to VOLUME 7. McCONNELLSliUUG, PA.. FEHUUAHY 1. 1.906. NUMBER 21 (1 LETTER FROM ILLINOIS. Written by Philip J- Barton, Formerly of Brush Creek, But now a Prosperous Farmer of the Prairie State. LAND SELLS FOR $125 TO $200 AN ACRE Ma. Editor : I am reminded by the label on my paper that this is about the month to send the printer some cash, especially, if 1 want the satisfaction of seeing a ' 7" on the label. So here is your coin. Some .of your readers may be interested in a few lines about the great state of Illinois, as 1 have very recently seen very in teresting letters in the "News" from Iowa, Colorado, South Da kota, North Dakota. Kansas, and other western states. Of course, I think Illinois "good enough." We are living on a farm of over three hundred acres, situated in the western half of Logan county. We are twenty miles north of Springfield, the capital of the State, and four miles west of the mum line of the Chicago & Alton Kai I road, running between Chi cago and St. Louis. Two and a half miles east of us runs a branch ot the C. & A. railroad. The principal farm products here are corn, oats, and clover, with cattle and hogs. The aver age yield of the corn crop during the past season, was fifty to sixty bushels of shelled corn to the acre. The labor and method of farming here are quite different from that in Pennsylvania. One v and a team and team, as the term is used here, means four horses can plant and cultivate sixty to seventy acres of corn. The or dinary farmer keeps from two to four and as many as five teams. The farm 8 that are rented vary in size from 100 to 500 acres. The land iu this part of the State, is principally owned by men of wealth. The man I farm for owns about 5,000 acres, while 50,000 acres of as tine land as lies in the state of Illinois, is owned by Lord Scully, of England. When it is considered that this land readily sells from $125 to $200 an acre, you can form some estimate of the wealth of these landlords. We do our farm work with rid ing plows. Our breaking plows turn two furrows at a time and are drawn by four horses. When a person from the East travels through this county for the first time, he is struck with amazement at our corncnbs, which are nothing more nor less than rail pens built in the open field where the corn grew. In these pens are stored thousands and thousands of bushels of the yellow grain. Lincoln, the county seat of Lo gan county, is a beautiful city of about 15,000 people. It was in this city, last November, that a new Court House was dedicated to the cause of Justice. The structure, which is thoroughly modern, and one of the finest court houses in the State, cost the county $190,000. It has been built from start to finish since we came from Fulton county, Pa. We all like our home, and are well satisfied. There are more opportunities here in the West than there are in the East: but if you want U- seize one, you have . got to get up and hustle, for the "other fellow" is not asleep "by a whoie lot. " P. J. Bahton, Middletiwn, 111. R. P. D. 1. Beats Ann Puzxle. There is a mathematical puzzle running ln Doston which Is said to. be making a "bug house" out of that well behaved municipality. This is the way it reads : "A farmer has four grades of sheep whiqh he sells for $3.50, $5, t . and 8- How many ol each grade must he sell in order that the av- ertffl"elling Prlce of each sheep i "J? Smart figurers say the old puzzle, "flow old , s Ann V" Is not lathe same class with the sheep problem. ANOTHER LAMP EXPLOSION. Miss Lottie Evcrhart Shockingly Burned at Her Home at Woodvale. Miss Lottie, sixteen years of age, daughter of Sylvester Eve" hart, of Woodvale, met with a shocking accident last Wednes day morning. Lottie wa carry ing a kerosene lamp wh?n it ex ploded saturating her clothing with the blazing fluid which burn ed her so that she was disfigured almost beyon l recognition. The flesh hung in shreds from the el bows to the tips of her fingers and her face and neck were deep ly burned. It required Dr. R. B. Campbell, who was in mediately cal'ed, three hours to dress the wounds and remove the charred flesh. At this writing Lottie is resting as well as could be expect ed, and there is hope of her re covery. Down in Jersey. Editok News: A few lines from this sect'ou may be inter esting to some of your readers, at least. Since the 27th of last Novem ber, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company have been constructing a line from Jersey City to Buffalo. Our gang began work at Newfoundland. New Jer sey 45 miles north of Jersev City. We are now camped at Lafayette, 20 miles west of New- foundland. Our camp consi of four sleeping tents, cook tent, dining tent, and office lent The camp is equipped with U. S. Ar my cots and stoves. There are about 52 men in our camp. This