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Putnam patriot., 1908-07-24

Miss Mary A. Potter spent Tuesday in Worcester. '''s''as
 NIT. and Mrs. Calvin Rsws.,, h.ta oeen enjoying a weeks trin thrangj, vermont, niESing it in an autens.hiIs
 Mrs. Larana >tetson Of Bostan and daughter Sarah, are spending we.ss ,s,..' with Mrs. Luther Rawson. and wiiI bs, pleased te renew old acauaintanesS with their friends in town.
 Miss Kate Orr Of Rochester. N II k the guest of Mrs. Henry J . Potter.
 A quiet, though pleasant affair was the home wedding Of Miss Fthelpaine daughter of The late Albert A. Paina and wife, and Prof. John Adams of N ashingten, which took place ai noon of July 2id. Rev. T. \. Turner p.r. ieffned the ceremony, using the Fms copal service. The maid ef honor was Miss Olive Paine, sister of the bride and the best man was J. Ernest smith ot Rochester, N. H. The newly maf- ned couple will make their home in N ashington, where Prof. Adams has q position In one of the schools.
Putnam patriot., 1908-07-24
 THo PSON.

The Thimble Club had picnic at |uiidwood Park last week Wednesday |Fse day was fine and all had a general god time. un Anna kingsbury of Oxford was |,ss s1,e,t of Mrs. Williams over the |sa6bath. hi, gratifying to learn that Mrs. J.
 kolt Lewis is recovering from her re- |tsni illness. uiS, Louise Boane, who has been sv Ill the past week, k more com. Lsriabe. eftie E. Arnold while fishing at the
 Esst Thompson reservoir, caught q 8unan carp tNo feet long with his ands l Rsg. Mr. Slerns of Pemfret preached \ -ae Congregational church last Sab.
 aih. N. + Mansfield X Co. sell King AT #bur Hoar. 1S-;iu
Putnam patriot., 1908-07-24
pOMFKET LANDlS0

Belle Read of Saxonvilie, M ass, was recent visitor Of her aunt, Mrs, J. IL Johnson.
 Mrs. H. o. Whipple has as guests her grandchildren, Avis and Anne Peek. of Auburn, R. l.
 Recently b. A. Adams was visited by a number of friends from East Nil lingly.
 Miss Lydia Hawkes. recently visited in the family of A. Covell, Putnam.
 MT. Dawson's family has moved in' to l.. A. Hawkes. tenement.
 Cotton,s Bridge is now in good con. ditiop. being built of steel. II VIII soon be open to public travel
 Some have finished having, others are trying to do so-
 One of the noSle elms on me school house lawn va. recently strncK bs lightning.
 We are having rain occasionally here which gives promise ef line crop oi rowen-
 W. H. Mansfield X Co. seil King Ar thur flour.
Putnam patriot., 1908-07-24
NORTH WOapDeTOCW.

Lotus Lindeman has been en- -sng Miss MollieWigham of Phil @ She gave a small party al eaNe In her honor.
 h 9 Potter of West Upton WAS .s, h he nfst part of the week. and
 Pair of steers and three cows : brother Cyrus.
 s Elmer Gortis entertained Miss asea Potter and Miss Mildred @h on Tuesday.
 Alice Hayward and children sAlng friends in Providence. Mildred Brown has been the v Miss Carrie Patton of scuth- ss The past week.
 = beftha Herriek is the guest of ssiafies Snow, and on Sunday a 4 alein New Haven came to spend saa'u healey, IT,. spent from Sat shli Monday in Putnam as the VI Els cousin, Wilton Greene.
Putnam patriot., 1908-07-24
Bradley Theafer

.dofe new pictures and songs contin- ue to be the program ai the Bradley. Tuesday nights are souvenir nights. and this week Mrs. Mary Ferris was presented a beautisul dinner set by the management. The children were de lighted with an ice cream treat SatuT- day afternoon.
 aThe Man of the Hour 2oth cen- tufy play throwing sidelight on pol ities. which had long run at the Ire mont theatre, Boston, is booked for September 18th.
Putnam patriot., 1908-07-24
"OD>TUCK VALLEY.

als Louise Kenyon is visiting tads in Providence.
 aS Edith Briggs of Pomfret i, auihg few weeks with her grand thef, Mrs. Briggs.
 asiied Brlggs and wife of Pomffei " oh his mother Sunday. = Ne~hall and family from New
 are occupying their summer Kenyon, who has heen quite
 1e Day kimball hospital, has sen to the Norwich asylum foI
Putnam patriot., 1908-07-24
Wildwood Park

