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

one of somebody. At any rate
we must have penny for a mo.
ment; for the story to be told is
of the head which is on each of
these small CONS that the govern
ment sends out. and the story
will be better appreciated If we
have the head before us.
The head looks like the head of
an Indian. Until quite recently
this IS what | always supposed it
to be. It's not. 1t is an Amerl
can woman, who for many years
was held in ad dmiratlon both for
her beauty and goodness, and
who only few weeks ago passed
on to her great reward.
Her name was Keen-Sarah
Longacre Keen. She lived IN
Philadelphia For t'lirty-fve
years she was the secretary of
the Philadelphia Branch OF the
Woman S Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal
church. Since her death, a pic
ture, representing her as she ap-
pe&red IN mature years, has
adorned the cover of one of the is
sues of a publication of the great
ehgious body to which she be
longed. The picture justihes all
that has been SAID of the grace
and dignity of the woman.
When Sarah was a child of five
or six years of age delegation of
Indians from tie northwest visit
Washington. They came to see
the sights and pay their respects
to the Big Chief of the nation.
After having spent considerable
time at the capital, the Indians
we're taken to Philadelphia. Here
$ they were shown the mint Thc
j. little girls father was d fine en-
e graver, and he had Official cou
uection with this great none.
'' factory. He was kindly, beney
olent man as well, and he inviteu
this delegation of Red Mel t
+ some sort of an entertainment a
If his home. One of the chiefs hal
r. his attention attracted to the ilttl
/ Miss, and he was so pleased witt
= her figure and maidenly bearing
that in mood OF sportiveness h
e took off his head dress and put l
on her head. She was not fright
q ened: but lending herself to tn
g enjoyment of the joke she stOoC
n for moment and let the compan.
o. look at her. Someone presen
r. who had both an eye for beaut
=. and artistic skill, was so strucI
v by the appearance which littl
Z Sarah Longacre made, that tn
q sketch was engraved by her moth
er. One can easily imagine tn
n love and fond paternal PRIDE wit
which the likeness was traced an
the lines were drawn.
Just then the penny IN it's pres
l. eut form was about to be ISSUED
n but the figure with its face ths
Is was to be Ornamented had Ii
been chosen. This engrave
y sketch went into competition fC
er the honor. 1t was accepted
TO preference to all others, and I'll
S imprint of it was transferred
is the neat little pennies, which Vi
D. Gle Sam for so many years hS
H. been sending into the world.
20 There is much more to be sa
IN about this small bit of coin 1t
as enough to say now, however, tn
H. a penny is the sym Dol of NIGH
o. power for evil and mighty po
III er for good AS men and WON,
" relate themselves to pennies al
ry their multiples they become
~ curse o. a blessing to mankin
no 1t would seem that a piece
y money bearing ON its face t
81 head of a child, who was swC
ho and beautiful in her chlldhoc
ie' who grew INTO a woman of so ra
ua a character, of such a devoted s
Sy' rit, aud of an influence so WI
ma and beneticent, ought to Ina
sic about 1T some suggestion OF
ert credness in the use to which II
VA to be put,-EX.
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