Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-14
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| Doys books and traveller of wide CO.
perience. was sitting in his pup-tent at
| Plattsburg one evening last montn.
while a torrent of rain poured abous
the three men who were huddled to-
gether in the little covering huilt sor
two. The three were Munroe, tho
president Of the Detroit Chamber O.
Commerce, and the mayor of Des
Moines, Iowa. They were discussing
cities beautiful, and the esthetic siaa
of civic life, and this distinguisb..S
world traveller had as his text the City
OF Harrisburg. He praised it's wonder
full civic improvements and spoke
| highly Of the men who were respon-
sible for city betterment, among them
his friend, J. Horace Mcfarland, of
this city. The mayor Of Des Moines
and the Chamber of Commerce presi-
dent had to admit their champions
defeated by the enthusiastic descrip-
ton Of Harrisburg which the author
drew.
The above incident, showing the ex-
tent to which our city's remarkable
development is being advertised, was
related by George F. Ross, who at the
time was visiting his son Frank. acting
adJutant of the Septenl Der Plattsburg
camp. His conversation with the au-
thor revealed the fact that in spite
of his sc years Kirk Monroe was en-
joying Plattsburg to the utmost and
would have stayed for the second
camp had he not been due in Miami,
| Florida, on Saturday of this week to
celebrate his birthday or wedding
anniversary" as he chooses to call it.
Kirk Munroe is an uncle of Lyman
Beecher Stowe and a son-in-law Of
| Ap1Alfa Rarr fhA authnrnsS
of those darn literary cusses," says
he, although I've stopped writing
now The old gentleman is straight
as an arrow and still as hearty as
many younger man. Lots Of read
ers will remember For the Mikado,"
at the time Of the Russian-Japanese
war.
Among the visitors in the city this
week attending the session of the State
Sealers' conference, is Thure Hanson,
Commissioner ofWeights and Measures
of Massachusetts. Commissioner
Hanson is also interested in public
schools, and on the first day Of the
conference Harry A. Boyer, Dauphin
county inspector, invited the State off,
cial to go on short tour to view some
of the city schoolbuildings Among
these visited were the new w. S. Steele
grade school and the Technical high
school. Both of them brought ap-
proval from Commissioner Hanson,
who asked number of questions
about the public school system in the
city.
Alderman James B. Deshong, at
police court the other afternoon had
a strange experience. One of the
prisoners brought before him for
hearing. charged with being drunk
and disorderly proved to be a man
whom he had gone to school with.
years ago. The magistrate mentioned
the fact as he called the case, and
after a serious talk to his former
playmate, he released the prisoner
with a reprimand.
David Goldberg, interpreter for the
Pennsylvania railroad, would like to
see the war end tomorrow. He has
had a rather dull season since the
trouble started. Few immigrants pass
through Harrisburg these days. One
car load month is considered big
business. Not many years ago two
and three trains with immigrants pass
ed through Harrisburg almost daily.
There was scarcely a day that so or
more foreigners did not stop off in
Harrisburg until their destination was
positive. The veteran interpreter said,
Il am afraid there will be little bust
want to go to Europe to make money,
and many foreigners will return to
their native soil.'
Postmaster John A. Thornton, of
Philadelphia, stood in the Capitol
corridors yesterday and talked about
lively times in the Legislature IT
guess have been coming to this city
for thirty years and I see the jumps
1T has made each time return. Some
Of the liveliest political doings have
ever known have taken place right on
this Hill. I remember one time when
we had something like 81 Democrats
in the House and Senate. That was
some years ago, my friend, but we may
fool you again. Well, we thought we
had it all worked out to put an inde-
pendent in the chair of the House, but
while we were meeting some one else
was meeting and we did not have all
of our colorbearers when we went to
the fight. One John r. Farr won the
speakership and we won valuable
lot of experience"
Samuel c.. Jamison, the Allegheny
countian who was chairman at the
convention of the coroners of the
State. is a son OF Scotland. He came
from there when a boy The other
evening he was sitting with some
friends talking about the land o.
cakes when he discovered that his
home locality was the starting place of
the families of half dozen men with
him. Their forebears had come from
the same neighborhood.