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VOLUME 7.
McCONNELLSBURG, PA!, NOVEMBER 8. 1905.
NUMBER 8
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ANNUAL LOVE FEAST.
Celebrated at McConnellsdale German
Baptist Church In Tod Township
Last Saturday Evening.
LARGE NUMBER OP PEOPLE PRESENT.
The special services held by the
German Baptist Brethren at Mc
Connellsdale church, a mile and a
half north of McConnellsburg,
Saturday and Sunday last, were
of unusual interest and attracted
a large audienca. It was the oc
casion of this annual love feast,
which partakes of the character
of a reunion of the members of
many charges in this county, as
well as those of Franklin and Bed
ford, and means the giving of the
"glad hand" of welcome and the
kiss of close fellowship to every
member, no matter how low his
station in life.
The first sessiou consisted of
the preparatory service looking
forward to the participation in the
impressive services of Saturday
evening. The sermon was preach
ed by Rev. Jacob Keller, who also
preached on Sunday morning.
Much disappointment was felt
in the absence of Rev. Brum
baugh, of Saxton, whose efforts
are much appreciated in the pul
pit. Though on hand and "eager
for the fray" he was obliged on
Sunday morning to leave for home
in charge of a sick wife.
; ' On Saturday night the beauti
ful and impressive ceremony of
feetwashing was held in which
each member, by the washing of
A "one another's feet" attest his
willingness to perform the hum
blest service for his brother.
After that the members gath
ered around one common table
and partook of the lamb, bread,
butter and water, in commemor
ation of the Last Supper. This
is the great social feature of the
occasion, and goes far toward
Knitting the many members into
"one body." The partaking of
Holy Communion followed, and
was a most impressive scene.
A noticeable leature was the
great number of children pres
ent. Every carriage held its
precious weight of little ones,
who seemed to enjoy these sacred
object lessons with wide-eyed as
tonishment and ieverence, and
no annoyance was experienced by
their childish prattle, or restless
ness during the service.
How very refreshing and rest
ful it is in this era of hurry and
rush and bustle to study these
people ot plain garb, and simple
habits of lite, whose activities
are, for the most part, directed
only toward the "things that are
worth while."
Terrapin Hogg.
These are not Berkshires, but
resemble somewhat Chester
Whites or Jersey Red's. They
belong to the genus homo and are
seen in this county only during
ttie hunting season. They take
their name from the fact that
t.i much of their time while here is
spent along the banks of the
creek that passes down through
the farms of the Cove, capturing
terrapin. We are informed that
these reptiles have during past
seasons been caught by the bar
rel aud shipped to Eastern Mar
kets and put on sale. Put up
trespass notices and enforce the
, .. law. ' " "
FULTON COUNTY ARTIST.
Orover Cleveland Kirk Wini Second Prize
at Hagerstowa Fair,
df one hundred and fifty per
sons who entered specimens of
work at the Hagerstown Fair, in
pen and ink sketching, the sec
ond prize was won by Grover
Cleveland Kirkr son of Hon. L. P.
Kirk, of Bethel township.. Grov
er is a natural born artist, and
we predict that he will some day
, occupy a prominent place among
leading cartoonists.
Mrs. M," W. Nace and her sis
ter, Jess Dickson, spent several
days ttiepast week viitiug friends
in, Chambersburg,
WHAT WAS BAER AFTER?
President of Philadelphia Reading R. R
Co. Wai In This County.
It is true that George F. Baer,
president of the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad was a recent
visitor to Fulton county; and
while the distinguished gentle
man usually travels in his own
private palace car, he, on this oc
casion, discarded all conventional
ities, came up the Cumberland
Valley in a day coach, aud rode
across the mountain to this place
from Mercersburg on the hock.
