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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03
Twentieth Century Proverbs.

A man can lie out of a lot of
things. But he can't deny it
when he eats onions.
A man will pay a dollar for a
50-cent article that he wants. A
woman will pay Accents for a
80 cent article when she doesn't
want it.
A girl is real proud when she
graduates from college with a B.
A. But she is evenprouder
she enters the school of matri-
mony and adds BY to her de-
gree.
A girl can wear a long skirt
and make it display more hosiery
than if she wore a short skirt.
1t is all in the management.
A Mother never changes. When
her son is forty years old and
wears long whiskers she won't
call him anything else but "Wil-
lie."
The Scientists must be losing
their grip on the Peepul. In De-
cember of last year the Harvard
savants announced the Great Dis
covery that nearly all women are
knock-kneed. But you may have
noticed that the fool men keep
right on getting married and TAX
ing a chance.
A Massachusetts girl cut of
her hair in her sleep. Most girls
yank it off before they go tC
sleep.
The Hibrows claim that the
use of a medicated tissue screen
will make kissing safe and san
itary." 1t may make it sanitary
but their isn't any way to make
kissing safe.
1t must be a terrible jar to the
Reformers to realize that the fel'
lows who Smoke Cigarettes man,
age to cop so many good jobs.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03
Quarantine Lifted Here.

A new order of quarantine by
the State Livestock Sanitary
Board releases twenty-five coun-
ties, including Fulton county,
from the general order of Novem-
Der 10th which included tn e
whole State. Counties bordering
on Fulton county that are not now
under quarantine are Huntingdon
and Bedford counties, so tnat
these three counties may freely
exchange livestock. The rules
governing quarantined districts
are the same as under the first
order.
At no time since the outbreak
of the foot and mouth disease in
the United States have we heard
Of a case in this county. Per-
haps by carefully guarding a
gainst infection being carried on
clothing and in similar ways from
infected districts, we will escape
the plague.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03
NUMBER II
DANGEROUS GASES.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, N. D., IL. D.,
Commissioner Health.

When the first cold snap comes
down go the windows in homes
and Offices and whatever fresh
air is obtained finds its way in
when somebody opens the door
to enter or de 1art.
If the heating arrangements
are deemed insufficient they are
often supplemented with oil heat
ers or gas stoves. In the vast
majority of cases these have no
flue connections and as they burn
they exhaust the oxygen in the
air with great rapidity. When
the atmosphere in a room is de-
vitali2ed in this manner it be-
co m es dangerously unit to
breathe as the life supporting
qualities are exhausted.
When gas stoves are used with
out ventilation there is danger
from carbon monoxide gas. This
is an odorless gas which also es-
capes from coal fire, one percent
of which will kill a horse in two
minutes. 1t is visible as the blue
flame which burns over anthra-
cite coal after it is put on the
fire. This gas will often perme-
ate the entire house from the fur
mace in the cellar or from the
kitchen range. The sulphurous
gas which escapes with it is irri-
tating to the olfactory organ and
so ussally gives warning.
To guard against the escape of
gases, fire doors and stove lids
should not be opened or removed
beyond the point where the flame
Of match held close outside will
be drawn inward. AS long as
the draft is up the chimney the
gas will be carried with it.
Unfortunately the majority of
heating systems are planned With
out providing for ventilation. Di
rect steam and hot water plants
which have this pernicious fault
of making no provision for the
admission of fresh air are respon-
sible for much i'll health.
More people die from the i'm
proper use of steam heat than
freeze to death.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03
Support the Chairman.

