N . i Wtyt .J VOLUME 11 McCONNELLSUUKG, PA., AUGUST 18, 1910. NUMBER 45 BIG FREIGHT TRUCK. Packard People Haul Seven-Thousand-Pound Load Across Pennsylvania Mountains. 32-n. P. GASOLINE ENGINE DOES WORK D. T. Hastings, Truck Engi neer, and E. J. Burnett and O. F. Klinger, of the Experimental De partment all of the Packard Mo tor Car Company, of Detroit, Mich., arrived here last Wednes day evening driving one of the Packard's big motor trucks, and they have been stationed at the Fulton House since that time. That is, they spend the time at night there, but during the days thev are chasing the monster gasoline wagon up and down the mountain, over to Mercersburg and return, ever to Loudon and back, and in every way possible testing the strength and endur ance of the machine. ( For several years the Packard people have used this territory as the testing ground for their cirs, and annually send here their latest products in motor cars for a final trying-out. Our people are especially inter ested in this truck, for it is not built as a pleasure carriage, but it is a mammoth freight car to run on ordinary roads. The truck weighs about 6,500 pounds, and is built to carry a load of 6,000 pounds. In the test going on here, it is carrying 3 tons of sand, and other freight amounting in all to between three and a half and four tons in weight. The engine is the ordinary four cylinder gasoline type, and devel ops thirty-two and eight-tenths horse-power. But it is so gear ed that it "walks" its ponderous load right up the mountain with apparently as much ease as a mule would pull a baby coach. The machine is guided by the or dinary steering wheel, and is as sensitive to the operator as a com mon runabout. ' When it is considered that the distance to the top of the moun tain by the Mercersburg pike is 8 8 miles, measuring from the Fulton House, and to reach the top a grade of 1,300 feet has to be overcome, it is no easy matter to haul a load of three or lour tons. But Mr. Hceulr rs showed his ability to stopr Prachine dead on the steepest grade a grade of not less than ten per cent, and start it right ' out without the least difficulty. The machine has three speeds forward, and one backward. On level ground . with perfect road conditions, a speed of- twelve miles an hour may easily be maintained; as the grade mcreas es, it is thrown into "second" and the machine rolls along at about eight miles an hour, and when the hill becomes exceptionally steep, "low gear" is used and four miles three miles two miles, or even less is made for ' H kp-jyj a goin' even if it has to el.'. telegraph pole. To give some figures that our local people may understand, the load was carried to the top of the mountain m 45 minutes five miles an hour, and brought from the top to McConnellsburg in 25 minutes nine miles an hour. Of course, a twenty-five-minute run was a speed test Any of our farmers who buy a machine, Bhould not run it that fast down hill especially over as ugly breakers as ' aie found on the mountain, if they want the ma chine to last a lifetime. The big machine measures 21 feet, 6 inches from "stem to stern" that is, from the front side of the bumper to the rear end of the body, and the body is 6 feet 6 inches in width. The wheels have solid rubber tires the rear ones being double and 80 inches in height, while the front wheels are single and 34 inches in height. The wheel base the distance between the center ot the front wheel and the Center of the hind wheel when nspection By National Bureau Show Many Cows in Maryland Have Tuberculosis. Inspections of cows by officials of the Bureau of Animal Indus try of the Umted States depart ment of agriculture, have played havoc with the dairy industry around Annapolis. Eighty cows out of 233 tested showing reaction under the tub erculin test. One of the leading dairymen of the section lost twenty-five out of twenty-nine cows, and was com pelled to give up business. Another lost twenty-one out of twenty five and a third sixteen out of seventeen. The result of the tests has caused much appre hension in Annapolis, where the milk from the infected cows has been used regularly, and in many cases given to children. The cows which react on the tuberculin tests are slaughtered, and in most cases the sale of the meat is allowed. There is no oth er compensation, to the owners. MANY COWS INFECTED. What Are Dog Days. .The ancients, reckoued their dog days or dies canisulares, which were 40 in number, by the rising of the dog star. Sinus, the largest and brightest of all stars, and - which is situated in the mouth of Cams Major. The ris ing of the dog star was supposed to be the occasion of the extreme heat and the disease