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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-27
Odd Jobs for Boys.

A suggestion to country boys
who like to make useful, odd
looking ornaments on the farm.
Get an old buggy wheel and
set it in a frame for gate. Fill
out the spaces with short pieces
of pickets, leaving the wheel in
the middle of the frame. Hinge
the gate in the usual manner, and
you will have a good gate, and at
the same time have something
odd to attract the eye.
A peg on which to hang cloth
ing, instead of using nails which
tear thin goods, can be quickly
made by driving large-headed
nails through empty spools.
Knobs for cupboard and closet
doors, and handles for pot lids
can be made in the same manner.
Another useful article that we
have told you about before, is a
meat board for mother. Cut off
a piece Of plank twenty-eight or
thirty inches in length, smooth
it, bore three or four half-inch
holes across it about the middle,
and fit hickory pins into the holes
like rake teeth. Lay the board
on a table with one end of the
board against the wall. Push
the ham against the pins while
the bone is being sawed through.
1t holds like a wise.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-27
Mrs. Michael NJ. HOckensnlith.

Particulars additional to those
published last week concerning
the death Of Mrs. Hockensmitt
have reached this office.
Anna Maria, daughter of Ben.
Jamin and Rebecca Sipes, was
born in Fulton county Pa. March
Il, 1855, and departed this life
at the home of her son Scott,
near New Pittsburg, ILL.,, August
l8, 1914, aged SO years, months
and 6 days. Four days previous
to her death she was stricken
with paralysis, and her sudden
death was a great shock to
friends at home and in Western
states. The body was brought to
her former home and laid in the
Sloan M. E. Church cemetery,
Friday, August q, 1914, services
were conducted by her pastor
Rev. E. j. Croft.
Miss Sipes was united in mar
riage to Michael NJ. Hockensmith
IN August 1876. To this union
five children were born, namely,
William, Scott, and Mrs. Irene
Fields, all Of Illinois; Eta and
Rebecca at home, in Licking
Creek township, Fulton county,
Pa.
Mrs. Hockensmith was a faith
ful church member and Sunday
School worker; her teacher fire.
luently spoke Of her devotion to
he cause Of her Savior.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-27
Car Burned.

Early Tuesday morning, a six
cylinder Myburg touring car
bearing an Illinois license tag,
was destroyed by fire at a point
about half way between H. S.
Daniels's farm and the top of
Betz Hill a few miles west of this
place. The car left this place in
the morning, and before we could
learn the particulars of the ac-
cident, other cars going west
picked up the occupants and took
them along. Report has it how
ever, that the baggage was
burned along with the car, and
that one of the lady travellers
lost $500 which was in a trunk.
Every portion of the car, with
the exception Of the metal parts,
was burned.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-27
Leg Broken.

Henry Ham, of Webster Mills
recently traded his auto for a mo-
torcycle. Last Sunday he was
practicing on it, and when on
Sloan's Hill, a half-mile this side
of Webster Mills, the machine
struck a rolling stone, causing it
to swerve from its course. Mr..
Ham dropped his feet to the
ground to stop the machine. The
leg upon which the full weight
of his body rested was twisted
until the ligaments at the knee
were torn loose and a piece of
bone broken from the thigh.
Sloan Warthin saw the accident
and brought Ham to DR.. Sap
pington's office, in his auto as
quickly as possible; but the leg
was so badly swollen that it was
necessary to secure the use of the
X-ray. Mr.. Warthin then took the
patient and DR.. Sappington to
Chambersburg hospital, a photo
graph of the injured member was
made, and the party returned
home, where Mr.. Ham was made
as comfortable as circumstances
would permit.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-27

Civil Engineer f. M. Taylor, of
this place, filed his application
with the State Highway Depart
ment for the position of Superin-
tendent Of road work in Frank
lin Fulton district, to take the
place made vacant by the recent
resignation of M. X. Bergner.
Mr.. Taylor has been in the en-
ploy of the State for a long time,
doing road mapping, and is in
position to know the needs of his
home people better than a strang-
er appointed for political purpos-
es. Let, S have him.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-27
GREAT DOlNGS At HANCOCK.
Our NeighbOring Town TO Have a Real
Live Old Home Week September
). 4. and ).

The citizens of our neighborinl
town, Hancock, Nd, are to be
congratulated on their enterprise
in arranging for a real live Old
Home Week on Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday, September 8, 4,
and 5. Of this big time last
weeks Star, says that Hancock
will be so fused up that the town
will look like the whiteway of a
big city. The Northern Virgin
ia Power Company has donated
800 additional lights for Main
Street, to be strung across the
street in many arches. Porches
will be decorated with Jap
anese lanterns and colored lights.
The bars will be down, the gates
wide open and the key to the
town will be yours.
Thursday, September 8, will be
the opening day. Here are a few
of the things for that one day;
Reception, baseball, band con-
certs, special attractions, athletic
contests, address of welcome by
Burgess Thomas Gilleece, award
Of prizes, etc.
Friday, September 4, Band con
certs, speech by Congressman
David j. Lewis, special attrac-
tions, baseball, parade and drill
by school children, speech by
Governor Goldsborough.
Saturday, September 5, Indus
trial parade, grand carnival, con-
fetti night, baseball, special at
fractions at the theatre, Should
Aud Acquaintance be Forgot"
There's No Place Like Home"
Senator Zihlman will speak, !
Hon. B. H. Warner, Jr., will !
speak, there will be several bands
a glee club, an orchestra and tin
horns to whoop up the occasion.
Governor Goldsborough has ac-
cepted the invitation to be the
guest of Rev. Chas. N. Tyndell
while in Hancock.
The people are urged to post
Done sickness, business and tax
paying, in order to be at Hancock
IN the three Big Days, the days
IN which the setting of the sun
will have no effect.
There will be the Radcliffe at
fractions and the comic parade
or the fun loving, the industrial
,arade and exhibits for the Sc
ious, the athletic events for the
'oung men, and the intellectual
Will enjoy hearing the speeches
" the States best speakers. DR.
S. Hill of Maryland Agri
College, and assistants,
will conduct a farmers institute,
nd j. Ross is arranging a tour
ey. Knights Will visit from
)learspring, Funkstown, Will
amsport and Mapleville. This /
Xpert horsemanship will be s
1orth coming miles to see. 4
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-27
Cruel Joke.

!, on Friday in Mercersburg Har-
oa o' Rnehart, aged II, youngest
IVY. sou OF Archie Rhidehart, was
s'''OuSly injured at the Metcalfe
sa'age when the air from a COM
yIe'Ser u'' was turned into his body.
."S ,I abdomen rapidly expanded
,S I III a short time it was found
S. t,a' ne was seriously hurt, his
''SGIs % having burst.
, "A \, nasty examination by DR.. B.
No. Ne'ln showed that the boy
ms 10 seriously hurt and arrange
laS 1'S We're made to hasten the
| II I u, 70 the Chambersburg hos ,i-
|W,SS Saere s he was operated upon.
t,," W. .ne lads father the trip
|t,l ~ u Mercersburg to the Hospi-
N, Was VA made in 45 minutes in
" w wNevin's automobile.
|th'", "Vld ,1 from the hospital was
|tbs NJ. 'ne lad would recover unless
|be,,SOu Wounds areinfected. Cham
fTS0arg TSs Exchange.
'le,, :, y, punishment for this sense
|sea,o.'OSS 'OSe' should be with a we'll
Ror'aa saed' half-inch, raw hide
goOd D"i "nlp' well applied by a
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-27
The Sunday Press.

N ext Sundays Philadelphia
Press, August 30th, is unusually
good reading, of Love, Business,
Art, Humor; Love in a Mist"
by Ralph Henry Barbour; "Our
Good Roads," by VIM. c. Red
field, Sec. of Commerce; "The
Doctor and the Voice." and many
interesting and amusing articles.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-27
Recent Weddings.
HoUPT-OTT

On Tuesday evening, Aug. Is,
1914, at the Presbyterian Manse,
Mercersburg, Pa, William Duff
field Houptand Miss Rosa May Ott
were united in marriage, the Rev
j. G. Rose, d. d. officiating. Mr.
Houpt is one of the most efficient
farmers in the community and
for many years farmed for R. B.
Ritchey. AT present he h a S
charge of the Spangler farm just
north of Mercersburg. The
bride was handsomely attired in
white silk. She is a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Paylor, of
Ayr township, and has a host of
friends in Franklin and Fulton
counties, who wish them happi-
ness and prosperity.
LAKE-HoUCK.
A telegram to this office, too
late for publication last week,
was as follows: Estella j. Houck
and Essley 7. Lake were married
at Niagara Falls, Wednesday
evening, August 10Th.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-27

