VOLUME 11 AIcCONNELLSBURG, PA., DECEMBER 16, 1900. NUMBER 10 ON OCEAN AND SEA. Incident In the Voyage of Miss Alice Wishart Enroute from New York to Bombay, India. In Mi89 Wishart's last letter she told of her stay in Edinboro iu the home of her newly found friends, the Henrys. In this let ter she gives notes of her trip from Liverpool, along the coast of Portugal, through the strait of Gibraltar, and on across the Med iterranean Sea. Editor. October 80. It was quite dark before our boat got out of the Liverpool docks last night, which gave u9 a view of the water front by elect, ic light the moon too was "on" and it was a pretty scene although, not nearly so m- CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT Under Auspices of McConnellsburg Chor al Society and Public Schools. The Choral Society, in connec tion with the town schools of Mc Connelh?burg, has prepared an elaborate Christmas program, and will give an entertainment In the School Hall, on Saturday evening, December 25th, consist ing of music, plays, and recita tions. Doors open at 7 o'clock; entertainment begins at 7:30. Price of all tickets, 25 cents. Tickets will be on sale at Gold smith's store, on Friday and Sat urday, December 24th and 25th, and at the door Saturday even ing. The proceeds go towards paying for the new piano in the school hall. Everybody come. r - TV rv- . - ; ' ' i,: ' .. - ' jty.r . ... iV'Ve. v ;.. ; : vv . 7 l: :, " V v - - Miss Alice E. Wishaut. teresting nor brilliant as New York harbor. Every thing cn this side im presses one as being very old and substantial, but oh, so slow! I was interested in seeing peo ple say their good byes before the gang plank was taken away es pecially one young English cler gyman who was bidding a very tender farewell to a pretty little thing in brown. Only Indian help is employed on this boat, and it seems good to hear the old time jabber, and to sm ell the odor of curry at meal time The sea has been qnite calm all day we are not out of the Eng lish channel yet. but it is get ting rocky this evening. For an hour or ' more to day, I had Miss McCunn reading Hin dustani. I want her to accom plish a lot before we reach Bom bay. There are 51 passengers on brard, including seven children The other 44 are composed of English army officers, civilians, clergymen and missionaries. They look a pleasant enough crowd, and i hope will prove in teresting. Miss 1L Ulster, the third in our cabin, is a young Methodist mis sionary going out to join her par eats at Rangoon. I put in my spare time walking on deck and reading "The Scarlet Pimpernel" a new hook which Mrs. Henry gave me to read on the voyage. November 2. We have had a much smoother passage thus far than on the Atlantic. Sunday, a Church ot England clergymaa read the service, and gave a short talk in the morniag. lie sits op pnsite'me at table, and is not un pleasant to talk to. There is an agreeable English girl at my left, who is going out to India to visit. and the ship's doctor at the end beyond her going and on his first voyage to the East Yester day I played shuffle board on deck more than an hour with an English girl, the Padre and the Doctor, and. in consequence have sore muscles this morning. H is such good excercise, that mean to play again as one can not read ail the time. ... Miss McCunn has two hours daily with me in Hindustani and u doing very well indeed. Last fight we bad a little musicale, to try to unearth what talent there might be among the passengers It turned out that quite a number sing and play nicely. This morn ng Capt. Wylde took me to visit th animals, as there it quito a farm yard on board, it seems eight horses, ducks, chickens, a dozen dogs, cats, turkeys, etc. To-day, we are passing along the west coast of Portugal, and to morrow noon will be going through the Stnts of Gibralter. October 4. Yesterday was calm and beautiful, as we came through the Straits of Gibralter. Everybody was on deck, of course, with glasses trained on the Rock, which quite won our at tention away from the shores of Morocco on the right. The en tire day, we were within sight of Spanish shores, and passed doz ens of boats several men ot-war, among others. To day the awn ings have been put up, as it is getting much warmer; but noth ing in comparison with what it will be later on. Quite a bit of musical talent has shown up, and we have an hour or more concert every evening in the music room. Miss McCunn will finish her ten chapters in John (in Hindu stani) to day, and will go on with the Persian character. She learns quickly. November 8 We are now only two days fiom Port Said, which, the Captain says, we will reach at midnight Tuesday, so no going on shore for us, I tear, at that hour. Is it not provoking ? The air is much warmer and the awn ings are all up; so, it begins to seem like summer again. Yesterday was inspection when all the officers and sailors came on deck more than a hun dred of them Portugese, East Indians, and Scotchmen. The East Indians were diked out in their best, snowy white mull mull coats and trousers, with gor geous embroidered waist coats, bright soarfs, and brilliant tur bans. It made the East very real to me, especially when one caught a strong whiff of sandal or attar of roses, as they passed in review. Scents