Item VOLUME 6. McCONNI-LLSHUUG, PA., SEPTEMHLK 28, 1904. NUMHFJt '2 in KANSAS AND MISSOURI, Another Interesting Letter From Rev. David W. Kelso. September 17. I am bow at the home of my brother, II. S. Kelso, In Leona, Doniphan coun ty, Kas. My brother Hugh and I left Saliaboro, Mo., on the 14th and went to Kansas City, whero we spent two nights and t. day. We visited the part of the city that was deluged in June 1903. There are many vacant places where the flood swept the build ings away, and many of the wrecked buildings are yet to be seen. The flood was five feet deep in the ticket office at Ihe Union depot. We went to Jones' store. The buildijg is 6 stories in height, and they carry a stock of goods valued at $100,000. They employ 800 clerks, and carry $90,000 In surance. Next, we went through Convention Hall that was built the year G rover Cleveland was nominated for presideut. It has a seating capacity of 8,000 people. From the Hall we went to the Market House. I could not help wondering who would buy the carloads and carloads of stuff we saw there. We then passed into a restaurant and ordered dinner and was served a good one much more than we could eat and 10 cents apiece paid the bill. That beats the East, don't you think ? Then we went to Emery, Bird, & Go's., store about as large as Jones' the Salvation Army church, and many other places of interest. We were on the ca ble street cars, and they jolted one about as much as a farm wag on on a Tod township road. The evening we spent with the family of a former Fulton county man, William Brown, now deceased. Mr. Brown went west about 30 years ago. His son AlonzD Is bonce suffering from injuries received in a coal mine last summer. The rest of the family are well and doing well." On the morning of the 16th we boarded an electric car for Leav enworth where we visited the State Penitentiary and saw the convicts at work. There are many gray haired men and wom en among them. Next, we went throughthe Sol dier's Home. While there we saw the soldiers go in to dinner. The table at which 1,150 can be seated was filled twice. The man ager jold me that it takes daily 80 bushels of potatoes, 1,600 lbs. of flour, 1,600 lbs. of beef, 220 lbs. of butter, 185 lbs. of coffee, 300 of sugar, besides a proportionate quantity offish and vegetables. At the Home we also saw one of Spanish guns captured by Ad miral Dewey at Fort San Felips, near Manilla, which weighed 6,650 lbs., length, life. 5in; cali bre, Sin., and it was made at Se ville, Spain, in 1856. We had a good dinner at the Soldiers' Home I nn , b u t it cost us 50 cents apiece. During the afternoon . we went across the Missouri river and took supper and spent the even ing in the city of "St Joe. We saw many thousand good homes and farms; but the meth ods of farming are much behind those of Pennsylvania, the weeds often take possession of the crops weeds 7 feet high some times; but they are up to the East in improved farm machinery. D. W. Kelso. Married. Fisher-Clevenger. On the 15th Inst., at the Lutheran Par sonage in this place, by the Rev. A. G. Wolf, Mr. George A. Fish er, of Reading,, Pa., and Miss May Clevenger, of Ayr township, Don't forget about the lecture In the Court House on Friday ev ening of next week, j, ., ' Mrs. Lillian Barnhardt accom panied her sister, Mrs. O. L Ash man, to Phllipsburg last week, where they will visit their broth er, H. H. Ashman, and wife. The latter will spend the winter in New York City'. Thrse Springs cor respondencein Mapleton Item Black Bear Caught. The genial toll gate man, Mr. . K. Alexander, at the east end of town, hue our friend Teddy does not believe in spending time on small game; and while he has never been blamed with slaying lion and a bear, it is neverthe less true that h has to. his credit the capturing of three fine speci mens of the Bruin family, besides ssisting In the capture of two others. Allie knows the habits and the haunts of bear, and never makes the mistake of going for them with a hook and line or a dip net. He just builds a cczy little palace upon Cove mountain, furnishes it with rations that he well knows will tickle the palate of a bear, puts a "To Let" card m the window, leaves the door open, and comes home to await results. Last Thursday morning when Mr. Alexander visited his moun tain property, he was gratified to find it tenanted by a big black bear, There was probably some mis understanding between the land lord and the tenant, for in a tew hours, there was a dead bear, and its carcass was brought to town, and placed on exhibition at Hoh- man's butcher shop. It was a tine specimen, and weighed 158 pounds. Next morning fried bear steak was served at breakfast in many McConnellsburg homes. WELLS TANNERY. Mack Stunkard has entered The Bliss Electrical School in Washington, to complete the en gineer work that he has been studying for some time. His many friends wish bun success. Alfred Stunkard has gone to Viutondale, where ho is promised employment. Miss Helen Spangler, of Mer- cersburg, is visiting in the home of her uncle, G. W. Sipe. Miss May Horton, of Hunting don, is a guest in the Wisbart homes. Mrs. Laura Ott, of Duncans- ville, is visiting her parents, J. H. Meredith and wife. Carl and Maurice Baker, who have been employed by the Col liers' Weekly Company, are home for a short time. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Wishart, of Marquette, Mich., are visiting the former's parents, Harvey Wish- art and wife. Bruce Spangler brought his young bride home last Wednes day. The girls and boys greeted them with every imaginable kind of noiSe. W. H. Spangler and wife and Mrs. A. F. Baker are visiting John Spangler and wife at Steele, North Dakota. Will Evans and wife, of McKees- port, and Mrs Jennie Evans, of BraddocK, are guests in the home of J. C. Kirk and wife. Mrs. M. C. Greenland and daughter, Mary, are visiting rel atives in Illinois and Kansas. The Union meeting of the so cieties of the Epworth League and Christian Endeavor last Sun day evening was truly a credit to our people. Many of the very young took an active part in sing ing aud reciting. Mr. Alex For man and family of Meredithtown, have moved in James Foote's house. Mr. Ord Childers has gone to West Virginia to seek employ ment Mr. Walter McGlathery, of Al toona, is visiting in the home of A. F. Baker and wife. J. H. Allen, of Chambersburg, spent Sunday at the Triiax Inn. FOOT LITTLETON. The frost, which visited us last week, was qoite a surprise. Miss Carrie Fields, who has boon vi.ltiu; friends at Dry Run and Fannetuburg, Is home again. The local institute held at Fort Littleton wan a geueral success. Baldwin Finker spent Satur day flight nnd Sunday visiting friend near Muddeusvllle,, "How were the folic, Baldwin?" SHORT SKETCHES. From the Pencil of Miss Anna M. Sny der, While at the Fairview House. I started about the middle of August for a few weeks' visit with some cousins who live at Fairview House on Fairview Mountain, Maryland. The Old National Turnpike from Balti more through to Pittsburg runs along the frontof the house, which is a low rambling building with large rooms, a long porch extend ing full length of the house in front, and steps from tho hall door down to the level of the porch which makes a capital place to sit and enjoy the lovely view of the valley to be had from the porch. The house is very old, and was used as a hotel in the days when we did not have railroads, but all hauling of goods was done by wagons, driven on the pike from tha East through to Pittsburg, and was probably there when our forefathers were fighting the minions of old King George iu the Revolutionary War. A few rods north of the house the remains of a bath hi. use and reservoir may be seen. Fait view Mountain is noted for the fine view which may be ob tained by ascending to the sum mit, a mile climb from the house, but the view on a clear day is well worth it. From the summit, 2000 feet above sea-level, one can see over the Cu m berlaud Valley, north to Mercersburgand vicuaity ; east ward, you can see Hagerstowu, Williamsport, Sharpsburg over to South Mountain; south, to Martinsburg, Harpers Ferry, North Mountain and far into Vir ginia. Looking westward onecan see Hancock and the surrounding country; while the Big and Little PoolsandthePotomacriver, which can be seen in some four or fivn places as it winds through the valley, shines like a sheet of liquid silver in the sunlight. People come here from all over the coun try to enjoy the view which is said to be much finer than that at Pen Mar. Truly all sorts and conditions of men are to be met with here. All gradations, from the purse-proud aristocrat with his fine rig andglittering harness, to the Jew in his shabby one horse wagon, going on Sunday for a load of hay, with which to feed his dejected looking steed. One day a party ol some six or seven railroad men, accompanied by a photographer, comes in a three-seated surrey drawn by a fine pair of grays. We are sit ting on the porch and one of the men suggests our getting into a group and having our "picters took." We do not think it worth while to move, however, and they are taken as we are. Suddenly there is an exclamation from some of.fhem, "A great big automo bile!" and one man jumps in the carriage and takes the lines, while two others run to the horses' beads, and directly