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A WEEKLY FAMILY PAPER . EIGHT PAGES.
VOL. XXXVI.
Inured at the Putnam f*>«t Ofhc«
m second-c la*- matter.
PUTNAM, CONN„ FRIDAY, MAY 8 1908
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NO 19
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_Miss Kthel t'larke was the guest of
Worcester friends last Friday.
—Clarence A. Hammond, of Brook
lyn. N V.. was the guest of his uncle,
D a. Hammond, on Saturday.
_Mi~s Juiia Manning, of Worcester,
the guest, on Sunday, of her sis
wr, Mrs F. K. Clarke and Miss Char
lotte Manniug.
_At the "Mother Goose" entertain
ment. given in the Congregational cha
pf Friday evening lust, over $60 was
t eared.
_Mr- Frances Barrett and Mrs. Ma
,v Perry have been attending the State
Contention of the R- which
sas held at Waterbury April 29th ami
:S«h.
—Sergeant Patrick Hayes, who was
recently transferred to the upper part
the city to do night work, has been
returned, I>v order of the Mayor, to his
,,,) |«Kt in the business center of the
Cin < dicer Julius Cordier, who took
> Hayes' place when lie was re
,d y,K*s back to his old beat, that
the jailer has just vacated.
_ i ir. omer La Rue, of this city. Dr.
i\ h Judson, of Danielson, and Dr.
Arthur A. Chase o f Plaintield, have!
K-en «i pointed a committee of the j
Windham County Medical Association I
on matters pertaining to public health. |
The three physicians.-ire the Health of- |
titTs • their respective towns.
_List of letters remit nine at the
Putnam Post Office for the weekend
ing May 5:
l.,«iies—Mrs. William Herrie, Mr-,
f niini Duhamel, Mrs. Lillian Jack
- ;i. Mr-. Until Moffitt, Mrs. Aderline
ISv«ler, Mrs. Franklin Woods, Mrs. M.
Q* Wa -h, Miss Edith Westlund, 2.
'•entle'nen—Mr. and Mrs. Isaac M
Agard, Mr. and Mrs. John K. Clark, S.
H. M F. .1. Derry, WalterS.Trii>i>,
M I Mrs. Sam Lucia.
— . IFear, the English e\ an- j
et -■ « ' conducted religious service- ■
in r '-mi. Oanielsoti, Williinantie ;
i d j ■ - hi thi' part of the State, ha- l
-in Boston for his home in Kn- i
s.u I He ex|K*ct», however, to return
t , iiitry in about a month to In
i' ■; .silently. and will settle in the
II -.ii, Valley. New York, lie has a
- iging to the New York Meth
od!-! < (inference.
— Mr Stephen Italian!, of Thompson,
hi- Hs u appointed administrator <l<
t on the estate of Francis N.
K It. of North Urosvenordale, in
1 we "f the late Clarendon M. Green,
»r, , ■ ends of s ti.lHio. Mr. llallard has
a - been appointed conservator of the
I L tl.i oid e-tate of Judge Flint, of
Tn n | (-• n, who has become non com -
p - mentis.
—Ft young ladies of the S'wimr
1 the St. Mary's parish, hung j
« - i May basket to one of their j
i . MUs Leona Daigle,at her home )
I ; A i-tis'k avenue, Tueday even- I
i - 'L-- Daigle was much surprised
. i'ng the token,and pleasent- •
in ed her guests in a sociable ;
ti. I'.ii' throughout the evening, i
I' i e refreshments were served j
II ■ ng and piano selections wete |
e.o yed,
— IV- Putnam Golf Club was organ-j
• i -t Thursday evening, and tiie
f 'mg officers elected:
1 nt—G. Harold Gilpatric.
' :,iry—L. 1*. Merriam.
i- iror—G F.. Shaw,
i Ur e Committee—James B. Ta
*’ J John G. Johnson, Edward H.
• Hurt.
Ac me lias teen laid out south of
“ site - Crossing of easy access by
tn .ley The club starts off with an
*' ' i it membership. Applications
for ::k airship may be made to G. E.
Shaw .
—<ii.r city charter permits the Mayor
to license slio|is, stores or other places
of business, to o|ien on Sundays to sell
necessities,—except hotels and drug
>1‘ res to sell liquors. Some in of these
> today selling licenses have already
m-en issued, each paying ft. An eilort
*’1 oe made to close up all places of
b -mess on Sundays. I f running trains
on i r steam rail roads on Sunday could
prevented it would prove a great
1 -e'-iiig The noise and smoke of these
1 1 sre an annoyance to every one
" ie. es Sunday should lie a day
ute Normal-Training School, at
y, will hold a summer school j
- h -■ J i!y Tth, and closing Aug.'
