Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-24
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS.

he built Notifications and helped take the confederate fortress as a captain in the union army.
 sThe colonel is not what people would call an old man, although he was in 1nanhood's prime when he land 1861, as captain of the Seventh Con- necticut infantry, detailed to break into the heart of the confederacy by invasion from the sea- As he talked today of the days of 61 and spring time of '62, when his guns and men forced Pulaski to fall, Colonel Tour tellotte's eyes glistened with the mem ory of the recital.
 -sWith his wife, Colonel Tourtel- lotte, who is now treasurer of the Putnam Savings bank of Putnam, Conn, has been on short vacation once before in 1873, but had been un- able to get to Tybee or Fort Pulaski. On this trip, however he suddenly decided when nearing Savannah to go down and see for the first and proba- bly the last time, the scenes where he spent the most exciting and, what he terms, the best part of his life.
 'The couple registered last night at the Pulaski and first of all greeted Night Clerk F. c. Herendeen, whom they had originally known in Putnam.
 Colonel Tourtellotte began to ask
  it was still there, and if it looked as 1t did in '62, and what was down at Tybee MT. Herendeen informed the union veteran that Pulaski had chang ed but little and that it was an easy matter to get there. The veterans determination to see it became srong- CT than ever
 He came south on the steamer Illi- nois on the Port Royal expedition in command of the Seventh Connecticut infantry. The company with others was soon detailed to Tybee to com mence work preparatory to taking Pu- laski. They labored. as the historians all tell. until the spring of g. when it was determined that the assault should be made on Colonel Olmstead of Savannah, commanding the fort What followed is history.
 After leaving Savannah, Colonel Tourtellotte was engaged in the as- Sault on Fort Wagner, where he re- ceived his first wound of the war. He had brother in the Sixth Connecticut who was killed in this investment. He continued through the war, fighting with Grant on the James, and when finally mustered out had been pro- noted to the rank of lieutenant col onel. The greater portion of his serv- ices was as major of the Connecticut battalion. He says his days spent in the south are the most vivid in his memory
 To Reduce Telephone Toll.
 Representative J. M. Tatem of East ford is sponsor for a bill shortly to be brought before the house for es- tablishing a toll telephone rate of 15 cents between Putnam and Williman tic. The present rate is 9 cents.
 Blaze on Roof.
 An alarm rung in from box 15 short ly after o'clock Thursday morning called out the fire department for a small blaze on the roof of a house in the alleyway next to the City hotel. The blaze was put out with chemicals shortly after it was discovered.
 Evening of Whist.
 The whist given by the Children of Mary for the benefit of St. Mary's church last night was we'll attended and enjoyed by all present.
 Mills Running Full Time.
 The Morse and Nightingale cotton mills have resumed running full time.
 Charles Thayer Improving.
 Charles Thayer, who was recently operated upon for appendicitis. is pro- sressing finely and shows daily im- provement. although he is still con- fined to his bed at the Day -Kimball hospital