VOLUME 6. McCONNELLSBURG, PA.. OCTOBER 2, 1904. NUMBER i AUTUMN WEDDINGS. The Gay and Festive "Little Dan" Get tint in His Work. EASTERN BRIDE; WESTERN GROOM. Nuptiilt of Joha Porter and MUi Ella Irwin, liar ry Clymaa aad Min Margaret CrouM, and Cyrua F. Wagner aad Eldora Sherman. POUTER IRWIN. "A very pretty wedding was sol emnized at tbe home of the Misses Irtvia in this place at 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening of last week, at which time Miss Ella Irwin, one of McConnellsburg's very best girls became the bride of Mr. Johu Porter, son of Hon. Jerenmh W. Porter, deceased, formerly of this place. Thegroom is now successful Missouri farmer. The ceremony was performed in the presence of members of the ira mediate families of the con tracting parties ny the bride's pastor, Rev. W. A. West, D. D., assisted by a former pastor, Rev. R. H. Hoover, now of Perryville, Md. The parlor was tastefully decorated and the bride looked very pretty. The presents were of such number and value as shall cause the donors to be held in grateful remembrance by the bride. A brilliant reception was given at the home of the bride's broth er, Mr. John A. Irwin on Friday evening. The bride and groom expect to go to their western home about the first of November. CLYMAN CHOUSE. A very pretty home wedding was solemnized at high noon on Tuesday of last week when Mr. Harry Stitt CI y mans and Miss Margaret A. Crouso were united in holy wedlock at the home of the bride, daughter of Mr. and . Mrs. Jacob F. Crouse. at Decorum, Huntingdon county.' The house was literally tilled with invited guests from three counties,and at the appointed time the contracting parties ' attended by Mr. Alvin C. Peterson and Miss Mary E. Kope as grooms man and bridesmaid, respectively, appeared before the asseoioJT guests. Rev. J. S. Philips, vicar of the Methodist parish, officiated. The. ceremony was touching and impressive. The bride was attired in a beautiful white silk dress, and wore white slippers.and the groom in conventional bluck. The brides maid was dressed in a beautiful trench muslin and wore white slippers. They presented a very pretty appearance and so similarly were they dressed that it was al most suggestive of an' interchange of places at the close of the cere mony, and a repetition of the aforesaid ceremony. Ninety-odd guests partook of a sumptuous re past, which lasted from 12:30 to 4 p. m. The presents were numerous and beautiful, among which was forty dollars in money. The day was beautiful, and tliu yard was filled with men and women engaged in pleasant conversation. Rev. J. S. Philips, having an eye for the beautiful, suggested that all should proceed towards the tunnel, and using the dump as a background, he being the photographer, have their picture taken. After giving some jocose admonition as to the best posture to assume and admin istering some advice to Mr. A. P. Doran and the "country master" as to their deportment, he an nounced that he had the impress ion. , The happy couple are on a visit to Gettysburg and other points and upon their return will reside at Decorum. We wish them n happy, prosperous life and hid them God-speed, - ; SMITH HtTOES. ! Oct. 20, lD0-, Mr. Peterfi. Braith, of Bedford county, and Miss Lydii Huge, of Brush Creek township, Fulton county, were united in marriage at the residence of tbe officiating minis ter, Rev. S. a, Houston, in Ayr township. They Want Better Service. A petition containing 203 names has been sent to the postoffice de partment by the residents of Rob-! ertsdalo, Dudley and Broad Top City requesting better mall facili ties. If our neighbors up ou the mountain do not accomplish more with Uncle Sam than citi2ens of McConnellsburg, they will wish they had saved their postage. McConnellsburg has the most abominable mail service of any town in the United States. -All mail from the north, east and south reaches Mercersburg at 8:30 in the morning and although the contractor has a team there, the mail is held about two hours and a half; and, then, at least three hours are consu med in trans porting it to McConnellsburg, a distance of ten miles by turnpike. Several weeks ago a petition sign ed by every business man in Mc Connellsburg asking for better service was sent to the Postoffice Department in Washington in care of Congressman Mahon; but the Department thought auy old service was good enough for Mc- Conncllsburg.and turned it down. If the Postoffice Department was a candidate for High Constable of McConnellsburg it wouldn't get a vote. Need more. Leaves are having their turn. Hunters' tales are now in order. Farmers are hustlin? at their corn. Prof. Barton attended tbe . in stitute here last Saturday evening. Eld. Funk is on a week or ten days' tour among the churches in Page county, Va. John P. Sipes