Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-08
EVENING CHAT

Commenting upon the statement by
the author of a State publication on
the trees of Pennsylvania to the eff
rect that the original 125 varieties of
trees OF this State are still represent
| ed in the woods and forests of the
commonwealth, "A Harrisburger inter
ested in outdoor life says that at least
third can be found within fifty miles
of Harrisburg. Few people realize
what interesting studies of the trees
OF the State can be found in the woods
and on the mountains not far from
Harrisburg" said he. This portion
OF the Susquehanna Valley never was
IN any particular belt. No trees have
predominated as they have in other
parts OF Pennsylvania. The trees about
here are mostly oak and Chestnut, but
neither one has been more abundant
than the other. Trees of many kinds
are abundant and the studies that
could be made on the mountains in
the upper part of the county or over
on the York hills or in Perry county
would give plenty of material for a
book. The First mountain contains q
score of we'll defined varieties of trees
and stroll along it some Saturday in
summer would repay anyone interested
could be done hereabouts if people
planted trees as they should"
Talking about the reported grow
ing use of lime for fertilizing fields
in the State, prominent farmers say
that it has become necessary because
of the fact that many people have not
regarded the Importance of nanuring
fields. IF people would spread ma
nure in winter time as zealously as
they do in the Spring or Fall they
would be surprised at the results.
What they should do is to spread it
weekly" said he. Spread it whether
there is snow on the ground or not
Do not allow it to stand out in the
barnyard, but put it out on the fields
and scatter it generally. L know of
farms in Cumberland county that have
shown big returns from this custom
and it would help some in Dauphin
and Perry"
Presbyterians of this city and vicin-
ity are taking an unusual interest in
the approaching ninety-ninth anniver
sary of the Sunday school of Market
Square Presbyterian Church which
will be celebrated within a fortnight
This Sunday school, which is one of
the largest in this part of the State
is the oldest in Harrisburg, although
the Presbyterian church is antedated
by the Reformed congregation. Mar
ket Square Sunday school has been
fortunate in having in its officers self
sacrificing men and women who have
given freely to their thought and time
that it might progress. The anniver-
sary will be of much interest in the
general history of Harrisburg this
year.
The Harrisburg Railways Company
countered on complaints about cold
cars in a clever manner the other day.
For some time people have been
kicking" about cars not being as
warm as they should be. 1t was de-
clared that the service was not good
to which company officials replied that
there was no cause for complaint.
Then they installed thermometers.
Some of the complainants insist that
the thermometers did not appear until
after some tests about heating cars
had proven unsuccessful.
AS a matter of fact, say policemen,
the city has been bothered less by
tramps this winter than for q long
time in spite of the fact that last Fall
they were numerous and many good
strong men were out of jobs and "on
the road" One of the reasons ascrib-
ed is that the winter set in early and
drove the tramps to the South, while
the men who would work managed to
get places in the cities and towns
which enabled them to keep off the
streets to a certain extent. There has
been less begging than would be eX-
pected and a good bit of that is by
''panhandlers."
Speaking of "panhandling' there
are a couple of men who make syste-
matte visits to various parts of the
city and Steelton. They are garbed
in a manner that is a good advertise
ment and they make the rounds about
once every two weeks. Each time
they have a different story and when
the stories get frayed they drop out
of sight for time.
D. Clarence Gibboney the Phila-
delphia reformer who has been here a
number of times in regard to his pro-
position to reimburse liquor dealers
If prohibition comes, had an inter-
change of views with BILLY" Sunday
the other day and did not get any
where. Sunday declined to accept his
views at all. Governor Brumbaugh
has not been impressed with them
either.
Tt did not take long after the snow
began to fall yesterday for men con-
nected with the track gangs of the
Pennsylvania railroad to get on the
job. Up through the yards they were
inspecting switches an hour after the
| first flakes began to fall.
WF0 KNOWN PEOPLE