3LUME 1. ? --- : - " TIHIM V YliAKS AGO. jirls Vh Attended .Mi s.SUr i rctt'x School in IHTO. MCCONNELLSBURG, PA.. September 6, 1900. NUMBER 51. 'llinissuo of th(! Nows of istOtli, wo published the fcalxmts of the. boys who jdnl Mrs. Stcrrott's school i;tho winter of 1H70. In iftt'ticlo we promised to Ml St tho girls in our next issue tnsinessciilliu' us a way from tho matter has beeu nog- nv persons have had such an jerii'ticons Mrs. Sterett that filing the primary pupils town for a period or thirty- years, and that in the same V Unliko many others who grown old in tho work of $!iing with a broken down nus system, and an irritable Vr, Mrs. Sterett, to the inf linr last work, maintained Lmminiitv of temperament i " consecrated love for her 'k to such a degree that mom- is cherished in the hearts t i i.. ii. T IlUlllircus in iuMin, lilt; .irest of whom have grown to iDod aud womanhood, while tlio number, are found jkl pareuts of the sunny faced jivn now taking their initial (as under the successful tu- ofMrs. Sterett's grand- jhtor, Miss Elsie (Jroathoad. Siilo her schools numbered liorc between Go and 7j ivn ranging m ages Irom to eight or ten, there was thing in the personality of tod old lady that coi.inund- nncc respect and obedience. iliiy ground was marked off u imaginary lino extending from tho house aocross a lick to an imaginary point; re, west to the fence; beyond ino in summer wore trees J with tempting plums and sbut seldom did any ono Ire across. iwas kind but Jinn in the Jnistration of discipline. For Wy offences she had a light pry puddle, and a smart so of that across the palm of Ijiturned hand of the offender i strong argument in favor of lii'iice. Across the hall was a U) which more serious of rs were placed in solitary wrmml,. Nopenitentary ever la more wholesome effect on fjiMTs. On one occasion, a whose namo we w'U not men- was banished to tho cellar. filler the boy'sdispositiou was (il or not, Mrs. Kterret 'I afterwards to her ehargiu the boy had swallowed a jar "Hen cucumber Tackles while i) there. IhiiiL' that Mrs. Sterret Itl not tolerate was that any of pupils should spit on the flnniMfd T?itSunnv lnwl rnf J in school long tho first win;,' when he thoughtlessly f'lwl. Up wont tho hand of Sailio Dutdap. P- kterret, Mrs. Sterret." I'I'atisit, Sadie?" I'Wtfo Reisuer, he spit on fll.M.r." i's. KteiTett, saw no evidence accusation; for fleorge's Vail found its way over the ,w'tnration, and he was study 'J"h H 0 book, looking as "a an a Presbyterian owl. f impression was made on !cs Stcucli ono morning that f ,;'y to remain. His brothel1, to Mrs. Stcrrott's school toeuc)unlLr, f !b rliu to niako H ginning Sam carried a stei'ilath. Tho fun in tho pis all right; but when the and the other children "Wing into the room, Sain in time to use his plast "Ktotliou tho person of Char was disappearing over the . n.i., flint wi i;iiii, t"i we, 'ro 'o the girls referred to a- !a'lai Linn, daughter of Kev. V'1'"- II. Linn, formerly of K. church, left this place ' lar parents several years aml is now dead. Dunlap became teacher of the riinary school of this place, and after a few years of successful school work, married lb'. .1. (j. Hanks and with her husband has a delightful homo at Kays Hill, Hod ford county. Kmina Pott, daughter of the late Col. James Pott, went with her father to Illinois, where she married a gentleman .named Coildy. , Nettie Dickson, youugest daughter of the late Hon. and Mrs. Mark .Dickson, is tho wife of Kx-Semitor YV. S. Alexander, aud lives in this place. Annie. Howe removed with Inn father's family to Altoona, where she died a few years ago. Sarah, her sister, also died in tho same city recently. Maggie Porter, daughter of the late Hon. ,l,.re W. Porter, went several years ago with her father and family to Wellington, Kansas, where she married and has a pleasant home of her own. Alice HatdorlT, daughter of the late William Hatdorff, is married to Allison l!raut,of Licking Creek township, and enjoying life on a farm. lUauche S toner, daughter of Mr. William Ktoner, married Mr. .I.ihn Martin, a painter of Chamborsburg, and has a