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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
A DARING FEAT.

Greencastle Press.
On Saturday night Mr.. Elmer
Pentz, q resident of this place,
and hagman on the G. V. II. r.
proved himself a thorough and
efficient railroad man, by the dar-
ing and miraculous feat of cap
turing part of runaway freight
train, that came dashing into
town, driving ahead of it the en-
gine and the rest of the train.
Mr.. Pentz was on the Public
Square when he discovered that
there was something wrong with
the freight coming in from Cham
bersburg. In a moment he took
in the situation, and as the engine
came sounding the danger or dis
tress signal, he was quick to COM
prehend that the train had broken
and was coming in two sections
on down grade, the last half
chasing the first half, which was
doing its best to keep out of
harms way. His thorough train
ing told him just how and what to
do under the circumstances, but
it was dangerous undertaking
and a misstep might have cost
his life. AS the wild section
came into the square he mounted
to the platform Of Il freight car
and applied the brakes in success
sion and was soon master of the
situation, averting a costly acci-
dent to life and property. He
was highly commended by our
citizens and should be rewarded
by the company for his fidelity.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
"Cordially Yours"

Interesting conclusions are
drawn from a study of the differ
ent ways writer's subscribe them
selves. The curt "Yours" and
"Yonrs truly" are found not only
in business letters, but in perso-
nal notes as well, for there are
plenty of correspondents who do
not believe in gushing, and who
think that "Your truly" or "sin-
cerely"means about all they wish
to convey. Opposed to these SEN
sible and essentially practical
persons is that class of writer's,
made up of young and enthusias-
tic individuals, usually Of the
gentler sex, who throw words
about as careless on paper as
they do in conversation, and those
who sign themselves affection
alely yours even when WrltlnS
to casual acquaintances. "Cor-
daily yours" by the way, is seen
more and more frequently now in
notes between acquaintances who
are ON distinctly friendly or cor
dial terms. After all, "sincerely
yours" when it can be used
truthfully, is a simple and salts
factory way of ending friendly
letters. Some people have the
habit of not prefacing their names
with any set form at the end Of
letters. They stop when they
set through and simply write
their signatures, this being an
easy way out of the difficulty.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
PETROLEUM SURE.
Echo Pilot. Greencastle.

Echo Pilot-Gr Greencastle.
The well upon the farm of Isaac
Monaghan, Rouzerville, was Civ
en- another thorough test for oil
Saturday by the lessees, Messrs.
ANDERSON and Newcomer, in the
presence of many interested
spectators. The well is 43 feet
deep and the ID feet of water IN
was all pumped out. Then to be
sure Of no Sailing" the sides of
the well were scraped carefully
and the bottom also. In few
minutes from the clay at the bot
tom came bubbling up little glo-
bules of what anyone will swear
is OIL
Samples of the oil taken before
had been sent to the Standard
Oil Company Office at Lancaster
and word came back that the
samples were crude petroleum of
good grade, light in color.
Before the water was pumped
out there was over an inch and a
half of the oil upon the surface of
the water. A jug was let down
with the cork in and when it
reached the bottom the cork was
pulled and into the jug ran a
quantity of oil.
Into the creek at Roadside for
30 years there has been running
an oil of about the same sort but
no one ever knew whence it came.
1t is likely from the same field.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
KENTUCKY WOES.

Man born in the wilds of Ken
lucky is of feud days and easy
virtue. He fisheth, fiddleth and
tighteth all the days of his life.
He shunneth water as mad dog
and drinketh much whiskey.
He riseth even from his cradle
to seek the scalp of his grand
sire's enemy, and bringeth home
in his carcass the ammunition of
his neighbours wife's uncle's
father-in-law who revengeth the
deed.
Yea, verify, his life is uncertain
and he knoweth not the hour
when he may be fired hence.
He goeth on a journey "half
shot" and cometh back on shut
ter, shot.
He rises in the night to let the
cat out, and 1t taketh nine doctors
three days to pick the buckshot
from his person.
He goeth forth in joy and glad
ness and cometh back in scraps
and fragments.
He calleth his fellow man a liar
and getteth himself filed with
scrap iron even to the fourth gen
GRAFTON.
He emptieth a demijohn into
himself and a shotgun into his
enemy aud his enemy's son lieth
in wait on election day, and, 10,
the Coroner ploweth up a forty
acre field TO bury the remains of
that man. Manila American.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
One Against the Mean Man.

