The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-02-12

Pa yesterday.
A card from G II. Mann, st.
Cloud, Fla says there Is no frost
In the air there He Is greatly
enjoying the trip.
Mr.. j. J. Conrad, of Cumber-
land county, is spending a few
days among his Fulton county
relatives and friends.
Miss Elizabeth Patterson, Of
Baltimore, spent last week in the
home of her parents, Hon. and
Mrs. D. H. Patterson, at Web
ster Mills.
Rev. and Mrs. A. G. Wolf, of
West Fairview, Pa, were here
yesterday attending the funeral
of Mrs. j. W. Rummell. Rev.
Wolf was pastor of the Lutheran
church in this place before going
to his present charge, and was
highly esteemed.
Harvey A. WEIGH, of Brush
Creek Valley, had caught eleven
foxes and three wild cats this
winter, up to last Monday, when
Hon. Clarence R. Akers dropped
into our office and told us about
it. He did not keep count of the
'%coons, skunks, possums, wea-
sells and other varmints.
Clark McGovern is enjoying all
sorts of geological studies while
taking out stone for a three-eye
kiln on his lower farm in Ayr
township. When the master
Mason laid the stone in that
quarry he practiced all kinds of
architecture, in arches, angles
and capitals.
Mrs. Matte Stouteagle, who
spent five weeks visiting friends
n Waynesbero, during which
time she attended the Biederwolf
meetings, returned to her home
in this place last Thursday. She
had the pleasure of occupying a
chair in the big choir in the tab
ernacle. She was much delight
with the great meetings.
Mrs. B. C. Dawney, of Phila-
delphia, in renewing her sub
scription says, the NEWS is like
a weekly visitor from home each
Friday morning but the arrival
of the NEWS is a signal for the
suspension of household duties,
while its columns are eagerly
scanned, and |, of course, have
an excuse to rest awhile"
Mrs. Asenath Mentzer and her
daughter Miss Kittie, returned
home from Waynesboro last Sat-
urday after having spent three
weeks in that big manufacturing
town and attending the Bieder-
wolf meetings. Mrs. Mentzer and
Kittie were both members of the
big choir of five hundred voices
that led the singing during those
great meetings.
Luther Burbank, the "Plant
Wizard" has succeeded in grow
200 tons of ~spineless cactus to the
acre, enough to keep four head
of cattle to the acre for one year.
Heretofore. this cactus was not
available for cattle on account of
millions of spines, like those on
chestnut burrs, unless singed off,
which was not always convenient
to do.
Boys and girls, do you like to
have the merry little wrens a.
bout the house during summer
months? If so, put up little box
es, hollow sticks of wood, etc.
with holes just I of an inch in
size. If holes are any larger,
sparrows will take possession of
the nesting places. Hide them
in grapevines and other shady
places. Do it now, before the
little fellows come and go away
because they did not find nesting
places unoccupied by the spar
rows.
John l.. Mitchell, of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, when
interviewed in Alabama a few
days ago, said; Woman suf-
frage is gaining ground through
out the entire world" He ad-
ded; The various political par
ties have come to recognize that
it is a great issue and are, there
fore, introducing the plank in