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McCONNELLSBURG, PA., FEBRUARY 1, 1900.
NUMBER 20.
J ME 1.
Kl PHILIPPINES.
letter from charles
t W1SSNER.
ISLAND OF CEBU.
Z of Its People. ReliRlon,
:ind History The Para
Jise of the Orient
;;h the courtesy of Sena
mder, we are permitted
sh the following letter
, Yissner, a former resi
iiia place, now a memher
my H., 19th U. S. Infan
i writes from Cebu, or
it is sometimes given on
i, under date of October
a. bag day has passed
mdo my last note. We
ila on the Indiana for the
' Cebu, one of the most
it of the Viscayan group,
r it. on the map. 4H0
E. of Luzon.) We skirt
ialand of Panay and
several days at Iloilo,
2st city of the island,
only two points on that
nl ns we lay in the har
ouldhear firing at the
i almost every hour of
. The 1st battalion of
nessee Volunteers were
j our Hrrival that they
company us to Cebu, and
turrj to Manila, where
uld embark for theStates.
dent thing I ever heard
md there. On the second
ur stay in the harbor, the
iee boys had all their bag
board and all were em
except a few on outposts
re ttH!cting to be reliev
mz. ite. The relief com
f mtn of tho L'nd batallion
Dth, who landed and start
ie round of the posts,
i9 rebels commenced fir
lie only man killed was a
la I; of the Tennessee,
);!f";;age was on board, and !
i bnt five more minutes
i in the U. S. army. His
:is brought on board and
.ed to be sent home. Such
ito of war! Upon our ar
C. ',13, wo disembarked;
r t o days rest, made a
1 1 the mountains to at
:i i r vA posts. Tliey were
: tructed, and armed
1 1. iiioned cannon. The
short of rifles and
i' i, but well armed with
. is the native name for
ir. rs and machetes. The
ins are high and steep,
.1.3 attack was made, the
c" J great boulders upon
n. After three days fight-wl.-
h they lost 91 killed
' wi .mded, every fort was
nd destroyed. The rebels
red thousands and had
en -wall armed, we would
st every man of theattack
'(". I saw my first man
wu dead on tho SL'nd of
:" On the 24th we were
1 ' ju where we are now
" :Kt duty, and are sub
' t - ks almost every night.
i ellent health, and re
nt cannot express in
to you some of the beau-iLi-i
incomparable island.
i- it jfimeut, the 19th, four
r!i; ttre hi Manila; four, at
!;'! four H. I. K. and M.
Utucj so when you read of
in which the 19th is men
to it that tha dispatch
I i i Cebu, if you want to
-in.. that I am in tho bat-
,ent
I I. I : ISLAND OK CEBU
i 'y :allod the Paradise of
, The weather is nev-
;ly sultry, but always
with sea breezes. The
pleasant. Most of the
mountainous, ranging
to 7000 feet in height,
3 place for bandits to
hemselves. The only
tho lowlands is the
which make life a
man is foolish enough
"idle and disclose his
i at night. On the
the weather at night
that of McDonnells
ummer months cold
ft blanket.
The flora cousists of cocoanut
trees, bananas, bread fruit trees,
plantains, oranges that look as
large as small sized watermelons,
and taste like the pith of corn
stalks, and lemons that are sour
and bitter as they are large, hard j
woods of all kinds, and flowers !
galore.
The natives here are nearly all i
pure Malays with a slight admix- j
turo of Chinese blood. The ua-!
tives are the laborers here; and
the Chinese, the merchants and j
mechanics. The religion is Catli-
olic with a terrible hatred of the
Spanish and the Spanish priests, j
The Spaniards held this island in j
complete subjection from the time
of Magellan (1521) till three year a I
ago, when without a warning the
natives rose, killed all the Span- j
ish priests they could find, and
drove the small garrison on the J
island into the town of Cebu, and I
besieged them in the fort. Rein
forcements from Manila enabled
them to regain control of the
town; but for three years they
held the seaport, while tho rebels
held the rest of the island, which
is 120 miles long by from 20 to 3
wido. When the Spanish gave
up the Philippines to the U. S.,
they embarked on a war vessel in
the harbor, shelled the town for
a couple of hours, and moved
away leaving everything to the
mercy of the rebels. Some days
afterward fur forces were wel
comed here and everything was
peaceable until one day in Au
gust, when, without a moment's
warning, three of our soldiers
were attacked, killed, and horri
bly mutilated. Then the trouble
began. Most of tho men armed
themselves and lied to the moun
tains, and for three mouths, we
have had a guerrilla warfare. The
American loss here up to date
has been about 12 killed and !)0
wounded.
