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A WEEKLY FAMILY PAPEK . EIGHT PAGES.
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But-*red at the Putaaro Po#t (Mto«
•• second-ciae- matu r.
PUTNAM, CONN„ FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 1908
NO 32
>( ( irk and family are at
'A y H-, for two w«ks.
UJnr. Helen and Alta .Shari* are
Kerry for a fortnight,
ttprlon K. 1-ea'itt is spending the
' v*ajiont, v isiting his father's
„,e town
ytuc-iarsl K Hike was the guest
P,.,nd» m Norwich last week.
John S. I'ingwaU and family are
spying a cottage at Pine Grove, Ni
je.’for t»°
K. I>. sargent preaches in the
gsiiona! church, at Franklin,
_ . next Sunday,
j^rire K Hrousseau and family
Spending two weeks at Quanuean
4. R. 1
.Piwecuting Attorney Card took a
~und ha" out of Alexander Lake,
*1»V afternoon.
_Vik* Alice Hickey is the guest of
^i»ier. Mrs. M. Kddington, in Pom
daring her two weeks' vacation.
_Miss Bes»ie Frost left here Tuesday
, Koekhurst, Fake George, N. Y., for
joiith's outing
John! yn. i and Robert Hammond
ni ini" cam I* at Webster lake Mon
tforat wo weeks' enjoyment.
_|)r. h. Thompson who, w ith his
P v. ha- neen spending a month at
■eosier Lake, has returned home.
Henry Wheelock and Percy Wat
Lan returned Saturday from an au
fwhile trip to New York.
_>Irs. Frank Potter and her son,
irold. are spen ling this week at
l,...ester, Mass
station Agent Jewett has moved
.family into the new house corner
■Fremont street and Pleasant avenue.
|_\V. H. Holmes, of Westerly, spent
Indar with A. W. Macdonald and
(roily, Oak Hill.
-Miss Kssie MacHonald is entertain
, Miss Helen Plummer, of Yantic.
L young ladies were classmates at
lr Nonna; School, Wil liman tic.
I-Mr. and Mrs. CL Harold Gilpatrie
their daughter ithoda, returned
kturday from a two weeks' stay at
Jkmeester. Mass.
Lgeorge Hawkins and w ife, Samuel
■eh ami wife, and Albert Houghton
j a e sp< tiding a month at a COt
? in Q amncuutaug, H. 1.
|-M. Harry Blackford, wife and
,'er ! . u ni Nt: wark, N . J., are
si, o; Mr and Mi>. Munroc Itaii
s...ir. Mniiy street
| - \ v sing through Massachu- •
ami New Hampshire, in llu-ir nu
>iie. 'll and Mrs. Kichard Gor
|:i ■ I mi Sunday .
-Mr>. B itee Smith, Fremont street,
entertaining her grand-daughter,
Is- Marc :erite Slnith, of South
fti<%e.
I-.. icL s\ kt.s has moved his fatni
I into tie soon Bradley street re
lntiy hit'ipied by the family of Jere
s'liCr v.
I-T.w train from Boston was
hou: ■ Friday morning. The
■g'. ie i down at Reads ille, and
l"a- m ime before another engine
id i*1 -t red.
I-M 1 Mi-. Krnest B Kent and
In.; s. ii
I—iv
lipil
I
I' fur ;
ling Miss lithe! Kent,
. i friends, are spending
\ugiist at their collage
- at Alton Bay. Lake
•.NIL
stabliert is to occupy
the Huntington Street
*. in New London next
h-li church he was pa—
■ r of years.
—At the meeting of Conseil No. 47,
1 **1 nii>u st Jean Baptist d’Aiueri
*1 held A igust iM, I>r. Oilier J.aKue
ki George Potvin were elected deie
ue> !o the general convention to be
Min Holyoke September ts and t*.
-The Barnes family Association are
iioiii a reunion at l.ake Coin pounce,
Hithmjrton, August -Vth. All mem*
trvami descendants of the family are
'lied to participate. Any further in*
>tion can be had of Kveretl P.
rnes, President, Norwich, R. F. 1>.
j-treorge Peterson, proprietor of the
rtsis Confectionery Store, enter
forty children from the C'hil
en 5 H one, Friday afternoon. He
'M them with ice cream and cake,
« Cave to each a box of candy anei a
scard. It is needless to say that
' Peters.-n's thoughtfulness w as ap
ated.
—Mr and Mrs. G. A. Hammond, ac
d'amed by Miss Sara Holt of New
't an Mis* Helen Bradley—home
fll Michigan I'nivereUy—went to
J ■ini. Providence, in Joy's
c c auto, <>n its best beha-'
'C earning home on reeor i time.
