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A WEEKLY FAMILY PAPEK
- EIGHT PAGES.
VOL. XXXVI.
Entered at the Putnam p<>*t OThe»
ai s^cood-cla*% mattrr.
PUTNAM, CONN. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27
<908
NO 48
_-j-^e f ie Library »»< reopened
nn Wedm-day.
KranR ~nerlock,of Providence. visi
Kdreist:"" in the city over Sunday.
—Mrs-Frederick Waterman ha» been
jnUrtaimiU her M-ter, Miss Kthel
it arren, H> I.
—Rev. B. F. Benoit will preach in
ibe Baptist church this city, next Sun
(jU afternoon at .5:10 o clock.
—Frank (.tailincite and his sister, at
tended the wedding of their sister, in
Uillimanlic, Monday morning.
_t»ur city had the pleasure of a visit
froaJ Mayor Duun, of Willimantic on
Monday.
-pr Fdivard F. Perry and wife are
entertaining Mrs. Chas. H. Bixby, of
Bridgewater, Mass.
—Armond Cadorette, of Xew Bed
ford i* visiting his aunt, Mrs. Frank
Leclair, Mill street.
—Mr. Adlard Bi beau It anil wife, of
»pen:er, were guests of Mr. James O.
Brbeault and wife, Green street, over
jiunud}’
-John A. Party's silk mill, at South
Windham, commenced operations on
Monday, after being closed for several
months.
—Mrs llerl>ert Leavitt, Miss Kath
tne Lea\ itt, Mr. Wallace Leavitt and
,:;e. left on Monday for their new
tunie in ('as[)er, Wyo.
-Mi's Margaret Ay 1 ward returned |
Tuesday to Danielson, after a stay of ;
several weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
T Thayer, Chapman street.
-Congressman Edwin W. Higgins,
of Norwich, si>ent a few hours in this
o!y last week Thursday. State Sena
torCharles A. Oates, of Willimantic,
its here on the same day.
-The Ladies’ Aid of the Baptist
church will give an entertainment in
ttw .Assembly rooms of the church De
amber loth, from 3 to 8 p. m., with a
rtnison supper at 5.30.
-The incendiary tire that greatly da
maged the Progress Confectionery Co.’s
Sore in Court House block, last week,
amains a mystesy, although the man
ger said he thought he knew who
tlie culprit was.
-At the last meeting of the W o
r.in s Board of the Day Kimball Hos
(ttti, Mrs. Eugene Durosher was chos
eriisinuan oi the dewing committee
injilaoe of Mrs. Richard Gorman, re
aped.
-Mrs. |». II. Killings is in Tarry
Jo* n. X. V., with her son, I. D. Kil- 1
he-, who has just been promoted to!
t.r j-siii .u of chief accountant in the
ieSictof a large automobile factory in!
Ithat city.
I -Post Uilice hours for Thanksgiv
pt<—Office open from aiiOa. m. to 1-’
«. ) io to 7 p. m. Money Order I)i
hfewn closed. t>ne delivery by city
farters. Rural service suspended for
fix day.
-List of letters remaining In the
fa in am Post Office for the week end
ing Nov. hi:
Ladies—Nellie Dougherty, Mrs. Wll
S»m Fletcher, Miss Eva .Sawyer, it!),
Mi's Matilda Mayo.
tientleiiien—H. M. Fall, Franklin &
-, t>eo. f. Mesner, K. J. Wallace,
(antes Thorne.
-At a meeting of Jessamine clinp
b, Nook, Order of Eastern Star, in ttie
(atonic Tern pie, two members were in
tuited. Following the regular meet
°?aeol!ation was served by Mrs. J.
wene and Miss Emma Roberts, dur
•Mliiih a pleasant social time was
ajoyed.
-Rev. and Mrs. F. D. Sargent left
* California on Monday at 10.AO a. m.
kv went’via Worcester to Chicago,
kme the Santa he route from that
if,expecting to reach their destina
• Friday evening. Mr. Sargent was
a*hy handed a sum of money from
Parishioners Sunday evening at the
•nonage*1 after his return from the
*I*r service
'Hartford Post” began issuing
Sludgy editiwn last Sunday. It has
W* attraciive features of the illus
Sunday papers of New York
Rostan, even to furnishing 28 of
!*fge pages, including several col
I picture pages—all for five cents.
■L lions of such Sunday papers are now
»l the East, and are evidently
6 profitable to the proprietors than
(daily issue. The Sunday paper
because the public demand It,
foe style U likes. The New York
held out for a longtime against
1 Sunday edition, but had to
floallv. Times have changed
i long ago.
