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Cat Vacation Trips "BY SEA" BALTIMORE to BOSTON and return. 928.0* SAVANNAH and ntura, <28.20 JACKSONVILLE and return. 535.00 Including meals and stateroom ac commodations. Through tickets to all points. Fine steamers, best aervloa, staterooms de luxe, batha. Wireless telegraph. Automobiles carried. Bead for booklet W. P. TURNER. G. P. A- Baltimore, M« FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 10, 1915. Founding of Harrisburg Told in Song and Story Last Night < . ■> HARRIS' FERRY 17SS—1815. [Read before the Historical Society of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, to commemorate and record in the archives of the society the official marking of the site of the ferry by the State, September 24, 1915, by] Benjamin Matthias Nead. On the chart of the forest, the domain of Penn By a wide spreading river, the haunt of wild men. In the days when the white man was urging his quest To achieve him a place in the wilds of the West, Lay the site for a home, most richly endowed: Even Nature herself of this demesne was proud, For she turned all the pathways through mountain and glade To a meeting place there in the forest's dark shade. She set there the gateway to the far distant West, And she carved a sure fording through the river's bright crest, To the valleys beyond, where the bright streamlets run And flower bedecked lands trend to set of the sun. Narrative. Such was the spot which the Yorkshire farmer John Harris, the elder, of him we are speaking, Weary of towns with their bustle and hurry Sought for his own. With soul of a prophet He builded his home and planted his ferry. Wrought for the future which came on apace. The spirit of commerce the East overbrooding Spake to his soul In tones not uncertain And the sentinel hills, protecting the valleys To the west of the river, sent messages too. Penn's band of Free Traders in the land of the Quaker Held commerce with law on his far western river. By pack horse and wagon, to the gate of the ferry. Across the bright stream the sunlight reflecting. Thence mile upon mile, through the dense forest's shade By the "Three-Mountain-Road" to the Fork of the Rivers, On, on, to the westward, by river and trail 'Till the eye caught the gleam of the "Father of Waters,' To the land of the peltry, keenly sought in exchange For the powder, the lead, £.nd the stores from the Eastward. When war with the savage broke out in dead earnest And troops of the Province were rushed to defend As never before the old ferry was busy— But in like case, more busy In the years yet to come. When the Troops Continental in war with Great Britain Were carried by hundreds to join their commands; When Washington came at the "Whisky Boys" fighting And crossed to the westward with all of his men. Then again against England our honor defending. The last service the ferry was destined to do Was to transport the troops for Britain's undoing To the Southland, to North Point, to the Gulf and its lowlands. Old Ferry, four score were the years of thy serving, Pioneering the traffic and travel of old. No landmark, be sure, can be more deserving Nor richer in legend and story untold. "A shaft to thine honor," in truth 'tis becoming Old Ferry, forgotten, they merits unsung; Then Scribes of the Now and the Future on-coming May tell all the story, with eloquent tongue. • --Uliipßly BENJAMIN M. NEAD The Threatened Burning of John Harris at the Stake 1720 John Harris, a native of Yorkshire, England, commenced a settlement on the present site of Harrisburg about the year 1719. His first house was erected on the lower bank of the river, and not far from that spot he is buried. Some distance east of his house was erected a long range of sheds, —a warehouse for storing peltry, and so forth, that he obtained in traffic with the Indian traders who brought them from the western country. From this point they were shipped to Philadel phia, in the early days on pack horses and later by the Conestoga wagon. Near the sheds was the Ferry Lot, and the main terminus of the ferry which crossed the river to the western shore. Mr. Harris' intercourse with the In dians was extensive, as he was sur rounded by Indian villages situated on the neighboring islands and the adjacent shores of the river. It goes without saying that these Indian visi tors were sometimes very troublesome. Their desire for strong drink fre quently led them to violent and law less action. On a certain day in the year 1720, a party of Indians consist ing of members of the Mahanoy, Ma hantango, or Shawanese tribe who had been down the river either on a predatory or trading expedition stop ped at the house of Mr. Harris on their return northward. A great many of them were under the influence of liquor, and consequently were very ugly, demanding of Mr. Harris more "lum-lum," meaning West India rum. As a rule Mr. Harris was very wary In supplying the Indians with liquor, and It was his uniform custom not to trade with them in that commodity, and not to supply them with any drink when they were Intoxicated. His re fusal to grant them drink exasperated them, and without any warning they seized the old settler and manifested every Intention of torturing and burn ing him alive. An old mulberry tree which legend says was bearing blossoms when Penn landed, stood near at hand on the river bank, and furnished a con venient stake. To this tree he was tied, dry wood was gathered and piled around his feet, and torches prepared to kindle the pile, the savages mean while wildly dancing around him In their usual appalling manner. Among Mr. Harris' retainers was a negro slave named Hercules, who see ing the dire extremity of his master, hastened across the river to the In dian village opposite, near the mouth of the Yellow Breeches, where dwelt a tribe of friendly Indians, the Paxton tribe, and summoned them to the res cue. Messengers were also sent to another friendly tribe at the mouth of the Conodoguinet. Before any dam age was done, the rapid approach of the friendly Indians drove the ma rauders from their fiendish work, and put them to flight. This scene Is depicted In a famous oil painting, the original of which Is now In the possession of the State. It represents the old settler, bound to a huge mulberry tree growing but a few rods from his mansion. Groups of fierce looking Indians, with their hideous painted faces and In warrior costume surround him, some piling the faggots about his tied feet; others looking on with an expression of fiend