part of the country is com posed mainly of rocksand swamps two hills and one hollow two stones and one dirt. Most of the land is so poor that you could not raise a disturbance on a ten-acre field. We are now in the northwest ern part of the State the north ern limit of which is .marked by a line of granite monuments, about a mile apart, extending from the Tri-States Rock below Port Jer- vis, N. Y., running in a southeast erly direction to the highest nart of the Palisades on the bank of the Hudson. Under the Palisades along the river, is an inscribed granite block, "Erected in 1709." Our line will cross the Delaware River at the Water Gap. The Delaware Water Gap is a precipi tous ana picturesque cut through the base of the mountain, through winch the Delaware River runs for a distance of about three miles. The Kittatinny, the Highlands, and several minor ranges studded with lakes, and separated bv fer tile valleys, cross the northern part of the State from northeast to southwest. The Kittatinnv is the highest ridge It is a contin uation of the Blue Mountains. The group called the Highlands, bearing many local names, is a broad Btretch of low parallel ride- es rising abruptly from valleys, and enclosing numerous lakes, swamps, and sinkholes. Some ot these lakes form some of the well knowu summer resorts. Fulton County marksmen are not "in it" with some of the na tives here, who are so expert with thq use of the rifle that they can shoot fie- ashes off your cigar without grazing your whiskers. The New Jersey grasshopper wears spectacles, and in the sum mer time eats all the grass and spits tobacco juice all over the State. John W. Bkown. Daniel Truax and bis brother, W. J., and Charlie Cooper, were in town Monday morning, and called at the News office for a lit tle chat with the Editor. Daniel and Charlie are residents of the state of Nebraska, and came East about four weeks ago, wbiie Johnson lives near Need more. The visitors are having a good time, and will notgoto their west ern homes until their friends h're begin to take the jelly off jbe table. . ....... '. ; Subscribe for the Ntwa COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS At Their Annual Conventinu at Harris burc, Passed Resolution to Ask Next Legislature TO REPEAL THE VACCIMATION LAW. At their annual convention in Harrisburg on the 8th inst., the county superintendents of this state expressed themselves in un mistakable terms on the vaccina tion law, and the practice of school boardsallowmg book agents to dictate what books shall be us ed and when changes shall be made. When Superintendent Dell, Huntingdon, chairman cf the res olutions committee, presented the following resolution, it went through without opposition : "Resolved, lhat the vaccina tion law has alienated the feelings between the teachers and the par ents with the result that many children have been kept away from school and deprived of the privilege of gaining an education. "In order to relieve this condi tion in the rural schools this com mittee recommends that the teachers be relieved from enforc ing the law and that the state Legislature and the superinten dent of public instruction, Dr. SchaelTer, be aked to endorse this measure.'' The committee also recom mended legislation to provide an additional fifty dollars a year for each district where the minimum tax rate is not sufficient to sup port the schools, and that Dr. Schaeffer be asked to outline a uniform course of study for rural schools. Superintendent Moore, Ches ter county, told the convention that he regretted that Superin tendent Grim, Northampton, who made an addret-s yesterday, on "How to Select Text Books, "had been forced by the lack of time to only ivo tne flr8t part 0f njs address, which ivlr. Moore char acterized as a tirade against the dishonest school official and the unscrupulous book agent. He declared that all of the country schools were not burdened with too many books and said in part : "In my county w i have an ex cellent system for securing text books and we secure the best res ults. When our county needs new books the directors call a con sultation with the teachers and together they go over and select the needed books. The reason that this plan has proved such a success is that we do not allow the different book agents to ex. plain the merits of the books to us and are therefore able to select the best." SALUVIA. , Some of our farmers are busy cutting ice. The gear wheel in James Brant ncr's new engine burst the other day while hauling lumber , for W. W. Mc Daniel. Mrs. John Deshong and daugh ter Nellie, of Everett, were visit ing friends in t ns vicinity last week. Mrs. Catheriue Mellott, of Ev erett, was visiting relatives in this community last week. We are glad to note that Mrs. Elizabeth Strait is able to