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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-18
MISSIONARY VISITOR.
Miss Ellen Todd, a Co-Worker of Miss Alice
Wishart In India, In Wells this Week.

Miss Ellen Todd, of Boston,
Mass, but who has spent the past
seven years as q missionary in
Allahabad, India, and with whom
Miss Alice Wishart was associat-
ed when she went to that country
two years ago, Is now visiting
Miss Wisbart's 5 parents at Wells
Tannery. Miss Todd has been in
this country since June, and Miss
Wlsharthas charge of Miss Todd s
work IN India.
Last Sunday morning Miss
Todd talked on mission work in
the Sherman's Valley Presbyterl.
an church, and in the evening, in
Wells Valley Presbyterian church.
In order that all who wished
might have an opportunity to hear
the distinguished VI ;itor, no SER
wees were held that evening in
neighboring churches, and the
rgecongregatlon thatassem bled
to hear Miss Todd were greatly
pleased and edited.
NextSunday evening Miss Urna
Moore, Of California, will give a
talk In the Valley Methodist
church, on her work among the
Chinese on the Pacific coast.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-18
BIG PUMPKINS.
The Secret Of Raising Them Not Gener.
ally Known.

Undertaken William Stoner ex-
hibited two pumpkins IN front of
his establishment last week that
would make your mouth water
for pumpkin pie TO look at them.
They were beauties, ard no mis-
take One cf them, we are told,
weighed 68 lbs. and the other, 40
lbs. But those are beaten in
weight over the Ridge. A. j.
Slpes was IN the Office Saturday
evening, and he said Mrs. Sarah
Batdorf raised one this summer
that weighed 80 lbs, and was so
round that it could not lie still on
the floor. He SAID John Kuhn
raised one that weighed rs lbs.
By-the.way, have you ever heard
of feeding pumpkin vine to make
it produce big pumklns? Well,
we were told by farmer in all
seriousness few days ago, that
after the pumpkins are well set,
remove all but two or three, and
then cut the vine off about two or
three feet In advance of the last
pumpkin. Insert the end of the
growing vlne into a bottle contain
ing quart of new milk. In
twenty. four hours, the vine will
have drunk all the milk. This
supply of milk must be repeated
every day, and the pumpkins will
start growth that tor rapidlty
will be surprising; and if the 9th
er conditions are favorable, they
may be made to attain a size and
weight that will take first, premi-
um at any county fair. We were
not told that those named above
were raised on a milk diet.
Pumpkins raised in that way,
would, no doubt, make choice
milk custards.
Since putting the above in type
our old friend, Michael E. III.
Bard, of Belfast township, one of
the most reliable farmers IN the
county, comes to the front with
pumpkin story that lays the rest
in the shade. Mr.. Bard says that
on his farm this summer a vine
grew which produ oed "a pump
kins, the weight of the first twelve
of which was, respectively, 130,
115, 100, 60, AZ, 36, 21, 20, Is, II,
10, and 10-making a total weight
of 557 lbs. The second twelve
weighed, collectively, SO lbs,
which added to the 577 lbs.,
makes total weight of go lbs.
of pumpkins IRON one vine. This
does not include four others that
grew on the same vine that would
have weighed from 15 to 20 lbs,
but rotted before the rest were
gathered-and Mr.. Bard did not
feed this vine milk, 'either !"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-18
Pleasant Social Occasion.

Last Saturday was one of the
glad days III the life of Grand.
mother Fields at Clear Ridge. 1t
was the day that marked the elgh.
ty-tifth milestone in her long pll
grimage through life, and her
many friends and neighbors who
are ever on the lookout for an op.
portunlty to show their love for
the good old lady, conceived the
idea of assem- bling at her home,
and spending the day IN an old
fashioned soclable way. A boun-
titul dinner was prepared, and
Grand mother was the recipient
of many loving gifts.
Among those present were her
daughter Mary j. Fields, Mrs.
Lizzie Baker, Mrs. Louie Kerlin
and her children Ethel, Lloyd,
Mary, Clell, and Orpha; Mrs. Net
tie Wlnegardner, Mrs. Howard
Fix and children; Mrs. Fannie
Baker, Mrs. Wilson Cutchall,
Mrs. Nettie Henry and son;
Mrs. Belle Henry and daughter,
Mrs. Celia Anderson, Mrs. w. r.
Fields, Mrs. Blanche Henry and
children; Mrs. r. j. Fields, Mrs.
Harry While and two children;
Mrs. Alice Kerlin, Mrs. r. E.
Brown, Mrs. Margaret Henry,
Sadie Fields, Simeon Shore and
son Clarence, Mrs. Nora More
land and her three children, and
Howard, Mary and Roy Myers.
Mr.. Shore added much to the
pleasure of the company by mus
ic on the organ and several mum
bers on his phonograph.
Not the least exciting part of
the program was the cart race, in
which Mr.. Shore was treated to a
free ride IN a push.cart.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-18
CLEAR RIDGE.