CEBU, THE CITY,
has about 515,000 people, and
three magnificent churches with
altars covered with gold and sil
ver. The people are all supposed
to be hostile to us. Few men
ever leave the quarters without
their rifles. With my usual cu
riosity, I have explored the town
from end to end, and have had
the pleasure of meeting some
pretty good people. The lan
guage (Viscayan) is very easily
learned, and I flatter myself upon
being able to speak it with suffi
cient fluency to be able to buy
anything I want and secure any
information I may desire.
The natives live on anything
chiefly rotten fish and , rotten
meat, with fruits for dessert.
They drink great quantities of
palm wine made from the sap of
the palm tree. Gold is very
abundant here, and the moun
tains are said to contain any num
ber of streams and valleys that
would pay well to work. Our
quarters are an old Spanish man
sion whoso floors and rafters are
composed of mahogany. v The
buildings around our quarters
are deserted, and from them we
have furnished our home with
tables of the finest woods, chairs,
rockers, silver lamps, etc. Pearls
of au inferior character are plen
tiful hero, as the fishermen were
pearl fishers prior to tho out
break of the war. When we ouce
make our great round up here,
there will be more than one man
who will carry away enough
pearls to enrich himself. We
have great stories of plunder in
Iloilo and Luzon.
I euclose you a neapulary worn
by all the Catholic women here.
It is worn around the nock and
has been blessed by the priests.
It never leaves the body until it
has been replaced by a new one.
I have quite a collection of relics
which I will try to send you some
time when I get to a postoflice.
WILLIAM A. NES1UT.
The Lou ton season begins this
year on the last day of February.
The important days of the Reason
are Ash Wednesday, February
28; Palm Sunday, April 8; Good
Friday, April 18; Easter Sunday,
April IB.
After a lingering illness, the subject
of thin notice passed peacefully to rest
at tho residence of hist Hon, Samuel A.
Nesbit of this place, on lust Friday
evening, January 20, 10(M. !
Mr. Nesbit was born February 3,
1825, henoe hp died just one week short j
of seventy-live years of one. He was !
the son of John Nesbit ot l'erry conn-
ty who was a prominent farmer, an
elder in the Prcsbyterlon church nt
Ickosburg, and a descendant of one of
the early settlers In that county.
When but eight years of age, his
father died, leaving to survive him his
wife, n son, and daughter,the son lieing
the Wm. A. Nesbit of this notice. The
mother soon thereafter, rented the
home farm, and purchased a home in
New Bloomlleld, to which she and the
daughter moved William going to
live with an uncle who lived on a farm
near.
At the age of sixteen lie entered an
academy at New Bloomlleld, and while
there ranked among the most Intelli
gent and industrious students, having
as a classmate the Bev. W. A. West,
D. D., now president of Met .gar Insti
tute. After leaving school, he became a
clerk in Jumes Milligan's store at
Iekesburg, and remained there until
1852, when he was married to Miss
MagdulenaKlrkpatrick of New Bloom-lield.
The grand-father of this lady was a
contractor and bridge builder, and
among other properties, he owned a
large tract of laud in the suburbs of
Philadelphia, which lias since become
very valuuble. For some reason or
other, he became offended at the other
children and decided to leave oil his
property to Mrs. Nesbit's father. H.'
had u will made to that elVect all
ready for Its final execution, when one
duy, he fell from a bridge and was
killed. The property, of course, went
to all the children, share and share
alike.
Mr. Nesbit went to housekeeping at
Ickesburg, Perry county, and after a
few years, purchased the old home
farm and moved onto it, where he re
mained until August 18(10, when ho
came over to the Big Cove and pur
chased from George .1. Pittmun for
11,000.00 the farm which he still own
ed at his death.
To this furm he came with his family
in the fall of lK(il). Since the death of
his wife in 1H8!(, he has rented the farm
and lived a retired life, making his
home most of the time with his son
Samuel.
He spent a part of the summer 18(58
looking over the state of Missouri with
a view to purchasing a farm there.