be about her work again after a long spell of sickness. Samuel Strait is moving onto Mrs. Maria Mann's farm with the intention of farming this year. Up to last week, it looked ve.:y much like our peopjo would have to take their "tea" next summer without ice. There Is now no cause for any apprehension in that direction, for uuder. Febru ary's administration the streams and ponds wore promptly frozen over and the mercury held down until the ice became sufficiently thick to answer every purpose of packing tway, and hundreds of tons havo been housed. Our peo ple are now looking for some thin else to worry about. FROM THREE BARRELS OF OIL. How Lockhart Built Up a Fortune of $200,000,000. ' A tlfkrrVmrk T f1 untied L-2rt wl Tax Assessors purposes to clear the mystery that has hitherto en veloped the estate of the late Charles Locnart, which is now said to amount to $180,000,000, and to have grown to that size from three ba.rels of crude pe troleum bought in 1852. Mr. Lockhart, says the New York Herald, was a man of simple but cultured taste. While ho had a remarkable talent lor mak ing money, he was a devotee of art. It is said he was one of the few Pittsburg men of wealth who had not at some time or another been imposed upon with a crude copy. His pallery contains the best private collection of paint ings in Pittsburg. His gallery was never opened to the public, though hv enjoyed showing his pictures to his guests. He was an avdent Uniled Pres byterian, and the Sixth United Presbyterian Church, near his home, was practically built and supported by him He was char itable, but was afraid of appear ing ostentatious. It is told of him that when a committee of women waited upon him to secure a coutrioution to charity Mr. Lockhart would perhaps put his name down for $50. Then the committee would seek Mr p. Lock hart to secure her mite. Glancing over the list, Mrs. Lockhart would come to the item "Charles Lockhart, $50." "There is some mistake here," Mrs Lock hart would say. "Mr. Lockhart meant $500, not $50. I will cor rect it." Then she would sub serine her "mite" probably $250. When the list was returned to Mr. Lockhart for the two sub scriptions he would make no pro test, but with r. smile draw his check for $750. Mr. Lockharfs great fortune grew from the purchase of threa barrels of crude petroleum. He was born on a farm in Scotland in 1818. His parents were, for the time and place, well to do. When 7 years old he went to live with his uncle, a merchant at Garhestown, a Scotch seaport. In 1836 the Lockharts emigrated to this country. Charles Lock hart came to Pittsburg, securing employment with the wholesale grocery firm of James Mc-Cully& Co. In 1855 he became a mem ber of the firm. It was while still a clerk, in 1852, that Lockhart made his ven ture in oil. This was the pur chase of three barrels from Isaac Huff, who was part owner in a salt well in Westmoreland Coun ty, from which theMcCully com pany obtained the salt it sold. Disposing of this oil at consider able profit, Lockhart purchased a controlling interest in the salt well. . From that time April, 1853 until his death, he was an oil producer. After the discovery of oil at Oil Creak, in 1859, by Colonel Drake, Lockhart sent arepresent ati ve to investigate the field. Phil ips, Frew & Co. was organized, Lockhart being a member. In March, 1800, oil whs struck, and sixty-four barrels were shipped by water to Pittsburg. In May, 1800, Mr. Lockhart went fo Eu rope with samples ol crude and refined petroleum and opened up the Euiopean market for Ameri can oil. In the same vear Lockhart, with others, built the first refin ery in Pittsburg, and later, with William G. Warden, established a commission house in Philadul. ulna and built the Atlantic Kefir, ery there. Upon the organiza tion of the Standard Oil Company iu 1874, all Mr. Lockhart 's oil in terests were merged into it and he became an active factor In this coiporation. . Mr. Lockhart had many other Interests, among them iron end glass manufacturing, timber lands in the South, mining in Col orado and other States, owning ALMOST NINETY. Airs. Nancy Peck Died at Needmore Last Sunday Afternoon, Aged 89 Years, 8 Months and 4 Days. HER FATHER BORN IN THE YEAR I76S. Alter an illness of about ten days, Mrs. Naucv Peck, widow of the late ex-County Commissioner Daniel Peck, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jane Ann Snyder, at Needmore last Sunday afternoon. Short funeral service at the house at nine o'clock this morning, after which tlio funeral sermon was preached in the Bap tist church at that place by E.d. C. L. Fur.k. The remains were thou taken to the Tonoloway Bap tist church, and laid by the side of her late husband, who died tweuty-tive years ago. Mrs. Peck svas a daughter of Nathaniel Hart, who was born in 1705 ten years before the break ing out of the Revolutionary War and who with two brothers, Jacob and William, the last named be ing the great grandfather of W. F. Hart at Needmore, came into the Tonoloway settlement. , Mrs Peck's father, Nathaniel Hart, was married twice; the first time, to Elizabeth Wink, born in 1770 and died in 1800. To them were born the following children, namely, Rebecca, 17!)