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Winter Recipes
Dreamed Shrimps.

For a quart of the canned shrimps al
low one tablespoonful Of butter, half
tablespoonful -four, one cupful heated
cream, one beaten yolk of egg. salt. pa
prika and a drop or two of Worcester
shire sauce. Melt the butter, add the -four
and when frothy pour in the cream. When
smooth and slightly thickened add the
shrimps, seasoning and egg yolk, serve
on toast, in croustades or patty shells.
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Maitre d'Hotel Butter.

This is perhaps the simplest and best
sauce to serve on fried or broiled fish.
To make 1t beat a heaping tablespoonful of
butter to a cream in a warm bowl, add
the juice of lemon. half teaspoonful
of salt and two teaspoonfuls of minced
parsley. A grating of nutmeg or bit of
chives is sometimes added. If placed on
the ice this can be kept on hand a week
or more 1t is also excellent spread over
Juicy steak.
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LARGE FUND SOUGHT.
Movement to Erect a George Wash.
ington Memorial Building.

An important public meeting of the
George Washington Memorial Association
will be held in Continental Hall Satur-
day, February 10. at $50 o'clock. to dis
cuss plans to raise a fund for a George
Washington Memorial building In Wash
ington. President Taft will speak in be-
half of the movement. Other speakers
on the list are Susan Whitney Dimock
of New York, president of the associa-
ton; Senator's Burton and Lodge and
Justice Harlan.
According to the plan of the associa-
ton the building is TO cost s., 100000. and
is to be used as home for educational.
scientific and artistic institutions. Most
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of the money. it is hoped, will come from
wealthy Americans in la.ge donations. A
the sale of dollar buttons and ten-cent
buttons. The latter will be distributed
among the school children of the coun-
try. The association expects Congress
to furnish the site for the building, which
will be under the cont oil and manage
ment of the Smithsonian Institution.
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Shrimp Fritters.

To three Well-beaten eggs add a pinch
Of salt, a quarter cupful Of milk, a table
spoonful Of melted butter, a can of
chopped shrimps and breadcrumbs to
make stiff batter. Drop the mixture by
the spoonful into boiling fat. and fry to
light brown. Drain on paper and serve
hot with any good fish sauce poured over
them.
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paigns under such noted Indian fighters
as Gen. Crook. Gen. Miles, Gen. Mcken-
Zie and Gen. Forsyth.
Michael j. Hackett had been adjutant
general of the Regular Army and Navy
Union since May. 1906. He widow. Mrs.
Ella Hackett, and two children, Michael
J. Hackett. jr., and Miss Marie Louise
Hackett, survive him.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-07
Presbyterian Reunion.

The Pen-Mar Presbyterian Re.
union will be held on Thursday,
July 2Sth. The address will be
made by the Rev. A. w. Halsey,
d. D., Secretary of the Presby-
terian Board of Foreign Missions,
New York City. HIS subject
will be "Forelgn Missions After
a Century," The committee Is
anxious to have representatives
from all the missionary organiza.
tlons in the churLhes attend this
reunion. This Is the missionary
age of the church, and Presby-
terlans must do their part.
The Aeolean Quartette, of Har-
risburg, Pa, will sing. The Pen
Mar Orchestra will play. The
program will not be long, but 1t
will be good. Make your arrange
ments to go and enjoy the Pen.
Mar air and view and fellowship.
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AT HUSTONTOWN.
The Celebration Of the Glorious Fourth"
Was None The Less Successful for
Having Been Held on the 2ud.
PARSONAGE DEBT CLEANED UP.

The successful manner IN which
Fourth of July celebrations have
been conducted at Hustontown
during tho last few years has
won for that town the confidence
of those who went to have a pleas
ant outing on that day; and, con.
sequently, when 1t is announced
that Hustontown is going to "cel-
ebrate" they get big crowd.
For several years the Metbo-
dist people of the Hustontown
charge have been wrestling With
a parsonage debt, and 1t occurred
to the more enterprising of their
membership, that 1T would be a
good thing this year to mix patrl.
otism and religion together to the
extent that the aforesaid debt
might be vanqulshed. Hence,
the church people of the Charge,
planned early and earnestly for a
Union Celebration for Saturday,
July 2nd, and the result was most
gratifying. The weather man
furnished good weather; the la
dies furnished the cakes, and
other good things to eat; the men,
the Ice cream, watermelons, and
pop; silver tongued orators de-
livered happy addresses; the
amusements were clean and en-.
tertalnlng; the base ball game was
up to the scratch, and the big
crowd jnst turned their wallets
inside out and poured money into
the church treasury until there
was enough to pay all incidents
expenses, totally wipe out the Of
Tending deot, and have anlce su m
for other worthy purposes.
The Committee who had the
matter in charge are very CRATE.
ful tor the magnificent encour-
agement given them, and for the
very generous patronage of the
public; and the public, in return,
are just as profuse in their thanks
to the Committee for providing
for them such a pleasant way to
spend a midsummer holiday.
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Fine Flock of TURKEYS.

