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VOLUME 1G
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., DECEMBER 17.1914.
NUMBER 13
PIONEER STORIES.
Interesting Reminiscences Related By
Daniel E. Fore, Esq., of His Ex
pcrieoces in the Far Vest
Our genial friend, Daniel E,
Fore, Esq., and his daughter Miss
Katie, removed from the Fore
homestead near Knobsville
last spring to their comfortable
home at the northern end of Sec
ondstreet, McConnellsburg. Sit
ting at a big plate glass window
in bis new home, where he has
jn uninterrupted view of the
Cove almost up to his boyhood
borne, Mr. Fore takes pleasure in
entertaining friends with stories
of his experience i n western
states and in Mexico between the
year 1847 and the outbreak of the
Civil War. These stories are of
times and conditions that will
never again be witnessed by men
of this, or of a future, genera
tion. Leaving home in March 1847,
when he was twenty years of
age, Mr. Fore made his way to
Iowa where his brother Jacob
then lived. Having sent his
trunk by wagon to Pittsburgh,
Jlr. Fore started out afoot after
it There was much snow on the
pound. At Sixmile Crossing,
east of Everett, he fell in with a
Mormon missionary who was al
io "hoofing it" to Pittsburgh.
Together they walked to Greens
burg 104 miles westward from
W The two travelers spnara.
'id at Greensburg, Mr. Fore tak
ing stage to Pittsburgh. In that
nty he saw two companies of sol
iers from Franklin, Fulton and
Bedford counties take boat down
ie river for Mexico. By the
me means. Mr. Fore went down
ie Ohio and up the Mississippi
a his destination in Iowa. Dur-
the next twelve years Mr.
"ore made seven trips to Iowa,
ad one to the Pacific coast, in
iiding a trip across Mexico to
era Cruz where only two weeks
$ Uncle Sam withdrew a fleet
i battleships which he had sent
that point over a year ago to
!p make Mexicans "be good."
Mr. Fore has kindly consented
'i permit the News to publish in
dents of his travels the first
Jstallment of which follows:
On one occasion, while he and
a party were on their way to
it P(ifif const, naintr oven to
&w the wagons, their attention
u attracted to a dark line on
ie horizon behind them. For
i time it was not possible to
ount for it Some of the par-
thought it might be black
"ids rolling up in advance of
of those storms that some--nes
sweep the plains. What
;er it was it seemed to be mov-
'I in their direction. The black
Je was many miles long. In
Wse of time the party discov
d that it was an immense herd
buffaloes. They were not ad
ding at a walk, but were bear
? down upon the party at
:reakneck speed. The yearlings
Tere in advance, and. as if to
their contempt for the "old
V' slowness, they scampered
ead, now sidewise, now ban-
their mates to play at but
ty just as though they had to
wmethingtoputin the time
'We the older memhers of the
ItA -- l-i . il A. Xl. A
mine on. seeing mat uic
'tty would be struck by about
e Center rf tba front, of the
;ffl, some ranid nlanninir had to
done to avoid death and the
;ter destruction of their ox
:Jms and nrnvisinns. Ouickly
C - -- -
roiuie, uie mains wciciutcu
m front of the other, with
--wa 111.UULU 111 lllJ vtlAWWivaa
One of the men thought
""tsni cause tne nera to open
1 m their ranks by running
K flnH tnoinnv I'm a liof nf fflOITl
lu a hinmont ha uraa mnnintr
uar He for the rear waeon
r threw himself under it just
fe foremost animal reached
P The buffaloes thinking per-
p'. that the wagons and piled
f'10
as were immovable rocks,
M on each side of the wa
"Some Good" Apples.
A few weeks ago the Editor
had a letter from Jere Cromer,
Cashmere, Wash., saying that he
felt that a man of the Editor's
age, should have the privilege of
eating, at least, one good apple
before cashing in" and to make
it possible, Jere said he was ship
ping a box by express from Cash
mere, paying the express to Chi
cago, and sending the Editor mon
ey to pay the charges from Chi
cago. Good boy! Jere wanted to
make sure that the editor would
be able to "lift" them from the
express office when they came.
Well,, they came thirty apples,
making a half bushel. When the
Editor saw the fruit, it looked
good to his eyes and he did eat;
he also, gave one to his wife and
she did fit rnd asked for more.
Indeed, for I'vor, size and beau
ty of coloring, hey were the fin
est apples he had ever tasted.
Sorry that he could not pass them
around to all his friends, but like
old Lawrence Everts' quart of
whisky, thirty apples do not last
forever.
Jere said in his letter that he
had just finished harvesting a
crop of 10,000 bushels.
