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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
MCKIBBEN.

Feb. 26. Matthias is giving us
lots of ice.
Mrs. Florence Clark spent
Sunday with Mrs. George F..
Smith.
On the account of the cold, the
prayer meeting at Pleasant
Grove was not very largely at
tended last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson Mel
lott spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. William Fl. Mellott
Mrs. Emma Bolinger, after
spending few days with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. b. f. Bed
ford, returned to Dublin Mills.
The Diehl Brothers who are
still at A. @. Palmer's, are unable
to saw now on account of the ice
Boys, keep fire at night.
James D. Chaney and family
have moved to Virginia where
they will remain a few years, and
probably for life.
John Deshong is still critically
ill.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
The Latest "Penny in the Slot. "

A countryman travelling by
train came to large station.
Looking round, he saw some
automatic machine. He put a
penny in one and got a cigarette;
then another penny, and he got a
box of matches.
"Mon, that's grand" said he.
Then he walked into the town
and saw another box at the cor
ner. He went over and dropped
in I'd, and stood waiting.
Presently a postman came up,
opened the pillar box, took out
the letters and turned to go away
when the man, thinking he was
going to lose his I'd, caught the
postman by the arm and said;
"Hold ON, mon; there's twa of
them lucky bags mine. "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
NEW CATTLE EXPERIM ENT

The experiment station at the
Pennsylvania State College, in
conjunction with the State De-
partment of Agriculture, is now
conducting an experiment to test
the effect of different methods of
supplying water to fattening cat
tie and to ascertain at the same
time the most economical way of
stabling them. Fifteen steers
were divided into three lots of
five each, all being dehorned.
One lot is turned loose in a
large boxstall and fed in a
common manger, while a con-
stant supply of water is furnish
ed them in an automatic watering
trough. A second lot is tied in
stalls, each animal being supplied
with water as in the first lot,
while the third lot is tied in stalls
and watered by being turned out
daily. A record is kept of all
food consumed as well as the la
Dor required in caring for each
lot, and the gain in live weight of
each is taken every two weeks.
1t is yet too early to draw any
conclusions, except that consid-
erably less labor is required to
care for loose steers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
Made Him iomcsick.

A tramp went along a dusty
road and sat down on the steps OF
a house in Il quiet village street.
Through the windows the voices
Of man and woman in violent
alteration were heard, and the
tramp listened intensely.
Angry words, and occasionally
the sound of something thrown,
reached his ears, and he could
hardly sit still.
AT last, evidently, the wife had
taken a broom, and the blows fell
fast and furious.
The tramp could stand it no
longer, but, rushing to the side
door, he darted in and, stepping
between the pair, he cried, with
a husky voice;
"Giye us a clip on two with the
broom, old woman; it seems just
like old times!"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
NOW HAS POSSESSION.

The Pennsylvania Railroad at
last has undisputed possession Of
the famous Horse Shoe Bend,
above Altoona, says a Harrisburg
dispatch, of Feb. %, and Altoona
now owns the ground on which
her water works are located, The
discovery has been made that the
land ON which the Horse Shoe
Bend and Altoona water works
were located, had never been pat
ented and no warrant had ever
been issued for them, the original
surveyor having left them out of
the plot when he did the work.
The surveyor quietly informed
the railroad company and the
city and they at once made appli-
cation to the board of public prop
erty for the land and began adj
Vertising the fact that they had
made such application. The time
for advertising expired to-day,
and there being no opposition to
granting the warrant, the intern
al affairs department issued it.
The land in question comprises
seventeen acres and the company
paid 268 cents an acre for it with
Sl5 fees and now holds it abso-
lutely.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
CLEAR RIDGE.

Feb. 26.-Last Saturday night
the mercury dropped from 40 de-
grees to zero in less than four
hours.
Mrs. r.. h. Brown is ON the
sick list. N. B. Henry and Jno,
Henry are slowly recovering
from a severe attack of rheuma-
tism.
Miss Bertha Locke, of Mad
densville, was the guest of Harry
N. Henry on Saturday.
Miss Lilly Fleming is on the
sick list.
Nevin Laidig and wife accom-
panied by Miss Maud Fields,
spent Sunday with his father.
Misses Emma Grove and Grace
Huston spent few days last
week at Three Springs.
Boys, you had better be care
full, the Squire is close.
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SPRING HOUSE VALLEY.

Feb. 2S.-Mrs. Nose Gordon
and son Lemuel of Plum Run,
spent from Saturday till Monday
with the family of w. H. Paylor.
Nora Paylor is suffering from
a severe attack of measles.
George Paylor and sister Rosa
are spending several days visiting
friends in Franklin county.
Quite a number of the scholars
of our school have measles.
Death again visited this vicinity
and removed the infant son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Unger
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
WORTH KNOWING.