“ varied scenery interest
" l- ' dinner—clams, fish, lobster,
X
’ choume, age I -7 year*,
"veraordale was killed
x Monday afternoon, at
is being rebuilt near
- at West Thompson. He
{sin a tenifwrary walk
when lie lost his Ca
i "event his falling, crab
’•y-foot timber roil, which
• I in position over the
instantly unrolled and,
aaoe arrived, crushed the
;i. He is survived «y a
3—Mrs. I>aura, Payne has returned
| from a visit with her sister in P»»
1 tucket, R. X.
i
i —Mrs. P. XXickey, Kim street is en
tertaining Joseph Hickey, of Hvde
Park, N. Y.
—Mrs. J. F. Carpenter and her three
daughters, Pauline. Maude and Mary,
returned on Saturday from an outing
at Crescent Reach.
—Miss Helen Keebe and little Miss
Eleanor King, of Jamaica Plain, Mass
»I*ent Sunday with Col. John Burr and
family on Killingly avenue.
—After being the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Cyril Kemillard for a week, Mr.
Albert Kemillard and wife, returned
to their home in Gardner, Mass.
—George K. Shaw . after alive weeks
enjoyable recreation at Point Biee/e,
Webster l.ake,has returned to his busy
life tanned to an Indian color, and as
hearty as a buck.
—(>n 'Monday morning Mrs. Simon
Farley, Mrs. Vict<>- t hapdelaine, and
Miss Louise Farley and Miss Edna
tha|>delaine, left here for a two weeks
outing at Winlhrop Beach, Mass.
— Rev. Mr. Burroughs, of New Ha
ven, who is occupying the pulpit of St.
Philip's church, during the vacation
of the Hector, Rev John Wa ker, wa
called home to officiate at a funeral but j
has returned.
—While chopping wood, Monday af
ternoon. at I'utler'scoal and woo l-yard,
Henry Hunt,(adored, cut oil the thumb !
of his left hand. He was taken to the
Hay Kimball Hospital where he had
his thumb properly dressed.
—Attorney Walter li. Gilpatric, of
New York, spent Sunday with his pa
rents, Mr. Hnd Mrs. George W. Gilpat- '
rie. Mrs. Gilpatrie accompanied her i
son to Mt. I tesert, Maine, w here his
family are spending the summer.
—Landlord E. ( Rogers, of the Put
nam Inn, was quietly married by Rev.
('. F. Waters, of Woodstock, on Mon
day, to Miss Nellie C. Myers. Mr. and
Mrs. Rogers left Tuesday fur a trip to
Nova Scotia. Other Putnam jieople
w ho are touring Nova Scotia are Arch
ibald MacHonald, Mrs. James B. Ta
teni.Ji., Mrs. Geo. A. Vaughan, and j
Miss Alice Morse.
j
I
i
—Sheritt George F. Holbrook was in :
Willimantic Friday attending the lioal
hearings in the bankrupt estates of
Henry Lachance and George \\ . Lc
\alle. Sheritt' Holbrook is trustee of ;
both estates, and he submitted his final j
accounts Friday. Tne Lachance estate j
has - loo on hand for the creditors. Out j
of thi'. "ill lie paid fei preferred 1
claims, and the remaining ~74 will go i
t iwards satisfying claims amounting j
to >01'.). Lachance was a tea dealer
in Putnam. in the Leva le estate
there is - .A) on iuuul, out of which s.iif j
will is.' paid for preferred claims '1 he j
remaining s_'7“ w ill go to creditors who
hold claims amounting to '--..ton. Le
\ at le was a grocer and butcher in North j
G rusv cnordale.
—We referred last week to our sewer j
system as being planned and surveyed j
by O. E. Chandler. The work of stir
surveying was done by II !>• i ard,
who was at that time < ily Engineer.
The plans and map being made by Mr.
<'handler from tin i’ily Engineer ssiir- ;
vey. What we had in mind, last week, j
in -quaking of the land proposed to be i
bought for a park along the river, to in- |
elude the Cargill Fails, was to have il j
so laid out that the p-rlcct design of j
the park could lx* printed and made ;
clear how il will look w hen iinished. i
if to have the land surveyed was all
that was needed, liesides Mr. ( ard, we
liave Mr. Geo. \\ Perry and city En
gineer Wright could do that ft> well as
anybody. Perhaps either of these gen
tlemen could do the other part tvs., for
aught we know.
_Says a writer in the Boston Record:
An amusing story is told that touches
l’rof. A. S. Hardy, novelist, formerly
of Dartmouth, later, Minister to Greece,
He lives down in Woodstock now,
among the Bowen family, into which
he married. For the sons of one of
them was bought a pair of Angora
goats. And the whole town went to
see them.
