The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-30
'oIaI Thanksgiving. !
BY Moriop Hdrldnd.

HE fact was we had never
,hk spent "a Thanksgiv-
ing" in the country.
And in town the Pill
~ grims' holy day has de-
~ generated into an AIRY
q and 'Arriet "blowout. ="
4 1t was decided in
',uncil to HE us in body to q
Ilbox among the hills, where
snjoyed four idyllic summers,
I'e keep the hoary old fiesta as
',rc- Raphaelite aquarelles tell
q luld be observed.
Veil two days before the i'm
Thursday. All the betterl 1t
b We been all the best had the
Id off until we were actually
End could read "Snow-B Bound"
ling logs answering roar for
grand old harper" smiting
Fging the oaks and hickories
Q ove.
u X the 8 o'clock train from the
I, was crowded, mainly with
Nsnd condition. of men. Each
: vas presumably going to the
u stead gray, yellow or white,
j y the invariable red barn
lnksgiving." Some chewed
eel 10 tone down their breaths
corous prejudices of the old
home, others inhaled bad
U the "smoker," and brought
incense into our car. At least
y munched peanuts and
hehoor with the shells. One
! 9alked loudly and laughed
lsly. A red-hot stove at each
lie car brewed the reek of
Tobacco, orange peel and
uOeanuts into a nuisance.
Yin accommodation train, halt
u0rY "turn-out" to set down
moved by filial piety or farm
" lance and poetry to maintain
Ia ions Of the day. At the end
eenth mile we came to O dead
te W A coal train had been
lind must be cleared away be-
ll'uld 20 on. We were stranded
u lot centre Of on uncomelyex-
Di fields covered with sodden
IN criss-crossed by blackish
al ces. Now n farmstead was
Nv over a mile on all sides Of
e dozen mean huts knotted
WI Of settlement about some
P'laling sheds, and twenty dis
~ loafers lounged from them
- the wreck and our train.
" ort and condition of men af-
eu' yht apeedily with these, and
eN paterfamilias made divers
~, ycursions in various direc-
lol. uest Of a draught of milk
r,of bread for his hungry chill
n rreasonably clean spot where
h Has might retire for awhile
,,,I growing strife of tongues
nc {ainst the becalmed train, it
- =, 90 evident that mountain
, rersey lightning were to be
a ~ ,olfellowship and for money.
ny hd, more or less tipsily, of
Iwefe celebrating, drinking
oil erery imaginable form OF
~ and some that, until that
- our were quite unimagin-
:, ,cl terlamilias and her terrified
70 The average Americans
m q holiday is license. and
, in Increased and prevailed
oasrr Ragged by.
,,a, halted at 1880. At 8 the
% W.. free and the celebrants of
r, abie anniversary tumbled
- " INTO their seats, tie one
1Io ~. most.
Al the broad and teeming
,ew, W bad offered their brown
N ekin2 with richness, to the
.lish ACE; oranberries had bled
SITES ~ bon; pumpkin pies
he h l9uddings had sur cited the
whs uhLnds of sensible people
bia fycd at home and feasted
. Ally Since our early break :
to onten just one water cracker
OF were lame with long sit
and ped in body by foul air and
alS foul language.
moi . left of spirit and hope re-
Q o each mile left behind us.
y, O1'as told stories to the con-
n o. ooents of the sleigh drive
ng hkye from the station, the
y sr nre and fun awaiting us at
TO . hed managed to get off a
trad Vuf caretaking gardener
PED ordering HIM to send to
p notll we came and to keep
he elighted at the shabby
nearest our idyllic cot
: nd ''o'Sh was in waiting; not
atffe was in sight, and the
'in .u' Ioeked. A bitter wind
W. 7aa down the valley, and
"pHWetic sun was hardly a
pa ne hills. Paterfamilias
., : two-year-old baby and
" Wm procession "acress
M lrUi| len and stitfening snow.
~, we projected for our
was a mile long. We
0 ~ the knees with snow
=. nsted to faintness when
= gardeners lodge at tn,
grounds.
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