nice home in the queen city of tho Cumberland Valley. Maggie Ott became the wife of Mr. Daniel (iilhert, a prominent business man in Chambersburg. Annie Alice Shinier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. N. Shinier, of this place, has been very pleas autly situated iu Philadelphia for several years, r-ilie is expecleil home this week for a short vaca tion. Maggie Henry loft here several years "to and .vent to Pittsburg. Ada Hoernci r riiov '(! with the other members of her father's family 1 1 Illinois several years ago, married, and soon after wards, died. Eva Lehniau, wife of Mr. Nich olas Koettger, presides over an interesting family and resides in McConnellsburg. Mary Smith, daughter of tho late Joseph A. Smith, wont to Mt. Carroll, Illinois, with her mother and family and married Charlie drove, a prominent in surance man of that city. Laura Linn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Linn, has been lo cated for several years very pleas antly at Norristown, Pa. Flora Ilex roth aud her sister Maggie have not yet chosen to sever the ties that hind them to their pleasant homo with their mother at the Fulton House. Carrie Ilex roth is uow the wife of Mr. James K. Vandyke, who is at the head of tho Philadelphia branch of the business of Mr. Heiutz, tho great pickle man of Pittsburg. Mattie Sheets is with her sis ters, Miss Kate, a prominout teacher in the Laucaster City schools, and Miss Nettie referred to below. Nettie Sheets has been engag ed iu tin.1 millinery business in Lancaster city for several yours, and has proven that a young wo man may enter the field of busi ness competition and win. Annie Smith, sister of Mary Smith, married a farmer near Mt. Carroll, 111., but only lived a few years to enjoy her new home. Laura Stouer became the wife of Homer Cunningham, of Wells Valley. Mr. Cunningham was a teachor,aiid later a lawyer. They removed to Chicago where Mr. Cuuuiugliain died a lew years later. Mrs. Cuuningham aud her two boys and two daughters rq side at present at Kvauston, HI. Anna Stouer is a daughter of Merrick A. Stouer, who moved to Bedford several years ago and is now one of the leading undertak ers and furniture makers of that tow n. She is married aud has a nice home. Alice Hoke, daughter of tho lato Georgo Hoke, chose to re main at her homo and caro for her parents in their declining yours, both of whom havo now TIM. R F.I'M ON. One of the .Most Sncccssf ill l.f forts yet .Made hy that ltody. The Annual Soldiers' Reunion at Sloan's Hill, Ayr township,last Friday was ono of tho most suc cessful of the many similar occa sions that organization has yet held. Notwithstanding the some what heated condition 'of the at mosphere, tho weather was fa vorable, and at an early hour, the roads leading to the grove were lined with all manner of vehicles that run on wheels;and the grove, which contains about nine acres, was literally jammed. There was abundant provision made for the appetites of the vis iting veterans both dinner and supper and to one who arrived on the ground about noon and witnessed thehundrodsof merry groups, representing every part of the county, as they were gath ered around snow-white spreads covered with an abundance of fried chicken, potato chips, dev iled eggs, rolls, salmon, melons, and iced tea, tho impression might have been made that the whole county had come together to break a long fast. With tin; exception of the ab sent; ) of the ' "foreigners" who had been billed to speak, the exercises were conducted much as laid down in the program pub lished in the papers. SOUTH l'l;NN A(iAlM AI.KI.DOf Kumors that it may he Itnilt hy Andrew Carnegie Within the next Three Years. MOl'UTAIN I.AKK I'AKK. j Hon. ,f. T Richards Writes of thin ; l ainoiis Summer Resort. As I promised to write you a short letter for publication from ; this place, I will proceed bv si'.V- ing,tha1 any one passing over the j projected to tap different parts Mountain here on the railroad ,f 'Western Pennsylvania that only, will have a very faint cmi- llllVl' ginned newspaper circula eoption of the niairni'tude of this ! lio11 