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A WEEKLY FAMILY PAPER . EIGHT PAGES.
VOL.
XXXVI.
Entered at the Putnam post Otbcm
m second-ci*** matter.
PUTNAM, CONN.. FRIDAY, JULY 3 1908
NO 27
' IV \» Brown of Rochester, N.
Y haling re atives in town.
' Herman B. I handler of Worcester
Sunday in Putnam.
'^ton F Lev itt is spending the
^■n Worcester.
gn p.rohne Borhauer is spend
' week' ^ Windham,
j-htrles K 'haw has returned from
yilhhi' parents in Bayonne, N.J.
Mig6 Ardeiie Wright, teacher re
, . Ka,- Putnam, is to enter Le
Stanford I niversity this fall.
Mrs >lVi!a Brown, of Rochester,
x'y fpnner v a resident of this city,
s the ’guest ofloca friends.
t iara Williams, her daughter,
M'‘ Bernice, and Miss Paine, are at
cestent Beach for a week.
Miss Kate Roberts, of Worcester
jlTaWia1 Hospital, is the guest of Put
aan friend'
Master John Wright, who spent
Jamter with friends in Plymouth,
vj» 1' »t home for the summer vaca
_Putnam B. P. O. E. holds
• meeting this week Friday evening,
UlC0BS,der the matter of holding the
k„mI outing and picniq.
Johp Hii mis. who graduated from
Worcester Academy, has taken the ex
on nations for admission to Vale. Wil
iam Wright, who graduated from the
p mam High -ehool, has taken the
ruminations for Harvard.
__Two mm painting the Ilag pole on
|f*Putnam Inn attracted considera
te attention - aturday. They have
- : work of .a similar
Kluif about tlie city.
-TheW.t T. 1 will have a Bas
te! Picnic at Mrs. Cunningham's,
(testThompson, on \\ednesday, July
It All friends of the I'nion are cor
(j,ily invited Car leaves Bugbee's
lomerat 1:55.
-Miss Maude Case, of Worcester
Academy, with a conducted parly,
ailed from New York, June -7lh, for
C srop* on steamship Caledonia. Their
ravels will lie through England, Beol
France. Holland, Belgium and
•wlaerland.
-Mr and Mis. \V. H. Holmes and
on Richard are visiting with A. W.
is.lionaltl and family, Oak Hill. Mr.
j , t > :• i\ for Cleveland, O., |
ilierchcdvo red an address Tuesday
t re the N i .r al Educational So
. .. ni \v in n in that city.
I—So decision in the mandamus pro
mimgs against Prosecuting Attorney
i i>. Card II I-yet been handed down 1
(Judge Hmu aek. The Sunday si- j
iditm in tut- meantime remaining :
houl the san i bn .tlie past three weeks
le nc*> stores closing at noon and tlie j
m'eeticnerv't res ojiening afternoon, j
-The C. A t base ball team who I
'as to play in Sandersdale on tlie j
terooon of July 4th, just received !
!*'ls *e sio to press of the game be- j
*post|K>ned foi some serious reasons. I
& expected that the boys will play |
: the new baseball grounds in the
lernoon with fast out of town team, j
* poolers for furtlier particulars.
-Rev J i 1*. Trowbridge, former
West \\ dstock, and for the last
* (ear- pa- . ,,i the Congregational
‘".'hat N Kcchester, Mass., re
Miy Kerpitd a call to l.iecotne pastor j
' ■ 1 ■ ■: . . itjonal church at West 1
DSjin.Mas- i)n W ednesday, June-4. j
: Trosl . w is installed pastor :
stn Kccit-v .stical Council called for |
atpurp.o, and held at his new par- j
“Judge K.igar M.Warner will deliv
au address at 1 lanielson Friday, at
* ®i*catenniai exercises. Hissubject
** be. “Our Youngest OHspring,"
th reference to Putnam as formerly
^•tof the town of Killingly. Miss
U. Earned, of Thom (won, will
b'er an address on “Our Eldest < *11
ring ’' Thompson also, at one time,
ln* included in the territory of the
of Killingly.
■The warning against using explo
it end other disturbing noises, ex
i* on restricted hours of the Fourth,
,JW by Mayor Meiiarry, means what
**Js. This was manifested by the
l* I wo over-zealous lads, who
lrf taken before the Mayor, on
**•9, for violation of his orders,
'ct.recei. mg a reprimand and giving
}DBu-e not to explode firecrackers
411 the Fourth, the Mavor released
tm.