IJeing one day in St. Louis, he was
one of a party who started to cross the
Mississisippi river in a skiff. Every
thing went well until they were out
midway across tho river when the skiff
sprang a leak; and if 'It had not been
for a lunch bucket that Mr. Nesbit
used very industriously, the whole
party would likely have been drowned.
With the passing away of Mr. New
bit, one of our best citizens has gone.
For many years he was a consistent
member of the Presbyterian church, a
man who led a quiet life and was
strictly just in his dealings with his
neighbors.
Seven children survive him Samuel
A., John, Sarah Ann, William It.,
Charlos,F. Albert K. and Ida-the boys
all living in this county und the girls
at New Bloomlleld.
His body was interred in the family
lot at Union cemetery, last Monduy.
SLOW BUT SURE.
M'CONNELLSBURG'S STEADY GROWTH.
LATEST STATISTICS.
Comparison .With the Past. JVe
May Vet He a Commercial
Center.
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POOK ECONOMY.
Did you ever hear of a man who
was too economical to take his home
paper hut sent his little boy to bor
row the copy taken by a neighbor? In
his haste, the boy ran over a two dol
lar stand of bees, and in two seconds
looked like a warty summer squash.
His cries reached his father who came
to his rescue, and failing to notice a
barlicd wire fence, ran into that,
breaking the fence down, cutting a
handful of llsh bait out of his anato
my and ruining a four dollur pair of
pants. The old cow took advantage
of the gap In the fence, got out, ate
forty cents worth of green clover and
died of tho bloat. Hearing the racket
the wife ran tint, upset a four gallon
churn of cream Into a basket of kittens
and drowned tho whole mess. In the
hurry she dropped and broke $7 worth
of false teeth. The baby left alone,
cruwled through the flood of cream in
to the parlor, ruining a brand new
carpet. During theexcitement, theold
cst daughter ran off with a book
ugent, the dog broke up 1 1 setting hens,
and tho calves got out and chewed the
sleeves from 4 tine shirts which hung
on the line.
Now, learn a lesson. Think of how
many tlmeH the price of a good paper
you waste every year. Don't begin
economy by starving the minds of
your children, and depriving your
wife of the pleasure that might come
to her after a day's hard work when
she could sit down to rest and enjoy
reading about what is going on in the
world around her, as she did before
you married her. Don't wait another
week. Send us a dollar bill and we
will send you the Fulton County
News a whole year; and it has enough
reading mutter for every member of
the family. ,
L. II. Wilile, Ksq., teacher of the
(irammar School in this place last
week suggested to his pupils tit lit it
would be interesting to know more
of our own town. His pupils were de
lighted with the idea: and witli Mr.
Wilile us Supervisor, the town was
districted, the work was quickly, and
we believe, accurately done. Helow
we give some results of their investigation.
Population
Males
Females
'hurehes
Sunday Schools
Christian F.ndoavor Societies
Kpworth Ieugue
Schools
Pupils
Hotels
(ieneral Merchandising Stores .1
Tailoring Kstablishments II
Groceries 7
Kaeket Store 1
Jeweler 1
Drug Stores 2
Saddleries 2
Shoemaker Shops '.
Blacksmith " 2
Coach llepair " 1
j Hunk 1
Agricultural Implement .'I
Hurdware 1
Photographer 1
Hutcliers .'1
Livery Stables 2
Planing Mill ' 1
Tanneries 2
Furniture Manufacturers
and Dealers ;i
Barber Shops 2
Millineries :!
Physicians .'!
Dentist 1
Veterinary Surgeon 1
Lawyers 8
From liupp's History published in
184(1, we find the following statement
as to our borough in 184.1.
"McC'onnellstown," a post town and
borough in Air township, on the turn
pike road leading from 'humbersburg
to Bedford: twenty-two miles west of
Clmmbersburg and thirty-four east of
Bedford, contains upwards of one
hundred dwellings, four churches, viz:
a Presbyterian, (ierman Itefornied,
Lutheran and Methodist: four taverns,
six stores, 2 schools, 2 tanneries, 2
wagon maker shops, 7 shoe makers, 2
weavers, 4 cabinet makers. Popula
tion In 184(1, 48(i; at present fl'.'i, of
which 24 are colored persons. This
town is pleasantly situated in a Cove
15 miles long and 3 broad, bound by
Tuscarora or Cove mountain and
Scrub Iildge, Cove creek a fine mill
stream passes through it. Lime stone
country around the town. It was laid
out by Daniel McConuell, April 20,
178(1.
