Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-21
EVENING CHAT

through the presentation to State
Liprarlan Thomas Lynch Montgomery
tor the use of the Commonwealth of
.ne rattlesnake" flag of the Westmore-
"au' .aiiu county Provinciais Pennsylvania
secures what is regarded as the oldest
american nag and 1t will be preserved
LOT all time in the Capitol. The flag
10 one which is familiar to every school
ooy because ii bears the famous le-.
eend Don't Tread on Me" with the
Iatllesnake that was adopted as one of
the earliest war devices. The flag was
MADE In 1775 for the First Battalion
of the Westmoreland County Provin-
clals, men who organized when the
ilrst rumbles of war began to be heard
IN the land and was carried in Col
John Proctor's command by Samuel
Srais' Oh Westmoreland county whose
descendants have kept it ever since
70, For years this flag has been one of
the treasures of the family and
through efforts of Jesse E. b. Cum
ningham, former deputy attorney
general, they agreed to present it to
the State. Miss Jane Craig, who
owned 1t for years, provided in her
VIII that 1t should go to the Common
wealth If the family desired and while
desiring to have the relic near home,
the descendants of Col. Craig deter
mined that it could be better taken
care of in the Capitol. Yesterday af-
ternoon 1t was brought here by Ed
mund 5. Craig, of New Alexandria, and
M. Hill, of Greensburg, who form
ally presented it to Mr.. Montgomery.
IoVernor Brumbaugh. who had hoped
TO be present, was unable to do so, but
sent word by Mr.. Montgomery that he
was delighted to know that the flag
was TO be State property and that he
personally thanked the donors and
hoped they would come here to see it
When displayed. This Oldest Ameri-
can emblem is of heavy red silk,
worked in gold and bears in the center
the rattlesnake with head and rattles
raised, with the historic motto under
meath; Above are the letters "J. E. w.
Z. F., the name of the organization
ana the initials of the colonel The
snakes mead points toward a replica
OF the Union Jack in the upper corner.
IL is In splendid state of preserva-
tloh, showing how carefully the de-
scendants of the colorbearer kept it.
me State now owns the flag OF the
Hanover Associators and the Philadel-
Phla City Troop has the flag of the
Philadelphia Light Horse, relics that
are well nigh priceless. The West
moreland flag will be placed beside
that of the York county organization.
state thanks are TO be sent TO the
Jurymen, a dozen or moro ATTORNEYS
ana score of witnesses were drows-
lly awaiting the appearance of Judge
Henry for the opening of court the
other day when the foreman of the
twelve of Dauphin's good men and true
glanced toward the open door to the
corridor, rubbed his eyes looked again,
turned a trifie pale-and then swung
his legs with lightning-like CELEBRITY to
the back of the jury box railing.
Inen a big gray sewer rat ambled
carelessly through the door and across
the foor of the courtroom.
Two brief but exciting, drowsiness-
destroying minutes followed after
which the body of a dead rat was car
ried out on a shovel.
Council got truer tip on the ad-
vent of Spring yesterday than the best
efforts OF the weather man could sug-
geSt. When communications were
called for City Clerk Miller read a
simple little letter from one Joe"
Houston. He wants the job of dog
catcher
Much like the proverbial bolt from
a clear sky" rather ragged base
ball yesterday dropped apparently
from nowhere upon the asphalt at
StraWDerry and Court streets. That a
game somewhere nearby had been
suddenly deprived of the necessary
sphere was.indicated by the chorus of
portests and complaints at the mighty
arm-work OF particular batsman
For moment a little knot of curious
folks gathered about the man who
picked up the ball and scratched heads
while puzzling out just where the bah
bounded from. Finally the wondering
ones heard a call that solved the prob
lem. over here, Mister, shoot it
over came the voice-from the Dau-
phin county Jail yard.
EX-Bishop II. b. Hartzler. edi-
tor of the Evangelical, has returned
from Elizabeth City, n. c., where he
and his wife went some time ago on
their golden wedding trip Bishop
Eiartzler will resume his literary work
but Mrs. Hartzler will remain in the
South as the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Elizabeth Zimmerman.
People who have been here this
week for Legislative matters include
who have been volunteer fire.
men and they spoke of the late W. w
Wunder, for so many years secretary
of the State Association. Mr.. Wun-
der was known to thousands OF fire
men, proudly having lne most eN-
tensive acquaintance among firemen
of any one in Pennsylvania. lie also
had the reputation of knowing more
people by their first names than any
one else.
Among visitors to the city yester-
day was Director A. Merritt Taylor,
the man who is In charge of Philadel-
phia's transit development. He came
here for conference and took walk
about the city to see how 1t was i'm
proving.
WE'LL KNOWN PEOPLE
C. L. Peck, vice-president of the
Pennsylvania lines. west, personally