'Un Saturday Mrs. Mary F. Hop
• flesideut of Foinfret, in crossing
® I nton block to hugbee's block,
J,*n street xriednlally dropped a roll
*hteh fell unnoticed in the gut
etopie | ;i—e<l ami repassed with
,K|U«»njt the pri/e. looking out of
* I >s Frank Lucier noticed
ilte- ; 1 o;i-, an»l made an excla
rl,ri'C. A traveling saies
re at the time, followed
/ a/e, ■ ami he also saw the
•v out. the elder Mr. l>u
v ami they picked up the
I red dollars in all. ("apt.
pening just then to i<ass
oesi of the discosery. He
auk. as the likeliest place
le there found Mrs. Hop
- rney to supply w hat she
few- words of explanation
P at «he w as the owner of the
and il was delivered
-uvier
*r»1 -
fray j. ,
*»s II, ,
-
Setting i
*w A
—Miss Beatrice Dwyer is visiting re
i latives in New Britain.
—Mrs Margaret Smith of. Fremont
street, is entertaining Miss Beta Smith
of Southbridge
| —Mrs. George Oilp*trie returned on
Saturday after a week's visit with
riends in Worcester and Boston.
—Mr. and Mrs. I. N.Shaw, of Pros
Idence were guests of their aunt, Ellen
I M. Bugliee.
Miss Marjorie Warren is spending
; a few weeks with relatixe* in Brook
j lyn, N. Y.
—Miss Helen Bradley is home front
i Michigan I'niversily, Ann Arbor, to
| sjtend her vacation with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. S. Bradley.
—Masters Kenneth and Malcolm
Johnson of Franklin, have been the
guests of their aunt. Mrs. George W.
Perry, the past week.
—Something ought to t>e done to pre
serve our beautiful trees along Hint
street from the ra\ ages of the elm bee
tle, which are now at their work of de
struction.
—I*or«t office hours July 41 h: Office
open from 8:30 a. m. to 1J in., and •> m
to 7 p. in.
Money order division dosed.
One delivery by (.'in Carriers.
ltural service sus|iended for the day.
—Cards are out announcing the mar*
riageof Mr. Frank Swaisland to Mi"
Ktta Lee, who was recently a nurse at
the Day Kimball Hospital. Mr. and
Mrs. Swaisland will i*- at home after
.1 uly Joth, at SaultSt. Marie, Ontario,
Canada. The wedding took place in
Montreal, J une J4th.
— List of letters remaining at the
Putnam Post Office for the weekend
ing J une 10:
Ladies—Mrs. F. S. Brown, Mrs. H.
H Brown, Miss M. Case. Almina Dur
ov, Mrs. it. K. Film, Mrs. Kmil De
Wille.
Gentlemen—A. S. (iosselin, Clifford
M. I.ovelanp, (i. K. A. Merron, C. ti.
Hainiee.
— Principal Spratt, of the High
School, and family, are s]iending the
summer at his old home, North Bridg
on, Me. The other teachers of the High
School, w ho live abroad, have gone to
their several hollies. All the teachers
have l>een re engaged, excepting one,
who has given up teaching for the pre
sent, and will remain at home.
— fir. Neil Macphalter Hammond,
of New Vork,dins been spending a few
days at the home of A. Hammond,
<>ak Hill, this week, (in Tuesday lie
aitendeil the wedding of Mi" Annie
Hammond, at the In me of her parents
in Hampton. He w i Is1 at the home
oi Mr. Hummami the latter part of
the week before ret timing to New Vork,
where lie holds a prominent place in
his profession.
—“Sou\ enir Taylor." while no politi
cian, takes great interest in politieal
ail airs. He lakes great pride in lieing
able to name the winning candidate,
Claiming that he hits never yet faileii.
lie early predicted the nomination of
Taft as candidate f >r President, and
it was put on printed record, amt was
not a case of “| told yon so.’ Hi1 says
lie predicted the success of the last four
candidates for Governor, without miss
ing. 1 it* is now out for Lilley, and is
distributing the latter's badge button's.
— Mayor McGarry lias issued bis
Proclamation in regard to the eclehra- ,
lion of the Fourth. No disturbing
noises w ill I* permitted after to o'clock
p. ill., July 3, until after o o'clock a.
ill.,'July 4, or after P> o'clock p. m. of
same day. If the young people will be «
as orderly in obeying the orders of the j
Mayor as they were the past two years,
which, while it gratilied our citizens, j
did them much credit, as theirconduet .
tends to give our city a good reputation, j
—Nathan 1). Bill, of Springfield, has
given to that city a large tract of land,
valued at $4»,00U, for a children's play
ground. Fast and West the cities are
providing play-grounds w here children
can get happy, health recreation, of
which otherwise they would be de
prived. Putnam sadly needs such a
playground. The ladies of the city are
organized to get control of land around
t argil! Falls, and are meeting steady
success in raising funds for the pur
chase of the property. If all would as
sist in the purchase of the property it
would soon be transformed into a tine
shady plav-ground for children and a
a pleasant retreat for older people in
sultry weather.
