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Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-11-22
NORTH WOODSTOCK

L. J. Leavitt and wife attended the
funeral OF their cousin, Burton LeaVitt,
in Putnam on Thursday.
Mrs. Belle Bailey has been spending
several days among former neighb0rs.
Olin Ghafiee has been visiting rela
tiXes in Tolland.
Silas Morse has been quite sick the
past week with kidney trouble.
Mrs. Walter Clemens has received
word of the sudden death of her broth
er, Alexander Hubbard, who was crush
ed between two cars and died soon
after. He was in Alberta, Canada and
the body is on its way TO Woodstock
for interment.
The first church social of the season
was given by the president, Mrs. A. G..
Hibbard, assisted by Mrs. Armstrong
and Mrs. Miligan. A bean SUPPER Was
served felewed by a short program
and other entertainment.
Mrs. O. T.. Lombard has been enter
tanning her daughter, Mrs. Ransome
Arnold, and her husband from Wor-
cesteT.
Mrs. Gilbert Deane and daughter
Prudence OF Eastford have been guests
of her mother, Mrs. \. {. Hubbard.
John Johnson entertained last Sun.
day Jonas johnson and family and
Mrs. Alice Johnson and family.
Steeple Tom has been putting the
church weather vane in order.
Miss Eta Idle, formerly of Wood
stock, died in West Dudley last week
from acute Bright's disease. She was
buried in Southbridge on Saturday.
She was the oldest child of Charlo S
and Jane (Greenl Idle and is survived
by brother George of Chaplin, We'll
come of California, stephen OF Grafton
and sister Jennie OF Chaplin. She
was 81 years old.
George Paine and wife of South
bridge spent sunday with l.. j. Leav-
lit and wife.
l.. II. Healey, overseer of the nation
al grange, is presiding at the meetings
now in session ia spokane, Wash, rs
the master, Oliver Wilson, is too i'll to
do SO.
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The Abingdon Whist club organized
for the winter last f riday evening. The
officers are DR.. Iutehins, President
4. 7. Gfo5VenoT Secretary and Ms.
Andrew Sharpe Treasurer. The club
will meet twice a month. -Four tables
were played at the last meeting: the
prizes being Won by Mrs. Everett
Brown and Newell Badger.
Wolf Den grange held a very pleas
ant meeting Wednesday night, Nov.
70, the feature Of the evening being the
singing and banjoiplaying By Brother
Reed Of MoOsup Valley grange.
Miss Roxaaa Wilbur spent few
days in New Britain last week
Andrew Sharpe is i'll at the Day
Kim ball hospital, going there Tues
day OF this week.
Mrs. Oren Weeks Of ElIiotts enter
tanned the Larkin club Tuesday. As
it was Mrs. George Hicks birthday the
meeting was in the order Of surprise
for her, but as she was unable 10 at.
tend, the gift of the club, a dozen
Binks, were sent 70 her as a birthday
token
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gallup attend
ed the funeral of Mr. Gardner IN
WarfenViile last Friday.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-11-22

OitN sB AUG

John J. Vinton has been quite i'll but
is improving.
Byron Vinton is at home for short
time.
Mrs. Grace Brown is with her
mother helping care for her father
Mrs. May, who has been with her
nephew, Luther Smith, died after a
brief illness. Funeral was Nov. 10Th.
Charles Il. Knight has sold his
farm in Woodstock and will remove 10
Putnam occupying house of Ii. >.
Morse on School street.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-11-22
F. =. ROCKWELL"

Funeral services were held at his
late residence Thursday afternoon
Rev. +. b. sargent officiating. Mrs. e.
Walden Wright sang "Crossing the
Bar and the "The Undiscovered
Country with l.. o. Williams at the
piano, both compositions being by the
deceased. Ga Friday at II a. M, ser
vices viii be held at the church in
Scotland, With burial in the cemetery
at that place, The Putnam lodge Of
Elks having charge Of the commital
service.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-11-22

Sickness, fire, burgiary-no matter
which, the quickest route to help is by
telephone. adN'
Telephone service costs but a few
cents a day and saves this many times
over. sdv.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-11-22
FOR SALE

A -four. year old dark mare, "a PAGER,
well bred and broken, quite speedy.
Cali on OF address Allison Potter, No.
Woodstock, Conn. 1t Is
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-11-22

