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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."
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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.