Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-26
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Sunday afternoon has become the
gala day for canoeists and swimmers
on the Susquehanna. Yesterday after
noon and last evening the boat nv
cries along the river were almost
empty and the hundreds who own the
pretty water craft of Indian design
were to be seen lolling about the pretty
islands that dot the stream from the
dam to Reilly street.
The biggest crowds gather of sun
DAY afternoon, perhaps, on lndepend-
ence Island, where hundreds of men,
women and Youngsters splash away
in the cooling waters. Many a man
and woman who are toil-bound
throughout the week find Sabbath Day
afternoon the one time when they can
be kids again and enjoy the pleasure
of the old swimming hole de luxe.
With the big yellow moon that is
shining this week the river will be
pre- baby more popular than at any
time during the summer, since the
water has fallen to a safe depth again.
There is really only one annoyance
found by the canoeists nowadays-the
mosquito
While the average citizen who goes
to Reservoir to hear the band concerts
prefers to listen from one of the
benches close to the bandstand, there
are those who believe the slopes and
building offers a better place; some
even trail all the way out to Oak Knob,
where, even though it be faint, the
music can be easily heard. The other
evening a bare-headed youth in white
hannels and very pretty girl hustled
upson the lookout in a gray runabout,
gazed out over the moonlt landscape
awhile and then-the far-away band
hit up the liveliest kind of a one-step.
For Just moment the pair listened.
then the boy said something. the girl
eagerly acquiesced: Come on
quick! she said. before the music
stops" And they hurried from the
! car to the concreted top of the Oak
Knob reservoir and then swayed and
dipped and side-stepped and swung
and dipped some more in pigeon
| walk. Breathless. they stopped when
the breeze no longer carried the dis
tant music, and they were on the
way back to their car when the band
swung into the waltz from "Cecile.'
Back to the open-air dance floor the
pair hurried again and swayed and
dipped and swung some more. Then
they went back to the car and chugged
away. down past the bandstand and
its crowd and on out of the park.
The recent announcement by old
rivermen at Clark's Ferry that the dam
is slowly going to pieces was received
with general expressions of sorrow by
scores of canoeists here who have
padded many times over its broad.
quiet surface.
The wingwall at the chute was
broken by the recent freshet and
water from the pool is rushing cross
wise into it. The dam backs water for
several miles above Clark's Ferry and
has added much to the attractiveness
OF lnglenook as summer resort.
Local canoeists who usually shoot
the chutes on their way down the
river for the sake of additional ex-
citement have been warned that it is
extremely dangerous. as long spikes
and part of the. flooring protrude
| through the water to near the surface.
Recently two canoeists from Steelton
came through and smashed their boat
to splinters when they caught on one
OF these planks and overturned at the
big wave"
One particular brand of prize apples,
the pride Of a nearby fruit grower.
will not be exhibited at the annual
meeting of the State Horticultural So
ciety during Fall These apples have
been the subject of much favorable
comment for many seasons. One
colored man is responsible for the
elimination of this brand of fancy
| fruit.
Two weeks ago the owner found
two small trees suffering from an at
/ tack of insects. The fruit from these
trees was never very valuable. The
owner told the colored man to cut
them down and be careful he did not
| injure the roots of the tree near by,
which bore the prize apples. The
owner was called to the East for two
days. On his return he went into his
orchard to see how his prize fruit
tree was coming on, and found it had
been cut. The two smaller trees were
| still standing. There is now one COL
] ored man lnnking for annther ioh