The program al the theatre for next week includes Miss Violet Esielle, the girl with the big voice: Gaylor & Graf. comedy playlet; Richard Leggett, the rising generation; and the sully fami- ly in comedy farce, ''The Suit Case, ' introducing singing and dancing num- bers.
Putnam patriot., 1908-07-24
Desiness Cassot be Cured

by local applications, AS they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear There is only one way 10 cure deafness and that is by constitutional remedies Deafness is caused by an unframed con. dition of the mucous lining of the Eus- taehian Tube. When this tube is in famed you have rumbling sound ol imperfect hearing, and when il is en- tirefy closed, Deafness is the result ,and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to it's norma condition, hearing will be destroyed forever: nine eases out of len are caused by Gatarrh. which is nothing but an in famed condition of the mucous sur faces.
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of Deafness caused by ca tarrh} that cannot he cured by Halls tatarrh Cure rend for circulars free.
 F. J. CHENEY X O., Toledo,o-
 sold bx Druggist, Toe.
 Take Halls Family Pills for consti- patton.
Putnam patriot., 1908-07-24

stops itching instantly Cures plies eczema. salt rheuTn, tetfer, ftchi his hery.es. seabieS--Doan' Ointment, Al drug Sto.anse-
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12

Wild faces Of fury and hearts full OF
They would curse the dear pigs, I'm
ashamed to relate.
They invoked all the planets and far
as they knew,
The fixed stars and comets, the sun
and moon, too.
Next the wraiths that inhabit the
winds and the floods,
Then they danced holy jigs in the
scantiest Of duds.
But the pigs took no notice, but ate all
the more,
And the Druids saw Fate was now
hard by the door.
Then they prayed to the giants that
ravaged the isle
When ten foot of spine was the height
of the style.
There was one who from Mona oft
waded to Wales,
And one who in coughin' produced the
wild gales.
Another in sport tried to bridge the
broad say,
The Causeway in Ulster bears witness
to-day.
Then the one who at Powerscourt
drank up the fall,
An the one who complained Devils
Bowl was too small
The priests cursed the pigs loud and
long, but no matter,
| On the snakes and their eggs they
grew fatter and fatter.
Oh, those were great times when the
factions forgot
What side they were of, and what side
they were not.
The thousand would follow all ieerin'
the while
The Druids who could them no longer
beguile.
When rivers they'd reach as the Bann
or the Boyne,
! Baptized, they the ranks of believers
would join
| II was Patrick alanna. me turn at We
| plaise
Wild guyin' an Gospel the land was
! ablaze.
Such dippin' an plungin, baptizin'
| confessin',
Such prayin' an preachin', such prim-
| pin an dressin'!
1t was good for their souls and their
bodies by token
The record for bathing his sainrship
had broken,
And thousands who'd never been lath.
cred or rubbed,
| Had their skins an their sowls now
most thoroughly scrubbed.
For the saint told them plainly for eer
they were shriven,
That nothing onclanely was welkim
in heaven.
So the pigs ate the snakes and rooted
up eggs
From the round hill of HoWth down
to Bally-kil-begs,
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
The Great Men of Erin.

Who can forget the great seats Of
learning which adorned Ireland before
the period of her strife? These drew
men from far and wide to drink from
the fountains of her knowledge, to cit
in the light Of her leaders of thought,
and to receive from her lessons of sci
ence, as men came from all parts Of
Egypt to receive the full ear Of corn
from Joseph. Are not the names of
Sheridan, Oliver Goldsmith and Tom
Moore an ornament to the worlds lit
erature? And who can read the
speeches Of Curran, Grattan and She'll
and fail to recognize true eloquence,
or those of Edmund Burke and Daniel
O'Conneil and not realize what Ire
land might have been under favorable
conditions.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
Deer in Race with Train.

Danville. Pa. - The engineer and
fireman of a west-bound passenger
train on the Pennsylvania railroad
were treated to the extraordinary
sight Of a deer, frightened by the sud.
den approach of the train around a
curve, springing directly between the
rails and keeping ahead of the locomo.
tive for about 1000 yards.
Then with the train almost upon it,
it cleared the engine by a narrow mar.
gin and in full view of the passengers
plunged into the river, filled with float.
ing ice, and swan to an island in the
middle Of the stream.
The deer, spike" buck, is un.
doubtedly the same one that has been
seen periodically since fall in this
vicinity and that about a month ago
made its way to within Is feet of the
farmhouse of J. C. Carr and calmly
peered in at window.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
HIS LECTURE ON JOB.
Brother Dickey Thinks He Was Over.
rated as Patient Man,

II dunno what dey call Job patient
man fer" said Brother Dickey, "kaze
of all de GROWERS ever hearn tell on
he sho' wuz de growlinest. But he
sho' did have enough ter make him
growl-dat he did. De devil say:
'Looky yere, Job, you in my power,
now, an l gwine ter 'flict you wild q
few biles.' An. Job say: All right:
kin stan it eff you kim But de biles
commence ter break out so thick an
fas' dat Job say: Looky yere, man,
desc amt no biles-dis de smallpox,
sho' ez you BON An he eetch and
eetch so dat he had ter scratch his.
se'f wild a goats head. Den de devil
git in a high win and blow down Jobs
house; an dat wuz too much. So Of
Job lif' up his voice an he say:
'Looky yere, l bargain fer biles, but
didn't want no harricane th'owed in
fer good measure '"-Atlanta Consti.
tuition
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
The Gain Was TantalizinaIy Slow.

passed Copperville station wild
train of 20~cars loaded with pulpwood
and without a locomotive, which had
broken loose on siding two miles
away, ran on to the main line. It
missed only by few yards the rear
car of the passenger train, bound
north, and gathering speed every min
ute plunged along toward Portland.
At Berlin, five miles away, a big
mogul engine with steam up happened
to be on siding. The operator at
Copperville wired: Look out; run.
away freight coming"
The last click of the message had
hardly been received when the run
away, going at a mile and a half a
minute, rushed past the Berlin station.
The engineer and fireman were in the
cab of the mogul They knew the
train was runaway before the tele-
graph operator could tell them
The big engine snorted and
trembled as the throttle was pulled
wide open and she fairly rose from the
rails as she struck the main track.
all down grade. Then there is a gen.
tie three-mile uphill stretch until Shell
bourne, at the top of the rise is
reached, where the steep down-grade
begins again.
The only hope of the pursuers was
to catch the freight before it reached
the heights at Shelbourne.
Fast as the runaway went, the big
locomotive, impelled by steam as we'll
as gravity, went faster, but the gain
was tantalizingly slow. Several times
the runaway was sighted through the
darkness on straight stretches Of
track, but when the wild freight cars
reached the foot of the three-mile up
grade it still had half mile lead.
It's tremendous momentum scarcely
seemed to lessen at first, but the mo-
gul pushed doggedly uphill AS the
freight's speed began to lessen the
mogul gained more rapidly. When
the pilot was 100 yards from the last
car of the freight the fireman crawled
out in front ready to make the coup
ling.
From 100 yards the freight's lead
dwindled to so. then to ten, and at
last. when the runaway was starting
downhill again, the fireman hitched
the engine on and signaled for the
engineer to put the air brakes on his
wheels.
One hundred yards farther along
the train was stopped. and wreck
and maybe a collision had been
averted.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
Hen with Real Human Face.

La Crosse, VISA hen with q
human face is the curiosity owned by
Charles Larson Of Preston, MINI. AL.
though the bird had been in Larson's
flock for nearly year, nothing un.
usual was noticed with it until it be.
came ill. The farmer captured the
hen and was preparing to apply suit
able remedies, when he found it had
no bill, but instead a perfect human
nose. The nostrils are perfect and a
human mouth and chin are below the
nose. The hen had no comb, but in
it's place the hairy feathers are parted
as though by barber. Its cheeks are
puhy and pink. The hen was chloro.
formed and has been stuffed by taxi.
dermist.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
MAD RUN after WILD
TRAIN ON Maine ROAD
STRING OF Freight CARS IS
CAUGHT BY ENGINE AFTER
LONG DoWN-GRADE RACE.

