VOLUME 7.
McCONNELLSBURG, PA.. NOVEMBER 15. 1905.
NUMBER 9
SUCCESSFUL FARMINO.
What is Being Accomplished on a Farm
of Tea Acres Well Cultivated.
While it is true that agricul
ture has been the chief pursuit of
a large portion of mankind since
the day that Adam and Eve took
possession of the garden of Eden,
it must be admitted that no class
of persons have fallen so far in
the rear in the race for success
and progress as the average farm
er. With many it is toil, toil,
toil from morning until night
from one week's end to the other
month in and month out year
in aud year out from the
strength of early manhood to the
weakness of old age, and each
succeeding generation following
along in the footsteps of their
fathers, and, in many instances,
with a less measure ot success.
We say with a less measure of
success, for the land that would
yield fair returns to our fathers,
has lost its fertility has become
worn out and the methods em
ployed by them will not bring the
same results now.
This leads many persons to be
come dissatisfied with the farm,
and to seek the towns or cities,
which generally brings disap
pointment in the expected suc
cess. If the average farmer would
- work more with his head and less
with his hands; or, if he should
use his head while working with
his hands, he would have less oc
casion to get on bad terms with
yhis farm.
. W hile this applies to - a large
number of the honest tillers of
the soil, it does not apply to all of
them. There are lots of men to
day that have taken hold of farms
that were considered worn out,
and have brought them up to a
standard of excellence. The
fields that were once bare or, at
least, covered with a fuzzy coat
ing of summer grass, have now
a rich sod of timothy and clover.
The granaries are tilled with
wheat, the cribs with corn, and
after filling the mows with hay,
they use all the outdoor space in
stacking the rest It all comes
from knowing how. And a man
cannot find out the "how" in
farming, any easier than he can
. in mecMcine, law, or banking. It
requires intelligent effort. The
doctor has a sled load of books
that he reads and studies that he
may not make mistakes in his
practice. The lawyer has to
spend all his spare time in read
ing and study, if he wants to keep
apace with his profession. Is the
farmer an exception to the rest
of mankind that be can make a
success of running a farm with
out reading and study along the
line ol his work ? It requires as
much brains and education to
farm intelligently and success
fully, ts to practice medicine, or
follow any other profession or
calling. One of our correspond
ents sends the following account
of a farmer in the western part
of the State, which shows that a
large number of acres is not the
only ess?ntial to success;- that a
few acres well tilled is better than
paying tax on a big lot of land
that is never of any benefit.
Our correspondent says that
Mr. Ray Hightre moved into this
slate from Trumbull county, Ohio,
and purchased a little land. Mr.
High ire believes in not farming
many acres, and farming better,
Last year from one acre he rals
ed 1400 bushels of onions, which
you will admit was a strong crop.
Many of the onions weighed, from
four to six pounds each. He rats
es them directly from the seed,
- , and not by transplanting as moBt
Pulton connty women do. Mr.
Uightre farmed two acres in po
tatoes last year which yielded
him 1600 bushels. lie had pota
toes that measured twenty inch
es in circumference, and weighed
eight pounds.
