Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-19
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Two of the three cannon presez~-.'
ed to the Continental Congress ";
Lafayette when he came to the aid
of the colonies in the Revolution are
to be mounted at the entrance to the
State Capitol building, carriages cor
responding to the period in which
they were used having been bought
| by the State. These cannon were
| part of quintet that were placed on
trestles in front of the Mexican War
monument in Capitol Park and which
were removed to the State Arsenal,
where they were ordered overhaule6
recently by Adjutant General Beaty.
A third cannon, which bears the La
fayette arms, is to be mounted in the
Capitol Park extension when the
Ilandscaping work Is finished. Near
it will be placed cannon captured
from the MeXicans. One of these
which bears the name of Cerro Cordo
is a fertilization piece and will be
mounted on one of the old style car
riages used on ramparts. A number
of Civil War cannon which are at
the State Arsenal and some which
were used in the Spanish war Will
also be placed in the park. The cap
tured Spanish cannon brought from
Cuba, has been remounted and plac-
ed at the entrance of the State Lii
brary. In all probability some of
the German cannon captured by
Pennsylvania troops will be display
ed in the park. Except for the
War of 1912 and the war with Ger
many, every war in which troops
from this State participated is repre-
sented here by ordnance.
Officials of the Adjutant Generals
| 1lAT, - Il til. - H..
tanning the colors of the 10th In
fantry, the old Fighting Tenth" of
the National Guard of Pennsylvania,
as the first of the colors of Keystone
Division organizations carried in
France for the rotunda of the Capt.
tol. These colors are reported to
have reached this country and to be
in custody of Major Gerard Bryce,
OF Mt. Pleasant. When the officers
of the Tenth return the Adju-
tant General will get into touch
with them and arrange for the
reception of the colors here.
Under an order of the War Depart
ment colors of units from Pennsyl-
Vania or containing a majority of
Pennsylvanians are to be placed in
custody of the Governor and it is
planned to have them formally de-
posted in the rotunda with the flags
{ of the Civil and Spanish wars The
f1ags of the First Cavalry, which was
I abolished and it's men distributed
$ though various organizations, have
already been received here. This or
ganiZation, however, was disbanded
before leaving Camp Hancock. Flags
, of one of the signal battalions have
been received here from Camp Lee.
: The rectangular stone in Capitol
> park, near the Mexican monument,
has new use and it is taking the
:, laurels away from the Spanish war
. cannon as the official place to take
> pictures of babies in the State
demesne. The stone was placed there
during Il geological survey. Very
. few people know when and not many
care to know the significance, but
. it is interesting to students. The
. stone, however, is more interesting
to fond parents and there have been
more youngsters "snapshotted"
! standing on the stone with Capitol
park squirrels cavorting in the back
ground than the average man imag-
ines. Some women have an idea
that the stone was placed there for
that very purpose and are disposed
, to explain the fact
The site of the old conservatory in
; Capitol park has been turned into
a peony bed. Where the State used
to raise geraniums and carnations
and hyacinths and keep waxing fat
the banana trees and the palms.
there are now clumps of native
shrubbery and a collection of peonies
that will rival the tulips in front of
the building.
: There is n triple flock of chickens
on the Butler place near Penbrook,
which presents an interesting study
[ on the subject OF whether hens
> think. Three families own chickens
' in the flock. The fowls have an
/ ideal community spirit, occupying
: the same house, drinking from the
l same basin and otherwise having
2 things in common. But their main
= tenance presents an engrossing study.
: When the owner OF one flock de-
sires to feed his fowls, he makes a
noise between a cluck and a whoop.
l Then the owner of another segment
| of the flock wishes to scatter corn,
: she sings a bar or two of q song,
while the third owner only needs to
whistle and her chickens hasten to
her. Now it is claimed on excellent
/, authority that each flock responds
only to the master or mistress as
: the case may be and no matter how
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