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A WEEKLY FAMILY PAPER . EIGHT PAGES.
VOL. XXXVI.
Kat*r»*<1 at th# Putnam pout Oftic«
a# 9fCOOd-cl*«« matter.
PUTNAM, CONN- FRIDAY, JUNE is 1908
NO 24
T# Subscribers of the Patriot
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bers cun not be indebted to a newspa
per more than one year and still have
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1-, the Patriot for one year or over are
requested to make payment at once.
c Knowlton and H. f. Dudley
were guests of U. A. Hammond on
Monday.
_Mb' Kdith Noyes, of Boston, was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Tatem
<uer Sunday.
—Prosecuting Attorney Huber D.
(ard spent Sunday with his mother,
at her summer cottage at Matunck.K.I.
— Mr and Mrs. Hammond have been
entertaining Miss Jessie Shaw, who
left Monday for Pawtucket, B. 1.
—Miss Caroline Borhauer and Mrs.
Wilson, of Worcester, were guests of
Mrs. A. W. Macdonald on Saturday.
— B. F. Benoit will s|»eak in
r*- f rench at the Baptist church in this
eitv, next Sunday at tb.'SO o’clock p. m.
—Mrs. Helen Willey is spending a
week with her -i^ter, Mrs. Win. H.
Holine-, in Westerly* K. I.
_Mr. O A. Hammond, Miss Annie
ami Helen Hammond, and Miss Jes-ie
Shaw, enjoined an automobile ride to
Storrs last week Thursday.
— Mis- Alta Sharpe, who has been
eietk for County Clerk, Kdgar’M. W ar
ner for the past live years, has resigned
tu accept a like position with John K.
Carpenter.
_inereKUuir iirtiuik ui me
jn's Beard of the Day Kimball Hospi
tal will lie held at their room in the
Kent Block, on Wednesday afternoon,
Jane IT, at i o’clock. Executive com
mittee meeting at 2.; SO.
—Mrs. Amelia Carlson, of Pom fret,
suffered a painful but not serious in
jury to her knee, Friday evening, by
the sudden stoppage of the six o’clock
south bound train from Worcester. She
was as-i-ted to her train which took
her to Pomfret station.
— l.isl of letters remaining at the
Putnam Post Cilice for the week end
ing J une!»: ,
1. ties—Mrs. Frank Arnold. .Mrs. F.
I. ' i" *, Mrs. tits,. Bather, Mrs. .fili
al- iiesiiiei. Mrs. Fi nest Clark.
lit it lei nen—J. H. Adams, Fertlinnn
1; .r^ii'ilt. Harris ('ole, J. Bureau, \\ •
Ji. i .ga-.c . lienn Frank H. Gale. J.
i . (-gorge Guu.shes.
—- niday afternoon tiovernor It.dlin
s. v, mi: ill. Mrs. Woodruff. and ex
> utor A. M. Brown and wife,of Jew
ett City, were visitors at Wildwood
Park fora while. The Governor and
Mrs. Woodruff were guests at the
■li.uue of General J. M. Atwood, at
" ■ iregan, an 1 the occasion was taken
1, v :-it one of the loveliest spots of this
part of llie Stale.
—From the F. S. I>epartment of Ag
ent irt we have received a primer of
« d preserv ation. As the cost of wood,
« ..Hi is mi indispensable item toevery
farmer, every railroad manager, mine
owner—to every one, in fact, who must
use limber vv liere it is likely to decay,
this prim r tis useful in teaching how
to reduce the expense of sucli timlier
by using preservatives which it <!e
•cri.*s. I "r copy of primer address
"I ms! «• i v ice, C. S. Agricultural De
partment, Washington, I). C."
— \ few weeks ago we printed an ae- j
f t of the success of the Wheaton
Binding ami Eumtier Company of this j
c‘ly, in getting important outside con
i'*e'.>. referting at that time to their
eunt'int to erect the new jawt office
bunding at Meriden, l.ast Friday the
same company were awarded the con
tract for work on the Norwich Hospi
tal for the Insane. There were twelve
bidders, live of whom were within
♦l.WOof each other. The cost of the
^ork to lie done amounts to about
Wo.aOO.
~^ ro'i> the State Board of Education
»e have received the following school
documents: No. 1—Laws relating to
!*cbool» a \ aluable document for those
luring care of public schools. No. 7—
About the Normal Training Schools of
the State with pictures of the four Nor
iuai school buildings: One at New Bri
tan, one at New Haven, one at Willl
n'»nUc and one at Danbury. No. 8—
hummer School for Teachers: Sessions,
aeid »t the Normal Training School
•‘anbury, July 7 to August 1, 190K: No.
1 our>e of Study ia the public schools
u the state. Any of these documents
f*n oe had by addressing “State Board >
0 Education, Hanford, Ct.”
~if‘e I>r. Hough iot, corner of Grove
* '• "*>uth Majn street, not including
1 'selling, has been bought by Mr.
' Httnraond, we suppose for in
"[v '.nt a- it is mo>t adv antageously
1 1 and K the only open lot on
I '‘lain street, now one of the
1 ' •“•'t thoroughfares in the city.
•nd is evidently going t<>
rchas.-pay for until
, wmt use is made >»i It. He
:i tine garden, which will be
Bn.
it* than the rubbish lot it
e ha* removed everything
the view, in the rear as
ont, and has placed a neat
the iot was open. As it
street on three sides it would be
a public building, of
:a* city needs two or three, and
“'i have them in uine.
fcv
»r.. seitad for
—C. B. Johnson of Franklin was in
town on Wednesday.
—The Baccalaureate services of the
( lass of 1908, of the Putnam High
I school, will be held in the Congrega
i Bonal church Sunday evening, June
-’Jst, at 7.30 o'clock. The address will
j (('ven by the Kev. F. D. Sargent.
I —Miss Helena McGavitt has return
ed from St. Helena Island, X. ('., where
1 she has been teaching school during
| the winter. She comes home to spend .
i the summer with her mother in this
j city.
— Israel Putnam Iswlge of (Hid Fel- i
: lows holds its annual memorial service
, at the (trove street cemetery next Sun
| day afternoon. Memliers of the order
i afc re.|nested to meet at Odd Fellows'
i hall promptly at 3.15, the line moving
; at 3.45.
—The following delegates and alter
nates have l>een chosen to attend the
meeting of the State Firemen's asso-:
ciation in Norwich in September:
Protector Hose No. 1, (’. 1>. Sharfie, ■
delegate: F. X. Flagg, alternate.
Mansfield Hose No.3, 15. K. Smith, '
delegate: J. P. Gagne, alternate.
j —The Ladies' Aid Society of Holy
Trinity i It. C. Church, Pomfret, wiil
j hold a Strawberry Festival and Social
I in Pomfret Hall, Pomfret, this, Ttuirs
I day, evening. There will Ire an enter-!
| tainment—dancing and refreshments. ;
j Admission .'to cents.
—At a meeting of the Non-Partisan
,"•(’• T. I . field Monday afternoon j
with Mr*. H. < *. Preston, the ladies vo- '
ted to place another drinking fountain :
in the city, the location not yet decided !
upon.
—Hon. George A. Hammond, dele- :
gate. Byron H. Bugiree, and Georges.
Bradley, leave on Saturday for New
Haven, where they are to join thet'on
necticut delegation to the Republican
national convention at Chicago.
—Charles G. Morey, of Worcester,
died at his home in that city Monday
from a paralytic-shock. He was a res
ident of Putnam for many years, and
wa> prominent in musical circles.being
i the tirst leader of the old Mechanics
I Hand.
j —The Thompson W. C. T. C. will
j hold its annual Floral meeting with
j Mrs. George Law. Hrandy Hill, next
j Thursday, tsth iust., at - p. m. All
| memUus are rei|nested to bring Mow
ers: also come prepared to take part in
the Literary program, either In song,
recitation or reading.
— Putnam is to have a tennis court
of a tirst class order. K<\. .1. \\ . Walk
er, Rector of St. Philip's t hureli is the
leader of the movement. He invited
some of the tennis players of the city
together—we have a goodly number it
seems—and after di'eU"ing the matter
it was decided to layout a line court
on Kdcn street, near Grove. A Club
is being formed, and we may ex|>ect
shortly to witness some line tennis
playing. Physical exorcise that gives
unalloyed pleasure is the healthiest
kind possible, and that is why tennis
playing should la? encouraged, esjreclal
|y as ladies a> well iis^ gentlemen lake
part in the game, as it is a play requir
ing relined skill solely. It places the i
city one step up in attractiveness.
—Town Clerk Seward left his bicycle ;
in the hallway of Central Flock the :
other day, but when he returned togel j
it he found it missing. As he did not j
like to miss the enjoyable exercise ( f j
swift Gavel on his vehicle, he kept a
strict watch on all passing bicycles. A ;
few days after its disap|>earanoe he saw
one he w as sure was his stolen vehicle,
standing on the sidewalk. He had it
taken to the police station, and there
made formal claim to it, identifying it j
by certain marks, although it tiad been
painted a different color. Soon alter a
young man called at the station to an
nounce that his bicyle had been stolen,
and seeing the one Mr. .Sew ard had he
said that was his lost one. He said he
bought it a few days before of a stran
ger, for which he had paid him $6. Mr.
