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A WEEKLY FAMILY PAPER . EIGHT PAGES.
VOL.
XXXVI.
Catered at the Putnam Poet < >ftic«
a§ second-cla»« matter.
PUTNAM, CONN, FRIDAY. .HUY 10 1908
NO 28
Hbp Mae Bradley was among
(C>»*nce fnends over the Fourth.
Mr yred King, wife and daughter,
'^ puestsof the former’s parents, j
* tbomas Raw ley was the guest of
kjTfaniily in this city on the Fourth.
Mr j R Tatem, Jr., and wife are
.rending a few days at Crescent Beach.
Arthur Burnett spent a few days 1
,' past week with his mother, on .
pro* street
—Mass Helen Allton, student at the
ggytU Music School, was at her p»
^„l home on Saturday and Sunday.
—Henry Merriatn of Boston,is spend- ;
, 7> fe» days at his home on Fre-j
eicnl street.
Mr Lewis Sherman and wife have
been entertaining Mrs. Joseph Monroe
Washington.
-Mrs Perry i’. Wilson is entertain
i-r ner brother, Mr. John C. Paine, of
Bridgeport.
-Mrs. Llleu Bug bee, Elm street, has
-«nentertaining. Mr. and Mjs. N.JI.
of Providence.
_\[r. Warren Arnold and wife, of j
Biston, »en the guests of friends in j
iiithBcity tliis week.
_Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Brown areen
itnining Mr. I nner Tucker and wife,
o; Worcester.
_Mr. Hod win and w ife, ot \\ ester
i, were the guests recently of Ml. and
y-. L. K. Richardson.
-The Misses Bertha and Florence
L*aaient left M Friday for their sum
tier borne in Brooklyne, N H.
-decree F.. Shaw is enjoying camp
lire at Welter lake, where he will re
ram for two weeks. Mrs. Shaw is
*uh friends at Ahington for a week.
-Mr. Harold Giipatric and wife and
Mr« Andrew Frost, sjient one day last
week at Webster lake the guests of Air.
frost who, with Ralph Bugbee, is
tain ping there for a few weeks.
-Mrs. Helen Willev and son Mal
e..m, with her sister, Mrs. \\ . H.
tames, and son Richard, left this city
rlemlay to spend the summer at Peni
s,uid Beach, Maine.
-The regular meeting of the Woni
r.'s Board of the Bay Kimball hospi
a.iili be held at their room in the
km: block. \\ ednesdny afternoon, Ju
; That three o'clock. Executive com
S::«t meeting at —-id.
-List of letters remaining at the
1 uij Post (idice for the week end
i.; July7:
Lt-lies—Mr». 1.. Hunter, Mi's Mary
tt ..i: ■. t. 1 i aoetii Newman, Mi" i
1.. -' >‘ i i ,r i:; , I iailiO Pago.
'■tiilletiieii—Medie Plante, li. J. <>g
—Attorney Ralph \V. Botham, of
■ ■ York, -1>« nt four days with his
»■ . son Oak Hill. I >n Monday he
rut to I'aniolson with his father to
■ - ver some property w hich tile lat
r owns there. The former returned
N:w York i n Monday evening.
-* a .Monday morning Miss Allein
■«l! *, daughter of Br. Omer La Rue,
ft here for Bantam Lake fora smii
r tiling where she will be with her
iK-ie, Dr. f >;i- id, at the l.akeSide Inn,
H '"in ll.ci' will go to Savin Hook
islenii a « ot k w ith friends before she
—11 ongrt" man Li Hey spent Sunday
’Belli.: isvcnor." < *n Monday
:«.i- in ■ ... cii\ and called upon
^Hs aiot r leading men of hi'
l;:> Hi | hecn visiting various
1 ■ > in: - part of the Slate the
n: seek IP feels coniident of be
ltnominated for governor. He came
wto make inroads on Lieutenant
i' trnor Lake’s strong forces.
-hr. Orxier l. iK ic returned last Kri
M>t*rnoon from a meeting of the
w Tuberij.iitisij Commission, of
K;* ae is a member, ll was held al
"usUock. These meetings of the
Bifflission, are held monthly at such
as »e>t suits tiie members. 1‘re
u>to lll« meeting he had s|>ent a
ts »t Bantam Lake, Litehlieid, a
Mrtitfui summer resort. He had
* there with his invalid brother- in
1 ^r-A.I). David, of Waterbury,
6 remains al the Lake Side Inn.