incidental to these days. It was by mere coincidence that the rising of the star occurs with the hottest sea son of the year. Various dates, from July 3 to August 15, have been assigned for the first dog day, and various durations, from 30 to 54 days. Perhaps they are now most usually reckoned from July 3 to August 11, inclusive. Pliny fixed both July 19 and July 23. In ancient 'times the dog days were dreaded as a period of pestilence and strange maladies, and there was general fasting and praying in an effort to 6vade the many ills supposed to belong to the time. The old superstitions concerning dog days have been forgotten, but there are some of modern ' origin. Nowadays the term is wrongly supposed by many to have reference to the susceptibility of dogs to rabies in the season. Ruling Out the Bible. . The State of Illinois has ruled the Bible out of her Public Schools. The Supreme Court of that State has recently made this decree, on the grounds that it is an mterierence with the so-called religious liberty. We regret to hear of this unwise decision. Illi-' nois needs all of the Bible she can got, and so do all the other of these United States. To exclude the Bible from the public schools is to expose the rising generation to a great moral and religious danger. The Bible is the founda tion stone of character. The schools are the places where char acter is formed to a great exteut. To remove the Bible, takes away one of the greatest influences for good that the young of- our land have. Furthermore, the removal of God's Vord from such a pub lic institution as the schools, will bring, we fear, not only Divine disapprobation, but will result unluckily to the State that caus es such a decree to bo enforced. In our estimation, there is not enough of the Bible taught in our 'public schools to-day. We would be glad to welcome that day when systematic Bible study will be come a part of every public school curriculum It has hitherto been that the best of our colleges ne glected the Bible to such an ex tent that their graduates came out booked in sciences and lan guages aud mathematics, and knowing practically nothing of the Bible. Of later years, sys tematic Bible study has been in troduced throughout the country in a wide area, and now there aro thousands of students studying the Bible. To our estimation, no man or woman can call himselt educated, until he has acquired some knowledge of the Word of God. Back of all learning, this Book is an essential, which not only shows us how to live but as well, tells us how to die. Our public schools cannot expect to prosper if they see fit to reject the Bible. May Pennsylvania never be guilty of this. the axles are parallel is 144 inch es. ' This machine with its load of sand was driven from Cleveland, Ohio, to McConnellsburg, a dis tance of 280 allies, in 40 hours actual running time an average of 7 miles an hour. The roads for the first 118 miles out from Cleveland are good, but those from Pittsburg across Laurel Ridge and the Alleghenies are about as tough as any that can be found on the Western Hemi sphere. Through Ohio, they made over nine miles an hour, while in crossing the mountains named, a speed of only about three or four was made. This machine costs, without body, 13,400 f. o. b. Detroit. The bodies are built to suit the wants of the purchaser, and cost from one hundred to two hundred dol lars. There is no questfon about the machine's ability to do the work and to do the work satisfactorily on the roads across the mountain The only question is whether the cost of the machine, together with the cost of operation, would make the investment profitable. To steady the nerves ot those people who are always looking for a "nigger in a woodpile" we wish to say that this article is not an advertisement; it wai not sug gested by the Pachard people, and It is given to our readers as a bit of information most of which the4 Editor gathered while taking a ride to Mercersburg Monday in the big machine beside the courteous driver Mr. Hastings. "Jest" So! From a "Special Despatch" dat ed Chambersburg, August 15th, and published iu Tuesday's North American, we gather the follow ing information concerning the history connected with the name of one of the postoffices in this county. The despatch says: "There is no telling how in what way many of the names of postoffices over the country are selected, but there was method in the selection of the name for the office Iddo, in lower Fulton county. The Fulton countians are great on family history and geneaology, and when it came time to select a name for the new office, the postmaster-to be open ed his Bible and looked up the name of the leading gencaologist of