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Putnam patriot., 1911-12-08
Republicans Clean Sweep
MACDONALD SUCCEEDS HIMSELF AS
 MAYOR

MACDONALD SUCCEEDS HIMSELF AS
 MAYOR
 Not since Putnam was made a city has there been so little interest taken in a city election, when the most im- portant offices of the municipality were to be filled, as was shown on Monday W hen out of a total registra- ton of over l, 100 voters only 277 took enough interest to exercise their privi- lege of the ballot.
 But there was reason. The elec- ton was foregone conclusion. The Democrats had no one to head their ticket and there was no concerted ae- ton to elect any independent candi- date. There was some talk that the party might concentrate it's efforts in an endeavor 10 elect their candidate for aldeTman-at-large the office that holds the balance of power in the council, but this effort did not ma terialize.
 Some of the Democratic voters voted for Macdonald, some did not vote for anyone for the office of mayor, while there were a scattering II votes for va rious men. Macdonald ran IS votes ahead of his ticket.
 The vote for the candidates was as follows:
 Mayor-Archibal Macdonald, Rep. 205. w. 5. Johnson l, J. J. McGarry I. J. Harry Mann l, Dr. Omer LaRne 7, J. F. Donahue l, NJ. k. Joy l, Thos. P. Ryan 7, Nelson Leclair l, k. l.. Davis 1.
 AIderman-at- -large-John A. Dady, Rep. l96. George P. Miner, Dem. 5S.
 Cftv Treasurer-Charles Ii. Brown, Rep 203. Warren l., BradwaY, Dem. 5s.
 Collector of Taxes-Joseph McKach- nie, Rep. DO. Charles Ii. 5eeleyi 1 Dem. 5l
 Auditors-Lucius P Merriam, Rep. I95 J. Harry Mann, Dem. 5. Aldermen-John C. Johnson, Rep, l97: ]. Clinton Nichols, Rep. lss; Hee- for Duyert, Rep. I96; C. Allen Flaw ! kins, Rep. l95; J. Harry Mann, Dem 5: Ernest l.. Davis, Dem. 50; Regis Boutnillette, Dem. B; Omer Lakne, | Dem. $.
 1 There were 27T votes cast. Fourteen were thrown out for illegality.
 There will be three new faces in tho council next year. J. Harry Mann Democrat, succeeds Alderman Georg' P. Miner from Ward |; John c. John son. Republican, succeeds J. K. Car ! penter, and Hector Duyert Repubii can, representative to the last geners
Putnam patriot., 1911-12-08
NO 49

Miss Lucy Davern, Worcester, with her mother.
 Mrs. B. F. Benoit entertained her sons. J. A. Nachon of Yale, aud Frank Nachon of Worcester.
 Geo. Mills and wife, Eden street en- tertained NJ. l.. rourtelltete, of New York.
 Herman Johnson and wife, Worces- ter, with Herbert Johnson and wife.
 l.. W. Babbitt from Gorgona, Canal Zone, F. J. Bradshaw and wife from Meriden and William Rabbit from East Putnam with their sister, Mrs. (, E. Heath on Mechanics street.
 Robert Tait and wife were in Gloucester, Mass.
 Geo. Authier of ,Southbridge was with relatives.
 Raymond Medbury of Cushing aca- demy with his parents.
 Marcus Green of Worcester with his brother.
 ]. Harold Bowen of Providence with his mother Miss Alice Fuller of Worcester with parents South Main street.
 Marjorie Richardson of Brown uni versity with her parents on School street.
 Miss Frances Warner of Newton with her parents Judge Warner and wife.
Putnam patriot., 1911-12-08
Library Directors Act on Proposed
Change

A special meeting of the Directors of the Public Library was held on Mor-s' day evening, seven of the nine mem bers being present. The following vote was passed unanimously:
 "That the best interests of the Town and Library will be served by retain ing the quarters now occupied by the Library, for at least another year.'
 The committee appointed by the town and city are going ahead with the work of making such changes as they see fit. The matter of the public library concerns the general public to greater degree than any Of the other proposed changes. Neither the iibra- " directors nor the public have been consulted in the matter of the removal of the library to the old Hlgh school building.
 The library directors feel that they and the public should have some voice in the matter, and opinions were ex- pressed that tine directors only had the power to change the location Of the li-. brary.
Putnam patriot., 1911-12-08
Thanksgiving Day al putnam's Publlc
 Institutions

