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McCONNELLSBURG. FA.. MARCH 22. 1900.
NUMBER 27.
H0:iE AGAIN.
Saw. Observations From the
ndow, and Incidents Of a
Little Trip.
E:? -.
ntlcucl from lust week.
ppur to travel from oast
Jit is 1- o'clock noon at uny
, fjju the sun In directly over a
I north and south through
L. f point Is tt better word than
fow, it la plain that It will
im ut McConnellsburg until
laches a point directly above
. Running north and south
m.j ''omtollHbiirg; and when
Ruches MeConnellsburg's line,
"'js it 12 o'clock, Harrisonvllle,
'H.. T,...W...wl t....u u-ulf
IMi, UUU JJVUIUIU munu ....
Sinner t.ntil the sun has had
iakn tii'i trip that much farth-
It U VI o'clock at MeConn-
liefore It is 12 o'clock at
tiie or any point west, while
points east of Metonnells-
their 52 o'clock earlier.
ereneo amounts to one hour
7 twenty-fourth of the dis
jnd the earth in a direct east
.. .iino, which, in the latitude of
" jlsburg 1b about 000 miles,
bo foregoing, it Is readily
jif every point were to use
n time, no two places (ex
ie iu a directly north and
J) would have the same time,
frould lead to no end of trou-
ilal!y to railroad and other
Ration companies. Hence,
Sown as the "new standard
adopted by agreement by
Incipa) railroads of the Unit-
''Wat 12 o'clock noon, on No-
i I, is--.
3 ' iera divides this continent in
Jft strips, running north and
6 Axes a meridian of time for
1 i.;t TlifrfB meridians are fif-
"''leg of longitude, or one hour
iiy Wart. Eastern Maine, New
k and Nova Scotia use the
jian; the Canadas, New Kng
Middle States, Virginia and
VOl bias use the 75th meridian,
hat of Philadelphia. If Ful-
t people have railroad time,
Fe I'hiladelnhla sun time.
j jtwelve tninutes faster than
jl3burg,timc, the latter place
e degreos west of the former
fe step into Ohio, we enter the
( This covers the states of
ut ll ipp' V alloy, Alabama, Geor
lorid.i, and westward, inclu
miu js, Kansas, ana the upper
, jbraska and Dakota. In this
'! Standard time is taken from
,j Irldiun, which passesthrough
jns. . The States and Terrl
Ij, ho western part of Arizona
1 30,1th meridian which 1b that
j jaud thePacillcStates employ
berldian. The time divisions
as (1) intercolonial time,
a time, (3) central time, (4)
flme, and (;) Pueitie time.
J Snoys ana girls are getting
E iU pol nt twelve o'clock noon,
, rnjrnia cousins are just going
"'a at 9 o'clock In the morning
id duy wo have finished the
I "' , at the moment they
1b a beautiful city of some
W'&Ufo. Situated n It. U on
if T.uUa v.. I,. It i .
MS . "'Jj.''-l ll; cxcepi-
jjties for commercial enter
VOU. Wc,iu Avenue is one of the
I many thoroughfares. For
J, iumayUake a trollov car
bout six miles to Lake View
jjHM've stands the Garlleld
at
i This bei utiful and impres
lal ereeled to the memorv of
J prrsiaem by popular sub
jvjta,,, DI1 a t,t,vaUon
-U from its top you have i
I the city, and the surround
VAV'if '.vliU is almost level.
U hy stone stairway from
u pon which you enter,
li . '
Mir f wnero you
hj L;e iH-nnaucully sealed metal
Ticn holds tho remains of
.,,:.. ieu at tho assusslan's hand
"'"-f ""e-Lako View-you
III fct t.ll ,a ..1.1,. ... 1.
. I cn ""u 111 nave a near
h i ui jw of the lake from thocem
, w i" tJ:li 'u will be dlsan
,,,r f'oml,he highest point on a
P'tty "' seen faintly tliesur
ma utstaneo of four
,m,4 ,.'0U llttveK"d ey
,, ii'ji 'yu wheroto
hMf a "lake view."