°oe member, at least, of the
eouiiuittee is willing to put
*e and money Into improve
fomake the surroundings of our
attractive, is shown by the
has just come to our know
The very substantial retaining
t i* being built on the river
Contractor E. M. Wheaton, is
entirely at hie own expense.
^°ne- too, in addition to a gene
Jbscription paid some time
example set by the Presi
«r Business Men’si Association
folio wed by a numWer of other
L a own teams, who have
for the
J* *r»-iing the lot. The
of till
ha
‘e in thi
anouaced a, soon
I*1* learned.
.ame>
way
their j
I -Ntl' ii Mansfield. Min of A. I..
[ Mansfiald, has tillered a law office m
, , Boston.
—Court Jacques (.'artier F. of A. will
hoid a fiance in Forresters hail Satur
day night.
— Mrs. E!ia Clark has returned from
a \isit with her daughter. Mrs. Her
j 111 ^ hamfle/, in \V orc^ler.
j —Raymond Wheaton, RaymondC.il
patric, and John Holmes are home
from Amherst college for the holiday.
— Frank la-onard.of Philadelphia, is
the guest of his father. M . G. Leonard,
South Main street.
—Mrs. R K Smith, Grove street,
has been entertaining her son, Alien
Smith of Boslou.
— We have had a few days of tieau
tiful Indian Summer weather. All are
hoping now for a good out-pour of
beautiful rain.
— Miss Elizabeth Wright, teacher in
the Xorlhboro, Mass., High School, has
been \isitiag her parents,Mr. and Mrs.
E. G. Wright.
— Miss Florence Sargent returned to
Boston, anti Harold Sargent to Nor
wich, on Monday, after a visit with
their parents, Rev. and Mrs. F. li.Sar
gent.
—Harmidias Bedard, J'., well known
in this city, died at his home in Dan
ielson last week Wednesday after a
lonjf illness. Funeral services were
held in St. James Church Danielson
Inst Saturday morning.
—The lecture on “The Land of the
Shamrock,” in tin* Congregational
church Tuesday evening by Judge A
G. Bill, was exceedingly instructive,
the views being numerous and unu
sually clear and sharp, and the de
scription concise.
—Walter Shippv, employed at the
freight depot, and Miss MaltieSkinner,
were united in marriage at two o'clock
this Wednesday afternoon at the home
of the bride’s father, A. L. Skinner,
186 school Street. The ceremony was
|>erformed by Rev. J. 14. Stubbert in
the presence of a large gathering of
relatives and friends. After a wedding
journey Mr. and Airs. Shippy will re
side in Putnam.
—Through theeft'ortsof the Woman's
Hoard of the I>ay Kimball Hospital,
Thanksgiving supplies are coining in
freely for the Hospital. They are re
ceived at the store of h. K. Smith. It
is understood, of course, that the do
nations are intended for winter sup
lilies as well as for Thansgiving hay,
and will be received at any time from
the kind-hearted friends of the Hospi
tal.
—The following persons from this i
city, went to New Haven last Satur
day, anil were among the 7.000 specta
tors who witness the great Yale-Har
vard fool-ball contest—the most excit
ing of any on record: hr. and .Mrs. F
A. Morrell and daughter, Miss Isabel,
Mi.-s Mary Johnson, Miss ltlanche Kan'
dull, Miss Fredelle Kandall, Mr. A. M.
Case and wife, G. A. Vaughan, J. (•■•
Johnson, C. K. Shaw, Charles Thayer,
Heniy Wheeiock, P. Walden Wright,
and Percy Waterman.
—The Trio Hunting Club and their
families were entertained by Mr. and
Mrs. A. 1>. McIntyre, at their home on
Farrow street, last Sunday evening.
A “course dinner" was served in which
game, secured by the prowess of the
hunters, was a cons picons fer.ture. A
flavoring was afterward added by the
host giving a “poetical" instead of a
prosaic detailed description of the
party's recent hunting trip through j
the woods of New Hampshire with all I
their hair-breadth escapes from pot
hunters, who now a days “do" so ma
ny jieople to death. The pleasure of
the evening was kept up to its close.
_The employes of \N . H. Iceland s
plant, Worcester, to the uumber of 2d0,
were entertained last week, with their
friends, by the company at the dedica
tion of the recent addition to their fac
tory. The members of llie company
are W. H. Leland, A. J. Gifford and*.
Nikololf. The latter is well known in
Putnam, having married the daughter
of the late Mr. L. B. Durfee, who sUll
resides in this city with her widowed
mother. John iLowe, in behalf of the
men employed at the factory, gave a
laigeclock, which was received by the
employe™, each responding.J Then fol
lowed a concert, and a banquet, closing
with dancing.
