Putnam patriot., 1909-08-13
MT. and Mrs. B. D. Bugbee spent part of last week on Cape Cod.

hf' ahu MS. b. J. Bugpee spent part of last week on Cape God.
 Arthur Duvert has returned from
 Old Orchard, Maine, where he has been
 in camp with the Onawa Club.
 Mir. John Garfield and bride, who
 have been spending part of their ho-
 neymoon at the Chickering House, re-
 turned to their home city, Waterbury,
 on Friday.
 -Mr. 0ris P. Wilson and wife, of St.
 Paul, Minn., are guests of MT. Leon T. Wilson and wife, Laurel street. MT.
 0. P. Wilson, who formerly lived in this city, now carries on a large millin-
 cry business in St. Paul.
 -E. Irving Cutler left on Tuesday
 for Guthrie, Okla, where he expects
 to remain for about three months. His
 business is "Dealer and Broker in Broom Corn, Woodward, Okla.n In
 a month or so his father expects to fol- low him out to Oklahoma.
 The annual field meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union l of New London, Holland, and Wind ham counties, will be held on the Will limantic Camp ground Friday, August l3. Rev. W. A. MacIntyre, of Rock.
 vile, will be the principal speaker. Re
 citations, songs, solos and duets will be
 given, making the program one of the
 best ever given on the camp ground. Program to commence at p. m. The 18th annual Reunion of the Association of the Twentv-sixth Regi-
 ment, Connecticut Volunteers, will be
 held on Wednesday, August Is, at the
 Golden Spur, at the head of the Man
 tic River. Wives and children of conn., ! rades are included in the invitation.
 Everything will be arranged to give
 good entertainment and care to all who
 attend the Reunion. Chauncey Morse, of this city, is President of the Associa- tion, and from him any special inform ation may be had.
 The attention of the Street Super intendent is called to Tillotson street. which is only public pathway for pedestrians--and hundreds of them daily. When there is a heavy rain the steep steps at the foot of the street are covered with stones and pebbles, wash ed down from the street above. Per haps two-thirds of the people take the middle of the street, until snow falls, rough and unpleasant as 1t is, rather than cross over to the sidewalk-such as it is. By removing the stones and pebbles from the roadway, making it smooth and comfortable for walking, and at the same time would prevent the steep steps being filtered with pebbles.
 Saturday afternoon is becoming more and more holiday during the summer, and it seems to be a benefit 10 mill hands and others having to work ten hours a day for six days. With out few hours off Saturday work peo- pie can have no time for recreation ex- cept on Sunday, and the law puts re- striction on amusements they most en- ioy. The unrestful feeling among the hard-working people as they become better educated leads: them to think they have not their just share of the be- nefits of life, and hence there are strikes and a growing Socialist organization that may assert itself in manner that may prove disastrous. Voluntary con- sessions to please and benefit the labor class may lead the way eventually to general system that will reconcile the differences between the employer and employed.
 A peculiar accident happened on Grove street, near the Episcopal church, one day last week. A woman and her Ii or b year old son were driving slow ly along when the son touched up the horse, and 1t gave a jump and com meneed to kick. 1t seems that the wo- man had but one leg, and as she had no intention of getting out Of the wag- on while in town, she did not wear her wooden leg as she sometimes does. She therefore could not get out, and had To sit there with the horses heels flying uncomfortabiy near until assistance came and the horse was unhitched ana led ont. The harness had broken, and while the boy went to have it mended his mother sat in the wagon some kind people in house nearby filied up tray with a bountiful dinner ana took it out to the woman. People who saw her sitting ithere in horseiess W agon, in drizziing rain, calmly eal- ing her dinner, did not know what to make of it, and no wonder
 Ut would be good plan if dozen ar more citizens of families, Of conge- nial habits, would buy or lease piece of land bordering on Alexander Lake, on which each one might build sum- mer cottage and there could spend the summer together. They could make sueh a retreat even pleasanter than going away long distances. especially wilh children. They could put up a eheap structure as dining hall, se- eond story for hall fer social gather ines. By hiring cook and helpers, all meals eoyld be provided each pef- son, paying pro rata share of the ex- bense weekly. This would avoid the uo,-s service of house keeping for a