It'.... . 1
" ' '"'neu yarus across
.,. ,., ,ine H um tho Uarlield mon
,.u.i.. f ' kUl,'(''i"iier lots. The
-,t.si ?' "ul"i John D. Hockfell
ll'" IK!!!' til H l.l.w.o .1...
j-.w, uwu lljt,
""1 IS pointed OUt. When
UU-P-"1 i the erection fn,
dler,
look,
ii i'i'. -
niii'1'-
irili
:i. 9
CUAK-
erection for
r'" "m,r or one of the
lO -' I'XIienul vru .
in llili count.rv nu o ....i
J j ut jl l-
1
Cleveland. Frl
o'elouk, we are on
'-ss on the Michigan
'e Shore railway for
Jes to Toledo. An
In our hands, we are
Tself that we have no
the train Is starting
d, and we have just
ifortable ride when
flu!
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1:1
I
some one comes down the aisle behind
us, gives us a nudge, and unceremo
niously inquires whether it takes a
whole seat to hold us. Wo gathered
ourself up, and moved over next to
the window and our man took a share
of the seat. Had he been a mind read
er, ho would have discovered that we
did not think very highly of his intru
sion. We couldn't see to read now,
and we sat up us still' as a stove poker
and dignitled as a city coacliman. We
meant to freeze him out. After a few
moments rellectio!i he would realize
Unit he had woke up the wrong passen
ger the president of the roador a
new brakeman and he would apolo
gise. Hut ho didn't.
lie was about 7o years of age, wore
a full beard that did not suggest any
special style of trimming, was plainly
dressed, held between his thumb and
forelinger a half smoked cigar, keep
lug the other three lingers extended in
though he was afraid of burning them,
and, in general, looked like some fellow
that had forty or fifty dollars and had
started out to buy n yoke of steers.
Well, it don't pay to hold spite on
a railroad train, and we soon cooled
off and decided to see of what kind of
stuff our neighbor was made; so when
we turned toward him and made some
commonplace remark he answered
courteously, and showed a willingness
to meet us half ' way In being civil.
With tho beginning of conversation,
there was a complete transformation.
While he was plainly clad, his ap
parel was neat and clean, his face im
pressed you with the fact that Its own
er had seen much of the world; and as
to conversation, be wus just us fa
miliar with the leading men untl events
of the world as a bright boy is with
tho multiplication table, and as a con
sequence, the flight of time was un
noticed until tho brakeman called out
"Toledo," and we took leave of our
seat mate.
From his conversation, I gathered
incidentally thut his name is Frank
Ueno. His homo is in;,Chicago. lie
was just returning from a business
trip to Boston. His father during the
early part of this century lived in Ve
nango county, Pennsylvania, and was
an extensive Iron manufacturer. Tho
policy pursued by the party in power
In the early forties, so crippled the
iron industry that his father found the
manufacture of iron no longer profit
able, and removed to tho west. One
soa secured u cadctship at West
Point, and later became the General
Iteno who was killed at tho battle of
South Mountain in the full of 1802.
Our seat-mato had been personally ac
quainted with Dun llice, tho great
showman who died a few weeks ugo
down In Louisiutiu. Referring to
Dan llice, William I. Cook says in
the Baltimore Sun: "I remember
well his visits with his pig, which ho
had himself trained, to my former
home, Chambersburg, Pa. Four
yours ago I met 'Dan' in New York
at the Morton House, and in a talk of
fully two hours, chiefly on the 'show
business,' I reculled to his mind sev
eral incidents in connection with his
proprietorship of the 'learned pig.'
He then told mo that that, was tho lie
ginning, of his show life. John Ben
der, of this place, remembers when
Dan had his pig ut McConnellsburg.
The showman hud a small tent ou the
lot just above Leii I oilman's slaughter
house. John Buys, the way thut hog
could pluy curds was u caution. Very
fow of the fellows around the town
could beat him." Yes; but thut was
about sixty years ago, und times huve
changed. Nobody runs u hog uguinst
a McConnellsburg crowd now -und
especially on Pedro.
He heard Dan Webster make his
great speech at Buffalo upon the oc
casion of the opening of tho Krie eu
nul. He wore a bronze button, und
had gone Into Vicksburg with General
Grunt thut memorable -1th of July lKO.'J,
und siient most of the time during the
wur in commissary department. He
spoke familiarly of the development
of Chlcugo; und of tho growth of the
fortunes of some of its prominent citi
zens. He suid Potter Palmer, Mrs.
1 'otter Palmer's husband, was a con
tractor and builder at tho beginning
of the civil war, whose- linanciul
standing was considered uncertain.
With shrewd fuVesight, Mr. Palmer
went to New F.nglund and invested all
his own money, und all ho could bor
row from his friends, in cotton goods.
Pruetieully only u f'e.v months elapsed
until cotton goods went away up out
of sight und Palmer was u rich man.
Mr. Ueno is now a member of a
large navigation cumpuny thut oper
ate on the Great. Lukes. A fow years
ago a vessel that would curry .'iooufons
burden was considered large. Now
such boats are being discarded us un
profitable, and their places supplied
with steel vessels that carry from OiHJO
to H00O tons, lfo says it costs no
more to man u vessel that curries
0000 tons than one that carries lialf
that much. Those largo vessels, he
said, can be built for from U"i0
thousand to .'17") thousand dollars, and
are supposed to pay for themselves In
throe years. They make a trip for
the Iron mines in northern Michigan
to Cleveland or Buffalo in about M
days, and their tonnage amounts to
about 20 thousand dollars a trip.
No, the Fulton County News will
still go on. We didn't buy him out
are afraid of water. But if we learn
ed anything from him, it is thut we
can't always be guided by tho cut
of u mail's clothes us to his real self.
DEATH RECORD.
Fulton County Feople Who Hayo Eeen
Called to Their Final Home the
Past Week.
Andhkws In W afford sburg, March
1:1, 1D00, Curl, son of Clyde und Doro
thy Andrews, aged six mouths. Fun
eral services were conducted nt the
Presbyterian church by Itev. C. M..
Yost of Hancock.
Schikvku After an Illness of about
three months, , wife of Cecil U.
Serlever, son of George Scrlever,
died at her home ut Buck Valley post
office. Mrs. Scrlever was a daughter
of James Smith, of Jellico, Tennessee,
and came north ubout three years ago.
She hud been murrlod only ubout a
year. Tho deceased was a member of
the M. K. church, and her remains
were laid to rest in the cemetery at
the Buck Valley Methodist church.
Funeral services were conducted by
Uev. Yost. Her husband and ten
days' old babe survive her.
Kijnk. At tho home of Klliott Bar
ber, in LiekingCreek township, March
1."), llioo, Miss Kliza Kline, aged about
7N years und ( months. She was a
daughter of Conrad Kline, one of the
early settlers of Licking Creek town
ship, who lived on the farm now own
ed by Klliott Barber. Miss Kline was
of a most generous and kind-hearted
nature, ulw;iy:i looking on the bright
side of life. T vn or three years ago
her health fuilc 1 to such an extent
thut she been me quite a charge to her
frii nds, esp.cinl!,1', owing to the fact
that she w.is puitiully paralyzed. Her
r.-ma ins were placed, in the Kline pri
vate burying ground lust Sunday.
S.vir;.. - Sarnh Ann, wife of Bur-
timeus Smith, of Belfast township, wus
born on the lllth of June 120. She
wus a daughter of Jeremiah and Cuth
urine Hess who lived on the farm now
owned by Al'xunder Mellott. On t ho
second day of December, 1S47, she was
niinried, und went to housekeeping;
and, with her husband, spent more
than a half century upon the farm
where she resided at the time of her
death. More than lifty-seven years
ago she united with tho Christian
church; and, during all those years,
has led a most exemplary life, growing
in grace and faith as the days went by.