Mr. Hightre lives near a good
' market, and it does not require
.' muuu figuring to find out that he
makes small farm pay,
ju'ok ;
state of judcjk of the prothono- associate dis't ' county county
treasurer sup. supkrioil coi rt tahy.ac. judge at'ty commissions!! auditor
OO'RT
DISTRICTS I g s - i a J j. 3 j, g h - J ,
Ayr 40 131 17K Gfl 52 62 114 5 1M 58 12(1 5 120 4 ) 73 120 11H 4 u.'l .- 119 " 8 M
Belfast 70 A3 128 67 67 70 iV 3 83 6 8f) 54 2 68 70 6fl 68 ;9 ' 4 63 71 61 il.i 3 2
Bethel 57 66 121 58 57 56 113 8 61 64 1 69 '.! 55 65 67 ' 1 ." 50 ii4 M
Brush Creek 70 53 115 67 58 58 51 1 60 4 71 53 1 54 SO 35 50 48 1 3 54 63 53 52
Dublin 63 66 125 62 61 62 5 8 65 66 62 6 64 62 01 68 64 1 3 3 65 67 61 61 4 5
Licking- Creek .. . 45 106 142 30 3!t 38 97 1 128 5 58 100 1 115 45 40 125 98 2 47 45 j 102 103 4 4
McConnelltburg . 62 75 139 67 65 61 48 13 106 9 81 61 2 103 5 90 52 50 8 4 71 62 49 51 15 11
Taylor 68 70 134 63 58 50 tl 2 83 3 71 70 1 75 60 62 79 82 3 56 76 1 72 63 3 1
Thompson 38 114 112 38 38 38 111 1 . 118 36 118 1 107 37 . 30 111 111 1 1 36 35 j 110 111 2 2
Tod 43 75 150 43 32 34 71 2 77 4j 52 71 1 85 32 T5S ' 71 70 1 55 m j 64 66 3
Union 47 44 88 49 48 48 37 43 ,50 39 37 51 48 36 37 50 ' 49 I 38 39
Wells 26 85 106 28 27 29 70 6 89' 5 32 74 3 75 30 31 72 80 4 2 29 28 70 68 7 5
ToUl 641. 947 1498 639 608 609 844 42 1056 48 723 892 24 978 644 648 817 890 26 20 637 639 j 863 863 49 38
Majorities ...... .TOO 205 ,1 ' ! 160 . ! 4 27 1 ! 2
AN OLD RESIDENTER.
A Land Turtle That Sports the Date 1801
oa His Shell.
A few days ayo as Mrs. J. O.
Mellott was walking through one
ot the fields on the Charlie Davis
farm near Saluvia, she noticed a
land turtle. A woman residing
in the country is not supposed to
run and.8cream and have a tit of
hysterics every time she happens
on a reptile as inoffensive as a
land turtle; in fact, so frequently
are they seen, that they are not
supposed to attract mucVtttienr
tion. But in this particular in
stance, there was something
about the manner ot the reptile
that led Mrs. Mellott instinctive
ly to the conclusion that she was
in the presenco of no ordinary
turtle. She picked it up. In
scibed on his shell was the date
1801, and the initials "G. R.," "R
N.,"and "S. M." Now if the
date means anything, it means
that the turtle is 104 years of age
"and then some." The persons
who put the date and initials on,
have long since been gathered to
their fathers.
DK. HILL HOME.
Dr. D. A. Hill, of Fort Littleton, After
Having Had an Enjoyable Trip.
Dr. D. A. Hiil of Fort Littleton,
spent last Friday in town. . Th$
Doctor has recently returned
home after an absence of three
months and a week. He went
down to Philadelphia, thence to
New York and on to Boston,' ma
king a tour of the New England
States and a stop at Quebec, Can
ada. Thence to Montreal, Toron
to, and other Canadian cities. He
then dropped dowti into Iowa,
went to Denver, up to Colorado
Springs, and thence to the top of
Pikes Peak. After visiting inany
other places of interest out in the
mountains, he turned bis 'face
homeward.
ATTACKED BY A MAD DOO.
Brute Dispatched with a Sledge Hanjaer,
but not Until Cow Had Been Bitten.
On Monday morning of'last
week as John W. Snyder, ot Dub
lin township, went to his barn at
an early hour with a lantern, be
was attacked by a vicious looking
dog that gave every evidence of
havlug hydrophobia. Mr., Sny
der, escaping from the dog, went
into the barn, when the dog at
tacked one of Mr. Snyder's cows.
Arming himself with ,a stout
pitchfork, Mr. Snyder rushed
fprth aud succeeded in pinning
the dog to the ground, holding
the dog there until Allison Bish
op, who was employed at Mr.
Snyder's at the time, cameand
with a sledge hammer, rove the
dangerous animal a free pan In
to dog-heaven.
Through his attorney, M. R.
Shaffner, Philip Snyder has just
received $199.25 in payment off
claim that bad been stahdinj in
Germany for mora than ; fifty
yeara.
OFFICIAL VOTE OF FULTON COUNTY NOV. 7, 1905
GREATHEAD'S STABLE BURNED.
Evidently the Work of a Firebug.
At
tempt to Burn It a Year Ago.