Up In the Spring Run section
of northern Franklin county,
many residents are giving atten.
ton to the raising of turkeys, as
attested by the following, sent
by a correspondent Of the Peo.
ple's Register:
The largest flock of turkeys in
this vicinity Is owned by Mrs.
EN- ma Shearer and Mrs. Marilla
Coons.. Mrs. Shearer has thirty.
SIX and they are getting along
nicely. Mrs. Coons has sixty.
five turkeys with two hens. To
keep the hens from flying over
fences and gong astray. Mrs.
q. has shingle tied across their
backs. She also has a turkey
bell on each one of her hens, SC
she can find them In the wheat
and deep grass without any trou
BILE.
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Harry Deshong, of Andover,
spent few hours In town Tues.
day.
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years were spent in preparing
for the work, together with the
money that eight years of college
life would incur, it Is plain that
these faithful people did not
choose this work from mercen.
ary point OF view.
While Mr.. Plttman had the Lat
in, Greek, and Hebrew, together
with some French and German,
which one gets In q college course,
after he went to Persia it was ne.
cessary that he master the Ian
guages of that country, namely,
Persian and Arabic, the written
languages, and Turkish and Ar.
meniap, the spoken.
Mrs. Plttman Is possessed OF a
lovely character, and full of en-
thuslasm and zeal for her chosen
work, and both she and her hus-
band were anxious to return to
their field and continue the work.
A union farewell service was held
in the Presbyterian church In
this place last Sunday evening,
| in which the churches of the town
united In bidding the returning
missionaries God-speed.
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MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARY.
DR.. and Mrs. Rose. Celebrated Their
Twentieth Reunion.

On Tuesday evening, June 2sth
the Presbyterian manse, MERGERS
burg, was the scene of an event
of more than ordinary interest.
The occasion was the celebration
of the marriage of Rev. DR.. and
Mrs. Rose.
Rev. ]. &. Rose, d. D., and
Miss Effie Brown Rose, were
married in Parkersburg, West
Va, on June 26, 1890, and have
lived nearly all the years inter
vening IN Mercersburg, where
Rev. Rose has been the pastor of
the Presbyterian church since
1862.
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MISSION WORK IN INDIA.
Miss Alice Wishsrt Tells OF Educational
Work Among the Natives In Alfalfa.
bad. They Are Anxious TO Learn.

The following article copied
from the Missionary Link, will
be read with pleasure by all inter
ested In Missionary effort;
The work is gong on encourag
ingly and the attendance in the
schools Is good. March 11th, we
had our first Mothers Meeting,
which is an entirely new depart.
ure. A lumber of missionaries
had asked to see the school, SO we
invited them to be present that
day. The large courtyard was
prettlly decorated in bright-color
ed paper CHAINS and flags. The
English visitors were seated on
one side and about thirty of the
mothers and erandmothers on an
other, and more than hundred
children on the remaining two
sides of the courtyard. They
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looked very attractive in their
bright sarls and jewels as they
drilled, reclted or sang. The
mothers were charmed, and show
ed their appreciation unmistak.
ably. A fine young Indian
Christian woman gave a fifteen
minute address to the mothers,
who enjoyed 1t very much. After
it was over, Mrs. Muherjl spoke
to them on their responsibility as
mothers in training their chll
dren rightly, and urged them to
send their children to school,
showing the benefit of 1t. One
woman said: 81 want to come to
school, too. I will come and stay
the full time" I told her certain
ly she might do so. Then an old
grandmother exclaimed, "may l
come also ?" "You are too old to
learn? What would you 80 to
school for ?" said another. But
l replied that she too might come
If she chose. l think | have nev-
er seen non-Christian women
show their appreciation so much
as these mothers did. We want
to win them to know the school,
and most of all, to love Christ.
We had all the teaching staff come
forward and be introduced to the
mothers; then the work the chll.
dren were doing was shown, and
they were allowed to look into all
the classrooms and see where
their children recite and study.
We hope to hold these meetings
every few months, and thus come
In close touch with the parents
OF our cnildren.
When any of our pupils are Ill,
the head teachers visit them IN
their homes and do all they can
to show our sympathy and inter.
est. A small prize of twenty ru-
pees was given by gentleman
for the work of our children
which was shown at our club ex-
hibitlon, to be used for Kinder.
garten materials. We want to
get q sand box for the little ones,
and to introduce clay modelling.
Any money sent for Kinder
garten work for the Central
School would be most acceptable.
We are grateful TO God for the
way he has shown HIS approval
Of this work and sent HIS bless
ing on 1t.
The Club exhibition was . great
success. For days Miss Roder-
ick had been gathering the WON
ems work and encouraging them
70 finish their painting. We ar.
ranged the work gold embroid'
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Death Comes Suddenly.

