Putnam patriot., 1908-09-18


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 At a meeting of Putnam Chapter. No. fl, K. A. NJ, held in the Masonic Temple, Grove street, Thursday even- Ing, degree WAS worked upon two l candidates.
 -J. Herbert Marsh and mother of Providence street, have returned from two weeks stay at Bay Ridge, NY, and Oak Bluffs, Mass.
 Mrs. Herbert Hummer of Salem, : M ass, Is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Ninton, on Woodstock avenue. MT. Hummer returned to Salem on Mon. day after spending the week as guest l of Mrs. Ninton.
 This week Friday evening Putnam Lodge of Eiks will confer degrees on a class of eight candidates. The initia- tion and social session will be marked hy the presence of the Elks' Glee Club and an orchestra. The event will usher in the season of activity which will ex- 1 tend through the winter season. Ernest Whittemore, of this city, and Miss Calla A. Neff, of Norwich, were married by Rev. F. D. Sargent at the Congregational parsonage, this city, on Labor Day. Both Mr and i Mrs. Nhittemore are blind, and both are graduates of Hartford institute 1 for the blind.
 General F. $. Boss, Agent of the Nilimantie plant of the American l Thread Go., observed lii, golden anni- ] versary of service at the thread mills of that city, on Monday Sept :, com i pleting fifty years Of wofk. Gen. Boss is one Of the deservedly honefed men of his city, county and State, and hay ing just been appointed one of the Re l publican Presidential Electors, We can l add of the nation also.
 Presiding Elder J. H. Newland of l the Norwich District, presided at the i Quarterly Conference at East Hamp- ton Methodist church, recently. The chief matter for consideration was the i proposition of Rev F. W. Gray, form- CT pastor of the Methodist church in this city, to accept call 10 California, at substantial increase of salary. The 1 parishioners al East Hampton finally decided to raise his salary to an equal amount to that offered him, and he will remain here.
 Last Saturday forenoon horse and wagon owned by l.. |. smith, created a good deal Of excitement as they dash ed from the front of his store, the horse in his fright rushing across the street, ] bringing the wagon in collision with one of the iron posts i'll front of the i Congregational church, doing il serious damage. The horse continued it's mad flight down the street, with the dam aged wagon swaying from side to side, until il fell, tripped up by one of his feet getting eHtangled in one of the wheels. IL was fortunate fall, as the horse would have come in collision with a,vehicle short distance ahead of him.
 We had a very pleasant call We'd nesday from Mir T. J. Leonard, of Pro vidence. He, with his wife, came to attend tbe WoodstocK Fair, as one mo- tive to meet more old friends in that way than he could any other, as he loves to renew old friendships and ac- quaintanceships. lie has many such, being n native of Woodstock and is well known in thiss part of the Staie' He spends his winters in Florida to es- cape our cold winters, from which he suffers on account his lameness. Hay ing long been q business man he k very observant of things useful and worth knowing, and being good talker, he makes his observations very entertain ing. We observed that he was the best taIker in the Leonard family. "Oh no.n he replied, My brother George can give me a mile start and easily catch up with me- Among other matters of which he spoke was the inn mense shipment of oranges from the section of Florida where he makes his home. If we could repeat what he sad it would be decidedly interesting
 Some time ago we spoke Of the purpose of MT. k. \. Arnold to build another greenhouse in his beautiful garden on Farrows street. It is now being completed, and is even larger than the present immense sized one, and will need to be to store up for win ter the large stocks of perishable st"cks of flowers, shrubbery and vegetables, when frosts come, and which he will have ready to supply customers winter The same as in summer. The magni- ficent display of flowers that fiiis the grounds are silent instructors of refine ment. as can be noticed in the display of flowers and shrubbery in front of ai- most every dwelling on the street up in Walnut street. It gives the dwell. ers pleasure 10 have them 10 care for, and also impresses passers by with feel ings of great respect. Besides the me residential streets, many obscure sec lions CT the city are showing this grow ing taste for flowers around their dwel- unes. and t does them good In an aglev-wav, where had never beinre been seen a flower in front of any Of the se- verdi fenenents, a new family moved into one of the dwellings last spring and set out flowers in front Of their