The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-21
OUR DISTANT FRIENDS.
Interesting Extracts from Letters Re.
Gently Received from Former Ful.
tOn County People.

W my SuDsCTlpIlOu Oll Tie NEWS.
Since last wrote you my health
has very much improved. So
much that was looking forward
to making a trip to Fulton County
on the new rail road. Butin that
it seems | will be disappointed.
But life is full of disappoint-
ments."
MRS. G. A. MCCONNELL, La
Harpe, ILL.,, Dec. Z, 1916:-En-
closed, find one dollar. We well
come the NEWS as we would an
old friend. One short year ago
this evening, we arrived home
from two months visit among
brothers and sisters and many
other relatives and friends in
Pennsylvania. We are having
lovely fall weather.
MRS. ADAM GREss, York, Pa.
We are all tolerably well. Un-
Gle George keeps right well. We
were sorry to hear of the rail-
roads going up. We had made
up our minds to go across the
mountain on the first train. Re-
CARDS to all.
WILLIAM BUTERBAUGH, Mar
shallton, Del.-Here's three dol
lars to push our subscription
ahead. We certainly enjoy read
ing about our good old Fulton
County friends. Wish you all a
merry Christmas and a happy
New Year.
DR.. W. T. GROVE, Eureka,
Kans. We had bad crop failures
again, and, "croply" speaking,
we are worse off than in 1913,
when one of the greatest
droughts within the recollection
of the old settlers visited US.
Then, we had a surplus, but three
years have depleted that ma
terially; but, we hope soon to be
an Oil County. Some 20 or 80
rigs are up or under process of
construction. Four wells in this
county are estimated at 200 to
300 barrels. Our belt seems to
run in a n. e. and 8. W. direction,
and it is about 18 to 20 miles
in width. So, if we happen to
strike oil good, the corn will take
care of itself.
MRS. C. R. STUNKARD, He
lena, Mont, The NEWS is one
of the most Important papers that
comes into our house. We are
having fine winter weather. If
"A. w. c." of California had a
few days of Helena's zero wealth
er it would likely quicken his
steps and aid his digestion.
C. H. SIPEs. Wall, Pa. En-
closed find check for two dollars,
which it is hoped, will pay my
subscription until normal condi-
tions and prices again prevail.
The Pittsburgh papers doubled
their price without giving any
such opportunity as THE FULTON
COUNTY NEWS has done.
MARTIN L. PITTMAN, Dayton,
OIL find / cannot get along
without the FULTON COUNTY
News, so find enclosed three dol.
lars for back subscription and
renewal. | always find in it
something about friends l would
not otherwise hear from, and
other news from my old home.
| want to say for the benefit of
old friends in Fulton County that
Job Hill is in very poor health
here in Dayton. Fulton County
was his old home as well as mine
We are having zero weather but
not much snow.
B. FRANK CovALT, Johnstown,
Pa, R. R. l, December 16:-We
are having very cold weather.
Nine degrees below zero this
morning and the roads are bad
ly drifted.
CLARENCE O. BARTON, Forest
City, Iowa, All of the farmers
here are thru shucking corn.
The crop is a good quality, but
not very much Of it. | raised
about 1000 bushels of corn on the
farm am on. If some of the