“What do you call them?" was asked
of the youngster w ho had come into
their possession.
“ •Snowbal’ is one, and the other
‘Yelta,' ” said the boy.
“ 'Yelta,' that's an extraordinary
name. Where did you get it?"
“Don't you know uncle Hardy’s nov
el, ‘But Yet-a Woman?’
—On Wednesday Mrs. G. A. Ham
mond took her guests—Miss Holt,
M Gs Laura W - Todd, of Ohio, and her
sister, the artist. Miss Georgia Todd, of
Boston—in Joy's Bed Wing auto, in
the forenoon, throughThompson, Gros
venordale, Fast, North, the Hill, »»<
S„uth Woodstock, on through Bum
fret—arriving back in Putnam in go<«
time for lunch. In the afternoon the}
w ent to Day , i e, Danielson and Brook
lvn, and returned to W ildwood Park
in time for the afternoon entertainment
After which they returned to Mrs
Hammond s rooms in the tjuineba *
County Club, and wound up the day
with a substantial dinner, p ifcb f}
the eomi>etent chef, retained b\ the
Club for tire season. Mrs. Hammond*
guests voted, that Eastern * onnectic d
had exquisite scenery, the forests and
planted fields of deepest green, and Al
exander Eake and surroundings a ver
itable beauty sj»>t.
— Dr Louts Brown, of Middletown,
is the Bluest of his mother, on t'hurvh ,
, street.
j —Mrs, Charlotte t hamplin. Bradley |
street, is entertaining her daughter,
Mrs. K. M. Brunn, of Brooklyn, X. Y
—Joseph Yandaie is working for the
Adams Express company during the
vacation seasen.
! —Misses t»li\e and Hath Kdwards
of Providence are the guests of their |
grandfather, M, ti. laronard.
— Mivs Mae Bradley has l<eeu enter
| taming Mt»s Katherine Walch, of Ptc-1
i vidence, the past week,
! —Judge Shumway was in the city ■
Tuesday for allotment of hearings |tn ,
■ chambers, which will continue until
; August 11th.
A short calendar session of the Su
[ perior Court will lie held in this city
on August -S.Wheeler, Judge, to make :
assignments for the September session, j
—The seven year old son of Attorney j
[ earlier of the upper part of the city
was run over liy a team oa k'.lm street
I Tuesday, anil his leg was broken.
—The Methodist Sunday schoolclass ,
i of Mrs. Gascoigne, will hold a cake and |
| tee cream sale on the church lawn, on
Wednesday afternoon. August til. If
'tormy, inside the church,
j I
— Mrs. \\ II Fongden, Grove street,
i has returned from a lengthy visit with j
relatives in Maine. She i> now enter
taining Mrs. 11. Winifred l.ongden if.
1 Manchester, N 11.
—Mrs. J. F. Daniels and daughters
I Annie and Ruth, of Ring street, left
i on Tuesday for < andia, N. 11., where
they are to s|iend the remainder of the
j summer.
— W illimantic is one of the cities that
| was fortunate enough to secure an a|>- |
propriation for anew (Hist office build
ing, which w ill probably be coimnenc- j
ed to lie erected next spring. Putnam:
* should Unit out how to go about get
| ting an appropriation for a public build
ing, anil go about it at once.
— Allison Wilcox,of Woodstock, was ,
arraigned in the city court, Thursday !
morning, charged with drunkenness,
breach of the peace, and assault. He
| entered a plea of 'not guilty, and the
case w as adjourned to Friday morning.
Wilcox furnished a bond of -mi tor bis
I I
appearance.
| —At the close of the Concert to lie
given in tire Swedish Congregational
! i -hurch, Woodstock, next Thursday
levelling. Mr. Clarence I Jo wen, I’ll. I>.,
will deliver an address on Woodstock,
a subject in which lie is now s|iei-inlly
interested, and will la- greatly appre
ciated by the i>eople of W oodsti>ck es
I wi-i a I ly, and no di ubt to others who
i have this opjiortimity of hearing it.
In the tennis tournament held at
Moosup last Saturday, the representa
tives of the Day ville Tennis Club took
the honors, as follows: Match lad ween
Rlanchard and Cogswell of DayvUle
. \s. Cranskey and Kenyon of Moosup,
i-H, ti-1, : C. K.''haw and I.. Shaw
of Putnam \' Walker and Crarey of
Moosup, »>-o. li t*.
— Fast Saturday the Onawa (Tub, of
I this city, left for Webster Fake, mid
will occupy I. iig Island. The club
comprises eiglrl young men and a chef.
