Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-20
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Over half of the counties of Penn
sylvania will be traversed next Octo-
Der by Governor Brumbaugh and his
Seeing Pennsylvania First party. 1t
is the idea of the Governor to invite
fifty representative men, residents OF
this State, to accompany him on a
weeks tour of the Commonwealth so
that they may become familiar with
the scenery of the Keystone State and
what the enterprise of her citizens has
brought forth from the domain Of
William Penn. The tour will cover his-
toric Pennsylvania, the agricultural
region, the mountains, the coal and
coke districts, the industrial center of
Pittsburgh, the wooded portion, the
mining regions, the river valleys and
the interesting towns. The tour will
start in the official home of the State
and end in Philadelphia, where Penn
sylvanta began. The route has been
laid out by the State Highway depart
ment and approved by the Governor.
The start will be made in the morning
of October 4. the ninth anniversary of
the dedication of the Capitol where
the party will assemble. The first day
Will be down the Cumberland Valley to
the old southern road over the noun
tains to Bedford and the second day
through the counties of Somerset,
Westmoreland and Washington, end
! ing in Pittsburgh. On the third day
the party will go to Altoona through
the Cambria county roads and the
fourth day will go down to Hunting
don where the Governor will give a
luncheon and then the mountains will
be crossed to Bellefonte. The next
day there will be a run of over $50
miles to the Pocono region by way of
Williamsport, Bloomsbury and
Wilkes-Barre and the closing day will
be through the Delaware Water Gap
to Easton and thence by way of Allen
town to Philadelphia. The whole tour
VIII be made at the expense of those
participating. All of the route will be
covered on State roads.
A little boy who lives in the heart
of large city is spending his vacation
in Harrisburg the guest of an aunt
who is very particular about the con-
dition of her home, there being no
men folks" about to interfere with
her feminine love for order. The lit
tie masculine guest was much inter-
ested the other evening in the light
ming bugs that glimmered in myriads
| in the garden adjoining the house.
Having been assured that they would
not burn he proceeded, boy fashion,
to catch a hundred or more and con-
fine them in a large glass jar. All
evening he admired them. At bed
time he was suddenly stricken with
the thought that some of the bugs
might not like to remain all night
away from home. "Ill just turn 'em
loose" he said, land let 'em all go
back to their mothers" and he did,
right in the dining room of that per-
fectly appointed, we'll screened house.
| Dauphin county lawyers and other
Ifrequenters of the courthouse are still
| grinning over the story that one of
| the barristers told the other day about
| plianf Ghinnanch,,re, a
Shippensburg man had instructed his
lawyer to pay bill and the latter ac-
lcordingly told the client to send him a
postal money for the amount. A day
or two later the client called at the
office and casually asked the attorney
If he had received the money order.
The lawyer hadn't. But I sent it,"
persisted the visitor from the Cumber-
land Valley. II went to the post Office
myself, gave your name and your ad-
dress and told them to send the or
der off at once. Why 1 paid the man
myself and l Sot receipt" His -
torney suggested that he show the
receipt in order to trace the money
order if it were lost A day or two
later he turned up again. Here's the
receipt" said he. Then he trium-
lphantly showed the postal money or
der itself.
The average person thinks that
there are a good many automobiles
run on the Riverside road on Sundays,
high days and holidays, but it would
lprobably surprise many a man to learn
that almost 1900 passed a given point
day before yesterday. Matthew Turns,
for many years one of the watchmen
of the Pennsylvania railroad, who
lives retired at Rockville. kept a count
on Sunday of every motor vehicle
that passed his home near the big
bridge. He began to count at 80
a. m. and at 9 p. m. he had recorded
l11SS automobiles and 314 motorcy-
lcleS. In addition there were numerous
bicycles and teams and many people
enjoying the day on foot. This record
gives some idea of the traffic on the
road and of the popularity of the
beautiful drive.
There Is a new pet being shown
about Capitol park. 1t is tame, yet
Iwild enough when any one tries to
handle it and it has maintained an air
of rigid exclusiveness when any of the
furred or feathered denizens of the
Ipark has attempted to open diplomatic
relations. 1t is a Mexican parrot 1t
is brought to the park almost daily by
q man well on in years and stalks
about solemnly, but ever willing to ac-
cept a nut or a cracker from young
ster, although it raises a fuss when
any grown person comes along.