have such a way of re minding one of scenes and places, don't they ? Saturday evening, the Captain took several of us on the bridge, and into his cabin, where he en tertamed us about an hour with Scotch tunes on his gramaphone. He is a jolly old Scotchman, and very kind, too. Friday we went down to the very bottom of the ship to see the engines and other machinery. It is really wonderful to see the forces at work to move this big boat. The engineer explained a lot about it all, including the re frigeratlng plant; but the noise was so great, I could'nt hear half he said. I breathed . a sigh of rel ef when we had finished climbing back over four flights of almost perpendicular stairs. The ship's doctor . went along "in case of accident!" ' He plays a very good game of shuffle-board which 1 have learned to like. It's tine exercise. .' - We bad a nice church of Eng land service yesterday on deck, as it was plbasanter than inside, The piano was taken out, and the choir sang ''Eternal Father. Strong to Save," ot course. In the evening we bad some hynns About every other night they manage to get up a concert which is not bad. 1 have not been ill a minute. v Ul-(i ; - -.rf.--. ffffc. .. - k infill L-- .l. -w . . u.zz.?-isa:r- -v is? '9m-Cr ' '- -- 'r i-' .:: ,.v: . -'. View on Water Street, McConnellsburg, Pa. The picture above is a view of a portion of Water Street, McC jnnellsburg, Pa. The first build ing in the foreground, on the right, is owned by Geo. B. Mellott, in which he resides and has his store. Part of the buildmg is occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Lynch. The second building is the old Billy Duflield stone building, now owned by Alex Pattersou. The third, a tall frame building, is the George W. Hays, store building. The fourth is owned by Chus. B. Stevens, aud is used for his store and place of residence; and the fifth, the one with the big gable to the street, is the D. B. Nace building, in which is the Keisner store and the First National Bank. On the left side of the street, the first building the one on the left of the tree is Albert Ston- er's store building and next to it is his residence, almost hidden by the tree. The three-story build ing to the right of the treo, is the home of the Fulton County News, and tho residence of the Editor McConnellsburg is on the old turnpike, the main thoroughfare for automobile travel between Pittsburg and Philadelphia, 134 miles east of Pittsburg, and 168 miles west of Philadelphia. No town in the State has better hotel sccommodations. FARMERS' INSTITUTE. Abstract of the Proceedings of the Ses sions Held In McConnellsburg, De cember 3d and 4ih. "In the way our fathers trod" may bo all right in some things; but the farmer who does not keap abreast ot the times, will soon find himself bringing up the tail- end of the procession. There are farmers in Fulton county to-day, raising two bushels of grain on the same field, to one their fa thers raised making two dollars clear money to one made by their fathers and this, because they are reading, thinking, and com paring notes and investigations with other progressive farmers. The farmer who does not at tend a farmers' institute, dues not know what he is missing; and for his benefit we publish an ab stract of the work done in the re cent institute at McConnellsburg feeling assured that the reader will get some hints from them,, that will put good dollars into his pockets. The institute was held in the auditorium of the new School Bnilding, and was called to order by J. Lind Patterson, who pre sided.. The address of welcome was given by J. Nelson Sipe, Esq. and the response by J. W. Bruck art, of Lititz, Pa., in which he in troduced himself and colleagues and outlined the course of in struction to be given by them. C. J. Brewer then gave the insti tute a very pleasant address. R. P. Kester, of Grampion, was ask ed by the chairman to speak on the subject "Cam Culture." While corn in the United States yields thrice as many bushels as any other cereal, yet on an aver a'e only 43 bushels per acre are raised, which might easily bedou bled, by intelligent selection of seed, and by proper cultivation. Seed should be selected before the crop is cut, and from a me dium height of growth and of the best quality. Seed corn can be improved by selecting the most perfect ears and planting those ears in separate rows, from which to select the next year's seed. In preparation ot the soil, It is best to plow deeply. In planting, it is best to wait till the soil becomes warm enough to germinate the seed. In cultivation of the crop, too many cultivations cannot be given. Evening Session. This session was opened with a well rendered bodr by the Mo- Connellsburg Choral Society. Miss Mary Baumgardner follow ed with an exceptionally well given recitatiou entitled Rock Me to Sleep Mother. Elliott Kirk next followed with an extempor aneous address strong and pleas ing. Fred W. Card, of Sylvama, Pa., was next introduced and spoke at length on "Tho Educa tion We Need." ' R P. Kester occupied the last period with a pleasing address and dismissed the audience in high good humor. Saturday Morning Session. The morniDg session was open ed with Devotional Exercises by Rev. Rice. R. P. Kester occu pied the first period with a talk