Seward convinced him that he was
its ow ner, and the man from whom be
bought it was a thief. Now Mr. Sew ard
again rides his bicycle, only painted
another color.
—I'nder Mayor Mullan our city was
kept orderly and free from annoying
noises in the night hours Fourth of Ju
ly, preceding and succeeding the cele
bration—for which good service our
citizens were duty grateful. Mayor
McGarry, we have no doubt, proposes
to continue the same good restrictions
for the coming Fourth. So many pa
rents thoughtlessly permit their chil
dren to have toy pistols and other dan
gerous means of making noisy- powder
explosions, that a word of public cau
tion in regard to this would be timely*
Last vear we noticed a lad not over *
>ears of aae. pointing a pistol at every j
passerby in a threatening manner. li ,
w as verv distressing to some thus treat
ed. but their distress greatly delighted i
the voungster. Finally one gentleman ;
thought it he» l to cure the lad of his,
folly, and when jointed at him. lie
seized the little rascal with - tch a show
of anger, that he ran screaming in ter-,
ror fearing he »a- going to be torn
to pieces. That ended his sportive t
amusement. Lr€ year nearly »»• |wr- ;
son* were kitleat. ad several thousands
were wounded, celebrating llie fourth- i
(ending anguish into many homes. I'
is wrong to keep up the barbarous cus- ;
tom.
AGAINST
Superior Court’
M ANUAMt'S PrihkKI'INGS
Phoskvtim Attoksky I'AKD.
There wag a hearing upon the alter
native writ of mandamus issued against
Prosecuting Attorney Card of this city,
for refusing to prosecute one George
Peterson, upon information furnished 1
to hint by K. M. Warner and F. W. |
Perry, members of the Civic I/eagueof :
Putnam, selling forth that Peterson !
had kept open his shop on Sunday and ,
j exposed for sale merchandise contrary
j to the general statutes of Connecticut,'
in the Superior Court, at W Illimantic.
i last Friday. Attorney B. Harvey, of
i W illimantic, appeared for the Prosecu
ting Attorney, and tiled' the following
motion to quash:
Charles K. Searls, State's Attorney, vs,
Huber 1». Card, Prosecuting Attorney,
of the city of Putnam.
The respondent in the above entitled !
| cause moves that this writ of mauds- :
j mus may be quashed and that he may
I ire dismissed from answering to the
• same, and for reasons of said motion he
| pleads and says:
t. The application and writ ami the
I matters ami allegations therein con
tained are insufficient in law.
-■ It fully appears in said writ that
the respondent is the Prosecuting At
torney of tlie city of Putnam, duly a|>
pointed ami qualilied, an I that in re
fusing to institute the proceedings by
said application sought to l>e enforced
lie was and is in the exercise of the of
ficial duties ol hi- said office, involving
the exercise of his official judgment
and discretion.
• i. It does not appear that the act
which this court is asked to enforce is
the |>erformanceof a purely ministerial
act, in respect to which the respondent
has no discretion.
4 it fully appears by said writ that
the institution and prosecution of the
legal proceedings asked to be enforced,
are matters discretionary with the re
spondent by reason and by virtue of
his said office.
Huber l>. Card, by his attorney.
Slate's Attorney Searls stated to ttie
Court that it had been agreed by coun
sel to have the hearing in Putnam.
Court came in Tuesday morning in
this city. Judge Roraback oil the bench.
The a I Hive case was assigned for hear
ing at !• a. m. Wednesday.
Attorney Harvey opened by remling
I the aileitations in ttie complaint ami
the motion to quash. Ilesahl he ad
milled the respondent is a public olti
et-r. 1 iis duties nre of two kinds—min
isterial and acta of discretion. A min
isterial duty i' one where nothing is
left to discretion. Hi' whole conten
tion was that the duty of a prosecuting
attorney is necessarily disctctioiiary.
and therefore the w rit of mandamus
w ill not lie. His duty is to inquire ami
prosecute. If these are inseparable
then it proves that lie has discretion
for lie investigates and if he finds cause
lie prosecutes. There is only one |ier
son apjiointed by the Common Coun
cil; tic is to jtidiie wlictlieror not there
is reason to prosecute. As to there be
ing no otirer remedy, there is in the
jrower of ap|x>inlmeril tire |H>wer of re
moval, and I sup|>ose if he refuses to
do his duty he can tie removed.
