The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-01-14
"AULD ACQUAINTANCE"
Bits Of News and Gossip Extracted
from the Letters from Our
Distant Subscribers.

win,) Wellington, Kansas, says
1T is about time for me to b
sending you a ''long green" a
you call it, or you will forget t.
send me my good old home paper
The Editor is trying hard to max,
the NEWS a good old home pa
per-" and it does him good II
hear exressions of appreciation.
In a letter renewing his sub
scription to the NEWS, w. M
Cunningham, Jerome, Id ah o
sends holiday greetings to all hi
Fulton County friends, and wish
es them all a happy and prosper
Gus year.
Mrs. George Condor: II an
sending you "a dollar for the Ful
ton County News for one year
| am from old Fulton county
My name was Kesselring. | an
at the Allegheny County Indus
trial Training School for boys
We get plenty of good things tt
read, but nothing takes the place
of the "old home paper.
Rev. G. w. Summey, Apollo,
Pa, a boyhood schoolmate of the
Editor in one of Hiram Winters
schools, in sending his check fol
two dollars to advance his sub.
scription, says, Il enjoy the Wis.
its of The NEWS so much. II
keeps me informed as to what is
occurring in the old home. Wish
ing you and all my friends a hap
py and prosperous New Year, !
am, Yours truly.
Gilbert Rice, Tifin, o. 1--WE
certainly enjoy the weekly visits
of the NEWS as it seems like a
visit from friend at home. De-
cember, 1918, was genuine
winter month here, with a fine
Shedding snow during the great
er part of the month. Since the
beginning of the new year we
have had beautiful weather.
The coolest night we have had
this winter was that of Christ
mas eve, when the mercury
touched Is degrees below zero.
Wishing the editor and all the
readers of the News a happy and
prosperous year, | remain yours
truly"
Peter Scheidelman, Knoxville,
Ill. I'VE are having lots of
snow. Our coolest weather has
been 20 below, The corn crop
was not very good in this section
last summer-dry season and hot
winds did the mischief. No ap-
Piles. Oats and wheat good.
Lots of cholera among hogs last
summer, and foot and mouth
disease among the cattle. l
sold $11O0 worth of hogs in 1914
from IL brood sows. We like it
better here than in Fulton coun-
ty, but, O, we miss those buck
wheat cakes!"
Harry Boerner, Shannon, ILL.,. {:
My mother and myself cannot do
without the NEWS, for it is like
receiving a letter every week
from our dear old home McCon-
nellsburg. We find a great many
strange names in the paper, but
there are many people in that
town and neighborhood that |
still know, and many that are
mentioned in the paper that4
had forgotten about. We are
now in the midst of winter. The
has been down as low as
1S below. | want to thank you
for the little mention you made
of me and my affection in the
NEWS a year ago. From that,
and | received a great
many letters and post cards from
friends as far east as Philadel-
phia and Washington, and as far
west as South Dakota, and we
did certainly enjoy hearing from
so many of our oldtime friends
again. Our farmers had great
crops last summer, but during
the last month or two, they have
had a sore time with that dread
full malady among stock, The
Foot and Mouth Disease. There
have, at least, been a thousand
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