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at her home on Harrison avenue Mon- day evening. She was severely bruised, but no bones were broken.
 Mrs. Emma Holland, who has been spending the summer with MT. and Mrs. G. H. Davis at State Line and who has also been the guest of her niece, Mrs. J. E. Roberts, has returned to her home in Lawrence.
 Frank W. Rand of Worcester, a former resident, is spending few days with Miss Harriet l.. Rand on Main street. MT. Rand is a gradu- ate of Williams college, 1912, and at present is taking postgraduate work at the Massachusetts agricultural col lege at Amherst.
 Mrs. Daniel Watson, 57, died last Thursday at her home in North Monson after a long illness. Her husband survives her, a son, Ernest w. Wat son of Brooklyn, and daughter, Mrs. Wm. c. Moulton. The funeral was from her late home Saturday af' ternoon at ? o'clock.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank H. Johnson announce the marriage of their daugh- ter, Ruth H., to Gaius H. Barrett of Northfield. Miss Johnson is gradu- ate of Monson academy and Mt. Hol- yoke. MT. Barrett is graduate of Brown university and is now a teach CT in Mt. Hermon school for boys.
 Mrs. Marie Powers and two daugh- ter, Mrs. T. F. Calpin and Miss Pearl Powers, left Thursday for their homes in Butte, Mont, after most pleas ant three months spent at the home of Mrs. Powers sister, Mrs. D. D.. Leahy, on Belmont avenue. This has been the first visit between the sisters for 32 years.
 On account of mid-winter Canadian excursions to Montreal and Quebec, the Central Vermont railway will sell round trip tickets at the following low fares: To Montreal and return, $1 o. 80; to Quebec and return, 8 3. 55. Tickets good going Dec. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 1912, Jan. 1, 2, 1913; return limit Jan. 10, 1913. See flyers for particulars. Adv.
 Court Monson, Foresters of Ameri ca, has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Chief ranger, William Borden; vice-chief ranger, Moses Lewis; recording secretary, Nathaniel McAuliffe; financial secre- tary, Robert Darling; treasurer, James Burdick; senior woodward, Follis Gould; junior woodward, Daniel Scannel; inside sentinel, James Read i; physician, Dr. E. w. Capen. Inetal- lations will be held the first week in January.
 Marcus Keep Grand Army post have elected the following officers: Com mander, Thomas J. Mills; senior vice commander, John Mcguire; junior vice commander, Andrew l.. Hodge ; officer of the day, Charles Abbott !; quartermaster, Frank N. Wood; quar- termaster sergeant, O. O. Switzer ; adjutant, FIG. Park; sergeant major, J. B. Davis; surgeon, Dr. G. B. Full Ter; chaplain, George W. Seymour; i; officer of the guard, William A. Charles; delegate to the national en- campment, F. 0. Mcguire; alternate, o. o. Switzer.
 Mrs. Harriet E. Beebe, 75, died at her home in the Silver street district Wednesday evening after a long ill- ness. She was born in Monson and had spent her entire life here. Mrs. Beebe, who was Miss Harriet B. Clough, was married to Almond Beebe December 27, 1854, and since that time had resided 1t her Monson home. She leaves a brother, Charles Clough of Palmer, two daughters, Mrs. Emma Maxwell and Miss Rose Beebe, one son, Roland Beebe, all of Monson. urday at p. m., followed by burial in the No. cemetery.
 Mathew Hensen of the Pease dis trict escaped serious injury when he was thrown from his carriage on Col burn hill Sunday, Dec. 22. Hensen to drive two unknown men into the village from his home on the Hampden road. All went we'll until Colburn hill was reached, where the hold-back broke and the horse began to kick. The two travellers threw Hensen bodily from the wagon in an to escape. This upset the carriage and both men were thrown heavily to the ground, one having two teeth knocked out and sustaining a bad bruise on his chest. Hensen was kicked in the nose by the horse, but was otherwise uninjured. The wagon was badly smashed, the harness rendered useless and the horse cut about the legs.