Mrs. Josie Ransom was tailed on
Tuesday to Millville to attend the fun
eral of her step-mother, Mrs. Davis,
who died from heart trouble from
w hit h she had been suffering for sev
eral months.
The funeral of a former Thompson
boy. Hammond Shumway of Webster
was attended on Tuesday by his cou
sin Mrs. Ella Carleton of this place.
Last week Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kim
auaiaaBij
l)all entertained his sister. Miss Ade
line Kimball of Hillsboro, N. H„ also
a gentleman friend from Pittsburg
Pa.
Miss Anna Hoyle a<‘Comp«ine<l bv
her sister-in-law. Mrs. Jennie Hovle
and daughter of Saranac. X. V.. left
Monday for South Carolina, where
they intend to pass the cold winter
montlife.
.Mrs. St. Martin of Bfaiidy Hill met
"ith a strange and painful accident
last week at her home. In hastening
to investigate the cause of trouble
in the hen yard she caught her ring
on a wire fence at the same time siiw
ping and falling suddenly to the
ground. For a while her hand seemed
caught, then it loosened and she
caught it with her other hand arose
and went to the house, where she was
horrified to discover her finger was
entirely gone. At once Dr. Paine was
telephoned for and when lie arrived
had her removed to the Putnam hospi
tal for treatment, where she seems to
be comfortable.
On Saturday evening the usual num
ber gathered at tlie K. IVs hall and
were very satisfactorily entertained.
