Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-10
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| Wy ior MS entertainment and who
read the reference to the part that
Meaoow Lane, which is rapidly dis
appearing in the march of railroad
development, has played in Harris
ourg' gives us some interesting infor-
/ nation about the old Indian trails
that passed over the land that il now
occupied by the buildings and high
ways OF Harrisburg. 1t will be re-
called that the other evening we mem
TONED that Meadow Lane got a place
on the map because it was an Indian
trail and was adopted by the traders
being preserved in the laying out of
the city. There were four well de-
Ihed Indian trails in and about Har-
rispurg when Ohm Harris built his
| warehouse in what is now Harris
park. One of these trails was the
me OF Meadow Lane which went on
| OUT toward Manada Gap practically
py way or Jonestown road and other
highways which now connect with it.
Another went up from the Susoue-
mamma along Paxton creek. going up
the hill through Mish's hollow. about
! Wnere Sacred Heart church stands
ana thence by way of a ravine which
Formerly cut across Berryhill street
near seventeenth, thence out through
tne otd Rudy and Haehenlen proper
tles, now Beverly Place and Bellevue
/
| park TO the hollows back of Paxtang
| whence it went on down the lebanon
valley with a branch toward the gaps
| IN mountains in Lebanon county. An
| otner trall led along the Susouehanna
from Nlddletown to the Harris ferry
or ford, as it originally was. but well
pack from the river. The trail by
Whlch the Indians came down from
hockNllle or SusQuehanna Gap ran
4
| taln almost to the line of Wildwood
lake and then followed the Paxton
creek down to the ferry. That the
Iord, which became the excuse for
/ aarrlsourg, was we'll known is shown
py reference to various trails leading
! 10 II. Harris, according to tradition
| round 1t a gathering place of Indians
before he built upon it.
| People connected with the automo-
bile division of the State highway de-
partment are accustomed to odd re-
quests, but the other day men came
IN asking for tags No. 44,444 and
10000 in the same day. The practice
OF getting combinations of numbers
mas been prevalent for a long time
put this year, probably because of
the increased number of machines
there are more than ever. Almost
every number has been gobbled up
| that has any significance,
Florists say that although the holi-
DAY season is over there are a good
many people buying the small
CHRISTMAS trees. pines, spruce, holly
ana box of which such fine DISPLAYS
Nwere made before the holiday season
began. In fact, they say that people
are buying these trees for decorative
purposes and that many of the homes
In the upper part of the city and out
on the Hill, where ground about a
mouse is demanded, have the trees
| planted. The old time lockwood tree
seems to have as many friends as
ever.
This interesting story about q for
mer Harrisburger has just been
printed in New York. It concerns
the Rev. DR.. J. Wesley Hill, for
years pastor of Grace church, who
| was pastor of the First church of
ogden, Utah, in his younger days.
One night, so runs the story, he
! preached a strong sermon on the
marriage certificate and what it
| meant to home. The following day
the young divine was called on to
perform his first marriage ceremony.
The couple who presented them
[ serves were typical westerners, and
had been married twenty-five years
| before under the ceremonies of the
Mormon church. While the husband
had not practiced polygamy, the wife
was afraid that he might, and in or
| der to make sure of monopolizing
her husband she had insisted, after
hearing the sermon. on another cere-
mony. DIR. Hill had reached the part
in the service when he asked the
groom: And do you take this wom-
an to be your welded Wife to have
and to hold, and forsa1ine 6,
all others, cleave only unto her so
| long as we both shall live?" At this
point the groom blurted out "I saw.
parson: that's what I've been doing
| these twenty-five years" The bride
objected to this interruption and sig
nailed to the domino to proceed.
When the ceremony completed she
burst into tears. This is the hap
piest moment of my life" she sobbed.
God knows" returned the groom.
that if this makes you happy, we
will come around here every week
and have your marriage certificate
touched up" With that he handed
DR.. Hill $50. Come again." said the
pastor; God bless you"