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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-06

or English names-that is Just
right always do so-the Latin
name first of all. Local names
are often deceptive misleading.
1t is well, though, to have one
right common name for every
plant. Do you know two species
of Mullen, two Pipsissewas, sew
eral Polygoumus or knotweeds,
several Vervains, two kinds of
Plantain, Wild Carrot, Wild Par
snip, Blue-weed, Calamint, Wood
Sage, Homework, Jimson-weed,
Clotbur, Chicory or Succory,
Horehound, Peppermint, Spear
mint, Catmint, Bittter-Sweet,
Pimperned, Cone-hower, Jewel
weed, Sweet Cicely, Wild Berga-
mot, Bouncing Bet, The Flower
of an hour, ButterAy-weed, Prick
ly Lettuce in its two forms,
Daisy Fleabane, st. John 'swort.
Surely you remember these, and
many others; but you will as
surely forget many of them if
you do not often see them. And
what of the trees? Well, you
will no longer mistake Silver or
White Poplar for a Silver Maple;
you know the Norway Maple by
its peculiar sap, Catalpa, Honey
Locust, Linden, Kentucky Coffee
Tree, Carolina Poplar, Lombardy
Poplar remember these. And
the Cucumber Tree, and Red
bud, and Sassafras, with its three
forms of leaf, a laudable ambi-
ton would be to know all the
trees, fruit, timber, ornamental,
or shade, about you. Who will
do it?
What tree stands at the S. E.
Cor. of the Lutheran Church
yard (outside)?
Well, now, dear class | must
end this poor letter. My trust is
that, you learned something from
our walks and talks and that you
may go forward earnestly to
learn more, forever more, from
the vast garden at your very
doors, increasing knowledge of
which will convince you that
Not a tree, a plant, a leaf, a
blossom but contains a folio vol
ume. We may read, and read,
again, and still find something
new, something to please, and
something to instruct, cen in the
noisome weed. "
Sincerely yours, for service,
w. H. HUGHES,
143 N. 9Th Street, Phila.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-06
Wool.

A glance at any of the weekly
farm papers will show that sheep
raising is being discussed seri-
ously. The production of wool
has declined through the world,
or rather, the consumption of
wool has gained on the produc-
ton, until there is a scarcity of
that article. According to re-
ports, wool is expected to remain
high until the supply can be met.
This is inducing one-time grow
ers on a small scale to again start
raising sheep. About the only
serious obstacle in sight is the
rowing dog. More printers ink
is being used up on this one topic
than for any other knot" the
average farmer has struck for
long time. The arguments for
and against the rowing dogs are
about equal, with the indicator"
pointing in the direction of laws
compelling owners of dogs to
keep. them as strictly in confne-
ment as are the sheep.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-06
Three HOufS TO Gettysburg.

A letter from Rev. r. E. Pc
terman, dated Gettysburg, Au-
gust 3rd, runs as follows: I'VE
had the greatest trip this morn
ing from McConnellsburg to
Gettysburg. Arrived in time for
breakfast thanks to Heny Ford
and others in a little more than
three hours. | think the road
builders deserve to be congratu-
lated for the excellent road they
are making over Cove mountain.
No longer will any one need to
dread the mountain. 1t is a
pleasure, indeed, and something
of a wonder, to find a boulevard
on the mountain in Fulton coun-
ty. The mountain top is only a
fifteen to twenty--minute pleas
ure trip from McConnellsburg. |
hope to be back by Friday"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-06
NUMBER ~
DUST.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, NJ. D., IL. D.,
Commissioner Health.

The hot, dry winds of August
eddying through the city streets
and along the country roads will
carry everywhere clouds of dust.
1t is the pet abomination of house
wives and their instructive dis
like is well founded, for in the
city streets each tiny particle
that is blown about may be a raft
which bears the minute disease
producing organisms which we
call germs.
The means by which many of
our contagious diseases are trans
mitted have been discovered to
be through personal contact or
through insects which carry the
disease germs from the sick to
the well. While the ancient the
ory that plaques were transmit
ted by the air has been disproved
by the investigations of modern
science, a dust laden atmosphere
may be responsible for spreading
certain infections. Experiments
have shown that some of the
germs of communicable diseases
die under brief exposure to the
suns rays. Others are less sus-
ceptible and thrive for a certain
length Of time amid the tiny par
ticles of dust. The germs of tet-
anus or lockjaw are found in
roads and about stables, and if
the tiny particles of dust carry
ing these germs are introduced
into a wound, tetanus is apt to
result.
In the sputum of a sufferer
from tuberculosis, in the dust of
the streets or sidewalks we often
find the tuberculosis bacillus, the
germ responsible for consump-
ton.
We have reason to believe that
the germs Of smallpox and pos
sibly pneumonia may also be
transmitted in this way.
Dry sweeping of the streets
with its accompanying clouds of
more or less infected dust, and
the dry sweepings of buildings
may be a possible source of dis
ease infection. In many of the
European and in some American
cities the streets are washed ev-
cry day. This is a sanitary mea-
sure of no little Importance and
should be followed wherever pos
sible. Dry Sweeping and dust
ing with the old fashioned duster
should be abolished.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-06
Fish Got Away.

pne day last week, Rev. ]. V.
ler Samuel Mellott, Daniel
IEuaoe and some others whose
F'S we did not learn, were
Ing In Licking Creek. Rev.
fer mad a half-dozen or more
l, When they reached the
II Esn OF Cove Creek, Mr.. Nc
EEae' who was carrying the
1 I's 3 u llSh, put them carefully
vie stream, and set the bait
EAe' on the bank with the
I% Ilger tied las he thoughty to
uucket' A few minutes af-
ratuS 1t was discovered that
/ ''sa had escaped. 1t is very
|p,us ,us tAat the stringer was not
T. .eu by one of the Rev's ia.
matrimonial KNOTS"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-06
Farming ID Olden Times.

| lie IndI SOeIn lOrJIl anu weep
eth, bearing precious seed,
shall doubtless come again with
rejoicing, bringing his sheaves
with him" Psalm 1866.
To many, this is a strange pas.
sage of scripture. Why did the
farmer weep" as he went forth
to SOW his seed? To explain part
of the meaning of the text, we
will have to tell something Of the
methods and the results, Of farm.
ing in the Psalmist's day.
In those days the average farm
was little larger than some OF
our potato patches; the work was
all done with hand-tools, the
grain was beaten out with sticks,
and the chaif was blown away
with a fan similar to the kind
used to cool our faces. We can
readily see, therefore, that the
number of bushels a farmer could
raise was not often represented
by more than two figures. Upon
this small supply the farmer and
his family had to depend for
bread until another harvest
time; and it frequently happened
that, at sowing time, tn ere
was not enough grain lie fl
to comfortably keep the family
and furnish seed too. The faith
er Of the household well knew
that if he did not take some of
the scanty store for seed, his
family would have no bread next
winter. To take the seed wheat
meant that his little ones would,
of necessity, have to eat less
bread until another crop was
raised. He had neither money
nor opportunity to buy wheat,
corn, or whatever it was, and
there was no other way out of
the difficulty. Other reas o n S
that might be given as occasion
for weeping, were, the discour-
aging nature Of the rocky, thorny
soil, and the constant fear Of in
vasion by enemies.
Do you now understand why
he wept? The sight ofmen weep
ing, while sowing, in those, days
was so common that the Psalmist
knew that none of his people
would fail to understand his illus
tration of great truth which we
will leave to the pulpit to eX-
pound.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-06
The LINCOLN HIGHWAY.
President Woodrow Wilson'S Request to
Have Route Changed is Refused
by Highway Association.

When the movement to erect a
memorial arch in this place was
started, j. X. Johnston wrote to
Henry B. Joy, president of the
Lincoln Highway A S sociation,
asking for definite information
concerning the final location of
the road whether it was to pass
through this county, or wheth-
er it was going north or south
of us. In reply to Mr.. Johns
TONS letter, Mr.. Joy sent a
copy of the correspondence that
passed between the president of
the United States and the presi-
dent of the Association, part of
which we quote below.
Honorable Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States.
Washington, D. c.
MY Dear Sir:
Your letter addressed to me
as president of the Lincoln High
way Association, under date of
June 10Th, was duly received and
duly acknowledged. In that let
ter you suggested that the Lin
coin Highway Association give
its consent to the placing Of the
official Lincoln Highway markers
along the route from Philadelphia
to Baltimore, thence to Washing
ton, thence to Frederick, thence
to Gettysburg, thus re-routing
the Lincoln highway via those
cities and increasing the length
of the route by 172 miles between
New York and San Francisco. F"
The two-column list of cores
pondence between the president
and Mr.. Joy may be summed up
by stating that the Association
refused to disappoint the people
along the Forbes route, since a
great amount of marking had
been done by the people living
tributary to that route. Mr.. Joy
added the recommendation, in
his letter to Mr.. Johnston, that
Il think you are entitled to a
On the Lincoln Highway on
your letter head"
AS to the advisability of our
Fastening the erection of an arch
we will quote the motto that ap-
pears on the Packard Motor Car
Company's letter head.
Business is sensitive-It goes
only where it is invited and stays
only where it is we'll treated" "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-06