_From yesterday, July 1. the Imck
et-shops are not to be allowed in thi
State, a* the la-t Legislature passed a ,
law, "conipassionately allowing the
nefarious business to be continued for
about four month- and then tho-c
eaught secretly .engaged in it are to la
treated and punished as base criminals.
Good-hearted people seem not to la ’
able to be interested but in one prevail
i„g crime at a time. Governor Hughes, 1
of New York, began two years ago to j
get the Ijegjs’ature of that State to en
act a law to punish race track gam
bling. which was carried on in viola
tion of slate law He failed the lirst
year—half of the Senators <>!ing to al
l low the crime to goon. This year it
w as barely pa—ed. But in Ibe mean
time the malter aroused public interest
all over the country. «>lhci Stales are
now agitating the question of suje
pressing gambling in every form. <>ur
law to put down bucket shops Is one
of the fruits of that agitation.
I
laltii* the Talent and Enerfy o( New
Enfland to Improve Its Condition.
The idea of bringing together New
j England States in an ertort to further
! the welfare of this moat needy secton of
1 ll,e country, is spreading and gaining
| strength. The Springfield Hoard of
i Trade, this week, adopted resolutions
I on the subject, which were sent to
j Governor Guild.
| After pointing out that States in oth
er parts of the country are uniting to
i promote their sevcrel interests, and
| that as New Kngland possesses a eom
j bination of agricultural, industrial, ed
j uealloiia! advantages surpassed by no
other section of the country, it should
dothesame, and then adopted the fol
lowing resolutions'
Resolved, That in the judgment of
I the Springfield Board of Trade, it is
| high time that the New Kngland States
•'got together" in an earnest eitort to
do something for New Kngland.
Resolved, that the Springfield Board
of Trade isslrongiv of the opinion that
a conference should tie called for the
purpose of considering the question of
bow ihe interests of New Kngland can
ties! la- promoted.
The Patriot is a tieliever in ihe |hiw -
er of combination to accomplish great
things—thing' never yet dreamed of,
not only for the good of the general
world, but any section of that world.
If New Kngland should -elect its
l*‘-t men, in w hom the |>eople hadeon
tidence. to meet together in council to
concert measures to develop to greater
degree it- varied known and latent
resources for ihe benefit, comfort and
elevation of it- (teople, it would not
follow they could, individually or col
lectively , ad\a nee those Interest- one
step. 11 shouldn't be expected of them.
When Congress meets to make provis
ion for its navy, its aimy, agricultural
or any of the many other departments
into w hich the government is divided,
Ihe members do not plan or suggest
w lull should be done. They call ujion
the ablest, wisest, talented and most ex.
perienced men not only in the country
but in the world, to oiler plans and
suggestions to advance to the highest
etiiciency any and ail the great needs
of the country. They call u|Min Kdi-on
to offer suggestions for anything need
ed in his line: to advance our agricul
tural interests. Secretary Wilson and
theexjierta in his Department are call
ed upon, and so oil to gel the l>c-t sug
gestions for everything needed. Keen
then nothing practical lias lieen accom
plished. We call on experienced ship
builders to construct our navies, the
great foundries to cast and construct
artillery, e.\|iert mechanicians to make
gun> and everything needed in their
line, until the government needs are
supplied of the best most improved
there i- to tx> found.
Somewhere in the nation there exist
men. with natural talent-to produce
w hatever i- required that 1- lo lie made
or dev i-ed. w liether il is to sail through
the air under oceans or travel under
ground, or to construct new dev ices for
any imaginable pur|sise.
such a Council a- that suggested
have but to meet, ask the world to
make suggestions to aid their delibera
tions—offering in pay well for every
thing that prov cs useful or v a I liable. 11
w ill prove ania/ing to learn how many
and how -iuipleare the unknow n ways
of Increasing the prosjierity of New
Kngland.
— Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Scarfs left
Thursday to spend the monlli at Nan
tucket.
— Mrs. Albert Coieord of Portland, i
Me., is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. i. \V. Trow bridge.
