Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-23
EVENING CHAT

Il EVENING Chat !
The countryside about Harrisburg
fairly popped with the activities of the
gunners on Saturday and If some of
them did get inside the city limits in
their chasing of rabbits everyone ap-
peared to be willing to let it go un-
observed. Saturday was real day for
hunters. 1t was a bit windy. but 1t was
cold and the sort of day that would
drive game out on foraging expe-
dftions and make the cottontails bold
as bulldogs in hunting green fodder.
Scores of hunters left the city OF,
morning trains for places in Cumber-
land. Perry, Juniata or York counties
or in this county to try their luck ut
quail, which have been reported at Il
dozen places within sight of the State
Capitol or to rout out some rabbits.
Up to date none of the deer or bear
which have been periodically reported
as invading Wildwood Park, terrorizing
families of farmers near Linglestown
or swimming the river at Dauphin
have been seen since the hunting sea
son began and the wild turkeys are
Haunting themselves on First Noun
tain and pretty nearly every other
wild, wooded place with the knowledge
that they are protected by law until
next Fall at least. and maybe for {;
longer time. So the hunters have to
depend upon Bob White and BENJAMIN
Bunny and Peter Rabbit for theh
sport. 1t is astonishing how close to
the city rabbits are to be found. Half
dozen have been seen up near the
Lalance 4 Grosjean tin plate mills and
they run around Reservoir Park,
within n few yards of old Paxton
Church. on the hills back of Steelton
and over at Fort Washington as
though they did not have much of
an opinion of the aim of the Harris
burg gunners. First Mountain is a
favorite place for hunters on both
sides of the river and while the recent
fires have driven some of the gamt,
away there is good sport if a mar,
takes the trouble to go back mile
or so.
When II comes down to having q job
which no man would envy at this Tins
commend us to the men who man the
coal and sand fleet in the Susquehanna.
The "battleships" and transports" of
the squadrons are strung along the
river from Rockville falls" to Hill
Island and the way men stand over
the pumps and trim the piles of coal
poured in is worth watching. Just
how they stand n these days when the
wind sweeps down the broad bosom oi
the wide reaching river makes one
shiver. Friday and Saturday the air
along the river was sharp enough to go
through a fur coat and yet the river
force did not seem to mind it and went
on shoveling coal as though ii was the
month of May.
The Chamber of Commerce officials
appear to have picked the right week
for the meeting in the interest of for
ferY fF.D Il 1,.g. a, -.
week in long time that some conVen-
tion, conference of statewide interest
or other meeting out of the ordinary
has not been scheduled for this city
Probably Harrisburg has not had as
many meetings this year as before, but
from indications we will pay up for It.
because in January, in addition to the
Legislature, there are listed a dozen
or more meetings of state interest,
each of which will bring from goo to
400 persons here.
Golf playing, which has attracted the
interest of more people than ever
known before in Harrisburg, will last
as long as the weather permits, ac.
cording to the men who follow things
on the three courses about the city.
Winter greens have been laid out and
scores which are really creditable for
summer are being made. At the Coun-
try Club of Harrisburg the goat
board" season will end on Thanltsgiv-
ing Day and the golfers will have their
annual dinner at the clubhouse on
Thursday, December 3.
One of the exhibits which attracted
attention at the recent show in Chest
nut Street Hall was that of the Har-
risburg Post Office and it not only COM
bined safety, but convenience as well
as uniqueness. 1t showed how to use
the parcel post, of which a good
many people are ignorant, although it
has been in service a year and has
been of the utmost use to many people
The exhibit consisted of number of
packages wrapped up to show how
they should be confided to the postal
authorities, specimens of what couio
be put into a parcel and what the in
side and outside should be like. of
course, there were other things, but
the instructive and valuable feature
was showing how to use the parcel
post for everything from eggs to brass
taclls.
Anyone interested in observing of
the heavens at night can be rewarded
any of these clear nights by q half
hours walk in some part of the city.
on one of the river bridges or the Null
berry street bridge or Reservoir Park.
The consultations are very clear and
the starry chart affords a most enter.
tanning study. And this is the season
of the November meteors and they can
be seen skurrying across the sky al
most any evening.
Harrisburg friends of Major Frank
D. Beary will be glad to learn that he
has been reelected secretary of the
State Guard Association. The major
is one of the officers of the Fourth
Regiment, which is among the leaders
of the Guard. and is in charge of i'm
portant work In the Adjutant GEN
erals Department
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
Edwin A. Abbott, former legis-