Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15
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that w. Paris Chambers and ia;
band did give concerts therefrolu.
The inquiry in this column last nighs
mad barely gotten among the foIid
before the telephone bells begun to
ring and people who remembered
the high place of music in Harrs-
burg during the days of The Dauphin
county Centennial and the weeks
1olloWlng 1t gave emphatic notice
that their minds were clear and
recoHections normal. Further evl-
dence was supplied to-day by one
or our thoughtful friends who pro-
duced picture made from a photo
graph of Market Square in centen-
nal days and used to illustrate ono
or the articles from the pen of Miss,
Helen Bruce Wallace in the Harris
, burg Patriot some weeks ago. This
picture shows the pagoda in all it's
glory on top of the upper market
mouse. Several down-to friends
also recall the music stand. Las;
night one man said There was II
pandStand on the top of the upper
market house. That was the meat
| market house,' as l recollect it, AMI
the money to provide the bandstani
was collected by DR.. C. A. Greene.
who had famous display of horrors,
In window in front of his Off, =
ABOUT where the Harrisburg Light
ana POWER Company building stands,
Inc doctor was noted character
ana raised the money for the stand.
put when cold winds came the bands
men got tired of playing or else some
folks did not put up the money any
J more and the pagoda disappeared.
another man said that he remem-
| Dered the stand because one after
noon when school was "out" he and
some pals climbed up and had a war
dance which ended when Jim" Nc
! Cam appeared and told them to
| come down.
Capitol Park was all stirred IN
last evening at sundown over the
conduct of a flock of blackbirds who
had alighted on the trees around
the Mexican monument. Although
| ducks have been flying north over
tne city for a couple of weeks, the
plackblrds still linger here in pref
erence TO going south to become
riceplrds or bobolinks. At any event,
the birds landed in the park in n
regular cloud and disturbed the tea
time conversation of the squirrels
ana made such racket that the
!; pigeons got out of the way. They
were still there at late hour wait
} ing Iof an early morning train.
Among the books that have been
put on the shelves of the Harrisburg
PUBIC Library the last few days
from the library of the late Judge
John B. Mcpherson was a copy of
one or the very early editions of that
: uellght OF childhood, Uncle Re-
mus. 1t was an edition dated 1881
ana was one which the judge used
/ to love to read.
!, Governor William c. Sproul is not
: strong on pomp and circumstance.
When he goes anywhere he does not
nave a couple of people tagging
along with him and often on an Off
cial trip Secretary Harry S. Nc
Dewitt will remain here at work or
else be somewhere else on business
Inc Governor frequently makes trips
alone and to-day started off for Eas-
ton without a soul with him.
While the detour has been in et-
: feet around the State road opera :
lions on the Dauphin- -Clark's road
a good many people have had a
chance to see the beauties of the
view from Peters Mountain who
never knew about it. This mountain
|
from the north side winds a good
bit, but it affords chances for some
uellgntrul Vistas through the woods
, ana long reaches of Dauphin and
Perry counties can be seen. And
this is good time of the year to
make the trip.
Accidents which have been oc-
curing at Second and North streets
have been causing some demand for
traffic officer at that point. At
tnls point Second street makes a
sharp turn to the north, departing
) from the old line of the street from
! Walnut and the intersection with
North does have some elements of
V danger.
Harrisburg sports who have been
working overtime setting down their
) bets on the worlds series, after hav-
ing enjoyed the pleasures of uncer-
tainties in the primary election, are
I now commencing to take note of the
decennial census as an opportunity
4 for wagering. A number of the men
who like to bet have been looking
l up figures and couple of bets as to
whether Harrisburg would reach
= $4,000 or $4,000 are being made
The last census was marked by
! some very keen betting on $4,000.
r Harrisburg's first white frost" OF
the season seems to have produced
= an argument. There have beer
plenty of people to report its ap.
I pearance yesterday morning, bu-
whether it was of the brand known
e as "killing" or not appears to be in
controversy. Some men say that
s tender flowers did not suffer a BIZ
while others declare that Jack Fros
e has been around and that he has &
grudge against someone.
II
A letter postmarked Mascot ap
4 reared at the State Highway De
partment the other day. And M
:. one seemed to know where Masco
was located. The authorities in
towns were appealed to and mad,
some guesses. Even M. H. James
of the division of information, ha,
to look out of the window. Thel
s they asked Howard Fry, the chic
s clerk. Lancaster county" was hi
9 guess. And Lancaster it was.