_Mr. T. B. Thompson and his two
daughters, Alice and Rita, of New
York, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. A. Hammond over Sunday. Mr.
Thompson—“T. B. ’ he is titled-is
Vice President of the KurekaHilk Ma
nufacturing Company. Manager of the
ladies department, with office* in IFr
ton,Chicago,Cincinnati. Philadelphia,
St. Louis and UloversviHe. N Y. He
was for several years Secretary of the
Association of Machine Twist Sewing
and Braid Manufacturers, who presen
ted him with a gold watch a> an evi
denceof his influence and popularity.
M r. Thompson and his daughters are
proficient pianist-*, having a decided
taste for music. Were it not for spoil
ing a first-class salesman, he might
have become a talented actor or bril
liant musician. " ith Mr. Fred "•
■*haw in same capacity for Hammoud,
Knowiton A Co., they constitute a
flam on A Pvlhias combination among
I consumers oif all kinds of twist silks.
Superior Court.
n» r'i.vanniih it..* \>
I'r. J. V.. ^hcpj-arl was concluded
Paursday iK'eiskm reserved.
Friday arguments were heard in the
c ise of Keacli vs. l.yon, adnir. l>eci
sh'ii Rest-rveil
The ease of Ferdinand C.irai ! ts. the
j iirosvenordale company was com
meneetHn the suite rior court Monday
j morning. It is an action to recover
j damages of *10,000 because of an ac
cident which the plaiutttr sutlered at
llie defendant company’s null in the
spring of 1007, w hen a tJ-inoh pulley
burst and a piece of shafting was
i knocked down, striking titrard and
breaking his leg. Attorneys Searles
and Stone apisar for tlie company
and Attorney lionaid ti. Perkins for
tiirard. The ease is lieing tried l>efore
a jury. About H.it) the foreman of the
jury eommunieated to the court that
Daniel S. Drayman of Hampton, one of
the jurors, was ill. a recess was tie
clared. Mr. Brayutan was examined
by a physician who found his lemper
ture to be rapidly rising. He was ex
cused and u j ton agreement of counsel
the case continued with eleven jurors.
H hen court adjourned, complainants
case w as not all in.
Tile above case was continued all
tiay Tuesday The arguments w ill be
heard and the case go to the jury this
Wednesday.
Judge Wheele* has handed down a
decision in the case of Calvin Wilcox J
| of Voluntow n vs. Charles Hopkins o
Plainfield, allowing the plaintifl da
| mages of sl’H ami costs. The case w as '
a civil action to recover damages to
land owned by Wilcox w here a lire set
oy men in the employ of Philips be
came beyond control and swept over
many acres of land.
City Court-RuAM*ll,
Joseph < 'onmover w as sentenced to j
pay costs of $6.h!) and to 150 days in 1
jail, Friday morning, for assault, breach !
of the peace and using abusive lan
guage. Fred Boulav went to jail to
work out line and costs of $13.94 for
stealing an overcoat from his brother- I
in-law.
The adjourned cases of Theodore
Langlois, Albert I .anglais, and Joseph
Gauthier, charged with assaulting
Joseph Leperle, were taken up ami ex
tender! into the afternoon, w hen an ad
journment was taken to 7 o'clock in
the evening for the pur|>ose of hearing
the arguments. The young men had
conducted their own cases, ami a> all
had taken considerable time in cross
examination, the trial had consumed i
two days. They were each found guilty
and sentenced to pay line and costs of j
*14.06.
Saturday morning Louis George, 10, !
a (ireek, was before the court charged
w ith stealing a bicycle, overcoat,hand
kerchiefs and other things on the 7lh |
ami Idth of November.
The complaint was in three counts
to w hich a plea of not guilty w as en
tered. Howard Cole of this city was
the first witness and told of leaving his
bicycle in front of his father's grain
store and its disnp|>enrnnce. He iden
tilied the wheel in court as the one.
Morris Cohen of Webster told of Ire
ingin North Grosvenordale with his
father. They met George who sold
hLs father the wheel for $1.61).
Sjiecial officer McGuire told of taring
assigned the case, learning of the sab
in North Grosvenordale, tracking the
wheel to Webster and its recovery. He
later arrested George, searched bis
room where other o( the stolen articles
were found, and look others from his
p.-rson. c o
Lawrence Chandler and his sister,
Miss Helen Chandler, of Last Wood
stock identified the goods in court as
their property. The evening of theTtli
Lau rence drove to Putnam to meet the
6:30 Ifaln on which his sister arrived.