Belgian Relief.
W. R. Sloan, Treasurer of the
Belgian Relief Fund acknowl
edges receipt of the following
sums:
Previously acknowledged $50.8-1
Sunday School of Presby
terian Ch. of McCon
nellsburg 2.50
McConnellsburg Lodge I.
O. O. F 5.00
Total
$58.34
McConnellsburg on the Map.
At the recent Suffragists' Con
vention which met in Scranton,
the President, Mrs. Roessing, an
nounced that she would pledge
$4,000 toward the campaign fund,
bringing the amount to $30,000,
raised in personal pledges. The
report of the new organization
in McConnellsburg was warmly
welcomed in the convention.
J. C. Heinbaugh has sold his
two farms in Ayr township to
Harry Hohman.
gons on their own accord, but so
close to them that the frightened
men could reach out and touch
them. Mr. Fore says that it re
quired three hours for the herd
to pass, and that he could not see
to the ends of the "wings" of
the bie drove that could not have
been much less than a million in
number.
At another time, while his par
ty was prospecting in the foot
hills of the Rocky Mountains, Mr
Fore saw at a distance what look
ed like a big bear. Shouldering
his muzzle-loading, single-shot
rifle he started after it. As he
approached it, he saw that it was
a bull buffalo. He succeeded in
cettine so close to it that he
thought he could shoot it in the
forehead, same as we shoot a
beef. The shaggy hair in top of
its head caused him to miscalcu
late the vital spot and ne shot too
hieh. but the bullet stunned the
bull, and it fell to its knees. It
then started up a blowout ravine
and Mr. Fore started up another
one running parallel to it. When
he got a second shot, he aimed
for its backbone above the shoul
der. Here again the shaggy
mane drew his aim too high, but
the bull again fell. ' Following
still further Mr. Fore drew a bead
on the heart-this time felling
the brute "for keeps." Night
had overtaken him by this time,
and losing his way back to camp,
and carrying the bull's tail as a
trophy, he fell into, a river and
must have wet the powder in his
rifle, because next morning when
a fat. sleek heifer buffalo follow
ed some cattle into camp, he
snapped three caps at her at a
distance of twenty feet, but old
Trusty would not shoot and the
heifer took fright and scampered
off.
Recent Weddings.
Baer Kegarise.
The home of Mr. and Mrs.
Scott Kegarise, Altoona, was the
scene of a pretty wedding on
Thanksgiving Day, at noon, when
their eldest daughter, Louie May
became the bride of Dr. Harry
George Baer, of Johnstown. The
marriage service was read by
Rev. J. II. Bradigun of the third
U. B. church, Altoona. The
bride and groom were attended
by Miss Mame, sister of the bride
and by Mr. T. W. Hirschbiel, of
Juniata. The bride wore a love
ly dress of white satin and mar
quisette, and carried Brides'
roses. The bride's maid wore a
pink crepe de chene, and carried
pink carnations and ferns. Fol
lowing the greetings, a wedding
dinner was served.
The home was beautifully deco
rated for the occasion with palms
ferns, and pink and white chrys
anthemums. The ceremony was
witnessed by a number of friends
and relatives. The bride receiv
ed many useful and beantiful
presents.
The out-of-town guests were;
Mrs. M. E. Talmer and Mrs.
Maude Leal and children, of Con
nellsville; Mr. and Mrs. Berkley,
of Johnstown, and Miss Gertrude
Ritchie, of Everett.
Dr. Baer is a son of Mrs. Eliza
beth Baer, of Reading, and is a
graduate of Jefferson Medical
College. The bride is a Fulton
county girl, the family having re
moved to Altoona a year ago.
The couple left Altoona at 6 o'
clock in a shower of rice and old
shoes. They will be at home to
friends after December 10th. at
122 Walnut street, Johnstown.
MORGRET SlIAUPE.
A dispatch from Hagerstown,
published in the North American
last Friday says that Rolla Dell
Morgret, of Mt. Auburn, and
Miss Goldie Edith Sharpe, of
Sharpe, Pa., were married in
Hagerstown last week.
Unger Mellott.
Mis3 Carrie Mellott, of Big
Cove Tannery, and G. Edmund
Unger, of Cito, Pa., were mar
ried at the parsonage of the First
Baptist Church by Rev. E. K.
Thomas at Hagerstown. Han
cock Star.
Carnell-Akers.
Miss Goldie Akers, of Brush
Creek township, and Samuel Car-
nell, of Dott, Pa., were married
in Hagerstown last Tuesday.
Hancock Star.
That Four-Day School.
