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stopping over Sunday at the Goodel
house, returning Monday.
A. p. Bishop is in West Townsend
Mass, visiting relatives
Chauncey Stafford visited BIZ
brother Henry this week.
Mrs J. E. Harris and Fred Bailey
spent SWOday 10 Jacksonville.
James Wiley and wife OF auckland,
Mass, visited W, D. Wiley over Sun
day.
Verne Thayer who has been work
ing in Melrose, Mass, is home on g
vacation.
Captain Leonard and wife of New
Britain, Conn, are visiting at A. f.
Bakers.
Q. F. Whitney and wife are spend
I ing a weeks vacation in Hulyoke,
Springfield and Northampton.
Frank Crosier is showing some fine
specimens of greening apples picked
from bis orchard this season.
Born October 7, a son to Mr. and
Mrs o. g. Brown and grandson of T.
d. Goodell and Mrs G. w. Brown.
Myrtle Bishop left town the first of
the week for North Bennington where
be has secured work in machine
shop.
E. S. Bishop and wife Of North Ad-
ans spent Wednesday with his grand
mother, Mrs Phoebe Hicks, it being
her 83rd birthday.
A. Vice Of Shelburne Falls, Mass,
has rented part of j. G. Browns Jew
elry store and will open Friday with a
full stock Of clothing, gents furnish
ing goods, shoes and hats.
Mrs Dora Douglas and her sister
Miss Rose Perry are visiting in North
Adams. Mrs Douglas expects soon to
leave for Gardner, Mass, and Miss
Perry will spend the winter in Boston.
Mrs Francelia Pike is visiting her
daughter at Schenectady. She has
been caring for Mrs Phoebe Hicks
since January and the vacation will
do her good Mrs H. S. Bishop takes
her place.
daughter, Charlotte Edna, was
born Octuber y, to Mr. and Mrs John
Carpenter and granddaughter to Mr.
and Mrs J. S. Pike and Mr. and Mrs
o. A. Carpenter aud grest-granddaugh-
ter to Elias K Carpenter
young boy named America Agou-
thu, bad the flesh on his hand consid-
erably torn yesterday 10y the accidental
discharge Of his gun. Probably 20
fingers will be lost but serious
flesh wound resulted.
The reception given last Monday
night at Music ball by Miss Clara Ray
Of North Adams was largely attended.
She will meet all who wish to join a
dancing class this fall, next Monday
night at Music ball. The prospects
are of larger class than last year,
Nire men from Brooklyn who are
stopping at the GoodelI house, went
hunting yesterday afternoon on the
old turnpike in the northern part Of
the town. One Of the party, Dick
Fendrick, shot young black bear
which weighed between 60 and 20
pounds. These men will remain here
during the deer season.
Mr. and Mrs Oscar A Carpenter
have Issued invitations for the mar
riage of their youngest daughter, Mary
Theresa to George Everett Mather, the
marriage to be solemnized at higb noon,
October %. Mr. Mather graduated FROM
the Massachusetts Institute Of Tech
nology, class of 1902 and has since oc-
cupied a position with the Western
Electric company of New York City.
f. D, Rice, native Of Readsboro,
died at his houIe in Hoosick Tunnel
October 10, of pneumonia, He has
resided for a number of years in Flor
ida, Mass, being a prominent and re-
spected citizen, active in politics and
a member Of the @. d. Sanford G. A.
K Post OF North Adams. de was
about sixty years old and leaves
widow, i've sons and two daughters.
The funeral was held at his home,
Tuesday, October 13, Rev j. d. Big
ger of Florida officiating. The g. A.
r. Post attended in a body Burial
at Zoar, Mass.