Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-24
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paid on Harrisburg notes. The
commissioners declared thu the
city had bonds, but no notes, and
that they would like to redeem some
OF the bonds. Mr.. Metzger then
displayed a note of Borough of Har-
rlsourg for twenty-five cents, dated
May 16, 1845, and signed by
George 1. Shoemaker, clerk. 1t was
ornamented with a picture of the
old StSte Capitol and the council
chamber was given as the place of
issue. very few people connected
with the state government had ever
heard of such thing as a Harris
burg borough note and there was
search of record until it was dis
covered that Harrisburg had in
dulged in some shin plaster" cur
rency for a while. The note was
brought here from Lancaster by a
friend of Mr.. Metzger, who had dis
covered an accumulation of similar
obligations of boroughs, banks and
corporations in this section in the
effects of man who died recently.
Efforts to obtain the notes for the
Dauphin Historical Society will be
made.
Gasolineless Sunday has caused
Monday to be the big day for Capt.
tol visitors and, strange to say, the
number of Saturday visitors to the
big State House has declined with
the order for people to leave their
cars in the garage on the Sabbath.
For number of years Saturday was
the big day, but with the develop
ment of automobile riding over the
weekend the Sunday visitors began
to grow numerous and although the
| office of the guides is closed on
sunday, the guides, watchmen and
policemen had to be on duty and
| the legislative halls and "show" de-
partments had to be kept open.
Some time ago they were closed on
| sunday as means of discouraging
Sunday visitors, but that made such
a storm of protest about the Hill
that everything except private offices
| is now open on Sunday. But the
| last three Sundays there have been
very few people at the Capitol. The
guides began to think there were
easy days coming until the Monday
morning rush started. 1t seems that
many folks have made it rule to
start out on their trips with the sun
on Monday morning, with the result
! that they arrive in Harrisburg for
early visits to the Capitol, which is
not used to such calls.
|
Calls from the State Department
of Forestry for people owning black
| walnut and white ash trees to send
IN their names so that the United
states Government can buy the
woods for gun stocks or shovel han
| dies, have brought in reports on
trees from the most unexpected
| places. Some owners of farms close
to cities have turned up with valua-
BILE trees, while some districtA> far
IN the country have reported (rees
which We're little suspected Penn
| sylVania's contributions of these two
valuable woods will be considerable.
|
The number of horses and bicycles
which appeared in Harrisburg's
streets on Sunday put one in mind
or the days when the members of
the Harrisburg Wheel Club and the
Capital Wheelmen used to vie with
making centuries. Twenty-Five years
or so ago the River Road, as it was
then called, and the Reading nike
We're made dusty by the "bikes'' in
service, and it was pretty poor man
VINO did not have a good mileage to
snow at sundown. Bicycle lamps
were as numerous as automobile
headlights are nowadays and the
| owners of the wheels were in as
constant warfare with constables as
are the automobile drivers of TODAY
We heard of bicycle paths and new
makes and runs and races and all
sorts of things, and the roadhouses
began that activity in chicken and
waffles which is now part of the
automobile ride. But what was
more noticeable on Sunday was the
number OF horses getting exercise.
They were not all city horses, either.
because many of them wore shoes
which rang on the asphalted streets.
They were in every kind of a vehicle
and the old-fashioned buggy seemed
to~have the same old young man and
young woman devotees that it had
thirty years ago.
A man who likes to take a drink
announced yesterday that he had
decided to patronize the soda foun-
tains hereafter. He was not dis
gusted with the habit, but he said
the means of gratifying it had
reached the limit with him. "The
beer you get now is not fit to drink.
1t in worse than near-beer. 1t does
not satisfy. And as for the whisky.
it's either an inferior brand sold
high or watered or doctored Real
fine whisky costs more than / can
afford. And I'm not going to drink"
was the way he put it. 1t may be
added that there are a whole lot
more who feel the same way, and
they are just as glad that booze is
going to get out of business as well
as politics.
The number of orders for wood
placed lately have surprised MANY
people. The average man does not
have much thought of a woodpile,
but he is giving very serious consid-
Grafton to it now, and it is safe to
say that there will be more firemen
called out because of chimneys on
fire this fall than known in fifty
years. The chimneys should be
cleaned out when the wood is or
dered in.
Captain Frederic A. Godcharles.
deputy secretary of the common
wealth, will report at Washington
next Monday morning for duty. The
captain was at the national rifle
matches at Camp Perry when noti-
fed of his appointment, and wiSS
take a couple of days for some fare
we'll shoots on ranges near the CITY.