Putnam patriot., 1910-07-08

was the guest of his parents over the Fourth.
 -J. C. Paine of Bridgeport Is spend ing the week in Putnam and Wood stock Valley.
 N. A Ballard and family returned last Thursday from two weeks stay at Brookline, \. H.
 Miss Annie C. Levitt spent the Fourth in New London with her sis Ter, Mrs. Walter Phillips.
 Senator Charles E. SearIs and wife of Thompson left Saturday morn. ing for six weeks stay on Nantucket 1 Island.
 l Alex Dupre of New Bedford W as married to Jennie Wood in Webster, July 4th. Both were former residents of Putnam.
 Owing to a large amount of adver- Using this week. local matter will be found on second and third pages to give our readers the usual amount.
 MT. and Mrs. l.. 0. Williams were at Crescent Beach Sunday and Mon- day, the guests of MT. and Mrs. 0. k. Ryther.
 l Harry St. Onge, wife and son, of | Worcester, and Albert, Remillard and wife of West Gardner, were the guests of Cyril Remillard, Green street, over the Fourth.
 Mrs. Frank H. Forster and infant son, Herbert, of Toledo, Ohio, arrived i Monday afternoon tor stay of several weeks with her mother, Mrs. Carrie B. l Gascoigne.
 List of letters remaining in the Putnam post office for the week ending July 5th:
 Gentlemen-A. J. Cohen, G. Stanis- laus, Joseph Gaudet, Ben Forman, Jo- seph Fountain, Mf. Haines. Ladies-Florida Deverssen. -"Suburban Lifen for July contains a splendid article about road.building. IA Militant Country Doctor,h is the title. It tells how East Dampeter township, Pa, transformed it's un- speakable roads into ideal thorough fares.
 The trustees and church committee of the First Baptist church of this city have adopted resolutions expressing for the congregation appreciation of the magnificent gift to the church of Sl4 900 by the will of the late Mrs. El- len Browning of Plainfield.
 The business entanglements of Err nest NJ. Arnold, seem likely to be set tied for the best interests of debtor and creditor. We learn that at a meeting of large number of his principal cred itors, MT. Arnold asked an extension of Is months for his short.term notes, which a majority of those present were agreeable to granting to him. Another meeting is to be held in few days, when final decision will be reached. He has the best wishes of our citizens that he may tide over his difficulties and go on successfully with his large interests.
 A model charter for the city of New Haven has been drafted by Judge All bert McC. Mathewson, of the Commit tee on State and Local Legislation of the Chamber of Commerce, of that city. It is based on the aCommission' form of Government. The charter h as been submitted to the citizens, inviting any one interested to offer suggestions to have it made perfect. The idea is a good one, and Putnam might profit by following New Haven's example. Our city needs new charter. Any one de- siring to see copy of this model char ter can have the privilege by calling at this office.
 -Rt. Rev. ]. J. Milan, bishop of the diocese of Hartford, paid his first visit to this section ot the state Friday, when he administered the sacrament of confirmation to classes, at Pomfret and in this city. Bishop Milan con- ferred the sacrament at Pomfret dur ing the aftefnoon. st. Mary's church on Providence street was crowded for the evening service, the majority of the local Catholic population finding places in the edifice 10 extend a wei come to the new prelate. The class confirmed numbered close to 200, and the members were, in accordance with the Bishops custom, pledged to total abstinence until they reach the age of twenty-five years.
 There is increasing recognition of the value of city planning. If veal thy man were laying out his large grounds for his permanent home, no- thing short of . first-class landscape gardener would be employed to plan them out. It is a thousand times more important that city should be planned fo grow symmetrically. Philadelphia is one of the few cities in this country that was planned correctly at the be- ginniug. No matter how large 1t grows it is always in symmetry. It has cost New York hundreds Of millions to un- do the faulty beginning. So it has Pa ris and London. Putnam is growing rapidly, but whether on night plan is doubtful. Some of the old streets would pay for being widened nov, and