Putnam patriot., 1911-08-25

 and wife, are visiting in Worcester.
 -J. Richard Carpenter and family arg visiting in Springfield.
 -E. Mullan is enjoying an outing at Block Island.
 Mrs. Emma s. Bradley has moved from Grove street to Sunnyside.
 Miss Gladys Murfey is spending a few days at Indian Neck. Harry Prentice and wife, and R. Monk and wife, took an auto trip to Mt. Tom and Holyoke last Sunday.
 Mrs. F. E. Whitney, of German town, Pa., is the guest of sher mother, Mrs. F. E. Brunette, Grove street..
 John NJ. Nichols and family of Kansas City, Mo-, who have been spending several weeks in Thompson, have returned home.
 Miss Marie Lucier of Providence is the guest of her parents, MT. and Mrs. Napoleon o. Lueier, on Grand View.
 F. A. Maryotte and wife end k. R. Kent, motored to Alton Bay, N. H., last week, in MT. Marryott's automo- bile.
 Misses Ellen and Mary Wheelock arrived home this Thursday after a stay of several weeks with their sister, Mrs. c. Harold Gilpatrie, at her sum- mer cottage, Juniper Point, Maine.
 Arthur Duvert, Bernard McGarry, and Omer Menard, will represent St. Aloysius T. A. X B. society at the State convention to be held at Danbu- " next Monday and Tuesday.
 Many Connecticut Knights of Co., lumbus are planning a trip to Boston on Columbus Day. October F, when there will be 50,000 members of the or der in that city, and President Taft will be one of the speakers.
 Miss Josephine Picnic, clerk at the store of the Direct Importers compa- ny, underwent serious Ioperation at the Day Kimball hospital last Satur- day. She is getting along as we'll as could be expected.
 -J. A. P. Gagne and family, and Charles T. Thayer and family, return ed to the city Friday after spending several weeks on the North Shore of Alexander's Lake. MT. Gagne and family will leave Sunday for week in Providence and Boston.
 List of advertised letters at Put nam post office for week ending Aug. 22d
 Gentlemen-Peter Bush, Lamer Car penter, Robert Week.
 Ladies-Miss Mabelle Bakor, Miss McGrager, Mrs. Martha E. Nicolas, Miss Waity Slater.
 Henry NJ. Morse of this city is playing a special engagement at the M ajestic theatre, Boston, where a stock company is producing "Old Jed Prou- ty." MT. Morse was secured especial ly for this production, and is in his old character of Zeb Hardy, the elongated teamster. A Boston paper says:
 HI. M. Morse, by his delightful de- lineation of Zeb Hardy, demonstrated that he had not forgotten his former role."
 Thursday was firemen's night at the Bradley theater, and there was a large attendance to help increase the fund by an additional $500 for the ex- penses of the muster to be held Octo- Der l2. There was good program of pictures and vaudeville. The firemen received one-half the gross receipts, making over S300 that the firemen have received through the generosity of Manager Merrill.
 Judge George c. Holt, who presid- ed at the session of the United States circuit court in this city Friday, is a native of Pomffet. He resides in New York city, but has summer home in Woodstock. He was a schoolmate of Deputy Sheriff Holbroook, and is ac- ouainted with many of the older resi- dents ol this vicinity. As a United States district court judge he has the reputation of turning out more work than any other judge on the bench.
 The h ardest thunder storm of the year passed over Putnam early Friday evening. It was accompanied by heavy rain, vivid lightning, and sharp meals of thunder. It is said that A inches of rain fell during the storms short duration. It was reported that a house in the upper part of the city had been struck by lightning and g woman so badly injured that doctor was summoned, but investigation pro we'd the story untrue.
 Manager Champeau and clerks o the Peoples Store, assisted at the firt at Henry,T. Child's, Woodstock, las Friday afternoon. They were having an outing at Roseland Park when the, heard of the fire. The superintendent of the park was telephoned for and h' asked ,to be taken up in one of thu teams used by the clerks. The whole party went to the fire and, ladies anc all. soon joined the bucket brigade giving such service as possible.
 The police of this city have beer requested to be on the: :look out for ant warn merchants against a man who i passing worthless checks. He goes in