Putnam patriot., 1910-06-03

iHE 4JHkfeKdiIEIISl ebufeU was ffn. etated last week with a vacuum cieaDef and is now in apple pie order for June weddings IL Is hoped line . young ladies will embrace the oppor- tuDity.
 Mrs. Agnes Child and son, John Child. of Putnam, Dr. k. C. Paine and 3 family Of Thom pson. C. (. Aldfieh and family of Pomfret, Earl Beinis of Harrington, Clifford Jordan and wife Of Webster, Herman Chandler and family Of Worcester, Helen Chandler of NestDoro and -4las Allen spent . Memorial day with friends here. : Ralph Pike and wife Of Nit. Vernon, \. r., spent the weekend with his parents, c. F. Pike and wife.
 Rev. John Miller preached a Memo risi sermon Al the Methodist church sunday at ?. ID. There was large attendance, among the number being five veterans and six sons Of veterans. MT. Bradshaw offered prayer, George Wilcox read the scripture lesson, the choir rendered appropu.te selections, America being sung by the audience.
 The customary exercises were held at the cemetery Monday morning at so o'clock, the program being In charge of Cofnrade Geo. 0. Robbins. Song, Marching through Georgia,
 School children Prayer Rev. John Miller Decoration Of graves
 Reading, Brothers, Miss Nellie Pratt Address Rev. T. l. Turner America by the audience
 Four veterans and six sons of yetef- ans were present.
 Rev. and Mrs. r \. Tanner eelebfat ed their 25th wedding anniversary May < and aa informal reception Bas held in their honor at the Congfega. ti6na church from , to l0 o'clock. II Was A surprise 10 the pastor and his alfe, Misses Nellie Pratt aud JuiIa May having the affair in charge. Over ore hundred were present t0 offer eaa- RtaiuIatf0ns. Nr and Mrs. Turner wefe assisted by the Misses Berniee and Lyle Turner and their son Evans. Following the reception Mrs. (. (. GiildefsleeFe read an original poem Hfittea ny her mother Ms Francis e0fbin. Mrs. Everett May sang Loves | Did sweet song, Miss Ethel [ pban. aeeemBaaist Dr Gildetslecxe then presented the esteemed pastor and wgle In neat and witty speech an en- selope containing ss0. Mr Tuner ae- eepted this substantial gift with re- marks appropriate 10 the occasion. Daring the evening other gifts Of money aHd silver were received from friends in the south parish, the total value being about s75. Ice cream and cake were served in the chapel NIT Turner has nearly completed his eighth year of ministry in this place. lie was educated in the Ohio Wesleyan and Boston universities and began his min. istfy in his native state, Ohio, occupy Ing pulpits in Logan and Chicago, | where he met the young lady, Miss Catherine Wiedler, who aftcrward be- came his wife. He also preached in Columbus, Ohio, going thence to the \ North west and was in St. Paul, Minn., at the breaking out of the Spanish | American war. He was commissioned by the Government as chaplain of the 10th Vol. Infantry, publishing book at the close Of the war, later coming to E Cambridge, Mass, when he supplied , the pulpits here and north parish for several years, moving here only four years ago. MT. Turner has given sev- I efal lectures, the most popular being The Romance of Liberty. l Your friends tonight with words Of cheer. ,
 From ear and far have gathered here, :, With greeting. such seem 10 say
 That this Is aaniverssry day.
 The never cessng roll of years |. Has brought this silses wedding day.
 Through joys and sorrows, hopes and fears,
 A hand unseen has led the WAY. e With ios you backward now can look,
 In that bright hour Of p,ighted VOWS,
 When eaeh the other tandly look
 For good or ll 'ul ie stall close. The love yoa pledged truls then, e Has lived through ali these changing years
 And hrin and true Il ~iil remain,
 Not les.enod by hie's tos and tears. Tho home that a bride you left.
 When parents hlest and smiled through tears
 Is now of these dear friends berei,
 They ye changed for rest. .ther toils and fears.
 How many friends that ther were near
 To eheer'snd bless yoa with their love,
 Have passed be, ond, no longer here. Tonight they beckon from above.
 Rat through the changes of these years < Fathers hand has led the WAY. Inspired your hopes. dispclled your fears.
 Ani still point. to a brighter day. :, These daughters and son to you Hes given
 Bnght jewels n lhls earthly life,
 At last when al these ties rsyen May each prove ylc,or in the strife
 Your spring has passed aud summers here. Then autumn days wili surely come,
 Ma, you rich trni,see gather in, D To hasten on the harvest home. . And when ,ear earthly course is ser, -F. -..a sf. i
 May you upon that brighter shore Clasp hands with al. .es. evefy one
 George Hammond Johnson died $ sunday at D, III, of acute Bright \ , | disease, being taken suddenly Ill Sat urday noon while al work in hts shop. \ consultation was held sunday morn . Ing by nrs. GildersleeVe and Overlook. ! but they gave no hopes ot reeoNe cry. | He was unconscious most of the time. Mr. Johnson was born in Dudley, Oct. la, is4a, son of Benjamin and Q Eliza Chatiee Johnson. Ills father 1 | died when he was seven years ot age and he lived for many wears with his grandfather Johnson, attending Nieh- T ols academy, In ihe early seventies ,. his mother married Leonard Chattee ef i. this town and Mir Johnson married i, May Q, 1874, NJ. Evelyn, only child of Rensselaer, and Marian Coomhs of this place, with whom they resided. The cd ten wears, Mr. Johnson being in the i, employ of Goddard Bros, being me . chanic. also painter and decorator, "A. n