The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-01
BRATT0N REUNION.
Held 10 Bratton Township, MifiIin County
Representative from This County.


Mrs. He,ry Huston, of Taylor
township, who was a alton,
and Who attended the Brstton
Family Reunion, sends us the fol-
lowing from the Lewistown Gaz.
cite.
The reunion was held at the Old
Bratton Homestead along the line
of the Pc, nsylvana railroad, and
as the morning trains-both tie
east and west came along they
brought ADDITIONS to the number
arriving by private conveyances.
The com mittee on registering
and tagging" with beautiful
badges the arrivals, was kept on
the jump, and all was hustle and
hustle for some time, then the
crowd got quoted down and the
organization took place and the
committees got to work arOu I'd
the tables and at the iemonade,
preparing coffee, &c. All who
were there were just paralyzed
or shocked at the sight of that ta
BILE. Words cannot express tht
feelings or sensation that the sigh
of the good things on the ia ble
caused one to feel on the first
sight and the next thing was t.
get around it. When all was quiei
Rev. Yeager offered up a blessing
after which all hands set to work
to clear the table of the good
things as fast as possible. The
walters were kept busy, especial
ly the lemonade and coffee con
mIttee, and didn't 1t take lots q
both. 1tls surprising the amouni
of provision some of our peopl,
can stow away on an occasion OF
the kind. If anyone doubts oui
word irst ask John Rodgers OF
Ed. Conrad or Colonel Jenkins
saying nothing about ". P. Stev
enson, James Macklin, or w. l.
Owens, or the young professor
7. &. Donnelly. Oh, my, what {
capacity they do have But We
guess there were others who die
Justice whom we did not S .e OF
account of our attention bein.
drawn to one particular point
along the table. When dinner
was over there was plenty left fol
supper and then there we're bas
kets and baskets full left. 1t was
wonderful as 1T seemed that eve
ryone tried to outdo the other
1t was more than a success and
such a pleasant, social crowd il
was never our privilege to see OF
be with. We're there Brattons
there ? Wen, should say there
were, old Brattons, young Brat
tons, big Bra5tons, little Brat
tons, go) ID looking 3rattons, ugly
Brattons, social, cheerful, jolly
young Brattons and some rather
quiet. There we're Brattons sure
two hundred and sixty foul
straight Brattons, Brattons con
nected by marriage and guests
They were here from Kansas
Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana
Iowa, New Jersey and from al
parts of Pennsylvania. Their
were Brattons from Fulton coun
ty, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Har
rlsburg, Altoona, we'll all over
We guess there were never S
many Brattons together at on
time since the first Bratton wa
born, and as an organization ha
been formed those who live to Sc
the next reunion will see muc
larger gathering. There was
wire stretched from one pear tre
to another just at the entranc
and the word welcome in larg
letters was attached TO the wir
and on either side OF the wor
two large flags were suspende
and eighteen smaller flags wer
put up on trees over the grounc
Some were here for the frs
time. Some had not been her
} for thirty eight to forty years an
: they saw lots of relatives they di
not know. 1t was surely a gait
ering of the Bratton tribe aud a
"A general thing were good iool
ing, healthy class of people an
there were mary fine singer