Putnam patriot., 1909-09-17

5 AAaNANs HI -Nt8 A4Qlubn.
 Miss FFedeii R. Randall was The
 guest of relatives in Boston last week.
 Reuben Sykes was taken 10 the
 Day kimhall Hospital on Tuesday for
 treatment.
 Arthur Macdonald is enjoying a
 two weeks vacation with friends in
 Boston.
 Miss Charlotte Carpenter. of Dan.
 ielson, is the guest of Miss Merriam,
 Fremont street.
 Miss Alice Hopkins has entered
 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, where
 she will study millinery. Thomas J. Leonard and wife. of
 Providence, spent two days at the
 Woodstock Fair, returning home on
 Thursday.
 Mrs. A. W. Macdonald returneJ l
 home last Thursday evening after a
 months visit with her sister in An.
 sonia.
 Frank Davenport, of Providence,
 son of H. H. Davenport, of Pomfret,
 was visitor at the Woodstock Fair on
 Tuesday.
 Mrs. Arthur King, Mrs. Smaiiey
 and son Clayton, of Hyde Park, Mass,
 are guests of MT. and Mrs. Nelson King of Grove street.
 | Miss Barbara Brigham, of Macon,
 Ga, who has been visiting her sister,
 Mrs. William Wheaton this summer,
 has returned home.
 List of letters remaining in the
 Putnam Post Office for the week end.
 ing Sept. 14
 Lee.
 dame Lea Auciair, Miss Pearl l.. Gar diner, Miss Bridget Geoghegan, Miss l Herminie Labossiers, Miss Mabel Ren- jocksky, Anne Nangaesor, Miss Sadie
 P. White, Mrs. NJ. Welch. -Phineas G. Wright, who had his
 ankle bone broken, by tree falling on
 him, which was being cut down on his l Anderson farm, last week, and was
 taken to the Day kimball Hospital, is l getting along comfortably. Gifts of 1 flowers and visits of citizens helped to
 dispel his feeling of loneliness. He said that he didn't know he had so l many friends.
 There was gang of gypsies here | on Monday, after wandering through | the State during The summer. The women in tawdry dress, visited shops and factories to find victims to fleece. They are a bad set of parasites and should not be allowed to practice their tricky arts on gullible beings, but made to "march along"
 The long and severe drouth, which has been more serious than in surround ing towns, as most of the thunder storms passed to the north and south as they reached our valley from the west, have injured garden crops, and made our river lower than has been seen for years. The mills depending on water power have had 10 shut down more than in ordinary drouths. Mayor McGarry was in New Ha- ven last Sunday, attending meeting of the District Deputies of the Knights | of Columbus. While there he met some
 of the delegates who attended the C. T. A. |. Convention, held recently in this
 city, and they were united in deelar- | ing that the Putnam Convention was
 the best and most enjoyable of any they | had ever attended.
 -The Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chap | ter, c. A. k, will make their annual ! Pilgrimage on the Fist of September | visiting Woodstock Hill. Carriages will leave the Square al l:50 p. Ill. Any one wishing conveyance will please mo- tify Miss Manning, at Flagg's store, on or before the 20th ins. The Chapter ! will be met by the members. living on the Hill, and pr. George Austin Bowen, I who will address thein. In the interesting account of Com mander Peary's discovery of the North Pole, given on page 6 of our present issue. among the illustrations is like ness of Perry. This picture was made from a scuIptured bust executed by Ordway Partridge, nephew of Judge Catlin, of Woodstock, now classed one of the most eminent seulptors Of this country. On page will be found Dr. Cooke's "Trip to the Pole, of which ! he was the first discoverer. An examination will be held in this city October Is, for the position of
 fourth class postmaster al Wauregan.
 The compensation is s7s7 for the last fiscal year. Age limit 2i years, and 1 applicants must reside within the ter ritory supplied by the post office named above. Application forms and full in- formation concerning the requirements of the examination can be had from
 the T.. $. Civil Service Commission, Washington, DC, and when properly 1 executed should be sent to the same destination tat least days before the date of the examination. | At a meeting held last week Wed
 nesday evening, 10 organize Chapter
 of Sons of Veterans, in C. A. R- Hall, Dr. E. F. Perry was called to the chair
 ]. Harold Bowen was appointed secfe- tary. and William B. whittemore, Will r ur.xrsu William Fl Chaf1ee.