Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-16
Ehrnttt1 Gfrat

Il saw the term 'Sibletown' used
IN the Telegraph the other evening"
SAID a well-known Harrisburger to a
reporter yesterday, II was surprised,
indeed. for there is no such place, and
the Telegraph ought to know 1t. Years
and years ago Mr.. Sible built several
rows or houses along Cameron street.
rms was In the days when the brick
yards were flourishing I'm that region
and many employees took up their
residence there on account of the low
rents and nearness to their work,
despite the fact that the continual
1oodtng of the district by Paxton
creek made it unhealthful. Then this
district was known as Sibletown, but
that condition is long since past. The
dam in Wildwood park has made
floods thing of the past and the peo-
pie have been encouraged to make
they have at Herr and Cameron
streets the very finest public play
ground in the whole city and right at
hand the water departments hand
somely decorated grounds and offices
are located. The Harrisburg Rail-
ways, through the enterprise of Pres
ident Frank Il. Musser has done
wonderful work in treating the land
scape about the new carbarns until
it looks more like n public park than
carbarn yard. In addition several
very fine churches have been built in
1
line now runs to Maclay street, with
possibilities of a belt line and an eX-
tension to Wildwood park one of the
early probabilities In recent years
this district has gone forward by leaps
and bounds and what was once swamp
land and in some of the fields near the
railroad is destined to become the
best manufacturing property in the
city. Sibletown, indeed, this locality
Is Just as much a part of Harrisburg
as any other. These community
names are all disappearing. Schudde-
madgeville, Verbeketown and Engle-
ton have all disappeared and with
them has gone Sibletown. There is no
such place
Governor Brumbaugh has just been
| informed that two prizes given in his
name by Col. John Gribbel, of Phila-
delphia, for the best hogs raised in
Somerset county have been awarded.
Ihe prizes were established by Col.
| Grtbbel during visit to Somerset with
| the Governor and Mrs. Frank S. Black,
wife of one of the members of the
State Commission of Agriculture. was
in charge of the awards. Mrs. Black
Is practical farmeress and wrote to
| the Governor about the awards. The
prizes were awarded by a committee
of Die Hausefrauen," of Somerset
county. Mrs. Boose was awarded the
first prize for the best weight. per
porker showing sos pounds in eight
and half months, while Mrs. Berke-
ley won the prize for the best return.
receiving $3S.3S from a hog weighing
246. Mrs. Black informs the Cover
nor that both he and Col Gribbel are
to receive ham, cut, according to
the Governors suggestion from the
southeastern corner of the hogs.
Two additions have just been made
tn AftnrnaU Cpnaro1 Rrnyrt,'G
of eminent Pennsylvanians, the pic
ture having been retrieved from one
of the store rooms of the Capitol after
having been used for exhibition at
one of the, eXpositions. The pictures
are black and white copies, and good
ones, too, of Benjamin Franklin and
Benjamin Rush. They have hcen
framed and placed beside pictures Of
men prominent in colonial days.
Between the military situation and
the Governors announcement of his
candidacy for President the mail of
the Executive department has grown
to considerable proportions. There
are suggestions of various kinds for
the campaign, advice as to the Ma
tional Guard and offers of regiments
and other organizations for the use
of the State. The mail bag is crowd
ed with these letters and the force OF
stenographers is kept on the jump
seeing that they are answered.
: wonder how the many robins who
made an early debut in these parts
during the last few days, have wealth
cred this snowstorm?" observed the
man who likes to keep out o. doors.
"Only on Tuesday / was strollnG
, through Wildwood Park when | saw
at least a score of robins. They look
ed pretty good to me, / tell you, be-
cause they seemed to me to be real
heralds of Spring. And while | was
watching the red breasts, great flock
of black birds swung across a field
from a nearby wood. OF course [
!, know that the black birds-gct to-
gether during most any warm spell,
but nevertheless the appearance of
that flock seemed q pretty good sign
to me. And when | saw the robins,
too, was about ready TO go home and
! lay away my overcoat.
: And yet the next day." he added
whimsically, "it snowed!"
, John Monaghan, the Public Service
J Commissioner, who is being mentioned
for judge in Philadelphia, is native
. of Ashland. Schuylkill county. but
J moved to Philadelphia when he was a
youth. lie is first honor graduate of
the Central high school of Philadel-
phia and was graduated in law from
the University of Pennsylvania.