Putnam patriot., 1910-03-18

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 -G. F. Williams of Milford, was a recent guest of E. NJ. Wheaton and family, Oak Hill.
 A twelve pound son, Walter A. ] Wheaton ,Jr. has been born to Mr. and ! Mrs. Walter A. Wheaton, of Bradley | street.
 Miss Florence Sargent has accept ed the invitation to take charge of the Latin department of the Misses Ship ley's preparatory school for Bryn Mawr, Philadelphia.
 James Rafferty, assistant superin- tendent of the Prudential Insurance company, was in Norwich Friday in company with the agents under him, attending the banquet rendered the re- tiring superintendent, NJ. (. Higgins.
 At meeting of Cargill Council, Knights of Columbus, held Sunday af- ternoon, Grand Knight NJ. NJ. Dwyer was elected delegate and district depu- ty J. J. McGarry alternate to the state convention which meets in New Bri- tian in May.
 Rev. l.. +. Perry, former pastor of the Congregational church in Day vile, bat for the past few years with the Congregational church in Aver, Mass, has received a call to the Con gregational church in Hudson, \. II.
 A. H. Brown, representing Hart ford indemnity company, was in this city Saturday in conference with Tor rey X Geissler relative 10 the claims of four members of the family of Frank Maheu, who were nearly asphyxiated by escaping gas from the street main entering their home. The four claims amount to 5000, two of which were adjusted Saturday.
 The County Board of the A. o. H. held meeting in their hall, Pomfret street, last Sunday, County President, Thomas P. Ryan in the chair. After the regular business of the meeting, resolutions were passed denouncing the St. Patrick's Day postal cards, carica- turing the Irish, and the boycotting of the same by the Irish race.
 List of letters remaining in the Putnam Post Office for the week end- ing March IT:
 Ladies-Miss Rosa Bourgeois, Miss Eva Kolosh, Mrs. Stanley.
 Gentlemen-Joseph Greece, Joseph Laberge X Son.
 Frank NJ. Bennett of New York spent Sunday at his home on Chapel street. MT. Bennett, who has been connected with the Methodist Book Concern for several years, has recently severed his connection to accept a po- sition as teacher in the New York Par ental School at Flushing, N. Y.
 Rev. J Marion Bent, who has been at Milford, Mass, conducting services for over two weeks, meeting with great success, was in this city Monday, on his way to Providence to take part in the revival meetings being carried on in the Pentecostal church of that city. He began on Wednesday with an all day service and will remain there un- til April Sd.
 Governor Frank B. Weeks has is- sued his Proclamation appointing Fri day, March 18th, as day of fasting and prayer, recommending the people of this State ito lay aside the common employment on that day, and in the homes and places of public worship, confess their sins, there entreating All mighty God His forgiveness that His favor may be continued and faith in His merciful guidance may be preser- we'd
 -Lorin G. Williams has his house on Oak Hill built, and is now having the interior finished. It sets back about a hundred feet from Prospect street on the crest of the hill, which on level plot of several acres, offering a splendid view on every side. Circular avenues are to extend from each side of the house to Prospect street. We learn that good deal of costly work is to be done to beautify the grounds. It will no doubt be an attractive spot for st roll CTS to visit when they wish to see one of the most magnificent views possible at every point of the compass
 MT. E. NJ. Wheaton lives to make the world better than he found it, at least our small section of it. He is . man of big enterprises, and is willing to take hold of small ones when he can make them of greater importance and usefulness. He turned swamp part of our city into handsome residential section. His manufacturing plant COW CTS acres, and he is just finishing new two-story brick building on the north end of his plant. But who would think of such a man Of business and manu- featuring enterprises going into inten- sive farming and high-grade stock rais- ing as if he hsd no cares in the world, and he does it all as if it were not worth speaking about? On his "Naysidc Farm" bordering the city, he has rais- ed and sold of recently 16o head Of cat tie. He has on his farm herd of 25 Registered Ayrshire cows-swo calves of which he recently sold at $50 each gutas If farming and fine stock raising,