The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-12

to those of the Cove the latter
name will sou0d familiar, as he is
a son OF the late William Knable
of Ayr township.
While there, we visited the
home of }. II. TruaX, formerly of
Belfast township. He has a nice
home and is getting along fine;
he Is engaged in stock and gram
raising He has sixteen bead Of
horses, five hundred head of
sheep and ninety head of cattle.
We also visited the home of NJ.
M. Morton. at the same place,
who Is also farming and raising
sheep, horses and cattle. He
owns % head of horses, 40 head
Of cattle, and 600 head of sheep
While visiting at j. H. Truax S
he hitched up in the farm wagon,
and he, ms three sons, and 1 went
for a wolf hunt. One of his boys
took a saddle pony so as to chase
the wolf, Mr.. Truax has three
large greyhounds, and a cage
made of boards. The cage he
puts IN the wagon, then before
he sees the wolf he puts the
hounds in the cage and covers
them with blankts. We drove ov-
er northwest of hls place about
ten miles, where we saw wolf.
Ne turned the hounds out of the
cage when we were within about
400 yards of the wolf, and they
caught the wolf when they had
run about a mile. We then drove
back and found a den which we
dug out and found five cubs about
the size of large cat. The den
was about two feet under the
ground. We killed these cubs
and the next day drove to Steel g
which Is about 4 } miles from his
place, aud took them to the audi
tor, and had their ears punched.
He will receive a bounty of 81 so
fer head for them. 1t was just
fine to see the hounds run; they
will take about 16 feet at one
jump.
While there | attended a picnic
of the Old Settlers of Klddel
county. We went IN the morn
ing, taking our dinners with us,
and ate IN the grove on the north
side of the city. In the afternoon
there was program consisting
Of several songs by the united
choirs of the Methodist and Pres.
byterian churches, several Sc
lections by the Steele Band and
two speeches, which dealt large
Iy with the growth of the coun.
try. After the program there
was base ball game, foot and
horse races, and in the evening
the band played again. We didn't
reach home until late in the even
lag.
We also took short trip west
of Steele about Is miles, and on
this trip we were unfortunate
enough to break a buggy spring,
and had to use a fence post,
which we borrowed of neigh
boring farmer, to take the place
of the spring. The mosquitoes
we're there in great mum bers, and
[ was forced to use lap duster
around my face for protection.
We spent II days down there
then began the return Journey.
The first day we lost 6 or s miles
by taking a side traL. The sec
ond day proved to bea rainy one
and we all got very wet. We
reached home about nine o'clock
in the evening tired but all feel.
lag like living.
forgot to speak of an addition
to our party on our return Mr.,
Truax's S eldest daughters, Clara
aud Lena, came along back. 1t
vas their first trip across the
country, but being Western girls
it wasn't so much of new thing,
still they enjoyed the trip and had
good time. | think North Da-
kota is a fine State, 1t was very
hard for me to make up my mind
to leave old Pennsylvania, but /
fear it will he harder for me to
decide to 60 back.
Wishing friends and acqualnt