He left his overcoat and she a box con
taining articles, in the carriage and
when they returned in live minutes the
things were gone.
Captain Murray said he saw George
with a new overcoat on, was suspic
ious and questioned him. Young • han
dler's father was in town and his atten
tion was called to the coat but be thou
ght it was not the one. He later learn
ed that George left home without an
overcoat and returned with one.
All that George had to say In defence
was that the things were given to him
by Pete Brown.
He wan found guilty and sentenced
to pay coate taxed at 121.84 and to a
tine of $7 and 30 days in jail on each
count. ,
George had been out of jail but a few
weeks as he was sentenced on May 11
to 13) days in jail for theft and having
a knife in bis poeession with a blade
exceeding in length the statutory limit.
Lnioa Tkaaksfiviof Service*
1'nion services will be belt! on
Thanksgiving morning at the Metho
di„t church at 10 o’clock, lire order of
service being a» follows:
Organ Voluntary.
Hvmn.
Apostle* » reed.
Prayer,
Solo,
Tk-rlpiure Lesson,
Anthem,
Address,
Hvmn.
Benediction.
Rev. J. H. Stubbert
Miss Grace Bennett
Kev .U. A. Kerguson
Choir
Rev. K. J. Ayers
_>|rs. Betts, »idow of Jacob Betts,
a former pastor of the local Methodist
church, w the guest of city f riends.
I - 1
I
What is a Tajj Da>?
The sSnf «?w>«tioii is »'k< .i daily bj
many, since umouiKrtt, ami van bo an
'*fred as follows: A ijuick a; .1 e'tec
tivo way of (jisitiK moot} lor any wor
thy i hjecl. Tag Pay has iuxti oiiserved
in many cilh’s anil towns, anti alw ays
with great -geeess. I'ho piineiplc is
simple. Uvery one is wilting to give
something to help along a good cause.
On the day selected for •• I'«g Pay" ev -
ery one is Riven the opportunity, apd
nearly every one is glad to embrace it.
ilright youiiy ladies‘.tie on the little
tags that proclaim the fact that the
jvrsons wearing them have contributed
to the object wished for.
N\ lien Uie ladies arc well organised
and enthusiastic In their work there
are few persons in the city who will
not be found wearing a tag before night.
The city is districted, and each dis
trict is under the care of a tompclcnl
person, who attends to the distribution
of the lags. To each of these districts
is assigned a corps of young ladies.
These young l*«lics visit all homes, stop
all carriages ami autos, meet all trains
often receive permission logo through
the factories, and in each case cour
leously present the lag in exchange for
h coin. The smallest coin given Is usu
ally 10 cents, ami the pos-i -sion of n
lag is guard against future solicitation.
To show proper authority the “Tag
(•iris" wear roaetls, flowers, or arm
bands the same color as the tags.
While there are some of our |ieople
w ho have not been enthusiastic about
this improvement, and owing to the
si/e of the piece of land purchased have
Objected to calling it a park, nil can
begin to see, from the work already ac
complished, how much more attrac
tive the surroundings of our falls will
look. These falls are on one of our
principal thoroughfare*, and is more
visited than any oilier place in the city
unless It is our passenger station, and
when once the contemplated improve
ments are completed, all will la- proud
of the changed ap|a-arance.
If there Is any one in the eily who
cannot already see an improvement
and are inclined to criticise, we ask such
|K'rsons to simply wait, if they can
not say a good word to help It along,
would it not lie a kindness 'to them
selves as well as those who have put
so much eilbrl Into wind most |a-oplc
believe to lx1 a desirable change—to
keep |>erfeetly ipiicl and let the good
work go on unhampered by anything
they might say.
A miii'li lieller way, still, for one day
at least—Saturday Ih'ccinber o—is to
swim with the tide and see how much
belter and happier they will feel.
The land is Ixiught and nearly paid
for. mainly; from pledges 01 |xople who
appreciate the great beauty ol our falls,
without, |terhaps, unv help from those
who are inditl'erent. The work will
soon lie completed ami then all who
have had a hand in this first work of
its kind in our city will have reason to
tie glad. it. K. S.
For Tag Day.
A meeting of the following Imliet*—
who are to have charge of arrange
ments for l ag I >av—was hehl in Hug
bee Hall on Momiay afternoon. They
perfected tile following plana:
The National Color-—red, white and
blue—are to be the order of the day
and will ire in evidence all over the
city. The idea is to enhance and uni
fy the spirit of Ija i moTIsM ami l<is
( At, i’KIDK among nil c/aswa. Tills
alone will ire an education well worth
the eftorl of the day.
