FULTON COUNTY. NEWS.
Published Every Thursday.
15. W. Peck, Editor.
McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
Thursday, Nov. 30, 1899.
Published Weekly. 1.00 per
Annum in Advance.
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Job Printing of every des
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TIIANKS;iVIN;.
For us, O Lord, tin .veur has brought
Its Modin mid harvest glory;
To - us, , through changing .seasons,
taught, ', ., , , .,
Thy truth, In Gospel sti')'..: :
Again mir voices joiu in ong,
And bring their glad thanksgiving
To" thoe, to whom all years belong,
To Thee, the ever-living.
We oft have sung with joy-crowned
brow
Of Thy new love a-ispr'niging,
And Homo who joined our nongs ure
now
Amid the angels singing.
Hut friends below and friends above
Unito lu glad thanksgiving
To Thee, whom all Thy children love,
To Thee, the over-living. '
Thy power in prayer we oft 'have felt,
Thy sympathy most tender,
And seemed to see, us wo have knelt,
Thy fuee in veiled splendor.
For all these joys from Paradise
Wo bring our glad thanksgiving
To Thee, who every good supplies,
To Thee, the ever living.
So may we join from year to year,
Thy goodness ever singing.
And eaeh at last with rupture hear
The bells of glory ringing.
Then, safe with Thee, again we'll ruise
Our voices in thanksgiving
To Thee, in more exulted praise,
To Thea, the ever-living.
SCATTERED THOl'CHTS.
Itisjiot wisdom to put your
trust in man, for might full.
All are liable to fall oven tho best
men do fall. . ' u ,
Is it possible to 'cultiyat-rt; en
courage, and draw'otit the-good
that is in man tlii.it tho ,cviljn
him will, he-restrained," cheeked,
or -discarded'-1
The wicked and thoughtless, re
gard all present gratifications as
thy maiu thing to be acquired.
The love of riches, honor, social
and fleshly gratifications fill their
souls, and the measure of their
ambition. .
You have noticed that when a
man lias risen to fame has
achieved some great or supposed
great victory how our people
praise, honor, and worship him.
If he then fails in any point to
meet the expectation of his wor
shipers makes some mistake
begins to totter the very people
that have lauded him, will give
him a push on the down grade,
and even rejoice at his downfall.
To theChrist-like light, peace,
happiness, joy in God: to the wick
ed darkness, gloom, misery,
despair. The Christian's -peace
and happiness far exceeds all the
worldly pleasures of the wicked.
Gloom and sorrow may at times
cast their shadow on the righteous,
but tho clouds will be dispelled
by the sunlight of the most )wtent
Power that ever existednrthat
pnver that fillsall space is every
where present. :
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THE MERCIES OP THE LORD.
The recurring season never
fails to find the same repeated
mercies. We thank God this
year for the same blessings as
day. Again and again it is
recounted 'in that book of the Bi
ble which is all psalms of praise
how unfailing and repeated is the
goodness of God. ' "The mercy
of tho L-ird is from everlasting to
everlasting." "Thy mercy, O
Lord, endureth forever." Let
this, then be a day of gladness
for all our people, whatever their
condition, race or religion. Let
rich and jxior together praise God
to-day. Let Protestant and Cath
olic lift up the voice of simulta
neous thanksgiving. Let this be
a national holiday of praise toGod,
and a day when each shall add to
the other's joy by gifts, and aid,
and fellowship of praise.
; CUSTER.
Boy-Jadet, Gflneral.
ltY HKT.T.K V. CI1IKIIOLM.
Why not order tho Nkws smt
to some of your distant friends?
A conference at l'Wt Laramie,
Wyoming, June lH(i(5, could not
prevail upon the Indian chiefs
present to cede a wagon route to
Montana. Military Mists were
immediately established along
the line. The chief, Ked Cloud,
and others began a war which
lasted twelve years.
The Sioux Indians having re
fused to go on the reservation as
signed them by treaty, u.'forco of
regular troops was sent against
them. General George A. Cus
ter led the advance with the
Seventh Cavalry. On the 2"th of
June, 1H7(1, he suddenly came
upon the euemy. A desperate
conflict ensued. General Custer,
his two brothers, his 'nephew,
ami everv one of his men were
killed. Editor. ...
