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VOLUME 11
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JANUARY 20,1910.
NUMBER 15
DEFECTIVE FRUIT.
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Yon May Send Damaged Fruit Leavea
and Twi(i to Professor Surface,
Harrlsbnrg.
HE WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO 00.
, Commencing his letter with the
statement: 'II have an orchard of
a few hundred fruit trees, of all
kinds, but for the last few years
our fruit has been extremely
.faulty, apparently all of it stung
by insects and worm eaten," a
Monroe county man wrote Pro
fessor H A. Surface, State Zoolo
gist, Harnsburg, for Information
and also inquired about "oil emul
sums."
Professor Surface replied: "I
have at band your letter stating
that you find your fruits defect
ive, and asking what to do to pre
vent such troubles. I beg to say
that the first thing to do is to find
out just what is the cause of such
defects. You can send damaged
fruits, leaves and twigs to this
office for examination, Tbecause
of each imperfection will be giv
" en. Then the next step is to ap
ply the right remedy in the right
way, with the right material, in
the right proportion, and at the
right time. All these things are
necessary for success. Not one
can be overlooked. For example,
the insect making the wormy
fruit, of which you write, is doubt
less, the codling moth. The pre
ventive is to spray with an arsen
ical poison, such as paris green
or arsenate of lead, using either
one-third pound of the former,
or two pounds of the latter, in
fifty gallons of water or Bordeaux
mixture, applying it thoroughly
as a spray blown with force from
above the fruit so as to reach in
to the blosEora ends of the young
fruits just after the petals have
fallen, and again in ten days or
two weeks. , . . :
"If you do not have any certain
kind of pest present, or liable to
appear soon, it is unnecessary to
spray for it For example, the
lime sulphur and oils, used when
the trees are ' dormant, are for
San Jose scale and other scale in
sects. If such are not present,
there is no need of going to the
expense and trouble of spraying.
However, you should be certain
whether your trees have San Jose
scale. To be sure of - this you
should send to this office some
clippings or twigs. Get twigs
showing the ring that was last
winter's terminal resting bud,
from which the 1900 growth
started. It is here that we will
be most likely to find the Scale,
if present. Specimens can be
sent by mail. .Your spraying op
erations should be in accordance
with what we find.
"You ask about . the use of oil
emulsions. I presume you mean
the commercial preparations. I
do not recommend them, for the
fact that they do not always kill
fie Scale without injury to the
trees. Many orchards in this
and other States have been en
tirely destroyed by them. You
cannot Afford the risk. The com
mercial oils may be all right for
two years, but tne next year
cause thousands of dollars of dam
age in the same orchard, as was
experienced by one of Pennsyl
vania's most prominent and suc
cessful fruit growers. At Mont
Alto, Franklin county, an owner
' lost between five and ten thous
and dollars worth of fruit in 1909
by using oil sprays, although in
: 1908 and the year before, the re
: suits with the same materials on
f the same trees bad been appar
, en Uy good."
School Retorts.
Report ol Shanes' school, No. 1
la Lacking Creek township, tor
the fourth month, ' Number en
rolled, 24; average attendance, 16.
Those attending every day, were
Gharpe Mumma, Orloa Meilott
Maurice Polk, Elmer Truax, Ed
ith Mumma, and Grace Mumma.
Ail Di:l:;r, tsaxlter,
BACK IN INDIA.
Miss Alice E. Wlsbart Tells ol Her Re
ception npoa Her Arrival at Al
lahabad. Under dateol December 1,1909,
Miss Alice E. Wishart writes to
her parents, Hon. and Mrs. S. P.
Wishart, and tells of the hearty
welcome she received upon her
arrival at Allahabad, India, to con
tmue her work as a missionary,
and from the letter we are per
mitted to publish the following:
"Here I am, sale and sound, in
dear old Allahabad again. It does
not seem as if I had been ' gone
more than a month everything
is so natural.
