Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-14
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1t Is rather astonishing the wa,
people flock to see an unidentified
corpse said an undertaken last even
ing In talking about accidents an6
their attendant features. II have had
ana know or some odd experiences in
that nne and 1t illustrates human ma.
tuIe' guess l have known of a dozen
unknown persons placed in my care
OF tne care of other undertakers and
PROBABLY 100 people came to see the
Dooies for purpose of Identification
some or the callers came out of curios-
ity and some came to see lost children
prothers or sisters. One woman came
IN tears and l found out she just
wanted to see the body. Never had
any idea of identifying. 1 know OF
one case In which fourteen persons
cailed to see the body of girl. Some
OF them were women seeking daugh-
ters' some of the tales l have heard
nave been pitiful and In this case !
speak or six women who were hunt
ing daughters who had left home. OF
course we can never tell whether a
person coming around to identify
means business or comes out of curios-
lty. 1t Is hard to discriminate"
Harrisburg hotel registers have been
ornamented with the slogan, "Votes
tor Women" lately and the marking
appears to attract much attention. At
one or the big hotels an ardent suf-
tragist appended the legend to her
name before the clerk could say Jack
Robinson. Soon after a travelling man
came along and wrote: See my
shoes" Another man wrote after his
name "F'avors Wilson," IF the suf-
nrxr ~. I. u
made no sign.
Amateur night which proved TO be
the undoing of a band of orators of
the suffragist association is an estab-
ilshed institution in Harrisburg's the
aters, especially the vaudeville houses.
An invitation is given for all per-
sons who think they can act. sing or
dance to show their stunts and some
real clever things are presented, espe-
cially team sketches. But one char
acterlstic is that everyone gets the
nook. Whether the stunt be good
or bad the hook" goes out and while
volunteers were inclined to resent 1t
at nrst they do so no longer. They
can tell whether the applause or
laughter when they are hauled off is
the right kind or not; in other words
whether 1t Is with or at them.
A man who had been told that Fa-
ther Penn would not object very much
II he caught a pair of squirrels and
TOOK them to his home town for the
pubic park is looking for the man
VINO told him that He went to the
park one day and admired the squir-
rels and some one noticing his interest
talked about them and imported the
information that the State was glad
to furnish them, but that they must
be taken by the hand to meet the
laws. The man bought a bag of nuts
and started to catch squirrels. He had
no trouble catching the animals but
what happened when he tried to keep
them sent him to a drug store for
court plaster One squirrel bit him
In three places and another scratched
his thumb so that he will not be able
to use it for a week.
The destruction of the Huston mill
near Hogestown on Thursday will in
terest good many Harrisburgers who
nave spent the summer days along the
Conodoguinet creek. The mill was an
ancient one being along a road which
crossed the creek a short distance
above Hogestown and was a survival
OF the days when the whole property
was one or the iron making enter
prises. a forge was located there many
years ago and while the forge has
gone the dam remains and the water
power ran the grist and saw mills.
National Guardsmen hereabouts are
of the opinion that it will not be very
long before the Eighth Regiment is
given another company, thereby MAX
ing 1t a twelve company regiment.
The Eighth is one of the few regi-
ments short of the standard, the Four
teenth being another. Recently one
company was added to the Thirteenth
1t full regiment, and other
companies will be added to the Four
teenth. Harrisburg is the center of
the Eighth, which is widely scattered
but at the same time can be quickly
assembled in this city because of the
railroads. Perhaps the new company
might be located here or at Steelton.