Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-15
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Judging from the way things are
shaping themselves up in the scsnning
or election returns from the primary
there is going to be a number of cer-
uncates of election as delegate which
viii not be called for at the State De-
partment, Capital Hill officials are
perpleXed at the number of names
turning up in the scattering columns
and as in some cases names written
in won places they are trying to find
the individuals who had honors thrust
upon them. The bulk of the surprise
elections were, as usual, in the Pro-
hibition columns. There were men
elected national delegates who have
never been Prohibitionists, notably
John M. Reynolds. of Bedford, former
lieutenant governor, while the usual
number of men prominent in wet"
districts get Prohibition honors. AS
for the Roosevelt Progressive and
Bull Moose parties they have dele
gates elected but as far as can be
found upon diligent inquiry there are
no conventions to be held and their
state officers are unknown. The Of
hcials in the State Department are
hunting the addresses of men who
were elected because in the very ma
ture of things the addresses of the
candidates were not appended by the
voters who thoughtfully wrote in their
names. These are only a few of the
problems which have grown out of the
recent primary election.
Jesse e. b. Cunningham. former
deputy attorney general. who was
named as one of the committee of
the Presbyterian general assembly to
inquire into seminaries, was an elder
in the Presbyterian church at Green's
burg and one of the most prominent
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ty. He attends Market Square church
in this city.
The squirrels in Capitol Park were
divided yesterday by youngster who
was much impressed with their ap-
pearance Look, mother, at the
squirrels. Some are fuzzy tails and
some are spike tails. Judge largest
says that the spike tails" are those
which do not thrive on a diet of pea
nuts. The Judge holds that only the
hard shelled nuts should be fed to the
pets of the park.
The State Highway Department in
stead of issuing but fifteen or twenty
automobile licenses a day now, is is
suing about 200 day. The rush to
get licenses is keeping up and it would
not be surprising to see it continue
until the cold weather comes. on
some days the 800 mark is touched
and it is a rare occasion when the
daily issue gets below 175.
Not often does County Commission
er Harry Wells start something he
doesn't finish, but the little tale he
began the other day at the meeting of
the commissioners was an exception;
Commissioner Harry Slime finished it,
The story had to do with the eX-
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dotte hen and the teller's weird effort
TO persuade her to return to her old
regularity of laying habits by placing
some forty odd snapper turtle eggs
in the hens nest. The county official
said he acted on the theory that II
his hen saw so many eggs at one time.
she might feel ashamed of herself and
get busy. Whether or not the plan
worked is a matter of conjecture; at
any rate the hen began laying again.
And the snapper" eggs have long
since been made into soup. Where
upon Mr.. Stine finished the tale.
Suppose, Sheriff." he suggested,
you had allowed that hen to hatch
out those turtle eggs and had put the
results into the soup, what would you
have called the soup?"
Didn't think of that. What?"
why" said Commissioner Slime,
gravely, mock turtle, of course.
Francis ]. Torrance, of Pittsburgh,
president of the State Board of Public
Charities, who was here yesterday, is
the senior member of the Board in
point of service. He has been con-
, nected with it for years.
The circus exhibition given yester-
/ day at Twenty-first and Greenwood
streets was the second to be given
on Allison Hill. Some twenty eight
years ago Forepaugh's circus ex-
hibited out about Seventeenth and Re-
gina streets. There was a tremendous
haul required and no circus ever tried
it until yesterday when the Ringlings
treeked from Second and Vine.
Many Harrisburgers will learn with
interest that David Gregg, son of the
famous cavalry leader and former
Auditor General. was elected presi-
dent of the veterans of the Governor S
Troop who saw service in Porto Rico
Mr.. Gregg lives at Reading where he
is in business and keeps up his inter-
est In the veterans organization,
) missing q rauniOn