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The Winslow mail., 1901-02-14
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
Neither Borrowed nor Stolen.

tiles is next door to liar.
The best cure for vanity would
be to have it photographed.
Some men are just like the
back of clock-always behind
time.
If you want to know the value
of money try to borrow some.
It takes a rich, mellow, Win
ming voice to make conversation
a success.
More pessimists are due to a
disordered liver than to a brok-
en- heart.
The manageable age of a
woman is anywhere between six
teen and--death.
People who have their lives
insured seem very long lived to
the beneficiarieS.
Argument always makes man
certain that the other fellow is
wrong.
You need not take the pains to
mention your own faults, 9th
ers will do that.
Some men by virtues of their
ancestors are only the shadows
of mighty names.
Men who give advice by the
gallon are usually only willing
to accept it by the spoonful.
The devil don't stay out of a
home simply because there is a
Bible on the parlor table.
About the cheapest thing ever
found at a bargain counter is a
husband waiting for his wife.
The wisdom of a woman who
is vain of her beauty is equal to
that of a man who is vain of his
brain.
The young man who can write
a love letter without making an
ass of himself, has kept the
matter very quiet.
Some people have the knack
of making other people uncom-
Portable trying to make them
comfortable.
A young fellow in our town
wrote to his girl on a postal
card and now she has laid sweet
love away.
The women who stray from the
paths of virtue are always young
and beautiful-so the newspa-
pers say.
It would be a blessing for So
ciety if all the girls who are
possessed of good looks had
good manners also.
A man laughs when he feels
like laughing. A woman laughs
when she thinks other people
think she ought to laugh.
The man who associates with
devils during his waking hours
need not expect angels visits in
his dreams.
A man may accredit himself
with the discovery of a good
thing when in reality it was just
the result of an accident.
1t is a fact that labor is the
true source of wealth; it is also
fact that the wealth goes into
the other fellows pocket.
When woman marries a man
she not only takes his name, but
most everything else the poor
scoundrel possesses.
Some men are so stingy that
they would not be willing to
start to heaven without they
could see excursion rates adver-
tised.
Itwould be interesting to know
just how many people in the
country are drawing pensions for
no other cause than wounded
feelings.
Some people who are always
charging other people with evil
deeds, lack the will power to
cause them to refrain from do
ing the very same acts them
selves.
The man who said a woman
oould not pass display window
of a millinery store without
r1icta lxar, She can
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Tbe Ninaln4,t Wntl.
j. F. WALLACE,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

Entered at the postoffice at Winsfow, Ariz.
as second class mail matter.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07
Thompson.

Wr, M. L. Truax was the guest
of d. II. Humbert Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davy Little were
mThompson last Thursday night.
Mrs Emma Kellner and child
ren visited the family of Thomas
TruaX, Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Letitia Peck spent Sunday
with her parents Mr., and Mrs.
Denton Peck.
Mrs. Cattlett spent part of last
week with her son Lee. She
returned to McConnellsburg Fri
day.
Miss Georgia Truax is visiting
relatives in Martinsburg, w. Va.
Frank Smith has sold his farm
to John G. Brewer.
Rev. and Mrs. Seifert were the
guests of Mr.. A. j. Shives, Sun
daV.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07
The Lecture.

The lecture given by Prof. &C.
Ellis of Huntingdon at the Court
House last Saturday evening, was
very satisfactory to every one
that heard it except, perhaps,
Prof. Gress through whose efforts
the lecturer had been secured.
Mr.. Gress had made himself re-
sponsible for the payment OF the
lecturer and the incidental eX-
penses, and he came out about
four dollars short.
The lecture ''The Biggest Word
in the Dictionary" is fine; and
the editor, who has had some ex-
perience in conducting lecture
courses, takes pleasure in com
mending Mr.. Ellis to the favorable
attention of any audience who
can appreciate a good thing.
We will not tell you what Mr..
Ellis said the biggest word is;the
possibilities are, that you can
guess it.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07
VOLUME 2.
An Act of Assembly.