We presume that he paid his little
seventy-five cents fare just like
the other passengers, ' vet we
could not state positively that
there was not an exchange of
courtesies between the heads of
the two transportation compan
ies. As Mr. Baer's visit here was a
hurried one, he did not have time
to call on us for advice, or give us
his plans, hence anything that
might be given with reference to
his visit, would be purely guess
work on our part, and it was not
our purpose to say anything about
it until we found out something
definite; but as the matter has
gotten into print in our'netghbor-
ing county, Franklin, we give the
following from a Mercersburg
correspondent of Public Opinion
of last Friday. The correspond
ent says
"The question uppermost with
many people here at present, and
not only with people here,' but in
McConnellsburg and other parts
of the country hereabouts, is
what will be the outcome, of the
visit to the top of Cove Mountain,
last Friday, of George F. Baer,
president of the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad? Mr. Baer's
visit was unostentatious. He was
accompanied by his civil engineer
and at McConnellsburg was met
by Frank Taylor, another civil en
gineer, who has been employed
on manyimportantpiecesof work,
including the United States topo
graphic survey.
"President Baercame to Frank
lin county without any, fuss or
leathers and riding in a common
day coach, instead of the private
car in which he usually travels.
Only one supposition can be ac
cepted as right, that he - did not
want news of his presence to be
come pu blic property. There are
those who believe that lie was
here to decide upon some vast en
gineering project, as a result of
which the Reading will gain an
entrance to the coal fields of West
Virginia. This may be a correct
guess, as measurements of sever
al hills were taken.
"President Baer with his en
gineer, reached Chambersburp
on Fridar afternoon, and the time
between trains was spent at the
Cumberland Valley station, where
he was not recognized. He and
his companion reached Mercers
burg that evening and took the
stage for McConnellsburg. The
next morning, having been joined
by Mr. Taylor, the party set out
cn foot for the mountains, talcing
with them papers that looked very
much like maps or blue prints.
From McConnellsburg they wont
to the top of tae ridge between
that place and Fort Loudon. Here
it was that figures were gone ov
er and President Baer scanned
the hills and valleys with the crit
ical eye of the professional build
er of railroads. His eye also
wandered out over the valley, to
ward Shippensburg, where is the
southern terminus of the Reading
road..
' "After talking about a tunnel
here or a cut there and other such
matters, that apply only to rail
roads, the three men footed it
back to McConnellsburg, and
President Baer and his compan
ion partook of a dinner und went
by stage again ' to Mercersburg
and there took the train for Phila
delphia". "This Item of news is 'import
ant. It is no secret that the big
ralroads are fighting for the bus
iness lrom ttie soft coal fields,
and it is believed that the Read
ing may pass through Franklin,
DOWN IN JERSEY.
Good Farms, Good Markets, Qood Roads,
and a Qood Chance . for Farmers.
John C. Bre 'er, a former
Thompson township farmer, who
sold off and went west, and not
liking the country, returned and
bought a farm near Pennington,
N. J., in writing us a few days
ago enclosing a dollar fur another
year'ssubscription to the "News"
says that if any Fulton couuty
farmer is not satisfied with re
suits here, he should pull up
stakes and go down to New Jer
sey. Mr. Brewer says there are
some good farms that can ,bi
bought at a right figure, and
farms that can be rented to ad
vantage.
Sevei al persons from the vi
cinity of Shippensburg have re
cently purchased farms in New
Jersey, and every stranger that
goes in, is pleased with the pros
pects.
. R. M. Kendall, of the Cove, was
down to see Mr. Brewer, who, by
the-way, is Mr. Kendall's son-in
law. Mr. Kendall says that he
never saw ffner roads; and the
land, he says, is a mixture of red
slate and sand aud very product
ive if taken care of, and just roll
ing enough to drain nicely, not a
bit stony, and no hills to be in the
way.
Speaking of the markets, Mr.
Brewer writes that eggs bring 36
cents a dozen; nutter, 30 cents a
pound; dressed chickens, 18 to 20
c. per lb.; potatoes,' 65c; pork, 7
to 9c. ; veal calves, 7 to 8c. a pound
live weight; hay $12 to $14 a ton,
and rye straw, $15 a ton.
