Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-29
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While some of the churches of Its. .
risburg may be better known to the
outside world and have fgurad ,noHn
"iueS IN religious activities than st.
Lawrence's Catholic Church, there is
none in all Harrisburg or the towns
round about which Is the obfect> of
greater Veneratlon to a large number
OF good substantial citizens than the
RED prick house of Worship in Walnut
street. For well nigh forty years it's
pels nave rung the hours of prayer
~, ~. many lalhllies and even those of
other denominations were wont to reg
ulate household matters and meals bv
the deep tones from its twin towers
II mas Deen the church of the German
Cathollcs, who have included those
estlinaDie folks who came from Ba-
Na LII anu other southern portions OF
Gerlnany and from the provinces of
austria, preserving many of the ems
toms or those lands One of the cus
TOMS which has been noted by Harris
burgers until ii became n mart of citv
lite was the ringing of the bells at
CLOCK at night Years ago, when these
pellS rang more than one vouppster
went to bed. They We're really n cur
Few without being called such and one
which no soul thought of disobeving.
Ihe building of st. Lawrence's Church
which was undertaken forty-one wears
ago in the days of the lamented
tather koppernagel was slow and was
a labor of love for many of the sturdy
people who composed the congrega-
uon, the energetic rector overseeing
everything and doing a considerable
amount of the work himself He was
an expert wood carver and the church
Is hiled with examples of his art. In
ueeu' there are few churches in this
part of Pennsylvania that POSSESS such
woodwork as st. Lawrence's and II has
been visited by many from out of
town. Father Koppernagel, who is
we'll recalled for his activity i'm affairs
and from the fact that he was one of
the lew priests in this vicinity to wear
Deard, occupied quite a place in the
estimation of the people of Harrisburg
ana there was general sorrow at his
death. There are few memories of the
priests who ministered in the old mis-
sion in Front street before the present
church was built at the head of Fifth,
put of the men who succeeded him, the
teNS. francis G. Seubert and Stephen
M. West are well recalled. The Rev
p. S. Heugel, the present rector. has
peen q worthy successor of the men
who did so much for the German
Catholics of this community.
Aged Levi Walters, whose death oc-
CURED few days ago, will be remem-
ptred by hundreds of men and women
who as boys and girls attended the
Hamilton school building in the days
when he kept a grocery store at the
corner of Hamilton and Sixth streets
Mr.. Walters made famous brand of
molasses taffy popularity known in the
neighborhood as "Mosey." 1t came in
small cakes at a penny each and at
n n Of
ago, and more, the children from the
Hamilton school flocked about that
"Mosey" counter like flies about mo-
lasses barrel. Mr.. Walters sold hum
dreds of cakes day and there never
was any question about coal tar dyes
or other impurities in that candy, for
it came clean and sweet from the
depths of barrel of sugar molasses.
Thousands upon thousands of cakes
of "MoSey' have been cracked and di-
vided on the old iron firepluS in front
of the old-time store and until his re-
tirement Mr.. Walters was almost as
popular among the school children OF
the district as Santa Claus himself
No matter what time of the year it
happens to be the State Department of
Agriculture is pretty sure to be asked
about ways or means to get rid OF
some pest or other. The latest pest
I 10 make trouble OF TO Stl11uIaIe letter
writing is the bean weevil. This bug
is first cousin to the boil weevil
| which has been the cause of much elo-
quence in Congress and many appro-
priations. The State had an abundant
crop of beans last year and II seems
that some farmers have been bothered
! by bugs eating them. The bugs are
not ordinary affairs. but seem to be
voracious and to bother only the
beans. The best remedy, say the State
officials, is to fumigate the beans.
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| The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has started out to reorganize its
force because of the new child labor
| law. The law restricts the messengers
to a certain age limit. This can be
managed all right for the day force.
but for night work men will be re-
quired. The law does not permit any
one under twenty-one to be employed
in night deliveries. The result will be
that all messages received late at night
will have to be handled by grown per-
sons.