The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-12-16
CAME TO FULTON TO HUNT.
Well WEtten Resume OF a -Four Days
Outing With Dog and Gun.
WERE BEDFORD COUNTY spORTSMEN.
Not the Least Pleasing Memories that Of the
Stewed Chicken Served at the" Retreat atNew
Grenada. Generously left some Dame.

hunting trip to Fulton county
may not interest the masses,-in
fact, such is not the intention
but If it is appreciated by the
four participants in those days of
slaughter among the hills and
hollows, and enjoyed by the kind,
bospitable residents of that In
mediate section, who, after all,
were the principal factors in con.
summatlng our pleasures and
successes, no other commenda.
tion is necessary to well repay
the time and effort expended IN
it's compilation.
The account is accurate but
with minor details omitted and
the names ?-well. If you cipher
them out, well and good if not,
what difference will it make p
Sufficient is it that those directly
concerned will recognize the diff
ferent personalities, and l doubt
if they will tell ; so why should
/?
1t would be a useless waste Of
time to describe the journey of
the happy four who left the soil
of old Bedford county one au.
tumn day to masquerade as hunt.
ers IN the adjoining county of
Fulton. Perhaps their intention
was not to masquerade,-be that
as it may. Nevertheless, the sue
cess attending the trip cannot be
erased and far be it from me to
prevaricate, especially IN thus
particular instance.
The "carry.all," for that, at
least, was the mission of the We
hicle, was loaded beyond It's ca.
pacity with sundries, consisting
of firearms and ammunition
more than would be found in a
frontier fort; game bags, which
were far more ornamental than
useful; old "Faithful," the
hound whose age, coupled with
our fear of the Humane Society,
necessitated our making him an
occupant; satchels containing ad-
ditional wearing apparel, pipes,
tobacco, ETC., for the four sturdy
hunters; and they themselves en-.
cased IN personal attire that
would turn Boone or McCul.
Tough green with envy-such was
the outfit to be drawn through
portions of three counties of the
old state of Penn by two quadru-
peds, small of stature, but with
as much grit and vim as Texas
steers.
The start was made under a
bright blue sky such as Is seldom
seen IN early Novem Der. and the
warming rays brought forth such
remarkable tales of expert marks
manshlp that even the little birds
ceased twittering to hear, and the
golden tinted leaves on all the
trees bowed their undivided hom.
age to the intrepid four. Each
succeeding tale stirred new and
greater hopes in the bosoms of
the mighty, until the weight be-
came so great that the springs of
the vehicle clung to each other in
fear.
After traversing a portion of
Bedford and drawing near to the
southern boundary of Hunting
don county, the weight became
too great for a brakeless "carry.
all, so trees were felled and at.
tached to the rear to aid in safely
descending the long mountain
road into the little hamlet OF New
Grenada, a village in the extreme
northwestern portion of Fulton
county. Anchorage had been Sc
cured at the "Retreat," which
we reached amid the odor or sup.
per shortly after dusk. There
we found our first game in the
shape of stewed chicken with the
usual accompaniments, and 1t is
needless 10 say that the game on
that board was promptly annihi.
lated Thanks to our hostess
more was in reserve for future
use, and great need We had for
IT, too. Visitors arrived before
we had completed our work of
demolition; and though their stay
tcontinued on page four.l