The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-17
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our neighboring county Frank
lin, namely, it will be the indus
trial center. Things are dong
here, as may be noticed from the
following.
Himmel Harris has recently an
nexed to his blacksmith shop a
planning mill with steam power,
and is in shape to turn out lum-
Der IN a most satisfactory ma T.
ner.
Robert Gordon is erecting on
lands of Hon. D. II. Patterson, at
the old Hunter sawmIll site be.
low Webster Mills, big planning
mill and door and sash factory,
to be run by water power. This
VIII enable building contractors
to get material on this side of the
mountain.
William Harr has purchased
about eight acres of land lying
along Spring Run, from Joseph
b. Mellott. There is no wetter
water in the wide world than
flows down this beautiful stream
and your correspondent has no
way of ascertainlng just what
plans Mr.. Harr has for the I'M
provement of this piece of prop
erty.
E. A. Baker the gentlemanly
agent and manager of the Domain
Lumber Company, is putting IN
place the necessary machinery to
work up the tim Der on about 1900
acres of land purchased from
Joseph B. Mellott, and lying down
IN the corner. Part of the ma
chlnerY is now on the ground,
and large number of men are
putting it in place, while others
are busy grading three or four
miles of road bed upon which will
be placed ties and IRON rails, over
which the logs will be taken to
the mills by gravity.
We miss our old nelghbors, Mr..
and Mrs D. M. Binedcllar, since
they purchased the Rev. Cham
bers farm and have moved to it.
With their son, Scott, IN Everett,
and their daughter, Maude, at
Shippensburg, Mr.. and Mrs.
Rinedollar have the home entire.
ly to themselves, and they, no
doubt, almost imagine that they
are living their honeymoon days
over again.
Davy had little experience a
few days ago that he will remem-
ber. 1t seems that his wife left
him to rid up something's about
the premises, and to burn some
brush that had been gathered up .
IN heap near the house. This /
was to be done while she went up
to call on her old neighbor, Mrs. /
Geo. f. Mellott. AS Davy was
about to apply the torch he wes
to discover that the tur
Key hen that had been missing
for several days, had nest in the
brush heap and was at that mo.
nent slttlng on it patiently await
ng the appearance of her little
brood. Congratulating himself
that he had made the discovery
in time to prevent having roast
turkey for supper, he decided to
wait for further orders until his
wife returned.
When he informed her of the
situation, she said, "Davy, just
crawl into the heap, get firm
loId on her, and bring her out,
md we will change the nest to
mother place. "
There did not seem to be much
,he matter with tins advice, his
wife, however, took the precau.
ion Of standing at safe distance
md as Davy was just succeeding
n extracting the nanny fowl
rom the heap, the frightened old
len did not do a thing but flop
me OF her wings violently against
boil on ms cheek that had been
nearly setting hlm crazy. THIS
vas the elbow that killed Han.
lah. " What even a preacher
would see, feel, and say under
such circum stances, would per.
laps better not be put IN print.