Putnam patriot., 1910-08-12

i,;na relatIves in Leominster, Mass.
 Allan Bussey and Walter A. Bus sey and wife, of Norwich, called on friends in this on Saturday.
 -E. M. Barney and wife are at theft camp in Webster Lake for the remain der of this month.
 John A. Morse, Jr., has been the guest of Rudolph Hall in Hartford the past week.
 Misses Amy and Clara Conan and Mrs. Oscar Conan, are occupying a cottage at Point Breeze, Webster Lake, for the month of August.
 pr. F. E. Guild and family of Windham, made an automobile trip to Putnam on Sunday, being the guests of Mrs. Edgar Clarke, Elm street.
 MI. and Mrs. Harry Blackford of Newark. N. J.. are the guests of Mrs. Blackford's parents, Mir. and Mrs. H. NJ. Randall, South Main street.
 George Williams, of South Wood stock. has been appointed substitute carrier for the rural free delivery route No. ,. This route starts from the local post office and goes through part of Woodstock.
 -George F. Scarborough, with his son Clarence, and daughter, Miss Hell en.fand Miss Kate Scarborough, of Hartford, were week end guests of rel atiyes in Putnam and Pomfret. They returned to Hartford Sunday after noon, making the trip by automobile.
 A short calendar session of the Sa- perior Court is to be held in the court loom of this city on Friday, Septem- Der I'd. The September term begins the following Tuesday, September 9th, with Judge Gardiner Greene on the bench. There are number of serious criminal cases which will come before this term of court.
 Mir. Lawrence G. Wadsworth, of Thompson, and Miss Minnie C. Lucier Of Putnam, were united in marriage last Friday evening, at the Congrega- tional parsonage, Webster by Rev.T.H Vincent. The wedding ring ritual was observed. After short wedding trip the young couple vii! make their home in Thompson, where Mir. Wadsworth is employed as clerk in one of the stores.
 Bishop Milan has received the res- ignation of Rev. Arthur DeBruycker, pastor of St. Mary's church of Nilh- mantle, to take effect as soon as possi- bic. This action on Father DeBruy- eker's part was taken upon receipt oi news that his mother, who lives in Brussels, Belgium, is failing in health. lie expects to leave in few weeks,a and will remain with his mother as long as she lives.
 By vote of the School Board, the signal for "No School P which has here- tofore been given on the fire alarm, on rainy days, has been ordered discon- tinued. The reason for this is, that on rainy days thereI are always few out of-town pupils who come in, besides city pupils. If school is to be kept the fixe days in the week, rain or shine, there will usually be enough present to make the session profitable to those who come.
 Rev. George A. Gordon, pastor of the Congregational church in Soutn- bridge, will leave that place after Sep tember 1, to become associate secretary for the Massachusetts No-Lieense League, with headquarters in Boston. When Rev. MT. Gordon resigned, many weeks ago, his resignation was to take effect November 19, but since that date the Boston offer has been made to nm, and he accepted il during his vacation last month.
 Not before the middle of October will the people of the United states know the number of the country's po- rula;ion. The figures are not to be given out until the count IS entirely completed and minutely verified. The population of some of the large cities will, of course, become known indi- Fectly as soon as it is computed. As Putnam is not one of the large cities, its population cannot be correctly sta ted until the census count is entirely and verified-whieh will De about two months hence.
 Harry A. Oswald of Detroit, Mieh., has been visiting his aunt, Mrs. w. ii. Harris, Woodstock avenue, for the past week, with his wife, and has returned home. NIT. Oswaid is 2 bright young fellow, who has Won for himself an i'm. portant business position. He was born in Toronto, Canada, where his ia- ther had carried on large manufac- tory of high gradeclass of chandeliers, lamps, fixtures, &c. The recent visit Of young MT. Oswald to this city was the second one he had made in the past two years to see his aunt.
 Editor Carl B. Johnson, of Frank lin, prints in his .sSentinel,n column article, written and put in type by his son Kenneth, twelve years old, his first composition and the first type he had ever set up. Editor Johnson will now have m abundance of edi- torial assistance to add character and