Putnam patriot., 1908-10-09
THE PUTNAM PATRIOT October Iocs

q Allan Smith, of Boston is visiting
 his mother on Grove street. -Horaae '. sisasssrd of Newport, R.
 l., has been in to~n the past week.
 Miss Rather rine Ro6efts has re-
 turned to her iIs-idisi duties in Wor- ces CT.
 -George Vaughan, son Of NIT. and
 Mrs. George 4. Vaughan, has entered
 wiIliston Academy.
 IVY. b. Leonard, Of Holden, Mass,
 was a recent guest Of his mother, Pro videnee street.
 --Dr. James NJ. Kent, Of New York,
 was recently the guest of his parents,
 Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Kent.
 Cards have been received by friends in this city announcing the marriage of Ida Agnes Graham formerly of Put nam, to John W. Higgins. They are to reside at BIO West lzsth street, New
 York city.
 A wedding of much local interest occurred in Dayyille Monday at noon, when Lillian F. Chase was united in marriage to Lucien Jenney of New York, Rev. Frank D. Sargent of Put
 nam performing the ceremony at the home Of the brides parents, MT. and Mrs. David Chase. 4 reception fol- lowed the ceremony.
 --Dr. Omer LaRue and MT. Isaac Champeau attended the semtannual meeting and Banquet of the Franco American Historical Society held at the Boston City Club, Beacon street, Boston, Tuesday evening. The prin- cipal speaker of the evening was MT. James Phinney Baxter, Of Portland, President Of the Maine Historical So- ciety. his subject being "The Voyages of Samuel de Champlain along the New England Coast.
 Ut is worth while to visit Boston just now to see the array of good things 10 eat at the Boston Food Fair in the Park Square Coliseum and the New England Food Fair in the Mechanics Building. Lots of other attractions be- sides, Sousa's Band at the Park Square show, and the Mexican National Band al the other Excursion tickets are now on sale for the special train to Bos- ton, which will leave Putnam, Friday, October 18th, at 7.55 I. ln The special train will stop at Back Bay which is but short distance from both Fair buildings.
 The benefit entertainment for the organ fund of St. Philips church, giv- en in odd Fellows hall on Thursday evening, was well attended, the neigh boring towns of Thompson and Dan- ielson being largely represented. The readings and recitations given by ehas. T. Catlin of New York, were extreme ly pleasing, and he held the close at tention of his audience to the final se- lection. MT. Catlin, who is a brother of Judge Lynde A. Gatlin, made his third appearance before Putnam au- dience on the above occasion. Music by the Putnam Mandolin Club was an attractive feature Of the programme.
 Last Saturday morning the body of a man, tme B or 40 years old, was found in the sluieeway, near the Put nam Manufacturing companys and the Pewhattan mills: The body had been i'll the water about aweek as il was badly decomposed. Letters were found in the mans pockets addressed to Henry McHugh. Dr. Kent, deputy Coroner, viewed the body, and directed il to be taken to l.. k. smith, under takef. Tor burial. MeHugh had been employed as weaver at Attawaugan, but had not been at work for a week. How he came to fali into the river could not be determined, nor what he had been doing since coming 10 Put nam. Friends from Attawaugan came here Saturday and positively identified the unfortunate man as MeHugh.