From a private letter to his
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hess, of
Thompson township, Ephraim, a
brother of Abner Hess whose
death was mentioned in the News
last week, writes:
"While Abner] had been poor
ly, he had gotten so much better,
that we all thought he would
soon be as well as ever, and was
at work. [Ephralm and Abner
were both employed on the rail-
road. HIS doctor was deceived
in Abner's condition, no one sus-
pectlng that Abner had any dan
gerous ailment. Abner looked
as we'll as ever he did in his life,
and during the last week was un-
usually lively. On Tuesday, June
21st he was eating his dinner in
the dining car at Blalrstown,
Mo.-had just finished eating, and
was IN the act of rising, as
though reaching for a drink of
water, when he grabbed the lad.
der of the car with both hands,
holding on firmly for a minute.
The boys noticed that something
was wrong with HIM, and caught
hold OF him. His hold on the car
relaxed, he sank down limp,
gasped couple of times, and
all was over. He did not speak.
A doctor was with him in five
minutes. put the doctor was as
powerless as the rest. l had
been with Abner up until an hour
before his death. We had been
busy taking some measurements
about a bridge. / left him and
took a train aud went to my home.
EEphraim lives at Clinton Mis-
sour. In an hour after my ar
rival at home a message was
handed me informing me of Alb.
ner's death.
His funeral took place on the
23d, services being held in the
FIRST Baptist church in Clinton,
and was conducted by Rev. DR..
Stewart assisted by Rev, A. N.
Lindsay. Interment In the En-.
glewood cemetery under the au-
spices of the independent Order
of Odd Fellows and the knights
of Pythias. y"
The many friends and relatives
of the deceased residing in this
county extend to the bereaved
family sincere sympathy.
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RETURNING TO PERSIA.
Missionaries Rev. and Mrs. Charles R.
Pittman. Who Have Spent Years
Vacation in this Country,
SAIL FROM NEW YORK TO-DAY.

