davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
Equip the Farm.

The scarcity of help on farms will
ultimately drive land owners to
greater economy and to a more gem
eral use of devices and conveniences
which tighten the work. 1t is sur
prising how many try to get along
by muscle power alone, never trying
out any other method, which might
save half their work. An old farmer
says that his neighbors called him
lazy when he first brought a hay
loader onto his farm, and when he
rugged up a cable and used a trip
hay fork to unload his hay he had a
good bunch OF farmers around him,
Just to see how 1t worked" The
close figuring farmer counts all of
these labor savers just that much of
his equipment, and 1t is only by US
ing them that he is enabled to meet
present conditions. The walking
stirring plow and walking cultivators
are back numbers Now the sulky
or gang plow is used, and three big,
lusty horses will turn over three or
four acres a day. A manufacturer
has now gotten out a rotary harrow,
which is attached to the plow, and
the land is turned and narrowed at
one operation. believe that If any
man is justified in borrowing money
1t is when he invests it in up-to-date
tools and implements for more rapid
and better work on the sarm.--In-
diana Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19

"You tell him my business SO he can
get ahead OF me? That's fine way
to serve me- Hi4
@Don't give you chance now to
get ahead. of him?" asked Yankele.
"what more do you wantg But
what's the use----" and he moved to-
ward the door.
Stay" said Hyman. "How much
did he say he'd give your"
"They sell regularly for SO box,
these cigars, but I got them for
little less," said Yankele. ."He said
he'd give me 50 box for them.
So agreed to take that, though prac-
tically no value for such cigars. I
will be back soon," he said as he put
his hand on the door.
walt" said Hyman. IL don't
want to be hasts. / will give you
$2.10 box for them. That way you
make a profit anyway"
MAKE 1t $2.20 and I'll do It," said
Yankele. "Gottlieb said he'd be will
ing to advance little II need be.
See. they are first classNcgars and you
make eighty cents profit on each box
at $2.20. Besides, see what trade
you draw with each draw from the
cigar" he added, smiling.
Goodman was in doubt for long
time, but finally he said, FASTENED
bit as Yankele fumbled the door
knob: "Well, I'll take them. l can't
let Gottlieb get ahead Of me-"
"Cash down." said Yankele, as he
returned from the door
Goodman arose from his chair and
walked to the cash drawer. with
lingering reluctance he took two
greasy So bills from It and added
forty cents in change. He handed the
money to Yankele.
MAY it be for profit to you," said
Yankele courteously. - New York
Sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
Pure Bred Poultry.

To start with pure bred poultry II
IS not necessary to invest a small for
:une, as many believe. II you have
A mixed flock and do not wish to dis
pose of them at once and start with
pure bred poultry, but want to inn
prove the laying qualities of your
mixed stock, get a pure bred cock
bird from some fancler who has a
good laying strain. Mate him with
your mixed hens and the next genera
ton will be better layers. Remem-
Der the male bird Is half your flock.
You can get a pure bred male bird
that is not good enough in color per-
haps to reproduce his own breed, but
is in other respects a good bird and
Just what you need to introduce new
blood into your mixed Hock.-Farm-
ers' Home Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
Tal.ing carc Of the Harness.

"There is nothing like leather"
But there is nothing like knowing
how to keep your leather goods in
fine condition, too. Leather is COM
posed of a mass of fine tendrils, intl-
mately interlocked and entwined.
When in good, pliable condition, each
tendril is capable of much stretching.
II allowed to become dry and hard,
when the leather is subjected to a
severe pull, the tendrils break instead
OF stretching. But this does not
mean that leather boots or harness
should be kept soaked with oil or
dressing. Elbow grease applied in
quantity is better. "All dressings
should be applied sparingly," is the
sound advice of big saddlery con-
cern. Black oil should always be
used on black harness and not neats-
foot oil, as the latter oil, If it is used,
will draw out the black dye and leave
the harness brown. The black har-
ness fats now on the market make ex-
cellent farm harness dressing. They
contain the "nourishment" necessary
for keeping the harness in good order.
But first, all dirt should be washed
off with lukewarm water and or
dinary soap. The black fat should
then be applied with a cloth, given
short time to penetrate the leather,
and then rubbed dry with another
cloth. Some make the mistake OF oil
ing without unbuckling the harness.
The parts that need nOurishment tha
most are under the buckles, where
the metal causes hardness and brittle
ness. II people would vary the holes
of the harness occasionally it would
last much longer.
An objection to neatsfoot oil is
that 1t inclines to wash on the bees
wax from the stitches. leaving the
bare thread, which then soon breaks.
American Cultivator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
aBELLED BuzzAnD~ CAUGHT.