TAU IJAV STATIONS.
The following stores and ottlees have
lieen selected as Tag •■stations, and will
be in charge of the matrons named:
Mrs. G. Byron Morse, President of
the Cargill Park Tag Day, met her
Vice Presidents in ituglase Hall, Mon
day afternoon to complete plans for the
great day on Dec. 6th—upon which
day every living creature in Putnam
will be tagged.
All the tag stations are to be decora
ted in red, while and blue, with flags
every w here. Gay ly decorated automo
biles, filled with pretty tag girla, and
tags by the hundred, will make a raid
upon the surrounding towns—Pom
fret, Thompson, Woodstock and the
Urosvernordales.
Among the many stations In the bu
siness section of the city are the follow
ing:
Station No. 1—At Richard Gorman’s
office. Tags in charge of Mra. Gorman,
Mrs. Jeaae Rich and Mias Hyme.
citation 3—'Telephone office. Mrs. M.
Medbury.
Blaiion 3—G. £. Shaw's store. Mrs.
Hhaw and Mrs. A. R. Cole.
Htalion 4—B. D. Bugbee's store. M rs.
W. H. Mansfield and Mrs. William
Holmes.
.Station a—David Flagg’s Store. Mrs.
J. B. Kent, Mrs. F. W. Perry, Mias
Charlotte Manning.
Station <A—George Farley's store. The
Misses Fa/tey.
Station 7—Simon Fartey's Store. ■
Mrs. C. M. Fenner, Miss Breault.
Station s — i^claire * store. Mrs. L.
A.Braudreault, Miss Rebecca Leclaire. |
Station »—Putnam Steam Laundry. ;
Mrs- E. L. Kelley, Mr*. William Raf
ferty.
Station lo—People's Store. Mrs. C.
D. Sharpe, Mrs. J. J. McGarry.
Station II.—E. M. Arnold'* office.
Mr*. F. J. Daniel s, Mrs. A. l>. Mein*
tyre. |
Many other stations are to be arran
ge.! ' >r Never w :is mote Interest an.)
enthusiasm shown in anythin* In this
city than is dispi ayet in t'artfill l*a:k
Tint I ><y
The followinr^ are the names of the
Vine Presidents:
Mrs. tioo K. Shaw, Mrs K. J Uantels
Mrs. i< H Nieliois, M s J. It. Kent,
Mrs.II H.I>avenporl,.Mt F VV. I’errv,
Mis M H Mod nry, M rj i I Kelly.
Mis.u. K. Hattbrly, Mrs.t M Fenner
Mrs. J. K Shepard, Mrs. J. K. Itieh,
Mrs. A.I*. McIntyre, Mrs t 1>. Sharpe,
Miss isaiahia Hyrnea,Mrs.F.A. Morrell
Mrs. \V. K. Holmes, Mrs.J J. Motiar
ry, Mrs. \V. 11 Mansfield, Miss Itehee
e:» la-olalre, Mrs l,.0.1teaudre*ull, Mrs
Kiehsrd florman. S.
Coafrrgahonal Church Note*
The ottering HI the Thunk oliVrlng
meeting amounted to about Kin.
The Missionary Society packed a bar
rel to send to Mr. Andrews,of Milling
ton. Conn., last Friday. It was well
tilled with useful household and |>or
sonal furnishings.
At the mid-week meeting Httrther K.
M. \\ arner was chosen as a delegate to
represent lilts church at the Installation
of the I’astor-efeet of the church in
Willimanlic, IVe. 2S.
Next Sunday is World's Tent|icrance
Sunday, and a spectal reajsiusive teni
|Hranee service will Is." Used during the
ojs-mng exercise* of the Sunday school,
and the ottering will tw for the Dr■. Kin
near fund.
Our Pastor ami wife started on their
journey West on Monday. Arrange
ments haxc tss'n made for the supply
of the pplplt, and the follow ing speak
ers are expected on the Sabbaths Indt
ealed:
Nov. ‘20th—Kev. Samuel W. Ray
mond, representing the Connecticut
Itlhle Society.
Dec. Ktlt—Hex. Bewellyn i'ratt, l> I).
Dec. ldlh.— Hex. Asher Anderson,
D. !>•
Dee. £Kh—ltev. M. J. Fenenga, rep
reseuting the Congregational Kduca
tlon Society.
I>ec. 27th.—ltev. Asher Anderson,
l>. D.
Jan. ltd—Rev. t'. li. Patton, repre
senting our Missionary llei|>er, Dr. II.
N. Kinm-ar.
Jnn. UHh—Rex. Smith Itaker, l>. D.