Of course you have not forgot
ten that a four-day school for
farmers will be held in McCon
nellsburg in February. We
know of some farmers who are
jotting down questions to ask the
State's instructors at that time.
Some who are free users of pot
ash will want to know what they
are to do to tide them over until
lines can again be established
connecting us with the world's
supply in Germany. Answers
have been prepared for this ques
tion, and to many others that
come up for decision before
spring work begins. Jot down
these questions and have them
ready when you attend.
Dr. Barton Elected Mayor.
At the election held in Wash
ington last Monday, Dr. Joseph
F. Barton, a former County
Superintendent of this county,
was chosen mayor of the city of
North Yakima, by a large major
ity. His election in a closely con
tested fight was a mark of the
esteem in which our old friend is
held in the city of his adoption.
Besides the honor connected with
his preferment, the position car
ries a salary of $2,500.00 a year.
The News voices sentiment of
the Doctor's many Fulton Coun
ty friends in extending hearty
congratulations.
John A. Crouse, of Knobsville,
and his brother Henry, of De
corum, spent a few hours in town
last Thursday,
THE MAN BEHIND THE GIN.
Economy, Coupled with Hard fork and
Plenty of It, Usually Brings Busi
ness Success.
Peter Morton & Son, a partner
ship existing between ex-Associate
Judge Peter Morton and his
son Earl, several years ago
bought at public sale what to the
older people is known as the Rev
White property, and to those of
later years, as the Dickson Drug
Store corner, on the northeast
corner of Water, and Second
street fronting 55 feet on Water
street, and extending back along
Second street to the alley, 220
feet. It may be noted here
that the name Water Street,
which from the time the town
was laid out until recentiy, was
applied to that portion of the
turnpike which lies within the
Borough limits. Since the great
Lincoln Highway leading from
ocean to ocean includes the turn
pike leading from Bedford to
Chambersburg, through McCon
nellsburg, the name Lincoln
Highway is applied to the route
outside the towns, and officially,
or by common consent, the names
of the streets in the respective
towns have been changed to Lin
coln Way; hence, what was form
erly known in McConnellsburg as
Water street, is now known as
Lincoln Way.
The Mortons were not satisfied
to purchase the property, and
hold it merely for the fun of pay
ing tax upon it; but, at once be
gan to plan for its improvement
and incidentally for the improve
ment of the town. Their first
venture was the erection of a
neat frame building fronting 15
feet on Second street, about mid
way along the side of the lot, in
1910. This when completed was
rented as an office by the McCon
nellsburg Water Company. The
following year, they erected a
fine two-story frame building,
adjoining the Water Company's
office. This building has a front
age of 45 feet on Second street,
and a depth of 40 feet, making
two fine business rooms on the
first floor, separated by a hall and
stairway. The room to the north
wa3 occupied by E. R. McClain
as a store room until a few days
ago, when he removed, and it
will now be occupied by Scott
Runyan as a store room. The
room south of the hall was fitted
up with modern equipment for
the postoffice, and has since been
used as such. There are five
rooms on the second floor.
Their greatest effort, however,
was begun last spring. It was
then that they put a force of men
at work, and the old building on
the corner, part stone and part
logs, was torn down and remov
ed preparatory to erecting a mod
ern structure which should be
their crowning effort a credit,
not only to themselves, but an
improvement to which the town
might well point with pride. On
a foundation fronting 55 feet, on
Lincoln Way, and extending back
along Second street to a depth of
57 feet, a fine building wa3 erect
ed. The first floor is divided in
to two parts, the one on the west
being used as a home for the Ful
ton County Bank, and the one on
the east being used by E. R. Mc
Clain as a store room. The sec
ond floor contains a fine lodge
room, with ante-rooms and clos
ets complete, and is occupied by
the "Red Men." This room is
over McClain's store. Over the
bank, are a suite of office rooms,
and a suite of apartments for
family housekeeping. The latter
suite consisting of five rooms, bath
cold storage, &c, will be occu
pied in a few days by our towns
man Scott Runyan, and will be a
very desirable place for residence
This building is frame, veneered
with Bradford red pressed brick,
and trimmed with gray cut stone.
The structure is reinforced with
more than twelve tons of steel.
A somewhat detailed description
of the Fulton County Bank equip
ment has been given in a previ
ous issue of the News, It might
With Our Subscribers.
Mrs. John Hershey, of Earling,
Iowa, sends a dollar for another
year's issue of the Fulton Coun
ty News. Mrs. Hershey says,
"I do like to read the old home
news. Tell the lady that was
going to publish a rheumatism
remedy to hurry up. I would
like to know what it is."