! They will occupy Onawa cottage, alter
j w hich the dub is named. The names
1 of the members are: I rank IFCordier,
i Henry Itenoit, Arthur Magnan, Peter
I Duvert, lands St. Martin, Paul Dti
I ault, .lost Jill Foi-elle, ISernard de
1 Garrv, Felix Fi/.otte atui Charles lle
i lair.
—A horse la-longing to contractor
! M. F. Maynard, being frightened at
! some of the many exciting noises aUiut
the Square, started on a frantic run
7::*ii Wednesday morning, and dashed
through the Square anil down Harris
street. As he rounded the drinking
fountain the wagon skidded and eame
in contact w ith a tup-buggy standing
at the station, in which was a young
lady. The first the occupant of the
carriage knew she was upset and
I thrown to the ground. She immedi
ately extricated herself from the bug
gy-top without sustaining any bodily
harm except a fright. Her horse stood
still, or it might have been different.
The runaway animal was slightly cut
up.
—Putnam and vicinity »#< vi»iled
Wednesday morning, a Unit 12 o'clock,
with the severest electrical storm it ha*
had for many year*, which lasted over
’ two hours, with territlc clafw of inces
sant thunder, and heavy down-pour of
rain. Several telephone* were burned
out, but the worst disaster was caused
bv bolt* of lightning, which struck
three building*—two without damage.
The third were two barns at Ka-*t Put- !
nam, owned by Krnesl K and (Min \\
Torrev, which were burned to the
ground about -’1 o'clock. Although the
owner* hurries! out to rescue w hat they
could, they found the barns en eloped
in Mines and could save nothing. The
1 >»* was heavy: besides the barm* anil .
farm implements, hay, wagons, at?., |
there were four horse*, a bull and two
j,,z* burned. The eow*. fortunately
I T
<lo a large rmik-shippin* business to
Buxton, and had to borrow horse* and
wagon* to bring their milk to the sta
te»n. The house of Oeorge Hall, Sou th
Main street, w a* one of the other hous
es, that of Senator F. 1- Wright, Pom
I fret, w as the third one struck.
Tfee Ope* Sunday.
Instead of being a turbulent day
la*l Sunday because on* bo-mess man
had annouonU hi* intention of keep
in* hi* Sore o|en <m IhM day not only
tor the sale of hi* legitimate *oo»i>. but
would add Sunday new*{>ai>c^s, ran
dans ice cream, and whatever else the
public demanded—it was a* quiet as
any Suuday the city has e\er had. In
the morning the {taper* were reeeived
and disposed of long before the church
hells rang, and all was tjuiel around
the premise*. This is the testimony of
those who look the {tains to leant the
fact*.
Mr. Uentek and his family, who are
Jews and foreigners, live in the build
ing in which is the grocery store. They
are evidently a quiet, weil-behave |hs>
ple. with no di*|totdlion to give offence
to their American neighbors. Like
some who should know belter, pcrhajts
Mr. Kenick did not understand the ob
ject in view in seeking to restrict open
business on Sunday, or he might not
have made the remark attributed to
him—if he did make it at all—“No
more blue-lid Sundays for our ja-ople."
Kven the despotic governments of Ku
ro|>e allow great freedom to their sub
jects to enjoy themselves on Sunday,
allhouKh guarded as a holy day—and
when they come to this land of lita-rly
il surprises them to find restriction!,
placed on business on Sunday This
may be the view Mr. Uenick took.
Hut strange as it may seem, cs|ieclal
ly to Mr. Reutck, he has found no sym
pathy in try lug to have “no more blue
li 1 Sundays." Instead ol doing a nour
ishing trade on Sunday—although he
had the monopoly of the city—his sales
were almost con lined to that of news
pa la-rs. Kew, if any, ladies wished to
enter a grocery store, particularly on
Sunday , to get ice cream and randies.
As we have said before, the Ameri
cans believe In Sunday as a rest day—a
sus|ieiision of ithetr ordinary nvoca
tmis to gi\e relaxation to llieir minds
and bodies. To many of them reading
ncwspa|>ers Is regarded as a relaxation.
Noclass, or individual even, tins de
sired io deprive them of this privilege.
Not even our Prosecuting Attorney had
any desire to do so, but did so because
the courts declared il was his duly,
when pro|>er evidence was furnished
to iiiin, to close up all business “except
that of necessity or mercy
lie had announced before-hand, Itiat
if comia'llcd in enforce tlit* State taw
he would make no exAptiun*—every
thing like business should Is- closed
up as tight as a drum. He would nut
lake the responsibility of drawing any
other line than the law ill reeled—that
of necessity or mercy lie regarded
tlial to be his sworn duly .
(II course, people were led to ex|K'ct
that Sunday would be an absolute rest
day. 11 was, for one day, with llie ex
ception that the police force had extra
duly to |ieiform to keep the "Siinday
iid" light, as the Prosecuting Allor
ney declared it should l>e.
