The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-08-21
VOLUME 8.
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
Editor Barron's "Reminiscences OF
Persons and Places About
McConnelIsbur

10 see III yOul HopOA GU "SOh VI
two ago a notice of the visit of
Davidson Flora one of my boy
hood friends to his native heath.
In giving the names of some OF
nv old schoolmates | think
strange that / missed that of Da
wilson Flora; but suppose | have
missed many others, too. David
son was one of my closest friends,
and am glad to hear that he is
still living and has prospered.
While in st. Louis a year ago |
tried to hunt him up, but could
get no trace of him and supposed
he was dead. Davidson, as / re-
member him, was quiet, back
ward boy, and gentle as a girl in
his ways. He had two older broth
ers, John and George, who were
also pleasant acquaintances of my
boyhood.
Another of the boys that | have
missed was Leander Zuck and,
also, his brother Jake. Leander
was the wag of the school. He
always had a joke on hand, and
turned everything into fun. Le-
ander went into the service, and
| often wondered that he was ac-
copied, as he had two of his fin
gers cut off. Jake was more
quiet, but he was also full of dry
jokes.
l suppose all the boys of that
time who are living remember
the Douglas hole in the creek on
the old Kittle farm. 1t was a
great place and the only place the
boys had to swim in, and it was
well patroniZed on warm summer
evenings. The hole was so small
that often the boys could not all
get in at once, and had to go in
squads. Sometimes it would be
so full that one could scarcely
turn around, let alone try TO
swim. l suppose the hole is
there yet and the creek, but
where are all the happy boys who
gathered there in those years
One of the families of that time
that became impressed on my
recollection was the Mccormick
family, consisting of one brother,
an old bachelor, and his seven
maiden sisters. They lived on
the back street in the east part
of town. AS the name indicates,
they were Irish, having come
from the old country. They liv'
ed together in delightful family
harmony the one caring for the
other in sickness and in health
and in beautiful self-sacritice for
each other. They were devout
Presbyterians and never a Sab
bath, when well, did they miss
their places in the sanctuary.
They always came together and
filed into the church and up the
aisle-the sisters first and John
bringing up the rear. Their pew
WIS on the west side of the pull
pit in what the Methodists call
the amen corner. | recollect my
brother Pat, when a little fellow,
asking if they were the elders ot
the church. They were very poor
but they all were Industrious
the sisters worked at the loom
and took care of their garden and
their COW, while John broke stone
on the turnpike for years and
years. John was man of great
dignity of manner. I have otter
noted him as he would come home
IN the evenings weary and cover
ed with pike dust. On Sundays
he had his suit of broadcloth ant
his plug hat and would have beer
taken for Supreme Judge.
This family must necessarily
have all long since passed away
but have often thought of then
as a beautiful example of piety
and brotherly and sisterly affec
tlon-nothing but death ever hav
ing separated them through al
the long years of their lives.
presume they all lie side by sid,
in the old church yard.
The old Fasnacht farm ba
many pleasant recollections fo
me. There it was | spent tb