1 1; 1 ; :.i urn 1 . . .. . i .1 L VOLUME G. McCONNELLSBURG, PA., OCTOBER 19, 1901. XUMIJEK-.S 1) AT ST. LOUIS. Johp N. Hixsoo Thinks No One Ought to Miss It. St. Louis, Mo., Septembpr 9. Thisjs my first trip to Missouri, and a graud one it is! The Fair is mora thau I expected. I have seen more on this trip than I ever saw in my life, ana I have not seen the half there is to see. We left Everett on the 5th and reached here the Cth. My com panions are E. D. Akers and Jes se B. Hasting. . Every one, who can, ought o attend the World 's Pai r. The ex pense is not so great as some might think. We pay 50 cents tor a room and 25 cents a meal good enough for me or any other poor man to eat. We are on Olive street, six miles from the Fair, but the street car takes there for 6 cents. The Fair is closed on Sunday. We took a stroll through the Park to-day. It isa flue pi ace. New Grenada. Ed A. Alio way of Wells is mov ing to Robertsdale to assist in the store of Jesse O. McClaiu. Dr. 11. B. Campbell took a day off and attended Masonic Lodge at MitHin,Pa.,last Thursday night. Harry Foster killed his first tur- j key last Saturday, and puts up j the argument that it wasn't blind, j Mrs. Catharine Lockard left I -Monday with her son Harry for J Altoona where she expects to J spend the winter. - j John Foster, Mrs. John White, Mr. and Mrs. Ham Rider and An dy Miller all of Altoona, are vis-' iting Ed G. Fosters' in Wells. Wm. F. Rinchart and Sam'l Al-! loway spent a week in Columbia county the guests of S. S. Beyer and Chas. Appleeate, our lumber men. Mr. and Mrs. L. McEIdowney and daughters Viola and Edna of Altoona, and Sue Ramsey of Six mile Run, are visiting Thos. Ram seys' a few days. John Comerer, D. D. G. M., of the I. O. O. F. of Fulton county, installed the officers of Waterfall Lodge No. 773 on Friday evening and of Wells Valley Lodge No. 607 on Saturday evening, i Elder E. Myers has been sent by East Penn'a Eldership of the Church of God, held at Shippens burg last week, to Walnut Grove charge. Bethel church being on that charge, he will serve us at this point. ' Married. At the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. R. Foster, in Altoona, Pa., by the Rev. Jamison of the Evangelical church on . Sept 21), 1904, Mr. Ham Rider of near Saltillo to Miss Veda Foster formerly of Wells Valley. j The New Grenada sporting boys can now tell their hunting stories in reality, as there were six wild turkeys brought in to town on Sat urday, as follows: Geo. Shafer 2, Frank Thomas 2, Oscar Houck t, and Ritner Black 1. If "Dick" had got the one he was ' after and another one, he would have had two. Quite slumber were killed in the Valley 7, we heard,, from Enid down. ' Total, 13, with lots of squirrels added. , ' '' ,' i Last week either the editor got a new jug of a different brand or your scribe i from New Grenada was too dumb to write plainly in items sent to the News, as there was a general mix-up.- Harvey Shafer read "Harry , Sharpe;" Daniel K.McClain was "Dave Mc Claiu," and Tuesday read "Thurs day," and so on. As an editor of a country newspaper has no feel ing nor conscience, and is blamed for everything that is wrong, we will lay this on him, and if not guilty, we will fix it up after ' the election returns are counted. . '- Norman A. Wishart, son of Dr. and Mrs.H.8. Wishartof this place, who came home last August suf fering from an attack of rheums ti8m, has fully recovered, and has accepted a lucrative position in the wholesale drug house ot Rob ert M. Shoemaker & Co., Phila delphia, and enters up in his work tn-day. Norman formerly spent throe years with the. same people. Letter from Rev. Bangher. Conshohockeu, Pa., Octobers. The weather is fiuo here con sidering the time of year, yet there has not been anything ser iously hurt in the truck gardens. This is court month in Norm town. Court opened last Mon day, and will last four or live weeks, as there are "00 criminal cases, besides the civil list to be disposed of. Four additional judges have been called to assist the regular judge, so that if pos sible they may get through re fore the November election. The Third Quarterly Meeting of this year was held hist Satur day evening in the Gulf Christian church. Twelve members have been added during the quarter. The members have just voted to raise the pastor's salary to $000; and you may bet, away down in my heart I said "Amen !" There has been a Home Depart ment organized in the Sunday school. Our Sunday school num bers 190. We want to organize a Cradle Rod yet, and get all the babies into the Sunday school. The congregation has doubled since I came here. On the Gulf Road leading from here to Valley Forge, and one half mile from here is the Hang ing Rock, under which General Washington and his army passed on their way to Valley Forge. A