The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-20
REV. GEO. b. SHOEMAKER.
Writes Interesting Letter from His Home
at EldOra, Iowa.


but little snow. The ''jlngle OF
the sleigh bells" has not been
heard in all the land. Enough
Snow tell on the night before
Christmas to save US from having
green Christmas; and accord
ing to the old saying, we are not
to have fat graveyard this year.
The ground was so dry and dusty
that we could not sleigh; and now
that snow is gone, we are on the
bare ground again.
At times we have had quite cold
we tther. Last Sunday morning
it was 20 degrees below zero, but
moderated before night. Since
then all the days have been pleas
ant, and to-day is beautiful
The cold weather has made splen.
did ice; and just now, our lcc
merchants and the Industrial
School are harvesting all they
will need for the coming summer.
The blocks are twenty or more
inches thick. This is larger than
is profitable. Fourteen inches IL
thickness is preferred by the mel
who handle it in the summer: but
they have to take it as they find
it prepared for them by the
"Frost King"
Our District Court convenes Oh
next Monday. This will be ses.
sion oI unusual interest because
Of two prominent cases. One of
these is a defaulting Cashier of a
Bank in our neighboring town of
Iowa Falls. His accounts are
short about $4,000. He came to
his rum through the Board of
Trade in Chicago. 1t looks as
though he would have to wear the
stripes.
The other prominent case il
from our own town of Eldora.- -
One Of our citizens is to be triet
for the murder of his wife by
poisoning. The evidence is al
circumstantial, but the trial vii
be watched with much interest
Three neighboring counties, in
cludlng ours, have wife murder
cases to be tried at their spring
terms of Court. Two are for
poisoning and one is for shooting
Perhaps you people will think we
are a Dad lot out here. Let me
say for our country that the al
legged murderer is an eastern
man, and came among US recent
ly.
We spent our Christmas with
our oldest son and his wife in Wa
terloo. 1t was the first Christ.
mas in his new house and we
helped him to celebrate. OF
course we had a pleasant time
We hung up our stockings in the
old fashioned way of my boyhood
and Santa Claus came and filled
them.
We sat by the open fire place,
put out the lights and threw on
the fire some pine knots from the
Ridge west of McConne llsburg
ourselves to the full. The
pine knots were sent to me by
my friend A. L. Mace. What
we had in those hours!
Shall we ever forget the days of
our youth? | hope not. While
thus in our sons home in
comfort, we saw all of you in your
pleasant homes, prosperous aud
happy, with your children filling
the place IN the world of the old
home we used to occupy,
About twenty four years ago |
preached one afternoon at a camp
meeting held at FinchGord, Iowa.
was then pastor at Green, Iowa.
There was lady in the cougre.
cation that afternoon from Wa.
terloo, who, when the Presiding
Elder introducing me said, "Rev.
Shoemaker our pastor at Green
win preach the sermon this after
roon," was strangely impressed /.
She afterwards told a neigh Dor
Of ours, who told us, "When Mr..
S arose to begin / looked at him
and said Rev. Shoemaker, the
pastor at Green, yes, and green
enough you are too " l have no
doubt that many of you who will
remember my appearance OF
twenty four years ago will agree