'iIS DEEDS, not YEARS.
Our comrades passed beyond that
barren bourn,
Across whose wastes no footsteps
are returning.
The bills which now he walks ore hid
in mist
But through the night we see the
beacon burning.
Time and the stars in their ellipses
swing,
Immutabie in ali their seeming
changing,
Tho Death seem ending, it is but,
beyond.
A newer dawn that lights lifes
wider ranging.
II is not breath and sleep, nor the days
small round
OF steps and words, that prove Us to
be living!
Not these, but thoughts and deeds,
and acts Of love.
That life lives on, which held such
golden giving.
F. =. ROCKWELL.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-11-22
MIS-. SIMON RARrno1oMEw

On Wednesday, Nov, IA, Mrs. Man
dana NJ. Bartholomew, daughter of the
late stephen and Eunice ID. Warner,
and widow of the late Simon Bartholo-
new of Putnam passed ON after an ill
ness of six weeks. She had resided at
the home of her sonin-law, Charles W.
Arnold, of Providence, Il. l., for the
last nine years. Services were held at
Providence on sunday and burial was
al The family lot M Woodstock Hill
cemetery. She was born in ProVi-
6ence. r.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-11-22

{. Edward Williams of this city,
died Thursday, November Il, al 1.-THE
home OF his daughter, Mrs. Emil }.
Benoit, in Richmond, California, aged
6s years. The cause of his death was
an abscess ON the br in, The funeral
was held Sunday, the burial being in
Richmond. Mr.. Williams was born
in Pomfret, and i survived by his
wife, residing at Isl Grove street, this
city, two daughters, Mrs. +. h. Crock
eF of Hartford, Mrs. Emil j, Benoit of
Richmond, California, with whom he
had made his home since .darch, a sis
ter, Mrs. George III. Taylor, of Put
nam, and two brothers, DR.. Williams
of North Grosvenordale, and Calvin
Williams of Worcester. He was vet
eran of the civil war, being a member
of Company f, 10th Connesticut Regi-
ment. A. enc time he was in the liV'
ery business in Putnam, and later con-
Quoted the Bugbee house, Chickerlng
house. and Elm Inn.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-18

London, June 15.-Richard Croker,
former Tammany chief Of New York.
wants to adopt Annette keIIerman. A
few weeks ago., when Miss kellerInan
sailed for England, Croke was on the
same ship and became so interested
in the fair Australian swimmer that
he invited her to Glencairn, where
she remained for a fortnight before
the beginning of her London theatri-
cal engagement, giving him physical
culture and swimming lessons.
Then Croker came to London, o.
tensibly to attend the derby, his first
visit since his own horse, Orby, won
the race five years ago. But his real
reason was clearly to enjoy the So
ciety Of the diving Venus He took
Miss kellerman in his motor to Ep-
som Downs for the racing and intro
duced her as his niece lmme-
dlately there came a wild Scramb OF
titled gentry to gain access to Croker's
box, the rumor flying thick and fast
that no niece of Croker could posi-
bly, possess less than a million ster-
ling.
nnette does her diving act in the
Oxford Music Hall. Thither went
| and sat in a 50-cent seat in
the balcony. The management, when
it learned Of Cookers presence, gra-
ciously offered him a box, but he de-
clined, saying that from the box one
lost the fuH view of the act and he
preferred the center of the front row
of the balcony. So he sat there in
state, conspicuous because he was the
only person in that part of the house
wearing evening clothes.
A year hence Croker will have an
other candidate at Epson Downs car
rying his cOlors and his gold in an eff
fort to win the derby, and her name
is Annette kellerman.
Annette in a recent interview, ad-
mitted that Croker had asked her to
become his adopted daughter. She
said:
Hes a dear old gentleman and has
been most kline to me ever since we
met. 1t is true he introduced me as
his niece today at Epson, but that
was only for a lark. He really wants
to adopt me. 1t was great fun after
the Introduction. First his friend
George Edwards, anne to the box He
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-18

battles that followed in the huge con-
fict. the din OF whose "~clangor reach
ed the remOteSt parts Of tire EARTH
TIE enormous rolls Of dead and
wounded in each. and the widespread
suffering of the people in the nvaded
section, threw the earlier incidents Of
the war so completely into oblivion
that MoOre'S Roster, an official publ
cation of the State. placed the 1st
Volunteers (which was also the 1st
Regiment) after the 18th Regiment,
which. with the preceding ten regi-
ments succeeded it.
The State is indebted to her great
Chief Justice. Judge Walter Clark.
for the correction Of this error as well
as for causing the facts of history, SO
Crediable to North Carolina TO be
brought to the worlds notice in his
marvellous work North Carolina
Regiments, 1S61-1865.'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-18
VIRGINIA