ish satisfaction; the victim standing like a martyr awaiting his doom. The river stretches out in the foreground, while cutting through the flashing waters a canoe filled with friendly In dians is seen hastening to the rescue. The scenario for the picture was sug gested to the artist Reeder by a grand son of the old settler, Robert Harris. The grouping is supposed to be accu rate, and is represented as delineattng a fact in the history of the early set tlement of Harrisburg. Reference to the attempted burn ing, in rhyme. Adapted from Mr. Nead's Centennial Poem, 1885. The dim old Forest Primeval Is in our thought to-night And scenes with the Forest coeval Our minds and fancies delight Behold an Inland River Wide sweeping to the sea On its bosom sunbeams quiver; Shadows fall from Forest tree. Glassy surface still unbroken By the keel of white winged ship Bearing name yet never spoken Save by swarthy Native lip; Nestling now by base of Mountain, Rippling now through flowry vale, Drinking in from shaded fountain Crystal springs which never fail. Flowry meads awaiting tillage At the coming white man's hands. Curling smoke from native village, Resting place of Indian bands. Where the sound of warrior's rifle Wakes a thousand friends to war If foe but dares to trifle With Shawanese or Delaware; Tribes which dwelt by bright Swatara And by rippling Paxtang's side. O'er whose waters swift as arrow In their birchen boats they glide. Precious as the ancient manna Dropped on desert from on high Was the site of Susquehanna To the white man's hungry eye. From the hills he looked in wonder And there came to him a dream Of a city founded yonder Looking out upon the stream. By no narrow limits bounded But embracing landscape fair Dike the city which Penn founded On the sparkling Delaware. So he planted; so he founded Better far than he then knew By dangers thick surrounded This home for me and you. Savage natives kind but wary Brooked the white man's presence there Until the busy ferry was heard of everywhere. Still the Old World knew oppression None in thought or act was free; If opinion found expression 'Twas at risk of liberty. So men came from homes of child- hood, From the land which gave them birth, And sought In the western wildwood For a garden spot on earth, And they settled round the ferry, Men from distant Donegal, From old Antrim and from Derry, And from spots beyond recall; Dwelt in peace with selves and neighbor, Placed their faith and trust in God; Spent their lives in honest labor; Slept at length beneath the sod. Thus was founded, thus was builded City proud as regal Rome; City free as ancient Athens, Of thousands now the home. Stand now upon the hilltop. And gaze on yonder stream; Note well the grand fulfilment Of the settler's wildest dream. No sign of waving forest Where forest used to be Save one token, fragile, broken Trunk of ancient forest tree: Tree with age far past the noting Of any white man's ken, But the legends say It blossomed In the days of William Penn: The old trunk bare, it still stands there The object of the people's care. And marks the noted spot. Where settler seized by savage elan And bound to stake with fiendish plan Escaped by chance the plot. Gone is the busy ferry linking river shore to shore. The boatman brave hath lain in grave A hundred years or more. Long bridges span the river Which bear on pier and arch The freighted wains, the lengthened trains Of traffic's onward march. Look now adown the river; Through smoke the red flreg gleam And the furnace light, at dead of night Makes bright the silent stream. Turn to the noble city Spread out like picture grand Its towering spires, its spacious domes Its buildings tall. Its ->alace homes Majestically stand. Prouder State boasts not the Union Than the Keystone of the Arch Note her grand achievements In Time's progressive march; And this her ruling city; What greater word of praise More M Than Ever Before /jjgEk Will Buy Their Clothes Here ilf This Fall M WATCH OUR WINDOWS II THEN YOU'LL KNOW WHY f $ and s ls= Suits This Week Those who know us best expect the most from us, but even our closest friends will find expectations exceeded in the styles, qualities and values we have for them this season. Remember please that Nothing gets by here every transaction at this "Live with the taint of inferiority, Store" is absolutely guaranteed; ? ver 7 this store • « . bears the 100 per cent, quality mark. Further guaranteed on a bed rock basis and when we say more we stanJ ready >t a ,, times t# support our guaranteed we mean service as well as the mer- merchandise to a dollar for dollar, quality for chandise. quality comparison. 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POST OFFICE ABOLISHED Special to The Telegraph Waynesboro, Pa., Sept. 10. The post office at Markes. several miles from Mercersburg, has been abolished. The patrons of that place will have their mall served them from Mercers burg. MULE KILLED IN ACCIDENT Special to The Telegrapn East Donegal, Pa., Sept. 10.—While George Endslow was driving a, valu able mule to the scene of a fire on the Fridy farm yeßterday he scared, reared and the shafts on one side penetrated his neck, killing him Instantly. CASTORW r», The Kind You Have Always Bought of YORK COUNTY JTTRORS PRAWN Special to The Telegrapn DUlsburg, Pa., Sept. 10.—Of the 132 Jurors drawn to serve at the Octo ber term of the York county courts those from Dillsburg and vicinity are as follows: Morrett Coover, Dillsburg; L. C. Wise, Fairview township, and M. D. Wiley, Dillsburg, for grand Jurors; John Hoffman, Wellsville; Abram Wil liams, Dillsburg, and H. B. Emlg, Dover township, for common pleas jury; Emmet "Epiy, of Slddonsburg; V. D. Lenhart, Dillsburg; Ell Smith, Warrington township; John A. Grove, Dillsburg, and L. W. Cookson, War rington township, for petit Jury. PETER S. HEIKES BURIAIi Special to The Telegraph Dillsburg, Pa,, Sept. 10.—Funeral services of Peter S. Helkes, retired stock dealer, who died on Monday at his home in Frankllntown, were held yesterday, conducted by the Rev. G. H. Eveler, pastor of the Dillsburg Lutheran charge. ONIONS DRUG ON MARKET Special to The Telegraph Marietta. Pa., Sept. 10. —Onions are very plentiful in York and Lancaster counties this year and unless the farm ers can find a market they will- be a drug on the market. Last year they were scarce and this season more were raised than can be used. Prices are as low as 30 cents a bushel, com pared with $1.75 last year. 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