Attorney Donald Q. Perkins, of Nor
wich. appeared on behalf of the League.
He said a lilie light would lie obtained
by considering the general situation in
Hie case. The proceeding started ami
cably. The Prosecuting Attorney was
willing to act if lire court decided il
was his dutv to do so: tlint with the
attorney the matter was one of princi
ple. He admitted that where discre
tionary |x>wer is involved mandamus
will not lie, but Mr. Harvey had as
sumed false premises. There is and
must always lie matter of discretion as
to the facts, hut after tire facts arc
found, and, as in this case, admitted
by tire motion to quash, which admits
the allegations to lie true. th»*n there is
no further discretion. The allegations
are, tHal he had full knowledge and
information, that ire unlawfully and
wilfully refused to act, and by his mo
tion ire admits these allegations. He
can't say although a crime has lieen
committed, in my discretion 1 won’t
prosecute. When it gets to this point
be lias no discretion. It is his duly to
investigate and consider, discretionary
that far, but in this case allegations are
that a crime had been committed, he
knew it. and refused to prosecute.
The Judge took the papers.
A divorce was granted Mrs. Kleanor
B. Johnson, of Northford, from Albert
B-ti. Johnson, of Abington, on grounds
of cruelty and intemperance. Alimony
amounting to $1,350 was allowed, also
custody of minor children.
A short calendar session and assign
ment of cases will Jje held Friday.
A Bar meeting will be held to take
action on the acceptance of portraits of
Judge Backus and Judge Carpenter,,
recently presented, and now hanging ;
in the .■suiierior ( ourt room.
—K. M. Wheaton lost a valuable!
horse while working on his building f
contract at Meriden.
—The Wheaton Building and dum
ber Co. have taken a large contract at
Norwich, to build a telephone shop, j
—Mrs. E- M - Wheaton, who has been .
having treatment for iier wrist at Wor-;
ce-ter, was at her home on Monday,
but returned for further treatment.
_Edward A. Iiatthei, physical di-;
rector of the f» mth bridge Y. M. C. A., 1
was married in Springrield on Tuesday .
to Mb-s Neilie L. King of Worcester.;
Mr. Kalthei is well known in Putnam,
being a native of this city.
CdmIj Cwttitiw of W. C, T. U.
The twenty-third annual consent ton
of the Windham County W. C. T. I’,
was held at the Town Hal*, Thompson
last Thursday, June 4th, and was one
of the most successful in its history.
Kver.v I'nion in the county was repre
sented for the first time in eleven rears
and the reports from nearly all were
very encouraging.
In the Itepartment hour Rve minutes
were allowed each speaker to report.
On Jail Work the remarks of Mrs.
Hliven, of Central Village, were excel
lent.
On Social Meetings, by Mrs. Scrip
ture, of Wlltiiuanlic, were very edify
ing.
On Literature, the remarks of Mrs.
Brown, of Scotland, were very instruc
tive.
On Soldiers and Sailors, by Mrs. Civ
rie Criggs of Willltnanlic, proved very
interesting.
Franchise, was the subject treated on
by Mrs. Klla Bennett, of WttliinanUc,
to whom is due much of the life and
vim of the Convention—her ready wit
and i|uiek repartee being enjoyable.
Scientific Instruction was treated on
by Mrs. Mary Callup in a very concise
and entertaining style. ,
The Press, was assigned to Mrs. M.
H. Cooley, of New Haven, but not be
ing able to lie present, her report was
read by the Secretary.
After the foregoing exercises Mr. c.
it. Hut'll, State President, spoke of Ihe
plans of work which would l*> present
ed to the ottieial board, and predicted a
busy fall and winter for the White
Kibbonera of Connecticut. Rev. Mi
chael J. Fanning, the I rish orator is
again to visit Connecticut, in Septem
ber, and tour the State under the aus
pieesof the W. C. T. C.
At the noon hour a lint'collation was
served and heartily enjoyed by nil and
reflected much credit u|kiii Mr*. Min
nie Hixbv, chairman, and her assist
ants. A line display of flowers decora
ted the room.
While the guests were seated, Mrs.
Fuller announoed that the day also
marked the 47th wedding anniversary
of the President of Thompson I’nion
and then introduced Mr. and Mis. Jen
nie M. liobinson as the worthy couple.
A delicious wedding e;ik . of generous
size,was served to the company in com
memoration.
