Source, Rutland Weekly Herald--Thur. Dec. 14, 1905. SOUTH SHAFTSBURY. Isaac Smith, who has been ill for some time with paralysis, is very low. Miss Lottie Agan has returned to Cobleskill, N.Y., where she teaches. Merle Stockwell, who lost his hand in a corn husking machine two weeks ago, is very low at the Samaritan hospital in Troy. He was thought to be recovering, but on Thursday he became worse and lock jaw developed. His mother and brother are with him. Following are the newly elected officers of the Epworth league; President, H.S. Murfield ; vice presidents, C.S.Mattison, Mrs. E.N.Hawkins, Miss Alice Ball, Miss Edith Harris; secretary, Miss Laura Harris; treasurer, Arthur Millington. The engagement of Miss Margaret Lucy Ball, daughter of J.S. Ball of this village, to Harry Parkhurst Brown of Ilion, N.Y., has been announced. Henry Green, who moved his family to North Bennington two months ago,has returned to this village. T.H. Dunlap was in Albany Monday. Miss Margaret Graves of Sunderland, has been a guest at L.W. Cole's. Mrs. Fred Eddy has returned from a visit with relatives and friends in Pittsfield, Mass., Springfield and Rutland. Llewelyn Cole has returned from New York. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby