Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-25
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piece of Canadian money in cham
rendered 1t to the bootblack. who a.
jected. They turned him down at r.,
cigar store and he passed it at candy
store. All of which brings up the fact
that there is no certainty as to how
money from the Dominion stands in
this city. Canadian paper money or
bank notes is regarded as foreign
money and man would have trouble
paying for anything with a Canadian
half-dollar. In some stores dimes are
taken without question and occasion
ally street car conductor will be
obliging and take the coin and then
pass 1t on to the next passenger. Quar-
ters do not go, provided the person to
whom they are rendered is awake.
so 1t all ciphers down to the fact that
of all the money in the Dominion list
the dime is the only thing that has a
ghost of a chance of getting by in Har-
risburg outside of a bank. And, il
might be stated, the banks are rather
inclined to avoid taking much Cana
dian money because they have to hold
1t until they get enough to make the
shipment worth while to New York or
Buffalo. In Steelton, where foreign
coins are not unknown and pieces of
outlandish name and good design are
to be found going back and forward
over bars, a Dominion dime has a
better chance than in this city. It's
rather odd that with all the regu-
| lations about money that there is not
some accepted rule for the money of
the great land to the north of us whose
| currency is practically the same.
Harrisburgers have got right to be
| proud of the sunsets which have been
not f.WNr low
| displayed all the grandeur of the close
/ of the day for which the Lower Sus-
quehanna and the Juniata valleys are
| noted and walk along the Riverside
when the sun is sinking behind First
Mountain will we'll repay one. The
colors are remarkable and the glow of
the departing orb of the day fingers
| long after it has sunk, the clouds
| above the Blue Ridge being crimson,
pink, light green, blue, black, while
the sky above the York hills shows in
paler tints until the light fades.
| The wise people are giving their at
tention to the stores just now be-
cause this is the season when the big
bargains are to be snapped up by
those who know how to shop. Incl
dentally, it might be remarked that
trains coming to the city from the
rural districts bring good many peo-
pie who are pretty keen on bargains
and who know what time of the year
to draw money from the bank to get
good values in the stores.
People throughout the State will
watch with interest the developments
in the campaign of the Lackawanna
folks to have flrst-class highway con-
structed from Scranton to the State
line, there to meet the main highway
to Binghamton. The distance is not
very great and the aid of the State
Highway Department is to be sought
as a starter. after which the counties,
municipalities and others along the
route will be asked to cooperate. This
route will mean as much to that
rapidly growing section of the State
as the William Penn and Lincoln high
ways mean to us in this part of Penn
sylvania.
The many who remember the late
Maurice c. Eby will recall his marked
fondness for children and how every
thing that gave pleasure to the young
sters gave pleasure likewise to the for
mer mayor. One of his favorite stunts
it is recalled, was to cut a slit in the
right hand hip pocket of his trousers
just large enough to allow small coin
to drop through. Mr.. Eby would then
lay in a store of pennies and start
! nonchalantly down the street. The
friends-and they were legion-would
quickly gather about him, for he was
always ready for them. Suddenly Il
peculiarly suspicious clink would be
heard on the pavement, and then an
other. and another. the ex-mayor
whistling blithely the while and con-
tinuing unconcernedly his journey
down the street. A mad scramble
would ensue, like unto a group of
chickens scratching in the barnyard,
and the lure of the penny was as
strong on the youthful mind as was
the lure of the pipe welded by the
Pied Piper as he drew with his music
: the unsuspecting villagers into the
forest. OF course. the simile cannot be
, identical. But the whimsically genial
expression on the face of the dispenser
of joy lasted long after the pennies
had ceased to drop.
| 1t will be interesting to the friends
of this lover of children to know that
his sister, Miss Eby, has arranged with
City Commissioner Bowman to place a
fountain on the plaza at the pumping
station in memory Of her father.
|
Referring to the item in this column
last night about the enterprise of the
F'reeport Journal, a friend calls atten-
ton to the following remarkable state
ment of T. p. O'Connor in the New
York World of yesterday. The emil
nent member of parliament and jour-
nalist writes concerning Lord Lans-
downe as follows: "He is half Irish
and half English and inherits from his
French mother many of the character
/ istics of that race