Daniel w. OFT, wife, and little
daughter Drucilla, of Edenville,
spent Sunday with Mr.. Otis
father, VIM. Z. OFT. They We're
accompanied home by Mr.. Otis
sister Clara who expects to spend
two weeks with friends in Frank
lin county.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-27

Mr.. M. w. Mace learned by let
ter that his sister Nellie sailed
for America recently, and she
will be home in a few days to
tell of hardships endured while
in the European war zone.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-27
TURKEYS AND SIGNS.
Wells Valley Citizen Contributes Tur-
key Story, and Risks Prediction
for an Open Winter.

| was much interested in Char
lie Stenger's story of the old COB
bier that undertook to do thai
part of the rearing of the family
that usually belongs to the ole
hen; and, how, in his determine
ton to win out, actually set him.
self to death; then, there is my
friend Andy Brant who is an en-.
thusiastic poultry raiser, and al.
ways interested in anything be.
yond the ordinary, in the doings
of domestic fowls; hence, my
apology for contributing the fol-
lowing: Some time ago | pur-
chased blue turkey hen from
Watson Cessna, and since that
time she has exhibited many of
Watson's good traits; namely,
she never gets discouraged, and
accepts a good thing when it is
offered. Not to be outdone by
her in good deeds, a white COB
bier came to her aid last May.
and coaXed away twenty-five of
her flock of twenty-four little
ones. Nothing daunted by the
high cost Of living, the gobbler
added to his charge six more
fronSa flock Of still smaller turks.
1t was a sight to see him spread
his big tail and wings to make a
roof over the little fellows dur
ing cool, damp evenings. When
they grew large enough to fly up
to a roost, he never failed to re-
main on the ground until he saw
the last one Of the youngsters
safely perched on a limb. He
then selected a vantage point to
roost from which he could guard |
his little wards during the night.
To return to the story of the
blue hen, she soon lost the two
that remained with her, and be-
gan laying until a nest of sixteen |
eggs were found which | gave to
another hen that Matched eleven.
lost one, and raised the ten until
they are now nicely feather
ed. Mrs. Blue Hen went WIS.,
ting shortly after | took away
ler sixteen eggs; but she was so
prolific that she soon returned
md began laying for the third
line. This time she laid twenty
,wo eggs, and on August 18th,
wanted to hatch. | brought her
ind the eggs from the field and
made her a nice nest in the gar
len.
Now, as to signs, / take the
ollowing along with others; |
lotice for a warm open season
We have many shoots of corn
any husk; and many lit
lie punches of corn mixed with
he tassel; the bornet nests on
he ground; and we have fewer ;
obbins than ever remember s
eeing; but farther north they Z
ave more than usual. But dear ,
Y beloved reader, do not look up I
n this drought as a pestilence, q
or rain will come in due season, I
nd we are to-day of all nations c
n the earth the most blessed. / v
eel like writing more, but there v
eing so much turkey at the start
will close. d
j. N. D., Wells Tannery. r
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-27

Comrade David Gordon, of
Thompson township, spent last
Thursday night in town. H g
was accompanied home on Fri
day by his wife who had been
spending a week visiting in the
homes of James and Esther Waltz
Albert Harr, and other friends.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-27
CH0NDRILLA JUNCEA.
A Weed That Is Making Rapid Head.
way In This County. Fully De-
Scribed by W. F. Hughes.

