Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-30
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SoAhSy tidulLlOu IHOT6 COIH-
pietely yesterday than known since
the days when the. early settlers
around John Harris stockaded
house went out along Paxton creek
ana shot wild turkeys for the feas.s
IN celebration of the close of the
farming and of the opening of the
rui'ihe time for bear and deer.
mere were probably more geese
ea'eh than for a long time. certain
ohurch DAYS long observed by serv-
ing OF geese not excepted. To begin
Win the turkey prices were SO abb
surdly high that very few people
could touch them and soma whose
pui 'eS were long enough had doubts
ABOUT the span of years of the birds.
f1ence, the goose was turned to and
IN spite of the fact that some folks
through ignorance knew not of the
delicious flavor of the fowls that
saved Rome and have engaged in
various other more or less legend
airy enterprises in other lands, the
bird, Drowned and sauced, appeared
on quite few tables. Other folks
reJolced In tender ducks and the
chantlcleer and the hen in many in
stances formed the center of the
table. A few people were able to
exhibit pheasants and quail as evil
dences of prowess and some game
seems to have gotten into circuIa-
ton other than by gunfire, One
man told of enjoying some kim
squads, while another regaled
friends with stories of beefsteak
an inch thick with ramparts of DO
tatoes. Indeed, in more than one
cafe yesterday people ordered
planked steak and turned up their
noses at the cold storage turkey that
was prominently displayed on the
bills of fare. All told, the day was
not gustatory triumph for the tur-
Key. And breaking away from a
custom that costs money to find de-
light in other forms of eating has it's
compensations after all.
The taking away of a good many
young men either by enlistment or
operation of the draft does not ap-
pear to have diminished interest in
either hunting or football, judging
| from what was to be seen about
! Harrisburg yesterday. The city had
a serious attack of footballitis over
! the annual high school game and it
| was surprising to see how many
people got worked up over the con-
test, while the woods and fields near
| the city had more than their usual
| quota of Saturday or holiday hun
ters. They appeared to be thor
| oughly enjoying themselves, it may
| be remarked, although the rabbits
seemingly had advance Information
| of their coming.
ITS funny thing when you con-
| slider all that has been put out from
| Washington by some hundred dol
| lar week press agents and written
| by the yard by more patriotic vol
unteers about food conservation that
hotels and cafes are not providing
the very things that we are being
asked to eat" remarked a young
clerk who is one of the small army
! of people who take meals at cafes
or restaurants. "Now we have been
regaled with advice to eat corn
| bread and mullins and to turn from
meat and wheat to hominy and
mush. Yet, 1 have not noticed on
any of the menus special efforts to
| get people away from eating wheat.
They don't have meat Tuesdays, but
it is going to take some swift action
| to get the people who supply food
to do their part. We are willing to
do ours, but what's the use of having
the foods we are being requested to
eat when they are not on the bills"
|
Col. S. Mcpherson Rutherford,
who is now at Camp Dix, spent the
holiday with his father, ]. e. Ruther-
| ford. Col. Rutherford was stationed
until recently at Fort Sheridan, but
| is in charge of important admins
trative work at the great Jersey
| camp.
1
| 1t is not often that one sees build
ing operations and similar outdoor
| work, or much indoor work for that
| matter, under way in Harrisburg on
| Thanksgiving day, but yesterday
| there were a good many men earn
| ing double pay by pushing along
such enterprises. 1t is estimated
| that in spite of the lateness of the
season that at least fifty houses are
under way in this city, while Steel
| ton and surrounding towns also
have building operations which are
| not far advanced. In some instances
| there are houses about the city
which are barely above foundations,
but which the builders hope, with
the weather conditions favorable, to
get under roof by Christmas. This
exceptional autumn has enabled
much work to be done which was
needed to supply homes.
The building of fires in the rising
stories of the Penn-Harris for the
purpose of drying the concrete
| cause some amusing scares about the
city in the evenings. From a dis
| tance away it looks as though his
tory was repeating itself at that cor
| ner and that a new fire was getting
started. Wednesday night when a
fire alarm sounded a number of peo-
| pie were firmly convinced that the
| fire was at Third and Walnut and
were surprised when the fire APP
| paratus kept right on.
| Some specimens of the wild tur.
lkey are to be seen about the sta.
tions Just now. The season ends to.
morrow and the hunters have been
coming in. Some of the gobbler:
shot in Perry and Fulton counties
are "dandies," to use the expression
of Berks county hunter who
passed through here yesterday with
a huge turkey and Il fringe of rab.
bits about his waist. A couple oi
| automobiles were here on Wednes.
day which appeared to be decorateS
with all that the law allows in the
way of feathered and furred game