The census of 1880 gives McConnells-
burg 584 people; that of 18(10, 51)4, and
wo now have -002. If Ilupp's figures
for 1845 are correct, we have gained
In population in the last 55 years just
27. Any one who is fond of figures,
may soon, approximate what wo are
likely to gain in tho next thousand
years. We may reasonably expect
that by A. D. 11000 most at tho Tusca
rora Valley railroad will bo extended
clear through to this place; and who
knows but that we may have a trolley
connecting this place with Ncedmore.
Gl.OKCi: MeOPADi:.
(ieorge McQiuide, another of our ;
older cit l.ens. died at bis home two!
milcswesl of Met 'otinollshiirg, W ilu- s- !
day, January .'11, Pioo. Mr. .Mjuside
was burn near Ceuterviile, Bui king-'
bum county, Vlrglni:!, Jaii'iury .Si, !
IKMl hence he was exactly 07 yours of
age. '
lie remained' at home with bis par
ents until twenty years of ago, when
lie learned the trade of hont-biiildin:r.
Later he wont and lived with tin uncle ;
in Powlnittan county. Vn.. who owne I
a number of slaves. With this und
he remained until the br liking out of j
tho Civil War. when ho ns :i true;
Southerner, enlisted to servo in the
Confederate lirinv. He belonged to
Company Iv, under Ct plain Terry,
Thirty-seventh regiment. Confederates
cavalry, commanded by Col. Folkln- !
son. lie was engaged in the battle of
Winchester, in which both his colonel j
and captain were shot and killed.
After throe months of hard service,
bis health failed, and he was detailed
to hospital work whore he remained
eighteen months. At bis earnest re
quest, he was restored to his regiment,
und soon thereafter, under Gen.l-'.ivcll.
made a raid across the Potomac
through Maryland and advanced In
Pennsylvania Us far north us Ncw
ville, Cumberland county. Hero his
regiment went into camp.
Being tired and weak bo went a short
distance from camp, whore he found a
clump of bushes under which he Ky
down and wont to sleep. While sleep
ing there his regiment found reason
for a sudden movement , and when he
awoke, his regiment had gone. Fool
ing too weak to follow tin foot, und not
knowing the direction in which they
hud gone, he concluded to go to u
nearby brick farm-house. Here he
was treated kindly, given u suit in
! exchange for his badly torn rebel uni
1 form, und directed to h sawmill in
Amberson's Valley where, the farmer
said, ho could got work. (In his way
thither, he narrowly escaped being
picked up by a squad of cavalrymen.
Ho at length reached the sawmill out
! of money and fooling pretty blue - and
! accepted a job cutting wood at 50 cents
' u day and board.
' After working at this, several days,
: the proprietor took him on the mill
und finding him a willing hand, in
creased his wages. He remained with
them u lit il their job was worked out.
Hearing that men were wunted at
Mount Pleasant. 5' run Works, now
Kichmoml, Franklin county, he wont
there and obtained employment. While
there he formed the acquaintance of
Miss Nuncv June Clouser, whom he
afterward murried, und moved to the
Big Cove in I8(iti to a house on the
Jacob, Tritle farm near Book Hill
school house. From there he moved
to a farm-owned by the late Thomas N.
Johnston, now owned by Jucob Mot
tor near Back I tun. In 1872, he
bought the farm on which he was liv
ing at the time of his death.
Mr. Mc(Jutide was a good citizen and
for u number of years, served his
township ns school director. He wus
a fuitliful member of the Pnited Pres
byterian church.
There survives him his wife und
nine children B. Calvin; Alice, mur
ried to George Sudors: Dunlel: Ktlle,
r.uirried to 1. D. Thompson: John, und
F.lla, of this county: Lewi and F.mmu,
of Altoonu, und Mary of Pittsburg.
Funeral ut his lute home to-morrow
afternoon, ut 1 o'clock. Interment in
Union Cemetery.
JOHN SIII'.KMAN ANDERSON.
The subject of this notice, a son of
Mr. and Mrs. David Porter Anderson,
of Taylor township, was born a little
noire than thirty-four years ago. and
h's remains wore interred at Centre
o'liiireh in that township hist Friday.
