Putnam patriot., 1912-03-01

were in Providence Saturnay.
 George C. Williams of Hartford was visitor in Putnam Friday.
 Rev. U. 0. BelIerose of Baltic was recent Putnam visitor.
 Quite a number of Putnam people attended the automobile show in Hart ford last week.
 Mrs. k. E. Guild of Windham was the guest recently of her mother, Mrs. Edgar Clarke.
 Mrs. c. F. Waterman returned Sunday from a visit with relatives in Providence.
 Mrs. Joseph Allard was the guest of her son and wife, last week, in Waltham, Mass.
 The meeting of the 0. NJ. club was held with Miss Bessie Champlin Mon- day evening.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas Finchan of Woodstock avenue are visiting their son, Oscar in New Jersey.
 Hiram Williams of Woodstock avenue has recovered from four weeks illness and is now back in High school. R. Waldo Botham of New York is the guest of his parents, MT. and Mrs. T. F. Botham, on Wilkinson street.
 Miss Gertrude Hall, teacher in Israel Putnam school, has been con- fined to her home with throat trouble. -F. Raymond Gilpatric of New Britain spent the weekend with his parents, MT. and Mrs. George Gilpat- rie, Fremont street.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Ryan spent Sunday with Mrs. Ryan's parents in Harrisville, R. | They returned home Monday morning.
 Joseph P Love, of the marble and granite works of this city, has been elected president of the Webster and Dudley business mems association.
 A number of colored Odd Fellows from this city attended dance held in Danielson under the auspices of the lodge in that place Friday evening.
 -Ex-Mayor F. W. Perry, pr. E. F. Perry, Mrs. George W. Perry and A. l.. Mansfield were at Webster Friday to attend the funeral of Dr. F. N. Bur- nett.
 
 Roy Shippee, clerk in A. N. Laws grocery store, and Miss Mary Burnett of Dayville were married Saturday. They will make their home on Church street in this city.
 e. A. Hommond was in Boston Wednesday and took the opportunity to visit the Charlestown navy yard in quest of a cannon for the plot; where the soldiers monument is to placed. report will follow later.
 Lloyd Hathaway, son of Principal and Mrs. George E. Hathaway of Ere mont street, celebrated his fifth birth day Friday afternoon by entertaining eight little friends, all of whom spent a delightful afternoon playing games and partaking of a birthday feast.
 During the high wind last week railroad men had their trials. Many switch and signal lights were blown out and the only way to tell if the train had clear track was for one of the train hands to go ahead and inVes- tigate by close inspection. This is an unusual occurrence.
 A representative of the firm that has the contract for the Soldiers monument said Friday that it would probably not arrive here until May, but the foundation will be made ready and the monument erected in time for the dedication exercises, which will probably be held on Memorial Day. List of advertised letters at the Putnam post office February 27:
 LADIES
 Mrs. Mary Highland, Mrs. Ami ie Mclaughlin, Mrs. Charles w. Miller
 GENTLEMEN
 John Asia, A. $. Hodges, $. H. War ner, John Wearin.
 A gang of linemen in the employ of the Southern New England Tele- phone company are engaged in doing work for the plant department in var ious parts of the territory of the Put nam division, some of the work on Friday consisting of repairs necessitat- ed as the result of damage caused by Thursdays big blow.
 Rev. John Philo Trowbridge, student of American history, gave most interesting account of the "Liie of Madame Riedesel, before Groton Chapter of the Daughters of the Revo- lution, al it's last regular meeting, held at the home of Professor and Mrs Glough at the Lawrence Academy, III GToton. on Feb. l5. Miss c. A. Bout well, the regent of the chapter, presid- ed and in a pleasing manner introdnc- ed the speaker. The address occupied nearly an hour and traced the career of Madame RiedeseI, the wife ot the gen. eral commanding the Hessian troops in Burgoyne's army, through hef aa- venturous life as a camp-foilower ana prisoner with her husband in America. The talk was highly appreciated by ali present. MT. Trowbridge is engaged to speak on Dickens in the public H. brary of Groton on Monday evening,