Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-06
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There was the usual array of lost
articles displayed at the offices of the
Harrisburg Railways Company to-day,
the fact that there were two big travel
days causing more than the ordinary
number of things to be turned in at
the office. 1t is a rule of the
and rigidly adhered to by the men,
that everything found on a car shall
be turned into the office Immediately
upon the completion of the trip. AS
a result everything from umbrellas
and parcels to hair combs have been
handed in at the window by con-
ductors. On one trip recently a con-
ductor got a well-flled market basket
and a bag of p~retzels. Another man
turned in a hair comb studded with
brilliants and rhinestones that it hurt
his eyes. Lost, Strayed or scared kids
are nothing unusual n once a man
got off q car leaving a dog on the
front end. They thought at first hat
he was trying to lose the animal, but
he came around half an hour later
and relieved the company's officers of
n dog hat was making itself heard.
me dog was owner of a pedigree that
was something worth while. Two
ducks in a box were forgotten by a
lady who later called up on the tele-
phone II displayed a knowledge of
German that refused to be translated
In the excitement. Another man left
a casting weighing sixty pounds on a
car n oftentimes men get so inter
ested in newspapers or conversations
that they have to hustle for the door
and cav the meat for supper on the
car seat. Not long ago a youth called
up the office and asked If a package of
cigarets had been turnd in. But they
! drew the line there.
Speaking of cars and objects that
ride on them. the funniest was when a
couple of boys who had been roaming
about on the First Mountain allowed
a land tortoise to take a stroll in a
Rockville car. This was some time
ago, but it's still good. The tortoise
was somewhat startled when he
opened his door and got his bearings.
Then he started to walk. His first Ian
look him over the foot of a girl of
about eighteen. She shrieked and
took to the seat. BY that time the
turtle had gone under the next seat
II was trying to knock out of his
way the brogans of a colored laborer.
He hoped into the aisle. When the
tortoise had gone under the third seat
ne came into contact with the hand
OF a woman who had proceeded to
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the floor. She nearly tainted. Then
the captured the animal
and the boys, who had been looking so
innocent, asked to be given the reptile
to take home" And the CONDUCTOR
gave it to them.
When it is considered that more
than 1000 candidates names were
classified and listed after being verified
at the State Department before the
pamphlet giving names of state, con-
gressional and Legislative nominees
was issued it is astonishing that there
were practically no errors. In one in
stance 1t was found that a mans name
had one too many letters and another
kicked on the use OF a letter left out.
me funniest one in the list, however,
was a man who called up and COM
planned about a wrong initial. You've
gwen me the same name as my
cousin. the candidate complained.
He's a nice fellow. but he's a Demo-
crat."
It's rather surprising, when n
thinks about it, that there are no
flags of light batteries of PENINSULA
Mas volunteers in the Civil War dis
played in the cases in the Capitol
rotunda. Almost every other organ
lzation Is commemorated-infantry,
cavalry, heavy artillery and signal
WI 20 bul " SOiIle reason there are
none OF the familiar red guidons bear
ing the crossed cannon which were
such a feature of the PENNSYLVANIA
militia in the great war. The names
OF Ricketts, and other batteries are
great in American history and it's
rather odd that none of them has a
flag in the State House.
The jag list" provided by the county
poor authorities to prevent liquor be-
ing sold to persons who are depend-
ents or beneficiaries of the county is
the successor of a similar list made
out in the nineties. In that period
there were a good many men who
could not find work and who had
much against their inclinations, to ac-
cept the bounty of the public. At the
same time there was the usual number
OF regulars who accepted the aid
without any qualms and who when
they got a dollar ahead spent it for
rum. Now 1t happened that some of
the benefciaries became known for
their bibulous ways and it caused some
complaint from those who had to ac-
cept county aid. So a list was made
and passed around. 1t resulted in
some vigorous "fagging'' at bars.
People have to take their hats off In
: Denver. 1t has a number of Penn
sylvanians in its makeup and 1t GER
tainly has some Keystone State meth
DDS coupled with Rocky Mountain en-
terprise. Take. for instance. the let
ters being sent out by firms in that
city. They that business is
good and looks better; that the strike
has not bothered any one at all and
; that Uncle Sans probe has proved
that a lot of people who traduced
the State were in the same. class as
those who throw mud at Pennsylvania.
They have had a lot of rain and the
: farmers are happy. Incidentally, the
letter asks that the good word be
passed along. When 1t comes down
I to boosting those Denver men go some.
!, AN EVENING THOUGHT