1 le was employed in tno yards of the
S'eiitisylvunia 'tailroad Company at
Pittsburg.
Last Tuesday r.fti rnoon bis brother
1 );i vi'!. In i !!w- ::t t 'hi rl; McGovern's.
received a l"Y-r;iin slating that Sher
man w:: badly hurt. The next day a
t"logram came stating that ho was
ii. ad and that his remains were being
brought home.
About 1 o'clock Tuesday, Sherman
was crossing the trucks in the yard,
carrying a hoisting jack on his shoul
der. This prevented his seeing a rap
idly approaching engine, which struck
him, knocked him forward, and rim
over him cutting off close to his body
bis rlghi arm and right leg, and in
Hicting tin ugly wound in his head.
His brother-in-law. Hurry Locke, was
but a few foot from him, and came ut
once to his assistance. He was remov
ed to the hospital, und lived about
four hours.
i The deceased was an intelligent und
industrious young man. and is well re
! membored us a student in the Summer
Normuls conducted by the Kditor dur-
ing the yours from 1885 to 188(1. Among
j the schoolmates from the upper end 6f
the county at that time were Dr. John
i K. Hunter, John H. Miller, F-sq., Prof.
I'M. Bernhardt, Kev. Harry Nowniun,
! u ml Prof. Sherman Doavor. As a
student, be was courteous and iudus
1 trious, und in every way a good stu
Idenl. I During the pust five yours he litis
I been u consistent member of the Center
j M. F.. church.
His many tiriends extend heurtfolt
sympathy to his grief-stricken parents,
i brothers and sisters, and to the young
lady who was soon to become his hap
I py bride.
BLAZES!
SCHOOL REPORTS.
Cross Kouds M. I). Funk.
Fourth month. No. enrolled, .'ill: av
erage attendance, 35; attending every
day Orpha Snyder, Boss Correll,
Dale Garland, Claude Garland, C ro
ver Peck, Wilbert Peck, Ira Peck,
Baymoud Peck, Olive MeKldowney,
F.dith McF.ldowney, Pearl Garluud.
Attending 18 days Blunche Peck,
John Weller, Frank Mellott, Irene
Smith, Lizzie Shives.
Sale Register.
J. Milton Unger, having sold his
farm in Ayr township, will sell at his
residence two uud a hulf miles south
west of MeConnellsburg, on Monday,
February 10, 10(10, all his stock and
farming implements. Sale begins at
10 o'clock.
March (I, Dr. Trout' heirs will sell
ut the farm east of M'Oonnellsburg val
uable live stock, hay, grain and farm
ing implements.
March 7, Mrs. Bachel Peck will sell
at her residence, two miles south of
Ncedmore, horses, cattle, hogs, liees,
farming Implements, and household
goods.
Douglass school, Tod township, a ill
hold an entertaiuinent, Friday even
ing, February 0, 1000, the proceeds of
which will be used for a school library.
All are cordially invited. Admission
!i cents.
BAIR -TRl'XELL, NL'PTIA LS.
On Wednesday evening, January 24,
11KMI, Mr. Jerry A. Bah- and Miss
F.lla N. Truxell, both of Thompson
township, were joined in the holy bonds
of matrimony.
Promptly at 7 o'clock the wedding
party arrived ut the M. F,. church at
Wurfordsburg. Kev. C. M. Yost, of
Hancock, performed the ceremony in
the presence of a very large congrega
tion. Miss Myrtle StuD'or played the wed
ding March.
Miss Nora K. Shuw wus muid of
honor, and Mr. John W. Truxell wus
groomsman.
After the ceremony, the wedding
party returned to the home of the
bride's puivnts where they highly
enjoyed the privilege of partaking of
u very line supper.
Soon ufter supper all kind of music
was heard. As far as quantity goes
there wus quite uu abundance; but us
to quality not so much can ho .suit.
Guests present wore: Mrs. Hair und
son Bruce, of Millstone Point: Mr.
and Mrs. Johu Booth, of Wurfords
burg; Mrs. Bootmun und daughter
Bessie, of Hancock; Mr. and Mrs.
Adolpbus Dickon and little daughter
Audio; Mrs. Shives, Miss Annie Wea
ver, Miss Blunche Shaw, Mr. Muurlce
Shaw and A. ('. Pock.
