GOLD DISCOVERED ON FARM NEAR CHERRY VALLEY 

Cherry Valley has a sensation in the discovery of gold on the Fuegmann farm in the town of Roseboom. Mr. Fuegmann has had a New York firm make an analysis of the soil and they state that the deposit of gold is .51 ounces to the ton of soil and silver 2.68 ounces to 2000 pounds. 

Farms in the neighborhood of the find cannot be purchased. Mr. Fuegmann is continuing his investigations and will construct equipment to separate the precious particles from the soil. 

Former Altamont Resident
Wins Music Scholarship 

Residents of Altamont and vicinity will be interested in the announcement that Miss Leah E. Mynderse of New York, formerly of this place, is the winner of a scholarship to study music in France for three months this summer. 

The Estey Organ company offered a scholarship to the American Guild of Organists for three months study at the Fontainebleau School of Music, which is located about an hour’s journey from Paris. 

The Guild offered the scholarship to the one who secured the highest marks in the annual fellowship theoretical examination, held May 16th. Of the twenty-one contestants in the United States, Miss Mynderse won by a considerable margin. 

She sails for France on June 18th, and will study principally organ and composition. 

Miss Mynderse has been organist of Morningside Presbyterian church, New York city for six years. She has studied organ with Dr. William C. Carl and Lynwood Farnam of New York, and George Yates Myers of Troy; accompanying and composition with Water Golden of New York: harmony and counterpoint with Warren Hedden and Clement R. Gale of New York. 

Miss Mynderse is the daughter of Mrs. Ada Mynderse of Altamont. Her large circle of friends in Altamont will be pleased to know of the wonderful opportunity which is hers. 

TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR
BLAZE AT MIDDLEBURGH
Middleburgh experienced one of the worst fires of recent years last Friday night when the storehouse of the Middleburgh Mfg. Co. took fire from some unknown origin and it was impossible for the Fire Department to do more than save adjoining property. 

It was a two-story frame building which was used by the company for the storage of felt stocks. Considerable machinery was in the building and was also destroyed. The loss is estimated at $20,000. The building was owned by Mrs. George Danforth. 

MARIAVILLE 

— Wedding bells are being polished up and tuned. 

— A number of new boats have arrived to be put on the lake. They came from Fort Plain. 

NEW SCOTLAND 

The funeral of William Elmendorf was held at his late residence in the village at three o’clock, Monday afternoon. Mr. Elmendorf died very suddenly on Friday of acute indigestion. He has been a resident of the village for twenty-five years and was respected by young and old. He leaves to mourn his death a wife and three sons. 

THOMPSON’S LAKE 

Frost appeared on the ground Tuesday morning, May 27th. With the cold and wet weather it is almost impossible for farmers to make any headway in getting their grain in the ground and no gardens are made as yet.