Mrs. O. R. Dunlap (Nora John
ston), of Pittsburg, Kansas, in
sending the cash to push her
subscription to the News well
into 191G, wishes the editor and
his wife a "merry Christmas,"
and that Santa will be "good" to
all the rest of her Fulton county
friends. Nora has not neglected
her penmanship, for she writes
just as pretty a hand as when
she went to school in McConnells
burg. It ha3 been more than fifty
years since J. W. Bowman, or
perhaps, better remembered by
the older folks as "Wes" Bow
man, left McConnellsburg to try
his fortune in the West Mr.
Bowman now lives at Oneida,
111., and is a constant and ap
preciative reader of the News.
In sending a dollar to pay his
subscription to Christmas, 1915,
says that notwithstanding the
many years that have elapsed
since he went away from Mc
Connellsburg, the names of per
sons and places given in the
News are familiar, and it seems
like renewing the acquaintance
of old-time friends.
In remitting cash to advance
her subscription well into 1916
Nora Ferrenberg Zorn, of Gib
sonburg, O., says she gets a
great deal of gleasure in reading
the news from her old home.
Her many former schoolmates
and friends in McConnellsburg
will be pleased to hear from her.
Little Shotgun.
Sportsmen know that little
shotguns can be purchased in
.22, .32, and .4-1 calibres. These
little guns take metallic amuni
tion, shaped similar to the ball
cartridge used in rifles of similar
design. They are very useful
for killing rats and small game
at short range. But many of
our readers will be surprised to
know that paper shells, of regu
lar pattern, are now on the mar
ket for a ' little, 30-inch barrel
shotgun of .41 caliber. Since .41
means forty-one hundredths of
and inch, it will be seen that the
bore is but a trifle over two-fifths
of an inch. At present, these
little shells are loaded with one
third of a dram of smokeless
powder and three-tenths of an
ounce of No. 8 chilled shot.
These light guns are not toys,
but are being made to meet a de
mand from hunters where the
necessary range is not over twenty-five
or thirty yards.
be mentioned here that Mr. Mor
ton furnished all the stationary
bank furniture including the
vault which is equipped with a
modern steel door hung on crane
hinges and furnished with single
pressure system, operated by a
hand wheel. The entire building
is heated by steam, the heating
plant having been installed by
Messrs W. H. and O. L. Great
head, of McConnellsburg.
The elder Mr. Morton is some
thing of a hustler. Fourteen
years ago he purchased and mov
ed onto the Fields farm just east
of town. At once he set about
improving the property. He
built a large bank barn equipped
it with a silo (the first in the
county) an automatic litter car
rier, and concrete ditches in the
stables. The next year he erect
ed a fine large three-story dwell
ing house to take the place of the
old one. The other improvements
about the farm are in keeping
with the buildings. A peep in
to his stables will reveal the fact
that he appreciates the value of
improved live stock as well as
improved farm machinery and
improved methods in the soil cultivation,
Sudden Deaths in a Silo.
A recent fatal accident in Ohio
calls attention to a danger to
farmers which cannot be too
widely circulated. Since 1875,
when the first American silo was
built by Dr. Manley Miles, this
method of preserving forage for
livestock has been generally
adopted. Although the Depart
ment of Agriculture has frequent
ly called attention to the danger
of carbon dioxide gas accumulat
ing in silos under certain condi
tions, no fatalities have heen re
ported heretofore. On the morn
ing of September 19, four work
men on the farm of the Athens
(Ohio) State Hospital ascended
the ladder on the outside of a
silo to an open door about twelve
feet from the top and jumped
down one after another on to the
silage, the top of which was
about six feet below the door.
About five minutes after, two
other workmen following them
found them unconscious. Al
though a large force of workmen
were immediately summoned and
the bodies of the four men re
moved at once through a lower
door, the physicians of the hos
pital who were at once on the
ground were unable to resuscitate
any of the four men. Evidently
the carbon dioxide gas had ac
cumulated during the night,
filling the silo up to the level of
the door and forming a layer of
carbon dioxide gas six feet deep.
Such accidents, says The Journal
of the American Medical Associa
tion, might easily be repeated on
any modern farm. Agriculture
journals should call the attention
of the farmers to this danger,
and should urge that silos be
carefully ventilated before being
entered.
Farmer's Week.