Hut that is now am h ut history. The
i|Uestion is, how shnil the new diltieul
ties la- met: the streets cannot be sprin
kled Sundays, drug stores are not al
lowed to la- u|ien, u> the discomfort of
people; and shall thi privilege to sell
pria-rs,ice cream,candies, Ac., fa- mon
opolized l>y one ia:rson, or allowed to
others who have now had to close up
their place-. If public opinion would
ac'iulesce in the pres< ill order il iniglif,
as seems, likely to restrict o|ien t rattle
la-ttcr, if no other atlcmpt than Mr.
Itenck - place dia-x o|a-u Sunday traf
fic. Hul tlu-rc are possibilities of wi
dening Ihe open diair loan luliinlled
extent. Then puulic feeling should la
consulted. That is of first iinia>rtanee
ami—linal.
Resolutions
At the la-t meeting of Putnam Coun
cil, No. :t4o, Royal Arcanum, the fol
lowing resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, It has pleased Almighty
< tod, the Supreme Regent of the uni
verse, to remove from among us our es
teemed brother, Horace K. Hurlhul,
therefore tie It
Resolved, That while we bow to the
will of Him who doetli all thing* well,
still we shall mourn the loss of one
w ho has for long years been a member
of our order, anti one who has been
faithful to his obligations.
Resolved, That the mem tiers of Put
nam (ounci! extend to the liereaved
family of our brother ihelf heartiest
sympathy in llieir great sorrow, and
commend them to the care land guid
ance of an all-wise and loving Hod
that they may have His |>eace within
them to comfort and sustain in this
hour of need.
Resolved, That a certified copy of
these resolution* >** forwarde J to the
family of our deceased brother, and
published in the local pa|*rs, as well
as spread ujsm the records of till*
< ounci I.
h 'I. BaKsky,
K. W. Skw aki>,
iI>. HMAttPg,
( om millet on Resolutions.
Intereitinn Loc&vis
Shoes repaired by machinery
Men's sewed taj* 75c, l.adies’ <<<»c
I uioi.1 Shoe t o., Arcade Block, Putnam
Insure not only your buildings, but
also your hay, catt -. and other j»ro|e
.erty in strong companies. J Hid 4
C ar|ienter,generai fire insurance agent.
Office, Putnam.
—Attorneys M. H. Geisaler and H.
I . Bradford are ha- lug their annual
vacations. The former i* visiting in
Canton. Maas., the latter in Boston and
other places.
Common Council.
Tlte regular imlins of the common
council was Iwkl Tuesday evening with
Mayor Met tarry in the chair. Present
A Mermen l>ady, Itroduer, Miner, i»u
mas, t'arpenter, Brown ami Tefft.
Ttie records of ttie previous meeting
were rend ami placet! on tile.
The Mayor stated that from personal
observation he knew that the lights in '
the subway were run very late in the
morning. He hat! seen them burning ;
as late as He spike to the man j
w ho ha>l charge of the station, but he j
1 seemed to pay no attention to the mat
ter. The Mayor recommended that 5
tlie street light committee inv estigale
aud see if the switch cannot be reiunv
evi to some plaee ou 1*1 de the station.
He didn t think the eity should pay
for unnecessary light. He also stated
that it had been called to his attention
that there were lights in the city from
w hich HtUcr benefit was derived, ami
recommended that the committee also
investigate this matter.
1‘olice report; Arrests, hi, of which
were sent to Jail: one light out tV>
1-2 hours.
Permit »«.« Knuitcd A. II. UeynohU
to erect sign on l.ivery street.
Petition received (or nn nre light nt
tlie corner of School street amlThomp- i
son roml. Ueferreil.
Petition from L. K. Weeks to lin\ r
something done to prevent the water , j
w Inch comes ilms n from liramt View t
running into Ills cellar and well. lie- >
ferret!.
Contrnct Mill) the Putnam Light
Power Co. w us signed for one year.
Finance committee stated that they
had placed the tax collector's boml
with .1. Harry Maim.
The Mayor, as a special emnmlUee,
slated that the mutter ol the hill against
the city for 'In, for appraising tienetlts
ami damage* ou the Woodstock avenue
lay out would tie submitted to a Judge
of the Sii|terior Court to ms“ whether
the oily should pay the same. Also,
that an investigation had been made .
relative to the connections made w ith
tlie surface water sewer, that the com
mittee were not ready to re|sirt but
wished more lime.
Voted, That the three regular |a>ltee
men be granted a week's leave of ab
sence with pay.