The General Assembly, Of 1905 ap-
pointed d commission TO mar tho
place where Wyatt fell. In course Of
CORRESPONDENCE with the Virginia vet
Grams in the nef~ghbOrhood Of Bethel
with a view TO securing a site there
il was learned that the people Of that
State. particularly those Of the Pen
nsula country, had determined to
erect d at betheI on June
10th. The Nirglnians invited North
Carolina TO Join them. Their invita-
ton was accepted. and q handsome
monument was erected on the battle
field. by the "Nirginla and North
Carolina Monument Association Il
was unveiled on June 10th. IN pres
ence Of an immense ~concoursc. head
ed by the Governor Of Virginia. BY
! Miss Kyle. of North Carolina, and
Miss Tabb. Of Virginia.
At the same time the North Caro-
lima Commission dedicated the mark
er. which was placed where Watt
fell.
Continued on Page Twelve-5
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-18

the day was filled with testimony TO
NJ same effect.
notwithstanding the circumstances
related above. the quick succession Of
achievements and losses there may be
said to refer with truth to these facts,
viz:
1. Her First Regiment Of Nolun-
teerS was the first to arrive al Bethel.
2. Her troops were first IN the
work done there.
8. Her troops were first in num-
bers there. being as 2 to J..
4. Her losses were first in num-
Der there, being as 2 IL to /.
IS. It was a member Of her regf-
ment there who was the first To fall in
battle in the war.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-18
THE FIGURES.

The accuracy Of the legend on the
soldiers monument at the west front
of the capitol n OF that on the cover
of the North Carolina Regiments
having been challenged, a committee
of soldiers of the war. headed by
chief Justice Clark. was appointed by
the North Carolina Historical and
Literary Society TO make reply. This
was made in the form Of a report by
the committee on August IS. 1904.
and published by the society under
the title Five Points in the Record
of North carolina" It's conclusions
completely sustained the contentious
which had been challenged. The
part relating to the present subject IS
thus summarized:
THE word first then. used in con-
| nection with the victory at Bethel.
the first pitched battle Of the war,
and descriptive OF North Carolina's
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-18
STATES SUPPLY OF SOLDIERS.

It is a fact that the State of North
Carolina, which had been reproached
by her sisters with 'slowness,' was
called upon by the Confederate gov
eminent to supply the chief portion
of the troops engaged in the first
pitched battle Of the war. This was
due to the preparedness and h eel
leritv Of n movements Of the com
panies composing her 1st Regiment.
A few years ago we witnessed the de-
nlorable delay with which the yolun-
teers in our war With Span were
Notwithstanding the I'M
limited Of the reunited Re-
public. with its more than doubled
population and its concentrated
wealth.. Contrast with this record Of
the North Carolina of 1861: The
companies of the 1st Regiment vol
unteered on April IT, 1861; they were
| formed into a regiment at the State
capital by successive orders from the
| acknowledgements office. issued on
April 10. May 9. May II and May IS;
three Of them (the two Fayetteville
comnanies and the Lincoln company
were in Richmond on the 18th Of
Nav. the other sever arriving on the
a1st: and they had fought and won
the first battle Of the war by the 10th
Of June!
Military men know that this aston
ishing result could not nave been &C
complished if completeness OF equip
ment and organization had been sac
rihced to celebrity Of movement. 1t is
believed that no other regiment. then
or afterwards. was set out in the field
in such style as the First North caro-
lima Volunteers when they were mus
tered on the plain Of yorktown IN the
last week Of May.
Such was the judgment, also. OF I'M
partial critics The Virginia press
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-18

had never seen me before, so when he
went away he pointed me ont to his
TRENDS as Mt. Croker niece. Next
came a German baron, | forget his
name, but he Is here purchasing
horses for ON cavalry regiment. lie
evidently thought ! looked like ready
money, for he invited me to luncheon;
and several others who followed have
requested dinner engagements. It
will keep me busy If | accept them. I
won't say whether l VIII accept the
adoption or not. but ii IS quite true
hat Mr.. Croker has named his next
years derby candidate after mo"
The king Of G~lenCairn, when seen
after the performance WAS as retlcent
a, ever on the subject OF American
politics, but concerning Annette he
was enthusiastic.
Whatever Miss kellerman says
goes" he said. She can sign her
name to anything I've got. ] wouldn't
mind doing a high diving act. but I'm
afraid I've waited too long for that"
It is understood that following Miss
kellernan'S aquatic engagement IN
the London music halls she again VIII
visit Glencairn before returning to
America.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-18