1 tie o|»en to persons residing
- in the State. Attention
* given to the common school
■ - i o ludingschool management.
< rat are and drawing. The
■~e »i.‘ be so arranged that each
■ may elect a part of the subjects
'Ke the complete course. Cer
proticiency w ill lie i»».. i to j
•' • satisfactorily complete the
'tate examinations will be
: A the close of the term. A coai
i 1 pr •gram^will be issued about May
f or further information address
-n K. Perkins, Danbury, or Stale
i vrd of Education, Hartford. j
—Mrs. William Holmes of King st.,
has relumed after spending a few days
wdh friends in New York.
Rev. B. F. Benoit will preach in
the Baptist church, I>anielson, Dext
j Sunday at 4 p. m.
—Mrs. A. V. Frost and her daughter
left Friday for New York to meet Mr.
■ w ho has been sjiending the past
few months in Florida.
—The annual meeting of the FhP.P.
Chapter, D. A. R., will be held Mon
day, May 11th. at ’> p. m . Odd Fel
low's hall, Kent’s block. Executive
meeting at 2.30 p. nt.
■ —The viee presidents of the Ladies'
Aid society of the Baptist church will
give a salad supper in the assembly
room, Tuesday evening. May 12th,
from 5.30 to 8.00 o’clock. All come.
Tickets 25 cents.
—Miss Sarah A. Tigue, of Danielson,
who has been manager of the Keystone
Store in this city for several years, re
signed her position Saturday. Miss
Sadie Fulton, of Danielson, will be the
new manager, coming from the Key
Stone Store in that place.
—The 41st annual encampment of
the G. A. R., of Connecticut is to !>e
held in Middletown on May 12th and
loth. At 2 p. m. the encampment w ill
o[)en. In the evening the camp tire
will lie held, which will t>e ojien to the
public. The principal addresses of the
evening w ill be by Rev. F. D. Buckley
of \\ aterbuiy, and Gen. Horatio C
King, of Brooklyn, N 5 . The citizens
of Middletown are planning to honor
he visitors. We have not learned the
names of the delegates to lie sent to the
encampment from our local G. A. R.
—Tht‘ New London Bay says-. '‘('apt.
Charles A. Thayer, of Wiliimantie. has
applied to lie retired front active duty
in the coast artillery corps. The appli
cation is accepted in sjrecial orders, No.
sj. issued April 2H from the Adjutant
General's oltiee. Captain Thayer is the
son of Colonel Henry J.Thayer,of I’ut
nam, who was for years the command
ing officer of the Third infantry, lie
is well known in New London and re
cognized as an officer of marked abili
ty. News of his retirement was re
ceived with regret here."
—Charles K.Shaw attended the pre
sentation of “ Much Ado AI Mutt Noth
ing," given iuChickering Hall,Huston,
on Tuesdav evening b\ members of
the jrost graduates. Ions, of Kmer-on
College. Miss Jessie Shaw and Mis*
Helen Hammond are members of this
class, they are from this city. Miss
Shaw appeared its Benedick, and Miss
Hammond a- Beatrice. Both young
ladies were highly complimented for
the ability they displayed in tilling
their important parts. Mr. t;. A. Ham
mond, with a party of friends, rode to
Boston in an automobile, to witness
the play.
—Hare treat is promised the people
of our city on Friday evening. May
loth, when MissM. Kden latem will
present “The Awakening of Helena
Ritchie," which lias been especially
prepared for her by Albert J. Kennedy.
MissTatem, it is well known, ranks
among the best in lier interpretation
and jKirtrayal of the scenes which she
brings Irefore her hearers and in this,her
latest production, is particularly pica
ing excelling any of tier prev ious efforts.
The recital will lie given under the
auspices of the Ladies > M-ial I erele in
the ( ongregationnl church.