In passing the alley at the res
idence of Leonard Hohman last
Wednesday evening about nine
o'clock, Harvey Stoner noticed a
dim light in John W. Greathead's
stable. Calling to Harvey Unger
and John Conrad, who were in
the meat market, the three men
ran to the stable, What seemed
but a slight blaze in thelowr
part of the stable, in an instant
ignited something as inflammable
as gasoline, for the flames leaped
to the empty mow, and the whole
upper part of the structure was
filled with a seething firj that
soon burst through the roof and
with their forked tongues reach
ed high m the air throwing off
volumes of black smoke.
The hose carriage was stored
in one end of the building, and it
was the rarest good fortune that
it was rescued, and hastened to
the plug at Dickson's corner, and
before many people knew that a
fire was on, the splendid pres
sure from the water mam was
sending a stream that even the
wild fire could not withstand,
and in a few minutes the sur
rounding property was safe, and
the fire was extinguished. While
the stable is practically ruined,
it was not burned to the extent
of the rafters falling in.
We understand that the loss is
entirely covered by insurance.
TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
Earned in Franklin County this Season
by Fulton Corn Hunkers. (
Philip B. Melius, and Emanuel
and Frank Sipes all of Licking.
Creek township, returned home
last Saturday after having spent
four weeks in Franklin county
busking corn. Fulton county men
who have been husking corn in
Franklin county and who are now
returning to their homes are
bringing with tbem not less than
twelve hundred dollars in cold
cash. The corn crop has been un
usually good, and owing to the!
scarcity of farm hands, huskers.
have been able to make good mon
ey. The price ranged from five:
to seven cents a shock five cents'
for a 60-hill shock; five and a half
cents for a 64-hill shock; six cents
for an 80 hill shock, and so on.
The number of shocks one man
could husk in a day depended, of
course, on the skill of the husker
and the number of hills in a shock.
Mr. Melius said that the lowest
number of shocks husked in a day
by him was twenty-eight, and the
highest number forty-four. His
earnings, during the entire cam
paign, was $2 12 a day. The farm
er for whom they husk, of p,nnr.
boards thorn uud keeps a uoi e
in addition to the sum named
jbove.
Mrs. Je3 EbeSnnsmith and
I
Mrs. J. O. Mellott, of Saluvia;
were callers at this office while
in town one day last week,
SEVENTEEN SENT HOME.
Vaccination Law Enforced by the Teach
era la the Borough Schools. I
' After having carried the risk of .
a personal prosecution and the
payment of a fine for disobeying
the requirements of the vaccina-
tion law for more than two
months, and having given all per-,
sons interested abundant time to
comply with its provisions, the
Borough school teachers on Mon
day morning closed the school
house doors on all pupils who did
not have the necessary certificate.
In most cases, it is a matter of
carelessness on the part of the
parents, and the children will be
promptly vaccinated and restored
to their places in the school.
. Of the one hundred and forty
pupils enrolled in the four schools,
it was found that seventy-eight
would have to be vaccinated or
turned out. Of these seventy
eight, sixty-one, up to Monday
morning, bad "taken their medi
cine," and the other seventeen
had to be sent home. Ten were
sent home from the Primary: six
from the Intermediate, and one
from the Grammar school the
High school pupils all came up
to the "scratch."
Don't get mad at the teacher.
She did not make the law. There
would be just as much sense in
getting mad at the tax collector
whocomesand asks you for mon
ey and tells you he will sell your
cow"if you do not come down with
the cash. If you do take a notion
to get mad, get mad at the men
who make such laws.
NEEDM0RE.
D. Garland moved back to his
own house on his father's farm
last Week.
Wanted A good blacksmith at
Need more.
Mrs. Effamy Mann is at Everett
Visiting the family of her brother,
E. N.'Palmer.
N. H. Peck returned from Pitts
burg last Saturday evening. Mr.
Peck 'has bought a grocery store
,in the Smoky City, and will go in
la few days to take charge of the
business. ' '
Dennis Morgret, of Thompson
township, spent from Friday un-
, til Sunday among his many
j friends, and in looking up his bus
iness interests here.
Thomas Wink left the next day
after the election for Pittsburg.
He has a job of assistant section
boss on a railroad near there.
John Henry of Clear Ridge,
the cattle man, was here on bust
ness Monday morning.
S. M, Clovenger left Friday
for an extended trip through
West Virginia.
James Sharp and family were
vui)ftt,litHt Sunday, of Dr. Swartz
welder.
