Putnam patriot., 1913-01-31

Bowen of Worcester spent Sunday at their homes here.
 Mrs. Blanche Cote of New Bed ford has been the guest of Mrs. Charles Tetreault.
 pr. NJ. k. Sharpe of Uxbridge was the guest of his parents, Dr. and Mrs. w. H. Sharpe on Tuesday. Mrs. Charles Tetreault attended the installation of officers of the ladies' council of the St. Jean Baptiste society at Baltic Sunday.
 The annual meeting of the w. C.. T. U. will be held at the home of Mrs. Mary Gardner on Friday afternoon. A full attendance is desired. Miss Louise I. Davison returned Saturday from a two weeks visit with her brother, Arthur C.. Dayison, at Peacedale, k. 1.
 The T. A. & B. society are plan ming for a valentine whist Thursday evening, February 18th, in the club rooms.
 Mrs. Charles K. Shaw of Paw tucket and Mrs. F. Raymond Gilpat- ric of New Britain, are guests of their mother, Mrs. Mabel A. Randall.
 Arthur Gorceau and family have returned from visit of several weeks with relatives in Derby Line, Vt, Stan stead, Rock Island, and Sherbrooke, P. c.
 Representative Archibald Macdo- nald has introduced in the house Of representatives bill ito recompense Antonio Vito of Thompson for work done on state road in Connecticut. A freight car filled with the mag azine sections of Worcester Sunday paper was hauled from New London to that city Saturday afternoon at tached to local passenger train.
 Hon. G. A. Hammond will be in New York Friday evening to attend the annual gathering of the Old Guard. veteran military organization at Madison Square Garden. Harry Holbourne of Mechanics vile was brought to the Day kimbail hospital Tuesday morning suffering from an attack of appendicitis and his condition is serious.
 During the fire Monday morning, William Fuller, foremon of the Mans- field hose company ran a nail into his foot. After the wound was dressed he was back at work again.
 John A. Lamb, for sixteen years boss weaver for the iGrosvenordale company has resigned to accept sim liar position in Newmarket, N. H. As token of esteem and regard his em- ployes presented him purse of money.
 Alderman J. Harry Mann has an- nounced that he is candidate for judge of the city court and will have his name presented to the legislature. Judge Fuller is also candidate to suc- ceed himself. His present term of off, flee does not expire untilJanuary 1914.
 Advertised Letters, January 2S:
 GENTLEMEN
 J. F. Ryan, Rssaire Durocher.
 LADIES
 Miss Mabelle Woodward, Mrs. Mary Mathewson, Mrs. Mary Warren, Mrs. Fuller, NJ IS. Pier Paul Mrs. Alesc Far- tier, Miss Angelina Guerive, Mrs. Et- ta Miller z.
 At the banquet of telephone em- ployes at Norwich last Thursday night Wire Chief H. A. Lord, Charles T. Thayer and Miss Alice sherman of this city were among those who re- ceived Thermos bottles as prizes for getting a number of new subscribers.
 -G. A. Hammond of this city and Representative II. H. Davenport of Pomfret were among those from this part of the country who are to attend the annual banquet of the Mckinley association at the Hotel Taft, New Ha. ven.
 R. NJ. Johnson, Edward Johnson, and Levi Hastings, have gone to Will limantic, where they will take posses sion of Young's Hotel. They were for mer proprietors of the City Hotel here, and are expert hotel men. They will without doubt give the Thread City a first-class hostelry and Putnam people wish them success.
 The icemen are slowly losing hopes of getting supply this season. One dealer when asked if he thought an ice plant would be installed said that he did not as it would entail too much ex- pense. He thought it would be better to buy what is needed, as he is now doing to supply his customers.
 No new cases of smallpox have been reported here during the past week, so there is hope that the very few cases that have developed in the past few weeks will mark the extent of the appearance of the contagion in this city. Every precaution possible under the circumstances has been ta- ken to prevent the spread of the dis ease, which has not caused any general degree of unrest here or in this vicinity.
 Following are the delegates from Masonic lodges in this section to the session of the grand lodge to be held at New Haven next week Wednesday and Thursday: Quinebaug lodge, this city, George Miner, Clarence Chase, Attorney Mshlon H. Geissler; Putnam lodge of Woodstock, Harry Wells,