—Mis' Mary H. Daniels left Monday
for Wilhelm Heinrich s summer music
school at Xorwell, Mass.
—The Baptist Sunday school held its
annual picnic at Wildwood Park on
Tuesday, going in sjrecial cars.
—The annual outing of the Congre
gational Sunday school was held on
Wednesday, the parly going by sjiecial
trolley to Beacon Park, Webster, and
then by steamer to Point Breeze.
— Isaac Champeau and J. C. Gagne
leave Friday for New York, where they
will join the New York delegation of
Klks, sailing from that city July 4, for
the annual (irand Bodge meeting of the
Order,which convenes at Dallas, Texas,
July 12.
— William H. Taylor, in charge of
the reunions of the general assemblies
of the stale for a number of years, was
in Hartford Tuesday conferring with
Representative K. Hart Kenn and
Senator Blakeslee of New Haven rela
tive to the reunion of the legislative
club* of Connecticut 1901-19U7 inclus
ive. This year s reunion will proba
bly Ire held about the middle of Au
gust. either at Bridgeport or at New
I Haven.
I —The span of horses hitched to the
| Woodstock stage beeame frightened at i
I a passing locomotive, Wednesday after
j noon, while driver was in the baggage
! njoni at the railroad station. They ran
! with frantic sjieed directly across the
~ uare. he* led for l nloii Pdock, and
it seemed nothing but a miracle could
' save them from dashing into the stores
at their own destruction and that of
■ the stage, with great damage to the
j sUnes, when, on striking the sidewalk
thev made a sudden, sharp turn to the
i ieft, going around another vehicle,
j when they were caught and stopped,
j The only damage done w as a broken
j wiuSWlree and a bent wheel.
Jhc Weddiags
H AMMON l»—KPMON p
A very pretting Wedding occurred
Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
William Hammond of Hampton, when
their daughter Annie wra* married to
Mr. Herman Kdmond, of Storrs t'ol-;
lege.
The ceremony was performed by the ■
Rev. K. 1). Sargent, of Putnam, assist
ed by the Rev, G. M. Marshall, of
Hampton—the double ring service lic
ing used.
The bridal party entered to the st rain*
of the Wedding March, from laihen
grin. The bridesmaids were Miss He
len Hammond, sister of the bride, and
Miss Bennett, of Montclair, N J. They
were gowned in pink, and carried large
bouquets of sweet peas.
Mrs. ( larenoe Hammond Knowtton
of Brooklyn, N. Y-, waa Matron of
Honor. (She wore light blue, and car
ried a bouquet of lilies of the \ alley.
The bride was gowned in a white
princess dress and veil, and carried a
bridal bouquet of roses.
G. H. I.amson, of Storrs College act
ed as liest man.
After the ceremony a wedding break
was served. There were many guests
fr mi neighboring towns and cities
The wedding gifts were both hand
some and numerous.
Mr. and Mrs. Kdmond left on the af
ternoon train fora wedding journey,
after which they will reside al storrs.
Douglas Camp Meeting.
The thirty-fourth annual meeting of
the Itnuglas <'amp Meeting Association
will be lielil on their grounds, Douglas,
Mil", beginning on Friday evening,
July IT, anil lasting ten days.
Active preparations are being made
for the meeting, and a large gathering
is exfieeled this year. An unusually
large number of ministers and Chris
tian workers hare been engaged to con
duct the services, representing twenty
live elm reties in dilterenl parts of New
Kngland and New York, and four de
nominations.
lieacon ti. M. Morse, the veteran
w orker and founder of this camp meet
ing, will lie present to give direction
and encouragement to services ami
workers.
Mrs. I,. M. Thackeray, vv h > led the
singing so acceptably li. * ..ear, has
ix’cn engaged this year. She will he
assisted by an orchestra and a large
chorus choir.
Special attention is to !«■ given to the
< hristian iusl ruction and adv anoement
of the childien, and Mrs. J. K. Head,
of Worcester, Mass., for many years so
well known at the Willimnntic eamp
melting, lias tieen engaged to conduet
a daily service for lire young [ieople.
Coiitrllmtlou mill C*»ln|»llmenlary letter
Mrs. tieo. Shaw ha* received this
week a very pleasant note from Mrs.
tieo. L. Hradley, who has for many
years speirt her summers in I’omfret,
inclosing her check to help along the
fund for the improvement tola* made
around ('argill Kails,
The letter was greatly appreciated,
not altogether for the generous Inclua
ure, but for the kind words of commen
dation for the work licing undertaken.