few years ago it became neces sary for the road supervisor to cut off ten feet that projected ov er the road so far as to interfere with teams passing with high loads. Valley Forge, where Washing ton with his 8,000 men encamped during the winters of 1776-7, is eight miles away; yet there may be seen miles of the outlines of the old entrenchments, thrown up at that time. The eight ministers of the dil ferent churches here work to gether, visit each other in their studies, and help each other in their work. , The denominations represented are: Two regular Baptist churches, one Methodist, one Presbyterian, one Lutheran, one Holiness, one Free Baptist, one Episcopalian and one Christ ian. I have just learned that the Christian church in Conshohock en, O., has extended a call to Rev. C. C. Jones. , , , Wheat sold here to-day for $1.05, and flour is '$7.20 a barrel. But little is said here about the elect ion, for nearly everybody is a Re publican. Prof. B. C. Miller, formerly of McConnellsburg, but now a resi dent of Norristown, called at the psrsonage last Wednesday, The "Fulton County News" comes to my table every week, bringing the news from "Little Fulton," and from many other places we know, and is very mnch appreciated. May I whisper in to the ear of the correspondent from Needmore, and tell him to miss as few weeks as possible. S. L. Baugheu. R. union 22nd Pa. Vol. Cav. Postponed The annual reunion of survivors of 22nd Pa. Vol. Cav. was to be held this year October 21 at Map leton, Huntingdon county, Pa., M. L. Ilex, of Co. I, being presi dent for the year. Comrade Rex has had so much sickness iu his family that be could not make such arrangements for entertain ing the Visitors as h9 desired, and because of this, and because of theepidetnieof scarlet fever pre vailing in Mapleton, it has been decided to hae no reunion this year. A reunion will be arrang ed for next year, to be held prob ably at Mapleton, of which due notice will bo given. A. R. McCarthy, Sec'y Chas. K Uoke, ' Business Man ager of "Publio Opinion," Cham bersburg, spent last Thursday night in . McConnellsburg, and was a very pleasant caller at this office Ft iday morning. . Mr. Hoke is a grandson of Mr. and .Mrs. Henry Hoke, deoeised, former prominent reM'e-ts of this place, FORMER FULTON COUNTY BOY. Mr. 0. R. Clinc, ,s now Secretary of an Electric Company in Kansas. El Dorado, Kansas, Oct. 4, We have not become accustomed to getting along without the "News," and enclose herowith $1.25 in N. Y. exchange for which please send the paper to us here, for the preset) t. We have just had a delightful visit, though far too short, from Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Kelley, of Burnt Cabins, who started on their homeward trip yesterday leaving us feeling quite keenly the absence of their congenial company. Our temptation to accompany them east was only restrained by remembering the reports of your last winter, and our fear of going mto winter quarters there in our present condition of health. We hope to go back next spring and spend the summer among my boy hood associations.' Time has wrought many changes and ob literations, I know many of them marked by sadness not tuily ap preciated at this distance. By gracious provision, time draws the mantle of charity over mem ory's tiles, so that only the sunny side of those old environments enter into our musings and r tieetions. Indeed we are prone to magnify, in a measure, these qualities, so that a degree of dig appointment is felt when we find the old land-marks apparently changed, the grass not quite so green, and tne flowers not always in bloom. Most of all, wo miss the scores of old friends and as sociates gone from those scenes; the test of time and association, perhaps, have changed some who are left. But the steadfast love and fidelity of true friends are never disappointing, and it is in them that the fullest anticipations of home-coming is realized. It is seventeen years since I came to this country, all full of active life for me until two years ago, when I received an injury, from which I have not yet fully recovered. We have a pleasant home here among pleasant peop le, and many dear friends and as sociations make it a home we shall always hold dear. We sometimes long for the mountains and their diversified scenes, and often for the society of f riendshving there; but for business advantages, this country has much the best op portunities. This has ben a year of abundant rainfall atd tine weather, a mild winter and a de lightful summer and fall. Every thing is sreon as mid-summer, while reports from the east indi cates killing frosts weeks ago. If a letter concerning present conditions in this part ot the west would interest readers of "The News" I will endeavor to write a brief one iu the near luture. For the preseut I will say adieu, with best wishes to the Editor and Readers of "The News." O. R. Clink. Teachers' Meeting. The teachers of Uuion township met at Center, Friday eveniug, October 7th. The meeting wan called to order by the president, Mr. Foster. Questions for dis cussion were: 1. Diacritical Marks Wheu, How, and to WhatExtent Taught V 2. School Discipline. 