Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-02
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captured German cannon that Har-
risburg, which sent SO many men
into the service voluntarily that n
was not called upon to furnish men
under the first two draft calls.
should not be overlooked has at
tracted attention to the COLLECTIONS
OF cannon which used to be features
OF Sapitol Park. There are cannon
Oh tnree wars in Harrisburg, but the
average man does not know about
some hidden away, some for9ottan
practically all of them Unmarked
| Ihere used to be some cannon dat
ing from the Revolution and the
war of 1912 in the old State Arses
nal, which stood on Capitol Hill but
they We're moved with the rest OF
the state property and probably
sHey are In the present arsenal. The
mexican war cannon which used To
stand In front of the fence of mus
keIs which guarded the monument
erected by our people in honor Of
thelr men in the war with Mexico
are at the arsenal. These cannon
inquired in many terrific battle"
OF children in old Capitol Park days
anu were fired" with many "booms"
Dy respected fathers of families to-
arsenal when the monument was
moved. There are a number of
Civil war cannon at the arsenal and
TOUR naval guns are at the State
street monument, while the Spanish
war is commemorated by a Spanish
cannon of long lineage and intri-
cate inscriptions. 1t would be in
terestlng If Captain W. L. Hicks
would dig out of the recesses of the
arsenal grounds the cannon of vari-
Gus wars and mark them for pos
terity.
Ihe changes on the Cumberland
valley Railroad will bring about the
disappearance of the name of II. A.
Riddle, general passenger agent of
the road, from the tickets which
are sold along the line from Har-
rlsourg to Winchester many miles
away. There are few railroad men
IN the country whose names have
adorned tickets as long as Mr.. Rid
dies, and there are some business
men who bought tickets for picnics
for their girls a longer time since
than they will admit who used to
read II: A. Riddle on the papers.
Mt. Riddles name has appeared for
a couple of generations of Southern
Pennsylvanians' rides.
1t one could only tell all about
the men who pass through Harris
burg every day on their way to some
camps or points of embarkation it
would be interesting, indeed. Only
last week some men were here from
camp beyond the Rockies and an
other crowd came here from away
down in Texas. There is scarcely
train that does not bear some SOL
diers and they all look hale, hearty
and as brown and as hard as nails.
For Miss Dora Coe, office secre-
tary of the Harrisburg. chapter,
American Red Cross. life isn't all
roses and lilies. Miss Coe takes care
of comfort kits for the drafted men,
writes the letters of Red Cross work /.
ers and officials, gives news to the +
Telegraph reporters, and acts as al
general information bureau to the
whole city. Her latest unusual ques-
ton confronted the busy lady yes
terday when number of officers
came into the room. 1--WE have three
days vacation and don't know where
to spend it," said the spokesman of
the party; help us out. Tell us
where to CO." Miss Coe sent them
TO Mount Gretna.
Among Harrisburg visitors yes
terday was ]. F. Mixer, who is the
official Blue Book man. He came
here on his tour through Central
Pennsylvania and while not COM
planning about roads had some ideas
of his own about the condition of
highways which are borough streets.
Mr.. Mixer is revising some routes
in this district
Members of the Harrisburg Re-
serves who recently received shot
guns and have been instructed by
their company commanders to prac-
tice are sorry this is not hunting
season. One of them called up Cap
tain f. H. Hoy, Jr., the other day
and asked when he had to prac-
tice.
Want you to learn 1t as soon as
you can." said the Captain.
Cant I wait eight weeks?"
mo. Why do you want to waltz"
1t viii be rabbit season about
them SIR. was the answer.
Within a few hours after the time
that the government took over the
telegraph systems of the country a
message came into the Western
Union offices in Third street, giving
notice of trouble in a rural district
not far from here. The trouble was
caused by a snake which had got
ten tangled in the wires. Such in
stances are rare, but they have been
known here before. A few years
ago there was trouble on a line near
Fannettsburg nearly every after
noon for a week, and when investi-
cation was made It was discovered
that a blacksnake had crawled up
poles which were near trees in an
effort to catch birds and when he
h 4I.4 H.,
orally. He was caught right at II
and then the trouble ceased,
although they say his tail wriggled
until sundown.