At the aflern i >n session Mrs. Jennie
Robinson gave a greeting for the W <
I'. I . of Thompson. .Mrs. Kllen Lamed
for the town, and itev. N. 1. Jones,
l’astor of the Congregational church
for tlie churches.
Miss l.arned spoke at some length,
and without notes, and was listened to
wilU rapt attention as she recalled
many interesting incidenls in the light
from time to time, to keep Thompson
free from the licensed saloon. The cha
racter of her address showed that age
had not dimmed the eloquence of
Windham County's flistmian.
A brief response to these welcomes
was made by .Mrs. lienuett, of Willi*
rnanlie.
A solo was then rendered MissThyra
Walker, and was heartily and deserv
edly applauded.
Mrs. |>r. Paine's rendering of Van de
\\ ater's “The Lord is My Shepherd,"
was exquisite. Rev.C. X. Van .Natter
accompanied heron the piano.
Miss lie lie Wells of Willimanlie, in
tier recitation, "Why Daniel Signed
the Pledge." captured the audience.
Miss Mary Itoss and Sybil Pettis, in
their.duties a- pages, were charming.
At 4 o'clock the officers to serve an
other year were elected as follows:
President—Mrs. LisaK. Fuller.
Vice-President—Mrs. F;ila S. lien
nett.
Secretary—Mrs. May Gallup.
Treasurer—Mrs. Kate Sibley.
Delegate to the National t'onvention
at Denver in October—Mrs. May Gal
lup, with Mrs. Bennett as alternate.
Miss Nellie Gerger, of Willimanlie,
committee on medal contests, was very
energetic, and gave ail excellent talk
on the subject. The prize banner was
again awarded to Willimanlie.
Mrs. Lydia Porter was very efficient
id her position of Reception committee.
Your correspondent has attended
many conventions, but recalls none
where there was such an array of ex
cellent speaker*, and where the execu
tive ability of the different departments
were so well carried out.
Through the entire program—from
the devotional exercises at the begin
nining to the ciusing hymn, “Blest be
the tie,” the “Cause of Temperance”
was the theme, and was never lost sight
of. No one could doubt for a moment
that the Woman's Christian Temper
ance i'nion—from the North, {south,
Hast and West—is a power in the land,
an I has the smile of approval from the
F'ather above, who rules the Nations.
ADDRESS OF MISS ELLEN D. LABNED.
1 am happy to welcome the Wind
ham < ouuiv Branches of the W. C. T.
I ., to this old Tm»n of Thompson—a
corner town in geographical position,
and also, we may say, a corner stone in
maintenance of temjxfrance principles.
1 am happy to welcome the tenijs-r
anve :sister- and workers to this origi
nal, persistent No-license Town, and
which, since the liquor question be
came optional, has never failed to give
its vole and influence against the sale
of liquor within its borders. 1 am glad
to welcome you in this plain, simple,
matter-of-fact, every-day Town House
i — whose first public meeting was held
! in behalf of temperance.
| Thompson was not a pioneer in this
movement—that honor belongs to our
, sister towns of Brooklyn and Canter*
! bury. And I'anlel Pratt. of t’anterbu
: ry, gave the first tem|<eranee lecture in
i ISIS. His plain, literal setting forth of
! the evil effects of Ibpior drinking,
I made a deep impression upon his hear
: ers. He enlisted the heartsianvi the
conscience* of good men and women
! A temperance society was formed, II
| >|uor was banished from daily family
I and social use. its retail sale in village
i stores abandoned; but no attempt was
i made to reform the drunkard.
Then came that grand, sweeping
: Washingtonian temperance movement
I —when John Hawkins spoke night af
ter night to crowded audiences in the
old meeting house,and drunkards came
forward to sign the pledge under the
shadow of the pulpit.
That movement closed the bar of the
old Stiles tavern, and awakened wide
! spread public sentiment. Hut still the
I Uallle was not won. There were nolo
| rious "Line taverns" on the landers of
i Massachusetts and Rhode Island, In
feeling outlying sections of the tow n:
: and even here, on the hill, were two;
j obstinate drinking places—not tnen I
j dlgnilicd by the name of saloon.
One was a veritable rum-hole, under '
the store of “I’onag" inntue imported |
from Rhode Island , stood on the jsiint !
of the t’0111111011. So. when this Town
House was built, in IM1, a temperance
campaign was opened, with John It
Gough as leader. It liegan on Sunday
night, in this audience room—then
lirst o|suled in the public—and w as fol
lowed by a week s labor, in all parts of
the town, with visits to all the school
houses—sjieaking every night in some
available center, tin Saturday after
noon the children were gathered front
all parts of the town, and paraded the
Common with banners,‘and singing,
and were marshalled in this Town
House—where the closing meeting was
held on Sunday evening.