The following bills were ordered
paid:
Putnam Water Co., Foil
i Archie MacDonald, • :u
Henry Alvord, 77 .1
liuis-iI Harris, • n on
i M. II. Joy. 7 <»>
| P. Macdonald, I **1*
| (ianeswell Mre Alarm Co., 4 si
i 'ourt oilier is, |os ,;j
I SI rotl department, -1; •• >
Henry W illiuin*, I*• (>7
r.enrge Holbrook, <>2 no
II. I. Hurt, t '>2
Obituasrv
Tllo.vi VS K K.X x KI>V.
Karly on Monday morning Thom
as Kennedy, of Arch street, w ns fouiul
tleurl in |jed, due to heart trouble The
evening previous he was In the Is1*! of
spirits, and had worked up to <i o’clock
Thursday. He ciune to this country
from Ireland when a youth, and had
1 lived lit Putnam, Pom fret ami Wood
, stock, lor ahoul fifty years, the greater
■ part of the time In this city. He had
treen employed on railroad work in ist
of the time and for a long peri nl w as
watchman at the Mo loc ledge, near
the city. He helped dig the cellar of
the tirsl Catholic church, Providence
| street, rrn the site of the present Ireault
! I'ul church, as a volunteer. He is sur
vived by his wiiiow and four children:
fU-v. William Kennedy, assistant pas
tor at Plainville, Conn., Mr*. Alice La
rue, of Plainv ille, James Kennedy, of
Kiinv ille, and Mrs. 1- amiie Toilersall,
of Paterson, N.J.
Funeral services were held in Ht.
Mar.v i church Huuday afternoon, Itev.
Fr. Van den Noorl officiating. The
Reverend Father sjioke very feelingly
of the Hidden death of Mr. Kennedy
and of his straightforward Christian
character. The hearer* were John Quin,
John Gordon, and I>. F. X. McEvoy,
of i'ulnain, and William Lawler, of
North Windham.
Burial In Ml. Mary * cemetery.
A solemn requiem High Ma** was
Celebrated on Monday morning at nine
o’clock, and wa* sung by Rev. Wil
liam Kennedy, celebrant, *on of the
deceased, Rev. Kr. John Fleming, dea
con, of Walerbury, Rev. Kr. liykeman
suh-I »eacon, of till* city.
The church wa» tilled on both occa
sions, denoting the great res|ieel in
which Mr. Kennedy was held in the
community. There were also people
from all the surrounding towns and
some from other ,Stale*. In fact it was
one of the largest funerals ever held in
the city.
Lemuel K. West, a former resident
of this city, died in Wiiliainsvitle, on
Monday, aged 7h. Funeral services"
and burial took place in Woburn,
Mass., on Wednesday afternoon. Mr.
West resided with his soil Kdward,
clerk for a number of years in the Put
nam inn, but removed to Williams
ville a yeai ago to accept a position as
book keeper.
_lienry Merriam, of Boston, has
tssen the guest of his mother, Fremont
street. He, with his brother, Lucius
P. Merriam, Usikkeejier in the First
! National Bank, has gone to Cottage
| < ity to spend his vacation.
lAnt«>moHii<> MMl>f liming
M. K. Joy had two l’u|w-ll*[|ftird
autos entered lu the hlll-c limbing mul
ti's!, at New l.ou,Ion, last Saturday.
The l’o|ie made second in ciass f—nan
costing st.Tiat or U*ss—amt in the taro
tor-all.
An exchange s«v* of the froo-tor-all
“The troe-tor all furnished the real 1
eseitement tor the afternoon. M K.
Joy, of I'uliiain, w ho ha>l a Itope-Hart
ford in class C, s»-nl a skeleton Ihijie
H art ford to the line In this cl as*. It
was entirely stripped and carries! only *
one seat. The olher entries were for- >
bln, Stearns, thumb, Packard, Whit
ney and Kenyon.
It simmered down to a contest be
tween the l*opa-Hartford and llie t'or
bin. In the lirsl trial the Pope-Hart
ford fairly flew up the hill, while the
spectators al<m( the course betd their
breath, tiradgr, the driver, handled
the car jie rivet iy, and got every bit out
of the car that any driver could.
When it wie* announced that he had
pushed the car up the hill in 1.1 i, II ■’>.
most every one conceded the class to
the Pope, especially when ihe t'orbln
failed to r,|ual Iht* time on Ihe tirsl
mm.
t >n the second trlnl came the sur
prtse. The t'orbln car gelling a splen
did '•tart, streaked up the hit! at whtrl
»ln<l »|kh J iuiiI id a wonderful burst
uf speed ero-.Mil the ttiit-di line in the
remarkable fast time of 1.1— 4 >.