>»iuniav w ith the rest of the Town
ltul,of Putnam he attended tlie Hi
'*nni»i of Killingly. The Doctor
Erring official.
■TV letter carriers of the Putnam
t0®w had their salaries raised ♦It*'
They started on a salary of
• »ml were increased until they re
under the law. The last
Mi <rf Congress passed a in* law,
the sa ariev of letter carriers all
r he co-.iitry, dividing them into
* c,*"r-—i*utiiain tickings to the
*** Cias“ They now get a yearly
**’*' uuli '‘heir salaries reach M<»«»;
uei-omes their permanent i
P ilnain ha> a first class ,
The duties of carriers seem i
>ung men they are not i
they are on their feet. 1
>. full eight hours of
-ition is an honorable ■
-v mg men have to lie of ;
• wter. They deserve ;
i'C of salary. Four
whed the eiutai salary. ,
tain,,
t* «[
-i the |ro>t oft tee also get
--e a> the carriers, but
•er .e longer hours, to be .
during the lime tl»e of
Uie pubiie. They have ■
Hike
'<-d to aii kinds of weath
i
Harold >argent has lieen spending
a few day* with his parent*, Ue\ and
Mrs. Sargent.
—Mm. Olive Kelley, who has been
visiting with friends in Rhode Island,
ha* returned home.
—Mis* Sylvia Wheelock, the little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Silas M.
W heelock, is spending a few weeks in
l xbridge, Mass., with relatives.
—Miss Mabel Clark,teacher at North
ampton, Moss., after a few days' \ isit
with her mother in this city, went to
Cottage City for the summer.
—Mrs. K. E. Rurnett, Grove street,
has been entertaining her daughter,
Mrs. Frederick Whitney,who has gone
to New York for the summer.
Edmund R. Gagne, short-stop of the
Putnam league team, ha> gone toStan
stead, Canada, w here he w ill remain
for two months.
—There were six deaths and six mar
riages in the tow n of Putnam during
the month of June, according to the
records in the Town Clerk's ottice.
— Ida W. Kennedy, through her at
torneys, Searls A Russell, has tiled w ith
theClerkof the .Superior Court an ap
plication lor di\oree from Nathan Wal
do Kennedy, on statutory grounds.
—A party of Danielson High School
students v i-ited Putnam Tuesday af
ternoon, and drove around the vicinity
where they could see and appreciate
the city ' beautiful surroundings,
— file children of si. Mary's paro
chial school, in charge of several of the
Sislersof Mercy, enjoyed a delightful
outing and picnic, on Monday alter
noon, at Wildwood Park. They were
much amused with the theatre and
other attractions.
—A delegation from Putnam Lodge
1!. P. O. K. were at the station Tues
day, and took charge of t lie body of
Mrs. Anna It. I'ox, who died at her
home in West Thompson,on Monday.
The I ndy w as taken to Shoatsburg N.
J., her old home, for burial.
Frank Carpenter, a brakeman in the
crew of the yard switcher, in this city,
was struck on the head by the Provi
dence street bridge, Monday afternoon,
and knocked to the ground, lie was
mounting the ladder between two of
the cars, and jumped on to the roof of
the car just as it reached llie bridge aiid
w as hit on the back of the head.
—The Hast has suffered for ten days
from a hot w ave w hich culminated on
Wednesday. tin I ue~ lay the heal
rose to !I7 decrees. In New York city
the heat had been stilling niutit anil
day for over a week, and the suffering
of the isior in the tenement houses was
pitiable. There were many deaths in
that citv caused by the heat, and in
sanity alilicted a large number.
— Mrs. Kdwin May of Worcester,died
Tuesday morning at the residence of
her sister, Mrs. I. II. Roberts, School
street, after an illness of several weeks.
She is survived by her husband and
one sun, Henry, also lier mother and
two sisters. The funeral w as held at
ttie home of her sister Thursday after
noon at 2 o’clock, Lurial laring in the
Grove street cemetery.
— Last week there were two electric
storms which passed over the State and
were very severe in some places. Three
churches were struck by Imils in Hart
ford on Friday, and many other build
ing- were struck in other places. Only
one fatal accident: a boy was struck
and killed The storin wa- compara
tively light in this town. T <• storm
was heavy west of thi- city. Pomfrel
getting a good many shocks a-it passed
to the south.
—The officers of the Child Reunion
Association have decided to arrange
for a Reunion of the Child Family on
Wednesday, August I2lh, at Homeland
Park. An effort will lie made to
have a collection of antique articles
connected with the family on exhibi
tion at that time. Any one having
such articles are requested to notify
the President of the Association, Ches
ter K. Child, or any member of the Kx
ecutive Committee—Mrs. A. M. Gil
dersleeve Mrs. T. H. Meek, and Mrs.