General George A. Custer,
whose tragic death, marred the
record of the centennial , year,
spent his boyhood ' days .near
Cadiz, Ohio, where he "is yet re
membered, and where upon- a re
cent visit I was an interested lis
tener to many little anecdotes and
reminiscences of his early life.
Hon. John A. Bingham, one of
Ohio's most prominent men, who
is now a resident of the town, de
scribes Custer as a beautiful boy,
with fair' face and a wealth of
curly hair long, bright curls,
suggestive at once" of both a
mother's care and a mother's
love.
Despite his more than eighty
years, Mr. Bingham retains much
of tho vigor and brilliancy of his
more active life, and in' speaking
of his youthful protege, General
Custer, "My boy, George," his
enthusiasm rose to eloquence.
"I loved the boy as I loved my
own son," he said. "I had been
in Congress but a short time
when I received a letter from a
boy tlutt captivated me wonder
fully. Full forty years have come
and gone since the morning the
postman handed me that letter,
but I remember it word for word
just as clearly as if it had been
yesterday. Somtwhere packed
securely among my imjiortaut
papers I have that, iletier yet, .
but there is no need of looking
for it, as I can repeat it verbatinu
Yes, I know it by heart. It is
like this," and he repeated:
" 'Dear Mk. Bingham: I am
told that you can send a boy to
West Point. I want to go there,
and I am told that you don't care
whether tho boy is a Democrat
boy or a Republican boy. I am
a Democrat boy, and I want you
to send me there. I want to be
a soldier.
Gf.okg e A. Custer.'
"It was a real boy's letter,
written in a boyish hand, but the
writing, despite the evident pains
taking effort, showed a firmness
of purpose, a determination to
succeed, seldom apparent in one
so young. I was struck with the
originality and the blunt honesty
of the letter and at once surren
dered unconditionally to his de
mands. 'I replied, informing him
that it would bo necessary to se
cure the consent of his parents.
His mother objected, as what
mother would not? But the boy
was so eager to go that she finally
gave her consent, and just as soon
as preliminaries could be arrang
ed the boy went to the Academy
at West Point, and passing the
examination successfully, enter
ed upon his studies.
"The years, full 'of"rcaVe.s'..ahd
responsibilities, hurried by,.- un
til, just on the" eve of my 'boy's
graduation, the war, loug threat:
ened, became a terrible reality.
Men with some knowledge of tho
tactics of war were needed to
drill the raw recruits rushing
from sill sections of the North , to
the country's defense, and all the
available material at West Point
was put jnto the field to officer
the rapidly-filling companies and
regiments being mustered into
service. So it happened that my
protege came into tho command
of men while he was yet a mere
boy, with his long yellow curls
hanging down to his shoulders. I
heard of him time and again dur
ing those first turbulent war
days, but I did not see him until
after tho lirst battle of Bull linn.
"After that terrible massacre
ho was promoted for bravery.
A leader was called upon to stop
a retreat and take a company
of panic-stricken soldiers across
a bridge held by tho enemy.
Like Napoleon at Lodi, young
Custer sprang to the front and
led the charge. Tho bridge was
j takc.u.tmd t,lie.boyvi)ttu'er; became
a hero. I road "of his.l brave . ac
: lion, and when; tho ...troops, came
j thronging hack to Washington I
! made an unsuccessful effort to
find him, ; One day a young offi
cer came into my room without
the formality of sending in his
card. He was out of breath, and
with some embarrassment intro
duced himself by saying: 'Mr.
Bingham, I see you do not know
me. I am the boy you appointed
to West Point. I have fought my
first battle and tried hard not to
be a coward. Since it was through
you that I got tho chance of be
coming a soldier I think it is my
first duty to make my report to
yon."
"How proud I felt of my brave
boy, standing there in his blue
uniform, every inch a soldier.
My heart went out in love to him
then and there, and when he
wrung my hand at parting it
seemed as though one of my own
blood had taken his life in his
hand and gone out to do and dare,
perchance to die, for the home
and fireside of his country. From
that time I watched him go up
and up'to the rank of brigadier
general and then to become the
youngest major general" in the
army.
"Neyer shall I forget the day
when he came to me in full uni
form, bringing his bride as pure
and beautiful as he was brave and
handsome. As I took the young
wife's hand in mine she looked
up iuto my face and in a low,
sweet voice said: 'I want to
thank you, Mr. ' Bingham, for
transforming my husband from
a woodchoppor into, a general of
tlie United States Army.'