Of a most hospitable und generous
nature, their home has always been
open to their friends. About a year
ago cancer manifested itself and grad
uully grew worse until a fow weeks
ugo when she was attacked by grippe,
A'hieh produced a combination too
grout for her vitality, und she pussod
peacefully away March 17, 1000. She
Is survived by her husband, and two
daughters, Barbara Catherine and
Diana Both at home. Her remains
were interred ut Pleusunt Grove Mon
day.
Kntic. Thomas Kir k was born
in Juniata coinily, Pennsylvania,
December 2, 1821 aud died at his
homo in Huston town this county,
March 1M, 1000, having lived to
tho good old age of 78 years, 3
mouths, und 10 days.
About IH'iO he moved to Hus
lontown, where ho has tsinco re
sided.eugiigiug in merchandising,
farming, and other pursuits. Ho
served as County Treasurer, at
least one term.
In lHiC ho was married to
Mary E. Laidig who survives him,
as do also his sons, Nevin M. of
Hustontowu, aud E.ra W. of
(Iroensburg, Pa.
For forty years ho was an act-
I ive member of the M. E. church,
being greatly interested in every
j department of church work, aud
t serving as 'iut.d iy school super
I iutendeut und class leader many
I years. A man cf sterling integ
rity, kind heart and generous
disposition, ho won t: him the
friendship of a much larger cir
cle of friends than usually falls
to the lot of ury one citizen. His
remains were interred in tho
cemetery at Hustontowu on Tues
day ufterucon, Pew Roberts con
ducting the services.
ihSHOi'.- After a lingering ill
uess attended with great diseom
fii't and Kull'oriug, Mrs. Barbara
until nine years ago, when they
removed to McConnellsburg.
Three years ago, she became
al'tiicted with abdominal dropsy,
and from that time until her
death she was a great sulVerev
d gradually grow worse. Soon
after the development of the dis
ease, she Wits removed to John
Hophiu's Hospital, Baltimore, for
treatment, but after a time re
turned without having received
any bouelit.
Last fall, Drs. Kamsey and
Parmer, ex vliam bersburg, per
formed a surgical operation; but,
after cutting through the outer!
walls aud making a careful exam
ination, a removal of the trouble
was found impracticable. She
was "tapped" thirty throe times
aud as much as five gallons aud
three pints of liquid taken from
her at a time.
For many years, she has beou
a consistent member of the Prim
itive Baptist church at Touoloway,
where her remains were laid to
rest ou Wednesday. Her hus
band has the sincere! sympathy
of their mauy frieuds in this lone
hour of his bereavement.
Daniklk. At his home at the
brick house on tho pike, less than
a mile west of llarrisonville, at
the advanced age of 88 years, U
mouths und i'4 days, John Dan
iels, one of the oldest citizens of
this county, passed to his eternal
rest last Sunday inorniug.
The deceased, a sou of (Joneral
Aaron Daniels, a prominent citi
zen of this county during the ear
ly pai l of the century, was born
on what is generally known in
that neighborhood as tho Robert
owope farm near Sipes Mills,aud
was married to Miss Christina
Riuard of Bedford county on the
lir.st day of April 1847.
Endowed by nature with a
splendid physique, more than or
diuary mental ability, and a will
power strong enough to keep iu
subjugation those tendencies
which to so great an extent inter
fero with tho success of many
men, it is ouly a natural couse
dueuce that long life aud worldly
prosperity were given him.
Early iu life he became posses'
sod of the habit of self-reliance,
and with but meager advantages
titled himself to teach school
teaching ojie Aviuter at Saluvia
and in Morrison's Cove. Ho was
never idle. When his day's work
in school was done, he spent his
evenings in fixing tho clocks aud
watches of the neighborhood aud
thus made enough extra cash to
pay his board bill. So skilful did
he become, that there was hard
ly time enough for him to keep
up this end of tho business.
He built the big brick house iu
which ho ended his days in 18")!,
and during the years before the
war made a good deal of money
keepiug droves and entertaining'
travelers.
His mind reinuined clear to the
last, and while ho was confined to
his bed a loug time, he bid not
suffer much pain just grivlually
wore out.
Besides his faithful wife, l.o
leaves tv o st ns H.S.audG.F.aud
two daughters, Maria, wife of
Win. C. Mann, and Miss Mary, of
this place.
His remains were interred iu
the cemetery ut tho Clreenhill
Presbyterian church on Monday
afternoon.
Ann, wife of Col. William Bishop
of this place, was released from
pain, and her spirit carried to
J that realm where sickness aud
pain are unknown, on lii;:t Sun
day movMug.
Mrs. Bishop was a daughter of
Mr. aud Mrs. David Troxel, and
wr.s bom about six miles south of
Everett, April (, 1851. When she
was about six years of age, her
father moved to this county, and
ou the tirst day of March 187"),
she wan married to Col. Bishop
and lived at Touoloway Church
A SI KPKISK l'ARTV.
Mrs. Catharine IloekensniUh was
soinewhnt surprised lust Saturday on
seeing some of her neighbors nnd i
friends driving up in their sleds and i
bringing in boxes and baskets filled
with pies, e:il;es, chickens nnd many ;
other good things to satisfy the warts ;
of nature.
About 12 o'clock it was announced
that the table wus well loaded und
those present were invited to partake i
of the good things to which all did!
ample justice. Those present were
(ieorge I!. Hoop und wife, (Jeorge W. 1
Sipes and wife, M. M. H.ickcnsmith .
aud wife, Joseph i vsi.ung und wife,
Mrs. Martha l'.eshung and Mrs. Sipes, j
iowu as Ail!,!, Mattie, Plureniv Wink, !
Kmunuol Sipes, and r,i'e iv number of
young folks were i-i.'senl. Ann!,!
Mattie" Sipes, as we e.ill her. is trav
eling iu her ti iiicl y-lifst. year, being
ninety years old March ,". ;;iie ..eems
to be well and hearty for ii woman of
so manv years.
Mrs. Cutherin-'! Hoekeusmith, known
as "Aunl Katie- among the voting
eophi, w as ciglrty-oue years old, Hun
lay, .''arch 13. Mrs. 1 loci. eusmlth re
ceived quite i. number of useful pres
ents. In this social fathering were
those from the . ol two years to the
age of ninety: some in their teens,
some in their twclit ies. some in their
thirties, forties, lift ies and sixties,
which goes to tell us we are all here
for a purpose. Can we who have only
traveled half the journey realize that
purpose';' Hut while we surround the
same table with that aged mother, who
is still able to partake of a good
hearty meal, ami whose kind hand bus
lent assistance to those in want, nnd
whose strong voice spoke many u com
forting word to an aching heart, Oil,
young friends let kindness fill our
hearts with love toward such, and our
hands ussist the wants of such, and
our voices be soft und smooth in
speaking to such.
COURT.
While Fulton county has but
two jury courts a year, it looks
very much lilo one would do:
and, perhaps, after a while, we
can get aluiig with one every two
years. In ubout an hour, on
Mouday ul'turnoou, from tho tinu'
court was called, both tho gram!
und petit jurors were discharged
and ready to go home. Tho petil
jury was not needed at all, aud
tho grand had but one case, aud
that was settled amicably.
A girl may know all about clas
sical literature, and even higher
mathematics, but wheu sho tack
les a cook book sho generally gets
things mixed.
SI CCLSSM I. SURfJICAL OPER
ATION. We mentioned in last week's paper
that Miss Kebeeea F. Fore of our town
had gone away fur an operation. Wo
are now able to give our renders a
more definite account of this Interest
ing case. M is s Fore had been suffer
ing since l;.st. fall with some abdomi
nal trouble, which ut f'.rst mystified
her phy-ir ian: but, lifter the disease
de-.el.e.e.!, he made his diagnosis of
aiiiii.miual tumor, which diagnosis
v as eon. 'l ined by n consulting physi
ei.",i!. .The physicians knowing that no
in. -il 'cine would relieve the disease, ml
vUi d the patient to undergo an opera
linn. This she agreed to do: nnd, in
company with her physician und her
adopted daughter and Miss Annie
Dickson, she left ou March 10, for Dr.
U.iward A. Kelly's private hospital in
Baltimore, arriving there on Saturday
afternoon. After undergoing prepara
tory treatment until Tuesday, March
PI, the operation was performed by
Dr. Kelly in tho presence of Dr. Dal
bey and two other visiting physicians.
The operation proved the disease to be
u lurgo cystic tumor of the left ovary,
which was very successfully and com
pletely removed.
Miss Fore was very weuk prior to
and during the operution, and her
friends und physicians feared that she
might not survive the shock; but she
soon rallied, und bus ever since been
mending very rapidly. If no unfore
seen accident occurs, she will come
home iu about four or live weeks
grently benefited by the operation.
Personal. .
i.icm.u pi zzm:.
Here is i! puz;:le that Miss Mollh
Seyhir, of the Tension ollice, Pitts
burg, sent to The Fulton County
News for those of its readers who are
fond of trying tin Ir skill In tludingout
hidden things.
The groups of ea.pituls are the let
ters of words jumbled together. For
instance, in the second lino KKAT
CHAIU is CATHARINK, and the last
group ON K HUG is 'enough."
See?
I send a letter in A HAG MAN my
dear NKAT CUA1I1, knowing that
with IIOUSK HATS of such learned
books us yours, you will soon come to
an 11 KD NUTS AND (JIN, of my
meaning. I can Imagine the NO
STKUN ACTION of your good Father
tho CllVMANGLK, should this KAIl
LY HAT of my feelings for SUKLY
FOK, full into his hands, so I will
pluce it upon tho I CKKKP SAFK
where you will lind it when you descend
to your QUITKSPUl'CK garden. Any
of his I I1IKK PARSONS would ex
pect tho heaviest N1NK THUMPS
which words could inflict in upprouch
ing the CKYMANGLK as the accepted
THKUK WK SAT of his only AG Kl)
HUTU. Please to advise mo whether
to employ a PLINY ATK NO TKll'K,
or to come myself, with what MAD
POLICY 1 can command. To-night 1
goto the I HOAIl TOO 1 wish you
might be with me to hear the new
DllAY SHOP performed by tho CART
HOKSK. When I return I shall look
for the light of your NIC K HKUALD,
us no MOON STAKKK ever looked
for u now planet: if it is burning, 1
will present myself as a CAT DIN'KD
for INTO MY ARM to your respected
NORSK CAT, so to call him. If you
do not approve, send mo word by
GRKAT II KLP. lam so much occu
pied ut the NAV I RKPKNT IT at
present; the STAIN CRASH have ex
cited a spirit of TO LOVK RUIN a
mong the men, one has been shot, 1
wus his GO NURSK, and will attend
to his RKAL FUN to-morrow. He
told me he had acquired THK LAW by
tho side of OIL SOAP, but bus wasted
it in trying to crush the TKN TKA
'OTS of dili'i'ivut countries; lie assur
d the LIVK AGKNTSthut visited him
hat lie belonged to the 1SKST IN
RAVKll church, and maintained
..ith hi ; lutost THK HAR, that ho hud
lever sympathized with the NKAT
IKRDSof the doctrine of SIN SAT
N A TIN TAR TIM!, but on the con
rary thought it a SIMON PKTKR IN
.'KARS; two SLV WARK tried with
.itty HAIR MOPS 'to obtain control
if his effects, but he left everything to
he SllKKP AT CAIRO vvho'atteiided
lim. I liuvo a ring of THY' MA I'KS
.hieh is of NKAT LI'.G design, which
! consider ON K HUG.
Our umlublo young lady friend,
Miss Mabel Trout, of this place, who
lias been seriously sick for several
.veeks, received the congratulations of
her niuiiy friends on Frlduy lust when
lie made her first uppearunee since her
lilncss. Wo hope she will continue
;o Improve in health und regain her
former sprlghtlinoss.
Tuesday, May 22, is the date fixed
or tho hanging of William Sluims, in
Fayette county.
LOCUST CliOVE
Mrs. E. A. Diehl is improving.
Mr. E. Hart doesn't improve
very fast.
They will organize a Sunday
school next Sunday at the Whips
Cove church.
Quite a number of our people
visited thoCouuty Seat this week.
Miss Pearl Sharpe was accom
paniod by her friend, W, K. f Jar
land last Friday night.
Mauy of our farmers have pur
chased horses.
Ed F. Lay ton visited iu the
Cove, Saturday night and Sun
day. He looks well.
Miss Blanche Mellott and one
of our gentlemen visited at Harry
Plesseuger's, aud had to return
home through the suow. Take
your sleigh along next time.
Lewis Laytou went to Illinois
where his brother is workiug.
Wo wish him success.
Diehl & Co., have sold their
saw mill, thrasher, and engine to
Clark and Calhouu near Hverot t.
They expect to saw a set for S.
C. Laytou aud N. W. Mellott this
spring.
Clarence Mellott expects to
start to Chester county about tho
2:2nd of this month.
Squire Laytou made a trip to
his son-in-law, "David Jay, of Bed
ford county. He returned with
a load of pine for kindling.
Mr. and Mrs Albert Plesseuger
were visiting Nathan Mellott's,
last Sunday.
BETHLEHEM.
Sleighing and sledding aud the
merry sound of tho sleigh bells
were welcomed the last few days.
Mrs. Mary Oyler spent one day
last week at II. W. Ewing's.
Mrs. Ewing litis been seriously
ill for a week but is now improv
ing slowly.
Friday evening, James T. Con
nelly hitched iu his sled aud took
the family a pleasaul little sled
ride aud spout the evening very
pleasautly at Hugh Ewing's. The
number present were fourteen.
S. II. Scott aud family, accom
panied by Miss Lucy, Amos, and
spent Sunday at
r's aud Beamer
at
tk
Will Peightel,
Hugh Ewin
Cress's.
E. J. Croft aud family, also
Nick FiuuilT and family spom ihe
day at the same place.
Jennie Finnilf, who has 1k
homo for u week with her
mother, has returned home.
C. C. Kotz got a new scholar on
Friday but ho camo to his resi
dence instead of tho school hoa:w.
Charlie says he came to stay.
Mrs. Henry Wolf lias beou oa
tho sick list for a few days.
Lottie Scotland littlo son pei;t
Tuesday w ith Jennie Finnilf.
J. A. Allot', of Dublin, was a caller
Tuesday.
l'.manui'l II. Sipes of Saluvia was in
town Tuesday.
Our young friend Will Kngle of
Thompson was a caller on Tuesday.
Harbor Kd Drake spent a day or two
this week with friends in St. Thomas.
George Mills and Joe 'Lehman of
Union did not forget to come in to see
ns this week.
Miss Oruoe Huston of Clear Ridge
Is visiting her aunts, Misses l'.llu and
Annie Irwin, this week.
Mr. and Mrs. It. H. Deshong of
Del fust spent a day or two this week
at Frank Mu sun's.
John K. Locke of Dublin Mills was
in town a day or two. Ho is going
buck to Pittsburg soon.