The sojourners at the three public institutions of Putnam all enjoyed as pleasant Thanksgiving as their en- vlronments could possibly afford them.
 At the Windham County Temporal " Home over sixty children were seven nice plump chickens to feed the youngsters, besides the o.her dishes that go to make up the annual feast. The appetites needed no stimulant and from soup to pie none fell by the way side. Mir. and Mrs. Thatcher saw that all had their fill and, with their fami- ly, partook of the same dinner.
 Nineteen inmates of the Day Kim ball hospital were served an excellent turkey dinner. Two turkeys were used, one donated by William Rafferty Of this city, the other by Oscar and Hannah Peterson of Woodstock. The donations this year were as generous us ever showing public appreciation for the good work this institution Is doing.
 | At the Town Farm there are twelve | inmates and they were served with roast pork, various vegetables and de- sert.
 It Is gratifying to know that those who were unfortunate in not being among relatives and friends on this day of all days of the year for family gatherings, were thoughtfnlly cared for and their burdens made easier to
Putnam patriot., 1911-12-08
Interestlne Locals

Join the owls now for S5. Charter extended for short time, Come in.
 Wanted, work by day or hour. Emma Logee, isl School street, city.
 Get that friend shampoo Card'r for Christmas. Ask Mrs. J. A. McIn- re about It.
 Have you seen the up-to-the-minute Christmas leather novelties at Mrs. J. A. McIntyfe's this week.
 The Dudley -Handicrafters will hold a sale in Miss San Soucis' Millinery store, December 18th and I4th.
 Mrs. J. A. Mcintyre has line of fancy neck wear and shell goods direct from New York city. See 1t now. it may be gone later.
 Christmas wreaths, laurel ropings and holly, can be had at the East Side Greenhouses at right prices. Order early.
 The East Side Greenhouses have se- cured a show window in Fiagg E stores and will have plants, cut flowers, and Christmas greens, for sale there dur i ing the holidays.
 Order your 1912 magazine through ] Geo. r.. Shaw. Save ? cents by or dering the Youths Companion before Jan. l. It's a fine Christmas gill for boy or girl.
 The Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chap ter, D. A. k. invite the public to at tend Christmas sale Of fancy work and home made confectionery, Tues day, Dec. l9, from 3 to ?. m- in Mrs C.F. waterman's parlor at the Put nam Inn. Liberal patronage is soliea-
Putnam patriot., 1911-12-08

assembly, succeeds Alderman A. A. Brodeur from Ward 8.
 Mayor Macdonald will have Re publican council to work with him in carrying to completion, in the next two years, the important measures he advocated and began-the establish ment of system of sewers, now near ly completed, and taking over the plant of the Putnam Water Company, now in the initial stages of progress.
Putnam patriot., 1911-12-08
To Assemble City and Town Offices

The committee composed of mem- bers appointed at the last town meet ing and by the mayor met in the se- lectmen's room last Wednesday after noon and discussed the feasibility of assembling the various places now utilized by the town and city for pub lie purposes under one roof, the Old High school building on Church street, to be utilized for this purpose.
 It was voted "that this committee in accord with the vote of the special town meeting of December 2s, 1909, approve of the use of the old high school building for town and city building and accept the plans and es- timate of the contractors changes, the cost not to exceed SO -
 The plans for the changes and plac- ing of town and city offices in the building are as follows:
 On the main or ground floor of the building two rooms at the front, one Is feet 6 inches by Is feet, the other Is feet inches by II feet, are reserved for occupancy at some future time as of tices for the town clerk and for the judge of probate, which two officials are to retain their present office quar- ters indefinitely.
 The assembly hall, 45 by 50 feet, in the rear of these rooms, is to be reserv- ed for town or city meetings, caucuses or the like.
 On the second and upper floor of the building, the city council chamber will be located at the front in room IS feet inches by B feet, which is larger than the present council cham ber The public library and reading room is also to be located on this floor in two rooms, to be united by one arch way, one room being P by 23 feet, the other 21 feet inches by 2S feet. On this floor will also be the quarters of the seleetmen, two rooms, one being p by 23 feet, the other Is feet inches by 2l feet inches.
 In the basement of the building will be located the city court and police station and headquarters. The city court will do business in room at the north side, this room being 13 feet ( inches by 36 feet. The cell room, IA by 32 feet, will be fitted with the steel cages now owned by the city. In the basement also will be the office of the captain of police.
 This, in a general way, represents the arrangement decided upon by the committee. There is, of course, oppor. | tunity in the building to provide small offices for officials that may require them.
 A sub committee composed of w. s ] Johnson, Luther NJ. Keith and Ernest l.. Davis was appointed to see that the changes authorized are carried through. Just how long this work will require is not certainly known but it will probably be only few weeks and the building may be ready for occupancy by January l.
 Figures were submitted to the meet ing showing that the combined rents and expenses now being paid amount to g. ,000. It is understood that the of fees of town clerk and judge of pro bate and the superior court are to re- main as they are.
Putnam patriot., 1911-12-08

