Putnam patriot., 1909-11-26

\. Carpenter the past week.
 Brick layers have begun work on inc side walls of the new Peloquin block on Elm street.
 John A. Morse, yr., is studying the violin with Emanuel Fielder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
 -Col. Atweli, of Fields Point, was in town on Thursday of last week call. ing on friends.
 Norman, the ten year old son of William Warren fell from a fence near Church street Saturday, and broke his arm in two places.
 The St. Aloysius T. A. &. .B. society had . whist party in their rooms on Thursday evening, nine tables being in play.
 William H. Taylor has returned from Rhode Island where he went for rest and treatment, very much im- proved by his rest.
 Attorney Huber D. Card, who has been at Saranac Lake, N. Y., several weeks for his health, writes that he is rapidly improving.
 Nathan Wineberg's brother has just reached this city from Russia. He will reside here and enter his brothers tailor shop to learn the business.
 A new concrete sidewalk has been laid on Harris street to Hammond Hall. It was greatly needed, so many go down that street, especially even ings.
 District deputy John J. McGarry k to confer the third degree on a class of candidates for San Jose council, Knights of Columbus, at Willimantie, during the present month.
 Fred Winslow, employed at the freight depot, had his hand damned in a car door last Thursday, which keeps him from his work. Five stitches had to be taken in the back of his hand.
 Men and teams are at work on the old Leonard lot building side track from the tracks of the N. |. N. Il. X H. Railroad near the coal chute south easterly for the new coal, wood and ice company. The siding necessitates considerable fill as well as excavation. Randolph H. Chandler will speak in the Town Hall, Thompson, Dec. 7th subject, ssProduction and Gonsump- tlon.n This address will be something unusual and all grangers in good and regular standing are invited without further notice.
 Post office hours for Thanksgiving Day.-Offiee open from 6:o0 a. m. to 12 m., and 5.30 to P. III. Money Or der Division closed.
 Morning delivery and collection by city carriers. Rural Carriers service suspended for the day.
 Frank G. Letters, postmaster.
 The ladies of the Woman's Relief Corps served an excellent dinner al A. 0. II. Hall Friday noon, and were well patronized. An excellent boiled din ner WAS served and also fish dinner, with all the customary side dishes. An apron sale was held in connection with the dinner.
 The Elizabeth Porter Putnam f,ho.tax n A p ara trvinp this win ter by different methods to raise the necessary funds to improve the Old Cemetery, and are now planning 10 hold a sale of fancy work and aprons about the list of Dec. Will you kindly donate some article toward this sale?
 Mrs. W. II. Mansfield,
 Miss Anna sampson,
 Committee.
 The old arrangement of switching freight in the local railroad yards was adopted Monday, when the night ana day service commenced. Since the freight business went bad following the panic one crew has been doing the switching. The crew has been work ing overtime to handle the business, but with what work that was done by the train crews of freights, have man. aged to get along.
 The bridge men of the Consolidat- ed road have been working the last two Sundays on Front street bridge putting in heavy pieces of timber to hold the rails in place. The rails on the bridge have been spreading and as the con- mon council refused the railroad con- pany's request to put hood under the bridge the company is taking this manner of providing way out of the difficulty.
 Among the 40, 900 spectators at the Yale Harvard football game at Cam- bridge last Saturday were the follow ingsPutnamites: Dr. E. l.. simpson and Miss Simpson, Mrs. C. F. Water man, Mrs. s. NJ. Wheelock, Miss Ase- nsth Tarr, Miss Bernice Paine, Miss M- Gladys Murfey, Mir and Mrs. A. M. Towne, F. Walden Wright, Percy Waterman, Henry Wheelock, R. U. Kinney, L. P. Merriam, G. H. Giipat- ric, c. K. shaw, F. D. Thayer, J. c. Johnson, J. B. Tatem, Jr., Samuel Rich, and Louis Law.
 Superintendent of Streets Duinas has his hands full these days He Is rushing the surface water dram on Grove street and has . large gang of mar, a, .k ,ha,. He iS aiSo laying