Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-06
EVENING CHAT

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There is flock OF chickens in Har-
risburg that is enjoying a quarter
million-dollar chicken enclosure. To
call the place anything like chicken
yard would be sacrilege. The plot is
one of the most valuable in Harris
| burg and is the stamping, scratching
and foraging ground of one rooster
and six unconcerned hens. They hold
! forth in the place daily undisturbed
! by the high value placed on each
square foot, the clatter of the trolley
cars. the noise of traffic and the pass
ing people. Who owns the chickens,
no one seems to know, but they appear
early and retire at the proper time for
chickens to roost, being far more cir
cumspect in that line than the people
who are in the neighborhood. The
chickens happy playground is the site
of the old Grand Opera House. This
property, which is used whenever any
one wants to start a new hotel story,
is valued according to the whim of the
speaker. 1t is surveyed every now and
then and that starts a rumor about
some great enterprise, but il never
disturbs the chickens. They just go
on and enjoy life regardless of the
mounting cost of the space which
their feet occupy.
+. II. Blackburn, the Bedford mem
ber of the Legislature, has retired
from the management of the Bedford
Inquirer. which he conducted for a
number of years, and will devote all
OF his time TO his work as a member of
the lower House until the close of the
session. j. :. Ridenour. who was
connected with Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh papers. has taken hold of the
Inquirer and will handle it.
James Francis Burke, the Pitts
burgh congressman, who retired from
the national halls this week. is well
known to many Harrisburgers because
OF his frequent visits here. Mr.. Burke
was big figure in 1905 when he was
in charge of the Knox presidential
boom and made speeches and did vari-
Gus things to get the former secretary
to the front in that great campaign.
incidentally. Mr.. Burke gave the city
treat as he appeared in a different
suit every hour or so and his costume
when he made the speech suggesting
Mr.. Knox harmonized with his fiowery
remarks.
Wildwood Park has been a little
slow in coming TO the front with nat
ural history this year. Thus far no
one has found the liverwort in bloom
and no wild ducks have been noticed
on the bosom of the lake. while the
deer eagles. rabbits and hawks that
have been entered from time to time
in the registry list of the park have
not appeared. Some people take this
TO mean that spring may not be as
speedy in arriving as generally thought
ana there are number of people who
believe that there may be some storms
later on in the month that will remind
us that winter is still here.
Speaking of weather conditions. it is
interesting to note that the great
March blizzard which tied up things
worse than ever known in this part of
the country came on March Il, 1883,
and there are we'll established records
that zero weather has not been un-
known in March and that heavy SHOWS
nave iallen as late as the goth. The
general impression left by St. Pat
ricks Day is that it always rains.
The American Food Journal. the
leading publication of its kind in the
West and which has a worldwide cir
culaton, contains an interesting re-
view of the way Pennsylvania built
up its food protection system from
the pen of Dairy and Food Commits
sioner James Foust. Mr.. Foust has
been Food Commissioner for eight
years and the article reviews what
the State has done and how impure
foods have been driven from the mar
kets in Pennsylvania.
W. y. Stevenson. McVeytown
banker. was among the visitors to the
city yesterday. He met a number of
friends while here.
Every time We sweep the grass in
Capitol Park it SHOWS" said one of
the States gardeners to-day. The
sweeping is actual work with a broom
on the grass. Every winter there is
an accumulation OF nutshells and
other dirt on the grass and it has to
be swept of. The gardeners say that
when work starts snow invariably
follows.
Among visitors to the city during
the week just closed was eX-Judge W.
d. Wallace. of New Castle. Judge
Wallace is prominently mentioned for
Court TO which he aspired a
few years ago.
Several lawyers were chatting in a
Russ building office the other day
about how many lawyers there are in
town.
I'll bet a good cigar there are as
many ieiN SiS d odi oeIsi sdlu one.
Only twice as many grocers as law
yeTs." said another.
Both your figures are too high"
said third of the gentlemen learned
in the law.
So they got down the city directory
to prove their contentious
Who won2
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE