The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-23
Hughes Botany Class.


issue of the 9th instant, has evok
ed some response-not the least
of which is a fine bunch of Trail
ing Arbutus from some obliging
person at Webster Mills; and, for
which | am very grateful. My
thanks are due Mr.. Glenn, also,
for his information respecting
Skunk Cabbage. This makes two
wild plants surely known to grow
in your county. Are there two
more? Ten more? Fifty more?
One hundred more? How many
more? Who will join me in ascer-
tanning? Would it not be worth
knowing to very many of your
people? Suppose now that two
of you, Sam Jones and Billy Sun
day should meet and the following
colloquy "Hellol Billy"
says Sam, "how many wild plants
are there in Fulton County,"
"Ohl | don't know" replies Bill
ly, perhaps fifty-maybe more"
'Fifty?"' says Sam; your away
off. | have more than that grow
ing on my farm. | call most of
them weeds; but they're plants
all the same. j" well, saysBilly,
what of it-why did you ask me
such a question:" "I'll tell you"
says Sam; did you ever hear
of fellow named Will Hughes?"
mo, | never did-I'm innocent
of that, " says Billy. well" says
Sam, this viii Hughes says he is
a native of this county, having
been born in McConnellsburg on
the same day of the same month
(he doesn't say what year, as
was the great poet, William
Shakspear- you've heard of him,
haven't you?' "Oh! Sure" " says
Billy I've heard of Shakspear-
he's the chap whose name is
spelled in so many ways, isn't
he?" Right, you are;" says
Sam: but | want to tell you
something about Will Hughes.
He lives down in Philadelphia,
which you know, is called the
City of Brotherly Love- but,
Will says that this name is not a
true one now, though it may have
been so in William Penn's time, |
For, says Will, it is not compat-
ible with 'brotherly love- to
have three thousand liquor sa-
looms running six days of the
week, and ten thousand tobacco
shops Ia twin evil), open day and
night every day in the year.
Will thinks that if true brother
ly love- prevailed there would
not exist single one of either of
these sanctuaries of Satan, in
Philadelphia or elsewhere.
But, what | meant to say is
that Will wants us fellows up
here to send him specimens of
our flora, so that he, and we, too
may know just how many and
what species of plants grow wild
with us. Now, | rather like the
dea, and am going to help Will
to ascertain this matter; and |
want you to do so, also: and, in
order to make it as interesting
and thorough as possible. | in
end to get a lot of other people
actively interested in this matter;
md we surely will forward a
)arrel of specimens by parcel
post, and give our dear brother
Is glorious a time as he desires
II making his determinations.
want you, Billy, to do likewise,
Ind we may thus learn whether
here are fifty of five hundred
lifferent forms of plant life with ,
n our borders. " "All right,
sam, !" says Billy; Il am with you !
leart and soul, and perhaps | shall 6
you and your friends
n the specimens shall send to :
dr. H. And now, so long un- ,
il we meet again. "
Such a confab, dear Editor, is
leither impossible nor improb-
BILE when | get my pupils to
york, and people see how much =
5 being done in an interesting
nd really important matter, nev- 9
r before, Ito my knowledge) at :