Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-18
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Notwithstanding the hot weather
through which this section of the State
has passed in the last three weeks
there are a good many complaints be-
ing heard about the effect of rains
upon the crops and gardens, to say
nothing of the spelling of sport of
almost every kind except on the water.
Some of the gardens about the city in
whose blooms the owners take great
pride have beon so affected by weeds
that those who have lavished money
and time on them do not talk about
gardening. The weeds have also be-
gun to annoy truck gardeners more
than did the philistines the Israelites
of old. Even the bee industry has
been hard hit by the weather and there
are reports that the bees found it so
wet in June and in parts of this month
that they lived on the honey they had
stored uyp in May. Farmers in the
Cumberland Valley say that they had
to hustle to get their hay dried and
stored up in May. Farmers In the
have been held back by weather as
much as the labor shortage. The
Spring was unusually rainy and now
when there should be dry, hot weather
there has been an excess of humidity,
which may do the corn good, but
which is interfering with other lines.
Wonder how many people know any,
thing of the beauty and picturesque
ness of the Stony Creek Valley. The
stream. the hills, the fields and all the
panorama appeal strongly to lovers of
nature.
A little boy, the son of a promi-
nent lawyer and banker of this city,
lives during the summer months on
his fathers country place along the
Yellow Breeches creek. A bright and
active little chap. he has made friends
with most of the rabbits and birds and
other feathered and furred and creep
ing things in the neighborhood of his
home. The other day he was telling
his father about some of the birds he
knew and in order to test his knowl-
edge his father told him to name the
birds with which he is familiar and
the count was over forty. With the in
crease of knowledge of our feathered
friends will come an increase of the
birds that have been driven away
through indifference and without re-
gard to their usefulness. And the chill
dren are going to help lot
How eagerly the older ex-members
of the National Guard and the Spanish
American War veterans welcome the
slightest opportunity to get back into
service--even though 1t be no more
exciting than recruiting service-was
pretty we'll demonstrated the other day
when some of the "old guard" learned
of the appointment of County Com
missioner Henry NJ. Stine as an infan-
try captain for rookie" duty.
One Of the first men to whom tho
| beaming commissioner and ex-officer
of the Spanish american War showed
his orders was Jury Commissioner Ed
ward Dapp, an eX-trumpeter in the
service of Uncle Sam.
Gee, that sounds good. Harry"
grinned the jury commissioner. Now
do me a favor, will you?"
IF can, Ed. What is it?'
Why" answered the eX-bugler a
wee bit wistfully, give me a chance
to help"
There were a good many late break
| fasts and some unoccupied washlines
| in Harrisburg yesterday morning as
result of the trolleymen's strike. Many
persons employed in Harrisburg homes
live in the suburbs and could not get
to the city homes in time to get break
! fasts, and as for the washwomen, to
all intents and purposes they were also
/ on strike. They called UP on tele-
phones and said there was nothing
! doing in the way of work because they
| could not walk and work afterward.
Consequently there were .washlines
which will be hlled later In the week
and the shirts and other things will be
flying in the winds days later than
usual.
A couple of automobile tourists
stood in Market Square yesterday
afternoon watching things and ap-
/ peared to be so much interested in
what was going on that they were
finally asked by man who had an
swered fifteen questions why they were
there.
Were coming east on a trip and
we read that you've got trolley strike
on. We never saw how a strike works
out our way and we cut in here to
watch things" was the ready reply.
William " Hughes, the Blair county
man selected to be candidate for presi-
Dental elector in the Nineteenth dis
trtct, is said to be cousin of the
presidential candidate. He has never
! figured in politics before.