The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-02
Local CORRESPONDENCE.
AMARANTII.

spent several days during the
past week in trip to Shippens-
burg to visit their son John, who
is a student at the G. V. S. Nor
NAL school.
Miss Deborah Oakman, of Nc
Connellsburg, visited her sister
Mrs. George Mills, and her broth
er Frank Oakman, day or two
last week.
Naval Cadet Ralph McKibbin,
who has been on the school ship
Saratoga for several months, OBJ
tanned a leave of absence of a
few days when the ship reached
port at Philadelphia, and came up
to visit his parents DR.. and Mrs.
w. l.. McKibbin. He reached
home on Sunday. During his
voyage he touched England,
France, stopped at Gibraltar, be-
sides many other interesting
places. Ralph says, cts pretty
hard work, but we've lots of fun. +"
George Rhea's new building is
rapidly nearing completion. The
Geinger brothers are good me-
chanics, and know how to push
work along.
Editor Frank Taylor of the Re
publican was a guest of DR.. and
Mrs. McKibbin Saturday night.
Farmer Jacob f. Spade is the
first to be done husking corn.
Jacob is one of those hustlers
that never puts off till tomorrow
what he can do to-day.
Mrs. Rebecca Sipes, and Mr..
and Mrs. Martin Sipes attended
the funeral of Mrs. w. II. Sipes
at Weimer's burying ground near
Clearville last Saturday.
Mrs. Sarah Mckee is still very
sick.
Master Earle Mills paid his
grandmother Mills in Bedford
county a little visit last Saturday
DR.. Webb McKibbin, of McCon
nellsburg came down to the Val
ley on Saturday.
Charles Dudley, who contract
ed a severe cold last winter, and
which later ran into rapid con
sumption, died at the home of his
Grandmother Lape last Saturday
afternoon. He was about fifteen
years of age.
Jacob Shultz, Jr., has just re
ceived from Beaver Falls, II latest
improved Keystone Steam Drill
ing Machine. He had it fired uI
last Saturday afternoon and he
was putting an extra keen edge
on his bits, and is now ready tC
begin the drilling of Il number OF
wells for which already he has
contracts. With a machine like
that Jacob can get water any
place, even if he has to bore
through and tap the China Sea.
Frank Oakman has a mule.
There is nothing wrong with the
mule, except a weakness the mule
has for chewing off halter chains,
tie ropes, hitching straps and the
like. Last Friday evening after
Frank had finished his day
work and eaten his supper, he
hitched the mule to u cart ano
drove up to Buck Valley postof
flee to get his mail and do little
shopping. He observed extrf
care in tying the animule; and as
it looked unusually meek and in
nocent, he went into the store
and forgot all about the matter
AT length Frank thought it timC
to return, and he went out to ge
his mule. He didn't see the mule
but then as the mule was blacl
and the night blacker he was no
much alarmed until he'found the
most of the hitching-strap secure
ly fast to the post where he haC
tied it and then it dawned on hin
that the mule had swallowed par
of the strap, and started fol
home. Frank borroweda Lantern
and started after his mule, bu
he only found evidences along tn
road that his mule was making
, good time for home. When Franl
reached home he found the null
! standing at the stable door. bu