1'ocently, one of the most great and raimllv growing sum-1 plausible, says Of the rumors of uow railroads tner resort. Mountain Lake is three miles west of Deer Park, and far over shadows it, while Deer Park is of small area, containing one large hotel and a few cot t:iges Moun tain Lake contains live large ho tels with a capacity of handling over a hundred guests each. Then, there are over two hundred cottages, nearly all of which en tile Connellsville Courier, is the exteusion of tho Carnegie ore road, otherwise known as the Pittsburg, Hesse mer V. I , ilce Erie. Tho ( laniegie road will not stop in tho coke region, it is said. It will be remembered that Andrew Carnegie was one of the promo ters and leaders in the South Penu railroad, the projection and smothering of which has oc- AlAUKIUI) IN II AST M. A .Matrimonial Advertisement Did It. teilain pleasure seekers t this j oupiod so much space iu railroad place; and you wiU, no doubt, bo i history during the last 1" years. surprised when I say that they all -hotels and cottages havj beeu overrun with visitors and guests to this rapidly growing Chautauqua Assembly, and sum mer resort. The Hotel Chau tauqua, at which I have been stopping (owned and conducted by my sou, Rev. T. 1). Richards) has had to turn off a hundred or more applicants for want of room to accommodate them. It is said that the population here is nearly ",(,nn during the summer season; and many re main during the year. They have A glee club composed ot Miss ; bire oue of the tinest auditor Elizabeth Patterson, Miss Emily j iiims iu tho country -just dedi cated this summer, with a seat ing capacity of live thousand; be sides the old auditorium which they have outgrown; aud the hall of Philosophy, which is used for Chautauqua, and all literary. and seieutitic su 'y. Thev have a will furni-ihoi! book store con taining all books thought desir able for a resortof this kind. The public building and all the sur roundings, the drive-ways, and the beautiful little groves sur rounding the cottages are lighted up at night by electricity, Creathead, Mrs. (ieorge W. Reis ner, and Dr. Ed Smith, Dr. 1. N. (iarthwaite aud (ieorge W. lieis uer rendered a number of na tional songs much to tho delight of those who hoard them. Prof Slohier was thei . from the S. O. .st Loo! at SeoMai.d and It d th music iu a masterly manner with his cornet. Then the McConnellsburg cor net band was there all day, and at intervals lent such inspiration to the crowd as only a good band eau do. Addresses were made by Rev. S. H. Houston, Captain Skinner, T. Ellliott Patterson, D. II. Pat terson, John T. Laley, Dr. Dal bey, and John P. Sipes. Patriotic recitations, highly ap preciated, were rendered by Ma-ter Reed Ray and Miss Mary Skinner. The Reunion next year will be held on the Camp (i rounds at Crystal Springs. The time to be arranged by the committee. For the ensuing year the fol lowing officers were elected: President Amos Hixsoii. Vice President James !. Ken. dall and H. A.Deavor. Secretary -David Malloy. Treasurer D. T. Fields. Chaplain - Rev. S. H. Huston. Quartermaster Wm. Waters. There wore about two hundred veterans present, and the crowd was estimated at -,"00. LAlDKi. James CJevenger aud John Speck, who had spent the past week at their respective homes, and Mrs. Albert Clevenger, of Pittsburg, who spent tho past month with the fanr'y of her father-in-law, Hiram Clevenger, left for Pittsburg on Mouday morning by way of Hedford Springs. May Laidig returned to Cham borsburg Monday by way of Huntingdon. Mrs. Maria Laidig is in poor health. Those of our people who have peaches are putting them away--cauniiig,drying,and selling them. Ross Johnson, Lena and Lu einma Laidig, returned home Saturday evening altera week's outing. Lydia Mumma lias gone to Chi cago to spend some tune v it 1 1 her sister, Mrs. Will Uortou. May Mumma has returned from Kearney, when she spent the summer. (l.omOuiliMl on clylilli pane.) Why do you wait? Subscribe for tho Nkws to-day. Nearly all your neighbors take it. This Park contains nhi acres of land on the very summit of the Allegheny mountains, l'hoo