Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-15
Ehrntttg Gl1at

of an emergency arising that Dauphin
county furnishes such a diversified list
of products. The county has been
known from the latter part OF the
eighteenth century as producer OF
iron, beds of hematite in this county,
York, Cumberland and Perry FURNISH
ing considerable quantities for the fur
naces of Harrisburg, Dauphin, Middle-
town and the valleys back in the coun-
ty where iron was made for years.
Iron and steel heads the list of the
products made in the county ana the
tonnage tops that of any other in this
section. Dauphin county makes
everything from steel for shells, he'll
NETS, gun barrels and gun carriages
to the brass parts of ammunition, TO
say nothing of the machinery ior
making various articles in use In time
of war and plates for cars, bridges,
ships and auto cars. 1t also makes the
cars for fighting and pleasure and all
kinds of wagons. Tin plate is made
for every use. In the line OF proVl-
sions some one has figured out every
thing from ham to noodles and pret-
zels, while the bread made here feeds
the country for miles around. SOCKS
and shoes are made in Harrisburg and
half a dozen towns about ana snlrls
from silk to red flannel are among the
products. Blankets are made nearby
and cigars and beverages, hard ana
soft, are available for hours or relax
alton About the only thing that Har-
risburg does not make that could be
required for Quitting men is hats:
! 1t publishes Bibles and tracts ana
song books and handles immense
quantities of leather and its fabrica-
tions. And if the worst comes 1t is
prepared to supply artificial limbs and
collins.
The last few days have brought out
big crop of kid stories and like
most stories they appear to run in
| cycles. A couple of men were talking
| in a trolley car and one told of boy
| he knew who was somewhat given TO
! improvising in his evening prayers.
This youngster had finished up his
evening by some games OF hide ana
seek at his home and was at his
and included the members of his fam
lily in his list. And then he made
great windup. No sooner had he
said amen" than he fairly shouted
"all around my base is it,"
| A little fellow who lives uptown sur
prised his mother the other night at
| bedtime by ending his evening prayer
with For Moses sake, Amen!"
"Why Lewis!" calculated his moth
er surprisedly, "why don't you say for
Jesus sake as 1 taught you?"
| IL,
thing every night" complained the
six-year-old. my Sunday school
teacher told us God was awful fond of
Moses and I thought I'd end up with
him once and see If it works"
The other afternoon a young hope
full visited his dad at the office. Father
had cleaned up" his work for the
day and was lolling about on Il
chair, feet cooked toward the ceiling.
His boy looked him over disdaintully
for about five seconds when he walked
in and then sneered, Huh, so this Is
what you mean when you come home
and tell mother you've had "a hard
day at the office.
run along, now" suggested dad.
Here's a dime for the movies-and
keep your face shut"
Speaking of youngsters. the follow
ing occurred in one of the local the
aters when a notable release" was
running the boards for week:
Small boy, aged s, slipping his hand
into his mothers during an especially
with a very pronounced snltfe.
Honest, Nom, I don't care"
Here's another:
A mother with lad of or there
and asked for ticket
How about the boy, madam" sug-
gested the man at the window.
Must 1 pay for him." in surprised
tone.
well, if he doesn't look too much
at the picture, L guess L can pass
him."
Grip appears to have caught some
of the members of the general assem-
bly, judging from the manner in which
the legislators have been sneezing dur
ing their deliberations the last few
days No less than six sneezed within
four minutes and they were of all va
rieties from the loud ''ker-chow" with
strong accent on the last syllable to
one of the tenor kind with "kitchy-
kitchy-koo" accompaniment The
chorus had q serious effect upon the
business of the House and some in
vestigation to see if sneezing powder
was in use was made. But the sneeZ-
ing was genuine and kept up all dur
ing the session.
Water pipes were frozen in scores
of houses this week and number OIL
n fires have resulted from overwrought
householders applying open flames to
thaw them out. Fully half dozen
alarms have been rung in to fight
small fires started in the woodwork OF
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plumbing. A good many people, how
ever, have been following the advice
of Fire Chief John c. Kinder to use
rugs dipped in boiling water to open
the pipes since it was published in
the Telegraph several days ago.
Old residents who make a prac-
tice of watching the weather here
abouts, are declaring this to be one of
the hardest winters in many years.
The ice on the creeks and river is
thicker than in many years, they
point out, and the snowfall has GER
tainly not been below normal. Cold
wave has followed cold wave in close
succession and there have been few
times that skating at Wildwood and at
Paxtang hasn't been fairly good. Win
ter weather started early and has
been keeping right up, and many be-
lieve an early spring will be the ma
; tural sequence.