Oxford Especially Great excite
ment was caused in East Noting
ham by the capture of the belled
buzzard which for years has taken
the place Of the legendary stork In
that township. Samuel Winchester
was the captor and people from all
the surrounding neighborhood fiocked
to HIS place to see IL all day long.
This bird has been known for
years in East Nottingham, because
OF its enormous size and because OF
a sleighbell which someone had wired
to It's leg a long time ago. Gradu-
ally 1t came to be noticed that every
time this buzzard was seen lowering
over farm house, the family was
enlarged by a new arrival and of late
years this sign has been regarded
as infalllble, the mothers no longer
telling their children OF the stork
bringing the little ones but 1t is al
ways the belled buzzard which car
ries these precious burdens. Hence,
the interest which was felt in its cap
ture. Mr.. Winchester says that he
intends letting the bird free lest race
suicide sweep over the community.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
A REMARKABLE TRIO.

oxford Especially .--Hopewell Bor-
ough, with three ootogenarians in
the twenty houses which go to make
up this smallest borough in the
State and all Of them taking full
share in activities of the neighbor-
hood, takes no stock in the reputed
Osler theories. Mrs. Martha Toy
climbed. without assistance, to the
roof of her home and from the ridge
pole superintended some carpenters
who we're making repairs there. Her
brother, David Robinson, was prun-,
ing an apple tree near at hand and
was jumping from limb to limb with
the agility of a schoolboy.
Meanwhile, not far of, David F.
Cope, the veteran poet and school
teacher, 81 years old on his last
birthday, had a number of young
men gathered about him and was
giving them lessons in tho wrestling
tricks which were popular fifty years
ago.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
NINE BOARD ACCUSED.

Wilkes-Barre Especially A Coro-
ner's jury asked District Attorney
Salisbury to remove from Office the
members of the Miners Examining
Board of the Third District, David
Hurley, e. P. Griffiths and William
Pine. because they illegally issued
certificates to men incompetent to
act as miners.
1t was shown at the hearing that
Ignatz Moosic, who could not speak
English, had been in this country
only eight months and was not quail
fed to be miner, was given a GER
tihcate without an examination. His
incompetency, the jury charged, re-
suited in the death of one of his la
borers. Moosic has been held on the
charge of manslaughter.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
HORSE IN STALL is YEARS.

Altoona (SpeciaD Plus Inflow, a
drayman, bought a horse that had
been imprisoned for fifteen years in
his owners stable because the ami
NAL ran off and threw the occupants
of a buggy into the road.
The owner became so angry with
the horse that he registered a vow
never to take the animal out again.
The horse has stood in his stall from
that day, being fed and watered reg
ularly. Lack OF exercise made the
horse so weak he could hardly walk.
He was also handicapped by his
hoofs, which had gotten to be a foot
long. Before the animal could be
shod eight inches of each hoof was
cut away.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
SUSPECTED POISON.

Pottsville Especially - Startling
charges OF poisoning we're made in
court here before Register H. II. Self
ger in the contested will case of Mrs.
Elizabeth Holland, of Mahanoy City,
the disposition of large estate being
at stake on the issue.
DIR. G. w. Reese, executor OF the
estate, testified that during Mrs. Hol-
lands illness she displayed strong
symptoms of poisoning and vomited
frequently. 1t was the suspicion that
she was being poisoned, DR.. Reese
said, that caused her to make a
second will, which led to this con-
test.
Counsels for the heirs sought to
prove that Mrs. Holland was i'll with
cancer and not poison.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
To Cleanse Ponds,

