The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23
ON The EASTERN SHORE.
Elliott Ray Gives His Impressions
of the Best Country
Out Doors.

Out Doors.
| arrived safe at Princess
Anne, Md, on Sunday morning,
the 18th inst, about 5 O'Clock. 1
left McConnellsburg on Friday
morning, the l1th, on the early
stage, arrived at Mercersburg
and took a train for Cham bers.
burg, whera | got my ticket for
Baltimore for S2.75 via Harris.
burg, and arrived in Baltimore at
3 o'clock. There l went down to
the wharf and found my man,
Mr.. Louis Grebbs, who took me
out and showed me the boats
coming in with fish and shad, and
where they shuck the oysters
and grind the oyster shells into
fertilizer. Next day took the
steamer down the Chesapeake
Bay to Claibourn, a distance of
about 40 or 80 miles. 1t was a
fine trip down the Bay, and l be-
lieve l ate as good supper on
the boat as l ever ate IN Fulton
county; and you know we get
some good meals up there. Our
supper consisted of warm bis
cults, baked shad, oysters of the
finest kind, beef, potatoes, sliced
tomatoes, good butter, pickles,
oranges, fine sweet cake, bana.
mas, s,-all you could eat and for 80
cents.
l arrived at Claibourn at about
Z o'clock and took train for Sails
bury, where | arrived about 9
O'Clock and stayed there until 8
O'Clock next morning, Sunday,
when | left for Princess Anne,
and got there in time to call Mr..
and Mrs. w. f. Wink out of bed.
They are taking very good care
of me while / am with them.
l think this is a great country.
Land is increasing in value every
day. Places that could have been
bought year ago for twenty five
hundred dollars, can't be bought
for double that now. Mr.. Wink,
Mr.. Prosser and Mr.. Funk-al
have beautiful farms. The only
thing that disturbs the peace OF
mind of my old friend Prosser is
that he can't find any stones tc
throw at the dogs. He says they
bother him greatly and he thinks
he will get little gun that won
crack and he will burn some OF
them.
Mr.. Prosser paid $4,000 for his
farm and has been offered $4,000
for it. He thinks if it is worth
that to any one else, it is worth
that to him. | visited Mr.. Funk s
to-day, which is about eight miles
from Mr.. Prosser's and Mr..
Wink's farms. | think his farm
will be a fine one with some re-
pairs to the buildings. | counted
only twenty-three buildings
around his place. He has beau
tiful lawns with all kinds of trees
the cultivated chestnut, shell
bark, and I don't think you could
mention tree that is not in his
lawn-shrubs and lilacs all in
bloom. The ladies who came
| along with Mr.. Funk, Miss Bes
sic Motter and Miss May McEl
downey, like the place very well
and want to see more of it before
they leave.
l am feeling much better thar
; l did when | left McConnells
burg, though I don't know how i
would be when it would come t,
walking up hill; for l have no
seen hill as steep as that from
Dickson corner to Mr.. Wool
= let's. | think the climate is do
1 ing me some good. Mr.. Prose-
: is taking fatherly care over me
o and he and his good wife ar
+, feeding me well on fresh sha,
d and other good things. | surel,
: can't help but get along well.
x will go to Mr.. Prosser's mex
!, week.
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