the ancient days. According lo Chronicles, twelfth chapter and twenty-fifth verse, lddo was not only ageneaologist but a seer as well, and that suited exactly. The postnffice department grant ed the request , without asking questions, and it is a safe guess that no ottier office in the whole country has such a rare and his torical name as this one.'' RECORD OF DEATHS. Persons Well Known lo Many of Our Readers, Who Have Answered Final Summons. ALL SEASONS ARE THINE, 0 DEATH. Hagerstowo Hospital. Concerning the , new hospital which is to be erected upon a portion of the McKee farm, near Hagerstown, which was purchas ed by the Washington County hospital. , Association some time ago the Baltimore Sun says: "A new $00,000 hospital will be built in Hagerstown v under the direction of Dr. Henry M. Ilurd, superintendent of the Johns Hop kins hospital. The building will be of brick and stone, with con crete foundation. The interior will be equipped in a thoroughly modern manner. There will be hardwood floors and mahogany finishing." Subscribe tor only $1.00 a year. the " "News;' in FlSHKU. Winfield Scott Fisher died at bis home on cast Water street, McConnellsburg, Pi., Thursday, August 11, 1910, aud his funeral took place at 6 o'clock Fn day eveuiDg, services being con ducted by Kev. C. W. Bryner, and interment was made in the graveyard at the Reformed cburch in this place. The deceased was a son of the late Andrew and Catherine (Ready) Fisher, and was born at the Ladies Turn, on the turnpike on the east sido of Sideling Hill mountain, on the 28th day of July, 1817. At that time the Mexican War was in progress, and honors were pretty equally divided between the two great heroes, General Winfield Scott and General Zachary Taylor. An drew Fisher was a great admir er of Scott, aud when a young son was added to his family just when his favorite general was making his march against the city of Mexico, the elder Fisher said, "My son shall be called Win field Scott." Andrew Fisher aud his wile, with their two children John R. and Elizabeth J. the latter but six weeks old moved from Wells Valley to the Ladies Turn about the first of April 1840, and lived there until 1855 when he removed to the farm at the west end of Hustontown and thero spent the rema'.nder of his days. During the time the Fishers lived at Ladies Turn, the proper ty cousisted of a large two story "L" hotel building, or tavern as they were called in those days, the building standing inside the turn a sunken place in the ground now shows the remains of the cellar. Just across, on the lower side of the road, stood the barn and other buildings, making it a famous stopping place for wagoners in those days. The elder Fisher was a contrac tor, apd spent much of 'his time away from home, Mrs. Fisher and the children conducting the hotel. Many of the large barns in the Cove were erected by him. When the subject of this notice grew to manhood, he studied dentistry, and practiced his pm fession in the West until failing sight compelled him to abandon that and he returned to this State. On the 25th of September, 1880, he was married to Miss Sarah E. Stuckey, of Everett, to whom nine children were born, six of whom are living, namely, Nora, wife of Prof. A. J. Dohner, Eliza bethville, Pa.; Andrew A., Benja min W., Rose E., Fred S., and Mary M., at home. During the past three years, Mr. Fisher had been an invalid, and during the past year almost entirely helpless. , The cause of his death was chronic cystitis, and during the last few weeks he was almost entirely paralyzed. Of his father's family but two are left: John R., of Bedford, and Ehzibeth (Mrs. S. B. Woollet), of this place. Houck. . Mr. Milford C. Ilouck, a broth er of Hon. M. W. Houck, of New Grenada, was born on a farm in Wells Valley, September 4, 1854, and died at his home at D wight, III, June 9, 1910, aged 55 years, 9 months, and 2 days. ." His father died when the de ceased was but two years of age, leaving a wife and seven children, he being the next to the youngest child. At the age of maturity he moved to McConnellatown, Pa., where he spent two yearn on the farm, At the time of his moth er's death in 1874 Mr. Houck moved to Illinois and commenced farming near Dwight In 1878 he was united in holy wedlock to Miss Elizabeth Good, sister of Shaft Two Hundred and Fifty Feet Deep' Sunk in Adams County. Gold and copper quarts are be- g mined near Charraian .Adams county. A shaft 250 feet deep has been sunk and it is believed a pocket of gold will soon be found. The company is arranging for machinery to reduce the minerals to marketable shape. The smelt ing is being done at the mine. A large elevator takes the mine pro ducts from the