—Occasionally we hear of gold being
found in Lhi- Slate and in Rhode I'!- j
and. A gold mine w as found in this city
some years ago, which the owner tie- I
lieved would prove v aluable. There i- j
no doubt Hie ore found was gold. a* j
specimens were sent to the best assay- j
jsts in Providence, who pronounced the
specimens sent them as gold. A miner
named iabien Harriauit, now living
at 106 Church street, this city, who has
had experience in gold and silver min
ing out West, has been prospecting for
minerals in this town, claims to have
discovered a mine yielding both gold
and silver. He sent samples to the
New England Refining Company, Pro
vidence, to be assayed, and received the
following report: gold—i>er ton ofJJ.tWO j
lbs,—1-8 oz, worth fci.57: silver, 1 o-lu
o/.., worth Toe. Total value per ton of
quartz an<l pyrites, sn J7. He proposes
to form a stock company to work his
mine. We should be glad to have a ,
paving gold mine operated in Putnam. ,
—With some flourish of words it is ,
announced that a German has discov- ,
ered what is termed a simple and cheap
methodiby which a family living in a
climate where cold in winter runs lie
low freezing, may supply itself with
all the ice it needs. As described, it is
to build a two-story scaffolding, at the
top of which a common garden hose
sprinkler,connected w ilh a water main,
throws a spray over the structure. As
the water falls upon the numerous
cross-teams. In did weather, icieies
form and soon till the w hole frame
work with thick crystals, which are
gathered up and stored for summer
use. Compared with an American plan
the above contrivance seems ridicuiou >
y clumsy. It i- to make a score or
m ire of shallow, water-ti_ it boxes and
Sll them with two or three ineiies of
w ater from a main or well. The water
will freeze solid two or three limes in
a cold night or day, and the smooth
cakes of ice can be removed and packed
away.
Stream ia I’alty.
After giv mg the Business Aaaocia- '
tion Us name, the second article of its
Constitution lays down the principles j
on which it is founded. The last one
reads: "To co-operate with similar so-1
cieties in other cities.” That is not
only sound wisdom but is a friendly in
| vitation to enter into close alliance amt
also to reeei\e invitations from other'
; cities to do likewise. Extended alliance
of citizens of tow ns, counties and Stale '
promises to become popular as its pow- i
er is realized w hen manifested in the j
spirit designed. There ate latent forces j
that are developed in the race when
I occasion: demands the elevation of hu
i inanity into hitcher state of being.
There is an awakening in this direc
tion in many ijuarters. The following
is one instance:
l»elegates front numerous cities in
Kssex county, Mass., met at Lynn re
cently and formed an organization to
be known as the “Kssex County Asso
ciated Board of Trade," in which ten
! cities will l>e represented. A local paper
says: "It promises to play an imjior
tant part in county business and civic
atlairs. The different boards of trade
in Essex county propose to w < rk to
gether, one of the projects is to work
for the establishment of county agricul
tural school." We mention this an
instance of what is being done else
j where In regard to business organ
izations not only for the benefit of each I
i town but the combination of the town
I organizations to work together lor their
: county's intere t. Each town at an
hour's notice can be ready to exercise
all its force, when called upon, in any
direction and with telling effect. So
may the county exercise its force, w hen
required in any emergency, by having
the various town or city organizations
prepared to act simultaneously and in
stantaneously—as is being done by the
I Essex County Associated Boards of
Trade. If any of our readers learn of
j anything lieing done elsewhere that
would lie valuable information or would
lie of interest to those engaged in our lo
cal movement, we shall lie glad to get
it to print. The I* v run it desires to be
the medium to receive and extend any
thing to add interest to w hat it regards
the mission of the Business Men's As
sociation—a new era in transforming
for thebetter all the influences of our
citizens to elev ate and improve the chn
racier of our home city.
Wheaton Building amt I umber Company.
Ttie “Meriden Recorder" of April
■ l>, gives tile following statement in
I regard to the exeeiltnl amlrapid woik
| done by the Wheaton Building and
i Lit)mber Company, of this city, In the
: erection of the new post office building
| in that city:
‘•The line weather of the past few
I days has enabled the Wheaton Build
i ing and Lumtier company w ho have
the contract for the new post office to
hustle it along very rapidly. Those
w ho have watched the progress of the
structure, have been surprised at the
rapidity w ith which the work has been
done during the past few days.
All four w alls are now completed to
the cornice, and a large part of that has
been put in position, and work will fie
begun on these parts of the building
soon. After the concrete lias U-cn put
iu and allowed to settle and harden, it
will l>e tested according to the govern
ment standaid.
In this te»t, different sections of the
' tloor and roof will tie submitted to (lea
se pressure. The >l>ecil1cations rcijulrc
that the eoi crele shall withstand a
pressure of s.ooo |>ound* to every sec
tion containing ten square feet.
