Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-21
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Although 1t is a common phrase in
Harrisburg newspaper offices, rev peo-
pie really know the origin of the e%,
preston, "'the ghost walks to-day,
meaning of course that it is pay DAY:
A number of years ago a troupe OF
actors played at a theater in one OF
the large cities of the country. They
were appearing in Shakespeare's Ham.
let and there was some question ABOUT
the paying of salaries. The man WHO
played the ghost refused to play untll
he was certain of receiving his pSy'
and he said. the ghost won't walk 70,
day" when he was told that he woulo
not receive his salary at the proper
time. From this, 1t Is said, is derived
the expression.
Sailing is the latest form of recre-
alton adopted by the younger river
men, ever in search of greater excite
ment. And the inexperienced ones are
getting II in copious quantities.
The art seldom is taken UP inland
with as much gusto as Harrisburg boys
have received II. Less than month
ago there was but one sail to be seen
on the river and that was on an old
scow that a hippo wouldn't have upset.
Since then canoeists have taken to IT
and races early in the evening when
the up-river wind usually pulls pretty
SlTOnR are seen.
Quick thought and prompt action
are absolute necessities in this latest
sport. When a canoe under forty-hve
| square feet of canvas starts to keel
over usually there is much scrambling
to right 1t and get into the wind again.
Old fishermen are toting large sized
grouches around with them these days
because of the height of the river,
which has put ban on fishing Never
| they say, has the river attained such
| great heights in the summer and stood
there for so long a time.
A few of them are catching fish, but
they say the sport isn't worth the work
of pushing boat out into the middle
| of the stream to the grass patches
| where the rock and black bass are
now staying. All of them are praying
for lower water.
$50 your city councilmen are ali
wrought UP over whether or not they
will complete your municipal improve
ments, are they?" asked a travelling
salesman as he glanced over one of
last evenings papers on his way up
town.
We'll, that's nothing, Down in Read
ing the city fathers are engaged in
wordy battle to decide whether or not
to place squirrels in PENIS Common,
one of the city parks.
Unlike Harrisburg" continued the
knight of the road, they've decided
that it would be bad policy to have any
of the furry animals in their public,
parks"
All the small middy-and- -bloomer
class camp girls who are having the
time of their lives on McCormicks S
Island will have some wonderful tales
to tell when they return home, but it
| 10 ft,1
exciting experience to recount than
one little camper from the Reservoir
Fairgrounds. Nearly a dozen tiny
ladies were playing a ring game of
some kind when suddenly a small rab-
bit, startled from it's nearby cover,
sprang into the circle. The girls
shrieked, the rabbit lodged, the girls
yelled some more, the rabbit scurried
from side to side. Then the group of
girls formed a ring of eager little
hands and the frightened cotton-tail
made a desperate leap to get through
the line-and landed in the hands of
one joyous little Jailer.
Some Dauphin county farmers no
have managed to squeeze in three
crops of alfalfa in specially favored
years are wondering what the
chances will be this year because of
the general humidity. The first crop
OF nay mas peen cut and there are
many fields. which under the influence
of the rains and the hot sunshine fol-
lowing have begun to grow green
again. 1t will be worth watching to
see what is done in some of the fields
incidentally it might be remarked that
this week has seen the greatest spurt
in the corn.
A couple of years ago a motorman
who wore goggles or eye shields was
regarded as an innovator Now there
are numerous knights of the brake
who wear goggles or colored glasses
every day. The motormen say that
it is essential to protect their eyes and
that they would not be without them.
One man remarked that one reason
was that the stretches of asphalt
streets are growing much greater and
! the glare of the sun seems to him to
be greater. Another declared that the
alternate rainy and cloudy days with
those on which the sun is very bright
is trying to the eyes and that the
, colored glasses are a great relief.
Rejection of the bids for the new
, State arsenal construction does not
, mean that the project will be aban-
! doned. Some changes will be made
in the plans and specifications and
: the State will ask new bids. The
handsome EliZabethan tower which