and James G. Axexunder were here last week, laying iip rails on their political fences. Rev. and Mrs. Powers were very busy last week getting ready for housekeeping. Mr. McFaddeo, the weli known cow buyer, spent Sunday at Wm. II. Lake's. Eld. Oliver, of Great Falls, Va., preached here on Tuesday evening and Wednesday of last week. Dennis Morgret, of Thompson, spent Thursday evening with the family of A. Runyan. Mrs. Montgomery and. Mrs. Yonker, two ladies from Illinois, spent a couple of days last week among friends here. Mr. and Mrs. John Winters of. Timber Ridge were with them. ' Lee Funk purchased an auto mobile last week. Now, girls, look out that beats a horse and buggy all "holler."' Who will be the lucky one? Two enthusiastic clubs have re cently been organized here one known as the Republican club; the other, the loafers' club. The pres ent outlook is the more promising for the latter. The teachers' institute held here last Friday evening was well at tended; in fact, the bouse was full to overflowing an extended ac-, count of which will, doubtless, be sent to the printers by the Secre tary. Charley Kershner gave a free graphophone entertainment lust Saturday evening for the amuse ment of the Loafers' Club. ' i Politics seem so quiet that if the candidates do not get around and tell the people when the election will be held, no doubt many voters will forget the time. l The many friends of Kev Baugher were delighted to bear from him through the columns' of "The News" last week. They well know it would take up too much of his valuable time to write per sonal letters to each of his friends very; often. May success continue to crown his efforts write again, brother. y ' WAaNEB SHERMAN. Mr. Cyrua F. Wagner and Miss Eldora Sherman, both of Knobs vllle, were married at the M. E. Parsonage, Wednesday, ' October 19, 1904, by tbe bride's pastor Rev. J. V, Adams. OLEOMARGARINE VS. BUTTER. Farmers Should Sec That the Grout Bill is Protected. To Whom It May Concern : Information has reached the Sec retary of Agriculture and the Dairy and Food Commissioners of this Commonwealth to the ef fect that the oleomargariue inter ests of the United Stales have formulated plans to combine and make a determiued effort to se cure tbe repeal of the bill, passed by Congress iu 1902, known as the "Grout bill," which places a tax of ten cents a pound on color ed oleomargarine. Manufacturers of and dealers in oleomargarine are endeavoring to form a solid organization, in cluding in its membership every manufacturer and dealer in oleo margarine in the United States. In the circular letter which is be ing spread broadcast, those who are in charge of the opposition to the law referred to, present their side of the Bubject in the follow ing language : "To secure the repeal of this law a large fund will be necessa ry. The first duty of the Associ ation is to raise the fund and then work with it for the repeal of the tax on oleomargarine. It is ab solutely necessary that oleomar gariue dealers throughout the United States contribute, in or der that this law may be repeal ed. Their existence depends up on the repeal of tbe law. A con tribution of $25 entitles a dealer to membership. Every dealer in the country should join the As sociation and send the $25 mem-be-ship fde to the secretary. Let every dealer that can possibly af ford to join the Association send his $25 to Mr. Russell If, how ever, the dealer feels that he can not afford that amount of money, let him send what he can afford, the largest possible amount that he can spare, for there is no dan ger of obtaining too large a fund. Do not delay in this matter. The raising of the fund is tbe most important step. Without it noth ing can be done, and unless the fund is obtained in a very short time, it will be impossible to re peal tbe law at tbe coming ses sion of Congress. Haste is neces sary. Don't wait to see what your neighbor intends to do. Do what you can afford yourself, and do it now. If everybody delays, it will not be possible to have the law repealed, and oleomargarine dealers will have to go out of bus iness. A recent publication issued from tbe Dairy and Food Division of this Department, gives the ap pended important information relative to the value ol the dairy interests of Pennsylvania : . "Tbe latest figures obtainable show that the farm value of dairy products in Pennsylvania are ex ceeded by but one state in the Union, aggregating$35,870,110.00 per annum, and that, according to the last census there were 82,' 600 farms in Pennsylvania which derived their principal income from the dairy. In 1900, the State bad 913,773 dairy cows, and these produced 487,033,818 gal lons of milk in one year. Tbe to tal number of farms in the State, as reported by the last censun, is 224,248, and tbe number report ing