The bride and groom were both
handsomely dressed to suit tho occu
kIoii. The best wishes of tho people of tills
community are with Mr. uud Mrs.
Bulr, and all hope that their life may
be long useful uud happy.
Mrs. Hiitlie Kendall, of Ayr town
; ship, narrowly escaped losing her
; dwelling by lire on tho morning of the
j 17th ult. The day before had been
wush-day, und n number of pieces hud
I boon hung in the kitchen to dry over
night. On going to the kitchen a few
! minutes after lire had been built in the
j range next morning, she discovered
j the room full of smoke: and, whtit wus
) worse, the clothing hung there to dry
the night lieforo hud all disappeared
and the wuinscoiiting and window
frume near the range were all ablaze.
With presence of mind, Mrs. Kendall
upplied water vigorously for a few
moments, and had the satisfaction not
ulwuys experienced by well orgunized
lire companies-that of having effec
tually subdued the Humes und saved
her properly. The property was cov
ered by insm-unce, und the loss will be
promptly udjusted.
I Lust Friday morning at six o'clock,
I when most of the denizens of MoCon-
nellsburg were rounding up their
nights slumber with a delightful morn
I ing nap, they were very suddenly
aroused by the cry of lire! f-i-r-e!
f - i l e! One's first thought Is. "Is
it our house?" und the next is, "Is it
our next door neighbor's?" We
lntide fairly good time in getting out
I of bod and reaching a front window,
when In plain view we could see the
! Humes belching out of a chimney on
j T. J. Comuror's three-story building.
I and grout showers of sparks und bulls
of burning soot curried by the wind,
which wus blowing furiously. For a
few minutes, it looked as though, not
only the building lint the whole town
was doomed; but fortunately, the build
ing was covered with a steel roof, and
the Hue wus cnmpurutively new, so
thut the 'Humes, ufter venting their
rtige on the encrusted soot, died out
sullenly, and left our people to feel
thut another warning had boon given
Unit the old lire engine ought to be
groused; und that our people ct nnot
bo too eiiieful to see thut their chim
neys tire kept clean, and every' pre
caution taken to prevent u lire. Sit
uated us we are, we are ut the mercy
of the Humes should u conllugruteon
break out.
ANXIOl'S TO EIGHT.
Mr. Thomas Putterson of this pluee
hud, u duy or two ugo, u letter from
bis sou llulph, who is a member of the
.':th 1'. S. inl'untry, slating thut after
ti delightful bout ride of almost seven
thousand miles across the Pucilic from
Sun Frunctseo, requiring thirty-seven
duys, they had steamed into tho har
bor ut Manila, on the 28th of Decem
ber reudy to ltind. Bulph says, "We
cun hour the llring of guns in the dis
tunce whore a buttle is now going on.
Our boys uro anxious to got into a
tight."
Kulph and his coturudes have hud
their wish gratified; for u dispatch
from Manila dated January 15th,
states that Colonel Anderson, with
the Thirty-eighth Infantry, Hulph's
regiment, took Tulisu on ' the north
shore of the lake the duv before.
SUDDEN R ESTOR ATION.
Kveryone about MeConnellsburg
remembers the genial Captain Hunter
and his estimable w ife of Philadelphia,
l'a., who, during the pastorate of Bev.
Owen 1 licks, at this place, spent their
summers ut the parsonage, Mrs. Hicks
being u daughter of Mrs. Hunter by a
former marriage. It Is also remem
bered that Mrs. Hunter was totally
blind, having lost her sight many
years ugo.
IV'V. I licks is now located ut Mon
tandon, Pit. Lust summer, Mr. und
Mrs. Hunter were with them us usual.
Mrs. Hicks has been in poor health
for several years. One afternoon last
full, Mrs. Hicks and her mother, wore
sotited In the druwing-room ut Mrs.
Hicks' homo, when Mrs. Hunter re
marked, "Why, how pule you look!
Turn your face around until I get a
good look at you."
"Oh mother, "said Mrs. Hicks, "you
don't see mo you can't, you know."
"Yes 1 can: but O how sick you
look!"
Just then, Mr. Hunter panic in, and
Mrs. Hunter exclaimed, "O Pup, come
here. Iet me look ut you. Why, how
gray you are."