The above is the botanic name
of a plant which now (July 1910,
grows in Ayr township, and
doubtless elsewhere, in Fulton
county. 1t is a recent invader
from Maryland or Virginia. Ny
first acquaintance with it was
when an observant citizen of Nc
Connellsburg handed me what
seemed to be nothing other than
mere bundle Of sticks, and re-
Quested me to name it. 1t was
wholly destitute Of leaves, flow
ers and fruit, and | was unable
to determine it. Several days
later a farmer below town pre-
sented me with the same plant,
asking its name. This led me to
search for, and soon to find spec
linens which revealed its alliance
with other plants, thus enabling
me to fix its place and name ex-
actly. 1t belongs to the great
botanic family-the Compositae-
and is very closely related to an
other gruesome weed which is
bravely disporting itself every
where in its several forms, viz,
the Prickly Lettuce well-knoWn
to every farmer. Our plant is a
weed, Of course, because it grows
where it is not wanted: and, like
most pernicious weeds, it comes,
originally, from beyond the Seas
being native of both Europe
and Asia. It's English or COM
mon names are Gum Succory:
Skeleton weed: :Naked-weed the
last two because it seems to be-
leafless: but, if it be seen in
earl ysummer, it will be found to
possess an abundant rosette of
basal leaves, much resembling
those of the Dandelion or Wild
Lettuce, Its stem and branch
leaves are small, and at flower {
ing time are wanting. 1t grows |
as high as three feet, and branch '
es widely-looks somewhat like
cnlcory, too, but bears much {
smaller, and yellow (not blue) 8
flowers. 1t is prickly rough be-
low, but smooth above. c
If this plant is not already well '
known to soil cultivators, it is I
likely soon to become so; for it is J
biennial, and is reproduced by I
division of its roots (as when {
plOwed under,) as well as from 6
seed r
But every farmer is or may be h
intelligent enough nowadays to a
eradicate from his crops all weeds v
lnat trouble him-just think of
'he abundant sound advice he
may u nave from the State and
National governments, free of
cost If he will only reach out his =,
land to accept it: some are do 4
ing so. N
!. IN a future article | may men, :, =
uOn some noisome weeds that "
ss'ermore s,laIore remain, probably in = =
iHSTIIIlIment HTIl of the curse that +
inOras and thistles shall it fl
"UTIug UI forth to thee" and that f,
bao III Ine sweat Of thy face (not R
''O%y shalt thou eat bread" a
Tours for clean fields, y
w ~ HTrCtIrc n
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-27
COLORADO LETTER.
The News Is as Good As a Letter From
Former Residents 10 Home
Folks.

AS a subscriber to the Fultol
= County News, | want to assur,
t you that each issue of the paper
7 is welcome visitor. AS ! enjoy
reading of the doings of my ole
friends in Fulton County, it ha,
occurred to me that my ole
: friends might perhaps like t.
learn through your paper of my
doings and of the country il
which | now live. | am there
J fore writing you this letter, which
: if you care to publish, will really
make it a letter to my friends
without having to write to each
one personally.
Julesburg is located in the
northeast corner of Colorado and
IS up-to-date a little place of 120C
inhabitants as one could find any.
where. 1t is electric lighted, has
a fine city water and sewerage
service, several miles of cement
walk, and the principal business
buildings are heated with city
steam, first class graded school
and a high school whose students
are accredited at State Universi-
ties and Colleges. There ar e
three churches with nice build
ings. The town runs a chautau-
qua each summer and a lecture
and entertainment course each
winter.
The future progress of the
town is assured by the surround
ing farming country. In the val
ley there is an irrigation district
comprising about $4,000 acres of
fine level valley land upon which
sugar beets, potatoes and alfalfa
are the main crops. North and
south of the town are fine level
prairie lands adapted to the grow
ing of all kinds of grain and to
stock raising. Threshing is now
going on and much of the wheat
is running from 20 to 80 bushels
to the acre. Oats, rye, potatoes,
etc. are also turning out we'll and |
when one considers that these
crops are grown on lands that
cost the owners $500 to $500
per acre, one wonders why rent
ers will continue to pay the high
rent that the high priced land of
the east demands, when by COM
ing here they could easily pay
for farms of their own in a very
few years. Add to the crops
that a farmer can raise the re-
turns that he can make from live
stock, and this country surely of
fers great opportunities. There
IS considerable land there owned
by nonresidents that is unimpro-
ved and under Colorado law a
farmer can Craze his stock on
my open lands. This makes it
80 that a man owning 100 acres
IAN cultivate it all and run all the
stock that he can find money to
purchase. The winters are mild y,
md cattle and horses run on the
pastures throughout the year and
Except during stormy weather in
winter farmers feed their stock !,
'ery little.
nave travelled over thirty-fve
lifferent states and have found =.
10 place where the opportunities
eemed equal to those offered :
lere. | have been here tw %
ears and the longer stay the !
nore | am convinced that especi- .
y for the man of limited means,
here are chances here which will
ppeal to any one who will inves- :
igate them. | should be glad to
ear from any Of my old friends =,
n Pennsylvania and should be
lore than pleased if any of them :
ould make me visit.
Willard r. Plessinger. !.
The Sunday Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-27

Rev. j. V. Royer has been in
attendance a t Crystal Springs
Camp Meeting since last week,
and will return to-day.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-27
Trip TO the West.