The masons will have the cornice in
place in a short time, and will then !*
gin work on the balustrade. The bal
ustrade, w hieh is of a very handsome
design, will stand four feet and six
inches above the cornice. It consists
of piers with carved panels over the
windows of the building. It will lie
built of limestone just the same as the
rest o.f the building.
Si t. H. Nealy, the supervising archi
tect in charge of the construction, when
seen by a Record on April £1, said that
he is very much pleased with the way
the work is going on. * The contrac
tors are doing tine work.’ said Mr.
Nealy, ‘and at the rate the building
is progressing they will have it com
pleted within the time specified in the
contract. There are forty men on the
job.’
The Wheaton Building ami Lumber
Company have hail a good many sim
ilar contracts in other cities besides
.Meriden, Conn., and in every iuslanee
have receive*! similar praise as that ac
corded above, especially for inside fin
ishing work. Their contracts have ex
tended as far as Washington, on gov
ernment public buildings: ami north
a- far as Worcester. Such a linn gives
to our city a good reputation for bust-i
ness ability and enterpri-e.
Mr. K. M. Wheaton, the head of the !
firm, has persuoaiiy done a great deal '
to improve the city, notably the trails- |
formation of the swarnpy Mechanics
Park into a pretty residential part of j
the eity—not yet eompieted. There j
has no m ivenunt been made lo im
prove and lienetit the eity that does ijot -
include the name of K. M. Wheaton. !
—Deputy slietiir lio brook is vaeat- j
iug hie office in the Ur ad ley building,
ami ber-after will have an office in Ids
home, !t> Klin street, where he recent- J
ly removed from Uulloek street.
Prapcscd New Rcral Deliver? Routes.
1‘ost Office Insjieclor Bou telle has
been in this section for the past three
weeks inspecting numerous pro|ned
rural delivery routes The proponed
No. 3 route from the Putnam post of
fice will probably tie recommended by
Mr. Itouie’lc, and the service will lie I
established in the near future. This'
route will serve 138 families residing
in Putnam , Pomfret and Woodstock,
and will extend as far northwest as the 1
\V. \V. Webber corners.
Proponed route No. 4. as laid out, will
serve the villages of West Thompson,
known as Porter Plains, Wllsonv tile, !
mul lirosvenordale.
A jwtition for No. 4 route is in the '
hands of the Postmaster, and those de
siring the service may circulate the |n>
tition over the mute as laid out, and if I
a hundred or, more families express a '
wish for the service, no doubt Inspec
tor Itoulelle will recommend its vslab
| lishment. Further particulars con
cerning the layout may be had from the
Postmaster.
| It is exjieeted that slight changes
1 will lie made in present routes No. 1
and 2, by which more families will re
ceive the service.
I
'Tis House Cleaning Time.
House-cleaning time lias begun, ami
all the discomforts connected with it.
i lam the bachelor boarder and the
I roomer come in for their share of its
I miseries.
| Wlien you reach home you tind tialf
j of your furniture piled up in the back
yard, and go to your own tjulet sane
' turn to change your clothes, you tind
your room has been “tidied up." T nu
threw your tow el,when last used, in the
eorner on the door, ex|iecttug to pick
it when next you wanted it. It lias
disapjieared, and you hunt and limit,
and dually tind it hanging on the tow
ell rack, of all places. You next start
a game of hide-and-seek for your un
derwear. it has always been in the
middle bureau drawer: but when you
have thrown everything out into the
middle of the room, no underwear a|>
|k uis. You call as sweetly as jsissihle
to your wife, mother or landlady, as the
ease may lie. No one answers. You
hear a thump, thump in the back yard.
It is one of the aforesaid females en
sconced in a c'oud of dust, which she
| is bringing forth from the front (hair
mat- She.-dust begrimed ami stieak
j cd with inspiration. You start to
j eail just as she glances up al you. You
j catch the house-cleaning eye and your
voice is frozen. Von go back to your
game. T our underwear is at last dis
covered t wo drawers removed from ils
former place. T our shirts are scattered
aUml w here you threw them in your
former search for the underwear, and
il seems like old times when you pick
! one up. You always have collar bul
lous deposited id Mint so you can reach
out in (Ml any w here and take one. You
reae!i anil reach, bul without rein 11,
ami you are “it" attain. Yo.i hunt for
half an hour and are silling on the bed
aiaiut logiieil uji, when you remem
ber Mime one made you a Christmas
present of a collar-button receptacle.
You find it on the dresser with all the
little ivory irritants therein. You dump
them out and throw the receptacle out
of the window as far as you can.
