Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28

 his mother in New London,
 Mrs. L. o. Williams returned Mon- day from Crescent Beach.
 MI. and Mrs. l.. E. Smith are spending few weeks in the Adiron. dacks.
 Mrs. E. NJ. Warner and daughter, Miss Gertrude, returned Saturday from Pleasant View.
 Thomas F. Rawley and daughter Lena have returned from week stay in Portland, Maine.
 Mrs. NJ. c. Leonard has been the guest of Mrs. T. J. Edwards in Proyi- dence.
 Cottage City seems to be a favorite resort of people from this city. There were 32 Putnamites there last Sunday.
 Mrs. Carrie B. Gascoigne and Miss Edith Kent are attending a summer school at Hyannis.
 Miss Emily Hitchcock isiat Gales Ferry, the guest of Mrs. E. E. Earn shaw.
 A good many Putnam people at- tended the Wild West Show in Dan- ielson Tuesday evening.
 John Perry, who has sung illus trated songs in Putnam theatres, is now singing in Baltic.
 Frank H. Cordier and wife left Monday morning for a months visit with relatives in Canada.
 Cyril Remillard, window dresser at The Peoples store, left Friday on his vacation. He will spend week at Sound beach.
 Mrs. w. H. Hammond and daugh- ter, Miss Helen Hammond of Hamp- ton, were guests of Mrs. c. A Ham, mond, Oak Hill, Tuesday.
 Frank Davenport of Washington, D. C., and Sidney Greene of Boston have been recent guests of MT. and Mrs. H. H. Davenport.
 Mrs. Harold Morse, who is in the training school at the Worces- ter hospital, is spending her vacation with local relatives.
 Fred Wood of New Bedford was in the city Friday with two-horse team to get some personal property he left here when he went away,
 -The PATRIOT goes to press We'd nesday this week to close Thursday for thei Odd Fellows outing. News re- ceived too late for this issue will ap- pear next week.
 There are a number of dead trees on Elm street that should be cut down. Large limbs are broken of during eve " high wind, and some person may be seriously injured.
 Richard Olsen, who was stabbed by an Italian at Grosvenordale last Thursday is expected to recover, He is steadily improving at the Day Kim ball hospital.
 -Announcement is made of the mar riage of Rev. B. F. Benoit, the French Protestant missionary of this city, and Mrs. Lucy Vachon, of Danielson, last Thursday evening.
 -S. M.Wheelock spent Sunday with his family at Pleasant View. His daughter Elizabeth returned with him. She will go back this week when Mrs. A. R. Cole and Miss Mary Vail go down to spend couple of days.
 Clerk Everett B. Burgess and Car rier George D. Clark of the post office, returned from their fifteen days vaca- tion this week, land Clerk Wilfred ". Chapdelaine and Carrier Henry l.. Converse are now on their vacations.
 Job Thatcher, father Of Superin- tendent Thatcher of Windham Coun- tv Temporary Home, sailed Monday from Boston for two months visit to his ,old home in England. He is a brother of Rev. Samuel Thatcher ot 
 The first real rain in many weeks fell Monday morning and evening" and more is promised throughout the week. While the rain came too late to belp the early crops, it will benefit the late crops, pastures, and lawns Corn especially is looking fine.
 George P. Miner left Monday TOT Lyme where he will superin- tend the construction of large cement building which the Wheaton Building x Lumber Company are putting up for an oil company.
 -State Secretary C. D. Hine Is send inc ont the report of the state board of edncation, showing that in Connectl- c,t there are l, ,475 elementary and hlgh schools in which are enrolled l9o'OoO children. the average daily attendance being l55,OO0.
 -Jahn R. Warner, aged years, step son of Walter Broadhurst of Whitman. lie formerly of Putnam, was drowned in the WilHmantic river on 7a'ufuay evening. The boy with his steptather and another lad went to the riYer-oank to1 get some worms. The Warner boy was left alone for a short time ~hiie hi, stepfather and the other boy went along the bank down stream " neh they returned the boy was nowhere ID sight. and fearing he had fallen inlo