After having spent years va.
cation IN this country, the last
few weeks of which were spent
IN McConnells burg, Rev. and Mrs
Charles r. Pittman lett for New
York Tuesday morning to be IN
readiness to sail from that city
this morning in the Steamship
Barbarossa, on the North Ger.
man Lloyd line, for Plymouth,
England, which will be their first
stage on their return trip to Ia
brlz, Persia.
Mr.. Pittman a son of the late
Jacob and Sarah Kerr) Plttman,
was born in Ayr township. Aft
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er having attended his home pub.
lie school, and the LEGAL select
schools and an academy, he spent
eight years IN a college and semi
nary course, preparing himself
for the foreign missionary field.
In the summer of 1900, he was
assigned to Persia, by the Board
of Foreign Missions of the Pres
byterian church, and the Broad
Street Presbyterian church, of
Altoona, Pa, assumed his sup.
port. August 18th of that year,
he sailed from New York, and In
the early autumn, was on his
field and at work.
While he Is working IN one of
the oldest countries in the world,
he Is among u people that have
fallen thousands of years behind
in the march of civilization, and
to add to the difficulty of the sit.
uation, the people are almost
hopelessly entangled In the mesh.
es Of Moham mechanism. If Char.
lie had been looking for an easy
job on the foreign field, he could
have selected almost any other IN
preference to the one he has.
In the summer OF 1902, Miss
Lucille Drake, of Chicago, who
from her childhood had a strong
interest in missions, decided to
offer her services to the Board,
and she was sent to teach in a
Girls School IN Tabrlz, Persia
the school, of course, beng under
the control of the Presbyterian
Board. Four years later, the
McConnellsburg missionary and
the Chicago missionary felt that
they could be more helpful to
each other, and together, could
accomplish more in the great
cause In which they had pledged
their life service, If they were To
be united In marriage, and sc
Miss Drake became Mrs. Plttman
When a missionary serves
eight years in foreign field, he
Is given furlough of a year, dun
Ing which time he is permitted
to return to his native land
When he leaves home his expens
es are paid to the foreign felt
but no salary. When he reaches
the field his salary, which varies
according. to the cost Of living II
different places, begins, and th'
missionary pays his own expens
es. When he starts home on hi
vacation, the Board stops his sal
ary and takes up his travelling o.
penses. When he reaches hom'
the expenses stop and the salar!
begins, 90. Mr.. Pittmsn's sal
ary - Eve hundred dollars
year. Mrs. Plttman's the same
When il Is considered that elgh
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Mrs. w. II. Fix has during this
season canned 2,05S quart jars OF
cherries for the Magsam broth
ers. There ought not to be any
scarcity Of cherry pies next win.
ter, for Johuny Is In q position To
furnish each family In Fulton
county with, at least, one jar OF
the delicious fruit
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The FOURTH IN TOWN.
Leading Business Places Were Closed,
and Everybody Enjoyed Day in
Rest and Recreation.
BASE BALL GAME IN AFTERNOON.

uSllSOuTS are uObSu LOT LnelT
push, pluck, patriotism, and py-
rotechnics when they set their
heads for big day, 1t was decd.
ed by the fathers of the town that
we should not do anything to
draw the crowd away from our
nelghborlng town Reno, or in any
way interfere with the plans OF
Jim and the nlgger to furnish
high class entertainment for the
American Nation; hence, there
was a general suspension of busl.
ness, folks kept on their Sunday
clothes. and most of the day was
spent sitting around IN the shade.
OF course, here and there during
the day were little spurts of ex-
cltement-just enough to break
the monotony. Shortly after the
town clock had finished tolllng
off the hour of midnight, some
prowling rat, mink, weasel, or
measel, got into Wilson Nace's
chicken coop and the old hen be.
came so excited for the safety of
her brood of little peeps, that she
disturbed the Stunt bers of the
i'm mediate nelghborhood. Scarce
ly had this excitement subsidized,
when the stiffness of the night
was broken by the strains OF
music. The Band had turned
out, and they marched through
the town playing for about an
hour. This, with the shouts of a
crowd of boys that never SLEEP
when there Is a half chance tc
make a noise, and an occasional
cannon cracker, thoroughly awaB
ened the town and ushered IN the
national holiday.
Frank Henry, Merrill Mace
Brint Lamberson, Ernest Nc.
Clam and Bony Sloan went down
to Warren Point on Licking creek
fishing, and Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
Seylar went over to Sipes Mill tc
see Mrs. II. V. Van Roden, Verda
Akers) of Philadelphia, who is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Matilds
Akers.
In the afternoon, most of oul
people went up to the baseball
grounds to see the Loudon team
play our home team. Spanglei
was IN the box for the locals anG
held the visitors safe at all times
His work with men on bases wa:
sensational. Once with secont
and third occupied he walked the
next man, filing the bases anc
then famed three men. Grimes
started the game for Loudon bu
was given the can in the fiftf
when the locals scored three runs
and Bowden the ex-leaguer was
substituted who did little better
The whole game was characteriz
ed by heavy hitting by our "Speet
Boys" Knauff sent one to the
right field fence with two on in
the seventh and Fisher had a clean
double IN the fifth. Scheidleman
had four singles out OF as many
times to the bat. Lineup:
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RECORD OF DEATHS.
Persons Well Known TO Many OF Our
Readers, Who Have Answered
Final Summons.
ALL SEASONS ARE THINE, 0 DEATH.
PECK.