A capital joke is related of a
man who positively made a fine
art of meanness. When travel
ing, as he very often did, he would
keep railway porters busily at;
tending to his luggage, and then
purposely defer the much-deserv-
ed perquisite till the starting of
the train made it's payment prac-
tically impossible.
One morning, however, when
about to journey to Birmingham,
he executed this manoeuvre once
too often on the same man.
"Dear dear! | am so sorry, he
said, as the train gave lurch for
ward, 81 quite forgot to get some
change"
"And I'm rale sorry, too" was
the porter's dry retort; 81 quite
forgot about that brown portman-
tay of yours-it's lying on the
platform"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
DOIrT.
Ora Layton is sick.

Ora Layton is sick.
james Mellott expects to move
his sawmill to Franklin Mills
next week to saw a large lot of
timber for William Golden.
Albert Hess and Ben Gordon
attended preaching at Mays
Chapel last Sunday.
Henry Layton has captured dur
ing the past season eight coons,
twenty-eight polecats and twice
that many possums.
Guy Deneen was home last
week. He looks well.
Lillian Fisher spent last Satur-
day and Sunday with Grace Lay
ton.
Ira Hess and wife were guests
of Bert HiXson S family last Sun
day.
Some miscreant stole Roy Gar
lands buggy whip at the debate
at Gordon's school house last
Friday evening.
Ollie Garland had the misfor-
tune last Sunday evening to have
her arm severely injured.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
Youthful Precocity.

A little girl who had just enter
ed school lately jubilantly an
nounced to her father that she
did better than all the girls above
her in the arithmetic class and
went to the top. ''That was
smart of you," said he encour-
agingly. "How was it," "Well,
you see Miss Maggie asked the
girl at the top how much was 8
and 3; and she didn't know and
said u; then the next girl said 9,
and the next one said II, and the
next IA. Such silly answers!
Then Miss Maggie asked me,
and | said 13, and Miss Maggie
told me, to go up top. Course it
was 49,, "That was NICE" said
the father. 81 didn't know you
could add so well. How did you
know it was 1872" Why, I guess
ed it. Nobody said 13."-Phila-
delphia Bulletin.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
Another Post Office Ruling.

The Post Office Department
has authorized the issue and use
of the mails of reply envelopes
and cards without prepayment of
postage. To the merchant or
business man having an exten-
sive mail business this measure
will be of great Importance. In
sending out reply cards under
the old system the sender had to
prepay the postage and take the
risk of receiving any reply at all.
A merchant who sends out thous-
ands of these cards is thus sub
jected to a great loss because the
reply cards on which he has paid
postage are frequently left un-
used. Under the new plan he
will not be called upon to pay the
postage upon the reply cards un-
til they are returned to him.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
The Potato Candle.

A nice young American girl
who was engaged for service by
Il West Philadelphia family, being
directed TO leave a candlestick
and candle in the lower hall for
the master Of the house, amused
herself by pairing Il potato into
candle shape and sticking Glove
in it for a wick. This she made
ready with several matches for
her employer, who, having turn
ed out the gas, spent five minutes
in vainly trying to light the pota-
to candle. Then he stumbled up
stairs in the dark and asked his
wife to explain She called upon
the maid servant, who replied
that it was so lonely there she
wanted to be turned off the next
day, when she would get her
whole weeks wages, and so she
adopted the candle expedient.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
VARNISHED FOOTWEAR.

81 have been experimenting
with a new scheme, and behold
the result" exclaimed the prac-
tical mother, as she displayed a
small pair of shoes, with dilapi-
dated uppers but comparatively
good soles. 81 was lamenting
the size of our shoe bill recently,
when | was advised to cover the
SoleS with three or four coats of
copal varnish, and they will never
need re-soling.' AS in less than
six weeks time our little chaps
new shoes are ready for the cob
bier. [ Immediately invested in
some varnish, and, in lieu of a
brush, made a swab, and varnish-
ed the soles of all the footwear Of
the family-eXpense, 10 cents,
and some varnish left over. [
found (after a-while) that | had
preserved the soles indefinitely.
The heels needs vanishing as
well, and the more coats you give
shoes the longer they will last.
1t will be found that soles and
heels preserved in this way will
outwear the strongest uppers. "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
Power of Habit.

