THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG. PA.
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FULTON COUNTY NEWS
Published Every Thursday.
B. iff. PEOK, Editor and Proprietor
McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
DECEMBER 24, 1914
Published Weekly. 1.00 per
Annum in Advance.
V norel at th Postoflioe at McConDsllsburK
Pa., an Moond-olam mall matter.
Wilson E. Litton and Raymond
A. Litton took advantage of the
good sleighing last Friday and
made a trip to McConnellsburg.
Raymond, who has been in Illi
nois for several months, came
home a few weeks ago, and ex
pects to remain awhile.
THEY ALL DEMAND IT.
Sled rides galore so many that
about all of our young folks have
had one or more excursions. By
using that little word "all" we
have saved our upper cases of
type from deplet'on, because it
saved our printing the names.
It includes you, and ycu, and you.
J. M. Hockensmith brought a
sled load of lady friends from
Saluvia to town last Saturday to
do Christmas shopping. They
were Mrs. J. L. Hockensmith and
daughter Dolly; Mrs. R. P. De
shong and daughter Helen; Miss
Cora Smith, and Miss Marie
Hann. Mr. Hockensmith paid
us the compliment of coming in
and subscribing for the News.
McConncIIsbarg. Like Every City and
Town in the Union, Receives It.
People with kidney ills want to
be cured. When one suffers the
tortures of an aching back, relief
is eagerly sought for. There are
many remedies today that relieve
but do not cure. Doan's Kidney
Pills have brought lasting results
to thousands. Here is McCon
nellsburg evidence of their merit.
' P. F. Black, McConnellsburg,
says; "While unloading lumber
at my work, I slipped and wrench
ed my back badly. After that I
bad great pain across my loins,
and my back often got lame and
sore. I used Doan's Kidney Pills
procured at Trout's Drug Btor,
and they soon gave me relief.
his remedy has my endorse
ment.
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
imply ask for a kidney remedy
Doan's Kidney Pills the
same tnat Mr, isiac-K naa.
'oster-MUburn Co., Props., Buf
falo, N. Y.
Advertisement.
Mrs. J. M. Hurley and daugh
ter Ruth (Mrs. Baltzer D. Mel
lott) called at the News office
last Friday. Mrs. Hurley thought
the Editor should have a little
money to spend Christmas like
other people. The Hurleys own
and operate the Deshong mill a
mile north of Harrisonville. One
day last week as Mr. Hurley was
working about the rolls while the
mill was running, he had the third
and fourth fingers of his left
hand caught in the rolls and the
ends very badly mangled.
While Mrs. Owen Morganthal,
of Waynesboro was absent five
minutes from the dining room,
her little son, aged but little
more than a year, climbed up on
a chair and got some strychnia
tablets on the sideboard and ate
some of them. The little fellow
knew that he was in mischief,
for when the mother came into
the room, he jumped down and
ran with the envelope containing
the tablets, in his hand. A doc
tor was immediately called, but
the little fellow died in a few
hours.
PLEASANT RIDGE.
The protracied meeting in the
Bretbr n Church, conducted by
Rev. Batzel), has closed with
twelve persons added to church.
lie and Rov. John Mellott vieited
in thirty nine homes. ,
Sledding is tloe, and e ery body
that has one, Is making good use
of it There is some sickness in
this neighborhood.
Frank Spade and family, and
Levi Mellott's family visited at
John Bard's., and B E. Waltz
and wife, and Charles Mellottand
family visited Rev. John Mellotts
Rev. W. R Trusx will preach
at Westview schoolhouse Sunday
the 27th at 10:30.
Russia and Germany have prac
tically prohibited the use of in
toxicating liquors in their armies,
and the former has prohibited
the sale of them in all Russia
"in order that the people and the
army may be more efficient.'
Russia, reports that want and
poverty disappeared almost im
mediately from that country aft
er the sale of liquor stopped
Secretary of State William J,
Bryan now asks the pertinent
question "If prohibition increases
efficiency in an army, why not
among civilians?"
About loO sick children are
kept at Mont Alto sanitarium
These children are afflicted with
tuberculosis. Food, shelter, and
medical treatment are furnished
by the State, but these little suf
fe 'ers are dependent upon out
side supplies for shoes and cloth
ing. In some instances parents
are able to clothe members
their families at the institution
but in many cases, the children
are entirely dependent upon char
ity. While the tots are not "Bel
gian," their needs are the same,
Many towns, and individuals, are
sending boxes of clothing.
