The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-08-24
ODD FELLOWS PICNIC.
A Delightful Day Spent at the Big Rock
on Cove Mountain.
A BEAUTIFUL AND PICTURESQUE SPOT
From Which One May Look all Over fulton
County, See Across the State OF Maryland
and Behold the Mountains Of W. Va.

the mem bers of McConnellsburg
Lodge, 1. O. O. f. and their fam
lilies, not quite all of them-of the
members-together with num-
ber of visiting brothers and 9th.
er friends, took a day off and went
up to the Big Rock on Cove noun
tain and spent the day most en-
joyably.
There are few places IN the
State where Nature has done so
much to lend attraction as to the
Big Rock. Situated on the west
ern crest of the Tuscarora, at au
elevation of 1000 feet above tide
water, one may walk out on the
overhanglng cliff, which is very
easy OF access from nearby old
field in which are shade trees, un-
der which thelinen may be spread
for lunch, and. the old field, being
comparatively free from stones,
affords an opportunity for such
games as croquet, quoits, horse
shoes, &c.-as one steps o'ats, on
this great mass of rock-solid as
theeverlasting ghills-there bursts
forth a landscape view that thrills
the heart with admiration.
Directly beneath you at a depth
of 1900 feet lies in panoramic
view the Big Cove, one of the rich
est and most beautiful agricultur
al valleys in Pennsylvania.
From this eminence one has a
bird'seye view of the entire val
ley-its roads, streams, well cul'
tivated farms, and attractive farm
buildings, with here and there a
clump of trees, or patch of the
primitive woodland, while to the
westward, rising in successive
heights, are the Meadowground,
the Scrub Ridge and the Side
ling Hill mountains. To the
northwest your vision extends
over Wells Valley and rests on
the bold Broadtop; while to the
southwest, you see Deneen's Gap
and get the hazy outline against
the western horizon of Town Hill
the mountain that separates
Union township from Southamp-
ton township, Bedford county.
Sweeping the horizon around to-
ward the south, you behold the
Potomac valley, with the beautl'
ful mountains of West Virginia
rising in the background.
Although twenty miles distant,
under certain atmospherical con-
ditiOns, one may hear the whistle
of the locomotive on the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad and trace the
course of its moving trains by the
rolling clouds of smoke from the
putting engine.
Between IL and o'clock under
the spreading boughs of a big
chestnut tree IN the old field, tif
ty persons were seated on buggy
cushions, chair cushions and laI
spr eads around white linen table
cloths on the green grass, upor
which there was an abundance o.
fried chicken, sandwiches, rolls
melons and fruit, and to this menl
the ladies added hot coffee, iced
Tea aud lemonade. In about al
hour most of this elaborate luncl
had disappeared and the mem
bers OF the party were turning
their attention to some form o
amusement or other. Several o
the gentlemen kept the quoit
and horseshoes hot most of tn
afternoon, while some of the ladie
organized a baseball team, AM
with, chestnut clubs and pieces o
boards from store boxes as bats
a most interesting and exciting
g.mc was played. After a fey
lnnlngs the umpire mysteriousl.
disappeared and we are, there
fore, unable to lay before ou
readers the official score.
There was something doing
all the time, and the call to SUI
per reminded the party that tn
afternoon sport waS drawing =
close. The drive down fror
the top of the mountain in the 9,
ening, was delightful: and whe
the party had reached home, the
wopde -ed why more days wer
not spent in this way during th
summer at the Big Rock.