Mr firmly, in hi- mwihI tual, made
a great attempt tv» Is-at the t'orbin'*
time, hut t l-» *-*» seconds slowoi than
tin- Pojs-'s first trial, »a- the la-*t tin
machine could iln. ami the <'orbin'*
time stood as the u-eord lime of the al
ternoon."
A Magnificent Concert.
Knoouraged h.v the areal siioees* of
the instrumental and vocal I'oneert,
gixen last year t>y the Swedish I'ongre
KHlional f'hureh of Woodstock, It pro
poae.s to glu' another that ll lelteve*
will excel the pinions one This time
thet'oneerl will llrst I* given In I’ul
naui and afterwards In the Swedish
elm roll on Woodsloelf Hill.
Hev. 1.. T. I.lndholiil, w ho has Warn
pastor of the church for aland three
years, Ini* U-en unsparing in his elt'nrls
to bring together the Swedish jasiple
of WoodsliK-k and vielnltv, III church
relationship, lor tlieii benclll, thegia tl
of the eomiuuntty, mid also to altiael
to the vicinity « good class of Ids coun
try men. Mr. I/indholm has, by Ills
|„-i sr\cling eiloi Is, had H ehtircil inlild
big ereeled, aided by Ids |ieople, hut
there hre other needs to make Ills la
lairs complete la-fore lie leaves his dock
to go lo New Vork city, w here lie has
accepted a call, l or lln- purpose, there
fore, of raising inoncy to llnlsh the
basement of his church, lie has arran
ged In have this < oncetl. II will give
the mush- loving people of I’nlnain an
opIHirtunily to enjoy music of the high
est order.
Tin- < oneert will la-given In the Se
cond < ongrcgnltoiiiil church, III this
city, Wednesday evening, August 12th,
at s o'clock. I! will la- given by I’m
lessor Hulluiari and Ids ism I’aul Hult
uian, under the auspices of the WisaJ
stm k Swedish < uiigregational ehurcli
Prof, Hulltttan, barllom soloist, has,
, for years, been a prominent Uos|iet
! singer, and will, on tills occasion,sing
! popular Micrcd songs in Isitli Kng11.h
! and Swedish.
.Mr. Paul Hallman, for many yearn
a pupil of Kiuil l.lebltlig, of t’hii-iigo,
and of Arthur Koole, of Itoston. He Is
^ now a pianist of reeogitl/ed ability.
Mr. Uoy Campbell, head of the War
I ren, l*a., Cunservalory, says: "The In
■ lerpretatlon of some piano compost
lions played by Paul Hiiltman, were
su|a*rlor to the Is-st I have ever heard
in KurojH- or America.”
He thoughl, some lime ago, of enter
ing the Law School of Vale I'nlverat
i ty and take uptlie practicing of law as
Ills life work, but learning atioul Ids
musical nisi lily, the Ih-an advised him
not to give up music for the practicing
of law.
This, surely, t* an opportunity that
every lover of good music should avail
himself of, as it is one that may rarely
be offered.
As the proceeds of the concert are to
lie applied toward ttie finishing of the
new Swedish church In Woodstock,
whoever, therefore, at:end» the concert
will not only *|>end a moat profitable
and enjoyable evening but will alaoald
a moat worthy object.
Ms-I'alon wf I ha Child ramllf
The Reunion of the Child Family
will he held at Koweland Park next
Wednesday, August ll'lh. If decided
ly stormy the gathering will lie the
following day.
The collatii n will 1* a hnaket lunch,
between TJ and I o’clock, and will lie j
spread upon table*, that all may enjoy
the occasion together.
The following I* the Executive » om
milteer Mr*. A. H. CMldersleeve, Mr*.
T. II. Meek, and Mr*. M- J. Poller,'
who will have charge of the lunch and
will *ee that lemonade i* provided,
Miw Mary H Potter ha* Uwi request*
ed to tafeet’harge of the Antique arti
cle*, which arc tola- left with Iter at
I the boat house, they should he careful
ly lalielh-d with the name of tiie arti
cle and the owner,and called for tn the
afternoon. After dinner, officer* will
lie elected, the MUtorf.au’* report read,
and other iter:** of interest connected
j with tl« Child Family given.
Coagregattoaal Ckarvb Note*
H. H. Spooner, HKiMarjrof the Con
nwtlcut Temperance I nloo will apeak
iifst Sunday morning al (hr Kapliak
church. In theexenlag, a I nionTVm
|>e ranee meeting will be held in the au
ditorium of the Congregational church.
Mr. Spooner'* ability a* a temperanco
speaker i* well known, and hi* force,
enthusiasm, and clear grasp of his aub
ject, need no comment. At this lime of
year our mind* are naturally turned
tow ard thi* subjeet: and ia it too much
to hope that public opinion may, on ac
count of thi* lecture, tie ao changed,
that our city may once more go "no li
cense?" All are urged to attend thia
service. The Young People'» meeting
will be omitted so that the Tem|*eranot»
leituie may lie ax largely attended aa
invisible next Sunday.
