Putnam patriot., 1909-05-21

Miss Helen Harrington, of Will imantic, spent the weekend with Miss Maude Simpson.
 The High School dancing class re- eep,ion, held on Friday evening was largely attended.
 Dr. Louis R. Brown, of Middletown, has been visiting his mother on Church street.
 Mrs. J. J. Russell has returned from a visit with relatives in Johhs- town, N. Y.
 -George Williams of Milford, Mass, was a recent guest of F.. NJ. Wheaton and family, Oak Hill.
 Miss Marion Titus is entertaining her mother, Mrs. Titus, of Somerville, Mass.
 Miss Mary Avery has been enter taining her mother, Mrs. Avery, of Pennington, for few days.
 Mrs. Mabel Macdonald of Nashua, Ill, is the guest of Major and Mrs. A D. Mcintyre, Farrows street.
 Mrs. Fred shaw returned to her home in Bayonne, x. J., after spend- ing week with her son, Ghas. shaw, and wife, Fremont street.
 MT. and Mrs. W. H. Holmes and son Richard, of Westerly, R. l., spent Sunday with A. W. Macdonald and family, Oak Hill.
 Miss Grace Goyette and Clement Robillard, of Oxford, Mass, were the guests of Amedie Maynard and family over Sunday.
 Il. D. Billings and wife of Tarry- town, N. Y, have been spending few days with the formers mother, Mrs. D. H. Billings, Oak Hill.
 Miss S. Elizabeth Clarke is in Col chester attending the funeral of Geo. Lindsley who died in Denver Satur- day. Israel Lindsley formerly of this city is brother of the deceased.
 The W. C. T. U. will mee with Mrs. M. G Leonard on Friday after noon, at 8 o'clock. A full attendance is desired as there are matters of inn portance to be considered.
 A. G. Warner W. R. C. was repre- sented by the President, Mrs. Liliie K. Leach, delegate Mrs. Mary Perry, past. President; Mrs. Elizabeth 5. How ell, and Mrs. Lena A. Green-who at- tended the State Convention at Middle town last week.
 Edmund Gagne was in Boston this week taking an examination given by the Post Office Department 10 the railway clerks. Ray sherman, also of this city, is taking the preliminary ex- animation in the same department.
 Justin Greene, who has been very ill at the Day Kimbail Hospital the past month after undergoing an opera ton for serious case of appendicitis, was removed to his home in Center st., on Saturday.
 Company l., lst Connecticut Infan- try, of Willimantic, held it's annual May field day at the range in Daniel son Monday, passing through this city en route. Capt. Eugene Ashton was in command. Colonel John Hickey of Manchester was with them.
 The half-hour service on the trolloy will probably be continued this year only between Mechanicsville and Dan- ielson, instead of between Webster and Central Village as it was last year. The longer haif-hour service did not seem to prove profitable, the bulk of the patronage being between the two former places.
 The Bowery Mission Free Labor Bureau is prepared to supply any num- bef of men, for any kind of labor, at moments notice Within the past twelve months their cashier has paid out sl ,453.s6 for railraad d;expenses on thousands of worthy, willing and able bodied men, to all parts of the coun- try. Address John C. Earl. financial Secretary, 92 Bible House, New York city.
 u. B. Johnson, of Franklin, was in town Wednesday for the purpose of at- tending the preliminary meeting of the committee appointed to arrange for the banquet and reunion of the Putnam High School. The banquet will be held Wednesday, June 9, and it is to be made especially attractive by ad- dresses from non-Sesident alumni, and musical features. It Is desired that every one who has ever attended the Putnam High school should use every effort to make the affair a success, both bs their attendance, and by interest ing others in the matter.
 We are glad to learn that the news paper editors and proprietors. who met al Hartford last week for business con- saitation and saelaiity, plt on record their protest against the Legislative gift eaeh year ot public money to re- peFters wao work for their papers aad not for the State. The respectable pa FeEs oi the State have time and again announced that they pay their report CTS fail wages for al. the work taey do during the Legislative sessions In ssEne instances the money glfls be- slowed on their reporters. have been ks.s