"Habits Of temperance or in
temperance" says DR., Mary
Wood-Allen in "Baby's Firsts, :"
"may be lnculcated in the baby
by the plan pursued in its feed
ing. The food, if given irregu-
larly, is of necessity given intem-
perately, and the child is thus
taught to eat for the qualification
of the sense of taste, which is of
itself the foundation Of intemper-
ance If the child is fed every
time it cries, or to still pain, the
lesson taught is to try to forget
present discomfort by putting
something into it's mouth. 1t
will not be surprising if a child
thus taught follows out the
teaching in maturity and attemps
to quiet sorrow, to drown care,
to deaden pain, by putting some
thing into its mouth, learning
after a time that alcohol has a
charm that temporarily annihi-
lates all grief. We thus come to
see that the regular habit of feed
ing infants has in it a moral quail
ity, and is worth our serious con-
sideration.,.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
WHEN THE MINISTER COMES
TO TEA.

Oh! they've swept the parlor carpet,
and they've busted every chair,
And they've got the tides hangin' jest
exactly on the square;
And the whatnot's fixed up lovely,
and the mats have all been beat,
And the pantry's brimmin' over with
the bully things ter eat.
Sis has got her Sunday dress on and
she's frizzin' up her bangs,
Mas got on her best alpacky and
she's askin' how it hangs,
Pa has shaved as slick as can be, and
I'm rugged way up in G.,
And it's all because we're goin ter
have the minister ter tea.
OH the tables fixed up gaudy with
the gilt-edged Chiny set,
And we'll use the silver teapot and
the comp'ny spoons, you bet;
And we're goin to have some fruit
cake and some thimbleberry jam.
And "riz biscuits" and some dough-
nuts, and some chicken and some
ham.
Ma she'll 'polergize like fury and say
everything is bad,
And "such awful luck with cookin, -
she is sure she never had:
But, er course, she's only bluflin, for
it's as prime as it can be.
And she's only talkin' that way cause
the minister ter tea
Everybody'll be smilin' and as good
as ever wuz,
Pa won't growl about the vittles, like
he generally does,
And he'll ask me would | like another
piece of pie; but, sho.
That, er course, is only manners, an
I'm s'posed ter answer, "No."
Sis'll talk about the church-work and
about the Sunday school,
Mall tell how she liked that sermon
that was on the Golden Rule,
And if upset my tumbler they won't
say a word ter me;
Yes, boy can eat in comfort with the
minister ter tea
Say! minister, you'd reckon, never d
say what wasn't true:
But that isn't so with ours, and | jest
can prove it, too;
'Caus when Sis plays on the organ so
it makes yer want ter die,
Why, he sets and says it's lovely; and
that, seems ter me, IS lie:
But like him all the samey, and
only wish he'd stay
At our house fer good and always, and
eat with us every day;
Only think of havin' goodies every
evenin'l Jimminee!
And I'd never git scoldin' with the
minister ter teal
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22

On Tuesday of last week the
Peoples Register was transfer
red to Mr.. j. E. Roberts, Of Cam
den, New Jersey. This is the
first time since the Register was
started over twenty-five years
ago by the late j. G.. Schaff,, that
It's management has changed
from the direction of some mem
Der of the Schatf family.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22

AT Edward Whites sale in
Franklin county a few days ago,
three Durham cows sold, respect
lively, for $109j, SlZ2, AID S132[ot.
A Durham (five-months dd cali
brought $40, and a yearling bull,
$40.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
Telephone and Telegraph Mes
SageS.

Telephone and telegraph mes
sages were sent successfully ov-
er the same wire one day last
week between Chattanooga and
Knoxville, Tennessee. For some
time the Postal Telegraph com
pany and the East Tennessee
Telephone company have been
experimenting on the problem of
sending telephone and telegraph
messages over the same wires
with view of adopting the sys-
TEN. A practical demonstration
was made and the officers of both
c0mpaLieS are now convinced
that both telegraphic and tele-
phonic communication can be
successfully established and OPP
Grated over the same wire.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
THURSDAY, March p. 1900.
Published Weekly. 800 per
Annum in Advance.

