■Found on the highway near Pomeroy’s Tavern in Southampton on the 25th ult., a small pocketbook containing three promissory notes, viz.: one dated at Albany, signed by Christopher Dunn and payable to John Webster; two dated at Schenectady, signed by Andrus Monsel and payable to Calvin H. Baldwin. The owner can have them by applying at this office and paying charges.
■Representatives have been chosen as follows: Northampton, Nathaniel Fowle; Enfield, Ephraim Richards; Westhampton, Joseph Kingsley Jr.; Charlemont, Sylvester Maxwell; Ashfield, Dimock Ellis. We are informed that the towns of Granby, Ware, Greenwich, Pelham, Prescott, Williamsburg, Cummington and Plainfield have voted not to be represented the present year.
■State Fire Marshal Taylor says that he is still investigating the cause of the fire in the Leeds schoolhouse early yesterday morning. Mr. Taylor has several clues which point to incendiarism, and he thinks that by the first of next week he will be able to make a statement regarding the origin of the fire.
■The “poverty costume party” given by the Welle-Kum-In Club of the Edwards Church at the Clarke School gymnasium last night was a great success. The costumes caused much mirth among the guests.
There were games and stunts, followed by a social hour and refreshments.
■With food prices well on their way into the upper reaches of the atmosphere, many area people have kept their feet firmly planted on the ground — digging their own vegetable gardens. Vegetable seed sales have zoomed this spring in many Hampshire County outlets.
■Debbie Shumway, an Amherst High School cheerleader, was crowned queen of the Amherst Community Fair as part of the fair’s first night of activities. The fair will continue with a parade today, booths and rides, pet parades and recitals on the town common.