11 has liecn known that hath M r>. Itrad
ley and Iter late husband have tieen in
terested in tlie improvement, and the
appreciation of our falls, as expressed
by those who have, by unit'll travel,
laan enabled to judge of their merits.
Such substantial aid and testimony oil
set, in a measure, the lack of interest
in many who see the falls daily.
Congregational Church Note*
The following is the 11*1 of the newly
elected officer* of the V. I’. S. tK.:
I*resident— \rlhur M. I iHrhe.
Vice President—Mary l>aniel*.
Secretary—Bindley Pain.
Treasurer—John Warner.
Correafionding Secretary—Harold M.
Corbin.
lookout Committee—Howard Brad
ford, Mra. C. I>. Shaine, Cheater E.
Child, Herliert Maynard,Marjorie Bur
ge**, Eva Inman.
Prayer Meeting Committee—Frances
Warner, Mra. K. J. Daniela, Gertrude
Warner, Matari Bate*, Bindley Cain,
Bottie M. Angell.
Music Committee—Hamid Corbin,
C. L>. Sharpe, Edith Johnson, Bertha
I>avia, Blanche Randall, J. A. Morae,
Jr.
Social Committee—Mr*. W.J. Bart
lett, John Inman, Marguerite Mans
Held, Mra. A. I>. McIntyre, Ray Boa
worth, Owen Barrett.
Flower Committee—Mary Wheaton,
Gertrude Hall, Mae Smith, Hattie In
man, Gladys Murfey, Josephine Gif
ford.
Missionary Committee—Mra. J. R.
Carpenter, Mary Daniel*, Mra. K. I).
Sargent.
Next Mai>bath afternoon the sacra
ment of the lx>rd’* Snp|>er will be ad
ministered. At tbe roll call, on Thurs
day evening, the name* of ail those
j who have united with the church at j
[July communions will he read. It'
i* quite de-irable that there las re*- |
! j*)ii*es to every name, by at least a |
j verse of scrifd-ure, and a more forma!
| testimony will add to the interest and j
I tie appreciated.
--- -
j —l*rael Putnam !»dge, No. ■ I. O. j
O. F-, elected the following officer* on (
I Tuesday evening:
, Noiiic Giaud—char.N- Nfehol*.
| Vice-Grand—James Barnes,
i Secretary—B. H. Suiter,
i Treasurer—Beon T. W lison.
— Itev . B. F. Benoit wiii »|>eak in
! French *1 the Baptist ehureh in thia j
! city, next Sunday at 4 o'clock p. m.
High School Graduation.
AN A I'M 1RA BLK AHI'RKSS
In our la-d issue, In out report of the
Putnam High School Hradualing ex
ercises, we had space only to barely al
lude to the admirable Address of Rev .
H I*. llenson, !>. I, of Tremont Tem
ple. Boston. We non give it in part
as follows:
I am grateful for the gracious Intro
duction that has !>eon accorded me. It
was handsomer than 1 got some years
ago, when I went to lecture in Isvuls
vtlle, Ky, A friend who introduced me
on that occasion said: “In passing a
drug store window, this afternoon, 1
noticed a picture of the speaker of the
evening, and Just across his mouth, in
letters of gold, the shopman had hung
a sign hearing this legend: ‘Open day
and night.' Laughter.:
I appreciate the honor that has been
done me in being invited to s|>eak on
so auspicious an occasion as this.
I never look into the laces of such a
body of young |>eople w ithout w ishing
myself one of them. And I never mar
ry a young couple without envying
them a little. Not that I am dissatis
fied with my choice, I would so choose
again not w II list gliding there is so much
beauty behind me, but I envy their be
ginning.
I have chosen a theme that hardly
seems appropriate for an occasion like
tills, but I think it will la- found pro
fitable after all. I will only s|K*ak a
little while, as 1 appreciate what has j
been said about the warmth of this j
June night —which will grow hotter as I
I proceed. 1 was once asked, when I j
went to deliver a lecture, how long I
talked, and replied until the audience
got tired nnd went out, but bmiglil 1
y ill try lo linlsh before you go home.
