Putnam patriot., 1912-07-19

Il. NJ. Keith returned on Friday from New Jersey.
 Clovis l.. Carpenter of Worcester was at his fathers over Sunday.
 Miss Louise Davison assisted in the office of the Dady silk mill last week.
 MT. and Mrs. Owen Barrett of Providence have been guests of local relatives.
 Miss Albena G. Dix has been en. toying the past two weeks at Sag Har- bor, l.. 1.
 The W. K. C. will hold their an- nual picnic at Wildwood park Thurs day, July 25th.
 Prof. Walter C. Bronson and wife of Providence, are the guests of Miss Abbie c. Keith.
 Miss Whitman, bookkeeper at the Eureka mill, returned Saturday from vacation of two weeks.
 George Pechie of Montreal, has been in the city, called here by the death of his mother.
 Some of the powdered dust in the business section is being removed and crushed rock put on.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank A. Forster and son of Toledo, Ohio, are guests of Mrs. C. B. Gascoigne, South Main street.
 Mrs. F. Raymond Gilpatric of New Britain is the guest of her moth er,Mrs. Mabel A. Randall, Ring street.
 Mrs. James NJ. Kent and two children ot New York city are guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Kent of Church street.
 Mrs Howard James is at her home in Greenville, R. l., suffering from blood poisoning contracted while cutting corn.
 Rev. John R. Stubbert and family left Monday morning for Crescent Beach, where they will occupy their summer cottage, "Cobblehurst," dur ing July and August.
 Horace K. Taft, brother of the President, was in the city for short time Saturday and dined at the Inn. He was on the way to visit relative in Massachusetts.
 Nathan D. Prince, cashier of the Windham County National bank, has been named by the county commission CTS as county treasurer, to succeed the late John R. Davis.
 A party from this city, while at Boothbay Harbor, Me-, recently enjoy ed a days sea sailing trip, during which they saw twenty-five beautiful seals summing themselves on the rocks.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank NJ. Bennett and daughter Elizabeth, who have been visiting with NJ. w. Bennett and family, left Monday for Mansfield, Ohio, where they will visit at Mrs. Bennett's home.
 Miss Helen Sharpe and Lucius P. Merriam, of the First National Bank, are on their annual vacations. Miss Sharpe is at Bethlehem, N. Il. Miss Alta Sharpe is substituting during the vacation period.
 Souvenir w. H. Taylor of Hart ford was in the city Friday, and dis tributed a number of copies of the Connecticut Legisl ative History and Souvenir. The book is eXcellently got ten up and the presswork is of a high order. The book contains about BIO pages.
 The w. C. T. twill hold basket picnic at the home of Miss Alice Gun ningnam, West Thompson, Thursday, July 25th, at 2.30 p. m. Mrs. l.. K. Fuller, the county president, is expect ed to be present. The party will leave on the o'clock car.
 Miss Esmerelda Macdonald, the daughter of Mayor and Mrs. Archibald Macdonald, left Wednesday for visit to Sydney, N. B., which is the may or's home town. She will reach that city in time for the annual old home week observance. The mayor will go next week.
 Everett A. Burgess of the local post office returned from his annual vacation Wednesday. On that day Assistant Postmaster Letters went for his annual vacation of fifteen days. Letter Carrier H. C. Converse left for his vacation Monday, July l5. One of the rural carriers will get away for his vacation later in the week.
 Box 42 of the fire alarm telegraph system was found Friday morning to have been pulled off the support on which it is located on Elm street, near Bridge street. It is presumed that It was dislocated by passing team. AS it was found hanging by the wires, it is regarded as strange that an alarm was not accidently rung in when IL came away from it's location.
 George Edmonds, assistant super intendent of the Putnam lines oi the Connecticut company, receiVed somewhat severe burn on the forearm from electricity escaping from "iie with which he came in contact anu which was pulled down when the overhead work on the trolley ines gave way in front of the Gallup puiid- ing, Danielson, early Thursday aitef- noon. The wire was said to be carry