Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-03-19
Miss Ellen Wheelock is visiting
with relatives in Uxbridge, Mass.


with relatives in Uxbridge, Mass.
The selectmen have appointed Il.
G. Carver town dog warden.
George Gockell has returned from
visit with relatives in Uncasville, and
birmingham and Worcester.
Miss Marion Hines, of Worcester,
recently, spent few days with her pa
rents on Grove street.
Rev. b. +. Benoit will preach at
the Baptist church, this city, at $3.50
o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Dutee Smith, of Fremont ST.,
has returned with from Cape Cod
where she has been for two weeks Wis
ting with relatives.
MIR. and Mrs. Clarence W. Tabt
and daughter Lydia spentSunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic w. Howard in
Woodstock.
w. A. Howard, the mail carrier
between Putnam and the Woodstocks,
next four years.
Mrs A. Sykes, who has been visit
ing her son, Reuben Sykes and family,
Bradley street, the past two weeks, re-
turned to her home, Wauregan, on Sa-
turday.
The engagement is announced of
Miss Adah ID. Lucier, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Napoleon o. Lucier, to Gee.
c. Gunsaius, formerly of Poughkeep-
sic, \. Y.
Tickets are now on sale for the 10th
annual ball of Cargill Council, X. ofC
to be held in Odd Fellows hall, Easter
Monday, April 18th. Music by Car
gill orchestra. Tickets 81 80.
The W. c. T. L. will hold the an
nual "Free Will Offering" at the home
of Mrs. NJ. G. Leonard. South Main
street, Friday afternoon, AT 3 p. m. A
program will be given. a full attend
ance is desired.
Mrs. g. a. Hammond, Oak Hill,
entertained the O. NJ. club Wednesday
evening in honor of her niece, Miss
Phinney, of Haydenyille, Mass. The
decorations and favers were in keeping
with st. Patrick's day. Refreshments
were served.
William Author and A. A. Bro
deur were the two delegates appointed
at the Court City of Putnam, +. of A.
at meeting Tuesday evening, to attend
the convention to be held in Danbury.
The alternates were Thomas p. Ryan
and John Lynch.
The funeral of Mrs. Lucy Durfee
was held from her home on School
street, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
Rev. Mr. Belcher, of the Methodist
church officiating. Burial was in Grove
street cemetery.
Edwin A. Keigwin, proprietor OF
the cotton mill boarding house and old
hotel livery stable at Whitinsville, died
at his farm in Sutton after an illness
OF five months. aged 50 years He was
q native of Danielson, and machinist
by trade, and was at one time master
mechanic in one OF the mills in Put
nam.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Bap-
list church have a delightful enter
tainment in readiness for this, Friday,
evening, Tor any person who desires 10
take advantage of 1t. From 5 to I
O'Clock they will serve an old-fsshioned
supper at % cents a plate. At 5:30, a
program of old-fashioned music will
begin. 1t comprises number of vocal
ana Instrumental selections from the
sweet old airs, and will be worth hear
ing. Admission only 10 cents.
The sewing committee of the Day
Kimball Hospital held an enjoyable
whist, for the benefit of the Hospital,
in st. Jeans hall, Providence street, on
Wednesday evening. There was good
attendance tables being
used. Ladies' prizes-fruit dishes
were awarded to Miss Hermine Carroll
and Mrs. Henry Morse. The gentle
mems prizes-moustache eups-were
awarded 10 Chas Mayhem and James
McGarry. During play the St Jeans
band, of n pieces, rendered number
of fine selections. Coffee and cake were
served.
Robert Jones, eolored man, who
claims Providence as his home, aud
Carl Allison, of Boston, who came 10
this city sunday night on the passen-
ger train from New Haven, were arrest
ed near East Thompson, on Monday
morning. They We're taken before a
Justice Of the peace, who tried and sen
fenced each Of them 10 ~ days IN the
Brooklyn jail, To which they were La
ken. The charge against them WAS
stealing coal belonging 10 foreman
Potter. at the coal chute, Monday mofn-
ing. They got away on Boston bound
freight, but telegraph message 10 the
East Thompson station resulted Ia their
arrest on reaching there.