Portland, Me.-Word comes from
Copperville, near Percy, N. H., of the
narrow escape from a collision be-
tween a runaway string of loaded
freight cars moving at terrific speed
and the Portland-Montreal express,
which left here at seven p. m. with
200 passengers aboard
After missing the passenger train
by less than half a minute the freight
cars, running down grade for 18 miles,
most of the way at an 85-mile-an-hour
clip, were caught by a locomotive
after one of the most hazardous
chases ever recorded.
At II o'clock, just as the last car
of the Night Flyer on the Grand
Trunk, bound for Montreal, had
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
Perplexing Dog Question.

Winfield is sore perplexed. The
question which is now agitating the
minds of the people there is whether
Frank Mendenhalls bulldog committed
suicide or died in foolish effort to
keep friends from harm. The pup was
with gang Of men who were setting
OH dynamite charges. When they lit
the fuses for the first charge they nat
urally ran to a place of safety. The
dog went with them part of the way,
but turned back and began to fight the
burning fuses. He chased them up
until they got right to the charge and
then-well, the rest of this tale is too
sorrowful to relate. There was not
enough of his dogship left to permit Of
q burial.-Kansas City Journal.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
CURED HER CHILDREN.
Girls Suffered with itching Eczema
Baby Had Tender Skin, Too
Relied on Cuticura Remedies,

Some years ago my three little
girls had very bad form of eczema
Itching eruptions formed on the backs
of their heads which were simply COW
ered tried almost everything, but
failed. Then my mother recommended
the Cuticura Remedies. I washed my
children's heads with Cuticura Soap
and then applied the wonderful oint-
ment. Cuticura. I did this four or five
times and I can say that they have
been entirely cured. have another
baby who is so plump that the folds of
skin on his neck were broken and even
bled. I used Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
cura Ointment and the next morning
the trouble had disappeared Mme
Napoleon Duceppe. IL Duluth St.,
Montreal, Que, May 21. 1907"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
On the 4rinv Oeep.

Helma Lee (romantic and full of en-
thusiasm)-Isn't it delightful to sit
here on the deck and watch the sun
sink to rest in the boundless deep?
Hardy Porte (entirely empty)-You
bet! It'll be time to eat again pretty
soon.
In Pinch, Use ALIENS FOOT.EASE.
A powder. 1t cures painful, smart
ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all Druggists, Csc Accept no sub.
stitute. Trial package, FREE. Ad-
dress A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
WINTER WHEAT 25 TO 80 BUSH.
ELS TO THE ACRE IN SOUTH
ERN ALBERTA,

Warner, Alta, Canada, Jan. 9, 1908.
Dear Sir: This is the first year of
farming in this settlement. Mr.. A. L.
Warner raised twenty-five hundred
and fifteen bushels of fine winter
wheat on one hundred acres of break
ing and Tenny- brothers had sixty
acres that went thirty bushels per
acre. The winter wheat that is in
this year looks fl ne.
Spring wheat here went thirty BUSH
els per acre, oats fifty to eighty, bar
ley fifty, and flax ten to fifteen on
sod
The settlers here are all we'll
pleased with the country. The stock
have not required any feed except
the grass up to this date and are all
fat Yours truly.
F. S. LEFFINGWELL.
Information as to how to reach
these districts, rates, etc., can be
secured from any agent of the Canadi-
an government, whose advertisement
appears elsewhere.-Ed)
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
WINTER WHEAT
HE REALIZED $3e PER ACRE. HIS
OATS $37 PER ACRE IN SOUTH
ERN ALBERTA, WESTERN
:. 49,. CANADA.

Coaldale, Alta, Can, Nov. 19, 1907.
Sir: l beg to say that this year we
had $40 acres Of grain, consisting of
1877 acres of spring wheat and 152
acres Of oats. The average yield of
wheat was 80 bushels per acre and
oats "A bushels. We were offered
$1.00 per bushel for wheat and so
cents for oats, making the acre val
ues for the two crops $500 and $500
respectively.
We also had so tons of hay worth
$1,000 per ton, and 500 bushels of po-
tatoes, worth 60 cents per bushel, the
latter of 21k acres of ground.
Our best yields this year were 107
:cres of wheat, making II bushels per
acre at 81. 90 per bushel, would be
$41.00 per acre; AZ acres of oats, yield.
ing 95 bushels per acre were sold for
so cents per bushel. Proceeds, $47.00
per acre.
might add that SO acres of our cats
were "stubbled in"
During the spring of 1906, we hired
about 300 acres broken by steam. We
put in and harvested IS acres of grain
: last year, did the remainder of our
breaking, worked up the ground and
seeded this years entire crop, put in
seven acres of alfalfa and five acres
of garden potatoes, trees, etc., all
with one four horse team. During har.
vest we hired other teams, but, aside
from this, and part of the breaking,
the one team did the work of raising
practically $4,000 bushels of grain,
worth $4,000
Yours truly,
w. H. PAWSON, JR.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
EXCELLENT FOR COLDS,