Miss Alice Humil, who was engaged
with Park, at Liboniu, returned home
several days ago.
G. W, McGraw, of llrush Creek
valley, and Hurry N. Henry, of Clear
Ridge, were Saturday cullers.
J umes Keefer, one of Ayr township's
best young teachers was an ugreeable
caller at our ollice last Saturday.
Siip't Clem Chosnut went down into
Ayr township yesterday, On account
of sickness, he is back with Ills work.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Comerer, of
Thompson township, were vlsitieg
friends in town on Monday and Tues
day last.
Merchant W. F. Hurt, of Ncedmore,
und his brothei'-Iu-luw J. C. Mellott,
attended the Sheriff's sale in McCon
nellsburg Saturday.
John A. Henry, ofCloarRidge, attend
ed court. John says lie hus about
half a notion to enter the Associate
Judge race.
John D. Smith of Kmmaville was in
town this week shaking hands with his
friends. John is a candidate for the
nomination for Associate Judge.
' Kd und Roy Daniels, two excellent
young men of Thompson township,
were the guests of tho family of Isaac
Hull, of this pluce, recently.
Mrs. Annie Neuroth and Mrs. Kph
raini Lake, of Mercersburg, were vis
itors to the first named lady's parents,
Mr. und Mrs. lsuuc Hull a few days
ugo.
Harry W. Hull, who left here last
Thursday, arrived at Cadillac, Michi
gan, on tho following evening. We
trust Harry will secure a longer fur
lough the next time ho makes a irlp
home.
Judge Daniels, Harry Mark ley, R.
F. Runck, II. P. Palmer, and ii. M.
Loguo were among our Hethel town
ship friends who called this week to
say "How do do."
After a two weeks' trip to Philadel
phia, where she had gone to attend tho
funeral of her brother-in-law, Miss
Minnie K. Mock returned to her homo
in Tod township, accompanied by her
sister, Mrs. N. J. Sinnott and littlo
daughter Kloanoro, who will remain
hero Indefinitely.
While Judge Swope knows how to
hustlo court business through, and
savo tho taxpayers of tho county a
whole lot of needless expense, he al
ways finds time after court adjourns
to go around and call on his friends.
Kverybody knows the Judge und would
feel slighted if they didn't get a ehanco
to shake hands with him whon he
comes to Fulton.
Scott Rinedollar, who learned tho
tailor trade w ith Charles H. Stevens,
of this place, left for Tyrone, Va., on
Saturday last, where ho hus secured
employment in a large tailoring estab
lishment. Mr. Rinedollar served his)
employer well and faithfully. He is a
moral and industrious young man and
lias hosts of friends among the older
as well as the younger members of our
community. Scott is made of such
stuff that is in demand and will make
a success in life.
MATCHING MA'S SWITCH.
One of those unnaturally bright
children who aro always getting peo
ple into trouble, was at u prayer
meeting the other evening with his
mother, when ho uskod aloud: Ma,
say ma who was Dinah Moore?
"Hu-u-sh," whispered his mother
cautiously, "its a hymn." No, it
ain't mu, continued the hopo-ful, its a
woman's namo. Say ma, who is it
that is going home to .Dinah Moore?
"Willie," suid his mother in a ghast
ly voice, you are disturbing the meet
ing, it means going to Heaven to die
no more. Dine no more! O Ma, don't
they eat up there? His mother ex
plulned us well us she could, and
Willio sut still for hulf a minute, his
bright eyes roving ubout tho church.
Then ho asked in a shrill whisper: Ma,
is God ou,t of town? No-o-o, no-no,
answered the distracted woman faint
ly. "Then what's ' running this
meeting for mu? continued the sweet
child. Tho choir sung him down, but
us the meeting closed with a moment
of silent prayer, his gentle voice wan .
distinctly heard saying "Mrs.
Hlunk's switch don't, match hw huif;
liko yours, Mat"