Putnam patriot., 1911-03-17

Temple, last Thursday night. There was a large attendance. A collation. was served.
 Mrs. Mary E.. Rogers, aged 67 years, of New York city, who has been housekeeper for Albert s. Johnson of Elliotts, died Wednesday morning at the Day Kimball hospital from chron- ic nephritis.
 Protector Hose company No. and guests gathered around the banquet board at fire headquarters last Thurs day night and enjoyed an oyster sup per and smoker. C. Dwight Sharpe acted as toastmaster and several res- bonded with impromptu speeches. Whist and cnbbage followed. Congressman elect Thomas Reilly | of Meriden has given provisory prom ise to come to Putnam on March 19 to attend the degree to be conferred on q class of candidates in Cargill council, K. of c. He contemplates short visit in Boston about that time, and | will try to so arrange his trip as to make it possible for him to make a stop-over in this city.
 On account of the inability of State Deputy William J. Mulligan oi Thompsonville to be present at that time, the third degree work in Cargill council, K. of C., has been postponed l from March 19 to March 26. State Deputy Mulligan has been called to Washington on matter pertaining to the interests of the order.
 MT. and Mrs. James H. Rafferty were in Hartford Saturday to attend the funeral of MT. Rafferty's aunt, Miss Julia Riley, who died at St. Mary's home in that city. Miss Riley | died just one year ito day after her sister, Mrs. Mary Rafferty of this city, mother of James and William Raffer. | ty. The deceased was well known in this vicinity, having lived for years in Putnam, Woodstock and Danielson.
 State ownership of railways has not proved financial success in Eu- rope or this country, except in special cases. Texas tried them and found them costly experiment. The Texas State railroad has proved burden and l a failure-having sunk $500, 600 trying to manage it, and then it was in bad state of repair, and is operated at a loss | oc. | al llur It takes special genius to run rail- road profitably.
 A Te eachers' Institute will be held | in New London, on Saturday, March 18th. The subjects will be:
 The Awkward Boy" Charles P. Kendall.
 "Upper Grade Reading" Charles D. I Hine, Secretary of the State Board of Education.
 Language" Kathrine T. Harty. "Importance of Drill," H. T. Burr.
 "Penmanship, Harvey Houston. Institute opens at 9:25 a. m., and closes at p. m.
 -G. G. Smith, the octogenarian Ve- | teran, who went to the Soldiers Home at Noroton a few weeks ago, made his friends here visit on Tuesday. He is | looking well, and is greatly pleased with his new home, where he has eve rything to make him comfortable with no cares to give him anxiety. He finds there congenial company. His room mate is Capt Buchanan, former resi- dent of Putnam. The old Veterans at the Home are enjoying pleasant ex- citement in discussing the movement of American troops being stationed on 1 the borders of Mexico. It is a problem that hundreds of thousands of civilians are trying to solve. It gives them all a pleasurabe excitement.
 1 The struggle made by the women of this country, for political rights, is winninglthem remarkable success, and the promise is that in few years their rights to vote and to hold office will be placed on the same conditions .as that | of men. Already a number of West ern States have given women the bal l lot, and the result has proved morally l beneficial in every instance-as was claimed by the suffragetts would be the case. Noted statesmen and dis tinguished clergymen, are doing much to aid the cause by throwing in all their influence to help it along. Be- sides the "Woman's Journal" an ably edited advocate of the cause, the Suf- fragettes have also National official monthly magazine,entitled" 1.-The Ame- rican Suffragette," published in New York city. The Journal is published in Boston.
 | The musical event of the season at 1 Williston Seminary, Easthampton, 1 Mass. is the annual concert of the com bined Glee and Instrumental clubs connected with the school. This con- cert is held in the Town Hall which has seating capacity of $50, to accom-. modate the members of the school with their intimate friends and others, l townspeople, and those in the neigh boring towns. The large circle of Put 1 nam people interested in George A. Vaughan, Jr., will be pleased to learn l that he is the popular leader of the mandolin club in Williston Seminary. Under his competent leadership, the club made an excellent showing last