Many ponds, small lakes, streams
and brooks and even the natural
basins which serve to catch the winter
rains to be utilized during the rain
less season for stock water frequently
become clogged with a vegetable
growth which renders the water
nauseous in taste and repulsive in
smell. In almost every case these
conditions are produced by a small
plant whose origin is unknown to the
farmer and the effect of which is
serious. To drain the water off will
not cause the destruction of the
growth, for as soon as the water is
returned the plants begin to grow
again. A simple way and an inexpen-
sive one, is to draw a small bag filled
with sulphate of copper (blue vitroD,
back and forth through the water.
II the pond is small, or the growth ia
In a stream, the sulphate can be tied
to the end of a pole. If the pond
is large the bag may be trolled be-
hind a boat. 1t frequently occurs
that a viscid growth resembling moss
in strings appears in water tanks
and troughs at the wind mill or where
a stream falls from a spring. The
growth may be effectually killed by
using copper sulphate as described.
Let It be borne in mind that copper
sulphate is poison and should be used
with care. A dollars worth will clear
several acres of a pond and penny's
worth tank or water trough. Ice
ponds may be cleared of the objection
able moss in this way.---C. NJ. Gin
ther, in The Epitomist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
FOUR HUSBANDS IN A ROW.

Lancaster Especially Agnes Mil
Ter, pretty blonde of thirty years,
was arrested for having four hus-
bands, never having been divorced
from any.
She was married to Isaac d. Lea
man year ago, and last month mar
ried Amos Henry, after leaving Lea
man, who has now prosecuted her
for bigamy.
Her other husbands were William
Moore and Jacob Rutter. She left
one after another, because she tired
of them, and is indignant at her ar
rest, asserting she has done nothing
wrong.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
USEFUL NEW WOODS.
Tupelo Found Valuable For Many
Purposes.


Purposes.
The scientific study OF the merits of
many species of trees against the use
of which there has been a prejudice
for one reason or another is one of
the most important phases of the for
est work of the Government from an
economic point of view, and the in
vestigations already made have pro-
vided the lumber industry with much
valuable information.
The latest discoveries of valuable
qualities in a formerly neglected spe-
cies resulted after an investigation of
the tupelo gum which finds its home
in the Southern swamps. Tupelo two
years ago, at the time the study was
begun, was little known and seldom
used even in the parts of the country
where it is most plentiful. In the cut
ting of cypress in the Gulf States,
where tupelo is found in large quanti-
ties, the trees were disregarded. 1t
was found that the prejudice then ex-
isting against the wood was caused by
lack of knowledge of its properties
and lack of care in handling the ma
terial. The investigations carried on
by the United States Forest Service
have proved the value of the wood for
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19

word. Didn't you say you wouldnt Z
be angry If didn't buy? What way
is that to keep your word? Business
men should be honest" he added
grandly. Then while the choleric
Levi was gulping down a sentence he
walked out of the store
1t didn't take him long to find In
another store what Goodman was
seeking, and after few hours spent
in bargaining he set out to return
to the shop. He came in with the
cigars ostentatiously displayed. Good
man looked at them. What's all
this?" he demanded.
well, you see," said YankeIe, 81
had chance to get a bargain In these
cigars. A man knew had them to
sell cheap. | said to myself 1t would
be fine thing to have these cigars
in the store to give to customers.
That would draw trade when 1t got
about we were giving them away.
One cigar for so much of purchase. "
"Well." said Hyinan. did you do
that as a charity to me?"
"No," said Yankele, Il bought them
cheap and thought you would pay
back the cost to me. l won't make
anything out of them, but you are
SO considerate thought | would let
you have a chance for little money
to help along trade"
Perhaps / am an IDIOT" said Hy-
man. "Shall | be fool enough to give
away things? You can keep the
cigars. won't pay you for them"
Il don't mind,v said Yankele in
differently, and he started to walk
out.
where are you goingg" asked Hy-
man.
Before I came In | was talking to
GottIieb," said Yankele, mentioning
Goodman's nearest and flercest COM
petitor. "He said. 'Coodman's too
mean to take the cigars on your
hands. II he doesn't, will.' So /
am giong to sell them to him"
~Hs said that?" asked Goodman.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
sfE 81 1FffIp

for the teats dislodge the ticks and
these fall into the coats OF the lambs.
They are not accustomed to such
visitors and seek to rid themselves
by biting the ticks and in so doing
take Into their stomachs portions of
their own wool, death resulting.
Thus in post mortems to elucidate
causes OF death it is necessary to note
whether the wool-ball is composed of
eve or lamb wool. before effective
measures of precaution and preven-
ton can be taken.-W. r. Gilbert, in
The Epitomist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
\ DEAL I'M CIGARS

