Putnam patriot., 1909-04-09
Judge F. F. Russell is spending a ew days it, Naw York

 -George Gascoigne returns this Thursday evening to Columbus, Ohio,
 to resume his college studies.
 Miss Maude Simpson has returned | from few days visit with friends in
 Willimantic.
 Mrs. Lydia Haskell, of Shrewsbu- ", Mass, is the guest of Mrs. F. k.
 Brunette, Grove street.
 Rev. B. F. Benoit will preach at
 the Baptist church, panielson, at 4:5o o'clock Sunday afternoon.
 Mi. William Diggins and wife, of
 Grove street, were called to Rutland,
 Vt, this week, on account of ihe death
 of Mrs. Diggins' mother.
 MT. and Mrs. Louis Alton, Grove street, are entertaining their daughter, 1 Miss Helen Alton, of the New England
 Conserv atory of Music, Boston, during 1 her Easter vacation.
 Mrs. Ernest Whittemore, of this city, has been presented typewrite T
 by her Norwich friends. Mrs. White
 more unhappily Is blind, but she has
 been able to write as many ss sixty
 words minute with the machine. Five young men, ea rotte from Nos- wich to Worcester, on foot, arrived in
 this city Tuesday evening pretty well tired after their 8 miles tramp, and
 put up at the Putnam Inn. They con
 tinued their journey "Wednesday morn
 ing. All but one were students at the
 Norwich Free Academy.
 List of letters remaining in the Putnam Post Office for the week end l ing April 6:
 Ladies-Nliss May Brown, Mrs. An nie Shields.
 Gentlemen-Joseph Brumaux, H. C.
 Frser, Doane's Dept. Store, Francis NJ. Shaw, ]. $. Tormey.
 A statement has gone out that the next Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hartford, to succeed the late Michael Tierney, would probably be Rev. Richard Neagle of Maiden, Mass. Father Neagle has been pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Maiden, since 1908.
 Henry M. Morse, late interlocutor and stage manager of the Cohen X Har- ris Minstrels-the greatest show of it's kind ever produced in the world-has been especially engaged as manager and director of the "All Silk Min strels," which are to appear at the Bradley Theatre, one night only, Tues day evening, April 20, for the benefit of the Day Kimball Hospital. Monday afternoon members of the Putnam Tennis Club got out on the Eden street courts for the first time this season. It looks now as if there
 would be considerable interest in the sport this summer. However, at the White House, tennis courts.have given way to golf links, and now that is tbe
 popular sport in Washington and else
 where. When Roosevelt became Pres ident golf links disappeared from this
 section to give place to tennis courts. We spoke few weeks ago in re- gard to the Light and Power Co. hav- ing trouble in establishing their lines in Woodstock, inadvertently saying they were not permitted to enter that town. The town was unwilling to grant the company special charter, and without 1t the company was un- willing to prosecute their business there, as they could be at any day ejec- ted and not allowed to do business if the authorities so willed. Monday d conference between the company and the Woodstock Seleclmen was held in regard to granting charter. The re- suit was that town meetingiis to be called at which the electors will decide whether the Light and Power compa- ny shall be granted charter or be de- prived of receiving light and power from them.
 Ut isn't fair to the thousands of peo- pie that clouds of black smoke from railroad locomotives should be allowed to roll over the city, obscuring sunlight
 and making everything gloomy. It can be avoided. The black smoke is simply particles of coal that should be consumed instead of being spread over the land to be breathed into human lungs and blacken buildings and all else it touches. There are smoke-con-
 suming devices; in many. States oil is being used instead of coal, electricity is now employed successfully instead of steam heat in moving trains enter ing New York city-proving that coal smoke can be eeliminated. In time the
 people will say the word and it will be done.
 Ut is rumored on the street that
 Mir. G. A. Hammond has purchased the Armory building, and proposes 10 have il painted and fixed up in good order al once. Two kinds Of business are contemplated to be established in the building-one up-to date machine shop will De one Of them. Ihe com rnendations showcred upon Mir. Ham, mond al the recent banquet rendered, him. for what he had already done 10 benefit and prosper the city, did not close his seEAices in that fine, We are glad to learn. Whatever he undertakes to Go for the good of ihe city is always of thorough character. we shall ex-