Putnam patriot., 1909-05-21

peted home week from next Satuf-
 day.
 --The offriai board of Elizabeth Por- ter Putnam Chapter, D. X. R., held a meeting Monday afternoon at the fesi- dence of the regent, Mrs. $. NJ. Vince lock, Church ,street.
 Thomas Hutchinson of Westiield, N. J., has been the guest of friends in
 Putnam and vicinity the past week. MT. Hutchinson and his son, Albert, are successfully engaged in business in Westfieid.
 -J. F. Weatherhead, for the past thirty years boss weaver for the Put nam Woolen company, has resigned hts position. The employees of the
 weaving department presented him q Morris chair and gold watch fob. At meeting, on Wednesday after
 noon, of the Woman's Board of the Day kimball Hospital, J. s. Bard, of
 Brooklyn, Conn.,, presented them with a
 pose which the donor will specify later. The committee appointed to ar
 range for the annual conventionSof the Connecticut Catholic Total Abstinence
 Union ito be held in this city Labor Day, are to make a report of the work
 accomplished, at meeting of the St.
 Aloysius T. A. X B. society next Mon-
 day evening.
 The annual death rate per thousand
 of our population as shown by the re-
 port of the State Board of Health for April is ll9. For le4 other towns in the State, the death rate is 17.s. There are only g other towns of the State
 and they rural towns-that have low CT death rate than Putnam.
 Major A. D. Mcintyre received a telegram Monday as he was arranging to start on trip through the west, stating that the corset factory at Chi cago of the firm for which he is trav- cling salesman, had been destroyed by fire. The Major will therefore retire from the road for time. It is expect ed that the factory will be rebuilt and in running order by January 1. -I wish to thank all who have saved and are still saving coupons for my brother, Michael Doran: and now ask you to send in your coupons as early as possible, as all coupons to be counted must be in the "Globe' office by June 2d, forenoon. It takes some time to write the coupons, as each has to be written separately.
 Miss Mary K. Doran. Putnam, May 19.
 Some of our citizens had the good fortune to be outdoors Saturday night about II o'clock, and witnessed one of the most remarkable appearances of light near the zenith, like a red lumi- nous cloud, forming an arch extending from horizon to horizon, although dur ing most of the evening was visible on- ly in parts. It was seen over a good part of New England, the night being otherwise clear. It is claimed to be one of the forms of the aurora or north- ern lights What causes the aurora and then it's peculiar forms, is not as yet satisfactorily settled. Some believe it indicates milder weather; others be- lieve it portends dire calamities. We hope it is the former, for we areitired
 of making fires to keep warm, so near June, and being obliged to carry um- brelIas for sudden down.pours of rain. Judge Mathewson, of New Haven, has expressed himself very plainly in regard to the Connecticut School for Boys-popularly known as the "Re- form Schoel.n He regards the institu- ton as poor one, and says that he
 would never sentence boy to that in- stitution. Other judges have expressed the same opinions. Only last week
 an insane patient was found dead from broken ribs and other severe wounds
 and batterings, in an insane asylum in the city of New York, and it was not the first instance Of the kind that had occurred there. The two men who had charge of the murdered patient gave some fiimsy reasons to account for his death. Other charitable institutions in that and other States have, on com plaint, had their management invesr tigated and found serious disorders prevailing. Such charitable institu- tions should have every one exercising control pass a competitive examination by . we'll chosen commission before be- ing appointed, ins stead of through po- Iitical influence, as is often the case es- pecialIy in New York.
 When San Francisco was deyasta- ted some years ago, proffers of assist ance from foreign governments were re- fused, with the assurance that the peo- pie of this country were amply able and willing to extendto to their suffering fellow-citizens all the aid that was re- quired. But few years pass by with out piteous appeals being sent to this country for assistance to suffering hu- nanity in some other parts Of the world to prevent them from refishing. The
 Portngues Consul in Boston received adyiees concerning the earthquake of
 April =, in ilae vicinity Of Lisbon. which indicated such suffering among
 the inhabitants there, that he has made
 an appeal 10 the American people for