est a 111 ii ai n v VOLUME 7. McCONNELLSHUKG, PA., AUGUST NUMBER 47 STATE OF WASHINGTON. I former Fulton County Citizen Tells How They Do Things Out There. Touch the Button AM) MACHINERY DOES THE KF.ST. linmmoKMcwsi-ianusuoi scriber to the News, and a native of Fulton county; so, perhaps, the readers would like to hear from of D. H. Truax, of Belfast town this part of the West. Three ehip, left this county five years v,.nrs acrr. lust April. I left Cham- hers bur" for this State. Upon my iirrivalherelbroughtafarm of 280 neres. We all like the country ve ry much and have been very pros perous. Harvest is commenced now (being later this season on ac count of cool weather) and, so the Tanners are all busy in the grain liuids. The crops all look well. Plenty of work and good wages for everyone, especially men with trains, Thre is a new electric railway almost completed, which passes just on the edge of my farm. It starts at, Spokane, 22 miles north of here, and runs southeast for near one hundred miles through a new farming country. Thislme rofimreil manv bridges over the gulches the oue nearest to our (arm being Rock Creek bridge 1,0(10 ft. m length and 1550 ft. high and contains l,2"i0,000 ft. of Ore- yon fir. The new line will bo a benefit to the farmers, as we are now more than three miles from railroad. The season of lHOi) was a very prosperous oue for farmers; abun dance of wheat and oats, also vegetables and fruit through the itate. The wheat in this section was over o leet tan, and very heavy yicldiug from !!; to i5 bushels an acre, of tine quality, and weighing (11 lbs. to the bush- It brought (10 cents per bush el. uais was equaiiy as tan, auu ... 11 i-ll II yielded from 40 to 100 bushels an acre, and weighiug "0 lbs. to the bushel Owing to several new railroads being built through this country lately, oats brought a good price, 75 cents per bushel. We rai-e both fall and spring wheat. On the medium sized farms, the grain is cut and threshed in the lields by a Combined Harvester, operated by 55(5 horses and 10 men. The cutting of the grain, thresh- ing it, and putting in sacKS, is done in one operation; but on the larger farms, where they have thousands of acres in wheat, the steam engine has displaced the horses. One of the largest in use is of (0 horse power; the driving wheels are each k It. wide, and can draw its load on very light and sandy soil. Oe ng plows are itttached to this engine, and as it moves leisurely along, it draws a furrow of 28 ft. Iheu an im mense harrow is attached and it performs 'the work of 40 horses on freshly plowed land. It plows, harrows and seeds from T0 to 75 acres a day. Then, when grain is ripe, this engine draws a Com biued Harvester, cutting 34 ft, (dear, threshing the grain from the straw, and delivering it in sacks, sewed and reatTy for the warehouse au in oue operation. 1'he entire process requires but a water-hauling outfit for the en- giue aud six men lo operate the muumuu aim sacu me grain, un der ordinary conditions, at least oy noises ana aoounu men would i i . , . uo usuu 10 save tne same amount of grain daily. Every day the ma chme Baves from 70 to 100 acres of graiu,. leaving it m piles in the neiu reauy ior uie wpgoua to pick up unu uenver to the warehouses. When harvost is over the en- giue is attached to a number of wagons, which are loaded with uuuMi-ttUH oi: tiusneia or L'rain. . draws tlm cmn i,, tU u-oi.,.i makin. t i.. ,,.,' TheB ; 'I Z : " I - - , u uiuuj n u e e raised in Una Kt.uto tun uK..-: of which Mprii- Mav. irlaB ,, ' rrr:;: to see 20 shearing ,n.nkinM ate 1 bv Jtt in nt. nn nnn a uu ... 