feet above the sea level; and what is st rangest of all, is that away up here above the clouds (many times) is a very considerable lake made up from a spring Mowing out of the crest of the mountain, and emptying into the Youghiogheny river. This hike is much used by visitors for boating and fishing. This has been the most success ful season iu the history of the park. This large auditorium just mentioned cost ,000 to build; and after paying all expenses of carrying out the most extensive and expensive program of the Chautauqua Assembly just clos ed, they had h Hid left to pay on the new auditorium. I will not tax your space nor patience in describing the many amusing aud interesting scenes, and tho many eloquent and in structive lectures ou different topics; but I hope you will par don my referring to one of tho closing scenes of the program yesterday. A joint debate on "expansion" was arranged early in the month, between .1. P. DolJ iver, of Iowa, and Champ Clark, of Missouri, two ot tin? best political orators in our country. Hut on yesterday morning a great cloud a dark oue hovered over this Assembly, when a dispatch was received by Dr. Dawdsou, presi dent of the assembly, that owing to circumstances beyoud his con trol, ho could not be here. Dr. Dawdson immediately telegraph ed to (leneral Crosvenor, at Washington, to come to till Dolli ver's place. And after an ex change of dispatches, the (lener al consented to come, and the cloud lifted and bright smiles ap peared. Well, the joint debate came oil' iu due time. Clark led olf with one hour and a quarter, Clark winding up with a quarter of an hour. It was a battle of giants, but before tho discussion was over it was agived by many "that even a greater than Dolli ver was here." (leneral (Jrosve nor is supposed to bo nearer to the Mckinley administration than any niau in the party, and he up held it with a inighLv and irres- tiblo power evokiug ooi' helm ing enthusiasm. Later in the eveniug the (1. A. K. campliro came off ou tho hill at tho old auditorium; aud, still later, a grand display of fireworks at tho lake which closed the Chautau qua season for MUX); yet many will remain hero during tho fall. (V. a roeeiit visit to Pittsburg ho said that the South Penn road was sold o .it by the Vauderbilts tli"ough tho pressure made ou them by the Pennsylvania people as a matter of self preservation, but that the South Penn scheme was so good a one that it would still be carried out some day. Well, there is no constitutional barrier to tho Carnegie road be ing extended from Connellsville region to the seaboard, tapping the rich territory through which the South Penn was surveyed, paralleling it. whore it cannot use Hie original survey. It is said that it is a nice question of law as to whether or not the charter of the South Penn, which is con trolled by the Pennsylvania aud tlie Vauderbilts, will control tho question ol the right of eminent domain for another road which wants the ri -lit of way for actual rathei thai, obstructive utility. Ii is not amor .-the improbabil ities, therefore, L.uu the Carneg ie road will be extended to tho seaboard, with a terminus either at a navigable poiut for dee) sea vessels ou the Potomac or ou tho shores of Chesapeake bay, withiu the next three years. WHIPS COVE. Mrs. Abner Mellott is suffer ing from nervous prostration. She has scarcely strength enough to enable her to walk. She is a sister of Mrs. James Sipes of your town, ami of Mrs. James Daniels, of Lick ug Creek town ship. Mr. and Mrs. Simon ( Jarlaud spent Sunday with Mr. (Jarlaud's i. nolo, Mr. Will Mellott, near Warfordsburg. On their return they stopped to see his uncle, David Winters, aud found him very poorly. Mrs. Rebecca Engle, who has beeu visiting her son, Will, in Thompson township, returned home Saturday with her son, Reuben, who attended the Re union. Mr. and Mrs. Will Euglo and their two little boys are visiting friends iu tho Cove. - Wo are al ways glad to seo Hilly back in tho (love. Mr. aud Mrs. (ieorge Hrabsou who went to Connellsville last spring camu back to tho Cove last week. Mrs. Hrabsou will spend