You are next up against it for
socks. The pair you want you wore
ju-t once and temember distinctly of
throwing them undei thebeil. You gel
down on your hands and knees and
reach under, but you linn nothing hut
emaculate cleanliness. You decide to
make the one- you have on do another
day to save time.
Your trousers. You'll take oath you
know w here those are. You folded
them neatly and placed them under
your trunk to keep the creases in. .No
thing doing. You tlnd them hanging
by the hack strap in the clothes-press
with the knees bagging.
And so it goes. Neckties have disap
peared from the gas jet : your arm
bands have lieen unfolded from your
statue of Happho; favorite souvenirs
havej been thrown into the ash-barrel;
your second best suit aud your Itshing
togs have been given loitbe old clothes
man—In fact nothing Is in its place.
You are fed on cold dinners, and at
first you kick, but as the work pro
gresses and -your wife grows tired, a
metamorphosis takes place in her dis
position, arid to keep out of the divorce
court your remarks become silent ones.
8he saves you by doing the work
all alone. The doctor’s bill, or a trip
U> the seashore to recuperate, cost* you
a hundred.
You sit gloomily in the club. Hornet
one comes In and salutes you with
"What's the matter old man'.'" You
answer in two words—“house-clean- i
ing!” Kvery man in the room extends ,
his sympathy, for they l<*_> are ail in It.
Kvery mate being has bis own *|ieeial 1
troubles for w ith them ail 'lis "house-1
cleaning time."’
—George \V. Perry Isa* purelsaaerl at! f
ltit ni3|>-, drawing*), anti record* of Use [
.•ale i .d_ ir t ..«rsc, overissg a period of I
Use Ia*i sixty j* if*, and will ejwa an i
office in I Hi..11 iiioek for aurvejiflg
and other engineering work. Mr. Per
ry i» a graduate of vVoree*ter Polyiecls- j
nic 1 institute, and for ten y ear* » a*
mechanical and civil engineer for the ;
Washburn A Moets Manufa luring Co. !
at Waukegan, III.
Common Council.
The regular meeting of the common
council was hehl Tuesday evening with
Mayor Mctiarry in the chair. Present
Aldermen Smith, ltn>wn, Car|«enler,
Hrodiier, Miner, Pumas, Telft and l a
Rue.
The records of the previous meeting
were read and placed on tile.
The Mayor staled that he had t>een
requested to bring up the matter of put
ting the drinking fountain in front of
A. t\ Luke A Co.‘a store—erected by
the \V. C. T. I-.—In condition for use
and also regarding furnishing toe therc
for.
lie also said he had received com
plaints regarding the facilities for get
ting the |H>lioe at night. At present
there is a telephone In the Council
chamber, also a call bell in the jHiliee
office, which he recommended be trans
posed. The Telephone company had
agieed that the night operator should
make a memorandum of all calls for
the police, so that the officers, return
ing from their beats could call Central
ami be informed whether or not any
calls bail come in.
The mutters were taken up a* new
business, amt il w as
Voted, That the telephone la- remov
ed from the Connell chamber to |mlitt
headquartcrs, amt that a telephone tv
installed in the station in Khodesville.
Voted, I'liat the Hnperiitlendent of
streets see that the drinking fountain
ta1 put in u»«at eoiitliilett and contract
for the ice su|>pl%
Police report Arrests, II. lights out,
is 1-3 hours.
Petitions from the follow ing persons
were reeeived and trained:
John I*. Sabin, for an ell to his house
j on School street, ami Joseph N. I an
ti i v for an nutniilobilc shed on Wood
stock avenue.
1'he lireeommtltee reported tltal they
had purchased ljKHifeel of hose at 7
cents per foot: two no//,les, amt hy
drant tate.. Had disposed of the old
hose at J ets. |ht bait, and the uld coup
lers at s els. j ter lit. Accepted.
The high w ay eommlttee reported
that they desired more time to !n\esll
! gate regarding surface water on Hint
street- Recommended crosswalk 011
School 'tree! from -May sllcet. t hat
the macadam on Woodstock avenue
and lltidge street la- repaired with top
dressing. Running pipe from man
hole on Mechanics street, near bridges
into llit stream under the bridge. That ;
la'lltion for crossw alk on Pros idcnee j
street from Van den Nuort street la* I
not granted.
Volc<l, To accept report andcmpow
,-r Superintendeiit*of -ilrtflji to carry
out till' recommendations.
