Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-11
DRIVING STUNT EXTRAORDINARY
Queer Specimen in Top Buggy Headed
 for WiIiamsvlle by Rail.

An all-rail trip from Putnam to Will Evansville was the stunt some unknown nighthawk started out to do in the very small hours of Wednesday morn ing.
 Jack Kempf. night towerman at the railroad signal station, was more than surprised shortly after midnight when he saw a horse drawing a top buggy. come wobbling down over the tracks and switches from up near the freight house. There is no lever provided in the tower for switching such com bination as a horse and top buggy. and all Kempf could do was to yell at the driver and await developments from that unconventional person. This driv- CT could do some hair-raising stunts that would make Ringling's horsemen look like amateur night performers and when he swung around back of the tower house and in between tele- phone pole and the guy wire, with about three inches of clearance to spare. he was doing some driving for one out in a railroad yard on dark night.
 The stranger gave the tower man a thrill when he circled the very edge of the bank wall over Front street; if the wheels had circled another foot to the right the whole rig would have dropped into Front street. But this
  on to the track again, going over sig nal wires and interloeking pipes and headed south across the bridge. By this time the few spectators aroused by the racket got busy and took him off the tracks, though the fellow pro tested and insisted that he knew he was on the right road to Williams vile.
 EIks' Committees. Byron D. Bugbee, Richard German, G. Byron Morse. Ralph w. Tefft, Isaac Champeau, Omer J. Milot, Archibald Macdonald and M. M. Dwyer have been named a committee of Putnam | lodge of Elks to make arrangements for a social night. The committee ap- pointed to arrange for the memorial | services to be held the first Sunday in December is. Archibald Macdonald, Omer J. Milot, Oliver E. Getty, G. Byron Morse, Byron D. Busbee and l Richard German. The members Of the house committee are: B. D. Bugbee | John F. Carpenter, Archibald Macdon- ald Isaac Champeau. 0. J. Milot. G. | B. Morse, w. J. Rafrerty, Richard German, M. R. Joy.
 The Ladies' Sewing Circle of the | Congregational church held an all day session at the church Wednesday Dinner was served to the members and their families, the food being provid- ed by the ladies.
 1 Station Agents Successor Twice. | Leslie Baldwin, who is to come tc | Putnam as station agent to succeed | MT. Jewett, also succeeded him al | Franklin. Mass. coming from Need ham, Mass, to that station.
 About the City. Game Warden Herman G. Carver has been unable to secure any knowledge | as to who shot the deer that he re- | gently found near brook in Whitney: 1 woods.
 Mrs. Joseph Mundo has returned tt Washington, D. C.. after visiting he mother, Mrs. Lewis Sherman, in thii city.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Bap tist church met with Mrs. Charles Fen | ner Wednesday afternoon.
 Benjamin F. Steere of Lowell called on friends in Putnam Wednesday. l Miss Margaret Awkward of Daniel son visited her sister, Mrs. Charles T Thayer. Wednesday.
 Birthday Party.
 Ruth D. Bartlett. daughter of MT and Mrs. w. J. Bartlett of Elm street celebrated her Sth birthday by enter taining eioht little girls from 4 to o'clock Monday afternoon. Games wer enjoyed part of the time, and then ; birthday supper was served from gayly decorated table, the color schem being pink and white A birthday DO em written by Miss Lena Greene wa read by Marion Carpenter, Pink chrys anthemums were given as favors.