Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09
ORCHARD YIELDS
5000 BARRELS
Many Men and Women En-
ployed Picking Apples at
Farm Near Greencastle
SEASONS WORK ENDED
Lieut.. I. II. Gilland Ordered
to Medical Service at Fort e
Ogelthorpe, Georgia

Gettysburg, Pa, Nov. &C. s.
Starner, of near Aspers, in the
northern part of the county, is hav-
esting the second crop of apples
from some of the trees on his place.
He has five Smokehouse apple trees.
six years old. and have. blossomed
twice this year and are now bearing
their second crop OF perfect fruit.
although not as large as the first
crop. Some of the apples are as
large as hulled walnuts and have
good color. The blossoms appeared
Just as the first apples were ripe. Mr..
Starner is also having delicacy of
fresh green peas at this time of the
year, having picked half peck from
the vines in his garden for his Sum
day dinner.-L. NJ. WetZel, of Orr
tanna, is the proud owner of small
piece of a German airplane. The lit
tie piece of the machine was sent
to him by Harry M. Taylor, u mem
ber of the Seventh Machine Gun
Battalion in France who was here
with the troops last summer and
who during the time he was in camp
was a frequent visitor at the Wet
Eel home. The souvenir came across
III IL letter anu lay lOI says I0
might have sent the whole plane II
it were not for the "strict military
regulations. - To meet each other
on the battlefields of France was the
good fortune of two soldier brothers
of Adams county, John Markle, of
Abbottstown, receiving a letter from
his brother, Private CurVin Markle,
of Company b, 312th Machine Gun
Battalion, saying that he saw an
other brother IN the service, Private
Percy Markle, over there, but only
for a short time, as they are in diff
ferent commands and only met by
chance.-To accommodate the men
who might want to go hunting on
the opening day of the rabbit sea-
son, the Rev. w. w. Whalen, pastor
of st. Ignatus Catholic Church, at
Buchanan Valley, in the heart of the
hunting section of the county, held
an early mass at 6 o'clock.-Donaid
Kuhn, 5-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. e. E. Kuhn, of Cashtown, had
a narrow escape from death. AS his
father was coming from the field
with load of corn his children went
to meet him and the 5-year-old son
was running along the side of the
wagon when he slipped and fell un-
der the back wheel. Mr.. Kuhn did
not see the boy until the wheel was
on the boys body. A physician was
summoned but could not find any
indication of the lad being very SER
iously hurt.-Clarence G.. Smith, who
for many years has successfully
raised bees at mis- home in McSher-
rystown, has decided to discontinue
the business and dispose of the col
onies. The bees are choice Italian
stock and were formerly owned by
the Rev Mr. Haftermeyer, at Cone
WACO Chapel, who valued them so
highly that he made disposition of
them in his will. This variety of bee
is a wonderfully active and thorough
worker and each year the hives pro-
duce an abundance of fine, cleaI.
honey.-Littlestown is to have news
postmaster, DIR. c. p. Gettier, who
was appointed to the position in the
spring of 1916 having resigned. A
civil service examination to fill the
position will be held in December.