PERSONAL MENTION.

The home of Mrs. Auerswald, above the village, was reported to be on fire Tuesday afternoon, but it proved a false alarm. It appears that Mrs. Auerswald had placed a pan of beans on the stove to warm and stepped out to call on Mrs. John Scrafford, a neighbor. On her return she found the beans burned to a crisp and the house filled with smoke. A two-year-old girl was in the room and was almost overcome by the smoke. Neighbors passing opened the door and rescued the child.

CLARKSVILLE.

— Mrs. Adelia Mathias has rented her barn to Shufelt & Tanner of Rensselaerville to use for the housing of horses and sleighs in connection with the mail route until such time as the snow is gone, when the buses can be used to carry mail. Judging from present conditions, this time will be about next June.

— Some of the citizens of this place who are incensed at the conditions of the road in the lower end of the village took their shovels and opened the road so as to make it possible for loads to get through, and so avoid further accidents. The men claim they are paying taxes to have the roads kept in condition for travel and feel indignant that it is not being done.

FIRE IN ST. JOHN’S STORE

About 4:30 o’clock Monday morning fire was discovered eating its way into a partition in the rear of C. L. St. John’s newsroom, in the Mynderse block. Matthew Tice, the barber, who has rooms on the upper floor, was awakened by the smoke and at once gave the alarm. The fire department responded promptly and after a few minutes had the fire under control. The blaze, it is thought, started from spontaneous combustion.

DUANESBURGH

On account of the bad roads, no mail was delivered last Monday, Tuesday and Saturday.

VILLAGE NOTES.

January 1918 has passed into history as being the coldest of any month since the organization of the Albany weather bureau. Not once did the sun shine brightly enough to bring about the proverbial January thaw. February should try to be more congenial than the month just passed. The extreme cold of January told heavily on those who had to buy fuel to keep their homes and places of business warm. Let us all hope for an early spring and some warm weather.

Special Notice.

My wife, Agnes Vincent, having refused to live with me, I will not be responsible for bills contracted by her.

Signed, Guy Vincent.