Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-31
Ehrntng Glrat

The manner in which the local OPP
.ioh .!9 people pre-empted the name of
Local option" for the coming CAM
palSn attracted attention because IL
was SO quietly and yet Systematically
uone. The papers were all ready and
were brought here, entered and paid
S3 1or Wlthh ffteen minutes. The whole
the name was in the language of u
pohtlclan nailed down" 1t reminds
one OF the manner in which the Bull
moose pre-empted the Washington
party name in 1912. There were
Tumors that 1t was to be done, but un-
INTO town and slipped out again with
out any russ, the Bull Moosers in
charge practically had a brass band.
Ihey got all the papers together in a
room in the Bolton House, sat up with
them all night and filed them at Q a.
IN. by that time probably $50 people
were around. The story goes that the
Bull Moosers had row and the fac
ton which took the name Progressive
would not let the dominant wing have
1t. So the men in charge are re.
ported TO have gotten papers signed
IN IN the name of Washington, Frank
lin and Penn. They baled them uE
and next morning after a prodigious
amount of telephoning entered the
washington name. 1t cost about $500.
The big peacock which delighted
thousands of children at PaXtang park
last summer with his many colored
tail never raises that emblem of pride
In his self-satisfied way any more His
mate is dead. The beautiful bird is
evidently heart broken for he sits
ABOUT IN the sun moping and melan-
choly. The keepers say however, that
mes been preening himself over much
he
ting his thoughts turn to love again
with the coming of Spring, the park
onclals are planning to get him a new
companion just as soon as possible.
All or the animal life in the little zoo
at PaXtang is showing signs of Spring
IeVeT; The big bear in the cage back
OF llttle hill in the park spends about
half his time summing himself and even
the frlsky little rabbits are loafing
about. The only exception is a little
game rooster who is making life mis-
cradle Tor all the bird life in the park
with his continuous efforts at starting
some sort of a scrap.
William II. Ball. secretary to the
Governor, is having a heap of fun
these days asking callers how many
commonly wealths there are in the
galaxy of States. Incidentally, he is
finding out that there are a good many
~.
ence between Commonwealth and
State and still more who can not
explain the slight detail in which they
dlHer. There are, as a matter of fact,
four States whose official designation
is Commonwealth, as follows: Penn
sylVania, Virginia, Massachusetts and
Kentucky. The others are officially
States. Mr.. Ball enjoyed asking call
ers the questions and has been rating
the answers. The Governor is away
up near the top, but the story goes
that the Attorney General and Secre-
tary of the Commonwealth failed to
make good average.
Il do not know that you are in such
/ sore af1iiction in the matter OF
measles" said travelling man at the
Commonwealth last night "I have
been trotting the circuit of the Penn
sylvania cities and have been talking
to the druggists and doctors with
whom | do business, but / think you
are not as badly off as some other
cities. Why, there are towns and
cities in this State which have dozens
of cases in sight on a street. I think
the whole State has been hit with
measles worse than ever known"
Quiet as you keep it, according ia
the remarks of n man whose business
| it is to keep tabs on military matters
there are a good many of the restless
spirits from northern Pennsylvania
counties, in Canada wearing the uni
form of the king. They are good loyal
Americans, but they could not resist
the opportunity to go to war and be-
fore things became acute with Mexico
they went over the line and enlisted
In some of the Canadian regiments
They found plenty of company.
|
| A dozen or more honey bees buzz.
ing about the entrance of the State
Museum yesterday afternoon were a
rather striking indication that Spring
is at hand. Where the bees came from
or why they picked such a place no
one could figure out unless they had
designs on some of the blooms in the
Capitol park conservatory. Bees are
not known in Capitol park as they
have swarmed there several times and
have been taken away by State Zoolo-
gist Surface, but yesterdays visit
probably came from an advance
guard.
Representative IT. IT. Brosius. OF
Brookville, who was here yesterday
was chairman of the committee on
game in the last House and one of the
conspicuous independents. He will