Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1910-02-18

| already registered 81 milkmen who
bring milk and cream into this city.
This does not include the milk ship
pers, who send their product to Bos-
| ton. He has taken samples twice,
which have been sent to Middletown
to be analysed.
A new canal on the planet Mars
has just been discovered by Prof. Low
ell, of the Flagstaff Observatory, Ari-
| IONA. 1t is one thousand miles long
This, he claims, is evidence that the
| planet is inhabited. 1t can have no
thing to do with Halley's comet.
Late winter is the season when
scarlet fever becomes most prevalent
and is very contagious. We learn from
| the Willimantic papers that cases have
been discovered among the school chill.
dren of that city. Several departments
of one of the schools of that city were
closed this week on account of that
disease.
-Nillimantic, following the lead OF
Thompson and Putnam, has taken
steps to have iirst-elass High School
building. An appropriation of $780,.
600 has been authorized by the Conn
mon Council for its construction, in-
Guiding site, plans, dc. 1t will be OF
great benefit to Windham county to
deserve the reputation of being liberal
in its appropriation of money to pro-
mote the cause of education.
Rev, w. l.. Beard, wife and six
children arrived in San Francisco, last
Saturday, from Foochow, China, where
he has been engaged in missionary
| work. The family will arrive in this
city in about week, where they will
be the guests of Mrs. Boards father,
Mr.. Myron Kinney, Center street. Mr..
Beard has been appointed District Sc
cretary of the American Board of Fo-
reign Missions, with headquarters at
New York city, where the family will
shortly make their home.
February %, Washington birth
day, the ladies of the Woman's Relief
Corps, of this city, will serve Colonial
Dinner, from 11:50 a. m. to l:30 p. M,
in A. o. II. hall, Pomfret street. The
menu will be as follows:
Tomato soup,
Mashed turnip, Succotash,
White and brown bread,
indian pudding.
Squash pie, Fruit,
Coffee, Doughnuts.
Sec'y.
The pupils of the 9th grade, Israel
Putnam School, scored a success at
each of their productions of two little
playletts, Friday afternoon and even
ing. The singing of Miss Edna Good
ell, lyric soprano, added much to the
program, and her songs were well re-
ceived. The new scenery, painted for
the occasion by Artist Thurber, Put
nam Heights, received its share of
praise. The whole affair was most sue
essfui and was enjoyed by large ga
therings.
-" The Franklin Sentinel of Sep
tembsr 18th, Carl b. johnson, Editor
and Proprietor, is a remarkably fine
specimen of illustrated newspaper
work. The occasion was a special one.
The Franklin Y. NJ. &. A. propose TO
raise $4,000 by February 2lst, for the
purpose of erecting new building for
their special work. For this purpose
a public Banquet was given to open
the campaign. a special Y. NJ. {. A.
edition Of the Sentinel was issued 10
report the proceedings of the Ban
qaet, and the full report and the excel
lent manner il was prepared and laid
before the public reflects the highest
praise ON the Editor and Proprietor
Nearly the entire four pages of the
Sentinel were devoted TO the Banquet
report, which included fifteen por-
traits OF the speakers of the Associa-
ton, and guests of other Associations,
besides illustrations of two Y. NJ. &. A j..
buildings in other towns-all superbly
brought out. The sum of about 81 800
was subscribed on this occasion, and
since then, up to the 18th, the subserip
tions had risen to 1885. Great con-
fidence was expressed that the remain
der of the $1,000 would be raised on
time.
On another page we print a con-
densed report of the proceedings of the
recent annual meeting of the State Po-
biological Society, held in Hartford.
Our object in printing it is two-fold:
First, there is a movement going on all
over the United States, the purport If
which is almost revolutionary to i'm
prove agricultural methods and TO in
waiting his noble calling-the founda-
ton of all human advancement. Sc
cond, to show the need OF spreading
abroad all the steps taken in this inn
portant movement, not only among
farmers but among ali classes OF socie-
ty, that they also be instructed, for in
directly every human being Is concern
ed in making agricultural conditions
better until they cannot further be i'm
proved. Every farmer should belong
to . local organization which should
not be merely social, but TO take up and
discuss every new effort made 70 ad-