"A Tale of the Now York ohettol

as he stood there digesting Yankele's
remarks. Then he picked up a couple
of boxes and said: well, I'll be a
fool. Take them" and he picked the
coin from Yankele's hand.
BY this time the boy with the suits
had come up and Levi spread them
tenderly before Yankele. THAT S
hne," he said, admiringly. "Look at
that finish. Look at that work. And
cheap. Where else could you get
such things?"
That's what I have to find out, -
said Yankele. "Pll have to see where
else | can get them" And he turned
to go out with great indifference.
Hold on" said Levi. "You don't
mean to say you don't like that
stunr?"
Its fine" said Yankele. at won
der at it," And he started out.
Wait Bit" said Levi. "You have
those two boxes of cigars. What did
you take them for, If you weren't 60
ing to buy?"
Look now," said Yankele, syou
have sold those boxes of cigars at fair
and honest sale. But you will try to
get back what you have lost in selling
the goods to me. So can't take any
chances like that. 1 have to 90 some
where else where 1 start even with
the seller"
"A fine nerve you have" said Levi
angrily. You're no better than
thief. You come in here and swindle
me out of the cigars and then you
dodge out of it,"
AS for being no better than a
thief," said Yankele evenly, what
are you but briber? And for an
other thing, you have broken your
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
Lambs Dying From wooI.BalI.

In cases of lambs dying from this
trouble, 1t is well to remember that
this may and does arise from two
separate causes.
Firstly when grass is scarce and
ewes are short of milk. In the case of
twin lambs. II is usually the bigger
and stronger OF the twins that dies
This may appear strange, but It Is
easily explainable. When the milk is
short. the stronger lamb drives of
the weaker one from the dam, and
by its persistent tugging at the empty
udder for the sustenance 1t fails 10
obtain, 1t takes into its stomach por-
tions OF wool from about the udder OF
its dam, which forms into ball IN
the stomach and causes death. In
such cases the shepherd should lose
no time in going over the flock and
cutting away the wool from the ylcin-
ity Of the udders.
Secondly, when the ewes are af-
fected with sheep ticks. the lambs by
the upstroke OF the heads in seeking
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19

number of uses. The result OF these
studies largely removed the nreiu.
dices against this gum, and in a short
time the demand for tupelo rapidly
increased.
The wood is now widely used, not
only In the States where 1t grows. but
also in distant parts of the country in
the manufacture of wooden pumps.
sounding boards for violins and or.
gans' mantels and interior finishing,
such as molding, door and window
frames and floor jams. 1t is also
manufactured into all kinds of Inn.
per, including a good grade of edge
grain flooring. Tupelo gum in the
form of flooring was recently found
competing successfully with Douglas
fir In the Los Angeles market. even
though bearing freight rate of
eighty-fiye cents hundredweight
from Its source of production in
Louisiana.
This is only one example of the
studies carried on by the Government
Tor the purpose of creating markets
and establishing uses for kinds of
wood whose properties are not under-
stood. The reason for making these
studies is that by finding substitutes
Tor wood now In use which have
grown scarce in consequence Of an ex-
cessiye demand the timber supply of
the country is in effect Increased, the
most economical use of wood is pro-
NOTED and the evils OF general
shortage in supply are to that degree
lessened. ~ Washington Correspond
ence OF the New York Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
A STUDENT DROWNED.

Easton (SpeciaD Ivan X. Coffin,
of Asbury Park, N. j., student at
Lehigh University, was drowned in
the Delaware River near this city.
In company with two Lafayette Col
lege students Coffin was canoeing,
and while shooting the Weygat Rap
ids stood up in the craft in order to
save his clothes from getting wet.
The canoe upset and the three went
overheard. Coffin sank, while the
others managed to reach shore. The
dead student was a son of John l..
Coffin, of Asbury Park, N. j., and
was stuyding electrical engineering.
He was 22 years old.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
CAN'T ELECT DEAD MAN.

