Putnam patriot., 1909-12-31


Geo. ". Perry. recently spent Sc
verai days in Middietown on business.
Mrs. Nora Leary has returned from
visit with her parents in Elliott.
-Sixty-three prisoners ate Christ
mas dinner at the jail in Brooklyn.
Miss Lillian Merritte of Spring
field u visiting her aunt, Mrs. c. HI.
Kelley.
Miss Ruth Daniels, New York, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F..
J. Daniels.
-Fred Miller, Of Salem, Mass, Is
spending week With friends in this
city.
-Grover Clark, of Wiilimantic, has
entered the employ Of brndiey 4 Co.,
rs bcokkeeper, at their beef house.
Mrs. welles Humes and her three
sons, Of Meridian, N. V, are guests OF
Myron Kinney and family, Center st.
Tuesday morning was the coolest
this season-reports from various local.
itias showed range of three to ten de-
grees below zero
Miss Ruth X. Child, of Il Grove
street, is spending the winter with Mrs.
c. II. Allen and daughter, in Spring
field, Mass.
An eel weighing five pounds and a
half and measuring three feet and three
inches, was taken out of the Putnam
Wooden Cenpany's faceway last Fri
day.
The class studying law under the
instruction of Attorney NJ. IL. Geissler
presented him watch chain and charm
for Christmas.
Mrs. Ellen Clarke is entertaining
her daughters, Miss Josephine OF New
Boston, Miss Mabelle of Hartford, Miss
Louise of Rocky Hill, and Mrs. Her
man Chandler, and her little daughter,
from Worcester.
List of letters remaining in the
Putnam Post Office for the week end
ing Dec. 2S:
Gentlemen-S. w. Long NJ. q. Mer-
rill, Charles Mack, s. Murphy, Gustaf
Handel, Thomas Roberts, Garston spa
nuth.
Ladies-Miss May Alex.
Last week we mentioned the fact
of Congressman Higgins activity in
securing legislation aud work TO bene-
fit his district. He has since prepared
new pension bill in behalf OF soldiers
women and children, affecting the wi
dows of Veterans TO whom pensions
have been denied.
Much of the good cheer among the
poor OF the city, on Christmas, was due
TO the efforts of the pupils OF Israel
Putnam School. An appeal was made
to them, and they readily responded,
amassing over two express loads OF We
getables, clothing, toys, etc., which
they turned over for distribution 10
Captain Withee of the Salvation Al
NV. These donations were mainly
brought from their homes.
George NJ. Whitaker, formerly ed
itor and proprietor ofthe "oou'hpfiage
Journal" which he sold to take the
ediiorship of the New England Farm
err is making his life work success
as his friends in this section oil the
country will be glad to hear. lie mas
been for several years connected Win
the Dairy Bureau of the Department
of Agriculture, and has now just oeeh
promoted to be the Chief of the DIVE
sion in Charge of Market Milk lnves-
tigation. MIR. Whitaker has the repu.
tation of being one of the leading au-
thorities in the country on The SUBJECT
of milk.
The New. York Tribune reports a
hockey game played in that city last
week, between the Pomfrot School Sc
ven, of Pomfret, and the 81. Marx
schools team of scarborough, Mass,
in which the former won by score Vi
sto0. 1t outweighed, outplayea anu
outskated the st. Marks team before a
good crowd. The report says "AieN-
ander, the Pomfret goalkeeper, proven
a stone wall. Furthermore, the rom
fret wings, Stevenson and Chauhees,
developed both speed and skill ,Chaun-
cey, in particular, doing credi'aoie
work. He made no less than three Oh
the eight goals"
-Capt. and Mrs. A. II. Withee lei.
here on Monday to attend the ahhua'
Reunion of the Salvation Army OBJ
GERS of New England, att their heau-
quarters in Boston. All the Saisa1ioi'
officers of this State will be present.
and when they meet and commingie
with the officers of the other New In
giand,states there will be joyous ira,
ternal gathering. The New Ensiahu
States constitute one of the provinces
of the Salvation Army, into which TINS
country is divided. The Capt. anu
Mrs. withee expect to return home 70
day, Thursday
Edmond Pepin, aged 4 son OF MI
and Mrs. Thomas Pepin, was so severe
~ burned last week Thursday after
noon. that he died from its effects, tals
the same night. Edmond, with sever
al other small boys, were skating on
pond near st. Mary's cemetery, ihaIs
day afterraonn last week. and lighted