The street light eommittee recoin
i ■ i tfii i In I three Incandescent lights on
Smith Main street Hint one on School
street, amt tlmt other |>elillons la- de
nied. ^Accepted.
The Superintendent of streets made
Ids semi annual report of sidewalks
out of repair.
Voted, That the t'itv Clerk notify
those whose walks needed repairing,
requesting that they attend to the mat
ter.
Contraet for street lights w as submit
ted by the Light and Power Co. The
contraet was the same as heretofore.
It was voted to accept it after chang
ing it so it would read for one year in
stead of three, and the rebate for an
are light out |>er night from 26 cents to
60 cents. The Council were of the opin
ion that the rebate of 26 cents w hs too
small, and that if it was increased to
.in cents the company would Ire more
diligent in seeing to it that the lights
were kept in profier condition and that
there would then Is- tewer complaints.
The Mayor was empowered to see
that the bond for street sprinkling whs
forthcoming, and that a contract was
made
Alderman Smith suggested that some
clause of the contract prohibit sprink
ling in sueli a maimer that the dust Is.
changed to mud.
Voted, That the high way committee
be empowered to tlx the city dump
carl.
The following bills were ordered paid:
M. R. Joy, 816 00
L. M. Keith, 10 60
M. H. Geissler, _ 76
Light and Power Co., 467 00
Geo. F. Holbrook, 0 00
Henry Williams, 10 87
Simon Farley, ■> 60
Case, Ixtck wins! dr Hrainard, 22 <0
Court Oiliocrs, 10k .44
Teiephoiie Co., 1 00
F. H. Bruce, 24
Patriot, 16 26
G. I> Bates, 1!» »'
\V, F. Rafferty, d SO
Mrs. F. K. Burnette, i 76
Street lal*»rers, ;!i« 46
Cileries Seiler, 2d 27
T. I*. Ityan, <*'
P. < ‘lotitier, 0 00
C. W. Bradway, 12 <*— !
J. McKachnie, 6 00 \
The bill of Dr. LaRue, ffl, for profes- j
sionai service* in allendiug officer Cor- '
<|lfr, who wiw hurl iri the performance 1
of hi* duly, wan presented at the re
quest of the officer to seeiif the < 'ouncil
thought proper to pay It- It *«» vo
ted to pay tiie Mil.
A waiver of damage claim* atraio-l
the city, by the abutter# on Munriyside
and Kenner «tr*eU, was submitted. A#
one abutter had not signed It, it was
not accepted.
Huber 1>. I ard appeared and address
ed the Council in hi* official capacity
a* Prosecuting Attorney of the city of
Putnam, and said, in unbalance, that
ho had received a call from Mawrs. ('■ i
K. Child, K. M. Warnor and K. W. ;
Sew ard—a committee appointed by the
Civic league, comprised of :5i mem- j
hors, which League, by a \oio of IS
members, had |Nt*sed tho following:
“That tho Prosecuting Attorney of
the city of Putnam hereby request
ed to take such action immediately, as
is necessary, to stop, In our cilv, tho i
sale, on Sunday, ot intoxicating liquors
and candy Alan the sale of soda, ice '
cream and fruit, except with meals.
Also the sale of newspapers, except be
tween the hours of * a. m. and I- m. ’
In reply to questions the committee
admitted they had no information of
liquors lieing sold on Sunday. That
they had the most objection to the sale
of candy ami operation of slot ma
chines. He had l>cen conducting his
I ottlee as he considered his duly and in
a manner that he supposed met the
wishes of the Council amt people. Had
heard of no complaints until the corn
tnillee came lo him. He thought he
would usk tlu' ( 'oinictl just wlinl lliev
w anted mut w hat tin1 people w mill'd.
Vou liait* pa—cd an ordinance l» inn
Irol Hu- Sunday bosilnon, nnd 1 have 1
been. assured l>y the Mayor Ilia! hiii v l
otatlon of our Sunday law-will tie pro
eeuI«'d and llio violator*1 licenses taken
away. The committee couldn’t bring !
any charge against any one, l>ut -Ini
j»ly wanted the -tores closed on Sun
day It tlie Council are willing to say.
1 should like to know how they -land
| toward Sunday nin'iiiug, and how the
peo|iU' Its'l iiIkiuI it, I should like to
have the opinion of each mcmlier of the
t'oimeii. I already have the opinion
of Utlerman l>ady, w ho is ahsent.