To save our friends, who are
trying to perform the duties per-
tanning to the Office of county
commissioners from any more
trouble, for they are having
enough, we publish the following
act passed by our legislature sew
eral years ago.
WHEREAS, The county newspa-
pers have become valuable as
mediums of information, social,
legaland political, and are referred
to quite frequently for the facts
embodied in their pages; hence
the preservation Of the same will
be of great ualue in the future as
faithful records of past occur
rences.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &C.,
That the county commissioners
of the several counties Of this
Commonwealth are hereby auth
orized and directed to subscribe
for three weekly newspapers, if
so many be published within
their respective counties, to pro-
cure the binding of the same in
separate volumes, and keep them
in their offices as books of refer
ence for the use of the public.
SECTION 2. 1t shall be the
duty of each member composing
board of county commissioners
TO select one of the said newspa-
pers referred to in section one,
when three or more are publish
ed in said county, where less
than three are published within
the county the commissioners
shall have all such newspapers so
bound.
SECTION 8. All expenses neces-
sary to carry this act into effect
shall be paid out of the county
treasury.
APPRovED-The 18th day OF
April, A. D. 1898.
ROBT. e. PATTISON.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07
Elias Clevcnger.

Mr.. Elias CleVenger died at his
home in Bethel township, Febru-
ars %, 1901. Had he lived until
the following Monday he would
have been Ga years Of age.
He was married about forty
years agoto Miss Elizabeth Palmer
wh) survives him and also,
the following named children
Ellen, wife of Charlie Exline, at
Long Ridge, Md, Mary Martha,
wife of John Stein, at Round Top,
Md. and Amos Oliver, at Cumber-
land, Md,
Mr.. Clevenger had been in usu-
al health, and on the evening of
his death, ate a hearty supper,
after which he read u while. He
then remarked to his wife that he
felt like eating an apple, and
while eating the apple, without a
moments warning, he fell forward
to the floor, and expired almost
instantly.
He was out in the nine months
service in 1862, in the 15Sth Regi-
mcnt, and in Captain Sipes' com
pany. Six of the soldier boys OF
the Civil War were his pall-bear
ers, namely, VIM. III. Wink, VIM
TruaX, VIM. Mellott, Joseph
Fisher, james O'Rourke, and Jo-
seph Runyan, while one of his
1ness-mates, Elder Thomas II.
Palmer, conducted his funeral
services.
Interment at Siding Hill Bap
tist church on Saturday.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07
Clear Ridge Items.

Several of our folks are laid up
with colds.
Mrs. May Bedford and two lit
tie daughters were summoned
to the bedside of her mother,
Mrs Ruth Swope who is very ill.
Mrs. Calvin Henry has been
very poorly, but is little better
now.
w. M. Fleming and daughter
of Shade Gap, and Miss Name
Deshong, were the guests of II.
r. Fleming's family Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Grace Huston spent sun
with Mrs. Hanck Brown, after
which an excellent program was
rendered to the satisfaction of all
present.
Miss Tessie Fraker was visiting
friends here on Saturday.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07
Fort Littleton.

Among the many having the
grippe are j. M. Cline, Mrs. p.
S. Gordon, Mrs. M. D. Haiston,
Charley Fields, Mrs. S. G. Burk-
hart.
Bert Fraker is able to be about
again by the aid of one crutch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Wilson
entertained a few of their many
friendson Saturday evening. His
ice-cream, cake, and apples are
not so plenty since,
Politics were laid aside on eloc-
tion day, in Dublin, notwithstaud-
ing there was a large vote polled.
A good many Of our people are
joining the L. 90. f. this spring.
The seed sown at the Banquet
seems to haven fallen on good
ground.
We are sorry to lose the Goblin
family from our neighborhood,
but our loss will be Maryland S
gain.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07
James NJ Lake.

The Illness of Mr.. Lake, mon
ton OF which has heretofore been
made in the columns Of this paper
Terminated in his death at the
Tonoloway Baptist Church, in
Thompson township, last Sunday
morning, at the age of SO years 9
months and % days.
Mr.. Lake was son of the late
MIR. and Mrs. William Lake of
Belfast township, who belonged
to one Of the Oldest families in
that settlement.
Several years ago, he was mar
ried to a daughter of the late
Elder Joseph Correll, well
known Baptist clergyman, and TO
them were born five children four
of whom, with their mother, sur
vive, namely, Joseph c., merch-
ant at Pleasant Ridge, Bessie,
wife of A. G. Shoemaker, Of Ayr
township, Miss Rhoda and Alte
at home.
The deceased was kind and
generous harted, well known and
at the February election was
chosen a school director of his
township.
His remains were inferred or
Tuesday at the Sideling Hill Bap
tist Church, the pallbearers be
ing Judge Morton, William Sigel
Joseph Fisher, George Snider
Jere Mason, and Lewis Bard.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07
Nephew of George w. Glenn.