8. Qualifi cations of the Ideal Teacher. The teachers present were C. A. Foster, E C. Hendershot, Geo Lehman, T. R. Shank, Misses Lillian Hill and Myrtle Smith. Some very iaturosUuv recita tions were tendered by Raymond Scriever, Willie Ray, Pleasant May ana Sheldon Hill. The next iustitute will be held at Fair view. Friday evening, Oc tober 28 tli, with tho following quosho-.s for dNcus,ion. 1 How to Secure Regular At teudanco 2 Value of a Common School Education. 8. How to Se cure an Interest in an Algebra CIttSS.'.: j ' ' J. R. Shank, CoA(0ltf (vital j . y IT PAYS To RAISE "POSIES." What Is Being Done on a Farm Out Near Pittsburg. The following discription of the "Crystal Farm," near Pitts burg is given by Mr. G. N. Gar land, a native of Fulton county, who uow has a responsible posi tion on tho "Flower" farm. Ed. "Crystal Farm" is situated 18 miles from Pittsburg, on tho Pitts burg & Western R. II. and con tains 200 acres. It was purchas ed about three years ago by Mr. F Burke, a well known florist of Pittsburg for $70,000 and is incor poratetl as the Pittsburg Rose and Carnation Company Limited. On the farm have been built 14 large green-houses some of which cost as much as $10,000 each all devoted to the growing of roses, carnations, chrysanthe mums, asparagus, spingerie and promossa nannus. There are 12 dwelling houses and one boarding house the lat ter to accomodate 35 men. The dwellings are all of modern style and occupied by men who have families. All the dwellings as well as the greeuhouses are heat ed by natural gas, produced from four wells on the farm. From 40 to 50 men are employ ed. One foreman for the green houses recei.es a salary of $25 a week house, garden and fuel; 0 sub-foremen, at salaries from $12 to $16 a week houses, gar dens, and fuel, and, I wish to say that house rent and fuel in west ern Pennsylvania is quite an item. Each sub-foreman is furnished sufficient help to carry out the work of his section, and the help ers are paid from $8.40 to $10 per week. It costs each man who hires his board $4.50 a week for board. The farm is managed by Mr. Burke the president of the com pany. Eleven head of horses are kept. On the farm 100 to 125 car loads of manure are used each year besides what is made on the farm each car costing $28.00 on the railroad siding here. The weekly pay roll amounts to from $500 to $000, all made from sale of cut flowers. In con nection, they have the Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., on Liberty St., Pittsburg, where the products of the green-noli se are disposed rf where it is shipped eai h morniug. Last Monday morning they ship ped 11,400 roses besides "mums," carnations, &c., the cut of one day. If any of your readers have had occasion to buy roses they can guess what the income is. I have seen roses sell at Christmas time for $25 a dozen. If you had to buy tbem now, they would cost you from $1 to $6 a dozen accord ing to quality. G. N. Oakland. Clear Ridge. ' Frank Cnrnmck of Robertsdale visited his father.Calvin Carmack, over Sunday. James Dcvor of Wood vale and Wilbert Berkstrcssor of New Gre nada spent a day recently with J. K. Woodcock. Mrs. J. W. Mower is visiting at Willow Hill. . Calvin Henry is putting up a new house and Alfred Brown is building an L to his house. Miss Annie Winegardner and Mrs. John Gillis of Burnt Cabins spent Saturday evening at Daniel Landers'. Dr. S. B. Fleming, of Phila delphia, spent lust week with his uncle, T. K. Fleming. Philip Hilcman, of Altoona, spent Saturday and Sunday with Calvin Baker's family. Miss Annie Amsley, of Frank lin county, spent the past week as tho guest of Jus. V. Corniack's family. '" ' ' 1 1 Several of our young folks were for chestnuts the other day aud report them scarce. Miss Minnie Grove who had a sigtt of fever is aide to lx out again.' Miss b'adie Si eg, of Ft Little ton, spent last week with the fam ily of If. T. lleetvr. Weddings. WIHLK ELVEY. At the M. E. parsonage, Mc Connellsburg, Pa., Wednesday, Oct, 12, 1904, Mr. .lohn R. Wible and Miss Daisy A. Elvey were married by Rev. J. V. Adams, pastor of the M. E. Church. tice an dekkon. Mr. Chas. E. Tice aud Miss Lil lian M. Anderson, both of Knobs ville, Pa., were united iu marriage Wednesday, Oct. 12, 1904, a: the Methodist Episcopal parsonage by their pastor, Rev. J. V. Adam p. Returning to the home of the bride's father, Mr. Henry Ander son, a bountiful dinner was serv ed, after which the bridal