Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-13
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feople in this city have probably
more than a passing sentimental
interest in the bill presented in the .
House OF Representatives yesterday
by a Sullivan county member for d.
repeal of the act of March 29, 1851,
incorporating that ancient and hon
orable institution known as the
pennsylvania State Agricultural So
clety This organization, whose
membership included some of the
most prominent men of the State
for years and whose officers were in
Harrisburg until very recent years,
used to hold the State fair which
was the event of the year in this
part of the State. The fairs were
held in what is now part of the
Ienth and Eleventh wards and many
douDtless remember the great gath
erlngs that marked the races and
the extent and variety of the fruits
and other things, live stock and
preserves assembled for the folks to
gaze up, talk about and then go
nome to figure out how some indi-
Nlduals won prizes The society was
formed year or so before the Leg
SHOWS until about thirty years ago.
IL maintained an office in the Berger
DulldlnS until about ten or twelve
years ago and elections used to be
held annually and a list of directors
VINO seldom attended even the an
nual meetings was solemnly handed
out. Now it is planned to repeal
the charter. The way it stands this
cnarter could be used for a revival
% ~ in ,ie off n-
any place where desirable. The act
OF incorporation was signed by Gov
ernor William Framme Johnston
ana the men named as incorporators
are George w. Woodward, James Ir-
vim, E. A. Thompson, Frederick
Watts and 7. j. Bigham, all well
known men of the day.
Spring must be here. They have
started to take the coverings off the
flower beds and the hyacinths in
Capitol Park and when that is done
people can commence to think about
spring headgear. There are no gar
denerS in Pennsylvania more careful
of the beds than the men who look
after Capitol Hill and this year they
expect TO have patriotic designs in
bulbous plants that will be well
worth travelling to see. The tulip
hlSpIiS llllS year will De lllle.
f. b. Black, we'll known artist.
is responsible for the statement that
strawberry plants are farther along
now than they usually are at this
time of year. Mr.. Black put out a
large patch at his Perdix summer
home last Fall and they have made
wonderful progress, new green
sprouts appearing during the past few
weeks. This is the same experience
of Harry Rayburn, of York county,
who believes berries will be two
weeks earlier on the average this
year than they have been for some
years back. The plants required
! little or no protection last Fall and
despite the lack of snow during the
winter few if any plants were frozen
out. Bob" Walton, who has one
of the biggest gardens in Pennsyl-
Vania, near Hummelstown, is also one
of those who believes vegetables will
be early this year. He has had
planting of beets, lettuce and other
seeds out for weeks now and it will
not be long before his stands in the
local markets begin to flourish like
the proverbidl green bay tree. Mr..
Walton specializes on fruits, too,
and at last accounts the trees were
looking fine, although that was the
caSSkSt year up to the very evening
when the April sleet storm smashed
down on the orchards and seriously
damaged the crops. So there is no
telling what may happen between
now and May /.
The long trains filled with return
ing soldiers are n source of never
ending interest to the youngsters and
while the crowds on the bridges and
along the railroads when the troop
trains go by are not as large as
they were last year when the SOL
ders were going forth to war, but
the youngsters are there and cheer
the soldiers. Saturday every train
that went by State street was greet
ed by boys who were out to supple
ment the cheer provided by their
older sisters of the Red Cross.
Judging from appearances about
the Federal building a good many
people are going to have reason to
rem ember Middlemarch who did not
do so before. The unpleasant dis
covery has been made by hundreds
that they are in the income report
ing class and as quite a few people
kept no accounts there are some
estimates being made which require
hard work. Also the number of
persons buying account books is
rather striking.
DR.. j. NJ. J. Raunick. the city
health officer, is of the opinion that,
il it is not one thing it is another.
The chicken pox outbreak which
came along in the wake of influenza
is now going away, but the return
of influenza is making some people
worry. A chart showing the num-
ber of houses in Harrisburg where
sickness has occurred in the last
year would be interesting and wide
extending.
people want to be careful during
the month of March because there
is always a condition during the
windy month which makes for low
cred vitality and in this particular
period it is likely to bring on in
fiuenza again" said a doctor ,yester-
day. This has been n singular win
ter and it is we'll 10 see that we arc