Putnam patriot., 1909-09-03


 MT. (. D. Sharpe, wife and son Kenneth, and MT. F. w Seward and wife, and daughter Katharine, have been at Gales Ferry for two weeks.
 Martin Griffin, who has been spend ing few days with his parents, on 1 PAmfret street, returned to New York on Sunday.
 The State Franco-Ameriean Con- ventien will be held in Norwich next
 week Tuesday and "Wednesday. Gov.
 ernor Aram \. Pothief, Of Rhode Isl. | and, q brilliant orator, will be one of
 the speakers. The local branch will be represented by delegates
 --Posl-eiiiee hours for Labor Day
 next Monday:
 Office open from 6:3o q. m. to r m .,
 and 5:s0 to : r. III.
 Money order division closed
 City carriers Will make one delivery
 and collection, commencing at a. Hi.
 The rural service will be suspended
 for the day.
 | Frank c. Letters, Postmaster. Louis k. Southworth, of the New
 York World editorial staff, came to Woodstock te spend his sixteen days vacation-he wished il was 16 weeks.
 Half his vacation he spent with the ar- l mics around Boston, and saw it cap tured by the hoStilas, and had tine time. His wife came with him and will remain al Woodstock through Sep tembef MT. Southworth returned to New York on Monday morning.
 While al Salt Lake City, quite an incident occurred while Mr. l.. Bishop was at the G. A. k. headquarters. A young lady called and inquired if there was any delegate there from Putnam, Connecticut. Mr. Bishop replied there was no one there from Putnam, but he was from N oodstock. "oh," she said, you will do just as well. My mother wants to see you. She is the widow of Ezra Carpenter, war veteran, a reIa- tive of John A. Carpenter, of Putnam, and came here after the war. He be- longed to the 18th Regiment, Conn.N., and was 2U months in a Southern pris- on. She Is desirous To see some one who knew him, or at least their rela- tives. MT. Bishop said he could hard N hs. must My mother will be so disap- pointed. You must go and l'll come for you.e And she did-and he went.
 -Ebenezer Bishop, of Boston, e ye- teran of the civil war, was delegate to lhe National Encampment of the c. X. R., held al Salt Lake city. arrived here on Saturday on his way to Wood stock to spend Sunday with old friends. and on Monday morning returned 10 Boston. His face was aglow with plea- sure, and he looked the picture of rug ged health. From the way he talked of the Encampment and his journey to Salt Lake City, he must have had the time of his life. He received one of the tsp badges presented by the city to the delegates. IL is gorgeous affair. the center emblem being of gold, the lower end having medallion likeness of Lincoln II cannot be described. but il looks worth travelling the dis tance he did 10 get il. Stopping al Den- yer, with comrade, on his way back. their presence al the hotel got nossed about, and soon lot of the .sboyssw sur. rounded them, and there was nothing that they were not willing 10 do for them. When the time 10 take their departure approached, they were told not to be uneasy, as there were auto mobiles al the door 10 take them along. And thus. like returned heroes lust from the war, they were escorted 10 the station by joyous party who seemed reluctant to have them depart.