PECK.
Mrs. Mary Peck, widow of the
late John H. Peck, died at the
home of her son in law, Dallas
Lynch, in Belfast township, on
Thursday, June 30, 1910, IN the
SSth year of her age. The funer.
al took place last Saturday, and
interment was made in Union
cemetery. Mrs. Peck was daugh.
ter of the late Jacob Slpes, of
Licking Creek township, and was
the mother of fourteen children,
seven of whom are living, namely.
Riley, McConnellsburg, Pa; Mar
tina, wife of Dallas Lynch; Minnie,
widow of the late Monroe Lynch;
Carl, Portsmouth, Va; John,
York, Pa; Jane, wife of David
Grouse, Charlotte, wife of Neal
Grouse. There are Al grand
children, and 81 great-grand-
children.
Mrs. Peck was a mem Der of
the M. E church for many years,
and possessed excellent traits of
character, The cause of her
death was due to general break
down in health incident to adv anc-
ing years.
DESHONG.
Louie, wife of Benz amin F.. De-
shong, died at her home in Lick.
ing Creek township on Thursday
evening of last week, aged 36
years, 6 months, and 3 days.
The funeral conducted by Rev.
Cline, of Fort Littleton, took
place on Saturday, aud interment
was made IN the cemetery at
Sloan.
Mrs. Deshons had been a great
sufferer for a long time, and last
January her husband took her to
a hospital IN Pitts burg for treat
ment. After remaining there for
some time, 1t was found that her
condition was such that made her
restoration to health hopeless,
and she returned home patiently
to await the coming of the relent-
less messenger.
Mrs. Deshong was daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Solomon Desh.
ong, and was a faithful wife and
loving mother. Besides her hus.
band she Is survived by three
children, namely, Harry, Georgia
and Edith.
DUBBS.
Alice Isabel, wife of Samuel
Dubbs, died at her home IN
Mount Union, Wednesday, June
29, 1910, aged 33 years, 4 months,
and Is days. Her remains were
taken TO Burnt Cabins for inter
ment, and were laid to rest IN the
cemetery at that place.
She was the mother of ten
children, six of whom are living.
Her husband, also survives. Mrs
Dubbs was a daughter, of II. III.
Hertzler, Esq, of Burnt Cabins,
and has living two brothers and
two sisters, namely, George, in
Inland, Clay county, Neb.; Blaine,
at Burnt Cabins; Ida Lawson,
Philadelphia; and Carrie FOCAL al
Newcastle, Ind.
Mrs. Dubbs was a faithful mem
ber of the M. e. church from
early life; and when the death
messenger came, his summons
had nothing of terror for her,
She passed peacefully to SLEEP
awaiting that resurrection to
glory where there Is no pain nor
sickness-where there will be nc
more of parting from loved ones.
She funeral services were cor
Quoted by the Rev. e. S. Bierly.
RoTZ.
1t was quite a surprise and 9
shock to the people of our towr
and community when the an
nouncement was made on last
Saturday evening that Nat Rot
was dead, as many of the people
had not even heard of his illness
He had been TO Sunday school or
la
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Almost

When Mrs. Michael Black went
out TO the barn to milk about SIX
O'Clock last Saturday morning,
she noticed that James Sipes'
barn was afire. She gave the
alarm and soon there were
enough men on the scene to take
care of the fire. Had the fire got
ten q little more headway, the
barn would have been destroyed.
Only the fellow that set 1t afire
knows, and be isn't telling.
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G. Wilson Peck u spending :
week with friends in Lancaster
and 10 Philadelphia.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-22

The editor o. q Newspaper puhlish.
|in . small towu "a NeW Iersey fre.
quentiy received from oue q ~ eiu.
sens letters o. municipai Affairs that
uero always pertinenf and worthy q
publication. but which we're punctun.
ted a. q va that waa most pecuilar.
Meeting BE correspondent % the
street one dsy. he said. That wns "a
excellent letter I recoived from yoa
this morning. Uncle Hugh. anA I'm
going 70 print Il N THE ueoka paper
But tell me. whnt rule DO Jos follow
Tor punctnaiIonf
why replied Uncie Hugh. tie
'ame rule a. ! vas taught whsn I va
} boy. put . semicolon every
WE'VE words and two commas b..
ween each pair o. ssmicolans -
foglh'a comoanion.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-22

A travelling salesman died very sua
denly in Pittsburg. His relatives tsle
graDhed the undertaken 70 make 9
wreath; the ribbon should be extra
vide with the inscription. Rest In
Peace" on both sides. and II there 4
room, We Shall Meet in Heaven
The undertaken was out Of town
and his new assistant handled the JOB.
II was startling floral piece which
turned up at the funeral.
The ribbon was extra vide and bore
the inscription. Rest in Peace on
Both Sides, and II There Is Room We
Shall Meet In Heaven