The Press., 1912-04-17
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 Neil Pierson has taken a position at A. D. Bridge's Sons in Hazard vile \
 Q. J. Pownall has returned home after spending the winter in Phila- delphia.
 Among those on the sick list are Mrs Lucius Kibbe, Mrs. Daniel Avery and Charles D. Pease
 Rev. AZ. Linscott of the Hartford theological seminary occupied the Congregational church pulpit Sunday morning.
 Mrs. E. J. Griffin has gone to her home in Meriden after spending a few weeks with Miss Amelia Wood Miss Wood accompanied her home. Il
 The families of the town who are supplied with, water from the Somers :water company are rejoicing over having the use of the water again, after having been obliged to use wells and carry water for the past few months, owing to the main supply pipe being frozen. Since the mild weather the company has had the main pipe dug up, and found that it had burst Thus it was found neces- sary to lay almost all new pipe.
 Charles Henry Edson, 69, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. A. J. Slayton, last week Tuesday of heart trouble. MT. Edson was in Somers on visit and was taken i'll very sudden ly. His home was in Putnam. He is survived by his widow and one daughter, Mrs. Harriet Kibbe, and one sister, Mrs. A. J. Slayton: The funeral was held at the home of A J. Slayton Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. w. Sherman Thomp- son officiated. The burial was in the Stafford Street cemetery.
 The home of Mrs. Sumner Root, one of the handsomest dwellings in Somers, was totally destroyed by fire, with practically all of it's contents, Thursday afternoon of last week, and the loss on the building and furnish- ings will probably exceed $1O, ,OOO. The building occupied commanding position we'll up the side of Bald mountain, two miles from Somers Center The house was built about the time of MT. Roots death, 20 years ago, and has been occupied of late by Mrs. Root, MT. and Mrs. o. A. Pease and Mrs. Ann Lee. Mrs. Sumner Root is in: her Seth year, and Mrs. Lee is more than. 80 years old. The two old ladies were alone in, the house, MT. and Mrs. Pease being in Springfield, when Mrs. Lee smelled smoke and went up stairs to investi- gate. On opening the door of an up- per chamber she was greeted with a burst of flame. Mrs. Root, despite. her advanced years, gathered together as many as possible of the smaller valuables, and then walked, a quarter of mile to the home of Mrs. Bart lett, the, nearest neighbor., Mean. while Mrs. Lee remained to give the. alarms by telephone and save what she could,s and she soon had -neighbers hurrying to the scene. Although She men who answered the alarm played streams from garden hose ;.0n the blaze, the handsome structure WaS soon doomed. A woodshed closely adjoining was also destroyeds but:by the heroic efforts of bucket brigaaless the large barns were saved The house was three stories high, two rooms being finished off on the third floor One of these was beautifully furnished tower room, from which a splendid view of the whole Connectis cut valley of this vicinity could bs obtained. @< Mrs. Roots son. .Alonz6 Root, lives in Springfield: He was notified of the fire and went, to somers at once by automobile and. took his mother and: Mrs. Lee to Springfield The house is practically atetal ruin but the loss of $1O,OOO or more is partly covered by insurance.