Thai week's solid work left n lasting ]
Impression upon tlie town. Anil so,
when the responsibility of authorizing
the sale of llipior w as left l > eaeh town
for decision, our voters were ready with
an emphatic *• No License" ftu I'homp
son—anti that altitude has been stcadi
Iv inaintaineil.
j ■
Changes have eoine, local societies
| have eoine ami gone, efforts have Isa n
l matte to re-open the ipiestlon—hut in
i every instance the tow n has risen to
the occasion, with a strong \ ole against
it.
The Inca! patriotism which insists
that as Thompson neter hml a town
debt, it shall never have one—is equal
ly strenuous in the matter of license.
Two years ago, when thirty-eight )>e
litioners asked that the sales of litpinr I
might is' permitted, our Sisters of tile
\V. C.T. I . came to the rescue. Ureal
interest w as aroused—a public meeting
was held, and so strong was the pres
sure that even one petitioner succumb
ed, ami only -i" voles were east for li
e-use—which we call a line show In a
population of live or six thousand
(Should mil the Temperance Colon
gi\e three cheers for old Thompson?'
And so we most heartily welcome '
the County \V. C. T. I . for liieir aid in j
the furtherence of the good work. We
know that “perpetual vigilance Is the
j price of freedom-” We recognize the
power of federation and mutual help
fulness. If our old temperance town
needed the power of tills Order, how
much greater the need in tow ns less
favored. We rejoice ill our zeal and de
termination, and all llie good you have
accomplished. We rejoice In the priv
ilege of making your acquaintance.
Personally i feel greatly Indebted to
the Temjieranee Colon for bringing me
into knowledge and fellowship with so
many good women, whom 1 should not
otherwise have known. And I trust
this meeting today will prove a lasting
benefit and Inspiration to all.
Am Important Max.
The Held day meet between Putnam
High School and Killlngly High
He bool, i« to take place Friday June 12.
The meet will be at the Itiveraide Uilv
lnft Park, in Danielaon. Frank Ho
warth and William Holmea, of Put
nam, are making the arrangement* at
this end.
The event* will Include a mile and a
half run; 440, 220 and too yard* dashes:
high jum|M, relay race, and ahot-put.
To get in whape for the content, the
P. H. H. boy* are practicing constanl
Tbey have iieeu putting conaiderable
time at tbe Fair ground* the pant week
going through Ihe stunt* that nre sche
duler!, and may be defended upon to
make a good showing for their School. '
interest in the Hint event of this ,
character between the two school- I*
acute, and there will undoubtedly I* a ,
i large number of the local student* pre*- '
| eat to cheer their team.
|t»t Philip** MImIuii.
On Sunday next, June l ith, at the
1 10^*) a. in. service, Prof. M. P. Walker,
! <»f H. John’* I nHereity, shanghai,
t htna, will make an address upon the
educational work in that country.
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—The W. K. I*, will decorate the de
ceased members’ grave*, Wednesday
! afternoon, June iTib, leaving Bugbee'*
* corner at 1 ; for West Thomi>son.
Secy.
Marriage Bell*.
McGaKKV -Tkick.
Viewed by the City Orttrtal* and a
large ooncourae i>f friend*, Mayor John
J. MoGarry and MU* Sarah A. Ttgue,
of Danielson, were married at S* o'clock
Tuesday morning In St. Mary's Ro
man Cathol'c Church.
The ceremony ««* performed by Rev
Ft. Dykeman. Theta's! man w*» !ter
nanl J. McOarry,the groom's cousin,
and the bridesmaid Miss Katherine
Tigue, of Danielson, sister of the bride.
A nuptial High Mass was celebrated,
Rev. Kr. Dykeman laving the celebrant.
After the ceremony a reception for
the members of the Immediate taint
lie« was held at No. idrovr street.
Mayor MeGarry and bride left on an
afternoon train for New York. On
their return they will reside at No. ,'v
Grove street.
New Rural Deliver) Route.
Postmaster letters has recommend
ed the establishment of Rural Delivery
service route, No. I, from Putnam Post
Office.
The route laid out is -t > miles In
length, and will serve Ijn families re
siding in the rural districts of Thomp
son. Commencing at the |si*t ottiee,
the carrier will travel N. \\ ., to the
junction of Church street and Wood
stock avenue, thence—
N. to West Thompson corner.
K and N. K. to Thompson four cor
ners.
N. K. to Cast rhompson corner.
N. W ant W to Porter Plains.
vs. to residence of J lietendeen.