Here are a few useful hints
from a practical mechanic to the
readers of the "I1ulton County
News. "
Pump little condensed milk
into your leaky bicycle tires.
Dissolve pure para rubber in
benzine, with which you may
cement soles,and patches on your
rubber boots.
liza small lump of birthstone
be burned on case hardened iron
or steel, Il hole can easily be drill
ed.
If your clock refuses to run,
unscrew the works from the case
and soak them for Il few minutes
in coal oil.
A good, always-ready glue is
made by adding a few drops OF
nitric acid to a pint of ordinary
cabinet glue, which otherwise
quickly hardens when cool.
Good cider vinegar makes the
best furniture polish. Nine
tenths of the so called polishes
render the varnish sticky which
catches all the dust and ruins the
lustre.
Glass of any thickness can be
bored or drilled, with an awl
broken file, or twist drill, if 6
liquid be used consisting of one
part gum camphor dissolved in
three parts spirits of turpentine
Make a dam of putty around the
place to be bored, into which poui
Il small quantity of liquid.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
TOE PARTY" THE LATEST.

The town of Dushore may be
on top of the Alleghenies, and ru-
raj as to some things, but it is not
altogether behind in novelties
The latest in that direction was a
"toe party" which took place in
the town hall last Friday night.
This is the way it was done A
row Of pretty young women were
drawn up on the stage behind a
curtain, and one by one stuck a
bare foot under the curtain for
the inspection of a number OF
young gentlemen. Then the toes
were auctioned off to the highest
bidder, whose privilege it was to
accompany the owner of the toes
to lunch. The toes brought all
the way from 80 cents to 50. In
some instances the young women
had clipped" their best fellows,
agreeing to wiggle their toes in a
certain way in order to avoid be-
ing taken to lunch by other fell
lows, who, when they caught on
promptly ran the bidding up as
high as they could before giving
in. There were many spectators
for whom the novel procedure af-
forded no end of amusement.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
The Evening Star.

The remarkably bright star
seen in the sky just after dark is
the planet Venus, and is watched
by scores of persons who are
given to star gazing. Venus will
continue TO set a little later each
evening until May 18th, when it
will begin to recede, setting a
little earlier each evening until it
disappears from the western
horizon, to appear again in the
east ON July 18th as the morning
star. Venus is now the highest
star in the western armament.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
BURNT CABINS.

Feb. 81. Mrs. Matte Lake and
son Of PittSburg are spending
some time with her mother, Mrs.
Houck, of this place.
w, r.. MCGOWAN, of Tyrone, is
visiting his home in this place.
Miss Nettie Naugle is spending
some time with her parents near
this place, after spending some
months in Huntingdon.
Ed Horton, of near this place,
wears quite a smile over the ar
rival of son.
Charles Fore, of Knobsville,
was a visitor to our town ON Mon
day.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
COUSIN OF GEN. GoBlN DEAD.
Passed Away at His Residence in
JohnstOwn.

Benjamin p. Goblin, a cousin Of
General j. p. S. Goblin, died at
his home, No. 374 Bedford street,
this city, at sos o'clock Saturday
evening. He had been ill since
December, his ailment being pro
nounced Bright's disease three
weeks ago, since which time he
had rapidly grown worse.
Benjamin Fl. Goblin was born
February "a, 1S40, at Sunbury,
Pa, and was a son of Henry and
Phoebe Goblin, deceased. His
mother died twenty-eight years
ago and his father two years
later. His only sister Emma
died many years ago, at the age
of nine.
In 1858 the Goblin family moved
from Sunbury to Fulton county,
where they lived ON a farm. On
December 3, 1871, the subject OF
this sketch was married to Mary
F.. Eichelberger by Rev. Morris
f.. Waller, of the Presbyterian
church at Hancock, Md.
In 1882 Mr.. Goblin and family
came to Johnstown. He was a
wire drawer and worked at that
trade up to the time of the Great
Flood, and since then had been
employed as straightener in the
Cold-Roll Department of the
Cambria Company.
Mr.. Goblin had a host of friends
in Johnstown and other places he
had lived who will hear with sor-
row of his death. He was a man
of Christian character, beloved of
every one who knew him, it being
a motto of his life to "speak well
of every one or not to speak at
all. " He was a devoted husband
and loving father and almost a
lifelong member of the Presby-
terian church. In political af
fairs he was a stalwart Republi-
can.
The deceased is survived by
his wife and the following chill
dred: Helen, Edward, Lynn,
Melvina, Phoebe, and Edith, all
of whom are at home.
Funeral services will be con
Quoted at the late home of the de
ceased at 4 o'clock Monday after
noon by Rev. Hays, of the First
Presbyterian church, assisted by
Rev. r.. A. Hibler, of the Chris
tian church. The interment,
which will be private, will be
made in Grand-View Cemetery .-
Johnstown Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
The Weather for March.

Hicks forecast of the weather
for March starts all right. For
the 1st we were to have a very
general and marked reaction to
warmer weather, attended by
rain and snow, and we have had
'em. By the 3d and 4th high
barometer will have succeeded
storm conditions. From the 9th
to the 10th we shall have the
Vulcan storm period, it will be
warmer and there will be rain.
The disturbances due about the
18th will this month be delayed
or prolonged until the 18th, 18th
and 10th. A marked blizzard and
bOreal storm need not be a sur
prise. The cold weather follow
ing will moderate from the 18th
to the 22d. Cold weather howev-
er is peedicted for the greater
part of the month. Centering
about the 25th and Goth change to
warmer, falling barometer and
more rain and snow will likely
appear, April and May, upon
the whole, will bring favorable
weather, but some Venus frosts
and floods are to be feared in
May.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08

When some of the farmers of
Franklin county ywereeXperiment-
ing in tobacco raising few years
ago the late G. r.. Hoover, of An
trim, raised an eXperimentalcrop,
AS nobody would buy his tobac-
GO he had it made into cigars for
his own use. When he died re-
Gently nearly 1,500 cigars We're
fouud among his effects. AS they
had not paid tax Deputy Collec-
tor Of u. S. Internal Revenue
StoYer very properly insisted
that Il claim for taxes should be
paid before they were offered for
sale. The executors declined to
pay, whereupon Mr.. Stover broke
the cigarsinto pieces and burned
them. There was a great smoke.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
We're in This District.
Jr. O. U. A. NJ, $500.

Under the provisions of the bill
introduced into the Senate by
Boies Penrose and into the House
by Representative Connell, pro
posing to create a new Federal
Judicial District in Pennsylvania,
to be called the Middle District, a
Circuit and a District Court of
the United States are to be estab-
lished, composed of the counties
of Lackawanna, Wyoming, Brad
ford, Monroe, Wayne, Pike, Sus-
quehanna, Carbon, Tioga, Potter,
Cameron, Clinton, Lycoming, Cen
tire, Union, Snyder, Miffiin, Juni-
alta, Northumberland, Montour,
Columbia, Sullivan, Luzerne, Dau-
phin, Lebanon, Perry, Hunting
don, Fulton, Franklin, Adams,
York and Cumberland.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08

There is more truth than poe
try in the proverb that Politics
make strange bedfellows." "
It's the easiest thing in the
world for a wise man VINO has
never made any money to call q
rich man a fool.
A safe way of calling u man q
liar is TO say he is suffering from
palpitation Of the imagination.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08

Farmer Greasy, the Democrat
ic candidate for State Treasurer
last fall, has announced his can
didacy for Assemblyman from
South Side, Columbia county.
Mr.. Greasy S reelection is almost
a certainty, as he has the hearty
support of all factions of the
party,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
Published Weekly. 800 per
Annum in Advance.

Prompt attention will be
given to applications for ad-
VertiSing rates.
job Printing of every deS-
cription executed with prompt
ness, in a workmanlike manner
and at consistent prices.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08

Naturally the man who weighs
his words is the man whose
words carry most weight.
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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-08-02
A Fisherman,s Trick.

Zone day l was talking fish with a
number Of friends" said an old fisher
man, land l made bet that l could
catch more perch than any other man
in the party in given time. The
crowd picked out the most experienced
fisherman in the lot, and we set day
to try our luck. The day before the
match l got large glass jar, filed it
with water and put some minnows in
it. Over the mouth of the jar 1 put a
piece of parchment IN which l had
made some small holes. Then went
to point just east of the waterworks,
picked out likely spot and sank the
jar in the river, first attaching a cork
float to it by which l could locate it
next day.
eve went out for the fishing match
the following afternoon, and l soon
found my float and anchored there.
The other man located a short distance
away, and we began. The perch were
just beginning to run, and in little
while l had pulled in $50 perch, while
my opponent got only "a. Then he
gave up, and l won my bet
Il showed the boys the trick before
we left the fishing ground. You can
always in that way make good catch
of fish that will swallow minnows The
sight of the bait in the jar always at
tracts a crowd of fish and seems to put
them in good biting detroit
Free Press
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-08-02
Climate and Crop Report.
DEs MONIES, JULY 80, 1906