afy.
 s--s~- Miss Essie Macdonald has returned to Morristown, \. J., after short visit with her parents, Mayor Macdonald and wife.
 -Mfss Nellie T. Burleson Of Union spent the Thanksgiving recess with her parents, J. l.. Burleson and wife. MT. Angel and wife entertained three of their daughters with their husbands and children on Thanksgiy- ing day.
The Washington times., 1911-09-06

stopped agen very kwick and the wag-
gin with eggs in It stopped agen. and
pop and me stopped agen. but ve
dident stop kwick enuff and the awto-
mobeei bumped into the waggin hard,
and the man jumped out of the frunt
sect and calm erround and looked In
the back of the waggin.
Now you dun it, he sed, now you
/ dun 1t, insted of Now you did It.
Thares a thowsind bockses of eggs In
this waggin. he sed, and eetch books
had got a duzzin eggs in 1t. 1 bet you
broke bockses of them that time, he
sed.
Awl rite, hears dollirs and say no
moar about II, like a good fello, sed
pop, and the man went back on his
sect agen and the trolley started onse
moar and so did the waggin with eggs
in It and so did pop. and me, but the
trolley kar stopped agen and so did
the waggin, but pop dident stop soon
enunf agen and we bumped into the
waggin onse moar and the man jumped
awf his sect agen.
more bockses gone, sed the man.
and pop gaive him 2 moar dollirs and
sed good mite, and wen the kar startid
agen. he tened the automobeel out Of
the tracks and steared back to the
garaj.
The Washington times., 1911-09-06

Well, that's an example. That noise
means that a particularly undesira-
BILE tenant is going to move today,
Do you get it-one's playin' the ac-
Gordon and ones playin' the cornet
and neither playin' in the same room
or in the same tune.
The young fellow with the accor-
dion came last week and insisted on
payin' a months rent ahead, he was
that tickled with the room. i didn't
know about the accordion, o. course,
so I took the money and thought he
was one o. the incest young men
that'd ever cast anchor about these
parts. But, as / say, ! didn't know
about the accordion.
knew the next day, though, and
90 did everybody else in the house.
He's a professional p'rformer, and he
practices from morning to night.
Now, about the cornet. That's being
played in the next room to the ac-
Gordon guys, by q young italian
S<.sad of mine that lent dollar to
one time o. neeo. He was glad to do
me the little favor. You don't think
the accordion guy'll be able to stand
IL much more'n an hour or two more,
do your
The Washington times., 1911-09-06

These burlesque ladies get my
goat" said the stage-struck youth in
an earnest endeavor to start a con-
Versation.
Get it?" demanded the stage door
keeper, They've had 1t a long time.
Maybe you didn't know it, but they
have had that angora of yours in the
kennel for long time.
But once in a while you get a jolt
IN the short ribs, and, incidentally, 1t
does you good.
There was one around here a coupla
weeks ago that you should have met.
She was In the broiler class, just a
wee bit Of a chicken. Our best little
press agent took the little lady out to
supper after the show and began to
throw the high brow stuff.
The Washington times., 1911-09-06

gingharn apron then; he was Q
healthy boy with q sweet smile and
hare feet.
With the innocent candor OF child
hood they had declared their love,
and vowed, In the magic days to
come, to have their pictures cheek By
cheek in the paper, under the caption.
Their Engagement Is Announced.
And now the years had fed. and
she stood Jblushing, bridelike. In the
minister's study. The slantipg rays
of the afternoon sun, fltering through
the Venetian blinds. called up In q
rosy dream that afternoon In ths
piney woods when
And now Jack De We're We're was
about to marry herI He was about
to marry her to Jake, the carpenters
apprentice. Jack De We're We're was
the minister!
The Washington times., 1911-09-06