We heartily agree with Chair
man of Farmers Institutes, Mr..
Frank Ranck, when he declares
that we must fight for them or
suffer defeat at the bands of a
click who would cut off the APP
preparation for Institutes. Mr..
Ranck is in the best of position
to know that the costly work of
our Experiment Station can be
best demonstrated (under pres
ent laws) by sending experts in
to our county to meet farmers
face to face at the Institutes.
Where one young farmer is in
position by circumstance or edu-
cation to go after this valuable
knowledge of his own accord,
ninety-nine are not so equipped.
Nothing short OF better system
of bringing the findings of our
experiment station to the doors
of our farmers will induce us to
let go the institute. When the
seventy consuming families of
this country get their eyes opened
wider to the necessity of boost
ing the thirty families that sup
ply them with food, then, per-
haps, the latter will see to it that
appropriations for graft be cut
off and the money turned into the
hands of henest educators who
will spend it to keep everyyoung
farmer posted on best way to
produce food stuffs, to the ad-
vantage of both the producer and
the consumer. We are with you,
Mr.. Chairman.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03
Lost His Life.

A dandy fat gander owned by
VIM. Cutchall lost his life the
day before Thanksgiving.
Mr.. Gander was the walking
boss around that place for a long
and good luck it was, that the
day before Thanksgiving when
Mr.. Cutchall, assisted by Mrs.
Cutchall, got the better of him,
and Mr.. Gander lost his head.
The next record we have Of
him was at high noon when the
alarm was given
"Hurrah for the fun,
The goose is done,
Hurrah for the pumpkin pie. "
When Mr.. Cutchall and family
accompanied by nine of their
friends entered the dining room,
just one glimpse and all knew
that it was not the first time Mrs.
Cntchall had been there.
Not only the goose, please re-
member" but two fine roosters
surrounded with many other good
things too numerous to mention.
The afternoon, spent in a good
old fashioned game of ball which
was enjoyed very much followed
by a little song service.
AS this was a day of Thanks
giving we again thank Mr.. and
Mrs. Cutchall for their kindness,
and above all we do not forget to
thank our heavenly Father who
permits us to enjoy these good
things for all come to us by his
bountiful hand.
A Goose Eater.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03
Was II A Miracle?

Several reports reached this Of
flee that five doe were killed and
left lie to rot in the Egypt" dis
trict of Taylor and Licking Creek
townships. These does were kill
ed for one Of two reasons either
in sheer, savage wantonness, or,
by firing before the hunter knew
what he was shooting at. AS we
cannot bring ourselves to believe
that we have any savages among
us, we are left with no other con-
clusion than that the slaughter
of the little does was due to that
form Of insanity known a trig-
ger madness" " 1t takes hold on
persons who are shy on self con-
trol and principle. They get so
crazy for the time that they ac-
tually risk killing human beings
in the bushes just for the sake of
shooting, and they shoot regard
less of the consequence. We
heard Of a man who was hauled
before the court for shooting a
doe. The shooter tried to infu-
ence the judge by claiming that
he did not know it was a doe.
The judge came back at him by
asking if he knew that it was not
man, or a sheep, dog, cow or
horse. The man said he did not
know what it was. The Judge
replied In that case you were a
fool, and | will give you the lin
it of the law; wish | could pro-
hibit you from ever handling a
gun as long as you live, you are
not fit to hunt"
The most sickening accounts of
killings this fall were those of
men who were shot in mistake
for deer, and it must have been
a miracle that one-or five-men
were not shot when those five
does were killed in this county
this fall. 1t was supposed when
hunters were warned not to kill
deer without horns that it would
end the killing of men in mistake
for deer; but it seems that anoth-
er law will have to be passed
making the punishment so terri
BILE that it will have a deterring
effect even on crazy people.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03
Not Belgian nor Belligerant.

When Rev. j. V. Royer was at
Fort Littleton last Friday, some
one united his horse and drove it
all over town. When Mr.. Royer
regained possession of his horse
and buggy he found the buggy
we'll filled with winter supplies
for his table. Just whether the
Ft. Littleton good people thought
the Reverend gentleman was a
Belgian, report doth not say, we
are inclined to think however,
the gratefulFort LittletonM. Es.
knew what they were doing, and
we know that Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
er greatly appreciated the gift,
because they told US so.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03
Are You SuperstitiOus?