Naptaln Bridcers asked If five Of the
company would volunteer to burn il.
suggesting that one of the number
should be an officer. CORPORAL
deorge L. Williams said thai he
would be the officer and four others
aid they would go. Matches and !
hatchet We're provided at once, and ]
minute later the little party scram-
pled over the breastworks in the fol-
towing order: George T. Williams.
Ihomas Fallon, John II. Thorpe.
henry L. Wyatt Or. II. Ricks) and
X. II. Bradley. A volley was fired at
US as II by a company, not from the
mouse. but from the 0 to our left.
AS we were we'll drilled in skirmish-
ing. all of US instantly dropped to the
ground. Wyatt mortally wounded.
lie never uttered a wor or a groan,
but lay limp on his back. his arms ex-
tended. n knee IN and a clot Of
blood on his forehead as large as a
mans fist. He was lying within four
Ieet OF me. and this is the way l saw
him . To look at Wyatt one
would take him to be tenacious of
Ike; low. but robust in build. guile
less. open. frank. aggressive"
WAITS bod was soon taken off the
field by his comrades, who carried
him to Yorktown the same night
where he died. He had apparently
not recovered consciousness from the
time he was struck. His body was
carried to Richmond the next day
where he was buried with military
honors from the Reverend Mr. Dun
cans Church..
Henry Lawson Wyatt was a son O.
1sham and Lucinda Wyatt, Of Tarboro
He was twenty years of age at hi
death. His parents had moved t
Tarboro in 1856 from Pitt county
though he was born during their earl
residence in Richmond, Va.
Camps were named for watt dur
ing the war: his portrait has bee1
placed in the State Library: and hi
memory. as well as that of the Firs
Regiment. is perpetuated in the in
scriptiOn: First at Bethel, last a
AppamattoX.' cut upon the Confed
crate monument in front of tn
capitol.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-18
The Death of WYATT.

Private John H. Thorpe, one of the
I'VE companions of Wyatt. afterwards
a captain in the Attn Regiment. gave
me IN 1909, the following account Of
The death of Wyatt:
When we got there (the redoubt)
! saw a Zouave regiment OF the
enemy in line OF battle about three
hundred Yards away. Our boys pop
pea away at them. but the fire was
not returned. Then. in good order,
tney marched away down the New
market road. Probably the order to
retreat had been given the whole Fed
eral army. a few minutes later Col
ohei Hill. passing from our right
Inrough h company, said: Captain
SrloSers, can't you have that house
Durhed! and Immediately went on
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-18
NO DISPUTING.

There is no dispute of the fact that
Wyatt was the first Confederate sol
der killed in battle-that is, in a gen
eral action. in which all divisions Of
an army infantry, cavalry and artil-
lery. are engaged. There were sew
eral citizens killed in the baltimore
riots" because of their action in be-
half Of the C~onfederacy. This was
on April 10. On the Gath of May
J. w. Jackson. proprietor Of the Mar
Shall House.. Alexandria, Virginia.
was killed by Ellsworth's Zouaves, be-
cause he killed Ellsworth for hauling
down the Confederate flag which he
had hoisted over his hotel. On the
same day a member Of the Bethel
Regiment was thrown by a lurch of
the cars from the train which was
bearing it from Richmond to West
Point on the way to Yorktown, and
killed. On June LIST. Captain Mari,
Of the Warrenton V~irginia) Rifles,
was killed in an accidental sklrmlsh
at Fairfax. Virginia.
Major Jed. Hotchkiss. the historian
chosen by Virginia for the Virginia
volume Of the Confederate Military
History the official history author
lied by the United Confederate Vet
erans, says (Volume III, page 140)
1t is generally admitted that youne
Wyatt was the first Confederate sol
der killed in action in Virginia dur
ing the Civil War"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-03-12