| he asks you what you did with the las,
money he gave you. You think he Il
! a close-f1sted misery thing! But hs
knows you. He also knows his owr
earning capacity. And he realizes the
discrepancy between the two.
Some one asked your husband how
much money he would like to have
And he replied instantly, "As much a.
my wife could spend"
It sounded well. The listeners
might have thought that he cared
for gold only to gild your pathway
through life. But the meaning was
deeper. He knew that his wish in
corporated the fortunes of the richest
monetary neighbors.
The Spending Mania
1t is not a correct estimate Of the
value of money that makes us the
money-mad nation of the world. It's
the. spending mania. And women are
the ones who give US the bad name
Yes. they are. There are not more
than half dozen expensive luxuries
which are not designed for women And
1t Is the Injuries that the SPENDER
wants-and gets!
The idea Of q girl. who has just
married man VINO makes q hundred
dollars month, getting her eye struck
with twenty-five dollar hat and then
GETTING THE HAT. OF course, you
can say the mans a silly one. He
finds 1t out when you keep getting your
eyes struck. 1t is no marvel that other
unmarried men, watching him pay the
bills, conclude that marriage Is too
much Of q luxury for them to risk.
know lot OF Ilice girls who ought to
be married-the sensible kind who are
not SPENDERS-and 1t makes me
cross to>haye you soaring the Thought
full men out Of asking them.
The Washington times., 1911-09-06

with each other that point Belle Anyhow they
all decided to strike.
And look what happened the day Not in London
his o'clock half of
other half didn't have their pressed all taors
strike for two-shng instead of shilling d, whatever
that
Royalty Couldn't Stand 1t
And
better o'clock bein'
did Belle After
the house lords stood day of they nahy had
to give in.
Belle the lords and
calm for his valet After y himself he finds ten
him that his valet though peny pleased with satisfied
with his boss has strike with
and the chambermaid and the butler
So for the first time the lord dresses himself,
huryn SOS the house O. lords speech
hat1l make the whole and
he can't find bus All the drivers strike So has
o walk
On the he remembers he shave stops
at barber shop There's barber the place They've all
strike So by
lords he's ready beve country speak himself is
get together
pass laws increasin' wages -
And all the other lords, and
feel the about it.
The Washington times., 1911-09-06
ACCORDING TO SAMMY

Well. mothir, sed pop after suppir
last mite, do you want to take a spin
In the mashine this eevening?
Not me, sed ma Its a mersey II
hasent killed US awl awlreddy.
I woodent go in It agen, neethir, sed
Sue, last time we took a ride in IT II
did everything but tern upside down,
and you coodent get me into 1t agen
avn a bet.
A Volunteer
Ill go, pop, 1 sed, aint afrayed, and
pop sed, Awl rite. Sammy, we will take
a spin in the mashine by our selves,
and then wen they find wat a Mise
time we had they will be jellus awl
rite.
So aftir suppir we wawked erround to
the garaj and pop and me both got in
the frunt sect and pop startid the kar,
and It went fine.
Ma and Sue don't no wat thare miss
ing. do they pop. I sed.
You bet yure life they don't, sed pop.
heers a block. Meening q trolly kar
had stopped, and a waggin with eggs
In II behind II had to stop. and pop
and me, beeing on the tracks stopped
tC, almost hitting the waggin with
eggs in 1t, but not kwite.
Watts the trubbel, sed the man in the
waggin, speaking very loud to the
kunducktir, and pop sed, Watts the
trubbil
The kundictir pulled the bell, and the
kar startid to go. and the waggin with
eggs in It startid to go, and pop and
me startid to go, to. But we had
hardly startid to 90 wen the trolley
The Washington times., 1911-09-06
Loretta's Looking Glass

OUGHT to call you the SPEND
RESS, I reckon. At any rate what
you are is the woman who JUST
HAS TO BUY WHAT PLEASES HER
FANCY.
A man with wife OF your brand
tells this:
My wife and I were out walking
when the hat Of the man in front of
us blew OF and struck her eye, costing
me ten dollars for doctors bill Blu.
that was nothing! A hat in milliner's s
window struck her eye and that cost
me fifty dollars."
That rs all anything needs to do-to
strike your eye. Whatever It is seems
to make ouch a wound that 1t can only
be cured by possessing the thing that
hits. So you buy it.
More Expensive Than Drunkenness
It is just as much an intemperance
with you as getting drunk is with a
man. And 1t is even more expensive.
One man lives who trembles when his
wife goes ito the store" She is the
most questionable of people; and she
has about as much idea of the value
of materials as a moth has of the furs
on which 1t feasts. But how she spendsi
She wants to buy everything she sees.
She has the spending mania. And. In
her semiannual shopping expedition, she
gets more trash and spends more money
than would equip rummage sale and
supply the materials for the family
wardrobe for a year.
It's the SPENDER'S madness. And
its balefui effect is the best argument
to fathers and mothers to follow tine
allowance plan so that their daughters
may grow up with a sensible idea of
the relative values of what they want
and what 1t costs In hard, cold cash.
You are the woman who resents the
banks information that your account IL
The Washington times., 1911-09-06
An Early Autumn
. Crop of Wit
COLOR RIIND

