Putnam patriot., 1910-10-07

. W AA1AtA e SGAf NSCnH fAIt tion al her home in Moncton. \. |. Miss Elizabeth Daigle returned on Wednesday morning from a three months visit with relatives in Canada
 Clarence E. Willis has accepted 2 position in the John A. Dady silk mill and removed bis family from Warren R. l. to this city.
 States Attorney Charles E. Searls will give general talk on parliamen. tary law before the ladies of the b. A. K. Monday afternoon.
 Monday morning at So'clock a re. quiem high mass will be sung for the repose of the soul of Joseph Berthiumel who died in this city year ago.
 Miss Ruth Carlson of Woodstock k gave pleasing piano and song recital in the chapel of the Congregational church on Tuesday evening to small but appreciative audience.
 The regular meeting of the Eliza beth Porter Putnam Chapter. ID. A. R., will be held in the chapter rooms in Odd Fellows hall. Monday, Sept. 10, l at 300 o'clock. Board meeting al 2.3o. The East Hartford Gazette has just issued a nicely gotten up 2s-page edition in honor of it's 18th anniversa- ". IL contains history of the paper from it's foundation.
 Principal George Hathaway, wife | and son, have been guests of friends in Worcester. They attended the dedi- cation of the new athletic grounds al Worcester academy.
 Judge E. NJ. Warner is in Wash ington, D. C., attending the lnterna- tional Prison Congress. He was ap- pointed one of the Connecticut dele gates by Governor Weeks.
 A scene painter has arrived in the city to paint the curtains in the new Peloquin block hall. 1t is understood tn al the hall has been leased to a syn dicate that operates moving picture theatres.
 An automobile owned by Pomfret parties ran into a tree near the Chii- dren's Home on Monday and was bad ly damaged. The occupants were not hurt. The accident was caused by the steering geer failing to work properly.
 
 Antoine Bernier, Marshall street, about 50 years old, a resident of Put nam for the past 30 years, lies at his home in a critical condition as the re- suit of a shock sustained Sunday even- ing upon his return from visit in Webster.
 -Dr. Charles Mack, sa years of age, who has been living with his daugh- ter, Mrs. A. l.. Mansfield, for some time past, died suddenly on Tuesday evening from heart failure. He was at one time a prominent dentist in the west. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at l.3o.
 Putnam was we'll represented at the Worcester musical festival last week, among those present being Mir. ond Mrs. John A. Morse, Mrs. G. E.. Shaw, Mrs. E. NJ. Wheelock, Mrs. E. M. Warner, Dr. Marguerite J. Bullard, Misses Gertrude W amer Diane Breault, Katherine Byrne, Annie Sullivan, and the members of the Congregational choir with the director and his wife.
 The time will soon come when not a kerosene lamp will be burned in any passenger coach of the Consolidated road. Of fcourse gas has been substitu- ted in all newIcafs, but now the order has gone forth to equip all oil lighted cars with gas, and this is being done at the rate of fifteen to twenty cars per month. Probably before many years gas will have to give way to electrici. ty for lighting trains.
 Frank W. Goodspeed. the oldest son of the late Asa A. and Amanda tHarwood) Goodspeed, died at his home in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Friday, aged 50 years, after an illness of two years from Bright's disease. He was travelling salesman for Chi cago,house. He leaves sister, Dr. Helen A. Goodspeed of Worcester, and two brothers, Lawrence P. of Proyi- dence, and Lucien A. of Orange, beside a wife and thee children. The funeral and burial were at Grand Rapids.i
 The engagement was announced during the summer of Miss Lucy M. Stickney, eldest daughter of Mrs. Aus tin Stickney of Washington. D. c., to Mir. William Williams Mathewson, son of D,. Arthur .dathewson, formerly of Brooklyn, and now . resident of Wash- inston, D. C., and of Woodstock. Con- necticut. The marriage took place in Dublin, New Hampshire on Septem- her elst. Only the memben :of both families and . very few friends were present. Mir. and Mn. Mathewson will live in W washington, D. c., during the winter, and spend their summers .t Woodstock, Connecticut.
 Thomas Fitzpatrick, "Steepie Tom ? whom we stated last week was making repairs to the spire of Trinity church, Newport, R. l., had narrow escape from falling Friday. He was swinging in his boatsvain's chair about DO feet from the ground, when
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