J shall s|ichk on “Uunnery." Not
Its long range, Ihu its high range, when
we somewhat facetiously say education
is “teaching the young idea how to
shoot.” I shall divide it into three di
visions: (inn Metal, Ammunition, and
Aim. 1 shall apeak mostly in the mas
culine, hut w hen I say man I shall also
mean wo-ntaii. I lake it for granted
that every man is a gun, or a "son of a
gun.” Laughter.: Metal is the stut!'
he is made of, and determines his |sis
sibililies of power. Some natures are
so surcharged that they will break out
no matter how vvsighlcd dow n. Tlie-e
men are arbltors of their own destinies
and will triumph —not creatures of eir
cunislnnees hut creators of circumstan
ces. on the other hand, there are those
that ide good for nothing, and never
will l>c good for any thing. You can't
make bricks w it lion l straw 1 ou must
littve something to build upon
I knew a Ilian who got tola- a preach
er, and he was always tired: he was
horn tired, and he wouldn't have lived
so long If he had not been too la/.y lo
draw bis last breath. He wanted me
to get him a position. What Is a pas
tor good for if he can't gel one of his
congregation a (aisitloii? I heard of a
little church that wanted a preacher,
and I sent him out there, and tlu-y sent
him hack: I sent him to another, and
they sent him hack; they got tired and
I got tired—he was always tired, f i
nally he asked me for a letter of recom
mendation to Hr. W ilson. He said lie
wanted to Is* a slate missionary, to
Cover the whole State of Maryland.
Imagine such a man trying to cover
the whole Slate of Mary land. He asked
me if I was going lo give him a tetter
and I said, ‘-Yes, I will giveyou a let
ter of introduction.” lie said,"I notice
you said introduction, while I said re
commendation. 1 lid you mean Instate
it that way'.'” I told him yes, but that
I did not mean to make it unite so pro
nounced. I then told him I couldn't
and I wouldn't recommend him, for I
nad tiegiin to get mad, and when 1 get
1 till right out.
They tell litis little story of Abraham
Lincoln: Mr. Lincoln went once to a
stable-keejier and asked for ttie fastest
horse he had. He said lie was in a hur
ry to get to a convention as he wanted
to do some log-rolling. The stable
keeper, being of the opposite persua
sion, gave him the slowest old nag he
had. After much difficulty and the
unsparing use of the gad, Lincoln made
the trip. When tie returned, he asked
the keeper for what purpose he gener
ally used the horse. The keeper, be
ing something of a wag, replied: “I
drive him to the hearse.” “Too slow!
Too slow!” said Lincoln,” “you would
never get the corpse there in lime for
the resurrection!”
The speaker then said; “There Is the
natural genius and the natural fool.'
Then told a little story Illustrating the
predestined fool: “It i* true, It <le|*nds
very much on the wny the original me
tal Is moulded. Iron Is iron, but va
ries In fibre and finish, from the toy jus
tol to the powerful Krupp gun—from
a liariow knife to a structure that can
cut a bar of iron. ” ft is wonderful what
a transformation there is when it Is pul
through the mill- Ho it is with the
i human mind that has nothing to dts
! lingutah it from the common herd w hen
: ii has been through the roiling mill
! amt under the trip-hammer. Kvery
I examination i* a drawing-out, and eve
ry professor is more or less of a trip
hammer.
•1 am here lo beg you. young people,
who are coming on, to take plenty of
time. The trouble In America is, we
! don t lake time. We don't take time
! to eat— »e don l take time to sleep—
and the result is, we get nervous *|*ro«*
|K‘rll\ , a* some one used to say We
emit take time to (ret an education; U’a
hop,'kip, jump, and out. I lilt'd rat*
ing. Laughter l went through two
college*. I don’t know a-* I look it. I
don l know how much of them went
through me. I once knew a man w ho
had a calf that got the milk from two
cow*. When aiked w hat became of it,
he replied: '1,1 became a big call'-’ Had
I to do It oxer again I wouldn't go
through two, I would take plenty of
time and go through one. When 1 w a*
abov I wished 1 was a man. There
were so many beautiful women in the
world, and I was afraid they would all
be taken up. What a hail I was.
(Laughter issik here! lamk there!
i (hunting Is-hiiul and in front W ould
I were a boy again. More laughter.1
"You are not losing time when tak
ing time. Thing* of the greatest worth
are those of the slowest grow th. Take
plenty of time for getting rooted. l*o
through every school in sight and get
the la’st there is
"The ta’si gun ever made was no
good unless it hait something In it to
I a* a charge it must !*• loaded This
brings me to the second dlx tsion of my
talk
“ I believe pnw.U>r ha* dune more than
anything else to shorten war. There
was a Mine vv lien tilHii «rn|<|>U-<I with
man, hand to hand and cheek to cheek,
run each other through n it!i sword and
bayonet, lieennie covered with bloody j
Bore t his was horrible too much like !
Iiob sticking—a|K-akiiiK in ttie lingo ot I
t lilcago, where t lived so long. I had :
rattlei stand u|i and I*' shot like a Ren
lie man.