!l; Jane, 1791; Sarah, 1790; William, 1798; Adam 1799; John, 1802; Stephen, 1804; Ruhamah, 1805, His first wife dying, he was married the second time to Rhoda Mason, burn 1775, and by this union the following children were born, namely, Sabina, 1807, and married to Evan Evans, of Bel fast township; Mary, tn 1809, and married to Wil'iam Hart of Bel fast township; Asenath, in 1811, and married to Stillwell Hess, of Thompson township; Mahcda, in" 1818, and killed by being thrown from a. horse near Webstor Mills, June 4, 1851; Nancy, (Ann) the subject of this notice, was born June 5, 1810; and Rachel, i i 1819 and married to Abraham M, Peck. Thus, it will be seen that the de ceased was next to the youngest member of a double family of fourteen children, all of whom are now dead. The uext oldest mem ber of the family was her half brother John, who died at Mont pelier, Ind., Februarv 20, 1890, at the age of 93 years, 8 months and 15 day 8. Her mother iwho was a devout member of the Primitive Baptist church, dropped dead at Need more, April 8, 1845, after having attended preaching service at what was known as Hart's Meet ing House, at the age of 09 years, 8 months and 11 days. Mrs. Peck is survived by one daughter and five sons, namely, Jane Ann Snyder, of Needmore; Jesse A., ol Martin sburg, W. Va.; Martin L., of Pectonville, Md.; Nathaniel H., of Pittsburg; Wil liam H , of Gem, and Jonathan P. of ICnobsville. There are also seventeen gtandchildren, and one great grand-child. From early womanhood, Mrs. Peck was j, devout member of the Primitive Baptist church a wo m in of strong faith; and deith to her was only the passing from earth into that "house not made with hands" where she confident ly expected to join her parents, brothers and sisters, and husband aud children, who had g me be fore. "The rector ot that fashionable church of yours," said Mrs. Knox "certainly has an easy tiling of it." . But," began Mrs. Swollman, "he is a good shepherd" "Oh, it's easy to be a good shep herd when tlie sheep are all fat and prosperous. and operating two .large wheat farms in the Red River Valley, in Minnesota. ' lie was president of the Pittsburg National Bank of Commerce, and had a large inter est in the International Naviga tion Company; which controlled the American . and Re t Star Lines of ocean steamships. MRS. CULLER, DEAD. Mrs. Peter Culler Dies at Her Home Near Johnstown Last Wednesday. Mrs. Adaline Peck Culler, wife ol Peter Culler, died at her home three miles from Johnstown, Pa , on Wednesday, February 7, 1900 Mrs. Culler was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Denton Peck, of Thompson township, and was well and favorably kuown. She wa born Oct. 18, 1800, and was united iu maruage to Peter Culler in 179. They moved to Cambria county about 1901. Mrs. Culler had a severe attack of measles about three years ago, which left their loathsome dregs in the system; and while her im mediate friends were aware ot the fatal result, they did not ex pact it so soon. She had been a consistent member of the Christ ian church for twenty-nine years and bore her suffering with all the fortitude of a Christian wom an. When questioned about her condition she invariably remark ed "I'll be better soon." But when the Angel of Death seemed hovenug so near, she gave loving good-byes to her husband and dear children, commending them to the ( are of Him who doeth all things woll, and in her last breath seemingly would say : "Kine my xoul and atretch thy wlnifs, Thy better portion truce. Rise from transitory tulntm Towiiiil Heaven, thy Dative place." A tender, affectionate wife, aj kind, loving, conscientious moth er, she did all in her power to make her home happy and pleas ant, showing her love for the Mas ter by the meekness with which she bore her cross. Her remains were interred in the cemetery at Mt. Carmel m the presence of a large number of people, among which were to be seen the faces of many former residents of Fulton, her old home all being evidence that stie had made many new friends in her home in Cambria, and had lost none of the old. The funeral ser vices -were conducted by Rev. J. B. Keirn of the U. B church. Besides her husband, she leaves to mourn her loss the following children : Martha, Anna V., a member of the corps of teachers at Walnut Grove; Cecil, Blanche, and Vera. Mrs. J. Reefer, of Tif fin, O.; Miss Letitia Peck, Mon roe