Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-15
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Although according to the calendar
the oyster has emerged from the clois-
ters of the deep, sales of the bivalve
in Harrisburg have been so distress
1ngly small that the men who handlo
them declare that they have lost
money and are saying things about
the weather that make the oysters
shrink still farther into their shells.
Harrisburg is one of the best oyster
towns going and every Fall the sales
are large and continue large until we'll
into March. The city is so close to
Baltimore and Philadelphia that 1t has
the advantage of an excellent supply,
fresh and of tine quality, and the
epicures of the Capital City do not lose
much time in getting started when
September comes along with its big r.
The Fall the warm wave arrived
with September. and although the
oysters came in large and fat and
fairly well Favored, considering the
time of the year, yet the people did
not take to them and the sales have
not been anything to brag Of In fact,
one man who handles large number
| OF oysters said that he had supplied
very few to the surrounding towns and
that even signs that the toothsome
fry and the savory stew were in
season failed to bring enough business
to the cafes. hotels and restaurants to
make their orders very brisk. One
man who conducts lunchery asserted
that he had not enjoyed more than
one call day for oysters since they
| came in: It would appear that it takes
old Jack Frost to make folks think
about the oyster. Delayed hot waves
| seem to cause trouble along many
lines.
II guess I've had dozen people
here in the last few hours asking for
something for prickly heat" said a
druggist yesterday afternoon. This
late warm spell is making a lot of
people very uncomfortable and from
what they tell me they are suffering
from as many annoyances due to the
weather as they did in the early part
of July. However. it's a queer wave
that does not do someone good"
Another effect of the warm wave
was noticed in the office buildings.
Every time one got into one there was
a torrent of clicking and clacking. Just
| as though a battery or two of type
writer's was being worked right beside
| you. This combination of sound was
due to the fact that it was a warm
day and doors were opened for the
better circulation of the air, the result
being that the sounds ordinarily kept
back were waited about the halls.
Some idea of what it means to make
bids on large contracts was given yes
| terday by a man interested in State
! contracts. This man instanced the
! new cavalry armory at Philadelphia
on which the State has ordered a re-
| opening of bids. ''It cost each one of
the men who bid on this job from 800
10 Sl25, maybe more, to get up bids on
| the work. AS there were over a score
OF bidders. you can see how the cost
runs up" said he.
| Four senara+a apd dis+i,o4 1911. =
of making noise or giving warning by
| sound were to be heard in Third street
| between Market and Walnut within
| hve minutes yesterday afternoon
These noise makers were all on auto
| mobiles and consisted of the klaxon
or "lookoutthere" squawker. the oroi-
nary automobile horn, a silver bell
| r1gged on the front of a car and a
Gabriel horn with three notes. The
only thing lacking was to have all
play at once.
-, Harrisburg appears to be pretty we'll
'het up" over politics this year. The
! registration and the stir created by the
filing of petitions. by candidates served
to whet the appetite of the city, which
| mas always been more or less of a
| political center anyway. Now about
| 90 per cent of the men are taking
! more or less interest in politics, this
being due to the contests under way
and to the further fact that, it being
a local election. there is a candidate
for something in every precinct. Then,
too. the presidential election comes
next year. and the general plan is to
get the voter interested in it a year
ahead.
DR.. w. M. Davidson. the superin-
tendent of Pittsburgh schools. who de-
clared that the foundation of German
| success was in the schools, is we'll
known here. He was one of the speak
ers at the meeting of the State edu-
Gators in Harrisburg in December.