"Some months after this intro
duction, during the battle of the
Wilderness, a renort was circu
lated that Custer had been killed.
Distressed beyond measure, I
rushed iuto Stanton's office and
asked if the sad message was of
ficial. " 'No!' thundered the war sec
retary. 'No, thank God! it is on
ly part true. Be was hemmed
in by the euemy on all sides, but
he cut his way out with his own
sword covering himself with
glory.'
"Very much alive, indeed, he
was, as after heroic actions fully
proved. Up, up, he went never
a cowardly action, never a mean
deed marring his war record; no
backward steps were taken, no
uncertain paths were followed.
Courteous to his friends, mag
nanimous to his foes, just and
true and noble in' every relat ion
of life, he was the most manly
man, the most soldierly soldier,
the most heroic hero I ever met.
Alas! my brave boy! To think
that he came forth 'untouched
from so many hard-contested bat
tles to fall under the scalping
knives of those miserable savages
on the western frontier.
"Though more than a score of
years have passed since that no
ble life went out by the hand of a
treacherous foe, I cannot calmly
recall the sickening details of that
unparalleled message, which sent
a thrill of horror all over the land
and brought undying grief to tho
hearts of many families."
The old man's voice, eloquent
in praise of the triumphs of his
hero, quivered with suppressed
emotion as ho ended the story of
the heroic Custer boy, cadet,
general, and at last struck down
by savages.
MT.
UNION'S NEW CANISTER
WORKS.
' Some queer letters find their
way to an editor's desk.- And
here is one of them, which is
warm with life and feeliug and
means business.
Mr. Editor I sent you three
weeks ago come Sunday a sketch
of jiootry which was wrote by my
wife on her birthday. I told you
to print it on Sunday and send
tlie bill to me; but nary a sketch
of it or bill has I seeu. You has
placed me in a damagin' predica
ment by not printing iu 'cordiu
to instructions, for my wife
thinks I either didn't mail it or
got full and lost it. Will you
please drop me a line and set me
right about it? I know I mailed
it to you in the postoftico but I
ain't got no wituesses. If you
will set me right in the matter, I
will write a piece for you myself.
Walton (to fishmonger) "Just
throw me half a. dozen of those
trout, " Fishmonger " Throw
thornr"' Walton "Yes; then I
can go home and tell my wife I
caught 'em. I may beapoortish
eritjun but I'm no liar."
The building of the new ganis
ter works at Mt. Union is pro
gressing rapidly. From the
Times we learn . that the side
track leading from the P. li. Ii.
main Hue about two hundred
yards west of the freight office,
and extending almost to the
breast of Faust Bros.' dam, has
been completed, and they are
now receiving from four to six
carloads of material per day, such
as red brick, fire brick, lumber,
machinery, etc. The foundation
walls for the large drying house,
140x200, are now completed, and
the carpenters are at work fram
ing the building.
Tlie brick boiler house, size
40x00, will iu a few days lie ready
for the roof, and which has al
ready placed in it three Erie City
hi filers, of one hundred horse
power each. A large steel crush
er lias also been erected which
lias a capacity of crushing "00
tons of rock per day of ten hours.
The foundation for the grinding
house, size 40x!)0, is also complet
ed, in which there will be four
largo grinding pans erected with
a capacity of grinding the crush
ed rock iu such quantities as to
make 480,000 silica brick per day.
Iu this building there will also be
located a stationary engine of 225
horse-power weighing 32,000
IKiunds, built by A. B. Farquhar
& Co., of York, Pa.
There are now twelve large ov
ens for burning the brick fairly
under way, six of which will be
completed within the next week,
and ground will be broken for
four more within the next few
days, making sixteen iu all, with
a daily capacity of turning out
C4,000 burned brick per day.
The ovens are beiug erected in
line parallel with the side tracks
so as to load the brick from the
kilns into cars.
Grading the incline from the
works up the mountain side to
the quar.ries is almost completed,
and the track will be laid shortly.
A large drum will be placed on
the summit of the mountain to
draw up tho empty cars and let
down the loaded oues.
t There are now one hundred
and fifty men employed on the
works, and the work is beiug
pushed rapidly, with a view of
putting the plant in operation by
January 1, l'JOO. The citizens of
Mount Union will imagine when
the smoke from the consumption
of 100 tons of coal per day as
cends from these seven or eight
huge smokestacks that they are
living in the smoky city.