Henry J. Potter.
—The Fourth passed ofT very quietly
in this city, the proclamation of the
Mayor was carefully obeyed,#and best
of all, no one w as injured that we have
heard of. From other towns of the
State the same report has been made.
It is very evident that the celebration
of the Fourth can be made such as the
people are determined to hav e it. Ac
cording to the statistics collected up to
Monday, 72 persons were killed and
2,73ti injured—the largest list in nine
years. W e regret to hear that among
the injured is Mr. W. W. .Sheldon, of
South Woodstock, who had one of his
legs severely injured by the bursting
of a cannon tired as a salute.
_yj. yj. Dwyer, who is a delegate to
the National( onventi n of the Knights
of Columbus—to be held in St. Louis,
August toS—ha- m i ie arrangements
with the Grand Trunk Railroad for
special rates and an attractive itsnerv.
The party go frum Worcester t< Mont
real, thence to Chicago, via L ronto
and Sarnia tunnel. Adayw, i«*|*'i.t
in Chicago with automobile ride*, etc.
Thence to Loui*. Return via I>e
troil, Niagara Falls, through Thousand
Island* on the St. Lawrence river to
Montreal and back to Worcester or Hus
ton. F'are from Putnam i-s F-’.-So
Common Council.
The regular meeting of the common
Council w a» held Tuesday evening with
Mayor Mctiarry in the chair. Present 1
Aldermen Smith, Dady. Broduer, Mi- j
ner, Dumas, and i.altue.
The records of the previous meeting
were read and placed on tile.
I nder the head of communications
from the mayor. Mayor MctJarry sub-.
milted the following recommendation:
“It ha- been brought to my attention
by the health officer of the city that a
great danger exists within the city lim
its ami the health of the entireeommu
nity is being menaced. This great e\ il
which 1 am about to bring before you 1
for consideration has lieen said to have !
••ecu allowed to exist for a long lime
ami is increasing constantly. Some
|>ersons have obtained privileges by
fraud and some have taken privilege*
without permission.
The evil 1 refer to is that resulting
from various citizensot the city usurp- 1
ing certain rights which could not hav e i
been secured by properly stating their .
w ishe*.
Toilets, sinks and closets belonging ’
to them have l>cen connected with the :
surface water drain running through
the city streets and emptying into the
river. If this evil is allowed to con-j
tinue there is every reason to believe'
that a very dangerous menace to the
public health w ill arise, and there is
nothing to hinder an epidemic growing
out of such condinions if these stolen
connections are allowed to increase
from time to time. 1 leel that 1 would
!*■ false to my sworn obligations if I
did not bring this matter to your at- ;
tentiou and make a recommendation
that an investigation l>e made and
steps taken for the elimination of ihe
evil."
I he mavor recemmended that a com
mittee l>e appointed to investigate ami !
report at the next meeting, it wan vo*
teil to ap|H>int a committee of three,amt
the mayor api>ointed Health Oltlcer
Alderman 1,aline. 8U]>erintendent of
(Streets Alderman Dumas. and Aider
man Brown.
The following jaditions were grant
ed: F. Maynard, addition to house on
School street. K. K. Johnson for two
story building to lie used as a shop on
Foundry street. A A. Houghton, pi
azza to house on Kim street. Ham
mond, Knowlton .V to. addition to
mill on Meadow street. H. It. Hurl
but woodshed on Lamont street. 1,.
< loutier, bow window on Providence
street.
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Police re|s>rt: Arrests, 41, of which
_!s were sent to jail: one light out 17 ,
hours: 4 doors open.
A bid of soS. si was received for fur
nishing R Isold for the City las Col
lector. The matter wa> placed in the
hands of the finance committee to in- ,
vestigale and give same to the lowest j
bidder.
A communication was read from 1
former t orporulion Counsel Charles 1,. '
Torrey regarding his bill of >2i«;.26,
which lie stated was approved bv the
former finance committee and passed
u|kiii favorably by the Council,but was
vetoed bj Mayor Mullan. The matter ;
w as referred lo the finance committee. ;
Attorney J. F. Carpenter, acting for i
Mrs. Alice Hayw ard, executrix of the :
estate of her husband, the late Judge!