"Our Conference was postpon
ed; so I came on at once from Al-
mednagar, and as my tram was
two hours late, 1 did not get here
until 2 o'clock Sunday morning.
Miss Bertsch met me at Chooki,
a little station some miles out of
Allahabad. Shahyadi was at the
station waiting to greet us; and
when we drove up to the gates
lo and behold ! the whole place
was illuminated with dozens and
dozens of tiny lights; and gaily
decorated with flags and paper
chains, Japanese lanterns, and
triumphal arches. ' 'Welcome'
was spelled out in little lights on
the hedge, and the gardner had
arranged his chrysanthemums as
floral decorations. Some fire
works were put off, and the girls
were all out to wish me welcome.
Miss Bertsch had some hot cof
fee and cake for me before I went
to bed at 3, and, altogether, I feel
very happy. I arose at 6:80 and
went to llipdustani church at 7:-
80, and renewed old acquaintanc
es with the Indian Christian com
m unity.
"My room and everything is in
excellent order. Miss Byrne,
about whom 1 told you befoie
coming away, is a charming Eng
lish girl, keeping house for us and
paying board, but receives no pay
from the Society. She is not
strong, however, and We fear she
will not stay more than a month
longer.
"Yesterday 1 went over all the
work and workers conversation
ally with Miss Bertcb, and inves
tigated all the house, compound
and buildings, besides making
six calls.
"We sleep out on the veranda
at night, as we like the air which
is cold enough. 1 sleep under
two blankets and a comfort In
three months from now it will be
hot enough.
"I bad stacks of nice welcom
ing letters from our Nisslj friends
and several telegrams; but though
they were sent to Bombay, I did
not get them until I arrived here.
"I am going up to Fatehpur at
4:45 to-day, and will write more
if I get back before mail day.
"1 have made most of my calls
on Missionaries and Indian Chris
tians between worn hours. I
teel so well and energetic that it
is difficult to hold in and not do,
and do, and do i But ;1 know 1
must husband my strength some
what if I mean to keep it and
have it last
"Several of the schools, know
ing that I was going to visit them,
had their schoolrooms decorated
and special littlo welcome exercis
es bless tholr hearts I
"At one high caste school, all
the children had on their gayest
clothes, and bright colors enough
to dazzle one's eyes. On my en
trance, two small brownies pre
sented me with garlands of jassa
mine blossoms, which I had to
wear, and a huge bouquet of flow
era. In another the room was
decorated with bright colored pa
per thaws with "la the Honor ot
your. Visit' in large letters print
ed on a blackboard, and before I
could be seated, they all arose
and bowing low, said in one voice,
'Salam to you, dear Miss Sahiba
ji; welcome back to India, and
may you be blest t Then each
with a colored paper flag in hand,
sang a song In whioh they were
raised and waved at certain
words.
TUBERCULOSIS SUFFERERS.
State Aid Thronch the Department ol
Health Dispensaries, Reaching the
Really Needy. Facts Particu
larly Oratlfylng.
That the State aid extended to
tuberculous sufferers through
the Department of Health dis
pensaries is reaching the really
needy is evidenced by careful
statistics that Health Commis
sioner Dixon has just compiled.
These statistics which are
based upon a total of 9,363 pati
ents examined at the dispensar
ies, of whom 6,728 were found to
have tuberculosis, during a peri
od of seventeen months ending
December 31, 1908, show that the
average family income in the
homes from which these patients
came was $24 63 per month. The
average number of persons in the
family was 4 38 and the average
per capita income $5.60.
"These facts are particularly
gratifying" said Dr. Dixon to
day. "With the thousands of
tuberculous patients whom we
are asked to help it is quite pos
sible that occasionally the State's
charity is imposed upon. We are
fully justified, however, by the
tabulated records, in drawing the
conclusion that the really needy
poor among Pennsylvania's un
fortunate victims of tuberculosis
are the ones that are being help
ed, just as the law making the ap
propriation contemplated."