The l.adtes’ (iymnastuni class will
ta-gin Tuesday of next week, ik-oeuilier
1st. The priev for the ladles'exeniitg
class will Is" *2; for girls' afteriusm
class, gt.fio. ‘The Inal motor Is to la’
Miss Clara Curtis, of Norwich. \ny
wishing to join the class may hand
llielr names to Mrs. Ilnnlels or Mrs.
Bartlett.
The Saltation Army Mission:
Tin1 work of the Salvation Army is
meeting with success, according to the
follow iiig report, ami promises to be
come a pi n mine nt Mission. Tin- larg
est class that pack their meeting* are
young men w ho hate no church home,
ami they are just those from whom the
Saltation Army draws It* largest num
ber of recruits, and for whom their ser
vices are more particularly intended^
T el their meeting* are solemnly reli
gious, and with which noone can tind
fault when the great work the Army
lias accomplished, in their peculiar
style of service, throughout the world,
is considered.
The officers are grateful to the < hrls
lian community for their good wishes
and kindly interest In their work. The
presence of such |*-ople gives encour
agement to the work, ami the listeners
who join with them in spirit cannot
fail of taring benefited—the same as at
other religious meetings.
The following rr|H>rl was handed us
to print:
The services at the Salvation \rm>
hall, during the last week-end, were of
a most interesting character and were
well attended. At ttiree of the four in
door services the hall was packed to it*
full capaci ty, the attention given was
of the best. Three open meetings were
conducted at which large crowds con
gregated.
Aa had been previously announced
through the pres* columns, Mrs. Ad
jutant Heller, of Hartford, was present,
and her sweet singing and earnest ex
hort atton gripped the hearts and minds
of her audience, and her efforts brought
strong conviction to many.
Captain and Mrs. Wlthee, the of
ficers In charge, and two Haivatlon Ar
my soldiers—Hoad ley by name, broth
ers—who are employed in Porn fret, as
sisted Mrs. Heller In the meetings.
The spirit of cordiality, of welcome
and intense Interest In the Army's
work, which has been so manifest, was
fully sustained, and waa evinced by
the attendance, attention and expres
sion of those present, and was scaled
by their liberality in the offerings.
The Captain says: “(^od Is moving
among us, bas sent us here, and will
surely seal our efforts by amighty out
pouring, we believe,"
The services each night—except on
Thursday and Friday—during this
week and over Hunday, will be con
ducted by Csplain and Mrs. Withee.
Ail are cordially invited.
We are informed that some hw copies
j Christmas number of the “War Cry,"
1 the organ of the Haivatlon Army, have
been received at headquarter* for dis
tribution in this city, ft t* a hand-.
1 some Illustrated number, lilted with |
stories and other matter relating lo {
Army work, that conveys U lo a deep-1
I ly Interest style.
Putnam \\ atrr Companv liuiltlc'
In oar article In l*-i »wk'< Issue,
I ••Mow and Heller I’ttvmllve Mex
| ure- Needed,” #f rhaiged that tin*
i Water tompanv had idled to give
warning lo the public »»hen the tutor
works wot injutvil, no that tin* water
Mtpplv pS"«i| through without being
tIHere.i, nml that tin* pc*|'U* dr.-ink it
all summer without know tint it »»*
unfiltered.
Mr r. 1). stint|»\ Supcrlniendcnt of
thr \\ ater t'o.s Work* In tin* t’tly.
onllod our attention to the fact lltnl the
Water t'o. had given warning that the
tillering work* wore out of order, nod
until re pat red the water would pa**
through untlller-ed, and It was printed
In our issue of June J<\ last. We re
fer real to our lto.ue, and found the fol
low tng local tU in:
‘•The I’utuam Water t’o. wlahea to
Inform tl* patrons that, ow lug to nonie
extensive repair*and alterations at the
tllters,they are obliged to use untutored
w ater l>> more or less extent until such
work i* tintshed. The work will In*
i pushed as rapidly a* possible."
We could explain how it eame to
j pasN out of our memory. but that has
I nothing to do with the fael that the
warning was given. It Is unpleasant
to acknowledge our mistake,bid weare
glad that It relieve* the company of the
J charge w c made.
We regard Has very Imporlant that
I the jasiple should know w hen the w ater
comes through the mains untutored,but
even then a laige share of the people
take no care to protect their health.
