Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-27
|6NenlD6 Chat

eu0 Solu snap mas caused con-
siderable inconvenience to farmers and
! rruit growers because of the deep
SHOWS preventing the outdoor work
| winch is ordinarily inaugurated at this
period OF the winter, 1t has not been
an unmixed blessing. The fruit crop
mas been killed" regularly by cold
| waves In March and the chief reason
Tor what damage is done and which is
not exaggerated is that the buds are
forced by the mild weather of Spring
ana open to such an extent that when
JACK Frost comes along with his frost
/ oiush they are given dousing of cold
Wn4ch ends their career. This winter
| the cold weather has come at period
which will hold back the development
| of the buds and enable them to open
! later on when reasonable weather may
pc expected. Then too. the snow Is
furnishing an abundant quantity of
| moisture which will fill the earth with
water and cause springs and small
streams to flow in the Spring time.
Wnere the weather Is hitting the farm
ers is In the prevention of spraying in
the orchards and the fertilizing and
preparation of the fields for the Spring
plough1ng. Some farmers have already
started to fertilize and sledges of lime.
phosphate and manure are to be seen
standing at the sides and even in the
midst OF fields which are being
on the ground
The order of the Pennsylvania Steel
company to the residents of the lower
west side to Vacate their houses will
result In the removal of some of the
pest built structures on the west side
Oh the borough and where some of the
town have lived These houses were
oulit In the eighties and one row.
winch lined part of Main street, was
hhoWn as%foremen's row." as almost
eVery man who occupied a house in
tnat line was in charge of some gang
or force of the steel works. The lower
END was composed of couple of other
rows Whlch were occupied first by
irish and later bytnegro families who
used to furnish considerable diversion
Tor the authorities in the borough
specially after the old fashioned "nay
nights P"'
The use of the snow banks for adj
NeTtlslng purposes has been one OF the
unique ano interesting features OF the
recent storms in this city. The first
signs were of a theatrical Character
anu appeared In the central section
OF the city. The innovation quickly
spread and was copied in all parts of
the city, one man advertising coal and
WOOD and another the fact that he had
MIX MIX Ior safe. One boy had some fun
WIN the original sign men by large
piacard announcing that snow shovel.
ing was done Within
i've had fierce time to-day." said
a physician last evening. .'I have
answered the telephone twenty times
mis- evening and right after a woman
WIN cold had sneezed into the in
Strument and nearly made me deaf T
mad to talk to man who suffered {"
The freezing over of the Susoue-
mamma yesterday caused the usual
number of candidates for the suicide
uruo III, 70 Visit the edge of the stream
me river was frozen closer to tba
shore than ever known because of the
absence OF sewage, thanks to the bis
..nterceptor, and probably the ice was
a, LIZ however, at one time ten boys
were counted playing "ticklev" aIonp
the stream. The freeze was too recent
70 permit of anyone visiting the com.
oaratlVely level spaces near the island
Which looked as though they NIGH,
make excellent skating.
The Rev. DR.. George B. Stewart
ppesioent OF AUBURN Theological Semi
nary, was among the visitors to the
"lty yesterday, coming here to reneu
ms many friendships among the pupils
OF the city. DR.. Stewart keens in
close touch with the State Capital and
Us developme MT in which he is as
nuch interested as when he was nas-
tor of Market Square.
although it is almost sixty days
untll the primaries are held, the in
terest being taken by many people is
p.l 3peLmonstrateds by the bets being made.
Bull Moosers who have been insistir :,
on their ticket polling certain votes at
me primary are having it out with
democrats, who declare that the vot1.
TINS Spring will be greater than in
1872 because of the contests. Some
people are evidently overlooking the
law. 'Ne