Mix two ounces of glycerine with
half pint of good whiskey and add one
half ounce of Concentrated Oil of Pine.
The bottle is to be well shaken each time
and used in doses of a. tablespoonful to
q tablespoonful every four hours. The
true Concentrated Oil of Pine comes
put up for medicinal uses only in half
ounce walls sealed in air.tight cases
and is product Of the laboratories of
the Globe Pharmaceutical Co., Dayton,
o. The ingredients all can be gotten
at any drug store.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12

and grew too weak to work. Though
constantly using medicine despaired
of being cured until I began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills. Then relief came
quickly, and in a short time l was
completely cured. am now in ex-
cellent health
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. e.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
MIX FOR RHEUMATISM.

A prominent specialist gives the fol-
lowing as a never failing remedy for
rheumatism, and says if followed up it
will effect complete cure of the very
worst cases. Mix one half pint of good
whiskey with one ounce of Toris Root
Compound, and add one ounce Syrup
Sarsaparilla Compound. Take in table
at bed time" Toris Root Compound is
a product Of the Globe Pharmaceutical
Co., Dayton, o. The ingredients can
be procured at any drug store and
easily mixed at home.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
Heard at the Drama,

Mrs. Ryetop-John, how much time
elapses between the second and third
acts?
Mr.. Ryetop-The program says six
months, Maria.
Mrs. Ryetop (aghast)-Six months,
John? Lands, we can't wait! Why,
them buckwheat cakes I left to riz
will have gone clear through the roof
by that time.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
Gladly Received the Word.

From the entry of st. Patrick, bear.
ing the message of peace and good.
will, 1reland's record assumes a more
precise form. The efforts of the apos-
tie of Ireland were attended with a
success at once pleasing and astound.
Ing. And the docility with which the
people submitted to the word
preached by him is an evidence Of
their high regard for natural virtnA
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12

I had a bad fall and
it affected my kid
neys. Severe pains
in my back and hips
became constant, and
sharp twinges fol-
lowed any exertion.
The kidney secre-
tions were badly dis
cOlOred. T lost eoch
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
Settled That Alteration,

A Nevada Judge, being told by an
attorney that he was no gentleman.
proved the contrary by battering the
attorneys face with the statutes in
such cases made and provided.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
Billion Dollar Grass.

Billion Dollar Grass.
Most remarkable grass of the century.
Goo Good , tor three rousng e. crops annually. aI
$4,000 worth of seed and had 300 tons Of
hay besides. 1t is immense. Do try it..
For 10c AND THIS NOTICE
send to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis. to pay postage, ETC., ana
they will mail you the only original seed
catalog published in America with sam
pies Of Billion Dollar Grass Macaroni
Wheat. the sly miller mixer. Sainfoin the
dry soil luxuriator. Victoria Rape, the zoe
Barley yielding l73 bu. per acre, ETC., etc.,
etc.
And if you send l4c we will add pack
age of new farm seed never before seen
by you. John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis X. & w.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
"That's Aisy, Says Patrick, This Dear
Little Plant"

From the Gap Of Dunloe to the Glen o
the Downs,
And Slieb-na-mon grandly Killarney's
lake crowns.
There was rOOtin' an preachin' an
laughter an prayer,
No wonder for Satan to leave must
prepare.
For barrin' the Saxon and whisky I'll
say
Saint Patrick has rid us of evil TO-DAY.
So now you all know how the snakes
met their doom,
And the class will it's studies in Gaelic
resume.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
Prosaic Pa.

"Katherine," called the old gentle
man from the top of the stairway,
ARE you still telling that young man
good night in the vestibule?'
Yes, pa" called the fond daugh.
ter.
We'll, don't you know you are
wasting the light?"
"Oh, what's the difference. It is
love that makes the world 60 round "
Yes, and it also makes the gas
meter go round.'
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
Real Eortitllela

1neVer knew any man In my life who
would not bear another's misfortunes
perfectly like q Christian. .-Alexands9
Pope.