it comes in sight a big, brown, sullen mou Bter of a thing, puffing and mak ing quite a racket as it comes up the mountain. It contains ihe chaffeur, two gentlemen and a lady. They are from Baltimore and are evidently out for an ex tended trip, as they carry lug gage and several new tires for the auto. The plunging horses quiet down and presently the only re minder of them is the contamina ted air, which is redolent with gas oline. . An hour or so later, another auto comes along, but this one is very quiet and as epic and span looking as the two young men who are in it. It la run by Bteam and they stop and fill ihe water tank at the well. (Continued next week.) A Prize For Wheat. Mr. W. F. Wink, residing on tho county road between Pj iucess Auuu aud King's Creek, wus awarded s premium for the best wheat on exhibition at the Poco moke Fair. The wheat was of the Gold Coin variety and was very pretty.- Mary lander and Herald, (Pi wcoss Anne, Md.) Luther League Convention. The eleventh annual convention of the Luther League of Pennsyl vania will be held In the city of j Pittsburg, October 18and 19, 1904. inis convention gives promise of being the largest and most en thusiastic meeting yet held by this grand body of young Luther ans of the State. Preparations are being made by the local com mittees to extend to all who come a lad and hearty welcome. Tho Sessions will be held in Dr. D. H. Geissinger's Church, Grant Street, which is very near the Union Depot, and easily accessi ble from all parts of the city. The program for the Conven tion comprises some of the best literary talent among the young of the Lutheran Church. E. Au gust Miller, Esq., of Philadelphia, known to Leaguers everywhere, will give a Resume of ten years' work in the State League, at the first evening's session. At the first afternoon's session, Miss Zoe Hirt, of Erie, will read a pa per on "The Luther League Up ward." W. H. Rupple, Esq., of Somerset, will speak on "The Luther League Downward," at the Wednesday morning's ses sion, and Rev. A. S. Fichthorn, recently one of our Missionaries from India, will talk on 'The Lu ther League Outward." Rev. J. E. Whitteker, D. D., of Lan caster, and Rev. A. J. Turkle, D. D., of Allegheny, will speak on "Opportunities" and "Responsi bilities," respectively, at the clos ing Rally on Wednesday evening. The general theme of the Con vention will be TheLuther League Upward, Downward and Out ward, which subjects should claim each individual Leaguer's serious thought. The Luther League of Pennsyl vania was organized in Harris burg, June, 1894, and though compare tivelyyounginits efforts, it has about 20,000 faithful and loyal workers for the cause of Christ. Seventeen central organ izations comprising over three hundred local societies is the ac complished result of a few years. The officers of the State organi zation are: President A. Ray mond Bard, ot Reading, Pa.; Re cording Secretary, vacant; Cor responding Secretary, Miss Ida S. Zinser,Germantown, Pa.; Stat istical Secretary, D. W. Sholien berger, Montgomery, Pa.;Treas urer, F. P. D. Miller, Columbia, Pa. NEEDM0RE. Jack Frost ripened the corn in a huny last week. School opened up last Monday with an enrollment of thirty-four pupils, and several have been added since. Prof. B. N. Palme'' is takiug in the fair at St. Louis this week. Rev. Powers had his household goods hauled out last Saturday from the depot and stored hi the house recently vacated by Rev. Baugher. Mrs. Powers will come a few weeks later. Eld. and Mrs. T. R. Palmer are visiting amoug friends in Trough Creek Valley, Huntingdon county- Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Conner, of Mattie, Bedford county, spent Saturday evening and Sunday with the family of Eli Peck. Mrs. Conner will remain a couple of weeks. Dr. Palmar removed a tumor ous growth from the scalp of Miss Tempie Snider lust Friday. Her mauy friends hope it may give her no lu.ther trouble. Squire T. P. Garland manipu lated business on the Hancock mail route last week, aud always came in on time. Elder C. L. Funk is away on a preaohlng tour in West Virginia. He expects to stop at Sylvan to see his son Joseph who has fever. Hustling mail carrier, Simon Deshong came swinging ioto t wn half hour ahead of time on Monday. It makes grandfather hustle to iruin that much time. A fro li Chambersburg last Friday damaged four houses. NEEDN'T 00 WEST. Big Corn Grows Right Here In Fulton County. Clear Ridge, September 20. I noticed in the columns of your paper last week that Brother Davy Kelso saw such wonderfm corn in the west. He said the ears grew eight feet above the ground. Now, I want to say that Mr. Kel so need notg) to the