Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-12
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Lincoln's Birthday always recalls to
the minds of Harrisburgers the visit
paid to Harrisburg by the great Presi-
dent on February %. 1861, This visit
became OF national Importance be~
cause of the fact that 1t became neces-
sary for Lincoln to leave the city hur-
riedly at night, but 1t lives yet In the
memories of people who saw the
PRESIDENT as he was driven through
the streets OF who shook hands with
him at the reception given by Gov
efnor Curtin. Lincoln arrived at 1.30
y. M. and was driven to the Jones
House. now the Commonwealth. where
he reviewed a military parade and
| saw one of the largest crowds ever
gathered i'll Harrisburg from the por-
tlco.. 1t was from the portico which
survives in way at the corner that
the President made his short address
to the people, the speech in which he
expressed the hope that war between
the States might be averted. Among
the events incidental to the visit were
the reception, the parade and the
raising of great flags at the old cotton
factory and at the Pennsylvania
roundhouse. According to many peo-
ple who knew Lincoln, this was not
his first visit to Harrisburg, as he had
been here while u congressman, al
though. of course. in those days he
was not vet national figure. 1t was
MS last while alive, because four years
later. on April %, 1866, the body of
the President was brought here ON its
way to Springfield and lay in state in
the hall of the House until the follow
ing day.
-Vice-President ]. Y. w. 'Reynders,
OF the Pennsylvania Steel Company.
has been elected the vice-president of
the Bridge Builders Society, the
biggest organization of structural en-
gineers in the world. Mr.. Reynders
has spent much of his life in plan
ming and building bridges, as he came
here to head the bridge and construc-
ton department of the Pennsylvania
steel works years ago, and it was
while he was at the head of it that
1t won Its worldwide fame.
The Rev. John Mills Gilbert, former
rector of st. Paul's Church. has won
many friends already in his new
charge at West Chester and 1t is
notable that at the banquet of the
ough few evenings ago he was one
of the speakers.
w. S. Pursell. former district attor-
ney or Montour county, who has a
number of friends among the fisher
men in this section of the State, has
united with some friends to plan some
good fishing places in his vicinity. The
line or the old pennsylvania canal
passes through a very pretty country
in that section and the Danville people
have acquired a couple of stretches
and will make fishing ponds and pro-
pagate various kinds of fish.
President Judge Kunkel and Deputy
Attorney General Cunningham had a
little interchange during the hearing
of the Aron mandamus to secure tho
full pay of a legislator although he
served only q portion of the session.
In accordance with custom, the Legis-
lature appropriated the money for the
| full session, as had been done for
many sessions. The State objects to
paying the full salary. contending that
the Philadelphia should be paid for
only such part as he served.
How about the parable of the vine
yard. Mr.. Attorney General?" asked
the judge. did not those who went
to work at the eleventh hour receive
as much as those who bore the burden
and heat of the day?"
Yes" replied the Western Penn
sylvania Presbyterian. who is first as
owned the vineyard; he was not dis
bursting public money"
western Pennsylvania is unques-
| tionably undergoing one of the great
est religious movements l have ever
seen and the temperance movement
| is growing in every county. Business
| a a a a |. mo ,nCt ,ats lev
said Robert w. Herbert. former legis-
lative correspondent and head of two
newspapers at Greensburg. IT have
never known such interest in religious
meetings or SO many people attending
! them"
One of the interesting sidelights or
the outbreak of trichinosis in Merce,
| county is that it is the first time in
four years that this disease, due tc
eating uncooked or not properly pre-
pared pork, has appeared. And the
| man who definitely ascertained Its
origin and character happens to have
been the predecessor of Health Com.
missioner Samuel G.. Dixon as presi.
dent of the Philadelphia Academy o1
Natural Sciences.
State Zoologist H. A. Surface has or
his desk in the Capitol half a dozer
plaster casts of apples such as hi
would like to see grown in every
orchard in Pennsylvania. They are
colored exactly like the real thinf
and invariably attract the attention o.
every one who enters the room.
good story is told of one man wht
was devoured by something more thar
curiosity over the make believe apple.
and is thought to have believed then
the real thing. At any rate, he made
a quick movement and second or 81
later drew one of the casts out of hi
!, overcoat pocket with sheepish face.