The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-13
FROM lido TO HANCOCK.
Thomas K. DowneS Tells Of The Farm
ers and Their Farms Along
The Way.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LAST 10 YEARS.

In mdhluS d VI AiOh iNNO w
Hancock, Md, recently, l was
greatly impressed with the In.
proved appearance of farms and
farm properties along the way,
and believing that those of your
readers that are familiar with
that section of country as it ap'
peared a score Of years ago, will
be interested in a brief descrip-
ton of what one sees now, l SUBJ
NIT the following:
lido is the name of a postoffice
in Belfast township, about two
miles west of Needmore and
fourteen miles north OF Hancock,
IN the house formerly the resi-
deuce of the late Bartlmeus
Smith. Miss Kate Smith is the
postmistress, and job Plessinger
carries the mail three times a
week between lido and Need
more. Mr.. Plesslnger lives on
what is better known to the older
people as the Old Clark place.
He has a nlce home, having new
house and barn, the former hav-
ing been built about eight years
ago.
John PIessinger, who is sue
cessfully engaged in the mercan.
tile BUSINESS, purchased part of
the Clark farm from Morton
Hess an built a house on it about
seven years ago. He is now
building store room and max
Ing improvements TO his dwelling
house.
B. FL. Truax has added much
to the value and appearance of
his farm by building, about two
years ago, an addition to his
house.
Samuel Truax, who owns part
of the old home place, has made
many changes and has his land
IL good state of cultivation.
Job Truax has a very beauti.
ful home, he having recently had
his dwelling house, which was
built about eighteen years ago,
painted and otherwise improved.
The tenant'house on his farm,
which was erected about eight
years ago, Is occupied by James
Layton.
Alfred Peck lives on what was
known as the old Plesslnger farm
lie has repaired the house and
has built two barns thereon In
the last eight years, the first one
having been destroyed by fire.
Milton B. Hill, who lives on the
place which his father, Israel
Hill, occupied, takes great pains
In raising stock, and has his farm
In good shape.
j. Calandlne Fisher has repair.
ed his house, and also built a new
barn about five years ago.
Miss Lucy Hess has bought
and lives on the place on which
ex-County Com missioner Samuel
Mellott used to live.
George Wilson and j. Tilden
bill have both built new houses,
either of which would be fit for a
king to dwellin.
We can see from Dott the house
and barn built within the last few
years by James Sharpe, who is
one of the County Com missioners
and who is one of the men to hell
get a county bridge at Needmore
which, when completed, will be
the first and finest concrete
bridge In the County.
Now we come to Dott, which il
another postoffice, established
about II years ago, with Samue
oarnell as postmaster. There
are two new dwellings, at Dott-
one occupied by Elizabeth Carmel
and the other by Samuel Carmel
the houses having been bull
Yen aud twelve years ago, respec
Nely. Dott is the center Of trad,
lor the surrounding community
samuel CARMEL handles all klndl
oi country produce and cross tleI
ana gives the highest marke
price, He has shipped about 80'
oarrels Of apples and $50 barrel
y plums and pears. HIS great
=" shipment was 236 barrels ii