The Mayor said I have watched, as
e\ otticlo Chief of Police, the manner
in which the places, and the people in
t .he.11 have eondueti d themselves, and
I think we have as orderly a city as
when they were closed under llie old
regime, People have told me that they
considered It a good thing that the
places were control led by licensing, as
it prevented iienple from hanging
around: they came in and went right
out, and there was no -linking dice. I
do not tlithk w e everj had cleaner or
more orderly Sunday* than under the
new ordinance.
Alderman < ’arpenler -aid In- thought
the license ut|ght to lie more than a dot
tar.
All of lire other memhers expressed
themselves Bn being well satisfied w ith
the ounilittoiii on Sunday, Hint hud
heard of no cn in plaints regarding Sun
day condition*.
Mdcrman llrnduer, who keep* n
now - room under n license, ucliig naked
for his opinion,said: We haven license
Hinl we have to live up to all of its it •
strielioiiN, vir loose it. taxpayer* In the
up|a*r part of the eity have said that
they never saw It ipileter than now. On
Sundays, (ample who work in the mill
six days In the week, like to get a little
candy or lee cream for their ehlldren.
ll is the only day llial father* ate at
home. I eipi’l see why the la-ague
should l>e willing we should sell tnbac
eo and cigars, and not !*• allowed to
sell a little eandy to ehlldren.
Attorney l aril said that if we do close
at all, e\ cry thing should lie closed up
tight.
Alderman LaKuc asked If, after hav
ing given licenses they could he taken
away, ll was answered nut without
cause hut that the Stale law was sit
jierior to the ordinance, mid suit could
I*' hroiight under the State law at liny
time, hut should not do so If the licen
sees live up to the ordinance.
The Mayor said that it seemed the
concensus of opinion wa- thill the Sun
day conditions were satisfactory to the
Council.
Attorney Card said lie would stale In
ojs-n court, on Wednesday morning,
lit* (MjsiUon In the matter.
On Wednesday morning Prosecuting
Attorney Card'appeared In (lie City
Court andi made the following statc
inent In.regnrd to III* view* un the Hun*
liny-closing question:
“To C. K. Child, K. M. Warner and
K. W. Seward, representing themselves
I to lie a committee appointed by a vol
| notary association, self-styled the Civic
; League, who, on May 4th, placed in
my hands the following vote:
‘At a meeting of the Civic I«eague,
May .id, I'.aw, it was
Voted. That the I’roeecutlng Attor
ney of the city of Putnam he hereby
requested to take such action immedi
ately as is necessary to atop in our city
the sale on Sunday of intoxicating
liquor* and candy. Also the sale of
soda, ice cream and fruit, except witli
meal*. Also the sale of newspaper*
except between the hour* of « a .in. and
12 in.'—
I would *ay, *o far as the sale in our
city, on Sunday, of Intoxicating li
quor* i* concerned, that no, *ale ha*
come to my knowledge without a vig
orous prosecution being immediately
in-tituted. -
A* to the sale of necewitle* and re
freshment*, I shall eoutiuue the policy
that lias lieen adopted by me, of vigor
irisiy prosecuting any sale which is
made by a person n it holding a license
from the Mayor at llie City of Putnam,
and in case of any violation of tiie
rules of ttic join-,- committee by par
ties holding such license*, an immedi
ate prosecution will ensue, and the li
cense of such violators will tie revoked
by the Mayor.
Any aid or assistance that the Civic
I-eague can furnish me in the way of
information and evidence of violation
of the Mtate iaw and the rules of the
t Police Committee of the elt.v of Put
nam, will he gladly rnrhol, by me,
; and will receive due consideration.
lil'HKH l>. CvKD,
Prosecuting Attorney of the city and
town of Putnam.
The -Committee of the league make
tire following statement: In May,
Pk>7, Mr. Johnson, the then Prosecut
ing lAllorney, at the request of the
t'tvle league; brought prosecutions
under the State law. Asa resulted
the prosecution* the stores of thoae men
who had lieen prosecuted, and also
others who had iss-n known as viola
ters of the law, were closed Sunday*
during ttie balance of the year, we
believe to the satisfaction of the public.
I p to this time there had been no at*
tempt on the part of the Common
Council to issue licenses to anybody to
keep open any store on Sunday.
