The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15
Home AGAIN.
! we Saw, observations From the
II Window, and Incidents OF a
little Trip.

rs purse IS shallow.
left homo Thursday noon,
a l and went to Mercersburg in
hex. Davy Little was the driver
lShe only other passenger was
er Tia ylo4 of the Fulton Republi-
The distance to Mercersburg is
tiles. bihse about two hours and
d fare seyenty-fve cents-round
Mis-. When we got out of the
At Mercersburg, we bade Davy
~bve. and told him, "we'd see
..oain. He tried to smile, and
Iomething about that being all
but We could see he was wonder
hy editors did not practice what
are always urging upon their
.ibers- cash in advance.
l.36, we Boarded train on the
Penn, went to Chambersburg,
,Ad. cars. and reached Harris
Il 6.45, the distance from Mer-
Arg being u miles fare S2.l6 or
day round trip ticket for S2.SS.
dav was clear and fine for a
trip: but the recent rains had
n the streams so that the banks
overflowed, and the low land
the streams was covered witq
water. The clay land in the
,srland valley seemed to be i'm
Vus, and Every depression in the
was filled with water, presenting
from the car windows, hun
!of lakes, some of them cover
qeral acres and many feet deep.
harrisburg we barely had time
up to the Hershey House, get
bid our friend Taylor good
nd mako'the next train west on
lain line.'' But at twenty min
asst seven, we were comfortably
in ope of the fine coaches on
icago and ST. Louis Express.
sain pulled out from the station
,rrisbure, and as soon as we
: ,way from the yard, the engin-
-'ned his attention to business,
b us into Altoona, a distance of
les without a single stop, in
In OURS and twenty-seven minutes.
eing the end of a Division, five
COs were consumed in changing
,S 5 aud crews, and we were off up
egheny mountain for Pittsburg.
q miles the strong palpitations
great henri of the monster en-
hat Was drawing us, showed
an expenditure of power was
=. DAry to3lift the heavy train to
NNp Of the mountain; but, at
1d the loud throbbing of the en-
ased, the speed of the train ac-
ed, and we went slipping quiet
lg, conscious of the fact that we
jllDgur the descent-our safety de-
vl g upon the correct working of
;" brakes,
y-nitie miles and we stop for
7 at 5he Hood City, Johnstown.
: Se,man whose ticket was good
ngstown. Ohio, came near leav-
! train His skill in the use of
9l1sh l4nguage was very inn
lV fie nad been inquiring of
ow paasenger, when he should
Ionston' Youngstown.
.in . Thought he meant Johnstown
G., was d1rected to leave the train
~ point. Had the conductor not
"a 70 notice his mistake. the
would at least, hayelost some
Vt1'fte becane quite excited when
ze 4 haM nearly he had made a
Az and seemed quite indignant
rad been misunderstood. lie
" 1ole yon want off "Yonston
i''fs 7vHnstown, another run of
was made, and our train roll
t'l''spurg at > o'clock, Friday
g.
uui11pt 70 your regular fare
|Nf fefn'Spurg to Pittsburg, 81 rs,
II pe pfoVided with bunk on
sleep fpr two dollars extra.
sst w printer thinks that to get two
ns must hustle around and
'A paper whole year for
's.' 'pefb' he hesitates about
' '''ese two dollars for a
Nj NJ remained awake
\ 'nH z ea'ne of Pedro by some
: Vsm'ndsa Fellows who were talk.
q method to pass away the
'ne messengers in our coach
'Io }pung fellows who had
IlV 8 !, 'saz'on, and We're going to
Fr'oan Chicago, to Join a
A Sd spo pom there they expect
y y g sent to "Philip pines. -
'Reptlemenly set of boys,
7e'e' themselves very differ.
4 npg of recruits, we met
eould uot get a good
eap' lttsburg until laSe in
to a hotel and slept
Rising and takino
'arted out to look for
y, 'i'on county friends.
u t,,' ny OF them living in
THAT one, intwo or
oil not expect to see all.
the Pension office, we
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