1 ' , . a"o iiiiieniue are operated another fulton county boy. Taught School in Licking Creek Town( ship; Now Practices Medicine in Ohio, i Five years does not seem like i so long a time when you stand at its close and look back, and yet a boy can accomplish a good deal in f.Vint. t.imn wrlinn hp makes lin his md , After hay. taughttwotermsmLickingCieek township, Lorenzo L. Truax, sou ago and went to Ohio. In that state, he taught a nine months term, after which he entered the Ohio Northern University at Ada, O., took a full course in Pharma cy, and graduated from thaj in stitution with honor.. Lie than entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at St. Louis, Mo., and a few weeks ago, was handed an m. u. uipioma. riecame nacK to. Ohio, went before the State 1 11 1 1 . . 1 i I ' : . . . , jio.iru oi ivieuicai I'jXiuiiintji s, uuu had no dilliculiy in getting the necessary license to practice his profession in the Buckeye state having already passed the Hoards or Missouri aud Illinois Dr. Truax is now permanently located at Hepburn, Ohio, and is rapidly picking up a lucrative practice. Western Cliplets. The three following paragraphs areclipped from "The Spirit Lake Beacon" of the 10th inst. The Mrs. L. F. Tritle mentioned, is the widow of Milton Tr'tle. for merly of the Cove, and she is a sister of J. C. Comerer, of Thomp SOn township "James MacDo.iold anddaugh- ter Hazel, of Chicago, are visiting the formers sister, Mrs. U t(. Tritle, whom ho has not seen for a number of years. "Miss 1 renePott returned toher home in Davenport aftei spend . . r i ing three weeks at hpiru uaue visiting at the home of L. F. Tn tie. Miss Pott was an old acquaint ance in Pennsylvania, "V. 11. Tritle has purchased a quarter section of the George Blake farm two miles' eastof town. This isagoodcombination agood farm and a good farmer. The Beacon is pleased to see Mr. Tn tie well and per mantly located in the county, New Bulletin Building, Amonf the manv places of in terest j J the Quaker City that vis- itors next summer should not fail t0 8e js the new building which will be comj-Jete by that time as a home for the Philadelphia "Eveu mg Bulletin." The paper has out rown its present quarters, and gr0Und has been purchased on une pUDlic Hall Square tor the nGW building. Last week work men began demolishing the pres ent structure ou the northeast corner of the square, and the new building will be ready for occu pancy early in next year. The building to the top of the dome will be 1"5 feet in height, and contain six stories . The plaus and specitications are the result of an exhaustive inspection of the loadim.' newspaper plants throughout the country, aud con t . ny 0l.j,,nal ideas. No ex- DeQse wjn.he spared to make this . ITimlel ueW8Daner home. A gal lery t0 airorj visitors au appor t,umtv to sit aud watch the opera ti0n of the press room will be mr,c, t.h mn.nv norm ar feat , ures. Benjamin Garland of Belfast township, lost a tine black mare a Iew jay8 ago the result of found Pr This means iiuite a loss to Mr. Garland as the animal was ,h ot. Wat. one hundred and - I VJA Oil Wf V twenty-five dollars. by steam aud each machine is cap Uble of shearing 100 sheep per p I ' day, Farm land has doubled lo value nce I bought, and everything around here i on the boom. ' J. W. CARMACK. Fairfield, Washington. August .J, I'.HMJ. REPUBLICAN CONVENTION! A. 0. (iriffiih for Congress, and Jno. P. Kendall for the Legis. lature- STATE SENATE, HON. PETER MORTON. The Republicau County Con vention was held in the oourt Houso Tuesday afternoon. Hon. S. L. Buckley, of Dublin presid ed, and Prof. B. N. Palmer, of Belfast, and S. M. Andrews, of Bethel, were the secretaries. Ou makiug up the roll of dele gates, it wan found that the follow ing named persons were present : Ayr. A. K. Nesbit, and A. W. Johnston, Jr. Bellast. B. N. Palmer, Geo. W. M or. ton. Bethel. J. P. Fisher, S. M. Andrews. Dublin. DiuhJ Cromer, S. L. Buckley. Licking Creek. -T. S. Metzler, F. R. Shives. McConnellsburg. H. N. Sipos, S. A. Nesbit. Taylor. Jos. Deaver, Gideon