The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-09-30
OUR WESTERN TRIP.
Wades in Iowa Mud and Catches Mss
issippi River Fish.

it. We made our first stop at
Gibsonburg, Ono, and that part
of the state was the most beaUti-
full country that have seen yet.
Nothing has interested me SO
much as the oil wells, of which l
saw thousands. One engine
pumps from ten to twenty wells
into large tanks, thence it is piped
to Toledo to refinery.
After spending three weeks
very pleasantly at Glbsonburg,
we left for Lanark, ILL.,, and found
my uncle, G. Lamp. well known
to many of our eastern people
who will be pleased to learn that
he has greatly improved in health.
We went out driving at the dis.
tance Of many miles, almost daily
something he had not been able
to Go for more three years.
Never was l 50 disappointed as
when we arrived at Lanark; | eX-
pected TO find it as level rs floor.
Instead, [ found the land very
rolling and hilly: also, rocks and
bluffs, such as | had never seen
in Fulton county.
We have spent much time in
sailing and fishing IN the MlsSls.
sippl River. A friend Of ours,
from Franklin county, but who
now lives III Savanna, catches
more than a thousand pounds OF
fish daily and sells them from 4
TO 10 cents pound.
never had any luck catching
fish until / threw my line into the
Mississippi, and before knew it
something was nearly pulling me
into the water 1t was a large
buffalo fish, and IN less than tif-
teen minutes, | had caught fif-
teen.
After leaving Savanna, at the
distance Of 20 miles, we struck
the wild west. We were met at
Dallas Centre, Iowa, by our niece.
1 had heard people speak of the
mud IN the West, but it is only
those that have seen 1t, that rea.
lie what il is. TO me it is glue,
and the only way that | can get
1t off my shoes when dry, is to
take an ak and cut it off. | was
greatly surprised when we went
calling to find a silver knife on a
rock (Ur negro heads as they are
called here) to cut the mud off
your shoes; but amgetting used
to it now as | find it that way at
every home.
| find the people here entirely
different from our eastern people
ia many ways, but we have been
received most cordially and en-
tertained heartily. Why? BE.
cause we are from the East, and
the people are so sociable here in
this part Of Iowa.
Last week we had sleet and a
few flakes of snow flying. 1t was
very cold, and rain almost every
day, Iowa has not had such a
wet season for 36 years.
We attended the Iowa State
Fair which was held at Des
Moines, regardless Is the rain,
which seemed to pour most every
day and night, the crowd surged
to and fro. The attendance daily
being from $4,000 to 10000 per
sons.
The stock was from all parts of
the United States, and u was said
that the horses from Paris could
not. stand by those of the United
States exhibited at the far
The work of Judging stocis was
performed in the Grand Pavilion
erected for that purpose, styled
similar toa threatre, costing S42,
900, seating thousands and thous-
and of spectators.
The hogs on exhibition number
ed 3, $50 head, aud weighed from
1, 150 TO Is pounds, mostly from
Mo-, and Neb.
The display Of fruit IN the hor.
ticultral building was fine. One
man s exhibit showed 800 plates
of fruit.
Iowa State fair is the greatest
agricultural and live stock expos
itiou in the United States.
. Fast .uaalr / ,cat Mr. and Mrs