Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-07
EVENING CHAT

EVENING CHAI
There is food for thought in the list
of oleomargarine licenses issued thus
far by State Dairy and Food Commits
sioner James Foust, because 1t dem
~onstrates the extent of the demand
for the product. Just now butter is
down and people who could not af-
ford 1T last winter when it was roost-
Ing in the ~neighborhood of half a dol
Whether this be true or not it is inter-
esting TO note that Dauphin county
merchants to the number of forty took
out licenses to sell cleo on January l..
Five years ago there were not ten in
the whole county. Now there are
twenty-five held in Harrisburg alone.
And in addition to Harrisburg, there
are holders of the licenses in Steelton.
Highspire, Middletown, Hershey.
Hummelstown, Pembroke, Williams
town, Lykens, Wiconisco and Millers-
burg. Cumberland county, which is
agricultural if it is anything, shows
eight licenses held. while Lancaster,
the garden of the nation, has out -four
fewer licenses than Dauphin. Perry
has three n Lebanon fifteen and
you can find that Juniata, Miffin,
Huntingdon and other counties in the
fertile, agricultural Juniata valley
have licenses held by their merchants.
And so has Franklin and the list of the
whole State will probably show the
licenses in every county, with eXcep-
ton of Fulton and a few like it. There
is just as much butter made in Penn
| CN1N~a fia nc IN arrA pD1 ,rAI
ably more. But the question is where
is it going and why is the number of
oleo licenses growing in counties
which are known the country over
for their agricultural enterprise?
Speaking of farming and it's allied
branches, 1t is gratifying to note that
the farmers in this section of the
county and in Cumberland report that
they were not bothered to any extent
by the Hessian fly, which wrought
such havoc in Berks and Lehigh coun-
ties. The fly was noticed in a few
isolated communities, but no one APP
peared to take undue alarm at it and
as soon as the specimens were iden-
titled steps to eradicate the pest were
taken. n man cutting down an area
Of a wheatfield and burning the whole
business. Some of the wheat being
harvested looks very well and the re-
ports about it are as good as the grain
appears.
"Fuzzy's Visit to Madam Clover" is
the title of a, short story for children
published in this weeks issue
Of the sunday School Times,
i. Delhi, of Paxtang. This is
1.-The Second Of a cnriac oF EsLN,, 11,,'t
stories written by Mrs. Delhi, who is
the author of the Aunt Este" tales,
published every Saturday evening in
the Telegraph. One of the Fuzzy
stories appeared in the Aunt Este
series and attracted much attention.
Mrs. Delhi is well known for her
stories for small children, which are
now published by many periodicals
throughout the country. She first tells
them to her own children and then
puts them on paper for the Telegraph
and other newspapers and magazines.
Critics say they rank among the best
of their kind now being written.
A story is told of a couple of Har-
risburgers who went away over the
Fourth to a hotel where peace and Sc
renity reign. In the morning they
arose blithe and gay at the usual
breakfast hour. thinking themselves
different from the men who had held
wassail until dawn. One man felt so
good that he offered in a rather loud
tone to recite the Declaration of In
dependence, raising his voice to reach
his companion, who was in the depths
Of a bath. No sooner had he made
the offer han a stentorian voice roared
from a nearby room: "Quit rocking
the boat"
One of the prettiest tennis courts
to be seer in and about the city j.
! that at Old Orchard out along Derry
( street. 1t is almost entirely surround,
ed by wire netting holding rambler
and climbing roses. They are different
l~colors and when the blooming season
is on the court attracts much atten.
ton.
The garbage and refuse wagons that
trailed around the city and its suburbs
yesterday bore about the most varie.
gated loads of paper hat ii Is possible
: to imagine. There were yellow, green
blue, pink, purple and other colorec
tubes and lots of fragments of bright
red papers, In short a regular crazy
quilt assortment of colors. One car
was piled high with all the hues OF
paper that ordinarily figure in a wal
paper store.
Trying to run in opposition to q
rainbow" asked a man of a cart
driver in Cameron street.
Nav" replied the driver. Hits
Fourt' July leavin's,"
Major F. NJ. OFT, who retired from
the National Guard on July 1. was in
reality the first major of the States
militia cavalry since the Civil War.
The Major was the senior captain in
commission during camps and strike
service and commanded the militia
men. In the Spanish War, however
he remained a captain. He leaves
: the State service with a fine record
: and the grade of Northumberland.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
| Francis Skunk Brown, the Phila.
. delphia lawyer, is at Lake Placid fol