Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-28
Ehrntrg Gl1at

Its odd how the seed of the Japa-
nese empress tree that stands in the
pavement on the Court street side of
the Dauphin county courthouse has
been spread far and wide. This tree
grew from seed brought to Harris
burg before the Civil war and there
were offshoots of it in Walnut street at
couple OF places until q few YEARS
ago, one of the trees being at the
prison. Efforts were made to plant
seeds in Capitol Park and in the River
side Parks, but they did not ma
ture, the seeds evidently preferring to
germinate in the sidewalks. However.
one of the trees was transpianted to
Reservoir Park and is now covered
with a wreath of purple flowers hav-
ing the peculiar odor of the tree. The
blooms are almost like an orchid
being oriental in shape and color as
well as odor and grow in lunches
one of the singular things about the
tree is that 1t carries the seed pods of
last year while it is blooming and each
successive wind storm scatters more
OF the seeds abroad. Some of the
blooms from the Reservoir tree have
been brought to the city, one of them
being on the forestry table at the Pub
lie Library together with a description
of the tree.
Governor Brumbaugh, who is an ar
dent angler and who likes to steal
away to fish for trout almost as we'll
as he likes to play golf, has been pre-
sented with an oil painting of him
sell nshing along one of the tumbling
streams IN the rocky region of the Po-
conos. The painting was by a friend
VINO was accompanying the Governor
ana who made a hurried sketch The
Governor is shown going right after
the hsh, wearing his heavy clothing
and making cast
Members of the Governors Troon
are looking forward with a great deal
OF interest to the coming encampment
or the First Regiment of cavalry at
MT Gretna because 1t is to be a Joint
AFFAIR in which cavalrymen from Penn
sy,Nyanla, Maryland and New Jersey
viii work with regular army cavalry.
IL is expected to be the largest cavalry
Iencampment in the State since the civil
war and will last for eight days in the
Iatter part of July. The First Regi-
ment will encamp as a unit of twelve
troops for the first time and II is ex1
pected that the organizations will he
recruited up to the limit There Will
pe TOUR troops from New Jersey and
one from Maryland together with two
from Fort Myer. This will put the
IiarrisourS caValrymen into pretty fast
company, but they have always been
able to hold up their end and then go
some. Some of the information gain
eu from the European war will be
used in the work of the camp.
Attorney General Francis sbun,,
Brown likes Harrisburg in all but
couple of things. One is the meeting
OF the milkmen's exchange around
front and Market streets before dav
nSht each day and the other is the
SCOT. The Attorney General has be-
come well posted on the prices of
the before dawn talk so much, but he
cannot get used to the smoke. His
once at the Capitol has been euuipped
win screens, one of the few offices
SO equipped at the Capitol. Now il is
expected that the distinguished law
yer VIII ind everything in his taste in
Harrisburg where his forefathers lived
and where he is regarded as one of
our own.
It's interesting to note Just how
many canoeists and boat owners who
frequent the haunts of the Susoue-
hanna own talking machines. guitars.
mandolins, banjos and other musical
instruments. On q moonlight evening
strollers along the River Front are
often attracted by the sound of some
Grooming melody afioating in from the
ripping stream. Sometimes along the
shore of the islands as many as two
dozen talking machines and string in
struments will be going at once and
the effect is far from a iarring tumble
of sound.
The jitneys have broken up at least
one trust in Harrisburg. At the mar
kets the boys charged ten cents to
haul home a market basket and once
in while a fat basket would be the
occasion of an extra tax for appear
ances. Now all one has to do is to
carry a basket to a curb call a lit
ney and go home in style, and with
celebrity, for a nickle.