Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-17
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OhC VA lhC SioP VI StOilCo WhlCh
has come out since the Rummage
Sale ended is one in which two COL
ored women and an attractive
mourning bonnet and veil figured.
The hat and veil were real. They
had some frills and fxings and the
whole appealed very much to one of
the women.
"That certainly is a beautiful
thing; Use never had anything like
it, said one.
Eyes, tits. You goin' to buy it?"
asked the other.
"Oh, N.Y." sighed the other; Use
'fraid not. l amt got no use for it
right now"
Death of Justice w. p. Potter pre-
vented Ex-Governor William A. Stone
from opening the trout season at his
preserve in Tioga county for the first
time in many years. The justice and
the former governor were law part
ners years ago and instead of some
| enjoyment of the sport of which he
was very fond, Mr.. Stone was called
to the funeral of his lifelong friend.
Jacob r. Miller, who lives at 1916
North Sixth street, is now in his
| eighty-fifth year, but has a lively
| recollection of the Harrisburg OF
other days. He writes the Telegraph
| regarding the recent winter flare
| back and reminds us of the night of
April 23, 1862, when there was a.
| snowfall of twenty-five inches. He
tells of eating a hasty breakfast and
starting for the new Pennsylvania
| Railroad shops in PENNSYLVANIA
avenue; he then lived in Filbert street
below State. Arriving at the shops
he found only a few men on duty,
but work was started, and the sun
coming out red-hot the snow disap-
peared before noon. There were no
paved streets then, he adds, but there
was lot of mud. Camp Curtin was
| full of soldiers in their dogtents and
| the snow was so heavy that most of
| the tents were crushed under its
weight. Mr.. Miller says the soldiers
| crawling out from beneath their
| tents looked like rats crawling out
from their burrows. 1t was only a
short time until the tents were
| again pitched and the camp resumed
its usual appearance. About the
same time the weather tantrums
were similar to those of last week,
with snow, hail and wind and rain.
Mr.. Miller has been a resident of
Harrisburg for seventy years, dat
ing back to 1916, when the town
contained b,42O inhabitants.
Blood will tell. During the Span-
ish American War Lieutenant Frank
r. Mccoy, of Lewistown, a graduate
of West Point, fell wounded leading
his troops in Cuba. His career since
! that time has been a steady advance
ment and to-day he is Colonel Nc
Coy, on the staff of General Pershing.
His sister, Miss Hannah Mccoy, was
ordered to France this week for Red
cross work with the American
forces. Colonel Mccoy and his sister
look back with pride upon the bril-
liant military record of their father.
the late General Thomas f. Mccoy,
veteran of the Mexican and Civil
Wars.
The reproduction of French lean
posters in the Telegraph has been
of widespread interest, and they have
inspired many of our own people to
do their best on the loan which is
now before our own people. One of
the posters, which is of peculiar in
terest, is now exhibited in the Tele-
graphs window in Locust street, and
shows an aged couple taking their
savings from a stocking for the pur-
pose of helping their beloved France.
! These posters have been kindly
loaned to the Telegraph by Mrs.
Henry M. Gross, whose husband,
Lieutenant Gross, is now on the
western front in France, and by
George E. Etter, whose son is also
in the service of his country on the
western front.
Captain Jack" Crawford, the
famous old poet-scout, was fond of
saying that the rain was sent to
make us appreciate the bright and
smiling skies which came afterward.
If the old Indian fighter were to
walk through Harrisburg's parks
these days he would regard their
| present condition as q confirmation
of his statement. After week of
ice, snow and slush, the green grass
[ the trees with leaves beginning to
show, and the clear blue sky above,
is delightful transformation. Thou
sands of nature lovers are roaming
! through the woodlands. In the park
along the River Front there are hun
dreds who have braved the dangers
of grip and pneumonia and who
seat themselves on the benches to
read a favorite book.
Three city departments were "un-
der the weather" last week and were
compelled to postpone outdoor. work
because of the surprises the weather
man kept handing out. At the city
highway department office it was
planned to start repairs, but the
rain and snow kept the men idle.
City Assessor Thompson had planned
to begin outdoor work on the tri-
ennial assessment, but Old Sol kept
behind rainclouds and his assistants
did not start until this week. AS
sistant Park superintendent V. Grant
! Forrer was another official who
thought mean things about the
weather and the weather man. His
forces were delayed an entire week
in the annual spring cleanup, road
repair work and planting in the