Putnam patriot., 1911-04-28

-NltS. 0toIAe L4t | alt Oi O NpIlq2e iS visiting E. A. Wheelock and family, Church street.
 -E. B. Tibbetts of Somersworth, \. H., formerly of Putnam, is visiting friends and relatives in the city.
 Miss Mary Wheelock has returned from a visit with relatives in UN- bridge.
 The w. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. Mary Gardner, Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 Rev. F. D. Sargent and John l., lnman spent few days in Brookline, N. H., the past week.
 -Dr. Overlook of Pomfret recently performed an operation for appendici- tis upon prisoner at the Windham County jail.
 Last Thursdays Chronicle says; "Mr. and Mrs. Richard German of Putnam visited friends in Williman- tic last evening""
 Judge k. NJ. Warner attended the l meeting of the state conference of charities and corrections at New Ha. ven this week.
 Miss Frances Warner of this city is among the musicians who will as- sIst in presenting the annual May day | play at Mt. Holyoke college. Miss Louise Davison has left the 1 Woolworth store to become book keeper for Ballard X Clark. Miss Marietta Gordon takes her place.
 Charles k. Belair, Jr., returned to his ship, the Connecticut, at Brooklyn navy yard, Monday, after a fifteen days furlough.
 Railroad engineers have been sur veying the west side of South Main street preparatory to extending the fence from the corner of Grove street to the Arch bridge.
 Referee in Bankruptcy Andrew J. | Bowen has declared a final dividend of 9 and S10 cents on dollar in the | bankrupt estate of Frank B. Whiteley of Thompson.
 State Master L. H. Healey,o Echo Farm, North Woodstock, called at the PATRIOT office Friday, and deposited | on the editors desk some excellent Baldwin apples. The fruit was with out blemish and compared favorably in appearance with western fruit, and in flavor was far superior. MT. Healey also raises peaches and other fruit of superior quality.
 There was a big rush for tickets for the Worcester Board of Trade Ban quet held Wednesday evening, when they were put on sale last Thursday. H. P. Savory, agent of the Adams Ex- press company, had the honor of get ting the first ticket issued. MT. Savo- ry.was formerly route agent for the company, and lived with his family in this city.
 ter's church, Philadelphia, was the guest of Putnam friends this week, re- turning to Philadelphia Wednesday,. He leaves that city May 15, for Dallas, South Dakota, to assume charge of a missionary pastorate, his territory be- l ing 200 miles long and 80 miles wide. He twill travel over his parish in Buick automobile, carrying tent and camp equipment.
 | Men were at work on the new bridge all day last Friday tearing up the cement on the first arch and throw ing it into the river. The arch was all but completed Thursday afternoon, when it was noticed that one of the posts at the northeast corner of the bridge which holds the wooden form in place had given, putting the arch out of true. The only thing to do was to destroy the work. The material was unfit for use a second time, so not only was the labor lost, but over 800 bags of cement were wasted. l LA reporter for the Herald counted l 39 hobble skirts in the Easter parade. 1 Just to show that Southbridge is up to 1 date, other towns make a great hue 1 and cry when one is seen. Here in Southbridge we think nothing of 1t at all. l.n-Southbridge Herald.
 If this hobble enumerator had drop ped into our little city after dinner on Good Friday he could have counted up to 39, and then been in time to go to Hammond hall and see two basket ball teams of "hobble girls" lined up against each other. When it comes to being right up to. the minute we guess 1 our'n is as up to date as his'n.
 Work on the new bridge is again | being rushed. The concrete work has been begun on the west end, the end opposite from where the accident to an arch occurred. The concrete mixer is on the East side and a miniature rail- road has been built from one side of l the river to the other over which cars ! carrying the cement are pulled by means of horse and a long rope. A large number of people gather daily to watch operations.
 1 In regard to the matter of whether | water or oil will be used for street srrinkling purposes this year it may l be noted what the Bulletin thinks of the proposition for the City of Norwich.