■The people of Northampton have had the happiness of greeting the nation’s guest, General LaFayette. The Hon. J. Lyman, sheriff of the county, being informed of his approach, waited upon him early yesterday morning at Chesterfield, and about 10 o’clock the committee of arrangements met him at Edwards’ Inn, five miles on the road to Pittsfield, where Judge Howe made an appropriate address, to which the general replied in a brief and affectionate manner.
■Clark & Lyman have, at great expense, procured a first-rate boat of two-horsepower, which now crosses the Connecticut at the place where the Northampton Bridge formerly stood. This boat is to be in operation the ensuing summer, and the ferrymen ask no more toll than was paid when they furnished only a common ferry boat. They therefore rely on the patronage of a generous public for remuneration.
■President Coolidge will take no action for the present on a recommendation of a majority of the tariff commission for the reduction of one-half cent a pound in sugar duties. The President said he did not find that differences in cost of production were sufficiently established under present conditions to warrant any change in the duty.
■The 100th anniversary of the visit of Lafayette to Worthington was fittingly celebrated Saturday. On June 13, 1825, the famous Frenchman spent the night here and gave a reception to the townspeople, while on his way to Boston to take part in exercises attending the laying of the cornerstone of Bunker Hill monument.
■Michael Beaupre of Loudville Road, Westhampton, was named grand prize winner by the judges of the Bicycle Safety Contest, sponsored in area fifth grades by the Northampton National Bank. Everett W. Ladd Jr., president of Northampton National Bank, presented Michael with a $25 Series E. Savings Bond.
■Wayne Boucher, of Jackson Street, has been chosen to participate in a six-week mathematics program at Hampshire College in Amherst this summer. “Summer Studies in Mathematics,” supported by the National Science Foundation, is one of over 100 such program in math and sciences designed to guide and encourage exceptionally motivated and talented high school students.