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ell
mer Furry, of Savanna, Illinois,
is saddened by the death of their
little son, Robert.
The child was attacked by
whooping cough in a very severe
form, ,andcontinued to grow worse
until pneumonia set in, and while
every thing was done that loving
parents or skilled physician could
devise, it was too weak to sur
vive.
Robbie" was a bright child,
and the parents are broken-heart-
ed with grief such as only those
who have passed through a sim
liar atiiictiou can appreciate.
Robert Floyd Furry was born
October 20, 1900, and died Feb
ruary 9, 1901. Funeral services
were conducted at Chadwick,
H., and the remains laid to rest
in the Chadwick cemetery.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07
Local Institute.

A local institute was held at
Cedar Lane, Fridy evening. The
meeting was~called to order by
the president, S. r. Martin. The
questions, "Primary Arithmetic,
How conducted, 7" 'Little things
and their Importance" and cad
vanced Physiology" were thor
oughly discussed by the teachers
present. The teachers present
from Belfast were Misses Cora
Funk, Anna Cutler, Orpha Sny-
der, Prof, Palmer, and Levi
Morton. Ayr, Miss S. M. Bard,
S. r. Martin, G. B. Mellott, Blair
Truax, and Lewis Harris; Thomp-
son A. G. Peck, Harvey Sharp
and Samuel Simpson.
The Cedar Lane Drum Corps
furnished some music which was
enjoyed by all.
The literary work of the school
was excellent, thus showing the
work that Miss Snyder is doing
besides speaking well for the pu-
pills.
AT the close of the meeting 6
resolution of sympathy was ex
tended, by the teachers, to Supt
Chestnut in his sad bereavement
Meeting adjourned to meet al
Pleasant Grove, March Sth.
LEWIS HARRIS,
Secretary.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07
MENTAL pAsrIME.
Questions, Queries, and Puzzles.

Answers to last.
Is. Two Ships-Ans. 12O, $50
10. Triangle-No area - just
forms two lines.
20. Pigs-Put 1 in 1st pen;3 in
I'd; 5, in 3D., and then build the
fourth pen around the three first
and it will have 9 in it.
New ones.
81. A gentlemen bought a farm
of 800 acres for $500. He paid
70 cents, S1.0O, and S1.25 per
acre respectively, for meadow,
timber and plow land, an equal
sum being invested in each varie-
ty. How many acres OF each
should he get?
%. hire team to drive to a
city II miles distant and return
for S4.00. AT a cross roads, six
miles distant, 1 take passenger
to the city and back to the cross
roads. What should he pay?
In glancing over the answers
in last weeks News, we notice a
10 where a 20 should be-If the
third of 8 be three, the fourth OF
20 is 74-not 10 as is started
there.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07
Burnt Cabins.

j. @. MCGOWAN was out at a
party last Thursday evening in
company with E. d. Gallaher. He
returned home, put his horse
away, and went to the house,
when he began to complain of an
acute pain in his head, and had
only spoken q few words when he
became unconscious, and has re-
mained in that state since.
Mr.. Elijah Baldwin of the Fort
was over and spent Sunday after
noon with his son John and fam
lily.
Landlord Speck's COW dissap.
peared on election day and he has
not been able to hear anything OF
her whereabouts since. Did
some of the unsuccessful candi
dates take her along up the river:
Henry Miller and A. j. Fore
have taken the contract for fur
nishing poles for fifteen miles Of
the new telegraph line. The
poles are to carry forty wires.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07
Laidig-Mumma.

a very pretty wedding took
place at the home of the brides
parents near Hustontown on
Thursday, February 28, 1901, at
one O'Clock p. IN. when Miss NJ.
A. Mumma and Mr.. A. j. Laidig
were nnited in the holy bonds of
matrimony.
Rev. G. N. Mellott performed
the ceremony. After receiving
congratulations of all, the happy
couple retired to the dining room
where a sumptuous repast was
spread. The bride was hand
somely attired in a beautiful
gown. The young couple have
our best wishes for a happy and
prosperous journey through life.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07
NUMBER rs.


