Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-06
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Labor Day. which is now observed
as carefully as some of the older holi-
days and with a good bit more atten-
ton from the people than the birth
days of Washington or Lincoln, is
next to Columbus Day, the youngest
of the Pennsylvania holidays, and 1t Z
is not so long ago that there was a
good bit of doubt about whether to
pay much regard to it. Any one who
recalls the days OF the knights of La
Dor and the mystic marks announc-
ing meetings that appeared on cross
ings and were attributed to some of
their overzealous members will re-
member that for a time folks did not
take Labor Day seriously. In the
nineties some efforts were made
through picnics and meetings, but for
time there was scant observance
even in the public offices, some of
which kept open as usual Finally
renewed legislative enactment brought
the matter to public attention and fif-
teen years ago Labor Day began to
take its place in the list of holidays
which Harrisburg kept. 1t is now
marked by general dropping of busi-
ness with attendance at games or TAX
ing picnics. Another thing about La
Dor Day is that most people make a
last splurge with their summer cloth
ing because they know in a few
weeks that the tracks of Jack Frost
will be observed. This has been
noticed for some years.
Sheriff Harry C. Wells, who is a
candidate for one of the Democratic
ran up against a fallen boss the other
day. He was in a county district
where Democrats are not as plentiful
as trees. He met a man acknowledge
ing that he was a Democrat without
fear and asked him If he would be
would vote for the sheriff and then
added: But, 1 amt the only boss
of the Democratic vote around here
any more. There's fellow moved IN
from the upper end and he lives a
mile away and says he's a Democrat,
too. Better line up that fellow, too.
No one else's been around
A fat, elderly dog held up traffic
| in Market street for a long minute
right when it was busiest on Satur-
| day night, illustrating the care and
kindliness of the crowds that thronged
the street. This dog started from the
courthouse about p. m. on Saturday
night. The sidewalks were jammed
with the usual Saturday night crowd
and here was a continuous stream OF
! automobiles and trolley cars moving
| in both directions. One had to fight
way through the crowd and to duck
the vehicles. Yet the dog went Sc
| renely on getting across the sidewalk
| safely and moving carelessly into the
street. Automobile drivers Stacked up
| and trolley cars stopped. The dog
waddled across the street and got lost
in the crowd in front of a movie
place. But plenty was said.
Attorney General Brown tells good
story about a trial in a Philadelphia
court. 1t seems that he was in charge
of a case in which a bolt of lightning
did damage and was not guarded
against. The court charged very care
fully regarding acts of Providence or
major Wis., as it is put. Next day
Mr.. Brown was met by one of the
jurors who said: Say, I served in the
National Guard, but l never heard Of
any Major Wis. Who was he?
George B. Brusstar, chief of the
automobile division of the State High
way department, was summoned to
the post office the other day to receive
a very important package by register
! ed mail. 1t was so important, ac-
cording to the federal people that it
would not be delivered to any one but
the chief. So he walked to the office,
identified himself, signed the papers
and got very ordinary looking pack
age. When he opened it there were
two metal keystones for automobile
tags, Just the kind that the Depart
ment gets by the dozen each week
from people who change their tags.