ville, N. J., sisters of the de ceased, Austin Peck, of Hancock, Md., a brother, and Miss Stella Sigel of Covalt, Pa., a niece, were present at the funeral. DIED OF TYPHOID FEVER. John Brubaker Died at his Home Near Knobsvllle, After a Protracted Illness. After an illness covering a per iod of more than six weeks, Mr. John Brubaker, tenant farmer on the James Henry farm near Knobsville, died on Monday, of typhoid fever, aged about 33 years. Funeral at ten o'clock this morning and interment at Knobsville. He is survived by tiis widow, who is a daughter of John A. My ers, and by five children, the old est about eight years of age. One of the children has typhoid fever, and as it frequently happens in such cases, through fear of con tracting the disease, it was next to impossible to get help to take care of the sick. Mr. Brubaker was a highly es teemed, industrious citizen, and the bereft widow and children have the deepest sympathy in the loss of the husband and father at this time, when it would seem that bis presence and care would be so essential to the welfare of his family. Such are the provi dences of God; and it is ours to bow in humble submission, know ing that He doeth all things well. Holy Coramuniou will be ad ministered to the members of the Hebron congregation of the Re formed church near Big Cove Tannery this coming Sunday at 10.30 a. m. Preparatory services on Saturday at 2.80 p. m. Divine services iu St Paul's church this pUce at 7 p. m. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings Here for a Vacation, or Away for a Restful Outing. . NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED Mr. Lee Funk, of Needmore, spent a week recently in the homo of his brother in the Little Cove. Rev. T. Davis Richards, of Ger mantown, Md., was registered at the Washington House yesterday. Geo. Unger and daughter Eliza beth, ol the Cove, are spending the time tais week visiting tn the home of Thomas Bender at New Bloomfield, Pa. Chas. B. Stevens and Geo. A. Harris, drove over to Chambers burg last Thursday afternoon. Charlie returned Friday, and George remained over until Sun day. Judge Sadler, Carlisle, gave a woman prisoner the choice be tween a year in jail or takiDg the pledge to take no intoxicating drink for a year. She took tha pledge. A. W. Deshong and wife, of Licking Creek, are happy over the arrival of a fine baby boy in their home a few days ago. Ab ram wants to know, now, where the women hid his hat. Clarence Conrad, of Ayr town ship, left last Thursday morning for Buckeyetown, Md., where he will have employment by the Frick Manufacturing Company in the erection of ice plants. The Everett Press says that John Emnie and W. Scott Rine dcllar have formed a partnership in the tailoring business in Ever ett. Mr. Rinedollar has been with Mr. Em me for the past five years and is a capable and effi cient workman with a thorough knowledge of the business. We wish the new firm abundant suc- CJSS. After a residence of two years in this place, Aaron Steele and family left yesterday, and after a short stay in Bedford county among friends, they will go to Phllipsburg, Penna. Mr. Steele has been conducting a carnage repair business in the old Heikes shops, and will engage in the same work at Philipsburg. . Two Cents a Mile. Governor Pattison of Ohio, last week signed the bill which makes the maximum rate for railroad fare in the State of Ohio for pas sengers, two cents a mile. The railroads are in high dudgeon about it and threaten to appeal to the supreme court to test the con stitutionality of such legislation. The railroads say that they can not afford to haul people at two cents a mile. Perhaps they will find out that two cents a mile will bring them more money than when poor people pay at the rate of three cents and the rich ride on passes. New York state and Michiga n have had a two-cent rate ljr sev era! years and nobody'ev'er heard of one of the railroads operating in those states going into bank ruptcy on account of the two-cent rate. Fulton Ahead. Iu Cumberland county, there were granted 81 liquor licenses for 50,000 people, or one for every 1600 population. The Carlisle Volunteer thinks that a pretty good showing, when it is consid ered that Luzerne county has a license for every 150 persons. Public Opinion in Chambersburg, says Franklin can beat that as there but 20 licenses in that coun ty for 55,000 people, or, one li cense for every 2116. Fulton can go one better."" We have but four licenses In the county, or one to about every 2500 people. M- Connellsburg has but two licens- ses, and but one of the townships in the county has a licensed place for the sale of liquors, Of tha C7 counties lu Pennsylvania, Fuhou has the largest per cit. cf j--? u lation in the Car J
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