Putnam patriot., 1909-06-11

-MfS. Aa> from visit in New York.
 Rev. B. F. Benoit will speak at the Baptist church, this city, al s;S0, Sun. day.
 Luther NJ. Keith is erecting house on Grove street, east of the residence of Horace Warren.
 Last Sunday several members of Cargill Council. K. of C., attended meeting of the Webster Council.
 Oscar Lawrence, of Boston, is the new barber at Charles Miron's shop, Ghickering House block.
 Superintendent of Streets Dumas and his men are giving the city streets their summer top-dressing.
 Mrs. A. W. Macdonald returned on Saturday from Ansonia, where she had been the guest of her sister.
 The regular meeting of the Wom- ans Board of the Day kimball Hospi- tai will be held at their room on Pom fret Street "Wednesday afternoon, U une 18th.
 The annual election of officers of Court City of Putnam, F. of A, will be held next Tuesday evening. On Sun- day, June 2o, class initiation will be held.
 The ladies of the Non Partisan N. C. T. L. will hold their next regular
 meeting with Mrs. E. NJ. Wheaton on Oak Hill, Monday, June Il, at , p. m.
 The regular meeting of Putnam Grange will be held in A. O. H. Hall next Monday evening at s o'clock. An interesting program has been prepared.
 -Dr. F.. F. Perry was in Williman- tic last week to attend meeting of the Windham County Board of Pension Examiners, of which he is member.
 The funeral Of Mrs. Mary D. tFenn) Arnold, formerly of Putnam, was held at her late residence in Southbridge, on Tuesday. The burial was in the Grove street cemetery in this city.
 The Putnam Cadet Military Band, which has gained rapid prominence for its skillful musical performance, was engaged to furnish the music for the East Douglas Memorial Day ex- ercises.
 List of letters remaining in the Putnam Post Office for the week end ing June s:
 Ladies-Lillie Miller. Gentlemen-W. A. Lewis, Dennis Murphy, G. l.. Meyer, Walter Sterry, Geo. Townsend.
 Notwithstanding it was very warm evening the French Artisans had a very enjoyable dance in Foresters' hall last Thursday evening. The peo- pie on the street also enjoyed the music furnished by the Broadway orchestra George Lachapelle, the five-year old Grosvenordaie lad, who has been a patient at the Day Kimball Hospital over three months, from railroad &C., cident, which necessitated the amputa- tion of his right leg, has returned to his home.
 -Dr. J. J. Russell, Dr. F. A. Morrell, Dr.E.L. Simpson and George Vaughan l arrived home from Boston last Thurs day morning. They went down We'd nesday to witness the ball game, and saw the Red Sox take the first of the series from Detroit at the American league grounds.
 Ut is said that the criminals are so numerous that the Brooklinjail has not sufficient room to contain them. It has accommodations for about 90 pris-
 oners, and the number averages l00- the extra number has to be housed in the jail hospital. If the jail is not en-
 larged they may as well be boarded at 1 the hotel.
 The Summer School Of the Gonnec- ticut Agricultural College, which holds its eighth annual session for four weeks from June 29th to July 25d, inclusive, offers special courses in Nature study, domestic science, agricultural pedago- gy. Our young men and women who
 want to spend summer vacation plea sanity and profltably couldn't do bet ter than attend this summer school. Send for April-June Bulletin, Storrs, Conn.,, for full information. We noticed, in taking stroll on the outskirts of the city, that in some gardens the tomato plants were pro- tected from the cut-worm by planting them in bottomiess tin cans. A better and an easier way to protect the plants is to place them in the ground, then take strips of thick wrapping paper, 4 by 6 inches, and bend them around the plants, tapping the ends so as to make perfect circle. putting two inch es underground, leaving two inches above ground. We will furnish the wrapping paper free to any one want ing a supply, as it is waste with us. Last Sundays New York Herald, in an article on "The Civil War Heroes who make good Connecticut Legisla- tors,n gives sketch of. Representative Joseph Nick achnie. from Putnam with his photographic likeness, as follows:
 Representative Joseph Nick aehnie, of Putnam, isi Veteran; he IS chair
 man of the committee on Sfofieifed nights, and member of the committee on constitutional amendments. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland. 65 xears ago. and linked his Tate with the