The years that had elapsed since
Mrs. Hunter had lost her sight, hud
boon busy working chunges in the ap
pearance of her loved ones. Her hus
band with his black, curly hair und
dark niustiiche und whiskers, wus t ow
tin aged looking gentleman: the bloom
on the face of her daughter hud boon
driven away by sickness, and Mrs.
Hunter could not bring herself to a
retilizut ion ef the fact that, she lieheld
the faces and forms of her own people
"Bro." Hicks, und Hyson, twelve
years old son of Mr. und Mrs. Hicks,
wore brought, und tears were mingled
freely with their expressions of joy.
"Pruise the Lord!" shouted brother
Hicks, und no little oompuny over
united in u more joyously sincere
thanksgiving nnd fervent praise to
Him who hud so suddenly and so ef.
foetuully restored sight to the blind.
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter ure now at
their home ut Phienixville. Mrs.
Hunter mingles with her friends, does
her own house work, and, her sight,
while not us (dear us when she wus
young, is us good as that, of any oth
er person of her age.
WHAT DOGS COST THE COI N
TY LAST YEAR.
Tho following detailed statement of
the claims for damage to sheep paid
by the county during 181(0, und ulso
cluiiiis tiled und not paid for want of
funds, we get from hist week's Demo
crat. The stutement shows in each case,
the owner, the township where the
damage occurred, the number of
sheep killed, the number injured, and
the amount of damages apprulscd.
The damages do not include any costs
at all, but the damage pure und simple
In ouch case. The costs of a case are
from 2 to 4. The financial stutement
to be published this month will give
totuls and will convey the Information
desired by many. The statement will
enable anyone to make u comparison
of the dumtiges in the several town
ships, und determine if fancy prices
were allowed In any instance.
i t-s is:
3
Joseph Fisher
J. II. M. U'wis
Moses D. Hess
do,
W. L. Golden
Dallas Lvnch
F. M. Lee
J. G. Alexander
11. L. Sipos
J. K. Fryman
J. Mugsum
Kmiiu'l Shurpe
Frunk Spude
N. B. Hanks
do.
Amos Wink
F.lliott Fruiter
do.
W C. Brubukcr
S. J. ( line
Cuth. Locke
F. ilershey
Grunt Bilker
do.
Geo. Bradnlc
Jus. Henry
J. Gludfoltor
Irwin ( 'ook
Mrs. S Wagner
I . C. MoGowHii
W. J. Cline, Sr
W. C.Brubukor
S.M.M'Klhuney
B. F. Dcshong
A. W. Deshong;
KHz. Anderson
Lliz. Anderson
S M M'Klluiney1
A. J. Fruiter
(i. Scheleronipf
Albert. Deneen
Moses True
Jos Bridoiistlue
Geo. W. Sipos
F. W. McCluiu
Thos. Worthing
do.
Jos Brideusliiio
H. Wishurt
A. F. Bilker
W. H.Spiinglor
Bethel
Ayr
Belfast
Brush Crk
Dublin
Llck'g
Taylor
Union
Wells
("k
(llll 50
2j 3
1
1
l!
ii
i
3
o
The following are the claims
during J Kim, and not yet paid;--
T ru ax
8 (Ml
1) 00
8 00
8 (Ml
4 (Ml
(i (Ml
40 (Ml
44 (Ml
40 (Ml
7 (Ml
.' 50
5 (Ml
K (Ml
5 IMI
25 (Ml
3 50
3 50
4 (Ml
33 00
2 (Ml
18 (Ml
2 (Ml
2 (Ml
2 (Ml
11 (Ml
4 (Ml
2 50
2 (Ml
8 75
5(1
2 (Ml
7 50
4 (Ml
7 83
3 25
4 00
4 (Ml
3 00
25 50
3 50
7 50
(I (Ml
10 00
2 (Ml
5 (Ml
4 50
34 (Ml
5 (Ml
II (Ml
(1 (Ml
tiled
li. A
do.
(ieorge Morton
Boburt Miller
F.mimt Locke
W. B. Nelson
Iru Johnson
Wm. Kendall
ti. W, Skinner
Belfast
Taylor
Dublin
Ayr
1;
3 CM)
3 (Ml
3 (Ml
5 (K)
2 50
3 5ti
11 (Ml
!7 (Mi
11 (MJ