Putnam patriot., 1912-01-19
VOL. XL

-IUe DugOcS stOic NiSihs hao sleighride Tuesday evening.
 Henry A. Johnson of New Bed ford was visitor with friends in Put nam Monday.
 -Landlord Rogers of the Putnam Inn has distributed artistic calendars bearing the Inn card, this week.s
 Edmund Gilbert has given up work at the woolen mill and is em- ployed at the Bradley theatre.
 Judge Joel H. Reed will be in Put nam Monday, Feb. ,, to preside at short calendar session of the superior court.
 The newly elected officers of Put nam local, B. I. L., No. SIS, were in- stalled at meeting of the members on Sunday.
 Several of the passenger trains were late Saturday due to the extreme cold weather interfering with the steaming of the engines.
 County President Thomas P. Ryan of this city was at Moosup Saturday evening to install the newly elected of- ficers of Moosup division, No. 1, A. O. H.
 District deputy P. J. Hurlihe of Wilimantic was in the city Sunday afternoon and installed the newly elected officers of Cargill Council, No. 64. Knights of Columbus.
 The hunting season for rabbits closed Monday. Sportsmen will now have to content themselves with hunt ing foxes or wait for the open season on trout, April lst.
 The B4U club will hold one of their enjoyable dances in Union hall, Saturday evening. The Haegney x Wallace singing orchestra have been secured by special engagement.
 A pet cat owned by Mrs. William Montville, Green street, died recently. The animal was l3 years old and its owner had become greatly attached to it. It Is to be stuffed and mounted and kept in the home.
 The Danielson friends of Henry E. Church, who made up fishing party at his summer home in Ashford last week, returned home Saturday. Not withstanding the severe weather they had good catch.
 The John F. Ryan Company, wholesale clothiers, 92 Summer street, Boston, went into involuntary bank ruptcy last week. Mir. Ryan is Put nam boy, son of Matthew Ryan, an old resident of Putnam.
 Harry Wright has resumed his du- ties as express messenger on the train leaving here for Hartford at a. m., after an enforced layoff with broken rib caused by box falling and strik- ing him in the side while inithe Hart ford office.
 List of advertised letters at the Putnam post office for the week end ing January Is:
 GENTLEMEN
 D. C. Gale, Mr. Gouchey, MT. kout nix, Edward Maheu, A. N. Potter, William Sponcy.
 Mrs. l.. NJ. Chapman.
 -Ubaldit B.Gagne and wife of Win nipeg, Manitoba, have been visiting the tormerls sister, Mrs. J. A. Gagne, Woodstock avenue. T. Lesperance and wife, and Octave Gagne and wife, of Woonsocket, were also recently en- tertained by MT. and Mrs. J. A. Gagne
 The tiremen are booming their an nual ball to be held sMonday evening, February 18th. The committees are all busy taking care of their different departments, and when all are ready they will have this big annual event perfect good time for all.
 Conductor William Hall of the freight crew that works in the local railroad yards ,sprained and injured his leg Monday while alighting from the locomotive. It was not serious
 
 home in this city for few days.
 Saturday marked the cessation of work in the Danielson Cotton Mill. This mill, which has made a speciality of the manufacture of fancy cotton goods and has employed in ordinary times 800 people, has been laying oil its employees everfsince last fall, and for the last three months thereihave been but 25 or 30 workers3in the place. Horace E. Wilder has taken the agency for the Shepard counter, an at- tachment for printing presses to record impressions. He will work this in conjunction with a meat press in which he is interested. He left the city Tuesday for a trip through west ern massachusetts,.
 III. s. Whipple of the firm of Whipple X Gilpatrie, conceived the unique idea of utilizing an automobile for getting in ice and it has worked successfully. The wheels of the ma chine were equipped with chains to prevent slipping, and it was used as motor power for blowing, scraping, and marking the ice.
 The school children have been talk ing advantage of the sleighing this week. The sophomore and junior classes of the High school went to Danielson Monday night. Tuesday