I,. S. Hayward of Pomfret. presented '
a claim tor forty dollars. Judge Hay
ward was one of the three arbitrators
of award and damages in the lay out
of W oodstock avenue. The work was
stopjied by the issuance of the Hujie- ;
rior Court of a [lermanent injunction i
restraining the city from proceeding j
with the work. The matter of costs
i was not decided and the arbitrators
' had not Ison paid.
N oted, that the Mayor consult coun
sel regarding tile mailer at earliest earn- ,
venience.
Votetl, that the|>o!ice who participa- !
ted in the capfure of a criminal recent- ,
lv, for whom a reward w as ottered, be
1 allowed lo take their pro rata share of
the reward.
Prosecuting Attorney Card appeared
relative to the ringing of bells on ice !
j cream wagons late at night, stating
that lie had had one complaint that
they were rung as late as 11 :.‘!0.
1 harles Peterson appeared as one of
those running a cart, and said that he
I never rung the bell after lo o'clock. He
thought if the line were drawn at fG'-O
it would ire about right. A compromise
at « o’clock wes agreed upon.
The Prosecuting Attorney also pre
sented the matter of furnishing whis
tles to the police. He thought they
were necessary, and were a great pro
tection as there was nothing a crook
feared more than the sound of a police
whistle.
The following bills w ere ordered paid:
Court officer*,
Henry Williams,
G. .Vi" Samjison.
C. H. Brown,
i R. Go.rtnan, Agent,
M. O'l-eary,
A. P. is-avill,
G. Nerron,
B. ( arjsmter. Agent,
Patriot,
P. t loutier.
l ire Department.
Putnam Coal A Wood Co.,
1 W. Bradw ay A sra.
J. l.apalme,
W. H. Pearson eat.,
Water Co.,
F. Winslow,
F. S Bruce,
G. F. Holbrook,
M. B Joy,
J. K. < arjsmter,
Perry A Brown,
-(reel l*epartment.
W. H. Mansiiel& A f o.,
I.. M- Keith.
W. Fariand,
, t H. Claybert,
' H. Aicord,
[ < itner KaHue, Hea'lh officer,
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Light * Power Co.,
Telephone Co.,
J. H. Mann,
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When the bill of J. H. Mann for ser
vices as assistant prosecuting attorney
was read it was stales! by the sjxaker
that he hast been Informed that Mr.
Mann could not act as prosecuting at
torney: that tie would not be recogniz
ed by the court, as no person except a
lawyer i» qualified to set as prosecut
ing attorney. That there might he a
suit for false imprison men l if he should
act and any jierson was committed to
jail. The bill was passed iijkiii favor
ably.
When the electric light bill came up
there w as some hesitancy about pay
ing it. There has as yet t<cen no new
contract made with the Putnam Light
and Power Co. A member of the com
mittee si ui,si that he had called on the
restdent manager, but was unable to
get much satisfaction front the inter
view. The lights that Lad been voted
had not tieen installed, and the mana- I
ger at llrst said that those on South
Main street would not be in-tailed un
less the city set the |H>les, but later said
they would be installed by the compa
ny if a three year contract were made.
The manager said that unless some
thing w as done In the matter the lights
would lx- turned oIT.
Mayor Metlarry expressed the opin
ion that ]*erhaps the manager's su]*e-'
riors might not concur in hi- methods
if called to their attention, lie also
-aid that |>erhaps, If the company re
fused to deal w ith the oily except on
their own terms and manner, it might
lx- well to ap|x>lnt a committee to in
vestigate and see if other means might
be found for giving the city light.
It was found that the Mil in question
came under the old contract, and it was
approved and ordered paid.
Alderman l.aliue, of the |x>lice com
mittee, called the attention ol the Coun
cil to the bill for carrying the prison
ers to Brooklyn, lie thought the city
w as sending tix> much money fur lak
ing care of tramps, in other cities
these men were severely dealt w ith ami
ski|qx‘d those places and came to Put
nam, w here there w as more leniency
shown them. He said the police a|>
proprialion would st*>n l>e exhausted
at the present iale of expenditure, and
lie thought these tr tins should lx:
given the full |xn *dit e they «|>
]K‘ar in court, so that they' would skip
Putnam in the future.
The Denver Convention a Model One.