After DR.. Fletcher Bascom
Dressler got through with his in
vestigations and the University
Of California had published them,
it was apparent that there are
some 5000 superstitions distribu-
ted among about 45 per cent Of
the population.
Pretty nearly everything under
the sun seems to be connected
with some superstition, from and
owl to the hem of your skirt.
Never hear either? Well, if your
skirt happens to be turned up a
bit at the bottom, you can be sure
someone is thinking about you.
You can, however. make every
one think more, especially the
men, if you wear a slit skirt. AS
for the owl, if it should come in
to the house, trouble is sure to
follow. The best thing to do
when you expect an owl is to put
all the cut-glass into the china
closet and the china closet into
the dining room closet. For the
owl, you can then use anything;
a broom is generally pretty handy
The first time pigs cross your
threshold make them jump over
your pants belt, or your wife's
garter, or the maids apron.
Then they will come home regu-
larly. A plan now in use among
up-to-date American farmers is
to keep the pigs in regular pens
and feed them twice a day. 1t
is regarded as a scheme more
popular with the wife and the
maid. The other way is recorded
as being a German one.
If there are white horses in the
barn good luck is due to come to
the house. That's a German
stunt, too, but the United States
has shown a late and marked pre-
ference for gray horses-since
about the time when it was dis
covered that if you meet a red
haired girl you'll meet a white
horse. The red-haired girl lately
has changed, so that the white
horse has disappeared, too. But
we're going strong now on grays.
1t is bad luck to hear a dog
bark at night. This superstition
has been found to depend on cir
cumstances; it is a matter of
whose dog. If it's the dog next
door, the best thing to use is a
flatiron, but a good aim is even
more valuable.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03

In a business letter to this Of
flee a few days ago, Mr.. C. H.
Mann said that he was busy erect
ing a new store room on one of
his lots in Saint Cloud, Florida,
and that the weather and climate
had been ideal since he and Mrs.
Mann went there several weeks
ago. He said that there was a
slight frost on the night of the
21st.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03
Recent Weddings.
UE-NORRIS.

MIR. B. f. True and Miss Mar
Jory Norris were married at Berk-
ley Springs W. Va, November
25, 1914. After the ceremony
they returned to the home of the
brides mother in Hancock where
friends and a bountiful supper
awaited them. On the following
day they went to the home of
groom's parents in Buck Valley.
After receiving the best of
wishes of their friends and doing
justice to the supper, they enjoy
ed the music of the calithumpian
band. The bride is a daughter
of Widow Norris and one of Han
cocks most estimable ladies.
The groom is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Moses True, of Buck Valley,
and an enterprising young man.
The bi.de was handsomely at
tired in blu satin and looked
very pretty.
After a vacation among friends
they will go to housekeeping at
Orchard Valley where they will
be at home to their many friends.
c.. +. S.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03

John F. Johnston, of Taylor,
dropped in to see us a few min
utes while in town Monday. Mr.
Johnston says, that owing to the
fact that his township did not
have a fire warden, he suffered a
loss of a thousand dollars in the
recent forest fires.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03
SKILES-HILL.

On Thanksgiving Day, Mr..
Frank D. Skiles and Miss Maude
Hill were united in marriage by
Rev. A. G. B. Powers, at the
home of Mrs. Martha Skiles at
Pleasant Ridge.
The marriage ceremony was
performed at high noon in the
presence of about forty invited
guests, after which a sumptuous
dinner was served. Mr.. Skiles is
assessor of Belfast township, and
the bride is. a worthy member
of the household in which she
was married.
Our correspondent asks who
next?" and significantly adds
that he has an idea"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03

MIR. William M. Morton and
daughter Miss Ida, of Ever
EFT r. D. Z, spent Monday night
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs, Asa
Keefer, and on Tuesday, went
down to Big Cove Tannery, to
see Wills brother ex-Sheriff John
j. Morton, who has been sick for
some time.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03
Big COve'S Big Heart.