An interesting study of the
possible source of infection can
be made from the dispensary
statistics. In 2,404 cases, there
was reason to believe that the
disease was contracted in the
home from another member of
the family. This shows how im
portant is the . work which the
visiting nurses ot the dispensar
ies -are doing in teaching the
members how to guard against
being infected by one of the fam
ily who has the disease.
In 474 cases the possible source
of infection was a fellow em
ployes. Fully alive to the danger
from this source the State De
partment of Health has commu
nicated direct with all the large
employers of labor throughout
the State, urging the necessity
of frequent medical inspection
and calling attention to the State's
dispensaries where suspected
cases among the poor will be ex
amined at any time free.
Letter of Thanks.
Fort Adams, R. I. 1 wish
through the News to thank my
many Fulton county friends who
so kindly remembered me on my
birthday the 7th of January. . It
was a delightful surprise when
on the 6th and 7th every mail
brought in birthday cards, some
of which were from old friends,
who had almost been forgotten,
but how vividly their cards recall
ed to my memory the days gone
by of their bright sunny faces
and kindly leading hands. '
The names of the persons from
whom cards have been received
to date, are as follows:
Lewis, Mrs. S. F., Lee S., Merl
L., Georgio, and Elmer , V. Mei
lott; Barry, Geo. C, Mrs. Ella,
Lenora, Olive, and Dessie Desh
ong; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. R. Hoop,
Ella and Dottie Hoop, H. E Wink,
Mack Cbesnut and wife, Ada
Decker; Reynolds, Ira and Peter
Forner; Mrs. Luclna Forner, Urn
er Truax, Ada Barton, Sebert
Barton, Miss Mollie Sklles, and
Miss Emma Kiraby.
Thanking you all for remember
ing the Soldier Boy up here in
little Rhodie with the tempera
ture only six degrees below zero.
I am your welf wisher,
Pvt. Hoop,
1 . 129 Co. a a. a,
i . Fort Adams, R. 1.
"
An advertisement of a nursing
bottle printed In a Canadian news
paper concluded with tne follow
ing: When the baby is done
drinking it must be unscrewed
and laid in a coot place under a
tap If the baby does not thrive
on tosh milk, it should be boiled.
RECORD OF DEATHS.
Persons Well Known to Maay of Our
Readers, Who Have Answered
Final Summons.
ALL SEASONS ARE THINE, 0 DEATH.
Kerlin.
Mrs. Elizabe'h J. Kerlin, wife
of John M. Kerlin, died at their
home about a mile and a half
northwest of Knobsvllle, on Fri
day, January 14, 1910, aged 55
years, 11 months, and 20 days.
The Immediate cause of her death
was pneumonia, and she was sick
about two weeks. The funeral
took place on Sunday, services
being conducted by Rev. Bryner,
of McConnellsburg, and inter
ment was made in the cemetery
at Knobsville.
Mrs. Kerlin's maiden name
was Brubaker, and she is surviv
ed by one brother, William, near
Fort Littleton, and by four sisters
Mary, wife of Dr. David Chesnut,
and Lila, wife of Geo. W. Ches
nut both residing near Hancock,
Md.,Laura, Mrs. Harrison Locke,
Selea, Huntingdon county; and
Celia, keeping house for her
brother William. Besides her
husband, she leaves five children:
Cloyd, William, Herbert, and
Jessie, wife of Milton Shade, Sal
tillo, Pa., and Bessie, wife of Geo.
Glunt, near Knobsville.
Mrs. Kerlin was a good woman
a faithful wife, a loving mother,
and a kind neighbor.
Doyle.
Clarence M. Doyle, son of Wil
liam and Lucy (Naugle) Doyle,
died at the home of his parents,
in the East Extension, McCon
nellsburg, Pa., Tuesday morning,
January 18, 1910, aged 21 years,
9 months, and 17 days. On the
21st day of December, Clarence
went to bed with typhoid fever;
and, although he had careful med
ical attention, and was thought to
be convalescing, bold hives made
their appearance, and his heart
was not strong enough to perform
its work.