of rotting is one of Natures
methods of keeping the soil in
good condition physically. Side
by-side tests have proven that
when stable manure is spread
evenly on the ground as fast as
made, more benefit results than
when manure from the same
stable is first rotted in the barn
yard. The manure spreader can
be set in a low place so that the
wheelborrow load from the sta
BILE may be dumped directly into
it, and the cost of loading manure
is also saved. When the spread
er Tor a low wagon is filled, it
is then drawn to the field and
spread, whether it be winter, or
summer, time.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-06
Lost Ills Wallet.

E. r. McClain knows chow
good it feels after it quits hurt
ing" He lost his wallet in the
smoker on a Cumberland Valley
train while on his way to Cham
bersburg to bring his wife home
from the hospital last Sunday,
and did not discover the loss un-
til he was near the hospital.
Thinking that he might have
dropped the wallet in the toilet
of the smoker, he outrivaled the
spead of his auto in hikeing back
to the depot where the cars were
being cleaned. Workmen had
not yet reached that car in their
busting and scrubbing operations,
but Mr.. McClain lost no time in
investigating it, and found the
wallet.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-06
Painful Accident.

An accident that might have
been much more serious happen
ed to Martha Jane, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Comerer, of
Hagerstown, on Monday, July
9th. The Comerer home is on a
street car line, and Martha Jane
had gone out with a friend who
was boarding a car. Just as she
turned to go back to the side
walk, a motorcycle came whiz-
zing by, running between her
and the car, entangling her dress
skirtin the machine, which threw
Martha to the ground, and drag
ged her several feet along the
street, completely tearing her
clothing into shreds. She was
picked up and carefully taken in
to her home, and a physician call
ed. Outside of the great shock
and a number of bruises, she was
not greatly injured, but has been
under the physicians care since.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-06
WILL WELD THE BIRCH.
Names Of Those Who Will Have Charge
OF the Schools in Fulton County
Ensuing School Year.

Afk- k-JugUOWn, SOPHIA HON.
man; Road School, Hazel Garland;
Back Run, Maude Rinedollar;
Cito, Retha Mellott; Rock Hill,
Olive While; Webster Mills, ia
nette Stouteagle; Conners, Stan
ley Humbert; Corner, George
Smith; LaurelRidge, Flora aShives.
BELFAST-Cedar Lane, Thomas
TruaX; Maple Grove, 0rben Heb
ner; Mortons Point, Ethel Neil
downey; Jacob Lakes, Virgie
Gress; Sipes Hill, Harry Deshong;
Philip Morgrets, Maye Pittman;
Pleasant Grove, Blair Garland;
Needmore, Vacant; Cross Roads,
Russell Stevens.
MISUNDERSTANDING, Alice
Brewer; Mays Chapel, Webster
Mellott; Mount Airy, Blanche
Smith; Gordons, Clara Norris:
Franklin Mills, Katie Mentzer;
Black Oak, Reed Bishop; Alpine,
Vacant.
BRUSH CREEK-Akersville Ad-
vanced, Russell Akers, Akersville
Primary, Thelma Metzler; Buff
falo, Iva Hixson; Emmaville,
Ernest Walters; Buchanan, Wal
ter Smith; Oak Grove, Walter
Barkman; Locust Grove, Lois
Mason.
DUBLN-Fort Littleton, Jennie
Cromer; Clear Ridge, Harry Sny-
der; Chesnuts, Esther Welsh;
Glunts, Erma Gress; Battle Ridge,
Ira L. Peck; Burnt Cabins, and
Mud Level vacant.
LICKING CREEK Harrisonville,
Belle Mellott; Shanes, Kathryn
Hoop; Compulsion, Ally Deshong;
Daniels, c. w. Mellott; Sloan,
Lenora Decker; Valance, Mayo
Sipes; Forest Dale, Verlie Deck
er; Saluvia, vacant.
McCOoNELLSBURG - Primary,
Minnie Reisner; intermediate,
Grace Lodge; Grammar, Joan
Morton; High School, H. P. Bar
ton.
TAYLOR Hustontown, W. H.
Ranck; Gracey, Fred Lamberson;
Fairview, Alice Cutchall; Water
fall, Ruth Strait; Winegardners,
o. V. Wink; Wintergreen, Olitipa
Keebaugh; Cherry Grove, W. G.
Wink; Laidig, Ethel Slpes.
THOMPSON Center, H. S.
Sharpe; Board Yard, Pleasant
Sipes; Bald Eagle, Pearl Fisher;
Ditch Run, Matte Winters; In
dependence, Jessie Yeakel; West
view, H. w. Wink; Oakley, Den
yer Evans.
ToDD-Knobsville, John Kelso;
Woodburn, Maudleen Stevens;
McGoverns, Jessie Mason; Scots,
H. S. Alexander; Summers, Rush
Wagner.
UNIoN-Ce Ada Lehman;
Fairview, Mary McKibbin; zacks
Ridge, Jessie Hoopengardner;
Harmonic, Oscar Lashley; Excel
sior, Nellie Morgret; Barnes Gap,
Gilbert Mellott.
WELLS-Number one, Advanc-
ed, H. M. Griffith; Primary, va
cant; Number two, Roy Shafer;
Number three, Eleanor Sipe;
Number four, vacant.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-06
THE GRIM REAPER.
ot Sketches Of the Lives Of Per.
sors Who Have Recently
Passed Away.
ANNIE FORE.