Pottsville Especially The Schuyl-
kill County Court decided that dead
man can not be elected to office, and
that where a man who is dead receives
the highest vote on the ticket the
candidate receiving the next highest
vote shall be declared elected.
The Court refused to make an ap-
pointment of clerk of East Norwe-
gian Township, stating that although
John Cooney received the highest
number of votes at the last election,
he was dead before the election was
held and the next highest man was
legally elected.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
Seamless Milk Cans

The best milk vessels are those
that have no seams in them, since
dirt and old cakes of milk will get
down in the seams and develop bad
germs in spite of anything reason
able that can be done to prevent It..
II vessels must be used with seams in
them, the seams should be as smooth
rs possible, to reduce the space where
iirt can lodge. Solder can be used
% fill the seams smoothly. Progress
live Farmer. q.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
FEDERATION OF LABOR GAINS.

Allentown Especially The State
Federation OF Labor received the re-
port of c. F. Quinn. secretary and
treasurer, showing a balance on hand
of S3S1.37, and expenditures of
$1,015.91 last year. There are $50
local unions and thirty-five central
bodies affiliated with the Federation,
a gain of eighteen locals since the
last meeting.
Resolutions were introduced and
referred to committee, opposing
local option, favoring employers liza
bility bill, wanting wood pulp placed
on the free list, demanding greater
safety in public buildings.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
THIS AND THAT.

The mail, telephone and telegraph
are more generously used in the
United States than in any other coun-
try.
Judge Coffee, of California, has
decided that a bequest of $1,000
made to a pet dog is invalid on the
ground that 1t is impossible for
dog to inherit money.
French fishermen have recently
been surprised and pleased by the
appearance of fishes heretofore un-
known in their waters, including the
sheepshead and the bluefish.
Kelley and Peare, of La Grande,
Ore, have produced on their farm a
potato weighing 6 " pounds, a foot
long, and larger around than the
arm of an ordinary blacksmith.
In Peru the number of rubber-pro-
ducing trees is steadily growing less.
Systematic planting and cultivation
would be OF inestimable benefit to the
country and the individual.
AS an evidence of China's progress
1t is stated that the number of news
papers published in that country has
been increased greatly in the last
decade. They now number 200.
Twin sisters named Moore, OF Chi
cago. are so much alike that DR..
Charles A. Street, a dentist. in love
with one of them, was forced to iden-
ufy his sweetheart by her teeth.
British returns show that per
cent of the worlmen of union mem
bership In the United Kingdom we're
unemployed in December, as COM
pared with 40 per cent. in the same
month in 1906.
One OF the many methods proposed
to rid London of its fog nuisance was
the erection of towers in different
parts of the city through which 1t
was designed to pump the foggy at
mosphere and clarity 1t.
1t costs nearly as much TO pay the
salaries of the municipal servants OF
New York City as II does to support
The salaries amount close to $70,.
00O,0 annually.
Lions are plentiful in Portuguese
East Africa, and that region is a
paradise for hunters of big game.
In some sections the acknowledgements
a reward for each lions head brought
in, and they permit the hunter to
keep the skin.
The present population OF Ger.
many is about $4,000 900.
In 1878 there were 7i,oo0 acrea
under hop cultivation In Kent Coun-
ty, England, which has been reduced
to 44,93s. and during the past year
202,304 hundredwelght OF hops
We're imported, of which America
sent l26,122 hlndredweight.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19

There are many more old sows be-
ing sent to market this year than
last This indicates that farmers are
selling OF their big, heavy sows and
keeping young ones for coming breed
ers. or are reducing their breeding
herds. Whatever else you do. save
a good bunch of breeders. 1t is a mis-
take TO sell too close, because of
high prices.--Progressive Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
Would Protect Man From Hypnotist.

Altoona Especially believing that
Hills Wayne, who has been acting
strangely for several days, had been
hypnotized by Harrisburg railroad
er, friends appealed to the police TO
arrest the hypnotIst and keep him
confined until he removed the
SPELL but there was no law cover
ms the case.