Putnam patriot., 1913-01-24
Editorial Scraps

President-elect Wilson has not offer cd William J. Bryan or any other eiti- zen a place In his cabinet. This he made plain when, in hslf-hour talk as to the makeup. and the manner Of selecting his cabinet, he said he would offer no place to any one until he had entirely completed the selection Of his cabinet.
 Frank w. Lynch of Hartford, the messenger selected by the electors Of the state of Connecticut, called at the room of the president of the senate last Wednesday and deposited the vote Of the state for Wilson and Marshall. He received the sum of ss4.75, being at the rate of 25 cents per mile for the 335 miles between Hartford and Washing ton.
 William Boone Eldred, who believ- cd that by eating gallon of moiasses a week he had prolonged his life many years, died at the age of S7. He ate molasses on all his food. When 70 years old Eldred began riding biey- cle for exercise, and according to his own figures rode 20,0o0 miles during the past IT years. lie was descend ant of Daniel Boone.
 Four thousand men who handle freight in New England for the New Va.b Nau, IIa.on an1 lIaytfarj fha Boston and Maine and the Boston and Albany are to receive A boost In wages. For six months they have been peti- tioning the officials of their roads for an increase in their daily earnings. lAt Boston Thursday, according To dis- patch, 1t was announced that a wage increase of l6 cents Il day is to take ef- feet tomorrow.
 Two indictments charging the Illegal transportation of milk from Connecti- cut points to Boston were returned against the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad by the United States grand jury. The first indictment &hafktc tbiitsNiOhS bA milk from Hampton and Abingdon, Conn, while the second alleges that the New Haven road failed to file tar ifs for such shipments.
 Raymond Nicholas Landry Poin- care, for the past twelve months premier of the French cabinet, was elected president of the republic of France at Versailles last Friday by the national assembly, composed of the members of both chambers of par lament In succession to President Ar msnd Fallieres, whose seven-years term expires February IS.
 Mailing bricks from New Brunswick. N ], is one way of throwing them at The post office department.
 General Coxey when he startd his army of hoboes on hike to Washing ton never dreamed that he was setting a precedent for the great woman suf- frage movement of a later generation.
 The governor,eleet of Illinois left Chicago hotel where he had gone for breakfast because the charge for cup oi coffee was 30 cents lie has recently been through fairly expensive cam. paign.
 In Creek Nation there are three neighbors who have enough children to keep good school going. They are w A. Bohnger, Ed Lewis and l.. l.. White, each Of whom has thirteen children, making Il total of thirty-nine In the three families.
 War on high prices for butter was declared by the housewives league at New York. "lt has been determined" t" says the executive committee in it's appeal, "that there is plenty of butter in the market and that new butter is coming in well The freezer butter was put away at p and 2 cents and could be sold at profit at 3O to g cents for the best Ne find sthat but. ter can be secured at from 50 to 82 cents a pound, but this price is not general. The high price of butter is unwarranted and we are therefore notice to our members throughout the country To decrease consumption in butter AS rapidly as possible, using ss substitutes jellies, fruit, apple but ter and jams
 As a result of severe snowstorm in the Wood River district, Idaho, seve- raj passenger trains are stalled, wires are down and cattle are perishing. For two weeks blizzard has ragged, entirely isolating several points from communication. The snow is six feet deep on the level.
 The franchise bill prepared by the radicals now in possession of .the Brit ish government is a manhood suffrage bill. It's enactment will add 2, ,oe0, 600 men to the British electorate--will make every grown man in the United Kingdom, not an idiot, or insane, or disfranchised for felony, voter