Putnam patriot., 1910-07-01
PUTNAM. CONN. FRIDAY. JULY 1910

Eleven pupils took the examination Saturday for entrance 10 the Putnam High School.
 Mrs. John Diamond and son, of Hartford, spent sunday with Alder man pady and wife.
 An automobile, with Texas li. eense number, passed through the city on Monday.
 Miss Emerencienne Dugnsy was called to her home in Gaspe, Canada, by the serious illness of her father.
 Miss Esmeralda Macdonald is spending the summer vacation with her parents, Mayor A. Macdonald and wife.
 Miss Isabelle Byrne, of the Roose- welt Hospital, New York. is spending three weeks vacation with her mo- ther, on Woodstock avenue.
 Miss Louise Nj. Lessard, Of Willi- mantle, has been the guest fos few days of Miss Irene Beatrice Champesa of Woodstock avenue.
 Rev. Fr. J. Van den Noost, Pas tor of St. Mary,s church, will leave in few days to spend the summer in Bel gium and other European counties.
 July s has been selected as the date for the outing and elambake of Mansfield hose company at Phillips grove, Alexander's lake.
 Captain Daniel G. Francis, of kis- since, Fla, is the guest of Col. c. D.. Bates and family. Capt. Francis was a member of Major Jerome Tourtel- lotte's regiment-the .th Connecticut.
 Frank Cherries was brought to this city, from Mechanicsvilie, Monday ito have his injuries, caused by a flying shuttle, dressed. He lost two teeth and his mouth was badly cut.
 Upon nomination by Archdeacon J. Eldred Brown, Bishop Brewster has approved the appointment of Rev. Sid. ney H. Dixon for St. Phillips Mission in this city. He takes up his new du. ties July -.
 The Odd Fellows elected officers as follows, on Tuesday evening:
 Noble Grand-A. C. Cutler.
 Vice Grand-H. F. Wilder.
 Treasurer-L. T. Wilson.
 Secretary-L. H. Fuller.
 Post office hours for July 4th:-Of- flee open from 6:50 a. m. to l2 m., and from 5:30 to p. m.
 One delivery and collection by city carriers. Rural service suspended for the day.
 An alarm of fire was rung Tues day afternoon, which was followed so clo sely by the tall outn signal that the fire companies did not leave headquar- ters. The fire was in house on School street, and was caused by the explosion of a can of kerosene, which had been placed near stove. A wood-box caught fire and shelf was scorched. The oc- cupanti threw the burning can out doors and extinguished the flames.
 MT. Frank Bennett, Agent of the Bureau of Soils, U. $. Department of Agriculture, has made Putnam his headquarters, taking up his abode, with his wife, at the Putnam Inn. He is to prosecute the work of securing a survey of the soils of Windham coun- ty, recently ordered to be done by the Agricultural Department. 1t will oc- cupy his time for about four months. This work will prove of material nd- vantage to the farmers of this county. The work is to be begun at once.
 Miss Helen 5. Hammond, former ly of Putnam, who, for the past year, has been teacher of Elocution i'll Arr cadia, N. S., with Miss Davis, of Nal den, Mass, a teacher in the same in- stitution with her, after luncheon with Mrs. G. A. Hammond, Oak Hill, were taken by their hostess, last Friday, for an automobile drive. They went through Killingiy to Plainfield and returned through Wauregan, Brook lyn and Hampton, stopping at the lat- ter place at "Re6 Roof, " the home of wm. H. Hammond. The young la- dies were greatly delighted with their pleasant trip.