Ritchie. Thompson. J. H. Covalt, Jacob P( well. Tod. W. 11. Andersou, John Ott. Brush Creek, Union, aud Wells were not represented. The convention soon got down to business, and the followingper sous were nominated, namely, for Congress, A. O. Griffith, of Wells; for otate Senator, Hon. Peter Morton, of Tod; for the Legisla- ture, John F. Kendall, of Ayr; for Jury Commissioner, David Rotz, of Td. L. H. Wible, was made County Chairman, and John S. Harris, Secretary of the County Commit, tee. Dauiel Cromer aud S. A. Nes bit were named as Congressional conferrees. There was a very strong senti ment in the convention against the endorsement, under any cir cumstances, of Thaddeus M. Ma hon. Mr. Mahon has held that job down for fourteen years, and Fultou county Republicans have come to the conclusion that for all tue good Tliad has ever done this county, no mistake can made, in trying a new man. be NEVER WORE UNDERCLOTHES. Gets Alone Without Stockings Until He Is Seventy-eight Years Old. William D.Fous-.-, of Drab, Blair county, who is eighty oue years old, never wore stockings until throe years ago. He has never worn underclothing, gloves or mittens, never used tobacco in any form and never was sick a day in his life until he reached the ago of eighty, when he had a slight attack of la grippe. Last fall he plowed forty acres of his farm, harrowed it three times, drilled it in wheat, husked 1,000 aud hauled 2,000 bushels of corn without any assistance what ever. He also performed other farm labor in the meantime. He never stops for rain, and is frequently soaked to the skin. Summer aud winter, regardless of snow, rain or shine, he bathes his feet in eighteen inches of wa ter in a spring a Bhort. distauco from his house three times a week. lax collectors Appoinieo. At the adjourned meeting of Court hold on Wednesday of last week the following tax collectors were appointed : Ayr, J.J. Conrad. Belfast.Scott Baumgardner, Bethel, S M. Car nell, Dublin, Dyson F. Fraker, Taylor, A. N. Witter, Thompson, Emanuel Keefer,,Tod, VV. Harvey Waguer, Union, Nathan Vigfield1 Wells, J. C. Foster. D. T. Fields was appointed for McConnellsburg at June term, ter Miss Ethel to Everett last Sat and as Brush Creek and Licking j tui day and returned Monday ac Creek did not appear last week, ' companied by Mrs. Hays' sister, they will have to wait until Octo- j Mrn. J. U. Irwlu, of Wanhiugton, her court. I L. O. LIST COMPLETED. ! Names of Those Who Will Wield The j Birch in Thompson, Bethel, Brush Creek and Union. In addition to the list of teach trs published in the Nes two weeks ago, the remaining dis tricts, namoly,Thoinpson, Bethel, BrusliCreekand Union, haveel Kit ed as follows : Thompson Oakdale, Harvey Sharpe; West View, Harry Hill; Ditch liun. Marden Stouteatle; Boardyard, Alvah Gordon: Bald Eagle, Jessie Mellott; Center, U. Wishart Willi; Independence, Olive Zimmerman. Bethel Mount Airy, Zoo Ma son; A pi no. urpna snider: uor don', Kitty K. Kirk; Franklin Mills, Bertha Golden: Mayes Chapel, Sadie C. Kirk; Black Ohk, Sherman L Barnhart: Warlords- burg, G rover C. Kirk. Brush Creek Akorsville Ad vanced. Grace Ilixson: Akorsville Primary, Albert Spade; BulTalo, Ada Barton; Emmaville, Ida llix son; Buchanan, Grace Lodge; Lo cust drove, Albert Garland; Oak Grove, William Soiling. lTnion Fairview, K C. Hender- shot; Zjck's Ridge, T. R. Shank; Harmonia, Gilbert B. Meliott; Center. Jessie Giengei'; Excelsior, Ellen Lee; Barnes Gap, Elmer Hoopeugardner. Schools begin in Thompson September 17lh; in Bethel Sep tember 55d;Union September 17th and Brush Creek September 17th. Thanksgiving and Christmas must be observed as holidays in all the schools. Bethel and Ma Connellsburg have ordered a week's vacation during the holi days. A teachers' preliminary meet ing will be held in each township on Saturday before