Putnam patriot., 1908-08-21

Of the report, and one amusing eNccp ton is sent us by the publisher him' self. which will reai; oldeeolt, Iowa. Nov. ia, iaos. ! MR. F.. S. BALIARn; Dear Cousin s-- Book to hand O. K. 1 Thanks. You stated in preface that the figures and dates were nqt psrftcf l IL Is not to be wondered al, for many of them are only from memory ct dif. ferent parties, AS whole Il Is pretty good.
 My grandmother Whitman page T , died about iSi7.- l was about II years old when she died Rro. John Winthrop page itl leu three children. l will give you little of his history: As stated, he married Gyntha Stick. neys she died after about eight or ten years. He then married a widow hy the name of Enfield. She died within a month, after their marriage. lie then found an old friend ef his first wife, and married her within thirty days after his second wife died. She lived oaly eighteen months. After n few years he married girl by name of orpha Petingill, of Rockford, Ill. She left him in a few months had a daughter afterwards In about a year after that he married Jane Tracy, al Dixon. Ill. n grass widow They had a daughter named Susan. She lefl him In about three years. Then, in about two years he married Rosa Wilder, Of, l think, Peoria. They had one daagE- ter. l went 10 sec them few years ago. at Clinton, Mo. That k n pretty good record of one ot whom It cannot be said that he kept hts record clean. The only "hlack sheep in the whole line of k. .'s. Yours very truly,
 GEORGE HaseN BALLARD,
 In the genealogical records of the above, It says; sshe died chHdiess,h and 1 tells of only one wife. We must nal l be efcsifallea te find one "blaek sheep in our flock, and SD let ns each one en deavor to "keep our record clean 1 MARY CHASE. Historian. l After reading of the history and pay ing the expenses, the following com mittees for .hc ensuing year were elect 1 ed;
 | Ghairman-W. <. Converse. 1 Amusement Ella ]. Hal lard. Martha Eddy and Calvin Hal lard.
 I Arrangement Gommittee-J. [. NJ ehols, Frank Ramsdell and N, B. Hal 1 lard.
 Histofian--BessieE Eddy. Secretary and Treasurer---C. Clark l Pierce.
 samuel K. Spalding then reported as ta the condition of the Bates Gene ters Fund, and stephen Ballard repor ted as te how he had spent the income namely, by moving the cemetery lwie' during tho year.
 Spec shes were then in order, ant Rev. Martin kellog, Of Nountown was | the Afst speakef-tiits teioE hts firsi 1 attendance at reunions. lie hns beer n travelling agent, accompanying par ties ol tourists almost all over ths world, and was chuck full of interest ing stories, which he has n wonderful faculty 10 tell 10 the pleasure and tb' amusement Of all. Space prevents ui l from relating some of them.
 Rev. Mir Ramsey snid he was no much of a fiddler, anyway, but herr could only play second.iiddle. Int only objection we had 10 his remark, was that he had, today, seen honct Ballard. We had never known suchi' circumstance before.
 Sam .Spalding had, as usual, an arm, story all ready.
 J. C. Nichols K always SD full Of CO | mieal stories that unless he was inflow cd to ''let off" at some such occasion he would be liable to spontaneous ex plosion.
 MT. Thomas Thufbcr said he wa' once called all old man. He said lie iias 1 five grandchildren, two great. grand l children, and one great.great.grand child just half day old. He read [ selection entitled aNething to Wear.1 1 As friend Thufber Is natural elocu tionist, he can bc both amusing ant pathetic.
 Miss Whippie feadia selection callee Not Gndefstood, which mel witt much applause.
 Charles Chase of Davenport, Iowa Mrs. Kellog, and others, followed, un til il was time to give up to the Amuse- ment Committee--who shot at targets pulled pins, &e., until II was time l. go home. All pronounced il very en joyable and pleasant occasion.
 <. F., Ex. Sec'y.