Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-17
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All the optimists are not dead.
No indeed, there are even those who
believe that there will come an end
to winter and that spring is not so
far Off that it is not worth thinking
about and planning for For eX-
ample, after the meeting of the Ro-
tary club at the Y. NJ. c. A. the
other evening n little party of mem
bers - boon companions of many y
former fishing trip got together
and arranged to go out for sucker
at the very first opportunity. Yea
they did, and they were Just as er-
thusiastic about it as though the
date had already been set. But
that's nothing to compare to tho
faith of well-known Harrisburg
fisherman who has been carefully
nurturing a fine large colony of
earthworms, commonly known as
fishing bait, all through the win
ter in a corner OF ms cellar, ne e mas
them in big, deep box we'll filled
with earth which he keeps damp
ened and he feeds them Il combina-
ton of cornmeal and coffee grounds,
why the coffee grounds NOBODY
knows. They are said to be thr1N-
ing we'll on the diet and under the
are of the fisherman they will be
IN fine form for the first day warm
enough for a fishing expedition.
DR.. r. e. Downes, superintendent
of the city schools, says that the
greatest supporters of the Thrlte
stamp campaign will be pupils or
the city schools. The superinteh-
dent has given much thought, lots
Of time and considerable labor to
developing the school savings sys-
tenn. "The Youngsters save" said
he in talking about it. They bring
in pennies and nickels and hand
them to the teachers on the days
that the banking business Is done
and often they walk in with money
out of the time to give to the teach
ers to take care of. And when you
consider the candy stores and places
where children can buy and the way
they pass them by to save it strikes
me they are setting some examples.
The Thrift Stamp will give a fur
ther incentive. ] think we shall be
mighty proud of Harrisburg's school
children when we reach the end of
the term and see how many stamps
they have bought"
Jacob r. Missemer who died q
day or so ago at Mt. JOY, will be
we'll remembered by many residents
of this county as a publisher of
newspapers. For years he had
chain in Dauphin and Lancaster
county towns and while some of
them were not successes at all he
was never discouraged. Twenty-Five
years ago Mr.. Missemer essayed to
give Steelton daily newspaper. 1t
lasted several months and was spry
enough, but the steel borough in
| those days had a rather larger per-
centage of non-English speaking or
reading people than now and Mis-
semer went back to the Weekly
Advocate. He met n businessman
who expressed regret that the ven
Thanks" said Missemer. You're
down for two years for the weekly"
| Some of the foreigners appear to
! be having troubles of their own in
| finding where to go to seek informa-
tion on questionnaires and a few
have been going to the State Cap
! ito,l and with that singular persist
ence in getting part of what they
| go after. which distinguishes the
average foreigner, they land in the
Supreme Court room. Last week
| Capitol policemen were busy telling
| men that it was the county court
room that they wanted and not Il
room in the Capitol. How the for
eigners found out that there was IL
courtroom in the Capitol, which is
uoSu dbOuI SlN dhS III OOOt ITO one
seems to know. Court records would
seem to indicate that the courthouse
was we'll known to many foreigners.
EX-President William Howard
Taft had a good chance to look
| about the beautiful rotunda of the
State Capitol while here on Satur-
! day and remarked to State Lii
| brarian Thomas Lynch Montgom-
! cry, who accompanied him, that
/ he admired it very much. One
! thing which also attracted Mr.. Taft's
attention was the Quay statue. He
| asked Mr.. Montgomery all about it
and spoke in most appreciative man.
ner of the Senator.