The pallbearers at the funeral
h Annie Fore whose death no
Ece appeared in the NEWS last
[oek. we're eight of her little as
Eciates, namely-Ruth Grouse,
Rbeue Barmont, Rose Daniels,
beIen Bender, Thelma Glazier,
bottie Richards, Mary Fisher,
Id Helen Washabaugh. Servi-
i, we're conducted by her pas
n Rev. ]. L. Yearick, of the
leformed Church, and interment
Eas made in the cemetery at the
4 E. church, KnobsviIle, Friday
ROrning, July 31st. She died
evening July 25, 1914
ber age was Is years, 2 months,
hd "a days.
h Previous to the removal of Mr..
farIeS Fore, her father, to
last Spring, Annie liv
| in NcConnellsburg for about
|year where she endeared her
IN to friends not only of her
kn age, but to many older. For
lore than a year she had suffer-
j with pulmonary tuberculosis,
kd since the death of her moth
several years ago, she did
hat she could to fill a mother
ID hOusekeeper's place in her
jther's family. 1t was a sor-
5wful task for her little friends
\ lay her body in its long last
ting place.
EORGE WASHINGTON DUNLAP.
|The subject of this notice died
5ddenly on Saturday evening,
ty Is, 1914, at the home of his
h Scott in Coles Valley, Hunt
bgdOn county, Pa, four miles
birth of New Grenada. He was
rn on Broad Top mountain, No
Fmber A, 1893, and was aged,
frefOre, at the time of his
path, 50 years, 8 months, and II
rs. He spent most of his life
the farm where he died, eX-
pt few years of his earlier
+ which he spent in the West.
married Sophia Yingling in
year 1855. To this union
Pre- born eleven children six of
Pom are living, namely-James
Huntingdon; Scott, on home
Zee; Wilson and Mason, at Mt.
llOn; Myrtle, at Cassville, Pa,
Lizzie, in Montana.
Services at home by Rev. Nc
Pin, of Cassville; interment
|de in the home graveyard on
farm where his remains were
to rest by the side of his wife
. died twenty-e eight years ago.
r' Dunlap was a member of
M. E. Church at Smiths, in
les Valley and was a great BIZ
student, reading a portion of
scriptures each day. He had
N fairly well, and had
Sed out and found some car
which he pulled; returning
Fne house he said he felt sick.
remarked Il just got here in
Or | could not have made
lie grew rapidly worse and
lted In a short time, from a
aIytlc stroke. Another va
place in that home that can
Ter be filled.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-06

Misses Bess and Fannie Gress
visited their aunt, Mrs. Rhoda
Keefer, in Franklin county, last
week, and Mrs. Keefer and her
daughter came home with them
to visit in the home Of her neices
and at her old home in Licking
Creek township. Mrs. Keefer is
a sister of Joseph and r. Il. Sipe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-06

n '' wary. and Miss Harriet
6 l,s1 entertained the Thimble
IOr 80. "s , Friday afternoon, in
H., - NJ ,nelr house guests, the
A, ~attheus, of Philadel-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-06

Thomas Hamil is adding an ex-
tension to the store room next
door to his residence, occupied
by Watson c. Lynch.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-06

We cannot go back" on what
our patient experimenters find
out for us. One of the old theo-
ries concerning manure has been
exploded, namely; that manure
should lie in the barnyard long
time before being hauled to, and
spread on, the field. The process
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-06
Timely Farm Notes.