the opeuiug of the schools. Programs for the respective meetings will be an nounced iu the papers iu due time. Our Migratory Teachers. Richard Y. Schooley has been elected to a school in East Provi dence township. Bedford coun- ty, Maude Cunniugham, of Wells will teach in Huntingdon county during the coming winter, Mayo Barton, of llustontown, a 1900 graduate from the Millers villo State Normal, has been elect ed one of the primary teachers in the Kittauning, Armstrong couu ty public schools. Geo. W. McKibbiu, of Brush Creek township, was in town ou Monday. .Mr. Mclvibbin intends to leave next Monday for Chatta nooga, where he will euter the law department of the University of Tennessee, Jessie Mason, Lucy Peightel, and Sophie Hohman return to Shippensburg to continue their normal course. Prof. B. N. Palmer has been elected Township Superintendent for the townships surrounding Dunlo ia Cambria county, at a salarv of &105 a mouth. Newt's Fultou county friends congratu lato hi in on his merited promo tiou. Prof. W. Don Morton has been elected principal of the township high school iu a township in Cam bria county over which Prof. Pal mer is superintendent, at a salary of fc7u a mouth. Gertrude Hoke returns to Rid dlesburg; Minnie Reisner and Maude Rinedollar, to Everett; Car r;e ao(i Fauuio Greathead, to Johnstown; Elsio Greathead, to NewKeu.siugton;BelleStouteagle, Olive Kendall, and Maye Mellott, to Franklin county; Rituer Black, and i'homas Huston, to limiting don couuty; N. E.' M. Hoover, aud D. D. Deshoug, Jr., to Bedford county, and Ada Rexroth returns to her school at Newtown, Berks county. Mr. G. W, Hoys took his daugh FIRE SCARE. The Residence and Drug Store of M. B. Trout Narrowly Escap ed Destruction. Mrs. I-'LY'INO MATCH HEAD DID THE WORK. Residents of the business cen ter of McConnellsonrg had their nerves sot in a whirl early Mon- day morning by the lusty ye! of "Fire! F i-r e ! !" Half people were not up yet, and the' e j was a promiscuous tumbling out of lied of the late sleepers, and the usual getting botli feet in one pants loir iu the effort to arrange the toilet so as to make an appoir anec on the street su tlicieutly mod est to preclude the necessity of being run in by a policeman. Dense smoke issuing from the front windows in the second story of Mrs. M. 15. Trout's residence!, coupled with a gentle commotion within, was responsible for the wild cry on the st reet. It required but a minute for the tire department to be on the scene with the hose reel, aud had it not been for the fact that the hose had been wound on the reel wrong end foremost, the family fortunate enough to escape death by the Haines, would have found a watery grave. Luckily enough by. the time the firemen got tiie hose untangled, Mrs. Trout and the girls had put the tire out. ORIGIN OK TIlK l-'IHK. Mrs. Geo" W. Skinner and daughter Mrs. Cnsswell, and the , latter's daughter, six years of age, are guests iu the Trout home this week, Mrs. Cnswell and her little daughter occupying a front room on second lloor. Having arisen Monday morning, and find ing it a little dark in the room, Mrs. Crisw'ell struck a match to light a lamp. Iu the explosiou the match head threw a spark in to the fringe of a couch in the room, aud iu a moment the couch was afire. Mrs. Cnswell at tempted to extinguish it, but the tire had already reached the ex celsior upholstering, aud her at tempts only made matters worse. Her screams brought members ot the Trout family, aud then, Mrs. Cnswell and Nellie Trout coolly picked up the couch, car ried it through au adjoining room and out into the back yard. Not withstanding a frail of tire from the oiirning excelsior 'was left in the rooms through which they passed, it was soon smothered out, aud in a few minutes the danger crisis had been passed. NEW (iKENADA. Hayes Bergstresser, of