Simeon Shore spent few days
last week rusticating among his
old acquaintance in Martinsburg,
w. Va.
Sadie Fields of Hustontown,
and Eta Fields, of the Cove, spent
Sunday with their parents, J. FL.
Fields and wife.
James Kerlin made business
trip to Saltlllo last Saturday.
Jere Keefer, the old mail car
rler is working for }. K. Wood.
cock.
Mrs. Louisa Kerlln and Mrs.
VIM. Henry spent Sunday with
the family of j. ID. Stevens near
Fort Llttleton.
Jacob Carmack and sister Mary
visited In Franklin county last
week and attended the Hagers-
town fair.
Calvin Henry and wife, G. G.
Fields, Bert Winegardner and
Goldie and Louie Kerlin attended
the Hagerstown fair one day last
week.
Henry Fraker and family are
visiting his wlfe's parents at Wa
terford this week.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-18
DIXON, ILLINOIS.
Sketch Of the City and Its Leading Edu-
cational Institutions.

Dixon, Illinois,
Oct. 10, 1905.
Dear Editor:-Thinking that a
few lines from a former Fulton
county boy might be read with
some interest, / will endeavor to
give the readers of your paper a
short description of what well
might be termed the garden spot
of the West.
The city of Dixon, having a
population of $4,000, is situated
on what is universally known as
the Hudson of the West; with it's
great towering walls of blue rock
on either side, which gives 1t an
almost elaborate appearance. At
the extreme west end of the city,
situated in the midst of an artist
ically decorated lawn or campus,
are the three buildings constltut-
ing the Northern Illinois Normal
School, the College of Law, and
the barracks of the Dixon Mill
tary Institution.
These different colleges, which
widely separated In lines of in
struction, go arm In arm, as do
the students, under one individ-
ual owner; thus furnishing avail
able opportunities to those wish
ing to take, along with their regu-
lar course, preliminary studies.
The N. l. N. S. has for it's prlnci-
pal w. FL. Williamson, who is also
the instructor IN science. The
law college Is under the super
vision of j. w. Watts, ex- Judge of
the circuit court OF Lee county,
ILL.,, and at the present time, city
attor ney of this city. The d. M.
l. is under the direct manage
ment of Capt. Grant Allyn Cap
ron, who, having served four
years in the regular U. S. army
having served both in Cuba and
the Philippines-is unquestion-
ably well qualified to impart
knowledge to others relating to
military work.
We have very healthy climate
IN this section of the west, with
but very little frost up to this
time.
l will close, and is this does not
lodge in the waste basket unopen
ed, will write again.
Yours truly
GEO. W. MCKIBBIN.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-18

w. III. Spangler and wife, of
Wells Tannery; Gertl ude Hoke,
of Riddlesburg, and G. Newton
Hoke, Mrs. John B. Runyan, and
Mrs. b. W. Peck, of McConnells-
burg, were a few of the guests in
the home of Will Hoke and wife,
at Saxton, last Friday night, Sat
urday and Sunday. Having so
many of their McConnellsburg
friends invade their home at the
same time was not altogether IN
accordance with previous plan
ming; hut Mr.. and Mrs, Hoke are
never more at their best than
when entertaining their friends,
and from the fact that one of the
visitors writes that she ''never
had q better time in ail her life, "
we are led 10 believe that the
pleasure was mutual between
hostess and guests,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-18
SALUYlA.

Walter Rhom, of Mapleton, is
spending two weeks vacation
IN the home of his aunt, Mrs.
John Ham.
Harry Kline spent Saturday
night in the home of his aunt,
Mrs. Ham.
Mrs. Solomon Palmer, of Con-
nellsvllle, Pa, was called here on
the account of the serious illness
of her brother, Adolphus Kegar.
Use.
The hunting season Is now on.
So far, we have heard of but lit
tie game being killed. Perhaps
the most lucky was Uncle John
Ham, who bagged two ground
hogs, one fine raccoon, and two
squirrels one day last week.
BENJAMIN Deshong has added
much to the appearance of his
barn by putting on new roof
and making two cupolas.
There was a mistake in the
number of bushels of buckwheat
in Watson Schooley's crop, as
given in the News two weeks ago.
1t should have been 80 instead of
100.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-18

flowers give them lots of work.
/ am getting ready to plant the
fall vegetables which we will be
able to put into the New York and
Philadelphia markets for Christ
mas. We can raise three crops in
a year and are therefore able To
put the produce INTO the market
at any time of the year that will
bring the highest prices. In fact
nature has been so liberal with
this spot that it is only q matter
OF . few years when this will be
the recognized health resort and
fruit gardea Of the world" /"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-18
DO IT NOW,
Never Put Off Until Tomorrow What You
Can Do To-day.