Passenger haven't seen Bill Jones
who was conductor on this car for a
long time.
Conductor-No; Bill amt on the
road no more. He got color-blind.
Passenger-Color blind?
Conductor-Yes. He couldn't see
which was his and which was the
company's.
The Washington times., 1911-09-06
ENGLISH JOKE FOR TO-DAY

From South Nigerian General
Orders:
In the case OF a mess. the mess
president is responsible. The former
should be adequately cleaned at least
once fortnight. and the latter at
least three times a week
The mess president has resigned
Punch.
The Washington times., 1911-09-06
Sensitive

The community is going to put UP q
statue to your honor" said the promi.
nent citizen.
'T wish It would wait a WHILE" re.
piled Senator Sorghum. ITS bac
enough to be roasted for years by the
editorial writers without being turned
over to the art critics.
The Washington times., 1911-09-06
One Mistake

She-You are just like all men; you
would not admit that you ever made
a mistake to save your life
He-As II / hadn't told you time
and time again that the mistake of
my life was In marrying you.
The Washington times., 1911-09-06
THE STAGE DOORKEEPER

He had a bunch of literary friends
with him, and they began to talk over
the chickens head. At least they
thought they were doing that.
She was good-natured little
thing and let them do all the talking,
probably because they were buying
freely. After about steen hours OF
this stun they started in to quote.
Did you ever listen to a stew try to
make good on his Shakespeare? It's
really quite funny. All the worlds a
stage is about as far as they can go,
and then they begin to stall and pull
their hair. Next thing you know
they begin to look at each other and
say, You remember that line, old
chap; know it as well as know my
first name
And Now the Sting
well, you realize the kind of party
it was, and suppose that you're feel
in sorry for the pony. But get wise,
kid. get wise. They kept 1t up all
night, sort of declaring a Roman holi-
day, as it were. Then, when the boss
of the place refused to stay up any
longer, and announced that he had a
cramp In the hand he worked the beer
pump with, they started to disperse.
AS they went out Of the door the moon
was on the job, and the burlesque lady
remarked softly, Twas such a night
as this that Thisbe ventured forth
So you see, you can't always tell
! was some surprised myself, and II
looks as though the laundries had gone
In for higher education"
The Washington times., 1911-09-06
Couldn't Get More OF

Little Hostess Cat bedtime)-why
don't YOU take your stockings OF, too7
Little Guest (whose mother buys the
cheap black kind)-Pve got all Of 'em
on that will come or.
The Washington times., 1911-09-06
And Returned NOTHING

Townley-Sorry to hear that your
house burned down, old man. Did you
lose much?
Subbubs-oh, no; the neighbors had
borrowed about everything.
The Washington times., 1911-09-06
Jack De We're We're;
Or, Years. Had Fled

Well did she remember the day
Jack De We're We're had first met her.
Well did she!
Years had gone by since then. she
was little tight-haired kid In Q
The Washington times., 1911-09-06
Our Janitor Says,
Hath Music Charms?

Take it from me, every kind ac-
tion is .Ae bread cast upon the wa
ters, and will return in French rolls.
Hear. that racket-that infiiction of
cOnfiictin' harmonies, SO to speak?
The Washington times., 1911-09-06
To Be Told On
The Straw Ride
COULDN'T SUIT BOTH

Mrs. Spinks-Yes, ! wish to hire q
servant girl. Do you IKE dogs?
Applicant-No. mum.
Mrs. Spinks-Then you won't do. (
Applicant-Piaze, mum. when told
Mr. Spinks / hated dogs and 'ud
like to kill every one. he said I'd just
suit.
The Washington times., 1911-09-06
Why He was Crooked

He used to be a straight enough
young chap. What made him get
crooked?'
Trying to make both ends meet,
believe"
The Washington times., 1911-09-06
M A ME TELLS BELL E
Team Work Was
The Watchwo ord
OF THE LONDON SITUATION

)W are things in dear old Lunnon, BELIEF s'pose
you know that our English cousins sayin',
"Baily rotten" and "By gad," for weeks because all
the workmen in London decided to chuck their
jobs at the same time
In union there is strength Belle as the man
said after his suspender button had broke and he
borrowed safety pin just to make sure. One flea
amt enough to make any dog miserable.
That's the way the London conductors and
bakers and janitors and milkmen, not to speak O
the plumbers and umbrella members, figured it out
between 'em. They all agreed on one point-none