, In reading tin- new»pa|H'i accounts
from Denver, about the work going oi>
nt the Democratic Nallonul i onventioii
It might have been -upp*"t*«l there was
I i tie a licroe contention between Bry
an’s forces amt those of the opposition,
ami also that there was going to Is- a
hot light over the platform. But no
thing of the kind happened. Every
thing worked like well-oiled machine
ry. Bidder, the New York German
I editor, who went there to tell Bryan to
| his face that lie must withdraw, be
j came tiis warm sup|s>rler os soon as lie
1 reached the convention. Alton It. Bar
ker with resolutions eulogizing < 'leve
I land that were to rend the convention,
himself toned them dow n with an npo
\ logy, and they were unanimously en
! dorsed.
Gompers, who represented the Kedc
' ration ol Gabor, who denounced the
Republican plunk on injiitineLions,and
pi,-posed on arm ing at the convention
\ to demand that an injunction to his
I'king should la* adopted. lie accepted
; the resolution that was passed miani
! inously, allhougli as model ale in tone
! us that passed by the Uepubliean con
vention, and expressed himself pleas
ed with the convention's work.
Thus all differences about the candi
! dale and the platform were liarinoni
j ously settled with one exception, that
j of (iufley, the leader of the Pennsyl
i vania Democracy—what there is of it,
j as Taft will carry Dial State by about
l.YOjlUO majority. His grievance was a
! |<ersonal one. Bryan had publicly de
nounced him as unworthy of being a
leader in the party, as he was influen
tial in the Standard Oil Co. This he
admitted, but claimed that was hia
right as a Democrat. He was howled
down, however, and peace reigned.
We suppose that Bryan was, or will
be, nominated on the tint ballot today
—the “allies” having conceded that.
Tire YTce President is seemingly the
only difficult nut Ur crack. There are
many aide aspirants, but the point to
reach a decision is, which Eastern as
pirant wilt add the greatest strength
to the ticket. Four years from now
there will be little left of the conserva
tive opposition. The Iteinocratie party
to l>e a successful liody must be In op
position to Republican principle#, as in
- the days of Jackson and Polk. That’s
i what the Denver lea<l«r» are after.
—Joseph Itreault, aged 1#, an cm
j>U>\e of the French River Textile < «., |
wa* drowned in lbe river at Meehan
u>\ ille Monday afternoon. He bad
been sitting on the bank of the river
reading, and refused to join H parly of
youUu who went in -wnurnUig and
I remained reading w hen they departed.
| Aljoat b o'clock anottwr parly of youth*
tame down to bathe, and were alarmed ,
unseeing Itreault » apparel on the bank
but he nowhere in -iKht- A search w a*
made for him, and their (ear* that tie
had been drowned were veriifcd on dis
covering hi* body near the *hore. ft
1 Is supposed that while naliitng lie had
1 been sensed w ith crainji*.
Kil ing y's Bi-Centennial.
<.KAM* AMD JOTOIS CtUDKITItn
tMmxs •• the o( Th««p»o«
ami Pat mm.
The people o( Ktllingly were marie
very happy by the splemlld ami *uc
cessfuI celebration of the JOOth anni
versary of their town. If there was
anythin* to mar the occasion it was
the weather, being exceedingly w arm,
amt on Saturday it was showery,which
no doubt hindered greater crowds be
in* present.
The program, however, was fully
carried out with a heartiness that no
thing could mar. The old town was
gaily decorated, and alive to the gran
deur of its past history.
Putnam was represented officially
and privately, and now our entire i>eo
ple feel more fraternally conscious of
lieiug one community as the two towns
were at one time one organisation.
The public spirit manifested is an
incentive to the people of other tow ns
to regard with more interest w hatever
nlieets the gene ral welfare. The pub
lie spirit manifested by the leading t-it
li/ensvvas beyond all praise ami docs
them great honor.
The |H'rmanenl great tieneiils arising
from the celebration are the historical
addresses delivered by many promi
nent jieople. It would require more
space than wc have to spare for only a
few of the leading addresses, and we
eannot even touch the general proceed
ing- Ur give, however, two of the
addresses, w hich will la* especially ac
ceptable to our readers. They are giv
en herewith.
Our Eldest Offspring.
AI>I»RES* H\ KI.I.KN D. LA KN KU.
(Windham County IliitoriM.)
1 am very happy to meet in this H|>
propriHlo eenlre those who Hie mm
memorating the two hundredth anni
versary of Klllingly’* existence as h
Connecticut town. None can so a|>
preelate the interest Hint significance ol
this occasion ns we whose ancestors
Hiileil in its settlenient,who Iihv e shared
by hereditary descent In the struggles,
toil* and hardships of Hint settlement.
We can ste and feel most \i\idly the
contrast between n hnndftil of men
meeting in some to us unknow n part
of this wilderness land to organize
town government, and !!«• \ list a-s in
| lily thronging the busy mail of n pop
ulous town in honor of that occasion.