earn money. Most of us have to
work pretty hard for it; but it is
the experience of most people
that they would rather earn it
than to ask for 1t after 1t is earn.
ed; and If it we're not that winter
is approaching, we should not be
saying anything about it now.
In looking over our list of sub.
scrlbers, we find that a few have
just neglected the matter until
they have gotten year or more
in arrears. The small sum that
any one owes is but o trifle we
know; but, it is TO these small
amounts that the printer must
look for money to pay for his ma
chinery, his type, his paper, his
ink, and to pay the weekly or
monthly wages of those who help
to get the paper to you, and then
have little something TO clothe
and feed his family.
Look at your tab. We suppose
everybody understands it. The
first figure, or figures, means the
month; the second, the day of
the month, and the last two, the
year: Thus, in the tab, "Tom
Peck, 10 Is 03" the 10 means the
tenth month, which Is October;
the Is means the fifteenth day of
the month (October), and the 03
means the year 1908; so, that
''Tom Peck, 10 Is 03" means that
Tom is paid up to October Is,
1908, and he owes from that time
When Tom sees this he will say
"From the 18th of October, 1908,
to the 18th of October, 1905, is
two years, and it will take a two
dollar bill to square up; but, mas
much, as 1 have kept the printer
waiting for his money two years,
| will add a dollar bill and send
three dollars, thus paying up a
year ahead.
There are now about 2000 per-
sons taking the News, and most
of them pay strictly in advance
every year, and some pay two,
hree and even five years ahead.
TO pay more than one year in ad-
vance, we do not ask any one.
The people who pay in advance
say 1t seems easier to pay it that
way. They say they never like
to pay for a dead horse.
In past years we have during
the fall season, sent out state
ments through the mail to sub
scribers who were IN arrears.
This never made anybody mad,
and there was very general re.
sponse. But it takes time to
make out those statements, and
money to mail them, hence we be-
lleve you will send US the little
amount you are back just as
readily when you have read this,
as you would if we had gone to
the trouble and expense If send
ing you a letter.
Times have been good and you
have been prosperous. Our Sec
ton has never been blessed with
any more bountiful crops, and
while you have been storing your
winter supplies, we have been
toiling away IN hot office, inhal-
ing the odors of printers ink and
machine grease and getting to
you on time every week a chroni-
Gle Of all the leading events of
home and foreign interest.
Now, all together
Don't put this aside with the
thought that you will send 1t next
week or next month. No, friends,
we need it now. Just put dol
lar bill-a two-dollar bill-or
whatever you may happen to owe
In letter, seal 1t well, address
it plainly, and we will get it, place
it to your credit, serd you re.
celpt and thank you with a CRATE
full heart besides.
Do IT Now.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-18

Mrs. Ella Weaver, wife of VIM.
Weaver, died of consumption at
her home near Hancock, Sunday
afternoon, sth INST, aged "a
years. Deceased was a Miss
Meats before marriage and Is
survived by her husband, four
children and mother. lnterment
Tuesday lln the Tonoloway Bap.
tist church cemetery.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-18

Clarence r. Mock, who had
been spending a couple of weeks
with his father, John Mock, and
other relatives I. in Tod township,
has returned to Allentown, Pa,
where he has employment.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-18

J. b. Clouser and grandson,
John Walters, of Altoona, are
spendingthls week among friends
and relatives in this county.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-18
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
Snapshots at Their ComiDgs and Goings.
Here for Vacation, or Away
for RestiaI Outing.
NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED


business last Saturday.
James Youse spent last week
visiting his son William and 9th
er friends in Altoona.
Albert Alexander, of Altoona.
is spe aiding his annual vacation
among his Fulton county friends.
S. S. Alloway and Bert Heeter,
of New Grenada, were IN MeCon-
nellsburg on BUSINESS last Satur-
day.
Mrs. l.. E. Harris, of this place,
spent Sc 5eral days visiting friends
in the vicinity of Saluvia last
week.
William Daniels, wifeand daugh
ter -3eckie, and Pearl Akers, of
Saluvia, spent Saturday in this
place.
Mrs. 0. M. Kyser, of Ell Paso,
Ill, has been pleasant guest IN
the home of D. M. Kendall and
wife, in the Cove.
Harry Mock, of Altoona, has
been spending the past week with
his parents, d. b. Mock and wife
In Tod township.
Mrs. Michael w. Mellott and
daughter Mollle, of Belfast town
ship, spent last Saturday in Nc
Connellsburg.
Robert Stouteagle, who is with
the p. r. r. people IN Altoona, Is
visiting his mother and sister on
East Water street.
Jacob G. Reisner and wife, of
this place, drove up to Everett
Saturday and spent Sunday with
their daughter, Minnie, who is
teaching at that place.
G. Newton Hoke and daughter
Mrs. John Runyan, of this place,
drove over to Saxton last week
to spend few days visiting Mr..
Hoke's son, Will, and family.
Nathaniel II. Peck, and his son
Walter, and the latter's wife, re-
Gently of Ambrldge, Pa, we're
guests of the family of Jonathan
p. Peck, at Knobsville, over Sun
day.
H. G. Horton, of Altoona, spent
the time from Friday until Tues
day with his parents, Mr.. aud
Mrs. K. A. Horton of Wells Val
ley, and other friends IN this
county.
John H. Relsner, Mercers-
burg Academy student, spentthe
time from Friday evening until
Monday morning with his par
ents, j. G, Reisner and wife of
this place.
Mrs. Ella Seylar and daughter
Miss Jessie, of Foltz, drove over
to tins place last Sunday morn
ing and spent the day with the
formers sister, Mrs. Annie
Simmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Myers re-
turned to their home IN Mercers-
burg Monday morning after hav-
ing spent day or two with the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
M. Kendall in the Cove.
Robert N. Sinner, who had
been visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Benjamin Sinner and other
friends, of this place, left Tues
day for Hanover, Pa, where he
has secured employment.
Hon. Geo. G. Austin, ofNew
York, and brother p. r. Austin,
of Chambersburg, who had been
called to Saluvla on account of the
death of their step.lnother Mrs.
Susan Austin, spent Wednesday
night IN McConnellsburg.
Merrlck A. Stoner and wife,
Abner Davis and wife, and Simon
P. Naus and Mrs. Miller--all of
Bedford, spent last Friday night
n town, on their return from u
weeks outing, during which time
they had visited the famous bat
blefeld at Gettysburg and The biz
Fair. They had 4
drive If more than two hundred
miles, and enjoyed tlle trip vefy s.
much,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-18

Mrs. F. @. Bare, of Fort Little
ton, spent few hours in town
Monday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-22
TEACHERS WANT MORE
They Express Dissatisfaction. With
Their Salaries.

The dissatisfaction felt by many
teachers with the salary schedule Of the
public schools was expressed in the
Teachers club Saturday at it's annual
meeting. The public affairs committee
reported a move to Investigate the
question of salaries paid in other cities,
with view to efecting raise in sal
aries here.
The first president of the club, Mrs.
George Harrison, declined to consider
re election. She was elected honorary
president and Mrs. Alice M. Cooley was
elected her successor. Mrs. Cooley has
been connected with the Minneapolis
schools for number Of years as teach
er, principal and supervision, and has
recently returned to the city, after an
absence, to take up teaching work at
the university. -: y
The other officers elected for the en-
suing year are: Vice presidents, Miss
E. B. Williams, Miss Mae Snow; record
ing secretary, Miss Abbie L. Day;
chairman Of nominating committee
Miss Harriet H. Smith; auditing com
mittee, Miss Mary Fairchild; program
committee, A. F. Benson; entertainment
committee, Miss Katherine G.. Young
hospital committee, Miss Ida B. Wood
worth; transportation committee, R. L
Clark.
The last annual report of Mrs. Har
rison showed the club to be in goot
financial condition, with a balance O.
$500 in the treasury. The hospital priv
ilege has been used by fourteen mem
bers for periods varying from ten day
to nineteen weeks. $780, r..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-22
CHIPPEWAS GET
NEW ALL0TM ENTS
BIG LAND DISTRIBUTION Al
WHITE EARTH AGENCY.
Parents and Children Having Any In
dian Blood Each Get Additional
Eighty Acres of Free Land-Few Full
Bloods I.eft-Celebratio in June.

