The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-02-17
FROM REV. GEO. SHOEMAKER.
Wants to Visit McCOuuellsburg Soon as
lie Can Ride Over the Mountain
on New Railroad.


you not?" Out here we have had
''rasslin" time with the weather.
Mercury racing away down to Sc
degrees below zero, and the wind
a howlin' to beat the band.
When arose from my virtuous
couch this morning, / was greet
ed by 26 degree count below
zero, and, so far as | could see,
there weren't no manner of
need" or use for such capers on
the part of the weather. Ice is
plenty thick enough; germs are
all frozen, and everything else
done that needs to be done by
cold, so far as | am able to judge.
1t must be that the weather man
has designs on our coal piles. |
burned up two tons of coke, for
which | paid, of my hard earned
money, seven dollars and fifty
cents per ton, during the long
month Of January, just past. If
that rate is kept up during the
year, I'll be all broken to pieces
in more ways than one.
But spring is coming, and sum-
mer, too; and we will have the
birds with US in due time. Iowa
glorious Iowa-has never failed
US yet, and she will not.
| read your paper every week
from top to bottom, inside, out
side, underside and every other
side that is readable, and while
doing so have numerous "asides"
with the dear good woman by
my side. The old town and the
old friends have a grip on US that
will not let go.
Do you know, / even read that
yarn" of Nace's-I think it
must have been one of the young
er generation. | never could be-
lieve my old friend A. U. would
ever spin such yarns-about his
wonderful pullets. If he will
just send those birds out here to
Iowa, we will give them a touch
of weather that will spoil their
record for eggs, and we'll do it
dead easy" The idea of such
"carryins on" by a lot of chick
ensl 1t beats all Z. But then,
perhaps, that's what they plan
ned to do. Eggs are selling here
at 35 cents a dozen at the pres
ent time. Pretty stiff price for
the buyer, but smiling price
for the seller. Apples are sixty
cents a peck: My, but they taste
good! Potatoes more than a dol
lar a bushel, cabbage, four cents
pound, &c., and yet we man.
age to live, and enjoy life
thanks to a kind Providence.
During the month of Jaunary,
under the leadership of the Coleg
rome Evangelistic party, compos-
ed of Rev. W. S. Colegrone, Evan
gelist, Mrs. Colegrone, pianist
and womens' worker, and Prof.
L. G. Dibble, soloist and chorus
leader, my church held revival
meetings. The work accomplish
ed was excellent. Nearly two
hundred people renewed their
covenant, or began the christian |
life. The church and the COM
munity were greatly helped by |
these meetings, and this pastor
is wonderfully cheered.
| began my work in this con-
ference in the fall of 1877. Of
the men then members of the
conference, there remain only 9
in the effective ranks. Of these
nine, only four, including myself
are pastors of churches, the rest
are in detached work. Yet, our
Conference ranks are, full, for
God has raised up men to step in
where others fall out.
Z Say, Mr.. Editor, what has be-
come of the Railroad?9 | look for
some word about it every week.
/ am persuaded that if there was
any word to say, an editor with
the nose for news" you have,
would "smell''H it. Before l go
to Heaven, | want to ride over
the Cove mountain on the cars. |
may be doomed to- disappoint-
ment, but ! hope not.
I've just been thinking of the