The funeral took place at ten
o'clock this morning, services be
ing conducted by Rev. ,
and interment was made m Union
cemetery, Clarence was a steady,
industrious boy, and was popular
among his companions. His
parents and brothers have the
sincere sympathy of the commu
nity in this sad bereavement
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by the following brothers;
Edward, in Philadelphia; Ernest,
in Washington, D. C. ; Charles, in
Chambersburg; John and Albert
in McConnellsburg, and Harvey
In Altoona.
Chesnut.
A telegram Monday brought
the tidings of the " death of Dr.
David Chesnut, a well known citi
zen of the lower end of the Coun
ty. The telegram did Lot give
the date of the Doctor's death,
nor did it tell anything of the
causes that led to his death..
Dr. Chesnut was a dentist and
practiced his profession for many
years. He was a son of the late
Major George Chesnut and a
brother of George W. Chesnut
who resides on the public road
between Warfordsburg and Han
cock. Two sisters are living,
namely, Alice, wife of- Judge
Lemuel Kirk, of Betbel township,
and Elizabeth, widow of the late
John M. Hoddlng, residing near
Pittsburg.
Mrs. Cbesnut 'a maiden name
was Brubaker, and she is a sister
of John M. Kerlin's wife, a notice
of whose death appears in this is
sue of the News. , ,
Besides his wife, a son, David
Chesnut, Jr., living in Hancock,
end a daughter, Miss Mabel, who
lives at home, survive.
The funeral took place on Tues
day, and while we have not any
definite information as to the
place of interment, we presume
his remains were laid to rest in
the cemetery at Tonoloway.
Hanw,
After an illness of aboat eight
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Absolute Divorce Qranted J. Mlttoa Un
ger aad Annie E. Unger.
Rule on heirs in the estate of
John G. Charlton presented and
H. B. Hill appointed trustee to
Bell same.
The case of Geo. F. Keefer vs
Rowe Meilott which was tried at
the October session, and a motion
for a new trial filed came up for
argument and was argued by the
defendant's attorney, Chas. Wal
ter, and the court overruled the
motion.
In the divorce case of J. Milton
Unger vs. Annie E. Unger. The
report of the master was present
ed and read, and on motion of
Attorney Kirk the court granted
an absolute divorce.
In the matter of the rule on
the Overseers of the Poor, of
McConnellsburg In reference to
the care and keeping of Frank
Lindsay was presented and M.
R. Shaffner, Esq., was appointed
to take testimony. The question
is whether Frank Lindsay be
longs to the Borough or to Todd
township.
The petition of Mrs. May Glunt
for an order allowing her to take
out of court her share of the es
tate of Daniel Mock, deceased,
presented and order allowed.
A Towa Reading Club.
At the urgent advice of Dr.
Woodruff, at the Teachers' Insti
tute, an attempt is being made to
start a Reading Club, or Circle.
Toward this end, a meeting will
beheld in the schoolhouse, on
Tuesday evening, January 25th,
at? o'clock. This meeting is
open to all who wish to better
themselves by earnest work along
literary lines. Let us give our
best moral and practical support
to this effort
A New Feed.
C. J. Brewer and Geo. A. Com
erer, two of the Cove's enterpris
ing farmers, have coming a car
load of Buffalo Gluten Feed,
which is not yet all sold, and any
one wishing to give this feed a
trial may have a chance by apply
ing early to either of the above
named gentlemen. The price is
$31.50 a ton at Mercersburg sta
tion, and $34 a ton delivered here.
Buffalo Gluten Feed is a scientif
ic preparation of corn, and pos
sesses about twice the feeding
value of wheat bran. This feed
Is introduced to the farmers of
this county because it is believed
to be a good thing, and without
any profit on the part of Messrs.