In ('oiniecticui we are told the town is
sovereign, but it is even more individ
ual Ilian sovereign. It is most curious
and interesting to note under w hat dif
ferent conditions each town sprang in
to Is'ing. Of our Windham <'minty
towns preceding Killingl.v, Woodstock
was settled Ivy a strong colony from
Ktixbury. Windham grew up almost
as a suburb of Norwioh, the (Julnehaug
Country, organized as Plaltilicld, w as
owned by lending men, Wlulhrop and
Hitch, w ho had the strongest |* -rsniial
Interest in promoting settlement, but
the settlers of the 1* mile strip of fron
tier lietween the tjuinebaiig and Rhode
Island, had only their own hands and
wits to aid them. Its northern part
w as persistently claimed and held by
Massachusetts, the remaining isvrtlon
covered by small land giants, whose
holders’only interest in their sale w as
j to lind a ready market. Hut settlers
i came in spite of these drawbacks.
H irst I should place in character and
permanency that doughty Indian
fighter. Peter Asplnwall with hi* three
stepsons, the Heaven* brothers, other
triplets followed as In all New Kng
laml settlements. Three Cady broth
ers, itliree Allen brothers, other stal
warts with gisid scripture names,
! James l>aniel*on in this valley, Sam
son Howe at the junction of the tjuin
ebaug and French Rivers, Isaac and
Jonathan Cutler east on the Assaw aga,
Jacob rtpaldlng and John Hutchins on
the Owaneco Purchase, southward, a
strong colony on Chestnut Hill, and
somewhere In between Himon Mriant
with seven marriageable daughters for
wives for the young planters. They
had to grapple with natives and land
grabbers. Joseph leavens was bitten
by a rattlesnake, Dtaoon Bixbys wife
■hot by a drunken Indian, Mrs. Mpald
ing routed inv ading Indians by a blow
from a shank bone, an exploit rivaling
that of Harnson. Hut the settlers held
on and flourished. They broke up land
and built houses. They laid out road*,
one leading to the Providence market.
They set up a sawmill, furnishing old
er Woodstock with I amber. They
formed a training company. They sent
men out to light with the Indians, and
pacified Indians at home,so that when
Captain Joseph Cady returned, he was
thus greeted by an old »*| law, “Massa
Cady, I glad to see you. I so glad I
i could drink a whoi# ijuarl of rum,”
j and |*,-rh»|>* the flow of rum and cider
I had something to do with lid* juicify
ing.
And by ITl i they were side to form a
church, “a bvs|el candle-lick in the
field of the wood*, with a burning and
shining light Itxed in it," as Peter As
| pinwall put It,and in fifteen year, they
were strong enough to spare 'J> mate
members to form a Second church in
the Noith Pariah of Kiiliugly, creeled
in and it is this Parish, embodied
in IlkiM ttie town of Thompson, that
I have the honor to represent today.
• 1 arn most happy to bring to our
mother town 0>e filial regard Mid own*
(tnlnlitlwii of it' nhlnt daughter. W e
are proud to claim descent from a town !
that after two hundred year* esl*Um«*
can manifest such exuberant and man- ,
ifold vitality. And we are proud, too,
that the daughter can claim some
share in laying the foundation of this
prosperity, and that later relations be
tween town and parish were so helpful
ami harmonious, Thompson was al
lowed all the roads for w hleh she asked
‘•to travel to Thompson meeting house
on." She had her share of townoffloes
and palvi her part of the town charge*.
Our Dresser* and ton verses worked to
gether in ooniniitlees with your Cut*
lers, Cady*, Heavens and Hutchins.
Samuel Danielson and Simon l.arm'd
set together In tieneral Court as depu
ties. My own ancestor, William l.ar
ned, served the town as treasurer, and
w a* re wanted by a special grant of 1 £,
Ida, 4d—a rare instance of tminici|»al
gratitude.
Town and parish braved together the
|s»rlts of ttie Kreneh and Indian war;
they bore together the burden* of the
Revolution. Klllingly and Thompson
men served together in Putnams Reg
iment in lTi.%, guarding headipiarters
at Cambridge ami covering the retreat
at Hunker Hill. Thompson men stood
by Col. Danielson in Iris long guard al
Providence They monmed together
over their fallen heme* and rejoiced to
gether over the linal triumph.