Skunks will steal a few chick
ens-so will some of our two
legged neighbors. For each fif-
ty-cent chicken a skunk steals it
prevents fully a dollars worth of
damage to crops from insects
which it eats. On the other hand,
the two-legged thief often steals
the grain saved from destruction
by the skunk. Last year this
country sold $1,000, 900 worth of
skunk furs to Europe, most of the
money going into the pockets of
the boys on the farm. How much
would the scalp" of the two
legged thief bring if you could
get" it? Skunks do not make
desirable house pets, and have
some undesirable qualities, but
there are other creatures that do
less to pay their way through
this good old world.
The Commissioners of Erie
county, Pa, decided to submit
to the vote this fall a proposal to
establish a County Demonstra-
ton farm. Other counties are
contemplating a similar move
ment.\ The extra taxation has
been found to be trifling, when
compared with the benefits; and
besides, these farms become self
sustaining in a few years. Drop
postal giving your name and
address plainly written thereon
to State College, State College,
Pa, and ask for the bulletin re-
lating to County Demonstration
Farms. 1t is free.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-04-04
Notice of Mortgage foreclosure
Sale

Notice Is hereby given that that certain
mortgage executed and delivered by .Iaknb
Schlichenmayer. Jr., and Katharine Schlich-
enmeyer, husband and wife, mortgAgors, to
Otto Didszuneit. mortgngee. dated the I'd
day OF November. A. ID. 1905 and filed for
for Emmons county, North Dakota, on the
18th day OF November, A. ID. 1903. at 43o
O'Clock p. M. and recorded in Book 10 OF
Mortgages, at page 253. will be foreclosed by
u sale OF the premises In such mortgage and
hereinafter described, At the front door OF
of North Dakota, ut the hour of O'Clock y.
m. on the Goth day of April. A. d. 1872 to sat
isfy the amount due on said mortgage at the
date OF sale; said mortgage having elected
under the terms OF said mortgage to declare
the whole sum secured by said mortgage to
he due. and hereby declaring the said sum to
be due thereon.
The premises described in such mortgage,
and which will be sold TO satisfy the same,
are described MS follows:
The SOutheAS quarter Is. r. ~ OF section
seventeen az. the northeast quarter N. +
west quarter IN. W.. ~ of Section twenty,
(75) vest OF the 5th P. NJ. in Emmons coun
", North Dakota, containing $50 acres ac-
cording to the U >. government survey
There will be due on such mortgage at the
date OF sale the sum OF five Thousand, eight
hundred forty-two and 03-1O0ths dollars
| (95, 5000, exclusive OF the costs OF fore
closure.
OTTO DIDsZllNElT,
(marl4 Hpr1s) MortgARee
ARNsIRoNG & CAMERON,
Attorneys for Mortgagee
Linton, North Dakota.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-04-04
Real Estate Foreclosure Sale.

Notice is hereby given that sha. e &c ain al,
mortgage executed and delivered by Charley
Dewitt aud Marie Dewitt. husband and
wife, morteanors. TO Linton Razar, 4 corpo-
ration. morfgaeee, dated the 18th day OF DC
tober. 1908. and filed for record In the office
OF the Register Of Deeds In and for the conn
~ Of Emnons, state Of North Dakota, on the
18th day Of October. 1905, and recorded zee ,1 IN IN
foreclosed by y sale OF the premises IN such
mortgage and retnafter described, at the
front door OF the court bouse in Linton. In
the county Of Emmons. state Of North IN p 3,
day OF April. 1912, to satisfy the amount due
upon such mortgage on the day OF sale. me
premises described In such mortgAge ana
which vii be sold to satisfy the same, are
The northeast quarter IN. F. NJ Of Section
ten tl0). In Township one hundred thirty,
three (i3O north, Range seventy-s six G''
west OF the Fifth =. NJ.
There will be due on such mortgage on the
date OF sale the sum OF t091. ~. exclusive OF
the costs Of this foreclosure:
Mortgage.
LYNN 4 COVENTRY.
Attorneys for Mortgage.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-04-04
No. Ai. Trouble.
An April-Fool Girl.

Born. Monday, April /, 1912. to
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Nelson. one and
a half miles southwest of Temvik, a
girl. Mother and little one are do
ing nicely and her daddy says that
the fact that she was born on April
Fools day makes her all the more
important for in years to come she
can be celebrating her birthday while
others will think only that she is cell
ehrating April FOOLS Day. Thus she
will be able to fool her friends as to
her age. an accomplishment greatly
desired by women, It'll said.