Each winter, during the holi
day season when a large number
of the hundreds of students at
State College are at home for the
Christmas and New Year's vaca
tion, an elaborate program is pre
pared for visiting farmers and
their families. The crowded con
dition of the boarding houses and
the lecture rooms i3 relieved by
the absence of the regular stu
dents, and the farmers have full
opportunity at that time to spend
a week studying matters of im
portance to them in their every
day work at home. This winter
the week begins December 28,
and ends January 2. There is no
charge to the farmers for the
week's entertainment. Reduced
fares can be had on railroads and
boarding can be had in the town
of State College for $1.00 a day
and upwards. The crowds in at
tendance grow each year. Cars
over the Cumberland Valley rail
road, and over the lines leaving
Bedford county are filled every
season. There is ndthing that
broadens out one's ideas and
stimulates him to attain more ef
ficiency at his work on the farm
like a week spent with live farm
ers each winter at our experi
ment and demonstration station
at State College. Go, even if
you should have to save the mon
ey for the trip and board by wear
ing the old overcoat one more
winter.
Mrs. Belinda Mann.
Mrs. Belinda Mann, wife of
John H. Mann of Bethel town
ship, died at her home December
1, 1914, aged 66 years, 8 months
and 23 days. Her remains were
laid to rest on the 5th in the cem
etery adjoining May's Chapel
Christian church. Her pastor
Rev. Thomas Garland, conduct
ed the funeral services, and paid
a glowing tribute to the many
christian virtues of this woman.
She is survived by her husband
and nine sons and daughters, to
gether with one brother, John D.
Hendershot, of Bethel township,
and one sister, wife 'of Hon.
Harris Richardson, of Aitch,
Huntingdon county.
Mrs. Mann was a woman be
loved by all who knew her, and
her death has cast a gloom over
the community in which she Jived,
PNEUMONIA.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL D.,
Commissioner Health.
This is the season when pneu
monia becomes the chief ally of
death and slaughters thousands.
During the changeable weather
when winter sets in and again in
the spring, it's greatest toll is
exacted.
Pneumonia is a germ disease;
the minute organism which causes
it is called by physicians the
pneumococcus. It is to a certain
extent contagious. However,
these germs are sometimes found
in the throats of perfectly healthy
persons. When the bodily re
sistance of the individual becomes
lowered through physicaL ex
haustion and this is followed by
exposure in poorly-ventilated
rooms, offices, crowded street
cars, local railroad trains or ill-
ventilated theatres which are hot
beds for the infection, pneumonia
is apt to result.
Cold itself i3 not directly a fac
tor. In the Arctic regions the
germs do not exist in the pure
frigid air. This points to one of
the secrets for avoiding the dis
ease; seek fresh air, for pneumo
nia is found where it is forbidden.
Work and sleep with the windows
open.
Men have more of a tendency
to the disease than women, be
cause of the additional exposure
to impure air and hardships which
they must endure. Alcoholism is
a factor in many cases. The man
who indulges in much alcohol is
apt to reduce this power of re
sistance and thereby become sus
ceptible.
Great fatigue should be avoid
ed, if possible, for it is a predis
posing factor in lessening the
natural resistance to this and
other disease. If you are exposed
to rough weather and get wet
and cold, take a rub down with a
coarse towel and cnange to ary
clothing. Above all, avoid stuf
fy, ill-ventilated places where
crowds congregate.
Many people consider it im
possible to follow this advice at
this season of the year when the
holiday rush is on. Because it
is, or seems to be impossible for
thousands of our workers to ob
serve these precautions, the grim
figures will head the mortali
ty tables for December.
Camphor For Colds.
One of the most efficient reme
dies for breaking up a cold dur
ing its earliest stage is camphor,
says a physician. When the eyes
begin to water and there is the
accompanying tingling of the
nose and feelinor of chilliness.
place three drops of camphor on
a lump of loaf sugar and put the
sugar in the mouth.
Repeat this every fifteen min
utes until four or five doses have
been taken. At the same time
place the feet where they will be
come thoroughly warm. This
will usually prove very effectual
in breaking up a cold if the cold
is taken at its very beginning.
For a child, but one drop should
be placed upon sugar and five or
six doses administered.
Another method of taking the
camphor, which is sometimes
preferred for grown people, is to
put a spoonful of sugar in a cup,
add hot water and from ten to
fifteen drops of camphor. This
makes what is called camphor
sling. Camphor may be prepar
ed by placing in a tightly corked
bottle as much camphor gum as
the amount of alcohol which the
bottle holds will dissolve. Place
some of the gum in the alcohol
and add more as this is taken up.
This makes a strong, pure solu
tion. Or it may be bought ready
to take.
The Methodist Sunday School
will render Lorenzes new Canta
ta "Come Down the Chimney
With Santa Claus" on Christmas
evening at 7 o'clock in the School
Auditorium. Admission free,
but a collection will be taken for
the benefit o( Belgian sufferers,