a short time visiting relatives at Herkley. Duck wheat is a pretty fair crop in the Cove. A number of our people at tended thi! reunion, aud others went to the festival at May's Chapel Saturdy evening. Mrs. Ellen Door left Mouday for St. Johns Run to visit her sis ter, Mrs. KdTrue. A short time ago Mrs. Ida Heiubaugh, nee McLucas, of Ayr township, saw the advertisement of Michael Stael, in which lie stated that ho was very anxious to marry, and would correspond toward that cud with some oue equally interested. Relieving that "delays are dan gerous, " she lost no time iu re plyingand the result was tho arrival of the aforesaid gentle man iu Fulton county. We are told that "a maiden is sometimes charming; a widow, always. " Tho end of this roman tic courtship is no denial of this assertion. Unheeding tho elder Welter's advice, to Sam, "beware of wid ders," he promptly escorted Mrs. Heiubaugh to town, purchased a license, aud ou tho same day at tho homo of llev. Lewis Cham bers, became the husband of a woman he had never seen until tho day before. Tho groom is from Pittsburg, aud is a widower with seven children. Mrs. Heiu baugh has four "in her owu right," making a total of cloveu. No ono can accuse this couple of starting "empty -handed. " Mr. Stael returned to his homo Satur day, following tho wedding, but will return at an early date, when his wife will make sale of her ef fects and go with him to the "Smoky City.". We have no remarks to make on the above plau of selecting a partner for life. Iu these days of "touch the button" progress, we may expect to see an economy of time applied, even iu courtiug a period so delightful to many as to lead to unnecessary delay and postponement; but the question as to whether the surplus time should bo employed before, or after marriage, is one altogether too momentous for even a Fulton couuty editor to decide. We admire tho bravo souls who aro the star actors in this dram- ma (?) aud hope at some far fu ture day, we may add "aud they lived happily together forever af terward." Personal. IX .MF..MORIAAI. The infant department of tin Presbyterian Sabbath school of McConnellsburg are the glad re oipieiiu ol an organ tor the pri mary room, the gift of Miss Mollie Seylar, of Pittsburg, in memory of her lister, Edith, tho former owner. OUR HOYS WIN. ( '(null's v of tlio Fulton ItKuulillauu. On Saturday morning Captain McDouough arrived in town from New Grenada, with his aggrega tion of Dryan ball tossers to do feat our McKiuloy boys. To ac complish this they brought with them tho famous Delanoy broth ers, llobertsdalo's crack battery, but they did not kuow that our boys were waiting with their long bats to do somo heavy hit ting, nor did they know that our boys had a pitcher in the person of N. Wagner, who has spited that would wiu admiration from Ilusio and an assortment of curves that would cause Cy Young to blush. Ho was invincible and had them at his mercy. Tho game was too much oue sided to bo very interesting, for tho visitors wore outplayed at every stage and never had a chanco to win. The features of tho game were tho good all around playing of tho homo team, tho pluyiug of (Jrissiuger for the visitors and tho pitching of Wag ner, struck out ton men and al lowed but one man a check to tirst base. Tho visitors conduct ed themselves iu a goutlemauly niaunor, but concluded that sev en innings wore enough for them. of Tho Nkws office is turning out somo dandy sale bills. Send iu your order. Tho order follows: M'Connollbburjr. Nuee, 88. l'ulU'i'boii, ,'lh. Smith, If. Thompson, v. DuIIkw, 2U. Itt-iiilei', ef. Stimuli, H WUb'lH'IVjp. N JUl'lthllll, if. batting was as New Givnuila. Grin Hinder, Ub. J. n. Mi-C'luh), ef. Joe Dohiuey, e. Mills, lb. S. Allowuy, Kb. Hull Delaiiuy, . K. A. Allowuy, It. .loliu Mel'luin, hh. Mrown, rf. Score by innings: Mi CoiniPllshuro; it ! 