Putnam patriot., 1913-08-01
William E. Davisou was in Woor socket Saturday.

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 Raymond Kennedy returned Thursday from visit in Bridgeport.
 Mrs. Luther NJ. Keith and son All Ian are visiting relatives in New Jer- sey.
 Thomas Light and family of At tleboro, formerly of this city, are the guests of relatives here.
 Mrs. H. c. Meinken of Fremont street is entertaining her sister, Mrs. B. Edwards of Orange, N. J.,
 Miss DeMerritt, a former teacher in the Putnam High school, is the guest of Miss Frances L. Warner.
 Miss Verna Fuller, who has been a guest of Miss Florence Stubbert at Crescent Beach, has returned to Put nam.
 -Timothe Tetreault, Prosper Vie- gard, William Vandale and Adelard Viens motored to Rocky Point Sunday and'had shore dinner.
 Rev. Andrew J. Mcleod, former pastor of the Congregational church in Central Village, died last week in Maine after an illness of several months. The burial was ih G-roton in this state Saturday.
 M. NJ. Dwyer was in Boston Sum- day attending the final meeting of the committee of arrangements for the national convention of the Knights of Columbus to be held in that city the week of August 4th.
 The body of James Burgess, found dead at his boarding house on Elm street, was taken from the tomb and b1ried In Grove street cemetery Fri- day. No trace of any relative of the dead man can be found.
 Rev. George D. Stanley will go to Jewett City next Sunday to preach an anniversary sermon to the mems class of the Methodist church there, where he was formerly pastor, ex- changing with Rev. Samuel Thatcher
 
 Bathing is being permitted at AL exander's lake this summer while the water is not being used for drinking purposes by the residents of Williams vile, to which village new line Of pipe is being laid, and another sport is thereby added to the pleasures lat the popular resort.
 The PATRIOT has received from the International Harvester Company of America a fly swatter that is handy for office or home On one side is the company's advertisement and on the other the following: Either man must kill the fly or the fly will kill the man, Swat the fly.
 The Whiteside-Strauss stock con- pany, is to rehearse its list Of plays in this city during the first two weeks in August, having the privilege of the To- cal theatre from Manager George NJ. Fine. The company travels through the eastern section of the United States.
 Tho following clerks in the Bug bee store are having their vacations: Miss Nada Carpenter, who with lher friend, Miss Ada Buckley, is visiting in Providence; Misses Catherine and Rachel Brady, George Lewis, Misses Mary Hickie and Alice .daynard; Miss Hickie at Oakland Beach, and Mrs. Catherine Holland in Worcester.
 There is something in Avon air that tends toward long life in man and beast. Seventy.four years ago C. k. Woodford carved his initials on the shell of a turtle, and few days ago MT. Woodford while out walking, met the identical turtle. The date and let ters were as legible as the day they were carved. Mir. Woodford will be s9 years old in October.
 The supreme court has handed down a decision favorable to Antonio Vito, contractor of Thompson, in suit against the town of Simsbury for work doneI Vito was awarded dam- ages in the superior court. Defendant appealed and now the decision IS sus- tained by the appellate court. Searls X Russell were Vito's attorneys.
 Albert Parmenter, 2l, and Miss Della Reynolds, 20, both Of Webster, were married here Thursday by Rev. ho ri of age, was obliged to return to Web ster after first coming to Putnam to get the written consent of her parents before a marriage license could be issued here, but she did this and came back the second time during the after noon.
 Joseph Labelle, who played with the Webster team against Shrewsbury in Saturdays game, is batting with all of his old time consistency this season. In Is games he has hit the ball for percentage of .359, and before experi- encing a slight falling of in his bat ting in the last two games was hitting At .409. Labelie was formerly with the Dayville and Putnam teams Of the Eastern Connecticut league, but is now living in Danielson.
 An important economic discovery in the shape of an inexhaustible bed of giant scalIops otf the Atlantic coast has just been made by the United States bureau of fisheries. Dr. Hugh NJ. Smith, commissioner of fisheries, reperted the valuable find to Secretary Redtield. This bed of big edible bi- valves is said to extend all the way