Frank G. Hohl, the Harrisburg
vounz man who shot the cashier
of the Union Bank of Altoona on
March third and escaped with $3,
000, was shot and killed in Cincin
nati on December 17th, after he
had held up and robbed a bank o
$3,000 and another of 5100, both
on the same day. He used same
tactics as he did in Altoona had
waiting automobile to carry him
rapidly from the scene. But his au
to struck a telegraph pole in Cin
cinnati, and the consequent delay
enabled the police to close in on
him and shoot him to death. Or.
policeman was badly wounded.
MANY CURES FOR HICCOUGHS
In the Llrt Given 8ufferer Should Be
Able to Find One That Will
Afford Relief.
Hiccoughs can be as troublesome
as any of the minor ills which ggr
vate mankind. But from time out
of mind there ha been a remedy for
every ill and hiccoughs share the
lot of other ills in this respect.
One old cure for hiccoughs is this !
Take three or four prencrved dam
sons in your mouth at a time, and
swallow them by degrees. A temp
tation, this would seem to be, to
children of another generation to
have hiccoughs.
Water drinking often stops this
trouble. Thewatcr should be slowly
swallowed, not gulped down swal
lowed, like the damsons, by degrees.
The best water treatment is this:
Fill the mouth with cool water.
Hold each forefinger over the lobo
of the ear, closing it tight Then
swallow the water, very slowly. If
this operation is properly carried out,
it is almost sure to cure hiccoughs.
Still another remedy is sugar, and
this acts like a charm with some per
sons. The sugar should be of the
granulated sort, and a full teaspoon
ful should be taken at once. It
should be swallowed slowly.
Holding the breath is sometimes
efficacious. Hold it and count
twenty or thirty, slowly.
In BiToro cases of hiccoughs ac
company iLg illness, champagne, a
spoonful at a time, is sometimes
found of use. Sometimes, too, ex
pert massage of the abdomen cures
hiccoughs.
VERY NATURAL
HAS ITS ROOTS IN COFFIN
FORAGE PLANT BECAME PEST
G. W. Mellott does not now
claim, nor did he ever claim, that
one of his hogs dressed 600 pounds ;
but he has the proof of those who
helped him butcher, that the hog
weighed 597, and it was only 18
months old. He butchered, the
same day, two 6-months' old pigs
that dressed 260 each. Wesley
does not mean to complain, but
he says it put them to a lot of
trouble to know what to do with
the lard. They filled all their
ard cans, milk cans, crocks, cof
fee pots and fruit jars, and then
had some left
Samuel Carnell, of Dott, had
the misfortune one day last week
to be badly kicked in the stomach
by a horse. For several days,
Mr. Carnell suffered much pain
from the accicent, but is now re
covering from the effects and it
is hoped he will be all right again
in a few days.
Mr. Elias Wink, of Licking
Creek township, and his son, D.
G. Wink, of Eastern Shore, Md.,
spent a few hours in town yester
day. His son is spending the
holidays among old time friends
and expects to return home about
the first of January.
A sled load of Pleasant Ridge
people, composed of U. S. Desh
ong and wife, F. E. Palmer and
wife, Elvie Deshong, Regina
Decker, and Glenna Hann, were
in town yesterday doing their
Christmas shopping.
To Stop a Leak.
To stop a leak, mix wbltlnc and
yellow soap Into a thick paste with
a little water. AddIt this to the
place where the leakage la and It will
be Instantly stopped. A rlalt from
the plumber will atlll be necessary,
but there Is no special hurry for more
radical repairs.
No Harm Done If the Secret la Kept
"The Hon. John R. Trickery took
Sunday dfbner at our bouse," stated
certain citizen of Wayoverbehlnd.
"Don't let the news get circulated
around and you probably won't be
turned out of the church," advised the
friend to whom the confession bad
been made.
Relloa of Wagner Stolen. .
Relics of Wagner, the great com
poser, were stolen from the family
home. Villa Wahnfrted, at Beyrouth,
Germany, on a recent night The most
valuable of the relics were taken, in
eluding the composer's watch, set with
dtamooda.
that
The
Suiplcloue.
"So you refuse to pajtronlse
Chinese laundryman." "Yea.
things he wrote on the piece of paper
he handed me may be complimentary,
but they didn't look It"
OHott I
( fa J centLi '
Quest now about that half of
fried chicken I ordered about half
an hour ago?
Waiter YouH have to wait until
some one orders the other half. We
can't kill half a chicken.
