Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-16
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This winter is rich in things to
write about. Between the changed
conditions In business and work, in
fact, in Sife itself the winter is un-
ike anything known for q long, long
tme. To begin with, that prize
faakir, the oldest inhabitant has no
longer any reputation for veracity
When ne discusses a winter that can
la ei, tlls one. No one living can re-
call when the fuel situation was any
thing like what it is TODAY and prob
apIy nothing like it was ever known
because in old days people could cut
WOOD and stack it up and fuel ad-
milhlstratofs were not dreamed or
men, TOO, the vagaries of heat. troll
Icy' mall and railroad services were
not as aggravating as they are these
days. And as for food tbe stories
mat we are told about the wav
prices scared in the Civil war days
are put interesting attempts on the
Farts OF men who remember other
Gays TO make us forget our hard Iot.
And now we rise in the morning and
iind a foot of snow and not once
does the door bell ring to n coIored
poy or an able-bodied man ITEM
porarily out of work. desiring to
shoVei OIL your pavement for a aua.-
Ter. The bell ringers are engaged
In other lines and If they did come
around as profusely as they used TO
IN old days they would demand n
nan and probably insist on one of
the 1917 variety, the kind that has
os ..e al, .t,rousered eagle. And just think
of the men employed by the state
ana by other agencies of government
10 shoVel snow getting thirty-five
cents an hour. And then when Won
get weary of that wonder why it is
that most of the sleighs do not have
heils, but slide along silently while
automobiles have to show lights and.
monk horns at every cross street.
In this connection it may be said
that If people do not stop walking
In the middle of Third, Sixth and
Derry streets there are going to be
some folks hurt. The condition of
the pavements is so bad that peo-
pie nave to take to the streets. The
poIlcemen say that it is a physical
lmpossibility for householders to
keep. their pavements clean. The
weather man works too fast at the
snow and ice machine. Hence the
pedestrians take to the car tracks.
And by the same token there are
ramparts of snow and ice known as
snowbanks which automobiles and
trucks can not cut down and the
motor vehicles have to take to the
car tracks. And the cars must use
| the rails, too. So you have a triple
combination of traffic where ONLY
trolley cars are supposed to have
the right of way Marrow escapes
are frequent and the clang of bells,
honk of horns and glare of lights
! confuses many a person, especially
II advanced in years or very young.
Gimme a 'frif' stamp" was the
! command shot at one of the clerks
at the post office yesterday after
noon when q colored youngster ap-
| peared with one nickle, one dime
and ten pennies. His hand was
grimy the money was dirty, but he
had a grin. And he showed in his
money and took the stamp off 20
a corner. He had three stamps on
his card and how that little imp,
who was not more than twelve.
/ gloated over the bright green stick
ers. Here's hoping he gets his five
dollar stamp before February comes
in.
Some Harrisburg hunters who
| have been accustomed to go to
southern states for some hunting
during the latter part of January
and early part of February say that
old Field Marshal Winter is respon-
sible for loss of much pleasure for
them this winter. 'I have been go
ing south for years, but I have just
| gotten word that some places where
shoot are frozen over. never
knew it before and the people who
write say the same thing. GThis is
some winter" said one man.
do you realize" said another
man talking about the all absorbing
topic of weather, that it was just a
month ago that we began having
cold weather and SHOWS, end we
have been having what the army
officers call a sustained lombard
ment ever since. The winter began
! about December 13, just about the
time that the deer season was clos
ing and celebrated by snow storm
that was a corker. 1t has been fol-
lowed by series OF alternate bliz-
yards and zero touchdowns."