A collection for starving Bel
gians was lifted at the union
thanksgiving services held on
Thanksgiving day in the Second
United Presbyterian church of
the Cove. The sum collected was
$50.3S and it was sent to the
Christian Herald Dis tributing
Agency in New York by the pas
tor, Rev. j. L. Grove. This, to-
gether with a similar sum report
ed elsewhere in this paper, raises
the amount to over $4,000 that
has been sent from McConnells-
burg and Big Cove to Belgium to
help alleviate the sufferings caus-
ed by the invasion of that coun-
try by warning nations.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03
Solution for Social Problems.

| III dCCOl luduCC Will plSNIOuo oil
nouncement, Rev. J. l.. Grove
pastor of the United Presbyter'
ian church, preached his discourse
to a large and appreciative audi
ence last Sabbath evening on the
theme THE Principles of the
Prince of Peace Applied to Ma,
tional Life. +" The text upon
which the sermon was based was
Isaiah go. For unto US a child
is born, unto US a son is given;
and the government shall be up
on his shoulders and his name
shall be called Wonderful, Coun.
Sellor, The mighty God, The ev,
erlasting Father, The Prince OF
Peace"
After the introduction, ir
which was shown the conditions
of the Hebrew nation which call
ed forth the prophecy, the es'
sential and central thought ir
the text was shown to be that Of
government. The ultimate enc
of the Princes mission to the
world was the establishment OF
the Kingdom of God. All other
purposes are included in this.
|. Then the principles of the
Prince of Peace were deducted
from the descriptive titles found
in the text.
|. Human life can only real.
iZe the true intention as it is
related to God. The King held
up the sacredness of human
life Thou shalt do no mur-
der" The sacredness of the
marriage relation. The family
is Gods primary social institu-
ton. The sacredness of child
life.
2. He taught that all true
benevolence among men has its
fountain in right conceptions
of God, God is love-"
8. He taught the true con-
ception of humanity. That man
is essentially in the likeness of
God and has an eternal destiny.
These are samples of the Kings
principles. They were force
fully illustrated and moral
ethics deducted therefrom.
II. The application of these to
national life was shown. What
these principles mean to the in
dividual, they must mean to the
nation. There cannot be two in
terpretations put upon them. If
it be wrong for the individual to
murder, can it be any less wrong
for the nation? And so in every
item of moral ethics. Were
these principles adopted and
lived out by nations of the world,
we would have the grandest, the
noblest and purest civilizations
and philanthropies the world has
ever known. 1t was shown how
they would solve the problem of
wars and the maintenance of uni
versal peace. The fallacy for
the necessity of ornaments as
means of peace was exposed.
They would solve the labor ques-
ton, the monopoly question, the
Mormon question, the divorce
vuestion, the liquor question, the
Sabbath question, the Bible in
the schools and every other NOR
al issue. These several applica-
tions were duly illustrated and
their pertinency made manifest.
The discourse closed by empha-
sizing the responsibility of Chris
tian people and the church in
view of these facts. This was
summed up in two dispositions
of the above principles,
l. Their perpetual incarna-
ton.
2. Their earnest advocacy
everywhere.
The pastor of the M. E. church
adjourned his congregation and
together with them attended the
| carvica
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03

A large company was entertain
ed very pleasantly last Friday
evening in the home of Mrs. Net
tie L. Alexander, west Lincoln
Way.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03

Miss Mayme Fields of Clear
Ridge, spent Saturday night and
Sunday in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs C. E. Shore in McConnells-
burg.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03

]. M. Myers and family, Mer-
cersburg, spent Thanksgiving
day in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ben Sinner.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03

4 CteSS' c' widow of the late
N I,reSs' had a light stroke
syS'S about two o'clock
IN l'lornlng. She does not
II In any immediate dam
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03

Mrs. Harvey Clevenger, o f
Hiram, spent several days this
week in the home of her mother,
Mrs. Malissa Lodge.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03
WILLIAM NJ. CoRBIN.

