Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-25
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The Rev. George F. Schaum, pastor
of Harris Street United Evangelical
church. paid high tribute to the
libraries of Harrisburg the other day
in sermon to his congregation. Said
he: Il have been in cities all over the
land. but I know of none of it's size
with such excellent library facilities
as we have here. in the State and Har-
isburg institutions. Yet 1 meet peo.
pie who do not know that they may
have free of all charge the use of
almost any known work by any
author. There are those who do not
know what the inside of the library
bows the means of a very liberal
education If we only take it,"
One of the inevitable results OF
holding the water sports yesterday
afternoon so far out from the shore
was that The hundreds of canoeists
completely forgot that there were peo-
pie on the front steps of the city who
also wished TO see what was going on.
The poor, overworked clearers of the
course must have spent much argent"
on gasoline rushing up and down the
river and eXpending breath in at
tempting to keep the pathway open
for the contestants The next time
everybody will have a better idea of
how to handle themselves and the CO.
operation of the spectators in row.
boats and canoes may be expected
when they are given to understand
some time before the carnival begins
that the promptness with which events
are run off and the success of the
water sports depend more on their in
dividual assistance than on all the
plans that the committee in charge
may devise.
The States crop of lemons is COM
mencing to ripen on Capitol Hill The
lemons are about the size of crabapples
now and they are turning a bright
yellow and also full of bitterness. The
crop is raised on three trees Just south
of the Library building They stand
in row on the terrace and are right
outside the windows of State Librarian
Thomas Lynch Montgomery Tho
trees were planted years ago and in
spite of care from the gardeners have
never amounted to much as producers.
They annually bear large numbers of
small fruit which range in size from
that OF an English walnut to a crab
apple and the only value they appear
to be is to furnish food for squirrels,
which bite into the fruit for the seeds.
The fruit sometimes hangs on the
trees until late in the Fall as there is
State law against taking anything
from the park, even sprigs of trees.
The only exceptions to the rule are
the squirrels.
General E. Dew. Morrell, who was
| chief marshal of the inaugural parade
and well known to a number of Har-
risburgers, is about to start on a 5000
| mile coastwise cruise in his motor
| yacht. He will finally bring up at the
mouth of the Mississippi, to go up the
Father of Waters to the lakes and
then out the st. Lawrence to the At
lantic.
If the boroughs of the State get as
| busy as has Dauphin in the matter
of its grade crossings there will be
something doing in that line before
either State authorities or railroads
| have chance to work out program.
Complaints have been made against
four of the crossings in the borough.
Dauphin has had complaint of some
kind before the commission every year
since the commission began business
and it is noteworthy that it has won
most of them.
The Executive Mansion will be
| finished as far as the renovating goes
within week. The last of the new
furniture which will replace the old
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rugs have been placed and the official
home of the Governor looks more like
a private residence and Tess like an
apartment house, The red and gold
drawing room has been turned into Il
white room with ivory and gray finish
ingS and light colored rugs have been
placed. The dining room is now
finished in mahogany and the famous
light mahogany dining table and serv-
ing table have been tinted dull red.
81 heard a friend tell of a record
trip between Harrisburg and Steelton
a day or so ago." said man who has
a good bit to do with automobiles
This trip was taken after a lot of
Dragging about going very fast on the
fine stretch of roadway between this
city and the borough. He told me Of
SO many minutes between Market
Square and Steelton post office. l met
him the other day and he said that
he had started for his residence in
Steelton two weeks before and had
only gotten home. 1t seems the auto.
mobile in which he was speeding hit
q tree and he went to a hospital for
two weeks"
Ira McNeal, son of Prof r. M. Nc
Neal, of the State Department of
Public instruction, and a brother of
Mrs. Harvey f. Smith, of this city. has
been nominated by the Republicans of
Mercer county for district attorney.
Mr.. McNeal is a Dickinson graduate
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