DEATH OF IIOHART.
The death of Vice-President
Hobart last week recalls the fol
lowing bit of history iu reference
to the deaths that have occurred
among the executive heads of the
nation. Since the organization
of the government in 17H'J, four
Presidents have died, viz. : Will
iam ILIIarrison, inlH41; Zachary
Taylor, 18"0; Abraham Lincoln in
1K5.", and James A. Garfield, in
IhhI, thelast two by assassination.
Death made no vacancy in the
Presidency until 1K41, more than
half a century after the first in
auguration, but George Clinton,
Vice-President under Jefferson
and Madison, died In 1812. Will
iam Ii. King, elected with Frank
lin Pierce iu 1K:")2, qualified as
Vice President in Cuba, whore he
spent the winter of 1h3 as an in
valid and where he died before he
reached theVieePresidont'schair.
Henry Wilson, elected with Grant
in 187;.', died iu 1H75, and Thomas
A. Hendricks, elected with Cleve
land in lsM, died in 18Hr. -
The position of Vice President
is not filled when vacated by death
or resignation, but the Senate
chooses a President protein, who
does not now succeed to the Pres
idency iu the event of the death
of tho President. The position
is now filled by Senator Frye, of
Maine.
A healthy mind in a healthy
body is a recognized truism. If
appetite goes for any thing, Wil
son College girls are certain of
mental destruction. From an ex
change wo learn that if the cook
wants to give tho girls eggs for
breakfast, she doesn't think of
frying less than thirty-six dozen;
if chicken for dinner, it takes sev
enty and large ones at that; and
then, when they have turkey, if
there are not forty roasted there
is danger that some girl must do
without a piece.
A WINDOW H t A SHE R ;
An eccentric or malicious indi
vidual by the name Of ' Joseph
May, says the Shipponsburg
Chronicle, smashed three fine
plate glass windows in Carlisle on
Friday last. Tlie first was Ihirt
zell's confectionery on West High
street, and he deliberately threw
a pair of pliers through the win
dow. He next attempted to break
the glass iu the show window at
Choato's photograph gallery but
failed, but laid better luck at the
Farmer's Bank, where he broke
one pane, about 2x3 feet. Cou
lyn's jewelry store is next door
and here he broke a fiuo French
plate window. He then ran but
was soon caught by an officer,
who had some difficulty iu arrest
ing him. May lay down flat on
his back and declared that he was
dying. Be was hustled off to jail
and when iu his cell turned on the
water and lay down in it until it
was about two inches deepen the
iloor.
May was given a hearing in the
evening and it required the unit
ed efforts of Sheriff Harris and
Deputy Keuyou to drag him from
his cell to the office. When he
was being taken back to his cell
he pulled tho door shut suddenly
after he and Deputy Kenyon had
passed through, evidently with
the inteution of overpowering Mr.
Kenyon, but Sheriff Harris jerk
ed the door open in a flash and
collared the belligerent. He gave
them considerable further trou
ble before he was finally lauded
in his cell, where he will remain
until February term of court.
May seems to have a mania for
smashing windows and this is not
his lirst offence. He has served
time both in the jail and in the
insane department of the country
home.
PARLOR RUG
A MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
Preliminary Surveys have been
made at Washington for a me
morial bridge across the Poto
mac river stretching from Wash
ington to Arlington.
According to the survey made
in 1H97 the bridge will start from
the soutli end of Observatory
Hill, near the foot of New York
avenue. It will cross Water
street and .Potomac Park and
strike the Potomac river at a
point directly oposite Arlington.
It will spau Analostau Island and
Little river and touch the Vir
ginia shore on the Georgetown
and Alexandria road, about two
hundred yards north of the Sher
idan gate of the National Ceme
tery. The original estimates approxi
mated a million or two million
dollars. It would not be surpris
ing if the amount finally decided
upon should triple or - quadruple
the original $,000,009 estimate.
The structure is to bo "A Me
morial to American Patriotism."
In its scope and purpose it will
include tho valiant men of every
section of our common country.
It will represent no North, no
South, no East and no West, and
no particular war from 177(5 to
1899, but it will perpetuate forev
er the heroic deeds of all men
known its-Americans throughout
the world.