Prompt attention will be
given to applications for ad-
vertisinq rates.
job Printing of every deS-
cription executed withprompt-
ness, in a workmanlike manner
and at consistent prices.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
on DISCOVERED AT HANCOCK
30 Years Ago. What Was True
Then Is Equally as True Now.
From The Hancock Times.

From The Hancock Times.
The following statement was
received by a Director Of the
Graham Oil Company in reply to
a letter which he had written for
the purpose of satisfying him
self and others interested, with
the important fact that petrole-
um exists in these parts. The
letter containing the statement
has reference to an incident that
occurred some thirty years ago.
ELKINs, w. VA, March 8, 1900
DEAR SIR: Your letter re.
ceived, asking me to give state
ment of the indications of oil at
the oil well | worked at, located
about one mile north of Hancock,
Md.
81 was drilling the night the
water arose to the top of the well
and threw out a strong odor
Mr.. Joshua Creager was running
the engine, and so sanguine was
he that we would strike oil on
the next shift, which would come
on at II o'clock, that he would
not sell his shares without he
got a big price for them. Mr.
Lewis Beard and Mr.. John Gritf-
ith the two men who came on at
II o'clock that night were eau
toned to be careful, and if they
should strike oil and it was u
flowing well, to put the fire out
of the engine and call me- About
4 o'clock in the morning they
called me, but instead Of stril1-
ing oil, they had lost the reamer
in the we'll When I got to the
derrick [ could hear a peculiar
kissing noise in the hole.
In letting the tools down the
hole they fell, striking the ream-
er with such force that it was
driven through the shell or GREY
ice Of the rock. AT that moment
the water boiled up to the floor of
the derrick 1t continued to
flow and recede for about eight
hours, then it Gained down and
dropped about 40 feet below the
floor of the derrick. We then
pumped water from the well and
put it in a barrel and we could
see globules of oil come to the top
of the water. There was a gen
tleman at the well by the name of
Dodge, from Clear Spring, Md,
who took about a pint of the wa
ter to Washington, d. c., to have
it analyzed. The analysis show
ed it to be one tenth OIL. The
hole was 664 feet deep and the
tools remain fastened in the well
to this day. l believe if the
hole had been put down deeper
we would have gotten oil. "
Respectfully yours,
JAMES p. MCCUSTER.
There are other places beside
Rouzervi!le where oil exists, and
Judging from the indications of
oil, set forth in the above letter,
it is to be believed that oil would
eventually be discovered, should
the abandoned well at Franklin
Mills, be again operated. The di-
rectors of the Graham Oil Com
pany actuated by the recent oil
find at Rouzerville have taken
steps in the direction of selling
stock in order to develop the hid
den treasures, and we hope they
will meet liberal response from
the people.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
SAI4UV

March 13, |
er John HAM,
marksman, Hep''l
sisted by abou' i
others, slaughteIT
for Merchant W. i
week. The anllll~
alive; and 764, dre''|
Mrs. Baltzer D0l
sick list. j
King Malot coul,|
speer's new si0''||
day.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
TIE INDIA,

The annual
agents which IVAN
by the Comm,
Affairs will b. ome'
form of an an Snc'
port of the Con arr
show that the ! AK
ulation is 291 p tl''
679 wear citiza 'aN'
81, 923 wearasn on
and civilized ~
who can read nI -
53,314 can car,,n1eo
conversation h sa'o
are 20, 236 dwel z M
within the last un'
Der of births n
deaths 5,25s y.
dians Were '"o :
and seven Will
One Indian wa, uns
Indians. Then
L.. .
criminals pun,
There Were 8l,e'Sss''
members and I'd -
ings on the vaH :,
The amountoin ~,
in the last year e,
other societies i I.
tion, $261, 5l5;hw4o y
work, S119, 4O7 M
New York for t eay
school ESTABLISH de n
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
THoMs,

