph and also in paper
IN Fairfax county. Virginia. Yester-
oay Mr.. Thorn got a letter from l.. r.
Houchens, a member of Company H,
Firth Virginia Cavalry, who was men,
toned as one of the men who annexed
something like five hives and the
honey therein. Mr.. Houchens wrote
that he was not prepared to stand for
the larceny of five hives. but that he
could plead guilty to being one of five
men who took one of the aforesaid
fiVe hives. He also gave the infor-
nation that his squad studied some
time between taking the hive or some
guineas which were roosting on tree
in the Thorn yard and that the hive
won. Victory, however. was dearly
bought. The hive. bees and ALL was
thrust into sack. but the man in
charge let some bees get out and the
whole squad was stung. The only way
they got the honey was to stupefy the
bees with tobacco smoke. Incidentally
the veteran says that the Beau Brum-
mel of the party In attempting to eat
a piece Of the comb failed to notice
bee and that the bee stung him on
the tongue so that he could not talk
This was all the more painful as soon
after the party met a number of
pretty girls, some of whom proffered
milk and pie, which the lady killer
was unable to eat or to express appre.
citation over. The Virginia gentleman
informed Mr.. Thorn further that he
thought the statute of limitation had
expired on the honey theft and that
he wished to state that as compen-
sation he desired to offer the following
thefts from his place by bluecoats
during the war:
One old SOW and nine shoats, six
female and three male.
A sack of potatoes.
Ninety chickens, more or less
One setting hen with full quota of
eggs.
James G. Deininger. Governor Tener's
executive clerk, was the recipient of
an original opinion of the State gov
ernment of Pennsylvania yesterday
afternoon from a young woman whose
garb looked like the Spanish flag and
whose command of language was
notable. During the afternoon young
woman, attired mostly in orange with
red and yellow head scarf, appeared
In the Governors suite and presented
a petition. The petition started in
chester county and wound up with a
prayer to be allowed to tell fortunes
In Harrisburg. 1t likewise set forth
that the presenter was a Cherokee
although as matter of fact she did
not look the part, but more like a
gypsy. When she was told that she
could not tell fortunes around here
she glared at the executive clerk and
informed him that this is low down
government"
The Public Service Commission gets
some odd complaints, or rather some
inquiries which have complaints at
the other end of them. The other
day a man called up and said that he
wanted to enter a complaint against
the Pennsylvania. He asked the clerk
to kindly take it down from tele-
phone message. When he was in
formed that the commission did not
do business that way. but required all
complaints to be sworn and signed
and witnesses given he snorted. "The
peoples don't get any rights" was his
opinion.
The fact that the last Legislature
did not provide very well for the repay
ment of counties which pay bounties
on the scalps of foxes, minks, sharp
Skinned hawks and a couple of other
varieties of birds and beasts that are a
nuisance to the farmer has caused ces-
sation of demands for payment at the
office of the county commissioners.
When the last Legislature enacted the
bounty act some people got the i'm
preston that all they had to do was
to hunt and scalp the vermin. The
county commissioners had their hands
full to look after some of the more
importunate ones. Finally they be-
came convinced and dropped off. The
other day one of the hunters hap
pened to be here for court or some
thing and poked his head in at the
door. They knew what he wanted and
he knew that they knew. This was
his query: "Loosened up yet?" He
took headshakes for an answer and
left.
Everett e. Marshall, manager of
the Newport furnace and who some
Tune ago incorporated a company for
the manufacture of manganese iron,
is at the head of the new corporation
of r.. f.. Marshall e. Co, which will
handle various products. The new
phia.