Ilex . John Held of Kranklln, Maaa.,
will occupy the pulpit next Sunday
morning. The singing will he by a
male quintette, who will slug for an
anthem, "The Karlh is the luxrd’a,”
by Hamilton. Kor the olfbrtory, Har
old S, i orbin will slug “One Sweetly
Solemn Thought," flay ton IV. Tliur
ber, organist of the Congregational
church in Webster, will la- al the or
gan.
Popular Fxcurtioa to Sax In Kock
A popular excursion to Max In Itnok,
t'onnectlcut's IpBtllng summer resort,
Is announced for tucsday, August I lilt,
under the direction of the N. Y. N II.
A II It. II. t'o. S|H'clol train leaven
Putnam al 7. to it. in. due New Haven
ol !».41 h. m., where transfer Is mode to
, fleetrle ear for the “Ibs-k " Ituund
I rl|! i ale onlj Mob. Savin lloek Isa
charming spot for n day's outliiK, Mini
eveialho.se who are most indltl'ereiil to
Nature's ehiums eanuot Uxik upon It*
pictures, pic scenery w ithout a feeling
of delight. Indeed Its fame extend*
throughout the eastern states as one of
the most favored watering plain's to be
found u|h»ii the iHiaat. Its inultlpllot
ty of amusements, famous shore din
ners, boating sea bathing, and other
marine features oomhlned with the at
tractions of the White!'ily make savin
Itoek thlf season more popular than
ever.
Rev. and Mr*. A. H. Naiarian * Fire Din
aster.
In a letter w ritten to a friend In this
elty, Mr-. Magadan tells of the Iorient
misfortune that liefnl her and her hus
htiiid, In the destruction Ivy flreuf liielf
summer home al Hake Munapee, N.
II. Mrs. Nazarlan liofore her marrlaito
was Miss Alloe Heath, a native of this
town. She says;—
We are all ,pdte comfortably situated
In a furnished cottage, not fin from our
lot. Col. Huiiii, a stranger to u*, offer
ed ll to us as long as we w ished to stay,
free of charge. There Is everything for
keeping house except sheets, towela
and pillow eases. These I had to buy
We shall stay here as long as we can,
or think It w ise, anil then return to
Chelsea -of course to our own home If
It la1 ready, or we shall make some tem
porary arrangements as we did liefora
the lire.
The lire caught in Hr Smiley's cot
tage, I’rohanty In some way from the
chimney or lire place, as be had a good
lire there during the day, It la-lug very
rainy, and probably the woodwork got
overheated.
When Itrst discovered the IIre wax
underneath the flooring. When wo
lin ked across from our chamber, after
we had been awakened by the cry of
lire, It was all ablaze underneath the
cottage. We knew then that nothing
could save our house. We awakened
the children and told them to dress
ipiickly, while we did the same. 1 put
on a skirt o'er my night dress and put
on iny shoes and stockings, and then,
hastily took down what clothes were
In my own room and the lother front
room, tied them up and we all went
out. The only things I took away a* 1
went down-stair* was my watch and a
picture of Mr. N. that was by It. Am
we went out, the uelghlxrr* came In end
carried out my sewing and washing
machines, a new hammock and a few
small article*—that I* all we saved
from a house comfortably furnished.
All our new stock of underwear, bed
clothes, sheets, towels, nspklns, dishes,
eis,king utensils, trunks, provision*,
etc.—all gone. Our boat* and two steel
fishing rods were saved. The lowns
isople took us In, and we found even
here that we had a host of friend*.
Mr. N. makes friends with everybo
dy, and they responded to our emer
gency, sending clothes, food, money,
| AC.
| I went to Newport, N. H., a town
[ *,mc distance from here, and bought
some necwwllie*. We shall try to kcI
' on with a* tittle at poaalbl* unit) we
i act home.
We base insurance on oui eot
I !»«•. furniture,Ae., ami white that will
| not cover our lo**ex, it lx a good Itelp.
Our lot ix injured very much in tire
1 low* of treex. if il had not rniue<i so
! hard on (Saturday f rionot know where
j Hit* tire would have xtopped. itut 1
j thank Uod il is ax well with u» a* it U.
I We iiave life ami health ami frWudx,
1 amt xome earthly store xtill left,
t [The present addrews of Mr.Naaarlan
ami family i* Hunaiwe, N. H
J —Prosecuting Attorney tard apent
•Sunday with hi* mother at their aum*
i uier home, Mattuuuck, U. I.
t Vi