Putnam patriot., 1913-07-11


 Perry c. Griswold of Westboro was visitor in Putnam over Sunday.
 Mrs. c. E. Pratt and infant son are gnests of her parents in Williman. tic.
 John A. Moran of Providence was in Putnam over Sunday, the guest of relatives.
 MT. and Mrs. George NJ. Fine were guests of relatives in Worcester over Sunday.
 -E. l.. Kelley and wife have been entertaining Harold Drown and wife of Somerville.
 Rev. F. D. Sargent was called to sharon Saturday to officiate at the fu- neral of relative.
 -Horatio Brown has recently enter tained his granddaughter at the home of Mrs. M. G. Leonard.
 Geo. l.. Waters and wife of Brook lyn, N. r., are visiting his sister, Mrs. Marsh of Grove street.
 Rev. B. F. Benoit will preach in French at the Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock.
 Robert Brownie has left his posi- tion with NJ. k. Joy and is working for Expressman Reynolds.
 Miss kirchkessen of Canton, NJ ass., formerly of Putnam, has recently been the guest of Miss Warren, Grand View.
 MT. and Mrs. G. A. Hammond, Oak Hill, are entertaining Misses 1sa- belle Breckenridge and Edna Phinney of Northampton.
 Mrs. Hiram Brown, Oak Hill, left Wednesday for a three weeks visit with relatives in North Brookfield, Worcester and Pascoag.
 MT and Mrs. c. M. Durand, Jo- seph Rivard, ST., and Mrs. Maxine Hickie, left Tuesday afternoon to visit relatives in various parts of Canada.
 Miss Grace Sylvester, a former teacher in the Putnam High school, has accepted fne position for the next school year in the Bronx, N. Y.
 Mrs Carrie B. Gascoigne has gone to Toledo, Ohio, where she will visit her daughter. Her son Ransom is also making his home with his sister dur ing the summer vacation.
 Ms. Alphonsine Page, who at one time kept the store owned by M. J. Lynch, died at San Diego, California, June 26th, aged 50 years, 9 months, and days. Burial was in San Diego. Advertised Letters, July s:
 GENTLEMEN
 k. c. Deming, Conaro Massimino.
 LADIES
 Melle Marie Bocquet, Mrs. Lillian Hatch, Mrs. John R. Walker, Mrs. Alice Shells, Mrs. Lucy R. Every, Mrs. Ella NJ. Mason, Miss Mar Per kins.
 A. G. Warner w. R. C., No. as, will meet with Mrs. C. S. Al0ee on South Main street for a basket picnic Thursday afternoon, July l7th. A large attendance is desired. The w. K. C. will also hold food sale Friday afternoon, July 25th, on the lawn of Mrs. Joseph McKachnie's home on Elm street.
 Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich, retired, of the United States navy,who has taken up his residence in Pomfret, will occupy the pulpit of the CongFe- gational church Sunday morning. The subject of his discourse will be "Ear- nestness.u ? The Admiral delivered this address before the students of Pomfret School and all who heard u were deeply interested in it's message:
 A. w. Bowen, milk inspector, Is most carefully attending to the duties of his office during these scorching days when milk needs close watching That MT. Bowen is alert is indicated by the comment of one milk man who was jokingly asked why he did not put some water into his milk to help out on a supply ithat is exceptionally short in all towns hereabouts at the present time. "We might be able to do that if Bowen wasn't so everlast- ingly on to his job, /" was the way that producer sized up the situation.
 Down at RockyPo on the Prov Idence river where the regular oid Fields Point shore dinners are served to hundreds daily is a place called Harrington's, which is under the man. agement of Charles E. Lyon, a former East Woodstock boy, The place. mas an enviable reputation for its fine dln- ners, the strange feature being that It is managed by man who was brought up many miles from the sea. People from this section who go down the river for a clam dinner now and then, find Harrington's one of the pest  places on the river.
 Great interest is being shown Tn the plays to be given next Saturday evening at the Town Hall in Thomp- son, for the benefit of the local Village Improvement society. The first play will be very up-to-date farce, "Ho" 1he vote was won," dealing as the name indicates with the much dis 'cussed suffrage question. Whatever your convictions, you are sure to pc entertained in seeing how Horace Coie meets the situation. The other play Is an old one, "The Box of Monkeys, but the fun is of the perennial kind and always causes allaugh. As before