WON THE ROCKER.
Mary Eitemiller Made a Close Guess oa
Number of Seeds In Prize Pumpkin.
Mary Eitemiller, nine-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Eitemiller of McKeesport, Pa., re
cently won a fine mahogany rock
er, she being the nearest guesser
of the number of seeds in a prize
pumpkin in tne window of one of
McKeesport's big stores. Six
hundred and ninety-one was the
exact number of seeds in the
pumpkin, and Mary's guess was
689.
CLEAR RIDOE. -Roy
O'Connor, of Maple ton,
spent the past week with his un
cle and aunt, Calvin Baker and
wife.
J. II. Fleming and son Harry,
of Saltillo, are spending a few
days with the former's brother
here, and are doing some hunt
ing. Mrs. H. P. Grove has just re
turned home after spending a
week with her daughter, Mrs.
James Deavor, at Wood vale.
Myrtle Anderson has gone to
Tyrone, andsecuredemploymeut.
James Henry, ' of the Cove,
passed through here Saturday,
and spent a little time with the
Wiuegardner family.
Sarah Grove, . who had been in
Pasadena, California, after spend
ing four months with her parents,
W.J, Grove and wife, left on
Monday. She will visit her sis
ter, Mrs. Clyde Hockenberry, ' at
Pitcairn, Pa., before going furth
er. .
Calvin Henry and wife spent
Sunday at J. P. Kerlin's; as did,
also, Bert Wiuegardner.
Elmer Ramsey has sold his
merchandise to his brother, Tay
lor Ramsey, ' and Luther Grove.
Luther moved hi (goods out ot
his room into Ramsey's.
Fulton, Bedford aud Somerset
counties, on Pennsylvania right
of way, and thus checkmate the
intentions of the Wabash to reach
the Philadelphia and New York
markets auother way- than
through Baltimore. rThu reoeui
fight between Gould, and Ramsey
may have bad much to, do with
this scheme.
Until further facts, are learnai
people of this taction will contin
ue to woudar, but there is lxttb
doubt th,t ' g railroad projects
r in the tUr,"
scon HULL
Tells ot Loveland, Colorado, and of the
Big Thompson Valley, a Rich
Agricultural Section.
THEIR Bid BEET SUGAR FACTORY.
We received a letter a few days
ago, from D. S. Hull, a former Mc
Connellsburg boy, and son of Is
aac Hull and wife, ot this place, en
closing a dollar for another year's
su ascription to the "News,"
which, he says, he enjoys very
much.
Scott has charge of the ware
house in a big beet-sugar factory
in Loveland, Colorado, and says
he likes his work and the place;
but, still, he thinks there is no
pjoce any nicer to live in than old
McConnellsburg.
Loveland is located 69 miles
north of Denvei and has a popu
lation of about two thousand. It
is up in the air more than twice
the height of the top of Cove
mountain, having an altitude of
5240 feet, while that of McCon
nellsburg is but 859.
Loveland is comparatively a
new town, having ben incorpor
ated less than twenty-five years
ago. It is situated in the Big
Thompson Valley, one of the rich
est agricultural sections of the
United States.
Wm. C. Davis, not our commis
sioner Billy, has a farm of 240
acres. Last year - he had .69 ac
res which averaged 50 bushels of
wheat to the acre, and 23 acres
that averaged 68 bushels. The
Gerritson brothers, on a farm
just east of Loveland, had 83 ac
res of wheat last summer which
yielded 2,145 bushels, or an aver
age of 65 bushels to the acre.
Single acres have been selected
where the yield was 75 to 80
bushels.
All kinds of fruits do well
thereK
Land can be bought from $25 to
$150 an acre, depending upon lo
cation. Many choice farms can
be bought at $40 and $50.