NOT A FOREIGN DIPLOMAT
Secretary Daniels' Little Mlatake Will
Probably Cause Him to Be
More Reierved.
Josephus Daniels, secretary of the
navy, has never gotten over the dem
ocratic manners he acquired as a
country editor. In fact, he iB proud
to be called "from the country," de
spite his prominence in the public
eye. At his first public dinner in
Washington Daniels had an experi
ence which later caused him to say
he "jmt ought to stay at home."
On his arrival at the banquet nail
a distinguishea looking iorcigner
came forward. Daniels bowed low
with true southern courtliness.
"I am elad to see you here," he
said. "It is gratifying that foreign
ers of distinction should take an in
tereat in our politics : we are a new
people, sir, but "
The distinguished foreigner ut
tered no word but this :
"Number, blease."
"Number?" ejaculated the Hon.
Josephus.
"Yes, Beat number."
"What, are you a waiter?
"Yes, iff you blease."
"Tbcn they ought to change your
uniform so you can be distinguished
from the guest of honor!" mut
tered the secretary of the nary.
Magnificent Poplar Tree Flourish
Over Grave of Man Burled
Near Naahvllle.
It k seldom, perhaps, that nature
erects a monument to a person's
memory, yet in a small cemetery a
few miles east of Nashville, in
Brown county, may be found an ob
ject bearing that distinction, accord
ing to the Toronto World.
More than 75 years ago a man
named Allcorn became a resident of
Brown county, and for several years
lived near Salt Creek, in the eastern
part of the county. While residing
there Allcorn met with an accident
which resulted in his death, and he
was buried in the cemetery near his
homo.
The coffin waa hewed out of a part
of a poplar tree and made into two
sections. A few yean later a small
sprout began to shoot from the crude
coffin, and not long afterward a
small poplar tree began to spread its
branches over the grave.
Within a few years it had grown
to large proportions, and during the
long period since it first appeared
above the ground the tiny poplar
sprout has grown into a tree that
measures several feet in circumfer
ence and towers above all others in
the vicinity.
Its branches spread far out in all
Erections, and many perhaps who
pass nearby are attracted by the tow
ering poplar, though they may be
unfamiliar with its history.
SPRING LOCK MADE TROUBLE
Exceedingly Uncomfortable Hour
Paaeed by Housewife Acciden
tally Barred Out of Houee.
A door key is a nuisance, but so is
a spring lock! Ask any man who
keeps late hours, and is at times for
getful in his habits.
Even housewives have had reason
to agree with this opinion.
One morning a woman followed
her husband to the front steps and
the door slammed when the night
lock was on and the key was inside,
and her huBband had caught the car.
She was canning pears and had
put them on the stove to cook whilo
sho was getting breakfast They
were still cooking and would soon
be burning. The baby was crying
for hia breakfast She could not get
in. None of the neighbors could get
in. Somebody telephoned to her
husband, and perhaps it was not
more than an hour before he got
home with his key. An hour is a
long time, and the pears and the
baby were in a terrible state. It
would have been better if there had
been a burglar in the house. He
could have turned out the gas and
have fed the baby, and he might
have opened the door.
A good, old-fashioned latch string,
always out, would relieve us of so
much responsibility and would bo
ever so much safer.
SPARROW PIE A NEW DISH
Australian Dairy Farmers Brought to
the Verge of Ruin by Im
ported Grata.
Australia has added another to
the series of complications incidental
to the introduction of new species,
either of the animal or vegetable
kingdom, into the economic life of
a country.
Not many years ago the colonists
thought to enrich the scanty fauna
of the island continent by the natu
ralization of the European rabbit;
and the experiment proved so suc
cessful that the little animal is now
a pest to be fought with the aid of
scalp bounties. Somewhat later an
Australian statesman induced the
settlers of the torrid north coast to
grow an exotic forage plant, paspa
lum, a kind of millet, and to de
velop the country as a grazing and
dairy region. The result waa the
building up of a flourishing dairy in
dustry. Now, however, it has been discov
ered that, after years of wonderful
service as a milk maker, paspalum
has developed a tendency to sourness,
due perhaps to the failure of the
dairy farmers to follow a crop-rota
tion system. The plant ib of remark
ably vigorous growth, and in most of
the pastures affected it has developed
a formidable tangle of roots, which
makes it an extremely difficult and
expensive matter to eradicate it
COULDN'T FLY SO GOOD
Resolutions of Respect.
