The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-05-29
IOWA FALLS LETTER.
Odds and Ends from A Western
parsOn.
Iowa FALLS, Iowa, MAY 10, 1902.

But L heard 1t. They were the
real thing-fresh roe shad-and
l bought a four FOUNDER at the
reasonable price of twelve-and-a
half cents a pound. fifty cents
for the pound shad. With
no one at home but Mrs. S. and
myself, you may know we had
fish for several meals. My isn't
it good though We have been
in Iowa for nearly twenty five
years aud that was our first treat
in shad. My father used to tell
about an old German who said,
81 like de mackerel besser as de
shad. De bigger de bone de cas-
ier 'ousch a kreaga,' but we did
not find many bones in our shad
Perhaps we were so hungry we
ate it "bones and all" There is
no fish in this part of the country
equal to the shad. We hope they
will ship some more to Iowa Falls.
We had a very peculiar April
as to weather-scarcely any rain
during the entire month. 1t was
rather cool, too. May has brought
us plenty of rain. The soil is in
excellent condition. Crops are
growing, and look fine. Farmers
are right in the midst of planting
corn.
At the parsonage we have har-
vested our first crop of radishes
and sown seed in the same ground
for another crop,and will continue
this repetition as long as we want
radishes during the summer.
The Hardin county Sunday
school Convention met at Rad
clitfe, Iowa, last week. Your cor
respondent had the honor of pre-
siding over this body of Sunday
school workers.
Many thought it the best con-
vention in interest and spiritual
fervor ever held in the county.
At this meeting we elected dele
gates to our State Convention
which is to be held at Sioux City,
Iowa, June 1912, 1902. That will
be a great gathering, but the
great Sunday school gathering of
this year is the international AS
sociation, which meets in Denver,
Colo, in the latter part of June.
This will bring together the great
est Sunday school workers of the
United States, Canada, and Mex.
ico Don't you wish you could
go? Rates are going to be very
low, and the attendance will be
very large.
Yesterday we held our third
quarterly meeting. Our year is
rapidly coming to close.
Our conference is to meet at
Marshalltown, Sept. II, 1901, with
Bishop Goodsell in the chair.
was admitted on trial in the up
per Iowa Conference at the ses
sion held in Marshalltown twenty
four years ago next October
There are now only four of oul
class in this conference, and the
bishop who presided, has gone tt
his reward. We will probably
hold reunion Of our class, wher
conference meets this fall.
Speaking of Annual Confer
ences makes the following story
appropriate;
Rev. II. w. McMaster, presid
ing-elder of the Fort Smith Dis
trict Methodist Episcopal Church
was travelling through his dis
trict, which EN- braces large ter
ritory in northwest Arkansas
lie CHANGED to overtake preache
of another denomination. who wa
very much excited over meetin,
he had had with Bishop Gallowa.
OF the neutrality-suspicious.
South. Among other words O
recognition and praise, he said
81 recon Bishop Galloway
the finest airator in the West;
hearn i'm when he predomanate
over the conference at Springdal
and when he had got throug
that meetin' he went down to LIZ
make, Ark, to predominant
there"
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