Mones seu, Pa., visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clark Bergstresser at Waterfall a few days, and was vis ible ou our streets Monday. Camp, camp, camp! Tramp, tramp, tramp! Walnut Grove was the attraction last Sunday. N. G. Cuuuuighain has tmilt a new porch to two sides ot ins d'velliug house, which adds to the general appoarauce. Irvin Crider, wife aud daugh ter Ethel, are visiting at the Cri der mansion. Mrs. Grubb of McCounells towu, is among her friends at the Houctc House. The children of Mr. aud Mrs. A. D. Keith held a birthday party last Saturday iu honor of the for mer's forty-sixth birthday, and the latter's forty second. About thirty guests aud friends were present aud they had a very en ioyabie time. Among those from a distance were, Mrs. Jim Foster and Miss Cris.swell, Jesse aud G rover Keith of Trough Creek Valley. A bountitul dinner was served and they received many Useful aud substantial gifts such as. cash, etc. Miss H. S. Forster, a very ca pable teacher in one of the de partments of Mercersburg's pub lic schools, is spending this week at the Washington House in this 1 1 w"- f 1 LEPER MAY BE EXHIBITED. ! West Virginia will Care for Rossett L'n ! til He can (lo lo Syria. Five hundred citizens of Wheel ; ing are planning tn give the leper, j George Rossett. a unique benefit i to raise funds for defraying his ! expenses bark to Syria. They have appointed a committee to iu terview the authorities and have til?1 leper taken to Wheeling. The ling I plau is tn exhibit him to the pub Un i iio on a barge moored in the ( I'.iio mf'r the leper until money can be rais ed to send him back to Syria. Governor Dawson has decided t.iis. and Dr. I. P. Morgan, preu l le ..v of the State Board of Ileal ih says that the man must fie cared for by Randolph county, whore he lived, until the State arranges for his care elsewhere. In the mean time Rossett is spending his days qu o'Jy iu a tent in a forest a mile and a half north of Pickens, in Randolph county. TO STUDY HIS SNAKESHIP. State to Send Specimens of Reptiles to Each County. State Economic Zoologist Sur face is preparing to send to each county in the state for the use of its schools, a collection of snakes found in Pennsylvania, with a chart shoeing the food of the var ious serpents, the relation of the snake family, aud the geograpin cat distrioution ol the various species. These specimens will be used f(jr edl,catlontti purposes, so that the teachers and pupus may no able to recognize the varieties aud know lroin their appearance whether thev are poisonous or not. Already about 1000 snakes of various kinds have been mounted for sending to the schools, aud al most -as many more are yet to be idded to the collection. Some of these snakes have been captured by aiceuts of the division, but many of them are the reptiles which have been sent to the capi tal by farmers aud woodsmen who want to know their names, habits and the degree of danger in their bites. Not a few farmers have sent snakes caught loafing about their barns and springhouses to know whether they are of the variety classed as milksuaUes, and if they really milk cows, or just tap milk crocks and pans. Possibly the most valuable fea ture of thissnakepropaganda, if it can be termed such, is the listing of the reptiles according to coun ties and their danger to people. A large number are really harm less, but that is not well known. Don. Mrs. Charles Hess and daugh ter Hazel, and Miss Lizzie La tier- ty; have icturned home after a two weeks visit with friei ds and relatives in Waynesboro. W. P. Gordon, Esq., of War- fordsburg, made a Hying trip to this place last week. Mrs. J. C. Fisher aud Mrs. Al fred Mellott, while picking ber ries last week, saw what they thought might be a small beai. both women being brave got to work aud succeeded in killing it It happened to be a pole cat. Mrs. Nelson Booth, Mrs. Ed ward Ritz and daughter Nellie, aud Mabel Waugh, of Wart'ords- burg. spent a day recently with the family ot S. P. Winter. Annie llebner, who has been sponding sometime in Pittsbur is home. Riley Garland, of Cambria couu ty, is spending sometime at his home hero. Maud Speucer, of Philadelphia is visiting her mother, Mrs. Ma fia Spencer. We are glad to welcome Miss Zoo Mason, of McConnellsburg, as teacher for Mt. Airy school th s winter. Mrs. Harry E. Austin ot Salu via, was amo.ig tho Saturday hoppers iu town. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Snapshots at Their Comings and (inins Here for a Vacation, or Awny fur a Restful Outing. NAMES OF VISITOR? AM) VISITED Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Sipos or A ndovcr, spent Mmdnyin town on business. Miss Maria Iletz, of Shippens bin g, is visiting her sister Mrs. II. E. Austin of Saluvia. Uncle Jimmy Kerlin and son J. L , of Clear Ridge, were welcome callers at the News ol'liee Tues- Miss Nellie Dellai : ?f.icient typo of the News nfiico, is off on a week's vacation amontr relatives in Shippensburg. Russel Docker and sis' . -;r,Miss Ada, of Saluvia, spent Saturday in this place the guests of Hon. ind Mrs. John P. Sipes. Harvey S toner, of Lancaster, Pa., is visitinc in the home ol Ins father, Mr. William Stoiier. ..I' this place. Horace and Bessie Myers, of Hancoc k, are the guests of their uncle, George W. Hays, on West Water street, this week. Miss Kate Burtslield, of Ship- peusburg, formerly a resident of Ayr township, is visiting among . her old friends here this week. Rev. Drawbaugh, wife aud two clnldreu of Altoona, Pa., spout a few days among the former's old parishioners in this place last week. Prof. B. N. Palmer and his brother Dr. J. J. Palmer were among the onlookers at the Re publican County Con veutionTues day. Mr. aud Mrs. J. H. Covalt spent a few hours in town Tuesday as they were returning to their home at Covtlt, Ph., from a visit among friends at Fort Littleton. Roy Morton, a student at the State Forestry Academy, Mont Alto.Pa., is spending his summer vacation with his parents Judge and Mrs. Peter Morton, near town. May E. aud Estella, daughters of E. W. Kirk, of Greeusburg, Pa , are visiting at the home of N. M. Kirk at llustontown. They ex pect to visit other relatives before they return home. Dr. W. T. Grove, formerly of Clear Ridge, this county, Head Physician of the order of the Modern Woodmen of America, at Eureka, Kansas, has just return ed to his home after an extended official trip to Boston aud other cities East. The Doctor writes that Kansjs is way up on the front seat with abundant crops, good rains, and everybody feel ing yood. MISTAKE I.N CONTENTS. Child has Terrible Burned Mouth from Drinking Banner Lye. Em Sprigs has a little child that is jut t about old enough to be tod dhng around aud getting its hands on things calculated to m ike f rou bio for itself, and worry for its mother. Monday morning the child was wandering around the room, looking for something new when its eyes began to sparkle with delight, for they had espied a can which the youngster took for llorlick's Malted Milk or Mel lou's Baby Food. Here was a chauce for a break-'ast course not laid down on. the bill ot fare for washday morning, and iu a mo ment it hud the can in 'its hands and ready to enjoy the contents. One sip, aud thou an unearthly scream! This1 brought some of the older members of tho family who were horrified to find that tho child had boon dnnkiug from a can that contauwd Banner Lye. Dr. Robinson v, as summoned in haste, aud he soon administered the necessary remedies to coun teract the effects of tho burning draught. . Since putting tho above in typo the child has diod.
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