March 15.-Ma q I
still quite poorly bic
Mrs. b. f. Hes .om
urday with her b.
McEldowney, nea col
w. H. Hess Slid
with d. r. Hume He
During the p to
there were 246Cue q v
itors at Hess and ccc
store. i.
The abScess Ol "a
head has not heaaa an
Mr.. and Mrs.
Waynesboro spelf i
Sunday at b. F.H exl
Our friend San
to Needmore Occ&
a fine gal; isn'tsa ~,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
DUBLINwc|

March II. -lSas oe
ed to Trough Crep-o'
Some Of our bQ me'
entertainment at ;
day night. 'us|
Scott and Jerq s'u
ScottWinegardne''n 'nE
'possums ThurSd'n
1t is reported q ''o'
niger is going 10 sy1
vale.
William Kneppe ~
lime. ~
Venie Vinegar ur'
recovering.
Rev. SchealieT
farewell sermon O- X"
evening prior to IT,
Conference. III
Howard Barnet ~
ill for some wees III
covering. .
Frank KneppeT ''
ion wrestler. 81,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
wESThes|

March 12.-Ira a 81
has been payir,' 'und|
tives in Bedford 81,
Mr.. and Mrs. r tn
their nephew an
Mrs. j. w. Craig 4ove|
M. l.. Shaw al 81 Il
attended preach NO 4
last Sunday, ,uga|
Mrs. James LlbuI
as having been G, srs|
Luther Eliet lie.
Virginia to his f, ,mir|
mill, which he Nd
ed from Andrevimp|
The'parsonage garl
Baptist church hoo
pleted and Jame
in April 1.
Miss Kate ShI e.
her sister, Mrs. w. !.
day. ! III
Miss McCullou.q / ~
burg, was visitil. The|
head Sunday. iii
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-18

visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
D. Lemmond, at this place. '''''''Mr.
w. Ganson, spent several days at
Southern Pines in North Carolina this
week. '''''''''Miss Margaret Hoke, of
York county, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. w. B. Knight. '''.''"'About 2
o'clock, Wednesday morning, some of
the parties returning from the fish fry
on the Catawba noticed an unusually
bright light shining in Colonel Springs
back yard and drove down the side
street to ascertain if anything was
wrong. They discovered the rear end
of the house was afire and gave the
alarm at once. The alarm was extern
ded and soon the whole town was
aroused. The fire had been extin,
guished, however, by Colonel Springs
and those who first arrived at the
scene before many reached there. Had
it not been that Colonel Springs has a
system of water works running INTO
his dwelling it would have been im'
possible to have saved it. The flames
had extended up the side of the build
ing and had reached the boxing. Inc
fire originated from an ash box which
had been set out on the back steps by
the cook the evening before.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-18

BE JUST TO THE BoY.-Give the
boy chance to do something on the
farm. Give him small plat of ground
and let him raise some crop on it
which he is able to attend to properly,
with such suggestions as you may be
able to give him. After his crop is
made then buy it from him, or sell him
pig on credit and let him fatten it.,
and when be sells it, let him pay rent
on the land be used and also for the
pig. Don't put him to raising chick
ems, at which, probably, you have al
ready made a failure. Let him do
some work whereby your suggestions
from time to time will enable him to
come out with a dollar or so, at the
end of the year. Money which he has
earned for himself, be it ever so little,
is more satisfactory to him than would
be thrice the amount given to him.
He will thereby gain knowledge of
business and economics early in life
which can be a source of qualification
to himself and his family in later
years.-Cotton Planters Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-18

GOOD THINGS TO LEARN.-Learn to
laugh. A good laugh is better than
medicine.
Learn how to .ell story. A well,
told story is as welcome as sunbeam
in a sick room.
Learn to keep your own troubles to
yourself. The world is too busy to
care for your ills and sorrows.
Learn to stop croaking. If you can
not see any good in this world, keep
the bad to yourself.
Learn to attend strictly to your own
business. Very important point.
Learn to hide your aches and pains
under pleasant smile. No one cares
whether you have earache, headache
or rheumatism.
Learn to greet your friends with a
smile. They carry too many frowns
in their own hearts to be bothered
with any of yours.