WANTED-A competent bousekeep.
er Will pay good wages. Telephone
No. 5, Fredericktown, Ohio, If
Mrs. Charles Smith, two daughters
and son will arrive in the city from
Centerburg, their former home week
after next to join Mr.. Smith who has
been in the city for the past month
Mr.. Smith has rented the Waters prop.
erty on Vine street and the family will
go to housekeeping in that residence
Immediately upon their arrival Mr..
Smith is connected with the Fountain
Dry Goods Co.-Coshocton Times.
At the meeting of the representa-
tives of the Central Ohio agents of the
Travellers Insurance Company, held
at The Great Southern Hotel at Colum-
bus, on Friday, to meet representa-
tives of the Hartford Office 1t was
found that Mr.. Samuel H. Peterman of
this city has held the longest and con-
tinuous commission from the company
with l.. B. Ackerman, of Frederick
town, as second, and Mr.. j A. Knapp
of Marion, Ohio, as third 1t is also
brought out at this meeting that these
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-03-12

the Lawrence, Mass, strikers.
In the same room where Carnegie
and Schwab told how they juggled
millions, the Rules committee of the
House heard fathers, mothers and chill
dren tell how whole families were fore
ed TO live on So and So a week paid by
the highly protected wooden trust. The
witnesses told how they we're forced
TO work 10 hours a day; how they had
to use "a sort of molasses as sub
stitute for butter; how children had
to go in the mills at an early age in
order to keep the family from actual
starvation, and how the constant de-
mand of the mill owners was for
more and more speed from the little
children.
In the committee room sat some of
the mill children. They were fresh
from the mills, and mere glance at
them told more than spoken volumes
could tell. All had pinched faces. All
were poorly dressed, some of them
having only cheap sweater in lieu Of
coat and overcoat Most of them had
dull, expressionless faces, in which
there was no trace of color or anima.
ton. All of them, moreover, were
slightly deaf, because of their work
amid the fearful clatter of the mill ma
chinery, so that at times the commit
tee members almost had to shout 10
make themselves heard. All the chill
dren looked worn and old, as though
they had been speeded up beyond the
limit of endurance.
These children revealed, as nothing
else could reveal, that both they and
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-03-12

the American people are being cheat,
ed by Schedule X. They stood az liv.
ing proof against the theory that n
the American consumers are willing
to pay heavy tariff on wooden goods,
the manufacturers Will divide their
profits and prosperity with the work.
ers in the wooden industry. Under.
Schedule X the people are being tar
if-taxed for the benefit of few mil.
lionaire woolen trust magnates, NOT
for the benefit OF the workers In the
woolen industry.
Now that you know the truth, Mr.
Reader, what are you going to do
about It? II you do not know Just
what action to take to make your feel
Ing in the matter effective, here Is ..
suggestion: You can vote against the.
party that framed Schedule X, and for
the party that stands pledged 10 re-
duce the tariff on woolens almost one
half.
Roosevelt Would Dodge Tariff
There is every indication that form
er President Roosevelt intends 30
avoid the tariff issue In recent state
ment from Mr.. Roosevelt's headquar-
ters in New York 1t was declared hs.
would rest his case with the people.
on the issues he raised in his Colum-.
bus speech" where he ignored the.
tariff completely. Just how Mr.. Rooss-
velt proposes to relieve the people,
from paying tribute to the tariff trusts
on practically everything they buy, h.
a mystery for which the former presi'
dent has offered no explanation. Here
fore, Col Roosevelt has been stauncht
Aldrich, Penrose, smoot man on tho
tariff, and since their viewpoint on the.
tariff is not particularly popular at
this juncture, Mr.. Roosevelt has evt-
IDENTIFY decided it would Der polite to
keep quiet on the subject.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-03-12

Several selections were rendered by
the orchestra.
One OF the most pleasant features
OF the evening was the solo by Miss
Gertrude Fleming, VINO sings excep.
tionally well. Her song drew hearty
applause. The High school male quar-
tette gave several selections, being
called back time after time by the ap.
plause given by the appreciative au-
dience.
The report was received from both
Newark and GAINESVILLE and was an
nounced by Chairman Coyner. The an.
nouncements we're greeted by a great
demonstration on the part of the stu
dents. When the result of the debate
which had just been heard was an
nounced as unanimously in favor of
Newark the large audience seemed for
moment to be thunder-struck with
the brilliant oartory and strong state
ments Of facts submitted by the affirm
ative still ringing in their ears. This
was only momentary, however, and
the victorious visitors were cheered
to an echo. The platform was quick
ly filled with people and the debaters
Of each team were congratulated from
all sides.
The judges were Hon. s. M. Doug
lass of Mansfield, Judge b. F. Fresh
water of Delaware and Hon. John Nc
Sweeney of Wooster.
DR.. William F.. Peirce, president of
Kenyon College, acted as one of the
judges at Newark.