Hut that I* not surprising, for even In
telllgcul people tell u* that drinking
our uunilered w ater I* not injurious to
health. They say this In defiant* of
the fact that the Town Health Otll
j cer, the County Health Otlloer, togeth
er with the Htnle Hoard of Health have
declared the water, twforc llllratlon,
unlit for domeslto use. They declared
this after a careful exalnlnaled of the
miles of populated ground from w hich
the rains carried every kind of tilth
Into the stream that furnished the city
Its water supply,
Hut more than this. After the Htale
Hoard of Health had aubnillted to the
Water Co. two plans to make the water
III for domealto u*e. namely: l<» draw
its water supply from high grounds
w here II could not Is* |sdluted by the
tilth from populated lerrllory; or else
put in a nitration plant— Mr. Klmer
Wheeler, the Treasurer of thet'ompa
nv , did not care to Ineur the espouse
of either of the plans submitted, or to
contend vv Itb the demand- of the State
Itoaid of Health, unless iwrsoually as
sured lluil their declaration of the un
I,call Illness of the water was ve rilled.
He therefore directed his sunilHry ex
pert to make a thorough examination
of the watershed and to what extent
tlic washings therefrom polluted the
water. That there may be no .piestlon
of this statement we append the part of
Mr. Wheeler's letter, printed in the
I'atkiot (Nov. 14, IWI5, addressed to
K. W. I’erry, then Mayor of the city,
in reply to his question, what the Wa
ter Company pro|ioaed doing to furnish
the city with purer wulei
“In reply to your commuideation of
Nov. II, we leg'Uj say that we had re
cently had our sanitary ex|>erlexnmlne
Into existing conditions at and alHiul
the source < f our water supply, as a re
sult of which we have decided to con
struct a nitration plant, and arc now
Investigating the methods of nitration
lest, adapted to the situation, with a
view to Its Installation as early as Is
reasonably practicable.
Kl.XKK Whkki.KK, Trcasorer.
Hoslun, Nov. II, HNKJ.
W e make tills lengthy statement to
impress on the minds of the most un
informed that our public water, unless
filtered. Is detrimental to health. To
guard against |H*Mllile danger, such
water should be liotleil before using.
Home may ask how it Is determined
that unllllered water Injures health.
The Htale publishes a monthly re|s*rt
of the amount of the sickness and death
rate of every town In the Htale, and
it may be noticed that lire sickness and
death rate in aouie towns Is twice and
three times as great as In other towns.
When the causes for this difference ere
found to he unchangeable, liven the
standard for each town Is fixed. W Iren
the sick nee# and death rale exceeda the
normal standard, then the Htale Board
of Health makes an Investigation, If
Um Town Officer has net done an, and
seeks to dlaerver and remove the cause
of the Increase. In other caeee, where
the Increme at stekneas and death rata
Is slight, the Htale Board at Health re
I lea on the Town Health .0«*r to make
report of any local cause detrimental
to public health. Our Health Officer,
I »r. timer l.sKoe, made such report In
report In regard to the Impurity of our
public water, when Ihe Htale Board
of Health at onee made an investiga
tion and discoverer! that It was unlit
for domestic use—that Is, detrimental
to public health. Its, representations
brought about filtration and a supply
of pure and delicious lasting water.
Mr. Wheeler, the Treasurer of the Wa
ter C ompany, deserved and received
I ooriiriiendsllon for prompt action In
pulling In the filtration plant when he
frit assured It was needed. Further
more, we believe Mr. Wheeler desires
to do whale, ei will show his vre*ire to
win the confidence and guod will of our
i c U/ens.
—Hr. and Mr*. J. B.Talent were the
i guest*of their daughter, Mis* M. Kden
i Tate or in Boaton, on Monday.
lihoc* from Notre Dame.
In a bright ami hearty address Mts*
Heatrlee Monaghan I ha custo
in ary annual entertainment given by
Notre haute pupil* ini ihe iVm| <i( Si.
I wllla. Her introductory remark*
were as witty as they were cordial, ami
fittingly |irt'|iare»l the guests lor an ex*
cept tonally tine program.
The tlrst musical number was a live
ly orchestra selection ami its vivifying
e licet on all present substantiated the
clever rv»'»nli p of Miss Helen May in
her essay, “Ju*l A pprvclalion of an Or
chestra.” “Reciprocity” rendered by
twelve mamlollns proved to be no mis
nomer for the next number, since the
mutual pleasure during the execution
of the difficult piece waa conspicuous
on the railiaiii countenances of Imth
entertainers ami entertained.