•'There must la- something corres
|HindiiiB to powder in ttie human sys
tem. We live in an aae of •t nllure,'
when it isn't ‘Bond form, you know ,' to
have feclioBs and express them. I like
llie Methodists and the colored fasiple,
for they let themselves out. Tills re
minds me of a little story of an old col
ored couple who were among my con
gregation in the South—Sarah and
Abraham. Aunt Sarah had one |s'CU
11 a illy. When she got so full—of hap
piness 1 mean—that she couldn't stand
It any longer, she would leave and go
out into the woods and shout ‘glory!'
After the war the w hite folks wouldn't
come to hear me, I suppose iieeHuse I
wason the wrong side. The tailored
folks would, hut they seemed to have
changed. They didn't let themselves
out as they used lotto. I did my level
best to rouse them. I did everything
I could think of. One tiny, when I was
almost tn despair, I heard hack in the
rear a sniol lu ted sound. I looked nlanit
and dually down between I lie benches
i spied old Aunt Sarah, just doing all
she could lo hold In. I shouted, "l-ct
go, Sarah!' And she let go, and we all
lei go—and Kleluird was hlniself again.
•• l.et shouted the H|ieaker.
“I inis (fk'r talking with the actor
i iarrlek, anil during (he conversation
I asked him how It was that he tilled
Ids theatre every night, while light lie*
side him we could gel so few people lo
go to church, lie replied: ‘We present
tlclioii as though It were true, while
you present truth lis though it were fic
tion.’ A man once preached from my
pulpit. Kvery word weighed a pound
Hndeve.iv phro*e nlon. As I listened
I Wondered If I should ever dare to
lo address my congregation again. As |
he towered, 1 cowered; hut ns I looked
alsnit I was amazed to see that many
of the congregation were asleep! lie
w a- as dry as a lame, and so mortally
deliberate. If h s projectile |"iwer had
ls-en cipnil to Ids projectile, he would
have plowed right through everything
In sight. I si- plenty of |siwder. Not
only |»owdcr hut ball. Not only explo
sive force, hut something to project.
There Hre tilings we call material that
are not material things. There are dia
monds greater than ever graced the tier
son of a queen: ships greater than ever
sailed the seas: guns morel powerful
than ever tired projectile. Thoughts are
the things; these projectiles travel fur
thest, hit the hardest, and sink the
lee|iest. Where It strikes It springs,
bends down and springs again, until a
whole continent Is covered.
“KUng thought! Hut where will you
gel It? you ask. What’s the use of
books? What's the use of libraries?
What's the use of going to school?
What's the use of listening to great
coniine nee merit addresses? Hows.)
(I .slighter, t 1 had a college mat*. We
were rivals in love. He didn't get the
girl, so I forgive Mm. 1 didn't get her
either, so 1 forgive him all the more.
He became a preacher. He threw aside
books and undertook to proceed on a
theory of evolution without them. His
corigregathm ts-gan to thin out. If
there is to tie evolution there must lie
involution.
The lie»t gun anil the Isvst ammuni
tion amount to nothing w ithout proper
aim. Most failures in life are due lo
Indefltlitene** of aim. I have been dis
nppoi riled in many of my college mates
—they didn't turn out as I expected.
There was Bill Thomas. He liecame a
minister. Think of Bill tie coming a
preacher. Then there was Jim Win
stock. He became the I’resldent of a
railroad. I met them all when I re
turned to deliver an addre** at com
mencement. A big fellow came up to
me and asked If l knew him. He
weighed about three hundred—as big
as Taft. I *atd:MN'o I don’t know you."
He said hU name was Joe Christian.
I
Of course I knew him. A friend said:
j •‘lint do von know him? Do you know
who he I*? He Is Chief Justice of th«
Supreme lour! of the State cf Ylrgi
nl*.' Hut he was *1111 nothin* to m«
I *>ut little Joe Christian—for we bed
heen chums, we had slept together; he
i *'»* * Utile runt then, but he waa
\ plucky, he was earnest; he was going
to he a lawyer, and there he was at the
lop of the heap. I hundred what had
become of those ‘brainy fellows, 'those
‘Itenluses?' and he told me. H-h h h.
(making a noise like a sky rocket'.
Yon know where those thin** come
down. I char*c you, young men and
women, that you stick toyour purpose,
lei your aim lie steady, true and high.
There was tlrover Cleveland, who has
just passed away, his remains will lie
hurled tomorrow. And Theodore Kww.
evelt. They had high aims as Ameri
can clllmts, so that the nation has been
proud of them. You are conduit to
manhood and womanhood al a time
such as the world has never seen.
