The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-28
HER TRIP WEST.
Notes Made by Miss Barbara Martin
on Her Journey from Home TO
Iowa.

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After having spent two months
with my parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Christian Martin and other
friends in Ayr township, Fulton
county, Pa, l decided to take a
trip through the Middle West
where a sister and a number of
brothers are located. All nature
was attuned, and the MONDAY
sun was shedding his brilliant
rays of light on old Mother Earth
and warming the zephyrs as they
gently played with the grass and
flowers of May, when l boarded
the stage coach IN McC)nnells-
burg, Pennsylvania for the West,
There were a number of passen-
gers on for the railway station at
MERGERS burg-a distance OF ten
miles east. The most of them
were from the little valley which
surrounds the Town of McCon.
nellsburg. This helped to make
us all seem like one fanny, and
the time rolled by faster than the
wheels which carried US up the
mountain side. AS we were
vending our way up the noun
tam, both sides of the pike were
fringed with the beauties of ma
ture-in rocks, flowers, and fe IN,
and small streams of water trink-
ling down over them, thus max.
the scenery very picturesque.
At length we reached the top of
the mountain, and | glanced once
more over the valley of my ma
tivlty, and the dear old town of
McConnellsburg. AS l gave
that last gaze my thoughts car
ried me back to that spot. dearer
than any earthly place, called
home and the dear loved ones
whom left there. We were hurl
ed along still more rapidly as we
descended the eastern slope OF
the Tuscaroras. Before US,
through an open ravine we could
see the beautiful Cumberland
Valley dotted with many of the
most fertile and productive farms
in the country; and still farther
IN the distance, we could see the
Blue Mountain where Pen Mar
and Buenavlsta, two most beau
tiful summer resorts, are located.
An hour later found US at the foot
of the mountain. Here we could
look up a beautiful glen, with
spruce and pine over hanging
both sides, and see the buchanan
Monument which marks the spot
where President James Buchan-
an was born. He is the only
president Pennsylvania has pro
duced and the only one on whose
neck a bell was worn to notify the
family where he was when out OF
sight of the home. Twenty min
utes later we were driving into
Mercersburg. AS we were driv-
ing through one OF the smaller
streets of the town we passed
the house III which James Blu
chanan was born. In this town
Is also one of the leading prepara
tory schools for boys, known as
Mercershurg Academy.
We were soon all aboard the
tram. There were many passen
gers whose friends were bidding
them farewell. But l had nc
one to bid farewell. AS sal
there waiting for the train to
start, the home scene still hnger
ed in memory, and presented IT.
self more vivldly' before my mind
The first stop we made was
Lemasters, where | spent few
days with my brothers. A short
distance from the village Is the
grave of James Buchanan's ia
ther. I boarded a morning tram
for Chambersburg, a beautiful
town with a population of 10000
1t Is located IN one of the richest
farming districts in the State,
Wilson College, a Business Col
lege, and other good schools are
here. 1t is also the home OF
many Fulton county people
While waiting for the Harrisburg
train, called in to say good
morning" to the family of Rev
W. f. Bergstresser, whose kind
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