Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-18
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Buttercups have been added to the
flora of Capitol Park and no one
seems to know the reason for the
appearance of the tiny yellow flowers
that have pre-empted an area about
ten feet square a short distance from
the Mexican monument. To make the
setting more complete, the buttercups
are surrounded by a couple of quite
good sized patches of white clover
blossoms. The buttercups made their
appearance a couple of days ago much
to the surprise of the gardeners, who
noticed the interest they had attracted
and allowed them to remain. 1t is
supposed that someone had a bunch of
the flowers one time and threw them
away or else some of the seeds We're
mixed in with grass seed and in this
way the Capitol Park, far removed
from the countryside and carefully
kept free from dandelions, has manv
of the pretty little flowers inseparably
connected with the meadows and the
pasture fields. Every now and then
some flowers appear in unexpected
places in the park and with the black
birds and an occasional robin thev
make the tired city dweller think Of
the country.
There has been the usual attendance
OF foreigners at this weeks criminal
court and out of curiosity man who
knows some languages kept tabs on
the nattonalities of the people who
passed through the rotunda at noon.
He heard German. Italian Serbian.
Roumanian. Slavonic and what sound
eo 10 MIN like some Gaelic. He also
neard one or two people speak Eng
lish, he says
Dauphin county farmers are not
building as many silos as a few years
ago. And have been curious to find
the reason" said a man who travels
about the county a good bit. six or
seven years ago there was a pro
nounced boom in silo building in the
| lower end of this county and York and
cumberland did much building. too.
Lstely have seen very few new ones
and hardly any in course of construc-
tion."
The excavations for the cellar foun-
cations of the new Graupner bakery
| at Tenth and Market streets reveal
that the Paxton creek once rambled
over that way. The digging has dis
closed successive layers of filling, in
| cIudlng oyster shells and some indi-
cauons of the creek bed. Soon after
the civil War the creek, which zig
gagged down the valley, was straight
ened. The new bakery site was then
nlied and is as solid as a rock.
The festival season is on in full
force and there are "events" of local
importance spread on many lots about
the city. The Strawberries seem to
have come down to festival prices and
young peoples societies, classes. base
pail clubs and other organizations are
having their try for the nickel Last
night there were fully dozen festivals
in full swing about the city.
|
William Draper Lewis, who was the
Washington party candidate for Gov
| efnor for time last year, was here
yesterday in q case at the Capitol, but
refrained from talking politics. 'I'm
busy with law now and 1 do not have
much time to talk about ANYTHING
else" said the former dean. He
showed much interest in the progress
of legislation. however.
|
George D. Ogden, the general freight
agent Of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
who is now located in Philadelphia,
was was mere for a hearing at the Capitol
Yesterday and remarked upon the
pleasant days he had spent while in
| charge of freight here. This in a.
growing town. all right. You can see
II grow every time you visit it, and I
get here pretty often" said he.
Not only can the Devil quote Scrip
ture to his purpose-he's a good BIT
OF bear" at using religious tunes
for his satanic purposes, too. In MANY
a dance, public and private, through
out the city, folk are tipping the
light fantastic to the tune of brighten
the Corner Where You Are" which
1 n da iNNf0
And this tune is the one hit being
sung in dozens of tabernacles where
evangelistic services are being held.
Most evangelists deal roughly with
dancing, putting it only after rum,
cards and theater-goin in the cate
CORY OF worldly pleasures which should
be Stunned. Now one of the evil genii
has changed the time, sticking in a
bit OF syncopation here and there and
the ringing revival hymn is changed
to rattling good one-step that exerts
q quickening influence on the toes.