Y many friends of Nell John
were saddened by the It'd
which told of the death of
husband, William M. Corbin,
fanville, Mifllin county, Pa,
} occurred at a Harrisburg
al, after a lingering illness.
COrbln, was born December
S'S on the same farm on
! he and his family resided
{ time of his death.
was graduated at the Juni.
uSlness college and after.
was employed at the Stan.
steel works at Burnham.
Y years ago he was married
rs Nell, daughter of the late
alker Johnston, of the Cove,
wlth a little daughter Eliza
'e' He is also survived by
ollOwlng brothers and sis.
MRS. N. A, Mumper, G. A.
p 7, &. Corbin, Mrs. J. M
y ol Granville; Mrs. V. B,
I Ol Lewistown, and Mrs
nalnes of Altoona.
was a consistent member
Methodist Episcopal church
slVllle and a faithful mem
'ae Sunday school bein,
1' superintendent at tn,
Z MS death. He was
etOwn. 'e' =
= funeral services were helC
,uranville M. E. church las
ay afternoon conducted b,
a'tern, Of McVeytown, as
W Rev. Grove, of Lewis
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03

Mr.. and Mrs. G. Walter Smith,
of Chambersburg spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. L. W. Seylar.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-12-03
TIE GRIM REAPER.
Sketches Of the Lives Of Per-
sons Who Have Recently
Passed Away.
JONAS MELLoTT.

bnas Mellott, one of Belfast
hship's oldest and most favor
| known citizens, died at his
Ie near the Cross Roads school
se, Sunday morning, Novem-
|R9, 1914. The funeral servi-
| conducted by Rev. j. c. Gar
], took place Monday after
and interment was made in
| cemetery at the Brethren
kch on Pleasant Ridge.
be deceased was a son of
iel and Mary Deshong Mel
| and he was born in Licking
X township, on the 18th day
ecember, 1888; hence, if he
lived until Friday of next
he would have completed
ears.
the Sth day of September,
he was married to Miss Par
Sia, daughter of the late James
Clevenger Lake of Bel
township, W h o survives.
union was blessed by the
d of ten children, all of whom
n to manhood or womanhood,
| all but two are now living
bic who married Joseph Funk
] Harriet, lately the wife of
II. Peck. The names Of the
6ren living are; Almira, wife
Rufus Harvey, SaXton, Pa:
kander, residing in Thompson
hship, married to Jane Nc
Alice, widow of Rev. w. T.
IS, Oakland, Nd; Hon George
married to Susan TruaX, and
Ring in McConnellsburg, Et-
wife of VIM. H. Mellott; Re-
a, wife Of James Pott Nc
Anderson married to Ida
les, and Isaiah, married to
rude Grodon-the last four
led, living in Belfast town.
b forty-two years, the deceas-
FaS a devoted member of the
hern, or Dunkard, church,
WAS one Of those oldfashion-
|hurchmembers whose chief
Bht was in reading the bible,
Storing in his we'll cultivated
pcry those gems of Divine
that rob death of any ter
when the summons comes.
|ng tn last twenty-seven
Of his life, he was totally
and his faithful wife read
m daily the story of Gods
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23

hardly walk The Apeen OF them to death there and then
fairly pulled the off of themlt perfectly beasy
Pucky chaps they and hardly squeak But turned
absolutely sick Sumere tainted and Challenger had
could stand think they have cleared don't you:
ntenly but nothing the calling of the birds
deep peace the forest Lord Roxon with his
THINK you have had the of your life young elah
catchin those Indians that clean
heads they would have back the
watcn from the bnnn out of that and they
we'll that short However, they could
think only of this haul it and not bunch of
that dropped you in the mornn Well had hoTd
business aerward.
My God what nightmare the whole thing is! You remember
great sharp below where found the
skeleton Well that just under Apetowr and
jumpin off place of their there's
skeletons there if looked for They have OF
parade ground the and they make
poor devils have jump and the
merely dashed pieces whether
they get on They took and the
whole up edge Indians jumped and
through e like knittn needles through of
found that poor Yankees skeleton with the
his ribs horrible;
naby interesn We all fascinated take the
would be the
board.
wasn't They kept six of the Indians for today,
that's how understood itbut be the
performers Challenger might get off, but Summeee
marked down Their language than half
and follow them. So thought it time to
make had been plottin bit, and had
two things mind 1t all for Summerlee
Challenger much better The only time they