Loveland 's great industry, how
ever, is her beet sugar plant
This enterprise, which gives "em
ployment to several hundred peo
ple and places hundreds of thous
ands of dollars in the pockets of
the farmern, was not obtained
without a determined pull, alto
gether, of the citizens of the town
some five or six years ago.
Capitalists were invited, but in
each instance, t'tey demanded
that a liberal amount of local cap
ital should be put into the enter
prise, and after repeated trials
and failures, the citizens succeed
ed in placing $45,000 in money and
land in the hands of the capital
ists, and the plant was installed.
Everybody there now is heartily
glad for the sacrifice they made
in raisiug the money and feel that
their donations shall be returned
to them many fold.
One of the conditions of the con
tract was, that the farmers agreed
to raise 3,500 acres of sugar beets
for three years. The company
well knew that if the farmers
would raise beets for three years
there would not be any danger in
the supply falling off; for an ucre
yields from fifteen to twenty-five
tons of beets, and the farmers re
ceived $4.50 a ton for th ni. To
show that the company was not
disappointed In its expec'ations,
this year 6,000 acres were plant
ed, It is said that conservative
estimate places the net profit to
the farmers of about $15 an acre
o. land cultivated in beets.
The plaut this season expects
to grind 160,000 tons of beets,
from which they will make 1C,-
000,000 pounds of sugar,
Four hundred and fifty hands
are employed, aud every twenty
four hoars a ft u) 400 tons of
eoaj, 6Q tons of lime rock, 15 tons
of coke, 400 to 600 )bs, of sods,
and 1200 to 1300 tons of beets us
ground.
After the beets are grou id and
the Juice usx tr acted, from which
the sugar is made, the pulp feeds
tilousHoda of cattle and sheep
UNEXPECTED CALLERS
Make It Very Pleasant for Miss Sara
Grove at Clear Ridge.
Last Monday evening, Miss
Sara Grove, who recently return
ed from California, and who has
been visiting her parents at Clear
Kidge, was packing her grip, pre
paratory to taking leave for the
western part of the State, had
her attention attracted to the door
by a gentle rap, and upon open
ing it, she found her friends,
Ephraim Anderson, wife and
their son Owen, who bad just call
ed to say "good bye." A few
minutes later, B. S. Fleming
came Jufa great hurry to say that
he had heard that Miss Sara was
going away in the morning, and
that he would be glad to have the
pleasure of making her to the rail
road station. Our reporter does
not say whether Miss Grove
granted him that pleasure or not,
for, before anything more could
besaid, the door swung open and,
in there came, a pushing, crowd
ing mob of laughing younger and
older people, and then it dawned
upon Miss Sara that she was the
victim of a surprise party. O
well, they made taffy, pulled taf
fy, ate taffy, and gave Miss
Grove taffy, until she was led to
believe that she really had a place
in the affections of her old-time
neighbors and friends.
The party was made up of more
than thirty guests, and at a late
hour, bade Miss Grove "good
night," wishing her a pleasant
journey; and delighted with her
ability to entertain.
COUNTY TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.
Strong Corps of Instructors and Lectur
" crs Will Be Here.
The Fulton County Teachers'
Institute will be held in McCon
nellsburg during the week begin
ning Monday, Decmber fourth.
The instructors and lecturers
are neatly all strangers, but from
the work they have been doing in
this and other states, we feel that
a very able corps of workers has
been provided.
The instructors will be Dr. By
ron King, of Pittsburg; Dr. J. C.
Willis, Lexington, Ky.; Prof. C.
H. Gordinier, Shippensburg;
Prof. W. M. Rife, Shippensburg;
and Prof. H. M.Griffith, Wells
Tannery.
Musical Director, Rev. J. V.
Adams.
Pianist, Miss Gertrude Sipes.
The evening lecturers and en
tertainers are : Monday evening,
Dr. Byron W. King, "What Fools
Yh Mortals Be !" Tuesday even
ing, The Odeon Male Quartette
assisted by Miss Nettie Jackson,
reader. Wednesday evening, Dr.
