Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-26
EVENING Chat

II EVENING CHAT |
Practically every bird which graced
Thanksgiving board in Harrisburg
yesterday was home grown bird. Ac-
coroing to the grocers and the mar
keters, the turkeys sold in and about
this city for the annual feast were all
natives. If there was a cold storage
bird in the city. it was not labeled, and
1t is doubtful if any were sold over
counters or stalls. There were too
many Pennsylvania born and bred
fowls on sale. Even the Virginia and
other southern turkeys did not get in
here. They went right straight through
to New York by the carload. Several
of the grocers of the city frankly
admit that they were surprised at the
bountiful supply of homegrown birds
Cumberland, York, Adams Franklin
and even Perry counties contributed
turks to the city's tables, the sea-
son having been exceptionally good for
the raising of the birds and the ship
ment. There was not much rain and
II the drought did cause trouble for
farmers and throw back the season for
planting wheat it enabled large flocks
OF turkeys to reach adult stage and to
be available for marketing this fall.
AS n result many farmers weeks ago
booked orders for gobblers and hens
and were able to deliver fresh, tooth
some fowls in this city at prices such
as we used to pay for the toughest
kind of cold storage turkey a few years
ago. 1t was fine to get the home
grown birds again.
Governor Tener has set an example
for staying in the State Capital for
holidays and has spent practically
every important feast day in the EX-
ecutive Mansion. The Governor ate
turkey here yesterday and will prob
ably spend his last Christmas as Gov
ernor in Harrisburg He has kept
every other Christmas, here during his
term and has always been here on New
Years Day.
A lot of kids have been tempting
Providence and worrying their parents
the last few days playing that old
fashioned, risky game, "tickley-be
der The first requisite of this pastime
is thin ice. 1t does not matter how
deep the water may be under the ice
provided the surface is hard enough
to crack and not break under foot
Ihe faVorite places are along the river
times going along the spots where the
ice will crack with a resounding noise
and not break up. In old DAYS the
canal and the ponds at Price and Wis
ter furnaces used to furnish first-class
places for the boys of those days to
play "tickley' and more than one task
Tor the coroner was provided. Taking
of the sewage out of the river has
enabled the water to freeze closer to
the banks than formerly and the dam
ger may not be so great, but there is
always risk.
Frank Haas. q well-known Shamo-
KIN newspaper man who has visited
here number of times, will be a can
didate for treasurer in Northumber-
land county next fail. Mr. Haas ran
last time. but it happened that he was
hit by Democratic wave. Now that
the Republicans have come home
again he plans to run again and has
been telling Harrisburg friends that he
will win. .sr,
What happened to Indian sum-
mer? was the question asked yester-
day of man who follows the weather.
"Oh, 1t came in spots" was the
answer. I'VE had some mighty fine
days and then we had some bad days.
/ guess when we count 1t up we had
as much Indian summer as we gem
orally do along the Susquehanna."
one of the city's veteran fremen in
talking about the coming sale of I,o-
chiel Row" recalled the time the
whole thirty-two houses then compris-
ing the Row" burned to the ground.
1T was at s o'clock on the evening of
April 6. 1878, that an alarm came in
from Box No. 12 and it looked as
though the whole lower end of the
town was on fire." said he. This box
was at Race and and Hanna and was
then the lowest one in the city 1t is
now at Front and Dock under the
same number. The row burned like
tinder and over in Cumberland county
people thought there was a terrific fire
raging in Harrisburg and got nervous
about it, The eight companies then
comprising the department were in
service and j remember seeing the en-
gines of the Friendship, Hope, Citizen.
Paxton and Good Will companies lined
up along Paxton creek pumping water
Tor the lines. The loss attached to the
fire was about $4,000 and it made
many people homeless and caused
much suffering
The Importance of the Industrial
Welfare and Efficiency Conferences
held IN this city last week is strikingly
emphasized by the big trade publi
cations which all carry references TO
IT, one newspaper of international
fame deVoting page to discussing the
objects and addresses of the confer
ence.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
Josiah V. Thompson, the Union
town coal land owner. has sold 40. 600
acres in one tract to New York peopIe.
| -Frank y. Drake head OF the