W., retrace to Porter Plains.
N. to l.ttlle Pond turn.
W. to Wilsonvllle sclnsil house Coi
ner.
h. to t; -osv enordale corner.
is. W. to Perrin's corner.
fs. t,o West Thompson.
S. \V. to Anderson coroner.
M. K. to Putnam |*>st ottiee.
Tltc fad that litis route has already
licen ofticially laid out by an agent of
the Poat Office Department will facil
itate the establishment of the service.
<1 M ■ I'ltlti H*itqit«»t
On Tuesday evening the Ml** Sar
gtnt and Mis* Hall entertained at a
banquet the O. M (’lull. The gue*t of
honor nil- Min* Annie Hammond, now
of Hamilton, but recently t» teacher In
the Israel Putnam School.
Kleven of the member* were present
and greatly enjoyed the occasion.
The table decorations were in green
and white, and a six course dinner w as
sort ed
\t the clo»c, Miss Hammond was
presented with a l«ix of hnnd-euibrold
ered towels, the gill of the ft. M girls
to one of their numlicr, soon to leave
their t lull.
i'liis banquet closes the meetings of
the year, and the event w ill long la* re
membered by the <>. M. <'Inb members,
who were privileged to lie entertained
at the I ongrcgatlonal Parsonage by
the accomplished hostesses, Miss Sar
gent and M iss Hall.
I lly Court —Hnsnell. ,lu,lg«.
t buries Potter was la-fore the court
Saturday on a charge of cleaning \ auIU
without a |a*rmlt and for talking abus
ively to Sergeant Hayes. Potter told
the Judge that he Innl not violated any
of tlie provisions of the city charter
governing his ease, and saw an attor
ney I adore lie was satisfied to pay the
line of and costs, amounting lo Ho.
The Judge considerately allowed a .HI
day limit foi payment.
Arlhtirand Prank Ledoux, residents
of Ithodesville, were fined tloM each on
Monday, after pleading guilty to sell
ing liquor from the (locket on Sunday.
Being unable to pay the line the two
men were sent to jail. They had lieeii
under suspicion for some time, and by
a trap set for them by < apt. Murray,
they were caught In the very act of
making sale* on Providence street.
The “Sunday sale” case* were ad
journed one week.
CakMi I rum Hair* Dim.
It will be • welcome announcement
to the people ol Putnam ami surround
ing town* that the pupiU of Notre
Dame will preeent the public with an
other play thU year. Thoee who had
the plea*urn of teeing the Academy
program a year ago may readily aur
mlae what a treat awalUthem Hunday
evening, June 21at, at 7:30o'clock.
ThU play, which will be given in Ht.
John’a Hall, Providence atreet, U a
acriptural Cantata, telling the atory of
Naaman’s Cure, aa beautifully and Im
pressively as full rleh tone* and appro
priate costuming can do It.
We trust the people of Putnam will
respond with the *an»e enthusiasm a*
characterized the performance of a year
ago. The proceed* of this occasion are
lor the same enda, namely, toward
building the new Mount St. Joseph’s
Convent In Hartford, Coon., for the ac
commodation of the old and sick Sin
ters of the Sister* of Mercy Order in
this State.
Tickets may be procured at Mr. Gor
man '* ottW. Front street or from mem
bt*fs of tlie different S s-teties, who have
kindly Offered their services to Insure a
large advance safe. Price ,'v» and it5
cents.
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— The ladies of Jtwtioilm chapter of
Cte Has in ii Star are to hold a food sale
f ontto •> on Friday afternoon at Ar
nold's market on Front street, ilread,
cake, doughnuts, lolwter and potato
salad, will be on sale.
Pstaan Fair Committees.
The Manager* of the Putnam Pair
Grounds have selected (October «, 7 and
S a* the dates on which to hold their
annual Fair. They have learned year
by year how treat to serve the public
wishes, and have begun early to enable
them to accomplish all that la reqaia
itc to have the forthcoming Fair sur
pass any heretofore held, notwithstand
ing those of the last few years were
very successful, especially that of last
year.
The ipreliminary step* In the work
are, of course, the formation of tbeeom
mittces. The following have already
Iss’ii appointed:
HKVISION OK TitK I’RKMIt'M l.tST.
John O- Fox, , Richard Gorman,
Kniest M. Arnold.
I’KKas ANI» AOVKKTlslNO ACIUNT.
William It. Taylor.
SI I’KKINTKMIKNT OK KKMTAtA.
George II. Taylor.
KNTKKTAINMKXT tSIMMITTKR.
