Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-02
Evening Chat

Ihe secret is out about Governor
Brumbaugh. 1t has been known that
he was wood cutter, school teacher and
other things that fitted him for the
place he occupies, but it also trans
pires that once he was connected, as
were all great men, with the art pres
erVative of arts-printing. The Cover
nor Knows the case" He admits it.
1t seems that when he was young
stcr in Markelsburg, his native town,
he wandered into the village printing
office where The Pilgrim, a church pa
per, was published. and got a job. He
washed rollers, made the fire, swept
out" and did other things connected
with rural printing offices and recalls
the work required to make the old flat
bed press run. When he was not do
ing that he was sticking type and he
is proud of the fact that he learned
how to set type. The Governors career
has been we'll rounded out as far as
the formative stage goes and he is
going some now and will go in the fu
ture.
The discussion of the bill for extern
sion of Capitol Park has caused many
of the members of the legislature to
done and a number of them went to
upper stories of the Capitol yesterday
and noted how the buildings had been
taken down in the forty-one blocks in
the district. Some of them were sur
prised at the progress made in remov-
ing the old structures and the various
plants and the fact that not one case
has ever been appealed to court is not
without an impression upon the law
makers. The park extension is gen.
orally regarded by the legislators as
good business.
People who went along Front street
yesterday were rather surprised at the
number of squirrels to be seen in the
city's riverside parks. These animals
came from the Capitol, seeking homes
in the big trees along the Susque-
hanna. probably because of the view:
The cold rains and the snow prevented
them from getting their usual supply
of food and they came down to the
pavements to do some begging.
Among visitors to the city yesterday
was w. J.. Petriken, who came here
accompanied by his daughter, to see
his sister. Miss Margaret Petriken. He
has Just come from a trip to Europe
which has a great industrial interest.
In Denver Mr.. Petriken is head of the
Great Western Sugar Company which
has done much to develop the beet
sugar industry and he went to Hol-
land and Germany to purchase beet
sugar seed. He bought 10000 bags,
making an outlay of Sc 900 and they
will be used in the west. Germany
and Holland are the centers of this
Industry. Mr.. Petriken was aided by
the national administration and on his
return he called at the White House
to thank the President for help given.
Paul II. Furman, of Philadelphia.
who is here in the interest of child
labor legislation, used to be a news
paperman in Philadelphia, lie had
charge of the city desk on the old
Philadelphia Times years ago.
The letter A caused some excitement
| in Market Square this morning. The
letter was a part of the big sign on top
of the Kaufman building and took
notion TO break loose from its moor
inEs 1t hung by a single wire and
swayed and swung for half an hour,
causing passersby to look nervously
at it. Finally worKmcn engaged in
| clearing out the burned building took
it down.
The fact that to-day was the ami
versary of the burning of the old Capt.
| tol was recalled by some of the old
| timers on the ''ETilf' to-day and they
remarked the similarity of the weather
on that day eighteen years ago and the
atrocious variety to-day.
George F. Watt, who has just been
re- elected president of the Elliott
Fisher Company, is being congratulat-
| cd by his friends upon the honor given
him and upon the progress made by
the company in the last year. The
Elliott Fisher is no longer q mere i'm
dustrial establishment in Harrisburg.
| 1t is a Harrisburg institution and is
products are known the world over.
| The splendid plant at Lochiel and the
wide reputation of the book typewrit-
ers and billing machines show what
Mr.. Watt has accomplished.
| The Harrisburg Public Library has
added to its collection of books on
Europe the handbook of the Euro
pean war. The book was recently is
sued for quick answering of questions
about the conflict and there have al
ready been calls for it. One man want
cd to know how much wheat Germany
raised and another wanted data on the
standing of the army of Holland.