Chase, "Why Tor the Problem of
Life." Thursday evening, Dr.
G ray, 'Three P'i in a Pod."
Arrange your work in time so
that you can attend most of the
sessious of this great literary
feast. The institute is becoming
better Und better with every suc
ceeding year.
OCTOGENARIAN GONE.
Mrs. Annd Maria Oyler Dies at the Age
of ElghtyThre.
Mrs. Anna Maria Oyler, widow
of George Oyler, died at the home
of her sou,' Samuel Oyler, iu Tod
township, on Wednesday of last
week, aged 83 years. Funeral on
Friday, and interment in the
graveyard at Bethlehem church.
Mother Oyler was a consistent
member of the United Brethren
church for a period of sixty years.
She is survived by four sons and
two daughters, namely, Samuel
and John of Tod township Jacob,
of St Thomas, Franklin county;
James, living in Kansas; ' Marga
ret.iwife of George Allison,, and
Mary June Miller, both of Mer
cersburg. - '
The company itself fattens about
15,000 head of shatp every year,
Scott says the dlorence be
tweenjeaatern and western towns
s, ' out we a tney d tfWZ-
IT WAS OUR MICHAEL.
Miss Nora A. Conrad, of Pittsburg, Con
tributes the Following t
"Having deeply at heart the in
terests of Little Fulton, 1 am
sendingyou the following excerpt
from an article which appears in
'Ad Sense',' a mi gazlne published
in Chicago. The article appears
in the October Dumber of this
magazine,' and is written by a
young man formerly of our sister
county, Franklin. He does not
state, however, that this happen
ed in Little P'ultou, and probably
the world at large might not be
interested therein, if he had said
"The article is entitled, 'From
Furrow to Family, a story of the
development of Grain Handling
Machinery. It deals with prim
itive and modern methods of har
vesting, threshing, milling, and
all the other processes through
which grain goes before reaching
its predestined source, and be
coming mental or physical ener
gy. The portion which caught
my attention, however, is as fol
lows :
" 'Back in 1857 a modern Her
cules, six feet, three inches tall,
and weighing 230 pounds, swung
a cradle from sunrise until sun
set At evening time, twelve and
one half acres, by actual survey,
had fallen before his mighty
sweep. From far and near the
people assembled to see him ac
complish this thirteenth labor,
the wonder of the agricultural
world. Bareheaded, he took no
solid food during the day, but ev
ery two hours drank beef broth.
Without halting, even at the noon
hour, he fqrged ahead, cutting a
swath eleven feet wide and five
feet deep.Jmaklng an average ot
22 clips a minute. The product
of tbis remarkable day's cradling
was 4,380 sheaves of wheat, yield
ing 262 bushels of grain. The
labor of four men was required
for two days, to bind the sheaves.
When it is known that three or
four acres of good wheat, yield
ing 1200 sheaves, was a good day's
labor, this record seems almost
incredible, and yet it is strictly
true, confirmed to the writer by
eye-witnesses, and the cradler
known personally to him. This
man was the best of the great
army of human machines that
garnered gram in daysgone by." '
Unless the traditions of my
childhood play me false, this re
fers to Capt. Cromer, of beloved
memory, and if the foregoing is
of any use to you for the News,
you are more than welcome to it
Sincerely yours,
Noba A. Conrad.
HljSTONTOWN.
Michael Low, of Greensburg,
Pa., who has spent several vaca
tions in Fulton county, hunting,
visited Dr. A. K. Davis last week.
He reports 1 turkey the first day
of the season.
W. H. Rank, of Broadtop City,
while on his way home, to visit
bis family in Hustontown, saw a
strange fowl on the opposite side
of Bergstresser's dam, near Wa
terfall He succeeded in killing
it, and wading across the dam, be
found he had killed what he sup
posed to be a mammoth mud
duck. He also killed a rabbit, and
fed it to Keller's cat. William
says game is as scarce as candi
dates. William Wagner has sold his
farm to Bert Sipes, and will move
to Robertsdale, on Wednesday of
tms week.