Superintendent Chestnut was in
town last Saturday.
Mr.. Amos Palmer of Belfast
township was in town Tuesday.
Mrs. w. H. Peck and daughter,
Miss Ida, of Gem, were in town
Monday.
VIII Shoemaker spent part of
this week among the merchants
of this county.
Mrs. Sue Kerr, nee Vancleve,
of Jersey Shore, Pa. is visiting
friends in town this week.
Lois A. Caldwell returned last
Wednesday from visit among
friends in Danville, Sunbury, and
Milton.
Messrs. w. L. Mace, Wilbur
Ash, and Max Sheets represent
ed McConnellsburg at the inaug-
aration, Monday.
Mr.. JIG. Metzler returned few
days ago to his home in Harrison
vile after a two months stay
among friends at Clearfield. John
thinks Clearfield is a great town.
Miss Mollie Seylar ofPittsburg
is visiting her sister Mrs. S. M.
Cook near Webster Mills. Mrs.
Cook, who has been quite i'll for
some time is, we are glad to state,
convalescing.
Mr.. w. E. Stein, of Emmaville
spent last Friday night at Nc
Connellsburg. Mr.. Stein is one Of
the best penmen in the county, and
expects to enter a business col
lege at the close of his present
term of teaching.
Miss Bessie Morton, teacher of
the Jacob Lake school in Belfast,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
her parents, Hon. and Mrs. Peter
Morton. Miss Bessie was ac-
companied by Miss Ella Mellott,
teacher of Cross Roads school.
DR.. j. Alvin Comerer, of Clear
vile, Bedford county, spent a day
or two last week visiting his
brother II. j. Comerer of this
place. The Doctor has nice
practice over at Clearville, and
speaks very kindly of the people
of that section of Bedford county.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07
McClain-Walker Nuptials.

A very pretty wedding took
place at the brides home in Tay-
lor township on Tuesday Febru-
ary 10. Precisely at twelve
o'clock, the time appointed, the
wedding party preceded by the
the pastor, entered the parlor,
and in a brief ceremony by Rev.
A. L. Frank, Mr.. Harry N.
Walker and Carrie McClain were
made husband and wife. After
congratulations by a host of
friends, the company repaired to
the dining room where sump-
tuous fare awaited them. About
three o'clock the wedding guests
departed for their homes, leaving
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker their well
wishes.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07
Unparalleled Race.

From Mercersburg journal,
A race from McConnellsburg to
Mercersburg took place Saturday
which we are safe in saying has
never been equalled over the same
course. A citizen of this place
and George Cooper, of McCon-
nellsburg were arguing as to the
merits of their respective horses
in q McConnellsburg hotel when
Cooper to determine the matter
made a wager of $50 that in a
race to Mercersburg his horse
would come out first. The bet
was taken and the race began.
Cooper put his horse down to a
dead run and made the distance,
10 miles in AZ minutes, arriving
here about 80 minutes ahead of
the other man.
The latter says that when he
saw the terrific pace Cooper was
setting he made no effort to come
in first.
1t is said that the wager at
first was for 5000, which was
afterwards reduced to $50, and
after Cooper had won he agreed
to take $l2.
The most remarkable part of
the affair is that the winning
horse suffered no bad effects
from the desperate race, and was
driven back TO McConnellsburg
after a rest of several hours here.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07