bottom of the shaft to the top, where it is stored in a large warehouse. EXPECT TO FIND GOLD. THE WATER SHED. Automobile Accidents. On Saturday of last ween while Howard M. Weaverhng, of Ever- ette, was driving his Overland au toradbile at Riddlesburg, the ma chine plunged over the high cliff near the residence of William Lauder. In the car with him was L. B. Shaw, of Riddlesburg. Shaw jumped but Weaverling went over the bank with the auto mobile. The cir struck the rail road track 40 feet below and was considerably damaged. The wind shield was knocked off and the frame broken. Mr. Weaverling was injured, having his shoulder badly bruised. Another accident, similar to the above occurred to Dr. Walter de la M. Hill, of Everett near the Arandale Hotel, between Bedford and Bedford Springs, on the same day. The Doctor was ac companied by Mr. Charles En field, of Pittsburg, and met a ve hicle which gave him so small a portion of the road that he ran too much to one side and plunged down an embankment. Both escaped uninjured, hut the auto was damaged. About 11 o'clock on Wednesday of last week while traveling be tween Cessna and Fishertown, in Bedford county, J. L. Pauless and wife, of Ilomestead,were painfully injured in an automobile accident, They were passing a slippery place when the machine left the road, passed through a fence and over an embankment, turning over twice and alighting on the wheels. The occupants were severely injured and the machine considerably demolished. A Hotel Roof Which Divides the Waters of Two Oceans. Situated exactly at the highest point of the divide of the Rocky Mountains on the Crow's Nest division of the Canadian Pacific railway, in British Columbia, the "Summit Hotel," of which a fron tiersman, is proprietor, claims a unique distinction. When it rains in the mountains, the water which falls on the eastern slope of the Summitllotel roof trickles away to join a tiny rivulet, which in due process of time mingles its wa ters with the broad Atlantic. The water falling just beyond the ridgepole, on the other side of the roof, flows westerly, and ulti mately into the Pacific. Wide World Magazine. Weddings. SEDERS AUDKIC. August 8, 1910, Earl Sudors, of this place, and Miss Minnie Aud- ric, of Timbersville, Va., were married in Hagerstown, by Rev. Irvine. Theyare now visitiog friends in this place. Cauuaugh Deshong. ' la Hagerstown, August 10th, Tobias Carbaugh and Miss Dotty L. Deshong, both of this county, were united in marriage by Rev. Evers. Rev. Aeron Good. This happy and peaceful union was blessed with, eight children, five sons and three daughters, all of whom survive their father and mourn his death. During his life all who jcame into personal relation with him learned to love, respect and ad mire him in proportion to the in timacy of their association. They could not fail to know that all un failing kindness and courtesy and good will came from the heart and that his sympathies were genuine and he was con siderate of the feelings and rights of others. He was a great home man and a loving father and en joyed best the society of his lam ily. lie loved God! He in his own quiet way, endeavored to serve him. He leaves to mourn bis loss his grief stricken wife; five sons. Ar thur, George, Walter, Russel and Loyd; three daughters, Anna, May, Alice and one grandchild, Milford, named after his grand father and who was bis grand father's idol ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings Here lor a Vacation, or Away for a Restful Outing. NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED Injunctiou For Camp. A. bill, praying for an injunc tion against the Walnut Grove campmeeting association of the ChnrchofGod has been entered In the Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon county, to be consid ered at the September term. The plaintiffs, George Nonemaker, James W. Linn, Robert Ramsey, Eh Ferrenburg, elders of the Church of God at Walnut Grove, state that the defendants, F. W. McGuire, J. M. Warner aud Clay M. Brown, directors, have with out any authority in law or equity formed an Association which they allege represents the east PennJ sylvania Eldership of the Church of God; have taken possession and management of the Walnut Grove camp grounds, and since assum ing such controll have incurred various debts, stating that the plaintiffs will have no authority in the matter of camp manage ment nor in the supervision of ex penditures and receipts. It is claimed that the defend ants are building a high fence about the camp grounds aud have already rented many cottages, all, according to the bill, without au thority. No Return Receipts. The United States postal laws have been