The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28
IN OLD LANDMARK
DISAPPEARS.
Building That Has Run the
Gamut of Business for
Over a Century.

pnced tearing down a building
lat has been a notable one for a
Lumber of years, not that it pos
,ssed ARCHITECTURAL beauty to any
arked degree, in fact, it was
qther of the ugly duckling or
II; or was pretentious in any re-
s,ect, but yet it managed to hold
,iself ready, like good convent
UT harbor for the embarking of
|slmerous enterprises. It's prin-
pal room has been occupied in
/ ) palmy days as a store room,
|E.iloring establishment, post of
t ;e, printing Office, coach shop,
+ ihool room, band room and in
cent years as a carriage shed.
|po one living to-day knew it as a
csw building. Some remember
|eel from a venerable one down to
/ ,tural decay and final demoli-
|rRSn. Quite a number of citizens
D, a past generation started in
Merchandising in the building
question, the first of whom
d have any trace, although he
ND q humber of predecessors in
&c same vocation, was Jack Duff
hld, as he was familiarly known
Fthe time, an uncle of the late
!. S. T.. Duffield. This gentle
MN removed from the town and
bpls followed by Hugh l.. McGaw.
Q presume Mr.. McGaw's ex-
|nrience was somewhat similar
those of other merchants of
!, Pat day, and nothing especially
teworthy occurred during his
reer. Our informant, howev-
XII XII mentioned a clerk named Dan
|rei Becker, who took great de-
aMlS3ht in assisting Mrs. Cook, the
|nai,ther of Michael and Jacob
.. ok, several years deceased, in
taking bees, of which she had a
hlsiderable number. The Cook
aHoperty adjoined, and when the
Ssinass swarmed, Daniel forgot his
rical duties, and with an ever
E.SaGdsdy tin pan awoke the echoes
rahthe vicinity, and partook more
uA disposition for noisy fun than
|lraicitnde for the old lady's bees.
|opre we will take occasion to help
)lode an idea that still retains
|NG old on many people, and that
|>>,dthat the noisier the demon
-ati0n made. by beating pan,
''any old thing, when swarm
,ees start for other quarters
quicker it will alight. The
nging" of bees, as it was orig
uy called, comes from an an
D, 1t custom in England, when a
urn of bees was followed by
owner, who gave notice to his
llc'ghbors by tapping on whatev-
bcleoiece of metal came to his
a. d, that the swarm was his
"perty and he expected to
Keer their premises and take
bplisession without hindrance,
A not, as we limited at before,
"t the frantic gestures and ear
aItting sounds had any potency
b Giindering the bees from con-
ling their fight. But reven-
wv a nos moutons, as the French
or. The successor of Mr.. Nc
WV was Thomas Montgomery,
ch shortly after became the
Nv OF Montgomery q Heighard,
'n-in-law of that gentleman,
Montgomery kept store after
manner of the famous gentle.
iwho "kept tavern in York. u
ruth the two members of the
were generally engaged in a
I'll 1hlct of words, and sometimes
|lll aFs, when not having an alter
<. on With some customers. In
MI. Montgomery was the
|ioPt q all the town wags on ac-
'nLSpt Of his irascibility. We have
DO oclp told, by an eye witness of a
- ae ~ which he participated,
4 was certainly ludicrous. A
air. loving citizen, with apparent
lnoss OF heart leant his as
ance to Mr.. Montgomery, to
barrel presumed to contain
|. d lsses, which after it had re-
+ Ded the spigot, proved to be
|o'' sn8ware. The sequel of this