Putnam patriot., 1908-12-18
rBOMPsoN.

c,;ef over the death of his wife a ,,o,tb ago, is believed to have been nsrtiaily accountable for the death of fss Ross at his home in Worcester last
 .sek Thursday. Apoplexy was the
 d;rect cause of his death. MT. Ross,
 ~bo WAS .se years old, had been in fail.
 ;no health for some time. He took his rifeis death very much to heart, and
 b;s decline since then was rapid. He
 ~ss a retired spindle lemanufaeturer and
 raaI estate dealer. MT. Ross was born
 ;n Thom pson, the son of Asa and Sarah
 suunyan, Ross. He went to Worces-
 ,er 35 years ago, and engaged in the
 manufacture of ispindles. He retired
 frnn that business IS years ago and en-
 gagged in the real estate business. lie
 leaves nephews and nieces. The fune-
 raj was held from his late residence, II
 Newbury street, Saturday afternoon,
 The will of MT. Ross, disposing of an
 estate of 1,00O, was filed for probate
 in Worcester on Tuesday. The exeeu-
 lors are Rufus B. Dodge of Worcester
 and Asa NJ. Ross of Thompson. The
 Worcester home for aged men getss500,
 and the home for aged women s5o6.
 Among the bequests are Debora Ann
 Rich, Worcester, S36e0; Maurice l..
 Rumferd, Worcester, S5DO. The resid
 nary legatees are four nephews, Lowell
 \. Ross. Asa Ross and George \. Ross,
 All Of Thompso and Fenner Thornton
 of Webster They share equally the
 residue, the larger part Of the estate.
 The N. |. T. U. met with Miss El-
 en D. Larned at theNernon Stiles Inn,
 where she has taken apartments for the
 winter. There were twenty-one pres-
 eni. and meeting of deep interest was
 holden. and thoroughly enjoyed by all
 present. Mrs. Van Natter opened the
 meeting with prayer, and after the reg
 ular services of the union were gone
 through, a fine musical and literary
 pfogramne was given. Miss Larned gave some very interesting facts i'll the history of the ssInn" along temperance lines. but as her address is to be pub lished in full your correspondent Will not go into details in this report. Two vocal solos were given by Mrs. .Halloek, guest of the hotel, ''Spring song, and 1.-The milkma aids marriage song, being the titles, and both were greatly l enjoyed. Miss Sarah Munyan read Tidal Waves of Temperance Mrs. Truesdeii read iiGoiden Thoughts from the Temperance Almanac. Mrs. Allen Rabbit was elected a member. 4 dainty lunch was served the nieln- hers.
 Mrs. Charles K night spent Wednes- | day and Thursday in Worcester.
 Mrs. Everett $. Fletcher spent Tues 1 day and Wednesday of last week in | Boston,
 Rev. Arnold Huizinga occupied the l pulpit Of the Congregational church on Sunday, giving an excellent sermon.
 A cantata is being arranged for a Christmas entertainment at the con church.
 The funeral of Herbert kies took place last Saturday afternoon al two o'clock at the Baptist church, keN. '. l. Ramsey officiating. The chlreh was full, all showing their sympathy and love for the deceased and bereaved relatives. Two selections were sang by a male quar1tfe ,,consisiing of Nah lon Geissler, Fred Rroughton, Calvin Ballard, and Rev. Charles ]. Ramsey, and were "Gathered Home" and "Ged never forgets.n Mr. r.Ramseys rem aIks were short, but well expressed. Ine floral tributes were beautiful. 1he ae- ceased was "A years of age, and was promising young man. He had been in the eu ploy of Mrs. F. '. Wieks for several years, who came from Syracuse To attend the funeral, appreeiaung his faithful service. The inteTment was Ill the West Thompson cemetery. Ills ia Iher, a brother and sister. are ieft to mourn him.
 CARD OF THANKs-I wish to thank all my many friends who have been so very kind to me and my family in our recent bereavement and inmeasuIaoie loss in the death of my dear son Hef- bert. Words fail to express how aeep! grateful we are for the constant How of sympathy and help that came to our stricken home in this dark hour. We cannot thank enough our kind, sympa, Ihising friends, for their very praeucai aid in this time of supreme loss and trouble. Gratefully.
 WILLIAM l.. KIEs AND FAMILY.