The Common Council, in the early
part of Mareh, Pic*, passed an anti
nance, of which few , if any, hast actual
previous notice, providing for licenses
to lasiple io keep o|H'n stores on Sun
day u| ton payment of a license dee of
One iHillar,
Tlio Civic League ha* obtained Ui«
opinion of I H»n»ld U. I’erklna, of lira
llrin of Hiowii ,v Perkins, Norwich,
fully sustaining tlio position, Hull
"sill'll 11 I 111'list’ would lie llo justifies
I lion foi any one arrested for violation
| of lln> Htate law, Section llltlll, wliich
j nuiki's It n crime foi "fiery (s-rson to
‘ ilo any secular business or labor or lo
| keep o|*'n any SHOP, w arehouse, or
! any manufacturing or mechanical es
i lalilUliiiii'iil, or expose any pro|>erly
for sale Ih'Iween twelve o'clock Hatur*
ilay night Hint twelve o'clock Sunday
night. The provision as m secular
business or lalmt refer* lo tndc|>cudent
business transaction* amt actual phy
sical laisir, anil with this clause liters
Is an exception of work* of necessity
or mercy, tint (here Is no exeepllon of
this klml a* to the otl'ense of keeping
open shop. The t'oiuuion I'ouncll of
coiirse liaie noatUliorlly lo license any
one to violate a State law amt commit
a crime, amt such a license wntihi lie
no justification for any one arrested for
the oUense named in the statute."
The form of the license which la
eianlcd by Mayor Moliarry Is, In say
the least, very peculiar. The following
ate the principal parts;
<'ertlllcatoof license.
No.
i Sea11
" I ii consideration of $1.00, < hie Itol
lar, receipt of which 1* acknowledged,
license is herehy granted to—-of
--to o|H'ii tils stoic on Sunday ami
sell necessities within Hie limits of the
I'tty of Putin 111. ,Vttyrnt Id nil //»«
l,nu‘» of t/n Mult ii/’ ( 'mil' rtu'Dt anil
ordinances of the l ily of Putnam for
the period ending l>eeemlier .11, 1IHIH.
Haled al Putnam this — day of
Marcli, I1KIN.
11 w ill !»• no(!«ra,'|e thi»» while on
(lie face of II this pajs-r and other* like
ll seem to justify pcoplcllt violating a
Htate law which forbids people to keep
o|ieu shop*, In ,tllf la*! clause there la
a provision that this license Is subject
lo the laws of the Slate of < 'onnecllout,
thereby Nullifying whatever privilege
Is granted In the Itrst clause.
Prosecutions under ihe Stale law
have been brought dn dlltervnl places
In Hie Htate, and the ace used imrson*
convicted thereunder and we lielteve
tliesi' convictions will be sustained
everywhere In this Htate.
We do not ladlcve that the gisul |«npl«
of the Htate of »'onrieetlcut are ready U»
adopt thy <'onllnental Sunday wtlli
open stores and shops of all kinds. If
the Mayor or Council of the <'ity < f
Putnam, or any other City, have the
tight to a license the sale of candy and
other things under the name of “ira*
cessltles,” on Hunday, they have Just
the same right to license the sale of In
toxicating Ihjuor, which U claimed to
Is* more of a “necessity" to some peofc
pie than candy or fruit or ice cream.
This whole matter is of vital Impor
tance to the |>eace and welfare of tills
City, and we certainly hope there will
lie ispeedy return lo the satisfactory
condition of last year.
Coagrcgatioaal Church Not**
The following book* have recently
been added bribe lilble School Library:
The smm*l meeting of the Ccag'l
Horne Missionary Society l* to tie held
In Pittsfield, Mum , May la. It baa
lieen thought a<iUsable for our Hibla
.School to send one or more delegate* to
thin eoriventlon. Any one who wiahaa
and i* able to attend ltd* meeting I* re
quested to confer with Mr. C. K. Child.
InterntinK Loca.li
Order* taken for pull* and other h*lr
goods, by Mi** A. M. Sullivan, Arcade
iilork, Putnam.
— Mrs. 1. W. Trowbridge low (sets
the guest of friends In Cohoes, N. V.
—Miss Jennie Simmons U visiting
| Irseiids in South Framingham, Mas*.
—Chs*. A. Mshew,clerk at the K*y
i stone for the past eight years, has re
signed.
—The last La lies’ Night of the see
! son of Putnam Council, Koval Area
j iium, was held Monday night, bowling
| and whlal occupying the eveidag.
1 The ladies agreeably surprise*! that*
• hosli by aerv ing lee cream and Mk*.
Our Little Panama Cousin,
Our Little Kussian Cousin,
Our Lillie Swedish Cousin,
Over and Over,
tun
Persistent Peter,
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