Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02

John G. Johnson was in New Hs. ven Saturday.
 Mrs. F. D. Sargent left Friday for a stay in Brookline, N. H.
 -E. NJ. Brunn of New York spent the weekend with local relatives.
 George Baker spent Sunday at Pleasant View, k. I.
 Miss Marjorie Baker has returned from two weeks stay at Pleasant View.
 Mrs. F. E. Whitney of German town, Pa, is visiting her mother, Mrs. F. E. Brunette.
 The annual Ballard reunion will be held in Nichols grove at West Thompson Wednesday, Aug. 14.
 Misses Cecile Benoit, Nellie Der nier, Della Gareau and Grace Brennan are spending the week .at Nantasket beach.
 MT. and Mrs. C. E. Pratt of Brad ley street have returned from Willi- mantle where they were guests of Mir. and Mrs. Wood.
 St. Jean Baptiste society is con- templating the purchase of strip of land near the society building on Prov idence street.
 Mrs. J. B. Kent and Mrs. J. NJ. Kent and two children returned Wednesday from two weeks stay at Crescent beach.
 Miss Loretta Allard is spending the week with her cousin, Miss Edith Carpenter, at her parents summer home on the Providence river.
 Miss Bertha Sargent, Miss Ruth Murphy, Miss Mary Wheaton and Miss Harriet Brown have returned from Northtield, Mass, where they at- tended the Sunday school convention. Comment is heard on the reckless way in which children, free to do as they like during the long vacation pe- riod, are risking life and limb in the streets of the city and about the rail- road yards.
 Harold Gilpatrie left Saturday for Juniper Point, Me, where he will re- main several weeks with his family. His wdle, who arrived home Friday evening for a short visit, returned with him. Mrs. l.. E,. Richards is at the Will limantic Camp ground this week, chaperoning Misses Florence Gilbert, Hazel Perry, Florence Darling, Lizzie Barnes, Grace Bromley, Gertrude Bromley and Alice Devine. Members of the legislature and former members of such bodies in Con- necticut who are resident in Putnam have their invitations to attend the reunion of the Connecticut legislative clubs to be held at Savin Rock, Aug. 14.
 Allan Guild of Windham has been the guest of his aunt, Miss 5. Elizabeth Clark, of Elm street. Miss Clarke has also been entertaining John Mont gomery of Arlington, N. J., MT. and Mrs. Mcclure of Brooklyn, N. |. and Mrs. F. Guild of Windham.
 Reports from Woodstock indicate that the peach crop there may not be so large this season as was the case last year. but some fine fruit is developing on the trees and will be ready to be marketed within few weeks. Wood stock is the banner peach town In thls part of the state.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank w. Sweet and son Harry, who is member of the faculty at Exeter academy, have been guests of Senator and Mrs. George A. Hammond. The party was taken back to Worcester Friday by Senator Ham, mond in his touring car. Mrs. Green, an aunt of Mrs. George H. Perry, ac- companied Senator and Mrs. Ham mond.
 G. A. R.,men in this section are wondering whether Connecticut will fall in line and make nsappropnation during the coming session of the legls- lature as has been done in various other states, for meeting the expenses of veterans to the tiftieth anniversary observance of the battIe,o Gettysoufg op the historic field in Pennsylvania next July.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles $. Sheldon and .Mowry Ross of Woodstock ana Attorney Mahlon Il. Geissler ol thls city left Monday morning for an auto- mobile tour to Portland, Me-, making the trip in MT. Ross machine They will follow the coast route, Visiiing Gloucester and circling Cape Ann, thence to Portsmouth, Biddeford, Saco' Old Orchard Beach and Portland. They expect to be away greater pai' of the week.
 The work on the sewer IS now little over half done. The men are working on various streets. The lat est to receive attention is School street where ground was broken last week Thursday. Many connections nave been made. but there are many ln- stances where the abutters are sio" about getting into line. Ihey "iii shortly receive notification to ao the work unless they immediately tahe the initiative themselves. II the aou'' ter does not comply with the ordinance rala,;,,o 70 c,atino connections he De-