Next Monday theauditorso Of the
respective boroughs and town
ships will meet to pass upon the
the accounts of the supervisors,
and oyerseers of the poor-the
accounts of the treasurer of the
school board not being audited
until the business of the school
year is finished.
There is no Office in township
or county that requires a man Of
more ability than that of auditor.
He should be familiar with every
detail in the exercise of the duties
Of the officer or officers whose
accounts he is supposed to know
whether or not are correct.
Ittoooften happens thattheaud-
itor simply writes his name to a
settlement that some one else has
made and swear hard that it is
80. *" " when the real truth about
the matter is, that he doesn't
know.
The taxpayers look to them to
see that every dollar of their tax
money is accounted for, and that
every cent expended has been
authorized by law and iudiciously
appropriated to the best inter
ests of those who pay the taxes.
The powers of the Auditors for
investigation are ample. They
can issue subpoenas for witness
es, and for the production of books
and papers; administer oaths to
all persons brought before them
whether accountants, witnesses
or otherwise, and, if necessary,
employ counsel.
The Auditors take into consid-
GRAFTON whether or not the mater
ial furnished, work done, services
rendered, were necessary and
procured for the lowest and best
price, and thus put a check
against mistakes, negligence, lack
Of proper care and prudence.
Especial attention should be
given to the collection of taxes
They should see to it that every
cent that belongs to the township
has been collected and accounted
for, and that the money due the
township from the county treas
urer on unseated lands has been
received. These taxes are collect
ed by the County Treasurer and
paid out to the respective collect
ors on demand.
The time has gone by when the
public business shall be entrust
ed to incapable men. No MAI
ought to ask to be elevated to al
office the duties of which heknows
nothing about. The getting of il
only makes trouble for him ano
everybody else concerned.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07
Saluvia.

Mrs. Anna Ham, is seriously
ill at this writing.
Mrs. w. Scott Alexander of
McConnellsburg, attended the
funeral of Mrs. Margaret Sipes
Wednesday, and remained with
Mrs. e. r.. Austin, until Sunday.
L. L. Truax, teacher of Forest
Dale school, was in Washington,
ID. c., the first of this week, to
witness the inauguration of Will
lam Mckinley George A. Harris,
is welding the birch at Forest
Dale, during Mr.. Truax's alb
sence.
Shane's school was closed last
week, on account of the illness of
the teacher, r. r. Sipes.
Considering the number of
persons sick IN this vicinity, the
services at the Presbyterian
church last week were well at
tended.
Piper Barton, and Miss Ger
trude Hoke, of Brush Creek, were
guests of Mrs. Speer's family
Saturday night and attended
Communion services at the
Presbyterian, church Sunday
morning.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07

j. w. Graham of Foltz was on
this side of the mountain last
Saturday. He was looking after
a contract to build brick house
for Judge Morton this summer,
and also one for George Daniels.
To our friends who are sending
US cash in payment of their sub
scription, we wish to extend
thanks. We could not get out
theFulton County News very long
if the people were to quit paying.
Messrs T. B. Stevens, w. L.
Fields, W. r. Fields, andB. E. Ste
vens who had been working at
DR.. Il. X. Stevens new house in
the Magsam Extension, went
home Wednesday to give the
plasters chance.
County Auditors Davis and
Harris spent several days during
the past two weeks in probing
little deeper into the business of
the county commissioners Office
and that of the county treasurer's
Office. More information later.
A teacher catechising his Sun
day school asked the meaning of
the word "epistle. A little girl
in the youngest class did uot hes
itate minute, but with great
contidenceanswered; can epistle
is the wife of an apostle.
A desperate Missouri editor
makes thisannouncement; "Next
week we will be running this pa
per as Jesse james would have
it. Delinquent subscribers may
expect call from us with their
accounts stuck in the muzzle of q
six-shooter. Otherwise this pa
per win have to be run as the
sherin would rnn il"
Mr.. and Mrs. d. p Witter, of
Onaga, Kansas, announce the
m arriage at theirresidencein On
aga, Kansas, on Tuesday evening
February 26, 1901, of Myrtle
Oneita Witter and Agnew Thomp-
son Heffelfnger, The happy
couple win be "at home" in Ef-
fipgham Kansas after March 18th
Myrtle is a daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Josiah Witter Of Taylor
township, and her many friends
here join in wishing her much
happiness
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07

They tell in Southeast Nilsson
ri of a young man there who ad-
vertised under an assumed name
for a wife. The fellows sister
happened to see the advertise
ment and answered it, also under
an assumed name, and they ex-
changed photographs, The out
come may be imagined, but what
the old folks said when they found
that there were two such fools in
the family may not be repeated
in print
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-07
Laidig.

Albert King, of Altoona, spent
the past week with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs, Abram King who
have been i'll.
Lawson Mumma, Of Pittsburg,
came home last Thursday for a
short visit.
Michael Laidig has been in
poor health the past few weeks.
George King and Frank Price
who had been kept from work by
sickness at theirrespectivchomes
have returned to their work at
Kearney.