Recently 'Squire Joseph REED, of Cecil, handed the editor the following ... ontract between the school directors of Cecil township and Robert J. FULTON, then about sixteen years of age, who will be recalled by more than one-half of our readers as one of the most talented and humorous gentlemen that ever appeared before the public in this section. Robert J. FULTON was born in the northern part of Washington County. Hs father was John FULTON, a descendant of Robert FULTON, the steam boat inventor. His mother was Jane MCCLUSKEY, a sister of the late Catherine MCCLUSKEY HERRIOTT, who was the mother of William and John HERRIOTT, both well known farmers who live in Mt. Pleasant township at the present time, of Miss Nancy Jane HERRIOTT, of Canonsburg, and also of Miss Kate HERRIOTTE EWING, wife of Rev. Wm. EWING, of the same place. Her son, James H. died some years ago at Lawrence, Kansas. "Bob" FULTON was one of the brightest men tat ever enlivened a dinner party or social. He was considerably over six feet tall, of very slender but compact build. His manner was keen and surprisingly alert. Had he been a heavier boned man he might easily have been mistaken for a twin brother of Abraham LINCOLN. He was dark complected, had small, black, sparkling eyes, and a dense shock of very black hair. He was a man of exceedingly fine taste and very few of the men in the Presbyterian Church today equal his scholastic attainments and oratorial powers. After teaching school in country districts for some years while a boy he attended the celebrated Academy at West Alexander presided over for many years by his mother's brother, the far-famed Dr. John MCCLUSKEY. Then after teaching in this school and reading a complete course in the classics, mathematics and theology under the tuition of Dr. MCCLUSKEY, he was, after a most rigid examination, licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Ohio, whose members declared that he had stood a better examination than any candidate that had ever come before them. Mr. FULTON had no brother, but two sisters, one of whom, long since dead, was the wife of Samuel PHILLIPS, of Chartiers township. She had three children: Fult., Hib., and Miss Sophie C. J., the first being the editor and proprietor of this paper, the second a very popular and successful medical practitioner at 326 Fifth avenue, Pittsburg, and the third a well know resident of Canonsburg. The second sister of Robert FULTON, was Mary, wife of Rev. T. B. VAN EMAN, of Canonsburg, and she too died many years ago, leaving one son, John William, who is a Presbyterian minister and missionary in the far west. After having been licensed Mr. FULTON was called to the Presbyterian Church at Cumberland, Ohio. Shortly thereafter in that congregation was inaugurated a wonderful revival of religion, and protracted meetings were held in the church every night of each week. Attending and exhorting at all of these meetings Robert FULTON took pneumonia and fever that carried him off in a few days. Thus passed away in early life one of the brightest spirits Washington County ever produced. Robert FULTON was a half brother of Dr. James M. MAXWELL, at present pastor of the Monongahela City Presbyterian Church. Another half brother, Henry MAXWELL, is a postmaster and a large stock dealer and landowner at Maxwell, Dakota. Henry was a member of the first W. Va. infantry in the late war and passes with much courage and credit through twenty-six pitched battles without serious injury to himself. We have given here a portrait of Robert FULTON and a brief account of his family connections, which we know will be read with interest by many. Following is the antique contract that poor "Bob" made in 1846 with three well known departed citizens of Cecil. Little did any of them at that time suppose that their transactions would be spread abroad before the world in this manner in the year 1892. Robert FULTON married Miss Ruth An LUCAS< who to this day resides in West Alexander and hourly mourns his loss. They had one daughter, Kate, who married a Mr. SPROUL, a well-known attorney, who has for some years been engaged in one of the government departments at Washington, D. C., and where they now reside. Article of Agreement Article of agreement made and entered into this 4th day Aprile (sic), 1846, by the trustees of school district No. 6, of Cecil tp, Wash. Co., Pa., on the one part and Robert J. FULTON on the other--Witnesseth: That the said FULTON agree to teach reading, writing, English grammar, geography & arithmetick for three months at the rate of eleven dollars per month and board with the employers, to commence on Monday, the 6th day of Aprile, 1846, school hours first month from 8 till have after four, second & third months from 8 till 5, either party having the privilege to withdraw at the end of any month by giving ten days notice. Witness our hands this 4th day of Aprile, 1846 I can't read all the signatures, one is Thomas MCCONNELL, another Aaron PHILLIPS and the 3rd is Joseph ___, it may be REED, as that is the name of the person who gave the contract to the newspaper. There is a picture of Robert Fulton available if anyone wishes to see it.