Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-01
Eurntttg Chat

One of the sights at Union Station
the hunters. Monday morning appears
to be a favorite time for starting off
Tor the woods or the fields and around
and o'clock there are men in
hunting togs and leading dogs who
are to be seen awaiting trains. Many
OF these men come to the city during
Sunday and take maps until train
time. The last three Sundays there
have been many hunters to start opt
on the Monday trains and some, NJ
the railroad men declare that Monday
is more or ravorite hunting day
than Saturday. Thanks to the policy
of the State and weather conditions,
| game is once more fairly abundant
within easy distance of the city and
the Perry county wild turkey, one of
tho gamiest birds in the land, is kept
busy lodging lead. With the opening
OF the rabbit season there should be
plenty of 'cottontails" shot because
they are numerous in many sections
or the country and some have been
seen right at the citys gates. Last
tall rabbits were seen in Enola
streets and they were not unknown in
operlin and Paxtang, while they an
noyed people up at Lucknow by raid
| Ing their gardens. From all reports
deer are to be seen in the Blue Ridge
and on the>ridges of the South Noun
tain This Fall, for the first time in
some years, we have not had to note
the appearance of deer in Wildwood,
although they have swan the Sus-
quehanna near Dauphin.
| Harrisburg lawyers and others who
know Judges w. II. Stake and j. NJ
| PatterSon, of the Philadelphia bar
Will be interested to learn how they
| propose to settle some disputes about
licenses in the residential section of
| West Philadelphia. They are going
out to look over the houses and the
! neighborhoods
| People of the State Capitol have
| been wondering where the honey bees
came from which have been noticed
| ABOUT the building the last week or So
sees nave been seen in the Governors
| Dig reception room in the State De-
partment and in several other big
rooms. At first officials thought that a
swarm had alighted in Capitol Park
/ and closed their windows, fearing more
visitors. But the bees seem to be
| stragglers and no swarms have an
peared. Several times bees have
swarmed IN Capitol Park and have
been successfully hived, but this is the
hrst time they have paid individual
visits.
Now and then one is confronted
ing that requires considerable self
control on the part of the magistrate
to restrain his mirth," observed George
V. Bolton. Harrisburg's youngest alder
man, the other day.
For instance" he went on, az was
hearing a petty larceny case in nv
office which involved the theft of some
rags from junk dealer. The defend
ant was charged with having gone I'd
the wagon and stealing the bits OF
cloth After hearing whole lot OF
testimony pro and con the prisoneI
finally admitted his guilt.
An, yes, sab, jedge,' said he. 'Ahl
tell d truf and nuffint but d truf
an did take dem rags, sab, but Al
didn't think nuffin't of it.
Why not?' l asked as severely as
I could.
Why, dey was only dirty rags!'
what d you expect fo' to find on
dump man. silk handkerchiefs? p"
Night operations on the piers ior
the Cumberland Valley railroad I'd
attracting much attention from peo1
pie who pass up and down From
street these days and the fact that
neither wind nor rain appears to I'D
checking work is causing q good many
people to keep tabs on the progress
The manner in which the work goes
along shows what highly organized
contracting gangs can do. It will moi
be long until the Dauphin shore will
be reached.
When one thinks of 1t there are few
more beautiful sections of the Sus.
squehanna river to be seen than be
tween Steelton and Middletown The
western shore rises sharply from tn,
stream and just now is filed will
trees whose leaves bear all the tints
of autumn. Down the river Hill
Island rises and the whole countryside
shows the approach of winters scouts