Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-04
Ei1rsttt1g Ulqat

to Rave come with the Unusually
frigid weather which has afflicted
tho States capital it is the care
manifested for horses. When the
cold wave came in during the middle
OF December there were to be seen
tho usual number of horses which
Were not rough-shod and which
| were slipping and sliding all over
the street. Now every horse seems
| to be not only rough shod, but we'll
rough shod. 1t is what the late En-
Mayor Maurice C. Eby tried to bring
about for n long time. He argued
that it was not only humane, but
| good business. Now there are few
horses which are not ready for all
kinds of weather. Then, too. horses
are blanketed now with the greatest
| OF care. There are horses which
have blankets about them all the
time they are out in the weather,
while others have their harness over
blankets. The horse may be giving
way to the automobile, but there
| are a good many people who are
taking mighty good care of him.
|
Down around the courthouse there
are signs of the cold weather even
when the steam does not give out
| and court has to be adjourned owing
to low temperature in the court
rooms The courtroom rotunda Is
a pleasant place for some people to
| lihger until one of the tipstaves
comes around and the amount of
time some people will spend in the
| court room listening to the discus
sion OF missionaries is rather signi-
/ ficant Outside of the courthouse
in the recess formed by the alley be-
tween the building and the Common
wealth Trust Company there is Il
! mobilization of street sweepers
| equipment that makes one shiver. 1t
recalls days when the white wing
i gets out with the sun to clean the
streets before the mercury rises.
Now the dirt cans with their upright
brooms stand around like captured
| artillery, hemmed in by mounds of
snow and ice on which by the very
irony of things the dirt and refuse
of the neighborhood seem to have
blown.
Those who intend to travel not
withstanding the war will have to
take chances on train accommoda-
tons. Since the United States Gov
ernment assumed control of the rail-
roads the travelling public has been
having some difficult in knowing
what train to board even in well
regulated Harrisburg stations. Along
with their many troubles, ushers
and ticket examiners are having no
| little amusement at the expense of
! travellers. Yesterday a local travel
ing man rushed through the Penn
sylvania railroad station to an open
gate.
| man at the gate.
ITO Lancaster" was the reply.
ticket puncher. "The train you
want was annulled one week ago.
Until the new schedule on the
Pennsylvania Railroad is issued
travellers will have TO take chances
and. above all be patient The other
day traveller asked an usher how
late the 1910 train for Pittsburgh
would be. You will have to wait four
hours for that train. The s o'clock
| train just came in. You can go on
! that" 1t was then 1920 p. m.
Several passengers who had sleep
ing car reservations on a western
| train heard the usher call Train
for Altoona, Pittsburgh and the West,
gate No. A. Those who held Pull
man tickets started to go through the
|
man said: your train has not left
New York. You will not need any
sleeping cars when it gets here. If
you do not care to wait, the train
down there has several coaches but
no sleeping cars" The answer that
came back was: Sherman was
right"
A wild cat that must have been
/ the widest of the wild in its day
| landed in the offices of the State
| Game Commission yesterday morn
ing in the form of a pelt. 1t was
sixty-three inches from tip to tip and
in life must have weighed forty
| pounds. The pelt was perfect, in
| fact, it was one of the finest ever
| seen here. The cat was killed on
what is known as Cove Mountain,
Franklin county, point consider
ably further south than cats are
usually known to come. The skin
attracted much attention and there
were a number of men who were
glad that the cat came in the form
of a pelt.
From all accounts there will be
some brisk competition for honors in
corn at the mid-winter agricultural
show here late this month between
boys and girls corn clubs. The re-
quests for information which have
been reaching the State Department
of Agriculture indicate that there
will be some struggles worth watch
ing between clubs and that the very
finest of the corn will be shown here.
Already numerous local exhibitions
have been held which have settled
rivalries in townships and counties
and the winners will come here with
their golden products.
The meetings of the allied agricul-
tural organizations to be held here
this month are of far greater i'm
portance than any similar meetings
held in years and it is interesting to
note that the number of associations
meeting here in the third week,
agricultural Week." as it is known,
is double what it was four or five
years ago. Hundreds of representa-
tive farmers and specialists in fruit,
cattle, poultry, cheese and other
lines, will be in Harrisburg for the
greater part of the week.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE