Putnam patriot., 1909-08-06

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 Miss Lillian Warren and aunt are spending the week at Pleasant View,
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 Mrs. c. Byron Morse and Mrs. Jes- see Rich attended the D. A. K. pilgri-
 mage to Plymouth this week. Henry Chandler and family have
 returned from two weeks spent al Camp 1 White.
 Mrs. Geo. s. Bradley, her daughter Mrs. Walter Wheaton, and son Leland are at Racquet Lake, N. H. Mfrs. Charlotte Champlin, Miss
 Bessie and Lewis Champlin are spend- I ing the month at Crescent Beach. The mills have been losing time on
 account of the low wate- in the liver. The timely rain today will set them to
 running full time.
 Miss Marion Hines, of Worcester, whose parents reside in this city, is spending her vacation in Toronto, Ca nada.
 Mrs. G. D. Bates has returned after avisit with her parents in Southbridge, her little daughter remaining for long, CT visit.
 -J. W. Church and wife have re- turned from their summer home in Ashford after four weeks stay. MT. Church wished it could have been four months.
 Fred Pickwick, Superintendent of the Foundry and Machine Shop, has moved his family from Harrington, R. I. ., to the Salem Ballard place on Wood stock avenue.
 Clarence Taber continues to inn prove, and now can use his arms while bolstered up in bed, but his legs remain paralyzed. It is hoped he can be moved to Woodstock soon, as the doctors be- lieye this would De beneficial.
 There was large attendance at the dance in A. 0. II. hall, Saturday even- ing under the direction of k. k. Ray mond. Another dance will be held in the same place next Saturday evening, as there were many who expressed the desire to attend.
 We are not sorry that "old Probs" made mistake in prognosticating that Wednesday and Thursday the weather would be fair. We had slight rain on Wednesday and beautiful gentle rain on Thursday, beginning in early morning and lasting all day, joyfully welcomed and doing an immense good after the long drouth.
 Nathaniel Greenleaf, aged 15, of Brooklyn, was taken to the Day Kim ball Hospital, last Thursday, with bullet in his head. While he and a companion were out shooting bullfrogs a revolver was accidentally discharged and the bullet entered beneath the chin of the Greenleaf boy and plcwed up- ward. The bullet was located by the X-rays machine in the orbit of the right eye. It was at first feared that the sight of that eye would be destroyed, but now hopes to save it are enter tained.
 Warren Ames. employed by Chan dler X Morse, had a narrow escape from serious injury Tuesday morning. He got into the store wagon on Union st., and as he did 50 the horse took fright and bolted. Il dashed madIy toward Main street at that hour crowded with vehicles and pedestrians. Ames en- deayored To steer the frightened ani- mal into the alley between Bradley block and Flags store. He did not quite make IL, as the wheels hit the cuFping. throwing him ont and render ing him unconscious. He was carried b doctors office nearby where il was found that nnserioas injury was caused and he was about his duties again short ly. Part of the corner Of Flagg store was ripped ot and The plate glass win dow smashed. Those who saw the ss- eident thought it forlanate for Mr. Ames that ns greater injury happened to him.