Brewer and Comerer.
days ot pneumonia, Miss Mary
Ellen Hann died on Monday,
January 10, 1910, at the residence
of Robert Gallagher near Har
risonville, Pa. Miss Hann was
born, and lived all her life, near
Saluvia, Pa., she was the oldest
child of James and Barbara
Hann, deceased. The funeral
took place Tuesday, and the ser
vices were conducted by her pas
tor Rev. L. W, McGarvey of the
M. E. Church. Interment in the
M. E, cemetery at GreenhilL
Miss Hann is survived by the
following brothers and sisters:
Scott 8., Webster Mills, Pa.;
Reuben, Frederick City, Md.;
James, Saltillo, Pa,; Mrs. Rebeo
ca, wife of John Barber, Altona,
Indiana;' Mrs. Maria Haulman,
in Franklin county; Miss Abbie,
Atlantic City, N. J.; Lottie, wife
of Wm. Suavely, Lakeside Park,
Altoona, Pa. She was aged 09
years, 4 months and 29 days.
Fix.
Edith Pauline, youngest child
ot Mr. and Mrs. Grant Fix, of
Licking Creek township, this
county, died of pneumonia, on
Tuesday the 11th, inst, aged 1
year and 4 months, and was laid
to rest at Bethlehem cemetery on
Thursday the 18th at 11 o'clock.
The child had been sick only about
two weeks. Rev. McGarvey and
Henry Wolt conducted the funer
al services.
NORTH DAKOTA.
Interesting Letter From Mr. David Rob
inson, Formerly of Burnt Cabins.
Nameless, N. D Jan. 2. I
notico by the label on my paper
that it is about the o'day to send
you another dollar; and while I
am at it I will send a little letter
for my Pennsylvania friends.
When 1 came here, this part of
North Dakota was a vast prairie,
and grazod by thousands of head
of stock both cattle and sheep.
I have bought right out of the
herds the fattest beef 1 ever saw;
and that, too, without an ounce of
gram ever having been fed. But
the last few years, has wrought a
wonderful change. On the face
of that same prairie, is now seen
well cultivated farms, upon which
thousands upon thousands of
bushels of grain are grown every
year. It is almost impossible to
realize that a country could ad
vance to the point that this has,
in a little more than four years.
Hundreds of farms here were lo
cated by widows and single ladies,
and all to the very great advant
age financially of these same wo
men. I know men here that did not
have a dollar in the world when
they came, and who worked upon
the ranches to raise a stake with
which to file a claim, that are now
worth three thousand dollars.
Others that came here with a few
hundred dollars, are worth now
as many thousands.
While there is big pay yet in
locating on government land, one
has to make many sacrifices, and
endure many hardships, before
be can begin to reap the reward
of his venture. This looks at
tractive, but I have seen women
who had started in to win a farm
in this way, break down and cry
like children. It often happens
that the claim taken is five or six
miles away from the nearest
neighbor. As you get six months
after filing, to go on your claim,
many persons wait until the end
of the six months, while others
will go on at once, build a little
shack, and begin to improve the
property.
Part of this country is beauti
ful land; then parts are, rolling.
We have in sight what is called
"Bad Lands" a great portion of
which is fit for nothing but graz
Ing and lignite craL While tim
ber is scarce, there is coal in
abundance. I bought my coal at
the mines for $1.50 a load, and
could haul two loads home a day.
Lumber is worth from $36 to $40
a thousand. So you see that it
costs something to build here.
The cost of living is high here
as elsewhere. I paid 30 cents for
a pint of raspberries. Every
thing you buy here is about dou
ble what it costs in Pennsylvania.
Butter 40 cents a pound; eggs
about the same as there.
We had a nice fall, and very
little snow up to Christmas when
it Bnowed about five inches.
We do not have the snow here
that they do lo the eastern part
of the State. We are plowing In
the spring, when they are sleigh
ing back there.