, oUl llieCe, MrS. JENNIE ByefS, o.
Rock Hill, Huntingdon county
until the 30th, when we went tC
another niece, Mrs. Howard
Wolfe, at Duncansville, Blail
county, with whom we staid one
month. While there we helped
to harvest one thousand quarts
of strawberries, and visited Mrs.
Dorsey Myers, of Hollidaysburg,
and Mrs. Frank Holland, of
Newry, both daughters of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Wolfe.
On June 24th, we left for Ten
nisee, ILL.,, where my brother
John Rinehartresides, with whom
we staid three weeks, in the
meantime visited his two sons
and two daughters of the same
place, also went thirty miles in
an automobile across the Missis-
sippi river to Keokuk, Iowa, and
spent some time investigating
the largest electric plant in the
world (when completely, on the
dam in the Mississippi river, be-
tween Keokuk, Iowa, and Hamil-
ton, Illinois, of which the power
house alone is LIS feet long,
1872 feet 10 inches wide, and III
feet 10 inches high.
We also visited the new oil
field situated in the western part
of Illinois, where we saw thous-
ands of gallons of crude oil, and,
where they are boring and find
ing new wells every day. July
18th, we left my brothers and
went east to Harvey Rinehart's
a nephew, formerly of Hunting
don county, Pa, who now resides
at Wataga, Illinois, and owns
large hardware store and fine
residence and is doing a large
business. While there we went |
out Z miles to Galesburg and took
in some of the sights of that fine
city.
We left Wataga, July 18th,
going east to Buda, Illinois, where
we visited two aunts and an
uncle of my wife. From thence
to Chicago, where Lem McClain,
my wife's brother, met us and
took us forty-two miles north to
Zion City, where we found a
beautiful, clean, quiet city, whose
area covers two thousand acres.
We attended meeting in the large
Tabernacle where there was a
choir of over six hundred singers,
and a congregation in proportion.
While there we took in a little of
Wakeeegan. q CITY located z miles
vest of Zion city.
We left Lem McClain's July
18th, went to Chicago where we |
ook a limited observation of two I
If the city's largest stores-Mar-
hal Fields, and Montgomery {
Ward. From Chicago we went {
'ut ID miles to Lagrange, a beau
iful suberban town, there we |
listed Philip McClain's widow I
nd three sons, two of whom are 8
narried and reside in Lagrange. t
While there we spent some time i
It Lincoln park, the noted place /
f the Worlds Fair. We went q
trough the Zoo and saw many |
hings of finterest. Enroute from @
lincoln Park to Chicago we went /
n Lake Michigan, on a steam. t
oat an altogether new way of t
ravel for us. On the 4th of |
august, we came east to Cone
laugh, Pa, to our nephew, C.
!. McClain's, August Sth, we I
anne to Portage to B. F. Rine- '
arts, another nephew, who is r
ditor of the Portage Gazette; I
hence to Howard Wolfe's, Dun i
Pa, and arrived at our r
ONE in Fulton county, on the !,
Sth Of August. \
Our entire visit was enjoyed n
D the utmost. We found the d
eople every where we stopped, u
nd on the way, kind, sociable h
nd interesting. q
nANttrr DrNrrtrA
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-27

Particulars additional to those
published last week concerning
the death of Mrs. Hockensmith
have reached thie of;ca
The evening world., 1912-11-26
BROOKLYN Jury
AMAzES COURT
BY AN ACQU|TTAL
Judge Asphalt Hesitates to Ac-
cept Verdict Freeing CASSIDY
on Murder Charge.

Judge asplnail, sitting IN the criminal
branch of the supreme court in Brook
Ign was the most surprised man in the
borough to-day when tho jury acquitted
James CASSIDY az the murder OF Walter
Neseritz, n habo rdashcr. In his store at
No. 40 Flstbush avenue. on Feb. %.
last
A. 80 o'clock \. ". the Jury had re-
ported u was unable TO agree. Judge
Asphalt sont II back 10 make a new
effort to reach "A verdict When II re-
turned late- IN thc morning to say
Cassidy was not guilty. the judge was
loath to accept the report.
Gentlemen OF the jury. were you
perfectly clear ~ 10 the law govern
Ing this case" ASKED Judge Asplnall.
The Jurors responded in the aflrma-
tive.
You realized you were the sole
Judges az to the facts?"
Again an affirmative reply.
And yet you nud this defendant not
guilty"
I'VE do"
Cassidy" said the Judge. turning to
tho man Just acquitted. stand up"