The literary ami elocutionary latent
of the high sehiHil and business deptri
nteul was displayed to advantage In
the D'nipxlniii, “l.lxes of lireal Pom
posers” Kach essay in the group re
vealed much research and alvilll.v on
the part of the w rller, together with a
grace and ease of delivery whleh credi
tably relleeted Ihe careful training of
the essayists Miss Marlon l.lmltry
gave a perfect Interpretation of Ituhln
stein’s Melody In K tu her cornet solo,
while Miss Altec Sullivan showed
scarcely less ahllitv III her animated se
lection, the thrilling efled of which
was ailmlrahly softened by Miss Irene
\\ nlsh's pathetic reading, “The flow
er'» Mission." Miss Walsh is certain
ly gifted with extraordinary elocution
ary talent, and in this ta-nutlful story
of “Sorrow Comforted,” showed an ar
llstlo master) .
A violin i|tiarlet by the Mluea llow>
Ivy, Karrel, Ki»n<«, xml Vandepitte, fol
lowed,*ml Its |ierfccl Intonation ptuvrd
tliow young ladle* to lw no amateur*
with the bow. At the close of this
number Ml** Delia I low Icy In aoholar
ly essay made mauifcHt the lulluenoe of
"Our I .ally's Life on Christian Art ami
Killies." Ml** Kthel Httlllvan then
entertained the audience with the clear,
rich tone* of her vocal nolo, "Sing me
to sleep," which 'accompanied by a vi
olin obligato, elicited round* of hearty
applause.
Another essay reviewing the life of
Mt. Cecilia and the reflection of her lit
aplratlon aa mirrored In Catholic mu
sic was the next subject, and through
II* merit* Mis* Jennie OremiHii un
doubtedly made a deep Impression or*
all present.
The realm* of music were again a|*
proprlalely entered upou by mean* of
the very taking recitation* of Ml** I sa
lad Kane who In a delightful manner
|H»rtrayed the "Power of Melody."
If any doubt yet llngcrtfll in the
mind* of any a* to the might of mu*l«
to away the human heart or to satisfy
It* yearning*, the ringing three part
vocal selection ‘'Distant Chime*' wan
proof-convincing that "music hath
charm*." The voting Indie* who no
creditably took tht* part were the.Mtsa
ea A Hite Sullivan, lsals-1 Knne,Klhei
Sullivan,Armenia M encode/.,and Alice
Neary.
Hul perhaps the number that elicit*
*d the moHt universal cnconlutn*, and
without any douht the one which
dluunrd the eye* of all, wm the tnual*
cal (ccltallon “The Madonna al Palo*’’
hy Ml** Marlon Madden. Indeed It
look all the joy of sixty voice* ringing
out In full chorua uf glad but *weete*t
melody to di*|iel the in 1*1 of tear*. Thla
nnlmaled lluale effectively clotted a
fea*l of harmony a* rich and full a«
any preneuled hy Notre I lame Acade*
my for many yeaia.
To keep up the tradition* of th«
mcIiooI a coffee lunch with a profusion
of *weel* wa* xerved the |iei'fuiiiier» In
the dining hall. During the repast
many toast* sparkling with fun were
given and re*|*mded to. The pupils,
of course pronounced thl* feature the
iiiomI enjoyable of 'be celebration, and
the account of It will be indelibly Itu
preeaed both In the record* of their
memory an <1 the achool annals of‘ML
CK4KIMAM
Oreheatra.
Addreea of Welcome,
Mlae Heat rice Monaghan
Oreheatra.
Kssay—Just Appreciation of anOrcbes
tra, Mias Helen May
Mandolin He lection*.
Symposium—Id ves of U re atCom posers
Beethoven, Mia* M. Drwnaan
Him M. MeAulifk
MlaaM. Bean
Mias M. (fall
Mint L. While
hflaa M.
Mlae L.
Mia* ft. I_
Mlae Alias 19aDivan
u
Wagnar,
Moaart,
Handel,
Verdi,
Oounod,
(sir net rtolo
Heading—iW Flower’s Mission.
Mlae Iren* WiM
Violin Wuartet—The Mimes M. Par rail,
H. Howley.A. Vandenitte, I. Kana
Kaaav—Our Lady, the Inspirer of True
Musical Art, Mlae Bella How lay
V'oeal Solo with Violin Obligato,
Ml warn K. Sullivan and M. Partall
Kmay—si. Cecilia, ttie Ideal Musician
of Heavenly Song,
Ml** Jennie Drennan
Comet Solo, Mis* Marlon Limiely
Iteading—Tbe Fower of Musle,
Ml** I. Kan*
Vocal Trio—The Distant thune*.
Mu** A. N'eary, A. Sullivan,
K. Sullivan, I Kane, A- Me fiends*
Musical liecilatiou—The Madonna at
l*alu», Ml*# Marlon Madden
Chorus.