Whereas, The great and su
preme Ruler of the universe has,
n His infinite wisdom, removed
from among us, one of our es
teemed and worthy follow labor
ers, Bro. Adam Long, aud
Whereas, Tne long and mti
mate relation held with him n
aithful discharge of hia dutu
a this bociey, and the constari
fidelity, and the pleasure it gav.
dm to talk of former years in
teing an Odd Fellow, makes it
eminently befitting that we re-
iord onr appreciation of bim;
therefore,
Revived, That the wisdom and
ibility which he has exercised in
be aid of our organization by
.ervice, contributions, and coun-
el, will be held in grateful re
membrance;
Keuoived, That the sudden re
noval of such a life from our
midst, leaves a vacancy and a
had r;-w that will be deeply real-
zed by all the members and
tends of this organization; and
till prove a serious loss to the
community and the public.
Resolved, That with deep sym
pathy with the bereaved relatives
of the deceased, we express out
hope that even so great a loss to
IMPOSSIBLE.
"Ilave you made sure of pure in
gredients in this food supply you are
putt6' up?"
"Couldn't do it; it's hash."
RIVAL AVIATORS. .
"And, monsieur, the aviator f
What did he do when you told him
that his rival flew upside down r
"lie flew into a passion."
TIT FOR TAT.
"Did you ask the new cook why
site left her last place?"
"Yes, and she asked me why our
last cook left hers."
We 8hould Worry.
If the country Is being flooded with
counterfeit $50 notes ordinary clU
tens do not know It Philadelphia
Ledger.
Good In Everything.
Sermons In stones and iood In tr-
erytalng. Bbakespeare.
WHYT
lie (teasing) You married wom
en are great matchmakers.
She (demurely) Yes. "lliaery
loves company."
THE EXCHANGE.
"We turn out a lot of doctors and
lawyers, don't we?"
"Yes ; wo turn them out and they
tcke us in."
It la Being Eaten In Great Britain, and
If You Fancy It Here I
the Recipe.
It is probably with a desire to as
sist in depleting the numbers of
sparrows, which are an acknowledged
nuisance in some parts of Great
Britain, that the following recipe
for sparrow pie is being circulated.
Take 12 sparrows, 1 pound rump
steak, one-quarter bacon and one
half pint good stock. For the force
or stuffing take 2 tablespoon fula of
breadcrumbs, one tablespoonful fine
ly chopped suet, one tablespoonful
finely chopped ham or parboiled
chicken livers, some chopped mush
rooms, a little finely chopped pars
ley, one-quarter of a tablespoonful of
finely grated lemon rind, one-quarter
teaspoonful powdered mixed herbs,
one egg, a good pinch of nutmeg,
one-half teaspoonful salt, some pep
per, puff paste, the yolk of one egg.
Bone the sparrows and stuff them ;
cut the beef into small thin slices,
and the bacon into strips. Put a
layer of beef at the bottom of a pie
dish, arrange the sparrows on the
top, intersperse the remainder of the
meat and the strips of bacon, season
well with pepper and salt, three
quarters fill with stock, and cover
with the paste.
Brush over with yolk of egg, bake
in a quick oven until the paste has
risen and become set ; then cook more
slowly for about one hour. Before
Berving add the remaining stock,
pouring it carefully through the hole
in the center of the pie. Serve either
hot or cold, but a little gelatin must
be added to the stock if pie is intend'
ed to be eaten cold.
Fancy "boning" and "stuffing"
sparrows 1
MADE HIM SUFFER.
"Influenza is a terrible illness."
"Are you subject to it ?"
"I should say so. My wife's al
ways having it."
LUCKY MISSES.
"Have any luck on your hunting
trip?"
"Yes, I missed three guides I shot
at for deer."
f mm
Mrs. Newwed Three a. m. and
you are just getting homo. And to
think that I believed you an angel 1
Mr. Newwed Thash the trouble,
Am angelsh hie and blamed
win? hio wouldn't work right I
had to hio have 'em repaired.
HUMBLE BRITISH POETS.
Workingmen poets, like Matthew
Tate, the pitman, to whom Lord
Ridley has offered a free house for
life, are by no means rare. One of
the most gifted is Mr. Alfred Wil
liama of Swindon, who works at the
forge by day and studies the classics
and writes poetry in the evenings.
Mr. McUill, too, a young navvy on
the Caledonian railway, recently
published a volume of verses, includ
ing some very creditable translations
from the French and German. Con
stable Mitchell, author of "Ballads
in Blue," is only one of several po
licemen poets, - and Miss Ethel
Carrme, whose "SongB of a Factory
Girl" have reached a second edition
waa until recently a Lancashire mill
hand.