Henry Huston has purchased
two ferrets, with which he ex
pects to give his rats some trou
ble. Rev. B. A. Salter, alter spending-
a few days on business ' in
Shamokiri, has returned. ,
D. K. Cfcestuut and W. W.
Hoover attended ' the educational
meeting at Chestnut's school,
Friday 1 evening, of last week.
They report a very interesting
and profitable session.
Jaccb. Uottsr, wll, tni fizv-i-tar,
Adf , aperl lari C: v'ty in
t horns of ck V;'" ;.;a. ,
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings.
Here for s Vacation, or Away
Jor a Restful Outing.
NAMES OP VISITORS AND VISITED
Sadie Hann of Chambersburg,
is visiting relatives and friends at
Sal u via.
Dawson Strait of Gracey, was
a visitor in this place, last Mon
day. Albert D. Hohman of Pittsburg,
is spending a few days with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Hohman.
John Reed, wife aud daughter
Mary, spent last Sunday with the
family of Daniel B. Mock, in Tod
township.
Mrs. George Garner, of Altoo
na, is spending a week or two in
this county visiting among fcer
relatives and friends.
Rev. S. J. Pittenger, of Harri
sonville, spent last Friday in town
the guest of Rev. and Mrs. J. V.
Adams.
Mrs. Ada Hann, of Saluvia, and
her guest, Miss May Hopfer, of
Clearfield, spent last Tuesday in
McConnellsburg.
F. McNaughton Johnston, Esq.,
of Washington, D. C, came home
last Saturday to remain until af
ter the election.
Ahimaaz Runyan and wife, of
Needmore, spent the time from
Saturday until Monday, visiting
in the family of their son John, in
this place.
Our genial friend, D. A. Black,
of Waterfall, accompanied by
Meade Black, of the same place,
spent a few hours in McConnells
burg last Saturday.
Mrs. Porter Hann and children
and sister May Hopfer, of Clear
field, are visiting the former's
mother-in-law, Mrs. Anna R. Hann
of Saluvia.
It gives us much pleasure to
report the continued improve
ment of Mrs. John P. Sipe, who
is recovering from a tedious ill
ness. Mrs. Lucinda Fisher and little
son Orville of Huntingdon, speut
several days last week the guests
of Mrs. H. P. Skipper, of this
place.
Teachers who would be com
fortably housed, convenient to
the Court House during the coun
ty institute, should apply at once
to Mrs. S. M. Cook.
George W. McCauslin and Ed
ward Wright, of Naroerth, aud
Frank P. Bonsall, of Philadelphia,
have been registered at the Wash
ington House, during the last few
days.
Dr. H. S. Wishartaud wife, who
had been spending a month very
pleasantly visiting their daughter
Mrs. George Fockler and other
friends at Johnstown, returned
to their home in this phice last.
Harry King and wite, and Levi
Cordell, of Waynesboro, aud liar
vey Wible and wife, of Maddens
ville, and Maud Grissiuger, of
Newville, spent Saturday and
Sunday with Zack Vallance and
family.
Richard Bradley and Mabel
Abbott, of Saltillo, and Alfred
Pigen and Miss MameEtter, of
Marion, who were attendiug the
Dunkard Love Feast, at McCon
uellsdale church, were entertain
ed at the home ot Jacob- Rotz, at
this place.
J. H. Fegley and brother John,
of Pleasant Ridge, were in town
Monday. James came home from
Franklin county, where he had
been husking corn, and says that
about thirty persons from his
neighborhood had been over there
husking corn. .
Russel Smith, wifa and their
little sou Coyle, of Piuey Grove,
Md,, visited relatives in Thomp
son the former part of last vet "
snd were the ct !'--.
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