Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-14
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Harrisburg's younger folks have
taken to the hills. They have gotten
out their bobSleds and chair sleds and
other kind of sleds, including the kind
on which You go down fiat, and are
having fine large time The cold
weather and the light snow furries
have caused the coasting to be very
fine on most of the slopes and while
the streets heading from the "Ridge"
are no longer used because of trolley
lines there are still some good coast
Ing places for the youngsters at points
where there are no dangerous cross
ings. Allison Hill affords numerous fine
coasting places and Reservoir Park is
very popular place. Still, people do
not have as much fun coasting as they
used to years ago. Market street
hill was the great place and one could
start at Thirteenth and go to Tenth.
Herr street is still used, but the troll
ley cars in Cameron prevent long
trips. Out in Twentieth and other
streets in that section there is excel
lent coasting. The fact that coasting
has declined in the streets which slope
from Sixth recalls how our fathers
used to coast off the old reservoir hill
which stood where the Central high
school now stands. The coasters used
to start away up high and go with a
series of bumps for a distance of
squares. But all those long coasting
stunts have passed away.
People who were fortunate enough
to be up with the sun yesterday morn
Ing saw beautiful sight in the skies.
The sun was coming up with a wealth
OF gold and red and the moon was
sinking in the west. The moon was
brilliant. as 1T was the night before
and last night, too, but it shone in
magnificent contrast to the glory of
the orb of the day.
The States new seed law. under
which any person desiring to have
seeds tested for private or CONNER
cial purposes can do SO, provided the
costs and a fee are paid to the State,
is resulting in cleaning up of the seed
supply in q rather unexpected way.
Most people who buy seeds have COM
planned about the presence of thistles
or dodder and they blame the man
who sells them. Now the merchants,
who get their supplies from whole
salers, are looking after No. 1 and
asking that the State examine their
samples. The new law is becoming q
sort of revenue raiser.
The meetings of the City Council
are commencing to attract much more
attention than ever bestowed upon the
old Councils, except when some big
project was up. Every evening fol-
lowing Council meeting there is a
buzz of inquiry all over the city and
people ask whose tenure of office
came to an end or what changes were
made. The new Council is a real news
producer, far better than anyone ex.
pected. And it Is characteristic of the
Harrisburg way of doing municipal
business that the lawmakers have
taken hold in way that is winning
attention from other cities where the
operation of the new law has met
some snags.
Among people here for the Pro-
gressive conference is M. T. Stokes,
publisher of one of the Coudersport
papers, who has been called the
stormy petrol of northern tier Jour-
nalism. Mr.. Stokes Is now defendant
in an action for libel brought by
eX-Judge Ormerod, who has held court
here several times and who is we'll
known. They have had bitter fight
and the court trial will be interesting.
The Rev. E. M. Mulock, who leaves
Paxton Church next week. is the thir-
teenth man to serve as pastor of the
historic church. Incidentally, he is a
Princeton man. and like the President,
who was former head of the uniyer-
sity, he does not regard thirteen in an
unfavorable light. Mr.. Mulock's pas
torate has certainly not been charac-
terized by anything that suggests what
that much abused numeral Is COM
monty supposed to stand for.