couple left for Altoona acd other cities on their wedding trip. The guests present at ths din ner were John Tice, wife and daughter, Enoch Kerlin, wife and sou, Johu Gunnels and wife, Sam uel Divens, wife and daughter, Peter Shidleman, wife and three daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Sow ers, Mrs. Catharine Wagner, Samuel Kelso, Harvey Wagner, Joseph Sowers. There were many presents of beauty and value. Hanks Spangler. Arthur Eugene Hanks, ol Chambersburg, son of A. B. Hanks, formerly of this place, and Miss Zora Spangler, of Car lisle, were united in marriage last Tuesday evening at six o'clock by Rev. W. P. Shriner at the Metho dist parsonage. The bride is one of Carlisle's most popular young ladies, and the groom is a well known base ball player and for the past two seasons he has play ed third base for the Lindner Club. He was captain of this year's team. They left for Wash ington, D. C, and other South ern cities, and will make their home at Chambersburg, where the groom is employed. Thompson Items. Quite a number of young peo ple from this vicinity attended the llagerstown Fair last Thursday. John lies, accompanied by Miss Elizabeth Gregory, speutthe latter part of last week visiting friends in the Big Cove and at Mercersburg. , Mr. and Mrs C. Comerer spent last Friday at William Secrist's in the Little Cove. Rev. and Mrs. Powers, of Need more, visited friends on theR'dge last Saturday. Mr. Powers preach ed at Damascus Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Roy Daniels and Frank Martin have returned after a week's visit to the World's Fair at St. Louis. The boys report a good time and both say they would not have missed it "for anything." Mrs. W. H. Pittmau who has been ill for some time is improv ing rapidly. Miss Com Ranck, of Warfords burg, is visiting her sister, Mis. Geo. Winters. The Baptists' meetings held at Tonoloway and Damascus last Friday, Saturday aud Sunday were attended by large and interesting congregations. Quite a number of people from a distance were present. Our community was greatly shocked last eduesduy morning when the uews was 'phoned in ev ery direction that Mrs. Lewi Wei ler's house had burned to the ground at about 3 o'clock that morning, llow the tire originated is not exactly known.but it is sup posed that it caught from the kitchen stove, as there was lire in that part of the house until n late hour. About 3 o'clock Mi s. Wcl ler was awakened by the roaring of the tire. She ran toward the kitchen but before she could reach it the roof was falling in and the other part of the building had. caught. The family was awakened and tho nearest noighbors were summoned. Every effort was made In save the building but the houso aud nearly all its contents was de stroyed. There was a light insur ance out not suiitciunt to cover half the loss. Mrs. Weller is a widow with a large family of ctiil Siren, an I lived about two miles east of Plum Run postoffico. P. P. Shives at the World's Fair. I left Hancock at 1 o'clock Wed nesday, passed through some beautiful country, changed cars ; s.t Cincinnati, aud arrived at St. : Louis Tuesday. The sights are innumerable. The Pike is a great attraction to those who go for fun and amusement. 1 came here for the useful information I might ' gather, and am now satisfied that I diull be well repaid for the time ami money expeuded in making this trip. St. Louis is a beautiful city, the I streets are clean, the car service good electricity being the mo tive power. There are no tickets for sale in the booths where the tickets-sellers are supposed to be; they are moneychangers, who change your bank nots into half dollars, and a half dollar admits you into the Fair grounds. Once inside the gates one is bewildered not because you are lost, but because you do not know where to go to first. A large number of the principal buildings stand in a fan-shaped group. North of the Festal Hall, is a magnificent building erected by the United States government, and tilled with art exhibits. The chimes in the tower of the German building attract much attention, as does the grest floral clock. The State buildings vary much in style and type. Various foreign countries have buildings in which one may see an exhibit of the leading pro ducts of those respective coun tries. After visiting the Fair, 1 went to Bonner Springs, Kansas, where I met my brother-in-law, B. J. Crook, his wife, aud my mother-in-law, Mrs. Cattlett, and was accorded a hearty welcome. Bonner is a pretty town 10 miles west from Kansas City. It con tains five churches, a tine school building, good stores, a canning factory, and hundreds of other attractions. I, with Mr. Crook, crossed the Kansas river into the fit od district, and saw many ev dences of the destruction caused by the high water. The soil