on the Economical Feeding ot the Dairy Cow. As a matter of bust ness it is necessary to calculate all feeds on their market values. There are two general classes of foods for man or beast, viz. Pro tene and Carbohydrates the form er of which furnish the material which makes hair, i muscle, bone, blood, milk, white of eggs, &c. Carbohydrates furnish energy, heat and the fats of the body and therefore a balanced ration of both classes of feeds is necessary from an economical stand point. Clover hay and wheat bran being representative protinefeeds while corn and timothy hay are of the carbohydrate class. F. W. Card then gave a talk on Farm Records and Accounts which must of ne cessity be simple. It was shown that without accouLts many pro ducts of the farm may be raised at a loss. To determine again or loss each year on a farm it is nec essary that a correct inventory should be taken with rise or fall of prices taken into account Afterfoon Session. , J. W. Bruckart occupied the first period with his talk entitled "Pergonal Experience with Lime and the Legumes." This speak ers experience justifies the com mon belief that lime is good and if used in moderation will stimu late plant growth correct acidity and assist in decomposing sme chanically the solidity of soil par . tides. Of Legumes the speaker recommended the use of Crimson and Red Clover or Cowpeas. Crimsom Clover was especially recommended iu truck farming as well as in raising tobacco. W. C. Patterson . occupied the next period with a paper edtitled, "The Old Farm." R. P. Kester gave a talk on the Silo, as a labor saving device. In economizing feed tho A Timely Invitation. If you waut to go where you can see the latest of everybody, can hear lots of good things, en joy yourself to your utmost ca pacity, and learn just what is the latest in the way of a Christmas entertainment slick up, put on the pinions of an owl, and flap out to the Whips Cove Christian church on Friday evening, the 24th of December. Preparations are now being rushed for a Christmas service that will interest all both young and old. This entertainment will help you to shake off the cares of the world, and enjoy this holiday of holidays as you could not pos sibly do in any other way. Ifyouarenot there, you will miss half of your life, and the best half, too. Yes, go; Santa will be there to greet you all rigged out in his best "bib and tucker." PLEASANT SOCIAL EVENT. Last Thursday Was Mrs. C. M. Brant's Birthday Anniversary, as Well as of Her Marriage. Last Thursday was quite a cold day, so much so that it would be supposed that only those of the gentler sex, who might be com pelled by urgent necessity or kindly benevolence' to leave their homes", would do so. Imagine then the surprise of Mrs. C. M. Brant on that day, when, after having finished her morning work she had sat down to read, to see some of her neighbors coming not from one direction merely but from several directions, and most of them carrying bundles. What could it mean ? Alter they had come into the house and greeted Mrs Brant pleasantly, it began to dawn upon her mind that this was her birthday anni versary; and, also, the thirty fourth anniversary of her wed ding. After some time spent in social conversation and preparation for dinner, all sat down to a well-fill ed table and partook of a good dinner. After dinner, those present were entertained by some selections from the graphophone. Then all departed for their re spective homes, wishing Mrs, Brant many returns of her birth day anniversary. Those present were Mrs. E. H. Kirk, Mrs. Wm Heefner, Mrs. Hiram Clevenv,er, Mrs. Ephraim Mellott, Mrs. Ches ter Brant, Mrs. Susan King, Mrs. Ross King, Mrs. Eliza Hoov er, Mrs. T. F. Davis, Mrs. Wil bert Erb, daughter Mildred, and son Paul; Daisy Hoover, C. M. Brant, wife and sons Edwin and Dallas, and Uoldie Reeder. Snapshots at Their Comings and Qolngs Here for a Vacation, or Away for a Restful Outing. Silo performs a very important part in that it renders digestible much feed that would otherwise be lost. He demonstrated furth er that silage is predigested and reudored more appetizing, but deprecates using a silage ration exclusively. The Query Box brought out valuable points in filling and feeding. F. W. Card used the last period of the session with a talk on fruit growing. Many answers were given to questions on insecticides aud fruit production. Evening Session. This session was opened with music, first by an instrumental solo by Mrs. G. W. Reisner and later by a song by the Choral So ciety. F. V. Card occupied the first period lb discussion the "Orna mentation of The Farm Home." The speaker first paid attention to the boys and made an appeal for their interests. A strong ap peal was made for a beautiful lawn. Miss Rose Fisher then gave a recitation entitled "The Guardian Angel" which provoked muchap plause and an encore. The Choral Society then gave a well rendered song. R. P Kisr ter occupied the last session of the Institute with bis talk on The Farmer as a citizen." The Bpeaker attacked with much vigor the present political situation and plead for greater intelligence and watchfulness on the part of the citizen. . Iostltuta closed with a vote of thanks to the musicians, instructors and other who bad rendered the meetings a succesi. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW NAMES OP VISITORS AND VISITED Abram Vancleve. Abram Vancleve, aged 85 years 1 month, and 8 davs, died of pneu monia at his home m Washington. Pa., on Thursday, December 2, 1909. Interment in the cemetery at that place, tho following Satur day. Mr. Vancleve was born and reared in Ayr township, and for a number of years owued and liv ed on the Thos. F. Sloan farm, now occupied by Ahimaaz Cleven ger. About the year 1880 he left the county and located in Missou rl. The family then returned east and settled in Washington, Pa., where there were more favor aole opportunities for the educa tion of his son Benjamin, who, at that time, was preparing for the ministry. Mr. Vancleve was a member of the Presbyterian church and an earnest christian man. He will long be remembered for bis kind ness and sympathy for all in dis tress, and for bis unstinted hos pitality. He was laid to rest by the side of his wife, who died during the winter ot 1889. He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Gfaorge A. Stewart, of Wells Valley; Mrs Lydia Cypher, New Castle, Pa., and Misses Hester and Nellie, at home. Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Shives, of this place, were agreeably sur prised and their hearts gladdened Tuesday evening, when into their home, stepped Mr. J. Frank Mar tin, their loster son, who bad been absent In New Mexico and Texas during the past three years. Mr. Martin is located at El Paso, on the Rio Grande, in the extreme western part of Texas, and is railroading on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, with a run be tween El Paso, and Tucumcari, New Mexico. Frank is situated 1800 miles west of Chicago. He expects to visit among his Fulton county friends until after the approaching holidays, when he will return to bis work at El Paso. i Last Thursday, John W. Trux el, who lives near the Tonoloway Baptist church In. Thompson towusblp, butchered one bog that dressed 458 lbs , and seven oth ers spring pigs, that made 2,- ! 010 Ibe. of choice pork. , Mr. and Mrs. Milton Kline, of Harrisonville, were in town shop ping yesterday. Mr. A. R. Mock, of Burnt Cab ins, was in town yesterday at tending to business. Mr. Wilbur F. Berkstresser, of Waterfall, was in town attending to business Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Huston of Saltiilo, spent Tuesday and Wednesday with relatives in this place. Mr. John F. Johnston, of Tay lor township, spent a few days in Harrisburg last week attending United States court as a juror. Mr. and Mrs. Alex C. Lamber son and their baby-boy Clarence, of Akersville, spent several days last week visiting relatives and friends in the Cove. J. E, Lyon accompanied Dr. II. C. McClain to Mcrcersburg last Saturday in the latter's au tomobile. Mrs. Lyon spent the day with relatives iu Hustontown. Dr. J. G. Hanks, of Breeze wood, and Mr. W. C. Hanks, of Emiaaville, came down to Mc Connellsburg last Thursday in the Doctor's automobile remained a few hours and returned m the evening. Rev. and Mrs. John M. Diehl are spending a few days this week visiting the former's parents at Cashtown, Adams county. Mr. Diehl will be home in time for his appointments next Sunday. For the week ending Decem ber 4, the statement of the Hun tingdon and Broadtop railroad shows that 13,707 tons of coal were hauled on the line. This shows an increase of 5,541 tons. David Woodal was over at Chamborsburg to see his sister Miss Jennie, who has been con fined to her bed for the past two weeks. She is getting better and is expected home the last of the week. U. G. Humbert, a former suc cessful teacher in this county, and now one of Ayr townships's enterprising farmers, was in town attending to business last Friday, and found time to come in and chat a few minutes with the Editor. For several months Clyde Ott, of this place has been in impaired health, and on Monday morning of this week he, accompanied by his uncle, D. L. Grissinger went to Philadelphia to consult a spec ial ut, and if necessary, submit to a surgical operation. Dr. R. Weber McKibbin and little daughter Elizabeth, ot Fort Meade, South Dakota, where the Doctor is stationed with the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, reached Hancock last Saturday evening, and will spend a short time here among relatives and friends. Dr. W. L. McKibbin, of Ama ranth, spent a lew days In town during the past week. From this place he went over to Marion, Franklin county to visit his son in law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. McKee, who formerly lived at Amaranth, tut who are now in the mercantile business at Marion. Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Finn iff, and their little daughter Mildred, have returned to Fulton county to remain indefinitely. During the past twenty-three years, Luther bas been In the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany, and is now known as a "handy n:'an" that means that he can take the place of almost any other, employe in case of emergency. On account of an extended attack of rheumatism, be bas been obliged to obtain a leave of absenca, and will remain here until his health Is somewhat restored. r? 1 1
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