And when Hie war was over Thomp
son men Joined with KHliugly In that
notable emigration, w hich under ttie
lead and statesmanship of Klllingly's
most tiistiuguishevi sort, Manns-eli t'id
ler, laid the foundations of the state of
< Ihlo. W e three tow ns enn each elalm
a share In giving to our count rv the fa
ther of that North West Ordinance,
which had such mighty Influence In
shaping its development Manasaeh
Cutler was Ixrrn In Klllingly, baptised
al the rtglilli day in llie meeting house
on Thompson Hill, (Uteri for college In
the gamlrrel-risrf house still standing
on I'utnum Height*.
The separation of town and parish
came in natural course of development
without contest or friction,old ami new
towns only vying In manufacturing
enterprise. Sixty years Inter Kflltng
ly -pared another slice of territory for
the new town of.Putnam.And after alt
these losses and dismemberments,nev
er w as our common mother so strong
and vigorous.
It Is told of my v cry great-grandmoth
er Cady—a true daughter ol Klllingly—
that on her Until birthday she walked
two miles to visit her daughter, ami
vv hen her son-in-law, the deacon, pious
ly ini|ntrest into the slate ol her mind,
answ ered brisk I v :
»To tell you the truth I have rain
thnnijM* now."
And here Is our old mother town,
past her two fiutulrrtlth birthday’, tak
ing long strides forward, keeping pare
with, II not outstepping, tier daughters,
and, if not with "vain tho iglits," cer
tainly with very fo r thoughts of fur
ther enterprise and progress. We wish
tier many centuries of continued pros
perity ,nod t rust that these three town*,
I springing fi tin one vigorous rout, may
1 ever maintain helpful family relations,
and w lien two years hence Thompson
reaches her I" Hi mite stone, we ho|>e
you w ill all come and help us celebrate.
A Lu*ly Child.
Jl'tMIK K. M. VVVKNKK'* AIHH«K»i*.
Judge K. M. Warner, of I’utiinin,
had fin hi* subject, “< tut Youngest <»H
* |>rinK—I’utnaiil."
Ju*t » Hurd, Mr. President, nUmt
tilt* magnificent Hi-centennial < elebrn
tion. You and your townsmen, litre
and now,are eontiadlelinK Hit old slur
“Hurt the good which men do i* buried
in their grave*, but the evil live* and
|.erpeliiate* itself." Thin whole week
commemorate* the g<*>d deed* of tlie
father* in founding a town here two
hundred yearn ago. No matter whether
we are related by Ilea of blood to tho*e
pioneer rnen or not, we are their lineal
heir* anddescendant*, and, while they
budded belter than they knew, we have
entered into their labor*.
It U the law of family life for the
children, a* they grow up, to want a
home of their own, and the old folk*
generally are glad to do their part to
*el up the new housekeeping, »o we
llnd that the good old town of Killing
|y gave *even and one-half *<|uare milea
of the territory, which forme*! lire new
town of Putnam.
The resident* of the various parU
of other town* which now constitute*
the territory of Putnam long before IW6
had tried to net upon their own ac
count, bul had rejaratedly failed. Some
people think they failed for the lack oi
a goi»l name. IJuinebaug did not seem
.juitc ao a|>|iealiug a* lire grandest tig- j
ure, next to Washington in all the re- |
voiulion—splendid, dashing glorious !
Oenerai Putnam.
When it was proponed to name the
new town after him, nothing could
slop tire movement, and the people of
that territory fell very happy on the
| morning of July 4th, !**>, whleh they
! celebrated a* llieir first Fourth of July
’ hi a town, with full organUalioit and
! official*.
The*e year* *ince l*-V> have justified
the formation of til* new town. Kil
lirrgly ha* been no le** prosperous, und
j Putnam, with the energy of youth, ha*
pushed her way to the front in ali
Ill in' thins* which make a prosperou*
town.
Ttit* w hole comity, w hile prospermia
In agriculture, depend* largely upon
it* manufactories, ami the valuable
andextemdve neater |K*wero( the town*
whip of Putnam ha* helped to furntah
remunerative employment to thoua
aml* of toiler*, who con*Ulute the bon*
ami sinew of the town. We know too
well that w hen the mill* are silent ev
ery other industry suffer*.
Colton, woolen, silk, hoot* and shoea,
lumber ami building, furnace*—all
these in their various processes of man
ufacture flourish in Putnam.
Our batik* have been very *ucoe**ful
ly and safely managed for iheir organ
isation.
We introduced public waier-workt
and electric-ligliling befhre pou did.