prairies to see corn like that. We have it right out here on Clear Ridge iu old Fulton county the county without a railroad and it u rows on the farm of ex-County Treas urer John A. Henry. The stalks measure 13 feet iu height and the ears have to be knocked off w ith a club. "Now, then !" BURNT CABINS. W, M. Comerer and family left last Monday for St. Louis. Prof. Potts of Bedford, spent a few days in our town last week looking up life insurance busi ness. Win. Gilliland and daughter left last Tuesday for their home in Philadelphia. Miss Dora Johnston spent two weeks in Mt. Union with rela tives. Mrs. E. A. Mathias is visiting her daughter, Mrs. John Miller at Concord, Pa. Mrs. Emily Appleby, of Neely ton, spent Friday with her sister, Mrs. Samuel Bowman. Mrs. Thos. Briggs made a busi ness trip to OrbisonialastThurs day. Mrs. Geo. Doran and daugh ter, Anna, spent last. Friday at the home of L. S. Yetter. Mrs. Roy Morrow is visiting relatives at Woodvale, Pa. R. C. McGovvan made a busi ness trip to the County Seat Sat urday. LAIUKi. The Assistant Postmaster at Laidig sports a two horse buggy now. Mrs. Michael Laidig, of Dublin Mills is visiting friends in this neighborhood this week; S. N. Salkeld, of Sixmile Run, was visiting W. L. Stevens last Suuday. Miss Sadie Hockensmith is get ting better slowly. H. K. Stevens is getting along slowly with his house. Mr. Jonas Lake spent last week at Bed lord cju rt and visiting his daughter, Mrs. Laura Youse in Altooua. Miss Nina Kirk, who has been ill for some time, is slowly im proving. Dowling Johuston and Andrew Laidig attended preaching at Green Hill Sunday night. Harvey Mum ma has goue to Franklin county to cut corn. Last Saturday there was a corn cuttiug in' the afteruoou and a party at night at Mr. Harris Wag ner's uear Laidig. Those pres ent were Belle aud Hester Witter, Lula Brown, Eftie Deshong, Mary and Fanny Lamberson, Zelda, Clarence and Drusilla Laidig.Mla Lake, Beatrice and Lula Wagner, Nora Ritchey, Clara Stevens, Es telle and Ella Stevens, Lydia Mum ma, Orlando Wagner and wife, Walter Brown, Clarence Shore, G. C. Fields, U'oy aud Os car Cromwell, Charles and Elmer Cutchall, Andrew Laidig, John and Otis Hockensmith, Chester and Edward Brant, Charby Mum ma, Edward Deshong, David and Georgii Stevens, Rude Lamber son, Ray Dawney, Harry and Elm.r Horton, Christopher and Thomas Ensley, Isaiah Chue. BrowneReeder, Jesse Burkslres ser, Cloyd Harmon, Arthur Wag ner, Ira Lake, William Stevens Dowling Johnson, Erra Cleven ger, Braidy Fleming, Daltzer Mellottand William Rowe. Maggi, the three year old luughler of Mr. and Mrs C. W. Lawyer, had tho misfortune to all from tho granary dbor last Vednesday eveuiug and dislocate ier left elbow. Dr. Mosser was called and rendered the necessary iturgical aid to make the child as comfortable as possible. The Eastern Shore. In a letter from William F. Wink, formerly ot Belfast town ship, but now a resident of the Eastern Shore, Md., enclosing tho cash to advance his subscrip tion to both tho News and the Democrat into the year 1900, we publish the fallowing extract: "You may wonder sometimes what the Fulton county boys are j domg down on the l.asteru Shore. Wi'll, for one of them, I can say, I think we are not doing too b id. We have a fine country; or, one that could be made tine. There are many wornout and rundown farms here, and there are, on the other hand, as fine farms as any one could wish to see. The farms that have been taken care of, are taking care of their owners. Much of the rundown land could be very easily improved. I do not know of any other section of country that has any more advan tages than this: it is very health ful, and no other section will pro duce any greater variety of crops; and our waters are famous for their abundance of oysters, bsh, and crabs. We have, also, good churches, good schools and good neighbors. The crops, this season, are ex ceptionally good." CLEAR RIDUb. C. L. Henry is getting ready to build himself u new house. James Carinack is having a new stable put up by W. J. Fields. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Sipes spent Monday at Mr. II. T. Hooter's. Miss Lizzie Fields is suffering from a severe attack of lumbago. Jacob Winegardner u)d wife and daughter visited Leslie Shaw's last Sunday. Mr. Allen Cutchall ami wife, of Three Spring, passed through our town on their way to Hustontown to visit friends. Mrs. James Luiiihorson and Mrs. Sadie Fields, of Hustontown, visi ted James II. Fields one day last week. Charley Anisley, of Franklin county, is a frequent caller at Jus. V. Carinack's. Mr. Walter Brown and sister Louie spoilt Saturday night at Mr. Harris Wagner's near Luidig. Walter W. Brown and Clarence Shore were pleasant callers at N. I'ureeH's last Sunday. C. L. Henry has bought the T. W. Huston farm and will take possession in the spring. Miss Ellie Irwin returned from Altoona to this place on Thurs day. Miss Grace Huston took her aunt Ellie to her homo at McCon nellsburg. There was a carpet-rag sewing at Mrs, It. E. Brown's last Thurs day at which were present Grand mother Baker,Grandmotlier Crom well, Mrs. Irvin Cromwell, Mrs. Calvin Baker, Mrs. J. H. Baker und daughter, Mrs. J. A. Henry and son Merril, Mrs. W.K. Fields, Mrs. H. J. Fields, Mrs. Wilson Cutchall, Mrs. Howard Fix and two children, Mrs. Jucob Wine gardner, Mrs. Henry Long und daughter, und Mrs. J. W. Mow ers. The day was spent pleusunt ly, und iu the evening nil returned to their homes. Harry Wible, Joe Ramsey and Arthur Kprlin returned homo from Clearspring, Md., Saturday. Our town is on the Itooin. An other store is coining. 111. Grove, proprietor. ( juite a number of our young people attended the party at Ben nie Wilds' Monday night. Our school is progressing nicely under the management of Miss Elsie Baker. On Monday evening J. Kendall Johnston brought to town from the farm of his mother, Mrs. Ko zia Johnston, of the Cove, a stalk of corn that meusurod 14 feet aud 8 inches in length, and the ear was 8 feet from the ground. He also brought two ears of corn from the same field, one of which contained twenty rows of grains averaging fifty grains to the row or a thousand grains on the ear. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW. Snapshots at Their Movements, as They Come and Go. NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED. Home (or a Vacation, Awtjr lor an Oullng, a Trip for Builneti or Pleasure. You'll Find It Rlf hi Here. Mrs. S. B. Woollet was a Chain bersburg visitor last Wedne sday . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis, of Laidig, spent last Saturday in town on business. Miss Cornetha B. Nesbit, speut several days last week very pleas antly in Philadelphia. Rev. Dr. West is at Duucanuou this week attending the fall ses sion of Carlisle presbytery. Mr. and Mrs. Albert U.. Wilson, of Pittsburg, have been speudiug the past week at the Fulton House. Mr. Walter C. Peck, of Bedford Springs, is visiting in the home of his uncle, the editor ot the News. Mrs. John Booth, of Maddens ville, spent a day recently with her cousin. Mrs. Dauiel Mock iu Tod. Miss Annie Ott, of this place, is spendidg some time with tne family of Daniel Mock, Sr., in Tod. Miss Carrie Stenger, of this place, is spending tho week, tho guest of friends in WilhamsKrt, Md. Mrs. Geo. S. Dor&u and daugh ter, Miss Cora, of Burnt Cabins, spent last Saturday in McCon nellsburg. C. B. Stevens, Ed Shimer, Geo. A. Harris and David M alloy, at tended Lodge at Harrisonville last Saturday evening. Miss Miunie Mock, teacher of McGoveru's school was called to Ilarrisburg Monday aud Tuesday on business. Mr. George W. Mosser of Clays burg, and son, Frank, ol' Brooks Mill, are visiting Dr. and Mrs. .1. W. Mosser of tins place. Mrs. Harry A. Thompson and Miss Minnie Thompson, of Ty rone, Pa., are visiting in the home of Mrs. M. A. Thompson in this place. Rev. and Mrs. J. V. Adams aud daughter Henrietta, spent from Monday until Friday of last week with relatives in Everett and Bed ford. Misses Stella Cook and Mary Zimmerman, of the Little Cove, were guests of Rev. and Mrs. A. G. Wolf, of this place over Sun day. Mr. W. L. Nace, of Carlisle, spent the time from Saturday un til Monday morning with his w ife and baby, who are visiting iu this place, George Snyder and daughter, Miss Lula, of Tod township, spent last Friday the guests of Mr. aud Mrs. S. K. Pittman at Harri sonville. Sheriff aud Mrs. D. C. Flick entertained a large number of their friends at tl eir hooie on North Second street last Wednes day evening. Mr. aud Mrs. Thomas Clyde returned to their home in Phila delphia on Monday after a very pleasant visit among their many friends bora Daisy Fend rick aud Sophie Un ger, of Mercersburg, were guests of Maria Dickson Alexander, of this place, from Saturday uutil Monday noon. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sloan, of this place, spent last Thursday very pleasantly in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Shaw in Tay lor township. Mr. and M. a. J. R. Kirkpatrick, Wm. R Kirkpatrick, aud Mr$.S. J. McCausliuallof Philadelphia, are spending this .week at the Washington House. ; ; Horace N. Sipes. after spend ing his summer vacation at his home in this place, returned to the Dickinson Law . School, Car lisle, last Thursday. "
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