6 3 1 (1 :'.) New Grenada 10113 02- Time of game. 2 hours and 15 minutos. Atteudauco4Xi. Um pire, llodcay. Mr. D. J. Mellott, of Ayr townnlilp U visiting fvlenri In Illinois. Joseph Fisher mill fumily, of Hethel township, fire visiting frlenils In Illi HnoW. , Miss Mnr,Miret Dtinlels, of Licking Creek township, is HpeiHllntf this week In town. James M. Chesnut, Iliislontown'a popular nuetioiieer, apent a ilay in town last week. Mrs. U. M. Hill, of Adams county, is visiting her sister, Miss LiMiio V. Hess, of this plaee. Kx-SherllT Jere Mason and wife, of Hancock, spent last Saturday In Me- 1'iinnellsliiirjf. Our old friend Adam Long, near Knohsville, dropped in to see us a minute Tuesday morning. John ('ovalt, who has Immmi spending several months at Johnstown, has rn- Uiriiril to Thompson township. Mr. and Mrs. Kevin H. Kisher, of Gem, spent part of last week at the Granger's picnic at Williams' Grove. :lcx Hiiinil, of Franklin county, wrtt an early caller at this otlieo lust Fri day morning on his way to tho Ilo- union. Mr. II. H. Deshong and daughters, Anna and Kosa, atuuided thoKouniim spent Friday night, with friends in town. Mr. and Mrs. David A. ('line and family of neurGreeneaslle, spent a week recently among friends and relatives in this county. Mr. W. K. Hivens, one of Wells Val ley 's veterans, gave the News olllee a plcusunt call while down attending Mm reunion . Miss Mary Ha.ul Skinner, of llig ovc Tannery, was the guest of Miss Lois A. Caldwell a few duys during tho past. week. S. F.dward McKeo, Amaranth's obliging merchant, spent last Thurs day night at McConnellsburg, and at tended tho Ueunion Friday. l.ov. George W. Shinier and family, of Frankstown, Hlair couuty, art spending a couple of weeks visiting relatives and friends hero. Superintendent and Mrs. Clem Ches nut took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Kirk at tho home of the latter in this place, last Saturday. Dr. W. F. Teeter and daughter, Stella and Ittona, of Chambersburg, drove over to this place and spent, a day or two among friends last week. Mr. J. L. Grlssiniicr, of Wells Valley, brought the New Grenada base hall team to McC'onnellshurcr Saturday last and spent the day in town. Misses Jennie and Lottie Little, and Mr. Dell Mel'uno, of Mereersburg, spent lust Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Davy Little, of this place. Miss Angelino HolTmier, of .Jennet t, Fa., a daughter of Uev. HolTmier. a former pastor of the Reformed church at this place, Is visiting Mrs. M. V. Cromer. Harvey llichards, of the Corner and Miss Mollie Hendershot spent Sunday a week In Mereersburg, Miss Mollie remained over there to visit friends a week or two. Miss Klizulieth I'utterson, of Web ster Mills, last Saturday returned to tho Industral school ut Scottlaud to euUir upon another year's work as Instructor in that institution. Edward Ueisner, of this place, re turned to Shippensburg Monday morning to enter upon his senior year's work at tho Cumlicrlund Valley state normal school. F. MoNuughloii Johnston, F.sq., of tho census department, Wushfngton,!). , spent a lew days during tho past. week looking after his Fulton county Interests. Ho returned to Wiishint'ton Tuesday. Miss May Sheets, after a pleasant. vacation with her parents, Mr. aud Mrs. John Sheets in this place, re turned last week to her work as a teacher in the S. O. school ut ChesUir Springs. diaries Stevens, of Taylor town ship, has entered tho store of J. K. Johnston, of this place, with a view to familinrl.ing'himself with the details of the mercantile business. Charlie is a eourUfous and oblinghig young gen tleman, and will no doubt prove use ful help. Miss Florence Cromer and her broth er, Jerry, of Fort Littleton, spent part of a day with Mrs. M. V. Cromer, of this place, us they wore on thole way haek to the Scotland Industrial School. Miss Hlancho Cromer Is spending tho last week of her vacation with Mrs. M. V. Cromer. Miss Mollio Seylur returns to-day (Thursday) to her work at tho pension otllee ut l'lttshurg after a pleusuul vacation of two weeks. Miss Mollio has not lost any of her interest in church work since she has been uway from McConnollshurg, as was evidenc ed during her visit here by her donat ing to tho primary department of the Presbyterian Sunday school of this plaoo an excellent organ.
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