Protestant and Catholic churchew,
ably and successfully conducted, min
ister to the religious needs of the )ieiiple
In both tow n*.
Kxcellent schools of grammar anil
High School grade are the pride of each
community.
We Imast of two gissi newsj>a|ier*—
the Putnam P.i i iiiot and the Wind
haul County observer The P.VTHloT,
by tbe w tiy , w a* started In Ikvembet,
ISTU, by J, ij. A Stone, for *o many
years the proprietor ami editor of the
Windham County Transcript.
In ls;*l the principal portion of Put
nam was incorporated a* a city, and
*o we claim all the advantage* and as
sume alt the responsibilities of a city
government, to which high estate the
good old low n of Killlugly lia* nut yet
obtained.
I’oinam claims to limit wi'll lu
it* half century, more or less, of exist
ence as a town. WIren we have lived
the balance of the two hundred years
which lies to your credit, w e shall have
a lointer story to tell, hut It is doubtful
If we have anything more lo our credit
than Is shown by the record of the |>a*l.
New Kngland civilisation Is saturat
ed with the noble inspiration of civil
and religious liberty. That is what the
fathers hutlded when they erected title
town—the right ol each Individual to
freedom of thought, freedom of *|ieeoh
ami action—liberty controlled by re
gard and reverence of others, which
never allowed liberty to degenerate In
to license.
The free public school and lire equal
ly free and o|hmi lllhle, the free church
—all these are tokens of our civil and
religious Utterly.
Ivlucntlon anti religious liberty, uni
ted ami indivisible—these have madrt
both of our towns successful, anil wc
shall strongly and successfully endure
Just »u long as wc prolccl and ettcour
Hgc tin's*1 sources of our strength and
power.
ft.,ail in.l Kllllnalv
Tlte Hartford Co.iraut stints up the
Kllllngly cclebrallon in this plcasairt
Oongrutnlntory manner:
Hartford'" congratulations to Kll
lingi v on a very worthy and successful
celebration of a very interesting anni
versary.
It was a fJencral Assembly and Court
of Klecflon, "lioldcn” at Hartford In
ITUS, that granted "a township lo Ilia
eastward of Woodstock and a patient
thereof.”
Kllllngly hrst appears In the colonial
records as “Kellluglcy.” A vote of Oe
tolwr, I’Os, runs as follows: 1 This As*
seintily do establish and eonIImi Mr.
Joseph ( alley of Kelltngley to Is' Lieu
tenant and Sir. John Winter to lie Kit
sign of the soldiers or trainband In the
still town of Kelltngley. And lilts
| t'ourt grants lilsuly to the Iriliabtlnnla
I of the said town of Kellingly to survey
and lay out one hundred acres of land
! within their township for the um- and
1 incnuragcmerit of a minister lo settle
; (here and cany on ibe worship of that
among them, provided It do not preju
dice any former grant of lids Court.”
In October, 17ln, they got leave to
levy a tax “for and toward the build
ing of a meeting house ami mlnlslera
house there;'' In October, I71(i, they gut
leave “to gather a ehureh and ordain
an orthodox minister.” That raised
them to hii equality in point of reli
gious privileges and eecleslasllesi sell
gov eminent with the Inhabitant# at
the river towns and the other towna.
The records and tombstones of KU
llngly display names that are lumlnoua
on lire pages of tire Htale’a history.
Men who are a credit to Connecticut
live In Kllllngly today.
May Ktlllngly’s 4«Kh anniversary
find their descendants living there la
happiness and prosperity.
CMgrcgalMUl Ctarck IMn
The member* of the choir were meet
pleasantly rnteitilued »t the concert la
ttie runitretiUonil church el Thomp
son on Friday evening of Imt week, tow
ing the guests of their pastor, Rev. K.
I». Hargent. That they enjoyed tbw
evening goes without the saying.
The young people who wish to re
ceive ticket* for church attendance may
secure them by applying to Ml** l<oul*e
Weatherhead at any session of the Bi
ble School.
Next Sunday Hev. A. I*. WlHbrton
will occupy the pulpit. Wr.W Ihuton
a av u classmate of your Pastor, and
ha» been prominently connected with
the educational and religious life of the
: West. He i» at present 1'asloi of the
■ church at Barrington, It 1. Uive hint
a hearty welcome.
| The hoys in*eamp will 1* «i**l
wive call* from friends. W hile v isitor*
will be welcome atiaoy time, they will
receive a roust cordial welcome on Via
itors I rays—Friday the UMt and W«*>
1 nesday the l-Hh lost.
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