Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-18
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1t Is interesting to recall in these
Gays when increase of production of
loodstufs Is the slogan, that it is not
SO many years ago that farms within
dozen miles of Harrisburg were
hoted throughout the State as mar
keC gardens, or truck gardens" as
the expression goes, and that some
Whlch were famous are now devoted
TO general farming and not doing
any 100 we'll at that. For years the
city and Its surrounding towns were
supplied by vegetables grown within
slght OF the Capitol dome and the
guailty was known far and wide.
me markets were filled with, local
' produce and Dauphin potatoes vief
with those of York county. The de-
Velopment of the railroads and the
building up of the produce business
from other States changed all that
and in recent years many of the
vegetables sold on the semi-weekIv
market days were unloaded from eX
press pre- cars only few hours before
the market opened. AS has been
pointed out this spring the islands
IN the Susquehanna below this city
We're famous for their watermeIons.
cantaloupes and other vegetables, and
there are farms within easy trolley
distance of Harrisburg which for
potatoes and cabbag e and other
vegetables could not be beaten but
winch of late years have been turned
INTO wheat and corn or else allowed
10 be used for pasture. There has
been decline in the vegetable rais-
ing IN this section and it is said that
IN III the main there are farms near
Harrisburg which are running down
IN the matter of drainage, fences
and other details, to which SO much
attehtlon used to be given and in
| winch great pride was taken bv
their owners thirty or forty years
ago The stock reason given for the
change in the methods is the same
as given for the diminution of cat
tle FEEDING in farms about Harris
nurg-lt does not pay. In times gone
Ihere were many cattle raised on
farms near here and they command
ed ready sale, but the number
has diminished steadily although
the price of beef has advanced. Now,
we are. sorry that our farms are
not back where they used to be.
Thursday seems to have become
visiting day at the State Capitol be-
cause it is the day upon which most
OF the tourists appear to strike the
building. Yesterday there were
scores of visitors from all over the
state at the Capitol and they were
all frankly disappointed that the
Legislature had adjourned SO early
in the day. Many of the visitors
mad brought along their lunch and
had planned to sit in the galleries
and watch the lawmakers at work
"niie enjoying the provender.
IFS odd hO1rr
preventive measures are defeated
right alongside the places where
they are started. Yesterday after
noon squad of visitors to the Can
ltol stopped at one of the drinking
fountains in the first floor Corridors
ana not being familiar with the bub-
ping drinking apparatus and not
lhiliE lts tendency to spatter ones
race when not handled properly. ono
OF the number invested a cent in a
paper drinking cup. They passed il
an around the crowd, each one using
IL. And when they were about to
walk away some one began reading
the signs on the transoms near
| Wnere they were standing. Depart
ment or Health" read the one bent
on seeking information.
Philadelphia friend tells this
story on precautions. 1t seems that
he was taking a walk in West PhiIa-
uelphla when he noticed a very
young boy with mouth organ,
which seemed to be in demand
among the members OF the group
with whom he was standing. FINALLY
bigger boy came along and said:
say gimme that mouth organ, the
way, you're passin' it around we'll.
all be Citing disease next"
Tho fxuo COW. 90
Ter, connected with the State print
ing office, and residing near Dau-
phin, Walter and Charles, are both
determined to be aviators in the
united states service during the
war with Germany. Walter is taking
lessons in a school of aviation in
New York and Charles has entered
has gone to Fort Leavenworth, to be
assigned first to the mechanician
corps, but intends to take up flying.
They come naturally by it," said
| Mr.. Shaffer to a friend the other
day. When l was a boy conceived
what 1 thought to be a device that
would overcome the forces of CRAWL
tation sufficiently to let me soar with
the birds l hitched myself up in the
apparatus, much after the manner
| OF the late-lamented Darius Green,
and mounted a stable in the rear of
my home to float out over a cherry
tree in a neighbor's yard. Unfortu-
nately / went down instead of up,
wrecking the cherry tree and the
| friendship that existed between two
families previous to that event, to
say nothing of accommodating as
choice a variety of cuts and bruises
as ever small boy acquired in as
| brief q time"
|
Taking automobile trips to see the
! forest fires is among the favorite
forms of diversion just now. The
fires are to be seen along the ridgel
+, in Perry and Dauphin and to peopb
who have not experienced their ter
rors they are great attraction.
few days ago a party started out 20
see fire and the warden in charse
| made them work for six houB.
Under the law he has right TO
do SO.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE,
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