Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-10-25
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To considerations like these add the
fact that at least one-third Of the mem
bers Of Or. sun S cabinet were Chris.
tfans aud # is seen that Christianity is
already a force in China.
There was a very much surprised
and injured baby in sioux city the
other day when fireman on tie Mil
waukee railroad crawIed out On the
pilot and kicked a , l-z-years-old child
of the track. # was the only thing
10 do, and it worked, but a more
amazed infant never landed in ditch.
TIE lesson ought to last for life.
Idaho has been chosen for the ex
pertinent in raising far-bearing ami
mails which the department Of agficul-
ture is to conduct, and it should Afford
both ample room and a suitable eli
mate The demand for furi> likely to
increase much faster than the supply,
and even at present prices a flourish
ing fur farm ought 10 be profitable.
Four Connecticut graduates of the
Annapolis Naval Academy are cap
iains at New York, three of them in
command OF flagships.
Young Mr.. Edison will have to ego
some" to keep " to the pace set by
his illustfious father An effective
substitute for coal which he announ-
ees rs the goal Of his present am oition,
is good hobby 10 start with.
The serbs have grievance against
the English language for spelling the
name of their country Servia, with a
"v'3 as though II came from "sefyus, -
slave. There Is really no such con
nection and in other languages II IS
spelled properly with "b.'
The monthly bulletin Of the state
board of health, just issued, shows
that there were l,375 deaths during
the month Of September. This was
hfty-eight less than IN August and
ninety-nye more than in september Of
last year, and ffly-six more than the
average number of deaths during Sep
TENDER for the lasI live years preceding
Admitting that the English Bible
will have TO Toe revised again, some OF
The ripest scholars of British Dissent
have joined In publicly advising that
the work be postponed. To undertake
1t now would be inopportune, in their
judgment, and unfortunate. "Anoth-
er ten years at least, they say, "seem
to be needed for the sitting and presen-
tation Of materials and the formation
of general scholarly opinion upon
them
The Connecticut Prison Association
will hold its Prison Sunday on Octo-
Der q. The fourth Sunday in October
is an annual meeting time when the
American Prison Association and the
various state associations make special
discussion of the work of the organi
cations.
Connecticut is rich in granite. The
scientists say that the Connecticut
GRANTEES were once in a molten state
and hardened as they became cool.
Enormous pressure in changes of the
earth's surface was responsible for the
broken ridge consisting of masses of
lava, extending from Meriden 10 the
Massachusetts line.
John Eluotts oil portrait of the late
Julia Ward Howe was unveiled in the
old state House, Boston, by Miss
RosaHnd Richards, a granddaughter.
The Bostonian society was present in
force, The Battle Hymn of the Repub-
lie Was sung 10y visitor from English
Boston, Miss Rosetta Key
Although declared dead by three
courts, Miss Mabel +. Allen, 4, eN-
teacher, ex-nurse, housckeeper, was
one of Tuesday petitioners before
Judge Grant al Boston, Her great
grandfather left her u 500, and she
wants the money. Because of her
supposed death, the probate court dis
tributed il among i've cousins of hers.
The news that Gen. Felix Diaz,
nephew of Porhrio Diaz, the great
president of Mexico now in exile, has
formally raised the banner of rebellion
at Vera Cruz, the chief portof entry ON
the gulf OF Mexico, is melancholy in
deed.
TIP. 0'Connor is quite uneoncerned
about Ulster. "To imagine, he wrote
in Reynolds Newspaper just before
the Resembling of Parliament, THAT
Mr.. Asquith or any other member OF
the ministry thinks that the progress
of the home-rule bill could be suspend
ed by one hour because OF all these
threats of treason and civil war--even
If they were real instead OF the empti-
est bluffs TO accuse them of insanity
and treachery."