dairy products was 200,036, with a total valuation of $35,880, 686. Tbe butter made on 159,857 of these farms aggregated 74,221, 085 pounds, of which amount 51, 809,833 pounds were sold by the producers." In view of the magnitude of the interests threatened, and tbe de sire ot the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to foster and pro tect the same, the Secretary of Agriculture and Dairy and Food Commissioner, with the consent of the Governor, respectfully and earnestly urge all granges, farm ers' alliances and kindred organ izationa, as .well as dairymen and farmers, generally, to write to the Hon. Boies Penrose, and Hon. P. C, Knox, United States Sena tors, Washington, D. C, and to their respective members of Con- NECROLOGICAL RECORD. Well knows People Who Have Been Called Home. DEATH NO RESPECTER OF AGE. John M. Lodge, ot Brush Creek Valley, and Miss Nina Kirk, ot Taylor Township. John M. t.otx;r:. John M. Lodge, one of Brush Crek Vtilley's most highly re spected citizens, died nt In home near-Emumvillo, on Wednesday evenioir f last week at the age of about 0(5 yuan. Funeral on Fri day afternoon conducted by the pastor of the deceased, Rev. T. C. Collins of the M. E. church, Rays Hill, P i. Mr. Lodge was a son of Mason Lodge, deceased, and spent most of his life in Brush Creek Valley, with the exception of a few years In the mercantile business p Mattie, Bedford county. About three years ago he suf fered a partial sMokeof paralysis since which time he hud boon a hopeless invalid. Besides his widow, who win n daughter of the late Timothy Hix son, he is survived by the follow ing children: Frank M., in the Valley; James E., in Washington State; Lewis, in Altoona; Edward W., teacher of Buffalo school, and Acquilla iu Altoona. MISS NINA KIRK. Miss Nina, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Luther Kirk, of Tay lor township, died at the home ot her parents last Thursday even ing, aged 19 years, 10 months and 12 days. Funeral, Saturday af ternoon by Rev. B. A. Salter, of tho M. E. church, and her body was laid to its final rest in the lit tle cemetery at Fan-view church. Death is always terrible when it enters the home, but when its icy hands are laid on one of lovely character just ent Wug upon the threshold of promising manhood or. womanhood, the fountains of sympathy are always wide open for (be crushed hearts of the be reft parents, brothers and sisters. With the exception of a slight cold, Miss Nina had the promise of long life and health up to Mem orial Day of last spring, when she attended the exercises at Clear Ridge. Fi uui thatplace she went home, passed quickly in to "rapid" consumption, and was confined close to her home until the time of her death. Seldom has a fuueral in that neighborhood attracted such a great uumber of sorrowing friends. Mr. S. E. Peck is visiting his brother, the Editor of the News. Mr. Ooed T. Mellott fouud a nice wristbag on Sideling Hill mountain on road leading from Akersville to Sipes Mills, last Tuesday, containing nine cents in money, a package of face pow der, a bottle of tablets for per f u til ing the breath, aud a box of paint to freshen the appearance of the cheeks. As Mr. Mellott seldom has use for auy of the articles ex cept the cash the owner cau have them by calling and identifying the property: gress from Pennsylvania, urging them to work and vote agaiust the repeal of the aforesaid "Grout bill," arid to assUt iu thwarting the efforts of any and all persous who may endeavor to overthrow a law, the policy of which lias been determiuud and which has proven by experience to be bene ficial. If the statute should be repealed, it would not only ser iously affect the weUare of every producer of butter, but it will al so open tbe way for the geueral sale of substitutes for dairy pro ducts, to tbe injury of the con sumer who may be misled by such substitutions, and fail to secure from the markets the articles he desires to place upon his own ta ble. Very respectfully, ". N1. B. Ckitchfieli Becetary of Agriculture, ; D0WN ,N "0LD V,RG,NNV- Jonas Lake, Esq., Tells of a Recent Trip to That Historic State.' After finishing n survey of n largo tract of land down in the lower niid of Tlioiiii-un township for a New York nine." wo packed up our instrument mid l-ft tlioiu and our team with our old friend. Beujamin Hollon.Khead.aud on the eveuing of tin- ll.li, inxt., a I, h o'. clock, we took the ti;ioi in. Il .n coclf mid arrived hi- .SliHinindoah Junction nt (J:.!50, w here we slay ed ml night. Thonoxt morio'iiy, we took a tram over tin Norfolk and Western rnilmnd . mid ran south through n t;o) l i fill portion of the famous Shenandoah Valley to Berryville. Thotirst thing of interest to us was the fordiug of the Shenandoah river nt Castle man's Perry, whom there was a drove