BaltaerW. Mellott, who had
been on an extended trip through
Ohio and Indiana, passed through
here last Sunday ' on his way
home, well pleaao J 'vith bis visit
Subscribe for the News.
ODD FELLOWS BANQUET.
Hotel Mttzler at Harrisonvile, the Scene
of a Pleasant Event Saturday Evening.
Saturday evening was a red let
ter event in the history olOdd
Fellowship in Fulton county The
scene of this grand rally was Har
ris on ville, and the cause of it all
was the accession of valuaDle ad
ditions to 'the membership of the
Lodge, at that place.
The Lodge convened at the reg
ular hour, transacted the regular
business, and added two new re
cruits to their membership. Just)
before closing it was announced
that adjournment be made to Ho
tel Metzler, where a program me
somewhat different would be tak
en up.
The writer has attended many
banquets in his time, but none to'
excel this, .one of Saturday night.
Any one who has ever stopped
for a 'meal at Hotel Metzler may
be able toeonceive in part what
a banquet under the direction of
Mrs. Metzler might mean. All
the good things imaginable seem
ed to be gathered together and
prepared as few besides the host
ess can prepare,
About thirty-five covers were
laidnd it is needless to say that
ample justice was done to the
good things prepared.
Hon.'Jno. P. Sipes was toast
master, and toasts were respond
ed o by visiting brothers as well
as by members of the Harrison
ville lodge.,
Thanks .to brother Geo. W.
Sipes, jytuvwas received at this
time into membership in theHar
rlsonville odgo, by card from his
former lodge in Colorado, and
through whose interest in Odd
Fellowship, this banquet was giv
en. LAIDIO.
John N. Deaver and N. E. M.
Hoover, two Bedford county
teachers, were home Saturday
and Sunday.
Will King and wife, of North
Dakoti, Mrs. J. V. Deaver, and
Mrs. Joe taidig visited the home
of William Wild , at Fort Little
ton. 10 II. Kirk's new house is near
ing completion.
Chester Brant has returned to
bis home after an absence of a
month in Franklin county husk
ing corn.
The vaccination law is begin
ning to interest the teachers in
this locality,
Mark Laidig is all smiles it is
a girl. -
Poisoningdogs seems to be the
chief enterprise in Hustoutown
qow. ,
Joseph H. Edwards purchased
a valuable horse from W, R. Ev
ans last week.
Joe Laidig was home over Sun
day. (
IL yr. Wink nd wife, of Hus
tontown, called at the News office
While in town last Saturday,
ALEXANDER R. HAMIL.
Dies at His Home at Fort Loudon Last
Saturday Evening. Funeral To-day.
The many friends of Alexander
R. Hamil, a former resident of
this county, will be pained to
learn of his death at his home at
Fort Loudon last Saturday even
ing. Mr. Hamil had been in his
usual health up to four weeks ago
when he was attacked by acute
indigestion.
The deceased was born at Foltz,
Franklin county, . November 8,
1845. Sometime after the death
ol hisfather, whichoccurred when
Alex, was two years of age, the
mother removed to this county,
where Alex, lived until a few
years ago, when he removed to
Franklin county, engaging in
farming until three years ago,
when he went to Fort Loudon and
embarked in merchandising.
Mr. Hamil was a veteran of the
Civil War, being a member of Co,
K. 22d. Penna. Cavalry, and was
mustered into service in the lat
ter part of February, 1864, and
was mustered out with his regi
ment on the last day of October,
1865. He was in the same com
pany with Davy Gillis, Abe Run
yan, Bob McDonald, and Will and
Cornelius Doyle.
Mr. Hamil was married to Jen
nie, a daughter of the late Hon.
Peter Gordon,' of Fort Littleton,
who survives him, together with
five sons and one daughter, name
ly, Harry, proprietor of the City
Hotel in this place; Harvey and
Ueorge, railroad, employees in
Pittsburg; Charlie, residence un
known; Robert Curtis, a teacher
in Franklin county, and Nellie, a
student in the C. V. state normal
school.
The funeral takes place to-day,
and interment will be made in the
Union cemetery in the Cove.
STRICKEN INI CORNFIELD.
Lewis Wlblc, Licking Creek Township
Fanner Died Monday Night.
