The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-07-29
FROM GEORGE SHOEMAKER
His Mouth Begins TO Water for Some
Old Fashioned Fulton County
fluckleberries.
HAS BEEN TOO WET FOR HIS BEES.
EDITOR News

ldo Dccu SUl OuSly
Impressed upon me the past few
days that it was time for me to
speak again to the mem bers of
the NEWS family. l receive so
much pleasure from the letters
of other members of the News
large family, that, IN gratitude, |
am glad occasionally to speak.
hoping to give pleasure to others.
Then you know l am a Methodist
and believe IN speaking in "meet-
in" l look for the NEWS"
each week to make it's visit, and
as soon as received l sit down to
visit with the old friends, aud try
and get acquainted with the new
ones. In the fall of 1877 l came
to Iowa. Many changes bave
been made since that time, but
still l am able to recognize quite
a number of names, and | see the
faces as / read.
How would like to "go ber-
ryin'. 1 see by the paper that
wild berries are plentiful. 1t will
not be necessary then to do as
well l guess I'll not say who
used to do. Fill the pail-no
bucket-mostly with leaves, and
stone for weight, and place the
few berries gathered on top max
ing 1t appear like a full vessel,
and fool, for time, the folks at
home. | suppose the children of
today are too smart to do so silly
a trick as that.
just now we are having a cool
spell. In June we had some very
warm weather, and during July
few hot days, but, thus far most
of the month has been comforta-
BILE. The corn is laid by with the
prospects of good crop. Bar.
ley, Rye and Oats are now being
harvested. Tame hay, the past
two weeks, has been harvested in
large quantities, and the weather
for curing it was ideal. Our
spring was late, but in spite of
that, crops are well advanced for
this tune of year.
Last week Mrs. S. and | made
a days visit to a friend living near
Waterloo. One of our friend S
nelghbors was haying, and was
getting four tons of hay off of an
acre of ground. Pretty good
yield, but then [ am sure "old
Fulton" can beat that. Shell
Rock celebrated the Glorious
Fourth of July this year on Sat.
urday Sd. 1t was one of the best
celebrations 1t has been my pleas.
ure to enjoy. The day was per.
feet; the parade representing the
different business houses of the
town was fine; the speech was ex-
cellent; the entertainments were
clean. The people, present In
great numbers, were happy, and
| am sure, if | had tasted them.
l would have found the ice cream
red lemonade, pop corn, &C., to
be OF first quality. 1t was a
pleasant day, and no accidents.
Thus far through this season /
hsve not been stung by my bees
/ have worked among them eau.
tiously and, mostly, by proxy.
My five colonies are making some
honey, but not as much as last
year. The season has beeo too
wet, but If any OF my old friends
will come out to make US visit,
and will bring along some good
"Old Fulton County" buckwheat,
| Will undertake to furnish the
honey with which to grease the
cakes--yes and butter too, for
just across the Shell Rock river,
not more than two blocks from
the parsonage is a creamery,
where they make butter for which
they secure the top price OF the
market in New York, and | think
we can get some butter over
there.
We are planning a Union Tent
Meeting, to begin the latter part
of August and continue for three
weeks. Rev. 9. &. Smith, an
evangelist who has been greatly
honored of the Lord, Is to bring