Putnam patriot., 1913-03-14


 recess.
 Deputy Sheriff George F. Hol-
 brook was in Norwich Monday.
 The High school will:close Friday 1 for the Easter recess of one week. Mrs. Ernest B. Kent is i'll with
 ptomaine poisoning.
 Miss ldarietta Reid has been visit ing in Providence.
 Miss May Evans of Sunnyside en- tertained about sixteen of her friends on Wednesday evening.
 Mrs. Christie of Laurel street has
 her daughter from New York as guest.
 Miss Julienne Sansouci has been
 attending the millinery openings in
 New York.
 -The Common Council met Tues.
 day evening and adjourned one week
 without transacting any business. Edward D. Warren and wife of Providence spent Sunday with rela- tives.
 George H. Ryder is on Cape Cod this week tuning church organs in Chatham and other places. David Law returned Tuesday to
 his home in Buda, Ill., after visit of
 several weeks with his brother, A. N. Law.
 l Mrs. A. E. Colcord of Portland, i Me-, is expected to arrive Saturday for
 visit of several weeks with her par ents, MT. and Mrs. l. w. Trowbridge. Miss Alkaline Chabot cordially in- vites you to attend her Spring milli-
 nery opening at her place,of business
 on Canal street this week Friday and 1 Saturday.
 1 Attorney Charles l.. Torrey has 1 been at New London this week repre-
 senung the defendant in an action for
 personal damages for injuries before
 the Superior court.
 Alderman J Harry Man recently
 received beautiful gold watch from
 his son Jerome or New York. The
 watch is a Swiss movement and strikes
 the hour and quarters so that the time
 may be aseertained in the darkness.
 -LeRoy Davenport and wife, who
 have made their home in Nebraska, 1 have been visiting the formers par i ents, H. H. Davenport and wife, in
 Pomfret, and calling on friends in Put nam. They will go from here to Phil | adelphia to reside.
 Wolf Den grange of Abingdon, Se- nexet grange of Woodstock, and Quin- natisset grange of Thompson, were rep l resented at the Neighbors' Night of
 Putnam grange Monday evening. The
 visiting patrons furnished an enjoya- ble musical and literary program Re treatments were served. A real estate transfer recorded Wednesday shows the sale to Ernest
 k. Torrey and Olin w. Torrey by Ellen Dougherty of her farm at East Putnam, near where the Torrey bro' thers are owners of many fertile acres. Michel Ducharme of West Thomp- son came to Putnam Tuesday night to call on friends in the north end of the city. As he was leaving to go home he stepped upon a covered cesspool
 which gave way and his leg went through. He sustained dislocated knee cap and other injuries. Henry Johnson, who has been
 patient at the Day Kimball hospital since Thanksgiving day when he was seriously injured in the local railroad | yard. left that institution today and will make his home with his daughter in Providence. His recovery is con- sidered marvellous.
 At the request of the police of At tleboro John J. Maloney was taken in-
 to custody by Putnam officers Tuesday night. He was wanted for ideserting his wife and six children. An officer came for him Wednesday and he re- turned willingly. A brother located l the man in mill boarding house here and communicated with the Massa- chusetts authorities, who asked for his arrest.
 Everett E. Brown of Pomfret was in Worcester Wednesday attending the annual meeting of the Massachu- setts Fruit Growers association as re- presentative of the Connecticut Far | mer, of which he is horticultural editor. In the evening Mir. Brown was a special guest at the annual re- | union and banquet of the Worcester 1 County Horticultural society.
 The grill room of the Putnam Inn was opened for business last week. There are tables, booths, and a private l dining room. There is probably no
 better appointed place to dine in any ! small city in the state. Other improve ments are being made by Landlord Rogers which will give Putnam the | best hotel in Eastern Connecticut. The Odd Fellows at their meeting
 on Tuesday evening worked the first degree on three candidates. There was l a large attendance to witness the work. The Odd Fellows orchestra furnished the music. The committee on the wis.,
 it to Stamford on the evening of March 9. read a letter from Puritan lodge
 stating that preparations were being
 made to entertain them in royal style. | The committee wishes every member