Lewis Wible, a farmer living in
the northeastern part of Licking
Creek township, went out to the
cornfield on Monday with a sled
to bring in a load of corn. After
some time, his neighbor Samuel
Scott, noticing that the team was
standing in one place a long time,
thought something was wrong,
and sent his wife! out to see,
When Mrs. Scott reached the
field she found Mr. Wible lying
on the ground in an almost un
conscious condition. She called
her husband and the two took
Mr. Wible to his home. Later
Dr. Mosser was summoned, but
before reaching the home, Mr.
Wible was dead. '
Mr. Wible was between 72 and
' 73 years of age, unmarried, and
he and a maiden sister were the
1 occupants of the home.
Funeral to-day, aud interment
1 will be made in the family bury
ing ground pu the farm.
Mr. Wit la was a veteran of the
Civil War. :
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Snapshot at Their Comings and Goings.
Here for a Vacation, or Away
for a Restful Outing.
NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITIil)
Rev. A. G. Woif is attending
Conference in Chambersburg.
Mrs. Rush Minnick, of Altoona,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Job u
P. Sipes, on North Second street.
John J. Gordon, wite, and little
daughter Jos.e, was the guest of
Mrs. Gordon's sister Mrs. E. A.
Largent, last Saturday.
John S. Harris and Alice Hays,
of this place attended preaching
services at the Greenhill Presby
terian church Sunday.
John Everhart, of Selea, Hunt
ingdon county, spent several
weeks with his son George and
family, near town.
Mrs. G. C. Shoely, of New Ox
ford, and Miss Mollie E. Ilershey,
of Atlantic City, are guests at
the Lutheran parsonage.
Mr. John Shimer returned to
McKees Rocks, Pa., on Monday,
after having Rpent a month very
pleasantly in McConnellsburg.
Prof. B. (j. Lamberson and M.
W. Nace spent last Saturday on
a hunting expedition, They have
nothing to say about the results.
Thorn as Metzler, of Uarrison-
ville, and brothy in law, Vernon
Skipper, of Tyrone, spent a few
hours in town Thursday evening.
Mary and Laura llelman, of
Roxbury, Frauklin county, spent
last week visiting among their
relatives and friends in town and
the Cove.
Frank Ebersole and wife, of
Lemaster, and Frank Brantha
fer and wife, of Upton, were
guests of Daniel Mock and family
last Saturday nig hi.
Elsie Baker and Goldie and Et
ta Fields all of Clear Ridge, fav
ored the News office with their
presence a few minutes while at
the county capital last Saturday.
Minnie Mock, principal of the
Middleburg schools, accompanied
by Minnie Harmony, also a teach
er, spent Saturday and Sunday
with her parents, Daniel Mock
and wife, of Tod township.
John McQuade and mother,
Mrs. Nancy McQuade, who had
been visiting among relatives and
friends here, returned to their
home in Altoona, Tuesday, ace in
panted by Harry Sudors, of this
place.
Howard P. Skipper and family
removed from McConuellsburg
to Waynesboro, Monday, whore
Mr. Skipper has employment
with the Landis Tool Company.
We trust they may find their new
home pleasant.
Mrs. Ed Stouteagle, of the
Cove, returned home last Thurs
day, after having spent nine days
very pleasantly with her daugh
ter, Mrs. A. W. Tritle, at Way
nesboro, and with friends at Get
tysburg. Mrs. Porter Hann aud three
little children, and her. sister,
May Hopfer, who had been visit
ing Mrs. Hann's mother m law,
Mrs. Anna Hann, and other
friends at Saluvia, have returned
to their home ai Clearfield.
On his return to his home at
Akersville, after having been sev
en weeks m Franklin county cut
ting aud husking corn, Daniel M.
Uerehart stopped at this office
and had his name enrolled on -our
list of subscribers.
Prof. H. M. Gnftith, of Wolte
Tannery, spent last week in Brad
ford county, where he was an in
structor before the Bradford
county Teachers' Institute. Co.
Superintendent Bartou has se
cured the services of Prof. Grif
fith for our county inBtituto.
During their annual vacation at f
home this fall, Joseph aud Clar- 1
ence Shimer greatly improved
their old home property. They
bad the old weatherboard iui; re moved
and new siding put onr
new windows nd doors r-:il
n.i4 the liovu r' -.'y r:n,'