Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-02
Ehrning Chat

The vigor and variety with which
harrisburg celebrated the advent OF
1910 yesterday have caused a good
many people to remark their surprise
that some organized effort Is not made
70 observe the high days and HOLIDAYS
IN the capital of the State. Visitors
IRON, other cities have frequently re-
marked the sporadic character. so to
STpeak, OF the celebrations held here.
esleruay was the first New Years
Day on which anything was done in
ene way or amusement for the thou
Sands OF people who made the day a
MONDAY, and while the opening of the
new public library was something
whlch was an event, yet such occa-
siohs 40 not come more than once in a
generation. A couple of years ago
the city had Fourth of July cele-
oration worth while because it was
WORKED up and we all hoped that the
coniHllttee which was so successful
Win that undertaking would try 1t
again, but it skipped 1913. Even our
Italan cousins passed up Columbus
LAY, and as for the other holidays
.ueN were without much worth talking
ABOUT except the work horse parade
on Labor Day and an athletic contest
OF so until Christmas, when we had
the community tree and those very
pleasant exercises at Front and Market
streets. The year 1914 started off
win something to make the day
hotaole and perhaps 1t will serve as
public affairs to commences to think
about July next.
friend has recalled. after reading
references in this column to Jonas
Ilsh: that we did not mention the
great autumn stunt of the late tip
Seh. Jonas was a graduate OF
from somewhere in the vicinity. 1t
,hust nave been the ponhauss belt,
because regularly. every fall. he would
oisa ppear about the time the country
tolks began to butcher. They used to
say Jonas could sniff ''mettiesuppes"
a mlle OH and that his peregrinations
III tne country would yield him enough
ua,nues ,.iu, 10 Keep him in luscious pro-
VISIONS Tor month or So At least
until 1t came time to omen January
court
state Zoologist II. A. Surface saws
tnat people should take advantage of
the comparatively open winter and
save themselves trouble next wear by
uesl1 oying remnants of garden plants
instead or leaving them in the gardens
or fields until spring. II DESTROYED
now many of their pests are DESTROYED
WIN them; If allowed to remain until
spring, many of these pests have on
portunlty to escape. The vines of no.
tatoes, cucumbers, squash. melons.
etc', should be raked together and
thrown on dry straw or brush and
burned. This gets rid of both the in
sects and fungous diseases lnrkinp
therein. The old asparagus plants
should be cut off and burned and
straw spread over the asparagus bed
ana burned thereon at once. to get rid
Oh the asparagus beetles, and then the
soh containing the asparagus roots can
pe well mulched with a cover or litter
VI any KIND to protect them during
he WINTER. 1t Is especially important
tha' the stalks of cabbage plants and
the imperfect heads should be re-
moved and fed to swine or cattle. or
Kept IN storage in a cold place to food
TO poultry during the winter. Even
the Old stalks from which heads have
peen cut should be removed from the
SOL and treated as directed above. or
uuiHed' several kinds of pests are
liaple to be found upon these old stuhs
or the leaves clinging thereto Tbe
pest way to destroy them is to feed
'hem TO livestock or burn them.
VI course. we pride ourselves on our
advanced methods and our wavs OF
iettlng people know things from the
nousetops without going around and
ringing doorbells However. in an.
other part of this paper will be found
an Item from the Telegraph of ffty
years ago which says that the red
nag is flying over Brant's hall. tell.
ing people that there is good skating
Io-oay the flag is due to 1y over the
Union Trust building to give the same
information about Wildwood Parh
SKATING. Brants hall used to be
Where the Commonwealth Trust Com.
pany building stands and was the
place where signals were DISPLAYED
Just as the Park Commission display.
at the Union Trust. 1t may also bt
ihteresting to note that the tempera
ture nifty years ago was one degre,
ABOVE zero. And they did not hav,
steam heat in those days.
People who attended the openinf
exercises or the Public Library yes
terday and many of the hundreds VIII,
nied through the beautiful buildint
expressed the regret that three mel
VINO had much to do with the crea
tlon or the building are no longe,
mere. Robert Snodgrass and Levi 3
Alrtcks, two of the executors of Mrs
naideman-Haly's will, who aided th,
library In many ways, and EhrmaI
B. Mitchell, whose enterprise brough
about the adoption of the design of tn,
building and who was a most zealou
advocate of the library's interest. hav,
passed away.
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