Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-02
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thirteenth and Market streets.
which is in second class as windy
spot In Harrisburg, the Capitol plaza
anu mulberry street bridge being in
'he hrst' afforded a bunch of young
Sters' and some grown-ups consider
aole fun few days ago. There were
hali a dozen boys standing about the
corner when a man came along and
he heard one ask another:
How many have you got?" =
Seven was the answer.
You beat me. I've only got i've"
The man, who was waiting for a
car wondered what the kids were
taking about on such a windy day
and with such evident enjoyment. Just
then Vagrant blast from the tail of
the Canadian cyclone which visited
mere came around Thirteenth street
and took off his hat
The Kids gave yell of delight and
the man paused before chasing the
nat TO give the lads piece of his
mind as he phrased it, when he saw
two scampering for the rolling hat as
fast as their legs would 60 The man
stopped. of course. and watched the
boys chase the "lid" half a block,
Finally it was returned to him and
nickel. the boy who had won the
race with the hat and his pal, sung
out Got six now."
What the boys were doing was
CHASING hats which were blown off at
that corner. They had noticed the
havoc caused by the air currents and
were chasing the hats as they were
whlrled away. They did not seem to
be in 1T for the gratuities they got, but
| 10 be running a race to see who could
retrieve most hats.
"Of1icial records, weatherman,
soosebone prognosticators and pro-
phets of like ilk to the contrary, not
Wlthstanding, February to my mind
was ono of the coldest in many
years. declared a well-known coal
dealer yesterday. "The best evidence
! 1t would seem to me was the amount
OF coal that the people had to burn
and our books show an extraordinary
! big business for the past month.
Ihen, too. I've made some inquiry
Just TO satisfy myself, and I've learn
ed that more coal was necessary,
steam heat was turned on more regu-
larly, hot water furnaces and heating
plants were kept going more uninter-
ruptedly during the past twenty-nine
days than during any previous Feb
ruary L can remember. I'm told that
the average mean temperature during
similar month of 1915 the average
mean temperature was 34.7. At any
rate we certainly had more cold,
gloomy, raw and wet days then pre-
vious Februarys. At least it was great
grip weather. Maybe my doctor only
mentioned this to comfort me, but
he said he had a heap of business in
that line. OF COURSE, I had the
grip. However, take it from me-, it
was COLD during the month and just
because I'm in the coal business you
needn't think it didn't cost me money.
And the steam heat bills will show
how cold it's BEEN
Four old copies of Smulrs handbook
were added yesterday to the Dauphin
county law library The books were
presented by Prison Inspector John
II. McIlhenny and Court Librarian
David +. Young put them away on n
little self by themselves. The vol
umes were for the years 1873. 1881,
1883 and 1887. They are worth con-
siderable money to men who keep
sets.
In spite of the unfavorable weather
conditions the proposed new site of
the Country Club of Harrisburg near
Fort Hunter has been visited by a
number of the members, who have
been highly pleased at the beauty of
the view from the point Wnefe IL is
planned to construct the new club
house. The ground which it is the
idea to buy is admirably adapted to
outdoor sports and much of it is in
such shape that it could be used for
golf this Fall if preliminary work
could be started in the Spring. How
ever, it is the intention of the club to
use its present grounds, the remains
of the clubhouse having been repair
ed so that locker rooms can be used
as heretofore.
The heavy demands upon the State
Workmen's Compensation Board for
information is making big holes in it's
appropriation for expenses and the
postage and printing bills are jump
ing. In most cases requests are made
for ten times as many blanks as need
ed and the other day modest re-
quest was made for 1900 copies of a
certain form for issuance as a sup
plement. The board will allow the
Inquirer to pay the bill, the State be-
ing unable to provide such wholesale
quantities.
Among visitors to the city yester-
day was George Sullivan, commission
er of Montgomery county and one of
the commissioners of Lower Merton
township, one of the best known rural
: municipal divisions in the State. He
; visited friends at the Capitol.