Room For Him Too.
A bland and patronizing New
Yorker was passing through a
raw and new hamlet in the west,
which its proud founders had dub
bed B City and were sure
would soon become a thriving
hive of human beings. Address
ing a lank and lazy youth who
was lounging at the door of one
of the rude shanties that passed
for a "shoe emporium," the New
Yorker inquired sarcastically:
"Who is that imiiortant looking
gentleman with tlie red flannel
shirt:"'
"That's Sam Peters," was tho
prouud reply. "He's just open
ed the new post office."
"Aud the tall person with no
collar-"'
"He's Long Mike. Just open
ed a grocery store."
. "And the plump individual with
the bald head?"
"Handy Jim. Owns the new
saloon."
"Indeed?" said the New York
er. "Your city seems to bo pret
ty well started. I should sup
pose there was nothing left for a
stranger like myself to open."
"Oh, I duuno!" drawled tho
lanky one. "We ain't got no
loouatic asylum yet. .You might
start that."- New York Tribune.
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to the suuare yard. Will lay flat -on the ll)oi v'ir,1i'
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fi feet. Also a good line of CAKPI-TS at
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goods as usual. a
1 J. W. GRE ATHEAD.
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Fulton County
Farmers' Institute
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To he held iinJc:- tlie niispiccs of tlio I'ulton County I
AKi'iculomil Society, mid stute Hoard of Agriculture, WO
In the Presby terian Church, P
Warfordsburg, Pa., Dec. 7 and S, 1 Slier
Program.
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ii Evening; Senslon. Call to Order at 7 o'eloci
1. Music.
2. Tulk on Natural History fiabriel Ileister, ILxrrisbt
$ a. Music.
4. Recitation Miss Lena Dowues.
j 5. How to Keep Some of the IJrhjht Hoys on the Fi.
i! Gabriel Ileister.
mornlnjj Session, Call to Order c t -O o'cloqi
m 1. Music. L
iW 2. Devotional Exercises Kev. E. li. Simons. L
3. Address of Welcome AV. H. Uanck.
4. Response lion. I). II. Patterson. j,
'). The Harnyard J. A. Fries, State College. h
ij (. I arming and Some of its Hindrances Dr. Reinsi
1.$ 7. Question Box..
v Afternoon Sesilun, Call to Order at Ii30 o'H
,tjt 1. MUSIC. i
! 2. Saving and Increasing the Fertility of the Farm--If
.j" Lighty, East Berlin, Pa. n
3. The Kind of Stock that will Pay the Farmer- l;(n
2 Warfield. ,
4. Relation of Limn aud Marl to Agriculture J. A. Fi ju
R. Poultry Raising on the Farm R. M. Kendall. L
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Evening Session, Call to Order at 7 o'e-lodjf
1. Music
2. Essay M iss Estella Logue.
?; il. Recitation Miss Bertie Kirk.
?j 4. Culture and Feeding of the Corn Crop-L. W. Light.1
T. Country Homes (labriel Ileister.
Although tin-so Institute ui-u uVsigni'd und coinliu-tud for tl'1
V "H'ion und udvunlntfo of ftirnit'i-s, yt-t ull who art interuKted
vilcd to utk'iid and show their apiireoiution hy taking part in ll
vti missions. A Question 1 tox will be kept ou the Secretary's dv
v' ull tire Invited to'plaeu therein such qustions us they may w
have discussed. For further information address, V. ('. PATTH
"4 .Me('onnellslmrn, l'a., Chairman of tlie Board of Institute Munf
fo? for Fulton '(i"ity. COM MITT.
Tlie way some husbands talk to
their wives is positively awful,
and the way some wives talk to
their husbands is awfully posi
To a girl who has never h- a
love but once, love i t very se
rious matter, but after she has
been in love five or six times she
pays about tli0 wiiue attention to
it that sliv t Christmas.
Charlie, the sou of
Kreps, Mercorsburg,
kicked by a horso tw
agoK has been eompelk
dergo a secoud surgk'
tion iu a Baltimore hos
v'ji in the I'merii.tino' 1
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second time for two
dead bono boiujx roino
his foot and all tho oth1
scraped. Tho surgeon
is the bruvestpatientevt1'
to tho iustitution.