Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-03
Enrntt1n Glrat

Justice Howard C. Fry. of the in
fantile metropolis Of PaXtang, is anx-
ious to get his record up to date. Tho
Paxtang arm of the law has already
had one criminal case which he re-
turned to court because he could not
90 anything else with it and one case
In which he sent the defendant to jail
for term. He has drawn papers up
ana down, taken Acknowledgements
and given advice. But he is still shy
part of a well-rounded record. He
would like to have a wedding on his
list of official actions. Thus far he has
not been called upon to tie a knot,
althoush It is currently reported that
he has the ceremony down pat.
Friends of the magistrate have en-
deavored to supply the gap In his
record, but without success, even offer
ing to pay the fee The Justice says
that the fee part of it will be his own.
party of well-known Harrisburg
ers returned last week from an auto
mobile trip to Pittsburgh. By reason
of a blowout or two on the way out
they were stranded about noon in a
lonely part of Bedford county. Ap-
preaching a farmhouse, one of the
tourists engaged dinner, which. by the
way, was an excellent repast, although
the woman of the house continually
excused herself for lack of accommo-
dations, saying she was not accus-
toned to so large a family and feared
that her supply of dishes might not be
suff1cient to go round. All went we'll.
however. the fried chicken, mashed
potatoes and corn and gravy were
disposed of and it came to dessert.
Suddenly the hostess appeared in the
dining room with huge platter bear
ing two pieces of pie each for the
several guests. But she bore a troubled
look, which was explained as she
placed her burden on the table, say
ing: You people will have to excuse
me. I have plenty of pie, but some of
you will have to use your forks I
haven't got knives enough for all of
YOU"
According to trolley conductors,
there are people who spend as high as
dollar to keep cool these evenings.
One man said yesterday that he knew
man who had taken the ride to
1nglestown and gotten off the car at
Market Square on his return and gone
to Oberlin and back and then gone up
the Rockville line. The other side of
the river furnishes a choice lot of
rides on a cool evening.
Canoeists and others who freouent
the river were surprised recently when
neatly painted signs were posted on
one of the little islands opposite Har-
rfsburg. The signs read, "Trespassers
will be dealt with according to law"
The canoeists wondered why the word
ing was so vague, so some inquired of
! their lawyer friends. They found, as
1t was brought out at the recent Hard
scrabble condemnation proceedings,
| that for boating and fishing purposes
river shores, which would include
| island banks, are freely accessible to
the general public at all times between
the nigh and low water marks-and
the island in question is covered when
nigh water mark Is reached.
"The Court Garage" is the way peo-
pie are now styling the paved
recess along the Court street side of
the temple of Justice. This space is
| Tar larger than needed by traffic and
of late has been occupied by the cars
of men who would otherwise be com
PEELED to leave their cars in the
streets The other morning four cars
were standing in the space and a.
teamster who had been accustomed
to using the place looked at the array
and moved away in disgust, feeling
that his privileges had been curtaiSA5l
again. V
| The effect of a good stiff rain on
transportation was pretty well shown
yesterday. Somehow or other there is
a marked decrease in the number of
1itneys operated when 1t rains and be-
tween and 6 o'clock of a rainy aft
ernoon this forces itself on public
notice. Folks who ordinarily go home
in jitneys are then forced to take to
the trolley cars with the result that
the cars are crowded. Yesterday one
car had over 100 fares rung up be-
fore 1t was seven blocks from the CEN
ter of the city and half of the people
on the car had left it before it had
gone fifteen blocks. 1t jammed local
traffic into a through car. On pleas
ant days the jtneys would have been
running and the regular patrons of
tho car would have had breathing
space.