While I write, my mind wan
ders back to the old home place
where I was born, and now I
would like to see the many
friends I left behind me, when I
left Pennsylvania for the West
O, by-the way, what has be
come of Burnt Cabins that no one
sends the News any news? I'
you just knew how much good It
would do us fellows away out
here m the West you would get
busy. David Robinson,
Nameless,
McKenzie Co., N. Dak.
Four Eclipses.
The year 1910 will be marked
by four eclipses two of the sun
and two of the moon. Both eclips
es of the moon will be visible in
America, but both of the sua will
be invisible. The first total
eclipse of the moon will occur on
Monday, May 23, and the second
will be on Wednesday, November
10.
'
ABOUT PEOPLE YOD KNOW
Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings
Here for a Vacation, or Away
for a Restf ul'Outing.
NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED
Miss Mary Pittman has return
ed to her home in this place, aft
er spending a few weeks with
friends and relatives in Gettys
burg and vicinity.
Miss Harriet Alexander, who
had been spending several weeks
In the home of her brother, Drug
gist W. A. Alexander, in Everett.
bis returned to her home in Mc
Connellsburg.
Ernest Doyle, of Washington,
D. C, proprietor of two of the
leading barber shops In tha Capi
tol City, spent Sunday and Mon
day in this place on account of the
illness of his brother Clarence.
Ernest was accompanied from
Lbambersburg by his uncle, Mr.
McClure, of that town.
Mrs. W. D. Myera and son
Horace, of Hancock, Md., drove
to McConnellsburg in a sleigh
last Saturday, remained until
Monday in the home of Mrs.
Myers' brother, George W. Hays,
when they returned home. The
sleighing was fine, and they en
joyed the trip very much.
Rev. and Mrs. John M. Diehl,
of this place, left Monday for
Berkeley Springs, where Mr.
Diehl will conduct a series of
evangelistic services for a period
of ten days, in the church where
he did his first preaching when
he entered the ministry, in
consequence of Mr. Diehl 's ab
sence there will not be any
preaching in the Presbyterian
church in this place nextSunday.
Next Sunday a week Mr. Diehl
will preach at Greenhill in the
morniug and in town in' the evening.
The Mitchell Tailoring Co.
While the Mitchell Tailoring
Company is not a McConnells
burg enterprise, and was not or
ganized with a view to driving
McConnellsburg tailors out of
business, it is made up ot McCon
nellsburg boys boys who were
born in McConnellsburg, learned
the art of making clothes that fit
in McConnellsburg, and like
many another, went out into the
wide world and found that they
were equipped to win against all
comers and goers. The Mitchell
Tailoring Co. is located in the city
of Mitchell, North Dakota, and is
composed of Sam Goldsmith and
Robbie McDonald.
A Happy New Year.
If a happy home is the bright
est spot on earth that the eye of
God looks down upon, it certain
ly was to be found at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Deavor, in
Taylor township, on New Year's
Day, when Mrs. Deavor 's broth
ers came to spend the day with
her. They came in two large
sleds, and brought the children
along.
There was Grand ma Kin?, Sam
uel King and wife, of North Da
kota; Ross King and wife, of Lai
dig; Albert King, wife and child
dren, of Altoona; William King
and wife, and Abram King, ot
Nortn Dakota; Mrs. George King
and daughter Pauline, of Hiram;
Myrtle and Margaret Price; Wil
liam Deavor, wife and sons Harry
and Oscar,- and Nellie Curran,
teacher of Wintergreen school,
No. 5.
They were entertained by both
vocal and instrumental music,
rendered by Nellie Curran and
Mrs. George King.
The announcement for dinner
was then given, and to which ev
ery one did justice to the occa
sion, feeling that it was good to
be there. After dinner there
was more music, and later in the
afternoon ice cream was served
to the crowd. Then they all took
their departure to their homes
just as the stars were peeping
through the blue.