is a rich sandy loam, very productive. The folks that I have met are generous and agreeable, and vie with each oth er in showing you a good time. Peter P. Shives. Ilustontown. Miss Fannie Brant of Morrisons Cove visited frieuds at this place the first of the week. Miss Inez Berkstresser of Wa terfall was visiting her aunt, Mrs. Jere Laidig, last week. Milton Mellott of near Si pes Mill spent Saturday and Sunday with W. G. Wink and family. Henry Clay Mathias was ono among the few that killed a tur key the first day of the season. Miss Mary Shoemaker and Mrs. James Lyons returned home from the World's Fair last Saturday. Gandmother Chesnut has been in a very serious condition for the past week and no hope is enter tained for her recovery. Mrs. Harry Dawney received a full stock of fall and winter milli nery goods last week and is now prepared for the fall trade. W. H. Ranck and family of Ilroadtop City are spending the week with relatives at this place. Billy says gamo of all kind is scarce. Brown C. Dawney and wife of Philadelphia are spending the week with the former's mother, Mrs. M. E. Dawney, whose condi tion remains unchanged. Jesse McClain- of Mapleton and Ernest McClain of Altoona came down last Saturday to spend a week with their brother, Dr. II. C. McClain, looking for game. Mr.George Kegerreis of Madi son, Ind., aud hia brother Porter of Jacksonville, Cumberland county, Pa., spent Wednesday night of last week at the home of Mrs. M. E. Dawney. ' ' Mm. Woollwt a-rlved at the World's Fair safe, and U delight ed with the great Exhibition. , ., ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW. Snapshots at Their Movements, as They Come and Go. NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED Home lor a Vacation, Away for id Outing, I Trip for Buslnesi or Pknurt. You'll Pind it Right Here. Miss Mollie Seylur returi ed to Pittsburg last Tuesday. S. A. Nesbit is visiting relatives aud friends in Porry county. Mrs. J. W. Mosser was a Cham bersburg visitor last Wednesday. Mr. W. L. Stevens, of Lnidic. called at the News office while in town last Friday. Miss Gertrude Sipes is spend ing this week tl.e guest of friends in Chambersburg. Hon. and Mrs. W. Scott Alex ander are spending this week iu the Quaker City. Mrs. Geo. W. Parsons, of Fort Littleton, spent a few hours in town last Wednesday. Jacob Royer, of Dayton, Ohir, is spending this week tho guest of his uncle, Jacob Rotz, iu this place. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Largeat at tended the Baptist Association at Tonoloway last Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Dennis Hart, ofHaitford City, Ind., spent a few days last week among relatives in McCon nellsburg. Miss Marion Sloan went to Buffalo, N. Y. last Thursday to visit among her many friends in that city. Miss Mary Etta Evans and Miss Addie Snyder spent a day shopping in McConnellsburg, ono day last week. Ed A. Diehl, Amos Plessinger, and William Diehl of Whips Cove, made a trip to McConnellsburg, last Saturday. George W. Meiseuheldor is vis iting his family at, th" lioii'iof h's father-in-law, (.'mira'l tiress iu this place. A. W. Tritle and Liolher .Jacob of Waynesboro, arc visiting their parents, Mr. aud Mrs. J. G. Tritle in this place. Chas. and Harry Mock, who are employed in Altooua, are spending a few weeks at their home in Tod township. Miss Ethel Trout of Mercers burg, is spending this week at the home of Misses Myrtle and Nellie Comerer, in this place. Mrs. W. E. Bair o"3aluvm, and mother-in-law, Mrs. MargretBair of Lancaster, spent last Tuesday the guests of friends in town. Mrs. William Kennedy and daughter Ermie, spent several days last week at Burnt Cabins, the guests of Miss Mamie Specie. Miss Rosa Pittman of Thomp son, and Miss Mary McAllister, of Clear Spring, Md., spent last Saturday in McConnellsburg. Mr. B. S. Winegardner and Miss Louie Kerlin, were among the Clear Ridge representatives at the County Seat last Saturday. Frank Smith of Big Cove Tan nery, called at the News office a few minutes while in town last Saturday to advance his subscrip tion iuto 1905. J. W. Stech, of Altoona, is spending a week among his ld McConnellsburg friends, and looks as if the world had beeu us ing him well. Mr. R. M. Kendall, Chairman of the Farmers' Institutes of this county, attended a meeting of the State Committee of Farmers' In stitutes at Tyrone last week. ; S. D. Stevens, wife, and two children, Miss Grace, and their infant son, Bpent from kht Fri day until Mouday at the home of Mrs. Stevens' mother, Mrs. L. E. Harris. James McCullough, of Spring field, HI., auditor of the stat' of Illinois, who has been visiting relatives at Foltz, spent several days in this place last wek the guest of Mrs. S. M. Coo'x ard other friends.
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