of, perhaps, 130 head of fine West Virginia, cattle, which the drovers, with the help of a Shep herd dog forced into the river. After the catih hud beeu forced into the wale , the dog was glad to rid in the buggy with his mas ter. S.oii after, we reached tho foot, . f the Blue Ridge, iu cross ing over which, we saw some lino scenery. On thesuunnitis atine hotel and summer resort near the pike, and one off ou a peak north of it. Leaving Bloomfield, wo went to the Corresponding Baptist As sociation which was in session with theEbenezer church, where we met some of our former ac quaintances. Iu the evening, when the services had closed for the day, the Moderator, in arrang ing for the entertainment of the slraugers, assigned us to the care of Mr. M. Monroe, superintend eut and manager of the Loudon county "Poor House." Wo told the Elder it was a good thing for us, as we had no Poor House to go to at home, and in looking for a way to get there, another good old brother gave us a buggy to which was attached a nice white pony weighing about "00 pounds, and soon we were on the way "over the hills to the poor house." The only trouble on the way yis to Keep the pony from goiug around everything ou the road. There wo were delightfully en tertained by Mr. Monroe and his interesting family with genuine old Virginia hospitality. Al though Mr. Monroe was a soldier in the Confederate sen ice during the Civil War, no one more than he, rejoices that the union of the states was preserved, aud that not our star fell from the glorious "Red, White and Blue." The Poor House farm is a mag nificent one of 400 acres with tine mansion buildings. In the Poor House we saw mauy objects of pity. In one room we saw a girl doubled up on an arm chair, who could neither walk- or talk; she was 41 years old and weighed 40 pouuds. In another room we saw two old ladles who looked to be (50 years of ago, one of whom still wants to marry to raise a family. Many old veterans of the South ern Confederacy are there. In tho department for colored people, we saw ono who could laugh "all over" at any thing; an other who bud been in several Poor Houses in the southern part of Pennsylvania He ;mid he wns cared for all right, only that he did not get any soup which he liked, and got in Pennsylvania. After attending tho Association the three days, we took tho train toLeesourg where wo wore en tertained by Mr. S.' Paxon, who Is a largo wheat dealer. The uext morning wo called to see E d E. V. White, who hus beeu dangerously ill for the last eight months, and found him glad to see us. He is able to sit up. part of the time and with slight hope of his recovoay. Wo there again hired n team to tako us to Point of Rocks station, a distance of 12 mile through the famous New Valley, the pike as smooth ns a floor, and the largeM and best corn that wo ever ;iw put up, in shocks which "will make from ight to ten bushels of ears wen. We reached homo on Saturday evening, 15th, well pleased with our trip. THE BUCK CAT'S BLOOD. Wonderful Uoudy ,f Obtained at .Mid nielli. Mayor Minghini, of Martins burg, W. Va., acted as arbiter in a neighborhood quarrel which in Volved two colored women named Lizzie l'erkij-.sHinl Fanem Brown, in widen locii tii m-.-'.r out of a uUpnt-- !u liu. i i i oli'u abilities ' ii i-iM'n ..r .mi' oi r,ii; wone'iv 'I IN ' ! r i ..;!ic up before tile t:i,i,yor mux was iin csheil nut with a wealth of detail that proved to i.e nin.iing to all except the earu i.'t and strenuous parties iu the case. It developed dunog the trial that oue of the womeu had been the victim 'jfa disease that called for heroic treatment con sisting in the application of the blood of a black cat, caught at midnight iu the dark of tho moon with the left hand, and killed ex actly at a certaiu hour wit a knife measuring four aud tM'ce eighths inches in length. The di rections also called for tho appii cation of tho blood of the black cat by the forefinger of a cross eyed person who had once seen the ghost of his grandfather over the left shoulder. Oue of the wo men claimed she had oeen iustru mental in curing the other of the dread disease through the means, and bitterly reproached her for her ingratitude. This was too much for the other woman, aud she relented and allowed the case to be dismissed. Wells Tannery. Miss Lizzie Sprowl, who Las been in Altoona for some time, lias returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Cornelius of Huntingdon are visiting rela tives in our valley" Mr. Paul Allen of C'lianihcrs- hurg is a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. II. liuunigardner. Joseph liritienstine was greatly surprised a few days ago to lind that some one had taken sli'O that he hud secluded in a trunk. Mr. W. W. Wilson, postmaster of Altoona. spent part of last week hunting in our mountains. He was entertained in tho home of W. L. Sprowl. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Spangler have gone to McKecs Rocks where they will soon go to housekeeping. Their many friends wish them all that it takes to make life happy. Our school hoard is enforcing tho compulsory school law. They called half u dozen patrons before Justice Baumgardner Saturday to determine why so many of our children are not in school. BURNT CABINS. Mrs, Ellen Porter and Mrs. Kato Webb, of Virginia, are vis iting their pareuts, Jacob Miller and wife. Prof. Potts, of Bedford, was in our town Thursday. The C. E. people will hold a Hallowe'en party at Geo. Dur m's next Tuesday night. Everybody invited to come. Mrs. Johu Locke, of Locke's Valley, is spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. Roy Morrow. Miss Mame Keggeries, of Fan nettsburg, and Mrs. Dr. Jones, of Shade Gap, passed through our town lust Monday. Mr. Gracy Nar.gle aud Mrs. J. E. Speck spent Sunday with Mrs. Rebecca Miller, of Fannetts- burg, the latter 's motlny. Mr. L. D. Keebaugh is singing "A charge to keep I have." Its a boy. Mr. Harry Clymau and Miss Margaret Crouse both of De corum, were united m marriage Tuesday, October lth, by Rev. J. S. Phillips. Charles Stains, of Fort Loudon, about 1") years old, was shot last week while hunting in tho moun tain near hu home. Other men were also hunting and one of the men mistook him for a turkey. The bullet eutcred his right arm about four inches below the shoul der and shattered the bono very badly. Drs. Ramsey, McLane aud Duvor found it necessary to amputate bis arm. ABOUT PEOriE YOil KNOW. Snapshot at Their Movements, as They Come and Go. NA.V.HS OH MSIT0RS AND VISITED Home for a Vacniinr. Aay (or on Oullng, Trip fnr Busi.uii or Pk-asur. You'll Find It KIrIH Here. Mr. Daniel A. Fisher, of Gem, was iiinoug the t ;vu visitors last Friday. Miss SadioRotz is visiting rel atives iu Waynesboro and Cham- borsburg. Reed Ray of the Scotlaud S. O. I. S. sper.t Saturday and Sunday at his home at this pl-ice. Henry Ti it'e aud family of near Mercersburg, spoilt Sunday with relatives iu this place. Miss Lula Suyder, of the Cove, is spending this week with rela tives at Waynesboro. Miss Nettie Knauff aud Miss Nellie Uarinont spent Wednesday evening with Miss Katie S. Fore. Mr. and Mrs. S.N. Bumgar nor, of Belfast township, speut last Saturday iu McCounellsburg. Mrs. W. S. Dickson aud Dr. West wore callers at tho homo of Daniel K. Fore, Esq., last Tues day. Merchant Frank Buv and Dr. Sam Fraker, of Fort Littleton, spent last Friday night iu Cham bershurg." Haslet Walters aud C. K llix sou, of Akersville, were register ed at the Washington House, last Saturday. Mr. aud Mrs. .lames Dorau, of Gracey, spent last Thursday in McConnellsburg doinir some shopping. Mrs Kir.ory Hcsslcr and daugh ter Marion aud sou Harold, spent Wednesday afternoon with Miss Katie S. Fore. Mi.-s Nell Nace, of Chambers burg, is the giict of her undo and aunt, .Mr. aud Mrs. A. U. Nace, of this place. Miss Gertrude Sipi-s returned home last Saturday after having spent two weeks very pleasantly visiting in Chambursburg. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Staley, of Allegheny City, are spending a week with the hitter's parents, ex-ShoritT and Mrs. D. V. Sipes. John S. Harris, o!" this place, has auother tine st of new hand made driving harness and a set of g od second hand harness for sale. Cal Morgret, wife and little sou, Earl, of Whip Cow, spent last Sunday night in the home of Andrew Mellott and wife of this place. George W. Sipe, of Saluvia, and son in-law, Rowland Sharp, of Pleasant Ridge, disposed of a load of buckwheat Hour in this place last Thursday. Mr. Scott Unger, of Altoona, is takiug nis unnual vacation at tho home of his parents, W. P. Un ger and wile iu the Cove. Scott succeeded in killing a nice wild turkey the other day. Mrs. Nancy j'eek and Mrs. Rhoda Garland aro spending a few days vLsitiug in the home of their son aud daughter, respect ively, Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Puck, near Kuobsville. Mrs. Mary A. Kelley and Miss Daisy Wink of this place, 8oiit a few days recently with the fam ily of her brother-in-law, Rev. A. II. Garland of Piney Grove, Md., and with ro'atives and friends iu Thompson township. Our neighbor, Charlie Stevens, spent several days in the citv last week buying his fall stock of merchant tailoring goods. Mrs. Steveus drove over to Chambers burg Friday afternoon to meet him aud they came home Satur day. Mr. and Mrs. William U. Ir win, of Altouua, were here lust Wednesday evening atteudiug tho wedding of the former sister, M'ss F.IIa. Will has boon away from this towuabout twenty-eight years, but looks as youthful as a boy half his age.
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