K. I,. Ivelley, F. G. I.cllers,
Itlehard Gorman.
TO SKI I IIK St'l’KKINTKMlKNTOK NAtda
Richard Gorman, John G. Fox.
KIXAMK COMMITTKK.
I’. W. Hrndway, K. I.- Kelley,
AtlllTOKS.
F. K. Clark, George K, Greaser.
I’ot 1,1ItV PoMgtTTKK.
\V. Ilraiiwny, R. I,. Ilullard.
M Kill'll A NTS Oil niAOKSMKXS KXHt
I I'S.
I»r. F. F.. .dorrell, Geo. W. Haber,
John O. Fox.
ON Tit KKTS.
I'. W. llradway.
We learn that n big approplntlon has
already U'cn set a»lde for entertain
nienl features. These will include eg- *
eeplloual vaudeville acts and other at
IractloiiN of a novel nature.
It is loo early lo a|ieak about the
Fair Itself. That will come later. It
la now a well established institution
and one the eitlaena of this town dewlia
to see maintained as an enjoyable re
creation for all classes of p«t>ple.
Obituary
•
J Nii'IIOI.H Pkhkin.
Funeral scrvlcea for J. N lehols Fer
rkn, aged 7H, who died nt lHe home of
VIr*. John I>. Johnson, In I'mnfret, last
Saturday morning, were held in the
drove si reel cemetery on Monday af
lemoon. Itev I''.. \V. Hrlcher, of the
drove wired Methodist church, oltkm*
ted.
The bearers vyre II. 1.. Hurt, Janie*
F. Weillherllend, deorge dllpnlrloand
i llenjimin ('bailee, brother memU-rn of
j Hie A. O. I . W
Mr. Perrin leaves two children, Mrs.
I J. K. Knowllun, of raululitma, dal.,
I mid M. I,. I'errln, of Hartford. Other
relatives present at the Innernl were a
brother, Kdward A. I'errln, of Halavla,
N. V., and a granddaughter, Miss Jes
sie II. I'errln, of Worcester.
Mr. I'crrin was n carjienler by trade,
bid had retired several years ago. Ilia
home for a great ninny years waa In
Putnam, lie whs one of the last of
a family once prominent In this vicini
ty and long associated with the history
of Windham county.
Congregational Church Notes
Next Holiday If* to ix; olwerved m
Children's Huudav. Instead of tlio
usual morning service, nn exercise has
Ix-en arranged for the young [xvople
with special music nml recitatlona.
Any parents who wish baptism for
their children are requested to confer
with the Pastor ns early in the week
as possible.
1* HOOKAH
1‘ris'essioiiHl, He hoot
Prayer, Pastor
Anthem, Choir
Presentation of Itlhles.
Welcome Hpeech, Hubert McIntyre
Our Day, I 'll (lord Clark
Thank You, Heavenly Father,
Klheabeth Wheetoek
Hohr, Merrily Hina, Pansy Claw
The Itud and tire Itose, Doris Carver
Hinging, Heboet
God's Hmlles, Kleanor Carpenter
IdUie Daisies, Hunahine Claw
Duet, The Daisies,
Dorcas and Hath Bartlett
Cod's Touch, Flora While, Evelyn
Kills, Ruth Child
MseltaUon, Jesus made the Kiowera,
Hylvla Wheekwk, Mnry Carpenter, K.
Oeeaon, Helen Carver, Doris Hykea, A.
Arnold, Wilfred Hharpe, William
Phyllla M;
Juste Utile Child,
Hinging,
Collection.
Hinging,
Benediction.
The annual meeting of the Cradle
(toll, Friday afternoon, brought logo*
liter 64 children of seven years and we*
der. Games and roeklnghoreaa gava
much pleasure until the circle was
formed for the kindergarten gamea, In
which even the battles Died to Join. A
dainty luncheon, server! in the
gymnasium, ended the happy after*
noon. Twelve members were promo*
ted to the Sunbeams. The mile-bowse
contained eift.64.
At the annual meeting of the King’s
| Daughter* held at tire home of Mm ■
Joseph McKachnie, the following uttt
j c«r» were elected. '-Ja
leader, Mrs. Joseph McKachnie.
Vice leader, Mrs. C. D. Bharpe.i |vj
rsecrelary and treasurer, Mrs. A. K.
Cole.
Assistant Hecrelary, Mrs. L. O. Wit*
liarns.
i investigating Committee, Mm. C. P.
i Hharpe, Mins B. LUxle Clarke, Mm. C
Nikoloti.
• 11 was voted to adfourn the
I meetings until October.