Last week was busy one for Major
Simon T. Michelet, Indian agent at the
White Earth Chippewa reservation: He
had sent notices out to all the Indians
on the reservation, which is about thir-'
ty-six miles square, conveying the pleas
ant information that each one of them,
parents and children, was to receive at
this time from the government an allot-
ment of eighty acres Of land in addition
to the eighty they had previously re-
sib1e by the Stevenson act, passed by
congress at the last session. Naturally,
about all Of his wards came speedily
to the agency headquarters, and last
Monday lined up in front Of his office.
In this line there were very few per-
sons who would have been picked out
as Chippewas, the Indian blood in them
being so homeopathic in quantity as
scarcely to be apparent.
An unlooked-for phase of the distrlbu-
tion developed very early: The full
blooded Indians protested to Agent
Michelet against allowing the mixed
bloods to selectN the most desirable
lands, claiming that under present condl-
lions the mixed bloods have had better
opportunities for selection and that the
old ones were likely to be forced to take
the worst lands. Michelet settled the
matter speedily by arranging the pro
cession in two lines so that full BLOOD
and a mixed blood Indian came into the
office together.
The first among the full bloods who
filed is one Of the finest specimens Of
the. Chippewa Indian now living, Me
chuck X e. ge-shick, the only surviving
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-22
FROM THE SAME BOX
Where the Foods Come From.

tLook here waiter, honest now, don It
YOU dip every one of these faxed break.
fast foods out of the same boX!''
VWell yes, boss, we duz, all 'cept
Grape Nuts, cause that don't look like
the others and people know ,zackly
what Grape Nuts looks like. But there 8
bout dozen different ones named on
rolled flakes so it don It make any diff
erence which one a man calls TOR we
inst take out the order from one box
This talk led to an investigation Doz-
ems of factories sprung up about three
years ago making various kinds OF
breakfast foods, seeking to take the
business of the original prepared break
fast food-Grape-Nuts These concerns
after a. precarious existence, nearly all
their foods in mills and warehouses.
These were in several instances bought
ND for song by spectators and sold
out to grocers and hotels for little OF
nothing. The process of working Of
this old stock has been slow. One Will
see the names on menus OF haked foods
that went out of business year and
where the abandoned factories have
been bought up, there is an effort tt
resuscitate the defunct, and by copying
the style of advertising Of Grape-Nuts
seek to influence people to purchase
But the public has been educated to tn
fact that all these thin faxed food
are simply soaked wheat or oats rollet
thin and dried out and packed The,
are not prepared like Grape-Nuts, il
which the thorough baking and othe
operations which turn the starch par
of the wheat and barley into. sugar, oc
cupy many hours and result in a foo,
so digestible that small infants thriv
on it, while it also contains the selecte
elements of Phosphate of Potash an
Albumen that unite in the body to pro
duce the soft gray substance in brai
and nerve centers. There's reaso
for Grape-Nuts, and there have bee.
many limitations, few of the articl
itself, but many more of the kind an
character of the advertising. Imitator
are always counterfeiters and thei
printed and written statements canno
be expected to be different than thei
goods
This article is published by the Posi-
UNI Co. at Battle Creek. Additional ey
idence Of the truth can be supplied j
quantities.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-22
He MADE SURE OF DEA 4
WILLIAM IVEL CLOSED HIS ROOM
TIGHT so DEADLY GAS COULD
NOT ESCAPE.

Plugging up the windows and door
of his rooms that none of the deadly
gas might escape, William Ivel turned
on the Jet and calmly lay down to die.
His body was found today in his room
at the Nile hotel, 20 University avenue
Sc, by the clerk, who went to call him.
For several days Ivel had been
brooding over secret troubles and
seemed anxious to shun his friends.
They say he had been drinking heavily
and would talk to no one. Last night
he went to his room earlier than usual
and there made unusual preparations
for death.
When Deputy Croner Irvine called
there this morning he found the con-
vincing evidence of suicide. There was
no farewell note telling why he wanted
to die, and his friends are puzzled over
the case
Ivel was so years old, single, and had
several relatives in Minneapolis. Marion
Ivel, the opera singer, is his niece. The
relatives have been notified of his death
and will take care of the body.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-22
BOVINE TRIPI,ETS
Kral's Curiosities Will Surely Attrac,
.@ .@E the Show Man.

Three calves, sisters and their mother,
Daisy, are the bovine wonders exhibited
by Thomas Kral, 1913 West Winnifred
street, St. Paul. They belong to the
Hereford variety and met each other
Saturday morning. AS the mother
interested, and Kral is likely to receive
an offer from menagerie.