Aim Itlttlt; Is* steadfast and true; Ite
loyal— ready to die, If need* lie.
"May Hod s|*vd you and five you
trlumiih on the hatlle Meld of life.”
Jail-Breaker Caplarrd.
George (Jermaine, ifi.', slias lien Ho.
gvr*. alias Geo. Vain, who wa* await
Inn trial forgrand larceny, in Hudson,
N. N ., who broke Jail there May loth,
but w as captured in this city early Iasi
Sat unlay morning' anil turnerl over to
the New York stale officials Sunday.
Word waa received in police elm lea
of the man's escape, with a card on
which was printed Ills photograph, lo
irether with nu oiler of rdtW reward for
his capture. The letter staled that tier
iiinlne had relatives in this city and
would Is- likely to show up here sooner
or later, lie was Dually located In a
house in the upper part of the oily,
and aland one o'clock Saturday morn
liiK ortloers surrounded the house and .
look him into cust.alv, locking hint In
thecHKc at headquarters.
Hudson office ra were notIDed, and In
reply said they would raunc on Inline
dlately, 1
( Jermaine ha* had a bad record of do
ing* crowded Into the Iasi half a do/eri
yeiirs, lie left Putnam when lit year*
old, and Inside one year w as landed In
the Iteformatory nl Rtnilra, N. Y. lia
c»eu|wd from llwrl institution after a
hrlcf slay, but was recaptured and
finally paroled. I.aler he enlisted In
the army mid says he served out lit*
time. He has done short sentences In
various places for minor crimes, amt
Ills latest arrest does not break Ids spir
it In the least dew rev.
He was taken hack to Hudson Mon
day. He was shack led to one of the
officers.
The Hudson sheriff told the local of
beers (lint (Jermaine was one of the
toughest pro|awltlous that he has en
countered in many a day, and It wa* .
necessary to watch him every minute.
In streaking of Ids escape from the jail
at Hudson the sherllf sald'lhat (Jer
maine had not I wen allowed out of hi*
cell for three weeks previous to May
lb, the Day of his sensational esca|w.
On that day (Jermaine pleaded so hard
to In' allowed a bath Dial he was taken
up In (he bath room by a kee|wr and
locked In. Ilnee Inside and alone Ger
maine climbed tip the side* of the room,
marie what seemed an im|to**lble swing
for a rafter, smashed out an unprotect
ed sky Unlit and dropp'd .:.i feet to the
ground and lilrerty. HI* esca|w wa*
almost Immediately discovered ami w
posse sent In pursuit. (Jermaine crawl
er I into an empty freight ear of a train
standing at the si at Ion, eluding a crowd
of twenty-live pursuers.
Hbl aw ay in a dark corner of the car
he esea|wd detection by the prison offi
cial, who peered Into hi* hiding place
from theo|ieii door, and a minute later
the train pulled out and he was safe.
(Jermulne says he went to Albany,
where he loitered around for a week,
and then beat his way out to Chicago,
and Dually came hack to Putnam.
Interesting UaJl
Khoex repaired by machinery.
Mr it'it iieweil tape 75c, Ladlae' Me.
Union Hliue to., Arcade Meek, Putnam
Don't forget to order your lee or—an
at Payne'* for your 4th of July dinner.
The llnext in town! What? Payne’*
icecream, Front street.
Any amount at any time, and Ike
I lent. Payne's Ice Cream.
We elip the following from the Nor
wich Bulletin of June HWth:
“One of the larnst life Insurance
policies ever Issued in Kastern Connec
ticut has been issued to Krnest M. Ar
nold of Putnam. The amount of Ut*
policy I* **»,««.”
And we wish to add that the abov*
policy was in Tire Northwestern Mu
tual Life Insuiance company of Mil
waukee, \VI*., and F. W. Seward the
agent who sold It.
—The Putnam Utin Ciuh will hold
a Shoot; Fourth of July the detail* be
! log as follows: Shooting from 11 a. m.
t to 6 p. in. All -hooter* welcome. Tar
. gets thrown truin expert trail*. Money
divided W, ;#i and 3> per cent. Any
one so desiring may shoot for targets
only, at 1 1 -t cents each. Khali* for sal#
j on the grounds. There will lie four M
, target ^evenla and four 15, entrance
| aoc ami <5c. Also four events, Jack
Babbit system, two of It) and two of I*
| target*. Take trolleys for Heath’*
I fussing.