LES AIolNES, ULl oU, 1NUU. y
The daily average temperature
for the past week was one or two de.
grees below normal. There were
widely distributed showers on the
23d and oath, with considerable
excess in numerous localities, that
resulted in some damage to grain
in shock and uncut grain on bottom
lands. But in the larger part of the
State there. has been no excess of
moisture. and during the last half
of the week weather conditions were
favorable for normal growth of i'm
mature cross, and for closing ope-
rations in the harvest fields. Thresh-
ing is in progress in all sections
with variable returns as to yield
and quality of grain, but generally
satisfactory.
Corn is maintaining it's high av-
erage of condition in all districts,
giving promise of great crop, al.
though it still has some perils to
encounter. Pastures are greatly i'm
proved. Late potatoes have an am
pie supply of moisture, and in some
localities have been somewhat in.
jured by excess
The apple crop is more promising
in the northern than in the southern
districts In the State at large it is
considerably below the average.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-08-02
Iiszt's Fent OF ,lemory

In The Century William Mason, the
veteran American musician, tells of
remarkable feat of memory performed
by the composer List:
My friend knew List very well, and
having taken fancy to composition
of mine, LES Perles de Rosee," which
was still in manuscript, he said: Let
me have it for publication. Dedicate
it to List. can easily get List to
accept the dedication. am going d.
rectly from here to Weimar and will
see him about it. At the same time
will prepare the way for your recep-
ton later as pupil
Not long afterward ! received let
ter from my friend in which he told me
that when he handed the music to
List the latter looked at the manu-
script. hummed it over, then sat down
and played it from memory. Then, go
ing to his desk, he took a pen and ac-
copied the dedication by writing his
name at the top of the title page.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-08-02
Plausible, but Failed

The cunning of children is well rec
ognized TO be of very superior kind,
and it Is seldom il given chance that
they cannot inveigle their elders into
seeing things their way. The follow
ing Is an instance of where little girl
slipped up on this by not taking into
consideration that her mother had had
enough experience with children to
have an insight into their nature
The girls birthday was a couple of
weeks off, and her parents had told her
that they We're going to give her a
handsome present upon that occasion
She had been counting "the minutes"
for several days, but thinking she
could not possibly await her birthday
without knowing what her present
would be she stole softly up to her
mother and begged her to show her the
present.
"Why, it wouldn't be right to show it
to you now" her mother answered,
because we want to surprise you on
your birthday"
ooh, that's all right" exclaimed the
little one. 'Fll forget what it is before
n."-Memphis Scimitar
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-08-02
GATHER AT DIES MONIES.
Candidates and Their Henchmen ASSEM-
BILE For Renuhlican Conxantion

Candidates and Their Henchmen Assem-
BILE For Republican Convention.
DIES MONIES, July 31.-A large num-
Der of delegates, candidates for state
offices and OTHERS have already arrived in
this city to attend the Republican state
convention which meets tomorrow
morning. Unusual interest attaches to
the meeting this year from the extraordi
nary large field of candidates for the
nominations for the various offices.
Only one office is uncontested, that of
state auditor, which is conceded to
Frank E. Merriam for second term.
For treasurer of state, the result lies
among State Senator G. S. Gilbertson
of Winnebago county and w. w. Nor
row of Union county. For secretary of
state, A. O. Hobart of Cherokee county,
w. B. Martin of Adair county and Eli
Manning of Lucas county are candi.
dates. For attorney general, @. W.
Mullan of Blackhawk county, j. w.
Hallam Of Woodbury. county and Jacob
Sims of Pottawattamie are the contest
ants. For judge Of the supreme court
Charles A. Clark of Linn county, 7. NJ.
Fee of Appanoose county, 2. A. Church
of Green county, L. G. Blanchard of
Mahaska county, Robert Sloan of Van
Buren, county and Emlin McClain of
Johnson comfy are in the tiald
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-08-02
Home Life In Porto Rico.

To one unaccustomed to tropical con-
ditions the furnishing Of the Porto
Rican home would at first sight seem
meager, but it is quite ample. A short
residence will demonstrate that nearly
500 years of experience with the I'M
pleasant features of life in the West
Indies have been crowned by sur
vival of the fittest in house furnishing
as In other matters.
Austrian bent wood furniture and also
wickerwork and willow ware consti-
tute the main equipment Of the par
lors and living rooms. Upholstered fur
niture is unknown and undesired, little
or no attempt being made at decoration
except in the matter of embroidery and
fine handmade lace work. Hundreds
of yards of crochet work are used in
the establishment of a single canopied
bed. This work is the chief delight of
the Porto Rican housewife.
The walls are for the most part bare