amended so that all persons desiring a return receipt for such mail or parcel must place an endorsement "receipt desired" or some similar one. If this is not done no such receipt will be forthcoming. The follow ing has been sent to postmasters concerning chang, e: "The amended regulations cov er all registered mail, including official matter mailed by Govern ment officials. "Until further notice postal em ployees accepting mwl for regis tration must in every case ask if return receipt is desired, and if a person desiring a return receipt has failed to make the proper in dorsement on the mail, the re ceiving postmaster or clerk should supply it. "If a domestic registered ar ticle that does not bear the in dorsement 'Receipt desired' or words of similar import is ac companied by a properly address ed return-receipt card, a receipt should be obtained thereon and the card should be mailed to the sender in the usual manner. 1 "No return receipt card should be prepared for a domestic reg istered article not indorsed 'Re ceipt desired' or with words of similar import" A New Industry at Burnt Cabins. Walter Comerer, the enterpris leg lumberman at Burnt Cabins, is having a large building erected at that place to be used as a plan ing mill, door and sash factory, an industry which the people of that section of the county are in need of very much. Mr. Comer er is also installing a hydraulic cider press In the rear of the new building for the accommodation of the farmers of that section. . Eld. A, J. jUarland will preach atTonoloway on Saturday and Sunday, August 20th and 21st Barney Bivens, of Ayr town ship spent Saturday in town. Hays A. Strait, of Hustontown, spent Monday night in town. Rev. Dr. J. J. Rose, of Mercers burg, spent several hours in town on Monday. H. F. Shives, of Big Cove Tan nery, was seen on our streets on Saturday. Levi P. Morton, of Pleasant Ridge, was a visitor to town on Saturday. W. L. Stevens one of our valued subscribers from Laidig was a visitor to our office on Monday. Clarence Sipes, of near Pitts burg, spent Sunday with his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Sipes. Jacob Clouser and wife, of low er Ayr township.'were in town doing some shopping last Friday. James K. VanDyke and wife, of Philadelphia, are here for a two weeks' visit to relatives at the Fulton House. Robert Stouteagle and wife, of Altoona, arrived in town on Mon day for a couple week's visit among friends and relatives. T. Elliott Patterson, Esq., and son Howard, of Philadelphia, are visiting Elliott's brothers, Calvm and Linn Patterson, south of town. Mrs. W. F. Smith and daugh ter, Miss Rena, of Roland Park, Baltimore, are guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Reisner, of this place. Maurice B. Trout, who is engaged in the drug business iu Philadelphia, is spendinghis sum mer vacation with his mother, Mrs. Matilda B. Trout in this place. Miss Jennie Wink and niece Miss Jessie Wink the former a sister, and the latter a daughter of Mr. W. F. Wink, formerly of Belfast townr.hip but now a resi dent of the Eastern Shore, Md. are visiting friends in Belfast, Licking Creek, and Taylor town ships. Mrs. JonathanCope (Kate 1 Iart) her six-year old son Ralph, and her niece, Mina A. Hart, daugh ter of S. A. Hart all of Kennett Square, Pa., spent last Friday evening and Saturday with rela tives in McConnellsburg, and then went on to Whips Cove to visit Mrs. Copes mother Mrs. Rachel Hart. B. W. Fisher, who recently completed a course in Harrisburg and became a licensed chauffeur, has secured a nice position with a lumber company at PortTrev erton, Pa., and manipulates the wheels on a big "Thirty" touring car. Ben was home during the funeral of bis father, but return ed to Port Treverton Monday morning. George Glunt, of Knobsville, called at the News office while in town last Friday, and pushed his subscription ahead a year. George says he had a yield of nineteen and a half bushels ol wheat t the acre, and that on ordinary slate land. This does not look like the wheat crop in Fulton county was a failure. Mrs. Jennie Walters and broth er Mr. Howard Metzler were members of an automobile party that stayed a few hours in Mc Connellsburg Monday, and called on relatives her9. Mrs. Walters and her brother are children of the late Hamilton Metzler and were born on the old Metzler farm over the Ridge, now owned by J. F. Hess and tenanted by Fred Gordon. This is the first time Mrs. Walters has been iu the County for forty years, and she was greatly interested in the changed condition of things as she compared them with the days of her early, girlhood. Tholr borne is njar Now York City.
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