Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-21
Ehrntng Ullat

pennsylvania railroad, Will miss the
old bell of st. Lawrence's Church
which has kept such faithful time all
these years. This bell has rung at
a. m, noon and G p. m. and for a time
at $50 p. m. The latter ringing was
an idea of the late Father Hopper
nagel and was sign for the children
of that parish, and all others, to get
to bed. The people of the neigh5or-
hood and q good many more have
regulated many things by the bell and
generations of people have gotten up
by it and sat down to dinner. Its
deep notes have sounded in all kinds
of weather and never have they miss
ed the hour. Often times the bell OF
| st. Lawrence would ring out in ac-
compartment to the big bell in the
Cathedral and one would supplement
the others notes. When the State
street church is opened the people in
the business section will be without the
friendly warning of the hour from
the bell of st. Lawrence, which is
nearer to the hearts of more Harris
burgers than one thinks.
Speaking of bells there will be
plenty of them in State street when
St. Lawrence Church's new doors are
opened. There is the Cathedral bell,
which rings the same hours as the
st. Lawrence bell does now and in
between them will be the bell of st.
Michaefs German Lutheran Church,
whose peculiar note is well recalled by
hundreds of people who were born and
bred below Market street. The re-
moval of st. Lawrence's Church from
| the business section will leave it with
three churches with bells, Old Zion,
with its beautifully tuned chimes: the
penetrating bell of Reformed Salem
Church, the house of worship which
occupies the same plot which the Re-
formed congregation selected and
upon whose rear end built the first
church in Harrisburg right after the
city was laid out 1872 years ago, and
the deep toned bell in the tall spire
of Market Square Presbyterian Church
which stands at the south end of the
city's busiest place to remind men of
other things than daily work and
strivings.
The robins which are reported to
have arrived in the city few days ago
as the advance guard of the spring
brigade seem to have been beaten
to it, by a couple of flocks of black
birds. The blackbirds were seen on
Lincoln's birthday not far from Pes
ervoir park and two days later were
observed near PaXtang park. They
appeared to be in a hurry as was to
be expected during the weather and
were taken, because of the distance,
for crows. However, that they were
| blackbirds who had looked in tho
wrong almanac for meteorological data
was well established by people who
noted the flock and the manner of fly
ing. They have not been seen since
and probably left the neighborhood
thoroughly disguised with the weather.
Governor Brumbaugh has received
| an interesting inquiry based upon the
desire of a man in far off California
to establish the record as a Revolu-
! tionary soldier of a man who enlisted
from this State away back in 1775. 1t
seems that w. o. w. Shepphard, of
! Corning, Cal, is the owner of a fife
given to his grandfather and by him
transmitted to his son and thence to
the present owner. The fife was given
to his grandfather by Jacob Young,
q veteran of the Revolution in 1886,
the giver telling how he had enlistedN
at the age of nineteen from Pennsyl-
vania and had gone with the first con-
| tingent of Pennsylvania soldiers to
Boston. This soldier came from Cen
trail Pennsylvania, according to a good
many persons. by the way. Mr.. Young
told how he had played the fife when
| Washington took command of tho
troops at Cambridge and he describ-
ed how he drew his sword and tho
! flies shrilled and the drums rolled.
! The fifer had enlisted in what was
known as the Heidelberg company
from Pennsylvania, in 1775. and he
served throughout the war. The father
of Mr.. Shepphard used the file in the
! Civil war in which he served in u
western regiment. What Mr.. Shepp-
hard wants to establish is where Mr..
Young lived and where he enlisted.
|
One of the funniest incidents about
| the Legislature was yesterday when
the printers label bill was being voted
on. Many of the members were out of
their seats and talking with friends
when the roll was called and they had
! to line up afterwards to get on record
in it's favor. One of the number was
President James II. Maurer of the
State Federation of Labor who was SO
busy talking with a delegation which
had come to see him that he had to
stand up and ask to be listed, which
Several of the other labor members
were also caught off their bases, but
got their names down:
Francis j. Torrance, prominent
Pittsburgh manufacturer and presi-
dent of the State Board of Public
| Charities, was here yesterday on legiS-
lative matters. Mr.. Torrance has de-
voted years to the study of problems
attending the care of the dependents.
He was a member of the Legislature
years go.
Spring can't be very far off," re-
marked a man, the other day who
spends his Sunday mornings, summer
and winter, in the open. Ever since
it got cold and ugly out-of f-doors, the
country roads have been barren of
lovers" he continued by way of eX-
PLANTATION. But on Sunday I passed
at least half dozen couples walking
arm entwined out the Poorhouse road
| OF course there may be no significance
in their taking that particular road,
but the price of spuds has certainly