The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-04-05
LETTER FROM FEDDE FIXSEN.
1t Recalls an Incident of His Resi-.
dence Here.

dence Here.
All our older folks remember Fedde
Fixsen, and all remember him as
royal good dutchman. He owned the
farm just east of town now belonging
to the DR.. Trout heirs. He sold out
here about twenty eight years ago and
moved to Inland, Nebraska, where he
is still living and prosperous. From
letter received from him few days
ago by James p. Nelson of the Cove,
we are permitted to publish few items.
Mr.. Fixsen says:
"We have had a very changeable
winter-one or two days warm, then
a couple of days cold, the mercury
dropping from 10 to l5 degrees below
zero. 1t is wonder we are not all
dead-very little snow, and no rain
until to-day, and not much now. For
the last few days the farmers have
been working in the fields-some SOW
ing-some cultivating, others cutting
cornstalks. have made some garden
for early use, and would have planted
some early potatoes If it had not be-
gun to rain.
The woman that lives on my old
place came near burning herself to
death the other day. They had been
butchering, and she was frying out the
lard out doors in a large kettle; and,
somehow, her clothes caught fire. She
started to run, but the wind only made
her clothes burn worse; and, had 1t
not been for man who was boarding
with them coming to the rescue, she
would no doubt have been burned to
death. Her husband had gone up to
town after some crooks.
"Now, James, if you accidentally run
across some of those old Acquaintance
es of mine, give them my love and tell
them | celebrated my 74th birthday
last Sunday March lS) and that | feel
like young man."
Will Sloan tells an incident that
Mr.. Fixsen doubtless has not forgot
ten.
After harvest was over, in the sum
mer of 1871, Willis parents Mr.. and
Mrs. John M. Sloan, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Fixsen, took trip west-Mr. and
Mrs. Fixsen with view to looking
up western home. VIII Sloan with
his father and mother and Mrs. .FiXsen
in two-horse carriage, and Bob
Kerr with Mr.. Fixsen and the trunks
in a spring wagon, started from Nc
Connellsburg one morning for the
nearest railway station, which was
then at Chambersburg. Fedde had
hauled his wheat to Loudon and sold
it to Mr.. Frieze, the miller, leaving
the money in Mr.. Frieze's hands, until
1t should be needed. While VIII
and his party drove on, Fedde and
Bob stopped at Frieze's to get some
spending money for the trip.
When almost to the toll-gate at this
end of Chambersburg Fedde and Bob
came up in great shape and drove
around the carriage that
Mr.. Fixsen would have an opportuni-
ty to pay the toll.
The morning was pleasant, the party
were all in best of humor, and the trip
thus far had been delightful; but now
change came. When Fedde came to
pay the toll-after searching frantical-
ly--he threw up his hands and ex-
claimed, "I've lost my money!" And
so it proved. Mr.. Frieze had paid
him $l300-it was all gone. Bob and
Mr.. Fixsen started back and VIII and
his folks went on to Chambersburg.
While In the dining room ut the hotel
at diIner-and it might be added just.
here that poor Mrs. Fixsen's appetite
had forsaken her,-Feddie and Bob
rushed In exclaiming "We've got the
money"
Mr.. Frieze had paid Mr.. Fixsen the
had placed the money in his pocket
book, and thoughtlessly went away
leaving the pocketbook and money ly
ing on the table, where it was found
when Mr.. Fixsen and Bob went back 80
no one having gone into the room
during Mr.. Fixsen's absence.
The more than twenty-eight years
since that occurrence has wrought
many changes-Will Sloan and Fedde
being the only members of that party
now living.