Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-05
EVENINC CHAT

The certificate of election of Boies
Penrose as Senator from Pennsylva-
mia, which was drawn up and signed
this week. contains exactly sixty
words without the formal phrases
showing that it is an official document.
The certificate is one of the shortest
issued at the Capitol and is contained
on an ordinary sized sheet of letter
paper. 1t will be in Washington on
Monday. No war tax stamp was af-
fixed to the certificate. as it was held
at the State Capitol that it was bust
ness of the State government with the
national government and that the tax
required on certificates would not ap-
ply to it.
state officials have been puzzled this
| week by the rush to file statements
OF expenses by county committees, and
touf times as many statements of that
klnd nave been entered than ever
known before. At first the county
committee statements were sent back
| because the law requires that such
statements shall be filed in the proper
county seat. but the statements were
returned with the remark that some
OF the money was expended for State
candidates and that the senders
enought the Capitol was the place.
More accounts have been filed this
year than ever before, as numerous
organizations which handled certain
branches of the campaign have been
sending in statements. No less than
dozen leagues or organizations of
various kinds were active outside of
the party committees in the State, and
they have filed statements.
If there is any salmon fisherman
IN this part of the Susquehanna valley
VINO has not been out angling the last
week or so, because of the mild
weather. he is rare one. The
weather has been of the kind that
permits good fishing when the. fish
are lively and when they will give
the best sport Ordinarily at this sea-
son or the year the salmon fishing is
apt to be attended by more or less
discomfort because of the cold and
winds. and vet no fisherman likes to
nave December go by without making
an attempt to reduce the number Of
salmon that swarm in some sections
OF the wide branching river In the
Iast week or so men have been seen
strolling about the Rockville falls. the
rlilles at Maclay street and all the
way down from Steelton to Hill Island.
some splendid specimens of the real
DrOuEnt
ana there are tall tales told about
battles to land the fish Up to date
no one around here seems to have
taken the legal limit of twenty-five
In day, but there is a chance be-
tween now and the twenty-first day
OF December, when the season for
taking the salmon closes Some fish
ermen say that they think the build
ing or the dam in the river south of
the bridges will bring back salmon
10 the waters closer to the city, and
they think that the dam will add
much to the pleasure of angling. The
bridge fishermen say the increase of
the water is going to be great thing
People who have colds and who
are employed in the Capitol went to
the east wing a day or so ago to get
their heads cleaned out" as one suf-
ferer put it. 1t happened that some
work was being done in the basement
which required the use of ammonia.
and the fumes got into the elevator
shafts and permeated the whole wing
In the elevators the smell was so
strong it made ones eyes water.
one of the men who sells river
caught fish in this city said Yesterday
that notwithstanding the prognosti-
cations of the Berks county goosebone
prophets he is willing to lay a wager
that this will be a mild winter. He
bases his calculations on the fact that
| worms and snails are still to be found
near the surface of the ground. De-
splte the fact that the temperature for
a few days ranged about 20 degrees
nshworms may be found in almost any
sheltered spot within six inches of the
surface of the ground. which is very
unusual for this time of year.
State lIigbuoy-. o,,,,,,;s-tz,.z. r, =,
Bigelow is smiling over the way things
turn around in life While strolling
through the Capitol corridors the other
day friend asked him why he was SO
chipper oh, I'm just thinking he
replied. Three months ago I was a
target for brickbats and all kinds of
things were said about me. l admit
| II was depressing. Lately have been
showered with compliments for the
way roads have been fixed up and have
TO decline invitations to speak at din
ners. I'm on the go more than ever
with invitations to do things now"
Some interesting exhibits in natural
history are being shown in front of
| hotels these days and the other dav
| half dozen kids came along and
stopped to gaze at the carcass Of a. big
| bear
Wonder if he's really dead?"
Maybe he is"
| Don't be too sure"
Pull his hair and see."
With the last remark one of the
| tventuresome kids pulled the ear of the
bear. AS he did so a dog which had
/ been mapping nearby woke up and
started to growl. The kids are prob
ably running yet.