Putnam patriot., 1909-01-15

-1larse> |. SdD1Ns Bd> Detfi Cou- fined to his home by illness the past week.
 On Saturday Representative Andrew kingsbury, of Coventry, made friends in this city visit.
 Mrs. George F. shaw, who has bvsr spending a week with relatives in Hartford, has returned home.
 Mrs. Reuben Sykes and her two daughters, who have been visiting rel atives in New Haven, have returned.
 Rev. B. F. Benoit will preach lin the Baptist church Danielson, Sum- day afternoon at o'clock.
 Mrs Vim. Holmes returned to her home in Westerly, R. l., on Saturday, after spending a few days at her par ental home, Prospect street, Oak Hill.
 -Orrin Potter, aged 76, Veteran oy the civil war, and long a resident of this city, is to enter the Soldiers Home at Noreten.
 Frank 0. Davis, whose real estate office is in this city, has gone on combined business and pleasure tripto Florida, and will return the first week in February.
 Local members of the K. of C. have received invitations to attend the ex- republication of the third degree at Spencer, Mass, next Tuesday even- ing.
 Charles Jackson a farm hand of South Woodstock, while on his way home last Friday afternoon found q dandelion in full bloom near Harris vile. lie took pleasure in showing it to all whom he met on the road.
 Sarah Taft Wheelock, aged three years, youngest daughter of MT. and Mrs. $. NJ. Wheelock died at their home on Church street Monday night of diptheria. Burial in Grove street cemetery Tuesday afternoon.
 e. IA. Hammond, C. l.. Torr ey, W. $. Johnson, J. F. Carpenter, l.. T. Wilson were among those from this city who went to Hartford on Tuesday to watch the progress of the election of United States senator.
 Last week we announced the early arrival home of MT. and Mrs. Herbert J. Smith; theynow have notified their relatives that they will not be here this month, as previously stated. They will remain in Cuba some months longer 10 avoid the cold weather.
 List of letters remaining in the Putnam Post Office for the week end ing Jan. Il:
 Ladies-Miss Gulal Goals, Miss Jen- nie Sweeney, Mrs Frank Lachance.
 Gentiemen-Jas. Y. Fulton, Frank Norton, Nazaire Paranguan, Albert Williams, II. B. Walker.
 Preparations are being made for the sealing of all weights and measures i'll use in the town of Putnam. This Is q practice that has not been in force for many years, but it will be revived. A new equipment of standard gauge and measures has been purchased for use in the work.
 At D. m. Saturday. an alarm of fire was rung, and when the fire de- partment responded they found it to be the blacksmith shop of A. NJ. La croix, South Meadow street. A spark from the chimney started a blaze on the roof of the shop, which few pails of water easily extingushed before the arrival of the firemen.
 The New London Day" says of the nomination of Sabin S. Russell for Assistant Clerk of the House, at the Republican caucus, says; "If eloquence was an aid, MT. Russell received sub stantial assistance from the nominating speech made for him by Representative Joseph Mckachnie, of Putnam.
 To show how pests are trans ported from one place to another to intiict in- jury on humanity, it is stated that a south wind waited a lot of butterflies from Venezuela to Curacoa. The but terfiies laid eggs which matched into worms, and these began to 0evastate the cornfields and other vegetation. To get rid Of these the government is pay ing children sixty cents a quart for them.
 
 On Friday afternoon the body of Ellen Estelle Robbins, wife of Welcome H. Browning, formerly of this city, was brought here from Packerville for burial in Grove street cemetery. Rev. J. K. Stubbert, Pastor of the Baptist church of this city, of which Mrs. Browning was a member, went to the home of the deceased, in Packerville, 10 preach her funeral sermon, return ing with her relatives to conduct the closing services at the cemetery.
 A biil has been introduced in Con- gress, and will no doubt become a law, 10 incorporate the Descendants of the signers." Among the charter members is Judge Albert Mcclellan Mathewson of New Haven, who, no doubt, drew the bill. The organization is 10 be com posed of descendants of isgners of the Declaration Of Independence. These persons held a meeting at the James, town Exposition year or two ago. The bill aus horizes them to hold meet