NOT SURE OF HIS 8CIENCE.
"What do you understand by 'ed
ible fungi' V
"It has something to do with
mushrooms an' toadstools," replied
Farmer Corntossel. "But whether
it's what you swaller or what hap
pens to you afterward I wouldn't
like to say without writin' to the
department."
ECONOMY.
She What did you think of Mrs
B s new gown at the ball ?
He She must be a great econo
mist Vermont Crabbe.
ONE ON THE PROFESSOR.
At a college a professor met two
students outside the grounds during
one of the hours for study. He
walked up to one of the students,
and, taking out bis notebook to jot
down the reply, asked:
"Pray, sir, what might your name
be?"
"Julius Caesar," said the Btudent,
"What, sir ? Do you mean to say
your name is Julius Caesar?"
"Sir, you did not ask me what it
in, but what it might be."
IN GARDENING TIME.
"And so," said the man who lives
in a flat to his friend who is a com
muter, "your next door neighbor, you
Bay, is a real philanthropist.
"iou bet he is, said the com
muter, enthusiastically; "why, he
bought $10 worth of flower seeds for
my chickens last spring." Ladies'
Home Journal.
DISTINCTION.
us all may be overmlr d fn.J
by Him who doeth all things' J
ivesoivea, xnat a copy 0I ttj
resolutions be spread upon
minutes of this oreani7i.ii.
copy printed in the local papJ
aim a copy iorwaraed to the
reaved family.
S L Buckley, D F fRaJ
v. o. oare uommittee, R
Littleton Lodge No 484 1 6 dj
SIL0AM.
Sleighing is fine, and it is
ing greatly enjoyed.
Some of our folks havebeerf
tending tne Kevival services
iiibenezer.
Roy Laidig spent last Satnri
evening in the home of Mr.
Mrs. Rexy M. Sipes.
The Stork called on Mr
Mrs. Rexy M. Sipes, Satnri
evening. "Its a fine girt"
G C. Strait has been nut
some very fine ice in his ice ha
V. E Decker and Owen Ki
spent Saturday in McConnJ
burg.
Down near Hagerstowna!
carried tne germs of foot
ii. t
mourn disease across sevi
fields to a herd of twenty.
Jersey cattle, eighteen of w
soon became diseased.
"What a lovely complexion Mrs.
Flimgilt has !"
"That isn't a complexion," replied
Miss Cayenne. "That's a disguise."
L W. FUNK
-:- DEALER IN -:-
High Grade Plain Pianos, Play
Pianos, Organs, Victrolas, RecJ
ords, and Professional Tu
ner, McConnellsburg,
Nothing adds more to the refinements of home thai
good music. To have good music you must have a god
instrument. There are good bad and indifferent insin
ments, and to the unskilled eye they look much alikj
The'unprincipled dealer is likely to make you pay
first-class price for a fourth-class instrument. I haw
lived in this county since my birth, I am a taxpayer anl
in a position to make good any business transaction!
Buy your piano, organ, or victrola trom me and if it
t
not all right you can come back at me.
There are families in every part of this county th:
have purchased instruments from me. Ask them aboJ
me.
Perhaps you want to trade your organ for a Pian
or Player Piano; or your Plain Piano, for a Player. S
me. Let's talk it over.
L. W. FUNK.
Special Bargains In Real Esta
100 Acre Farm in Union township, Fulton Coun
ty ,Pa.C Good frame house and bank barn and oth
er buildings, plenty of fruit and fine water. Tax
farm lays in sight of school, church, store andpostH
office, right along public highway.
17R!Arrpa in T.irkitnf Crepk townshio. new barn
fair house, considerable meadow land and in fair
state of cultivation. One mile from scnooi win.
church. I
300 Acre Farm in Fulton County, Pa. One of tM
finest in the County nearly all in grass, five miles,
from railroad and near lime. Fine brick house ano
large barn and other buildings. Rieht along main
highway. About 75 acres of excellent timber. j
110 acre farm in Whips Cove, near Locust GroveJ
Pa., on State Road from Hancock to Everett, weuj
watered and land in good condition. Gooaeign .
room house, bank barn and all necessar) :outb""an1
ings. This farm will be sold reasonable am v.
easy terms.
Write for nricea and Darticulars. We have many
other properties for sale and will be glad to snow
them to you.
FfcGEO. A. HARRIS,
REAL ESTATE,
McConnellsburg, Pa.
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