Putnam patriot., 1914-09-25

him from Danvers not only the Rox- i bury Russet bu. also hound Of most superior qualities. One by one the younger and less wiiy wolves fell b. fore the prowess of such hunters as Putnam, the Grosvenors and the sharpes.
 The grand finale occurred in the winter Of i74Z 3. when at the end Of three days hp1t that old three toed she devil. long the terror of the country side. met her death in the horad re- tesses of the Wolf ben. The den and i the hook upoa which her carcass w8s 1 suspended, while the hunters were celebrating, at Che old Kingsley house in Arlington, remain to te seen n proof to. this day. The French X Indian war broke out ia I755 and lasted fof eight years. The supply Of l wolves having given out, the hunting of French end Indians rom the North. ern borders proved equally diveriiug and Pomfret sent many of her young i men on this service. Israel Putnam returned with the rank of Coionei and 1 John GrosEeuor and Zebulen lngalis i that of Gaptsiu. This war furnished military training 10 many men in New England who afterwards turned ! it 10 good account iu the var against old England
 During tbis period Inc population Of Pomffet VI rapidly inefef sing as E proved by the fact that upon thr ad. jacent farms in Abingdon thirts-three children were growing up. An ogtfet for Is excess population was found in l76l in the settlement of Pomfret, Yer mont the first inhabitant of which wss Benjamin Durkee of Pomfret, with his wife and five children.
 The next diversion to be offered to our ancestors was the Revolution. The passage of the stamp Act in 1765 was the signal for n vigorous protest. The current rhyme,
 "What greater pleasure can there he
 
 tree1
 though somewhat lame In metre, ex- presses with emphasis the feeling of the people towards this attempt to tax them unjustly. Nathan Frink, Kings attorney of Pomiret, was appointed stamp master for Windham County but he never dared to take office.
 Tn l767 the town voted not to use ar ticles imported from England Pom fret's reply lo the Boston Port Bill, an Act Of Parliament of 1574 closing the port of Bos on - all mmerce, was to contribute 230 sheep for the relief of the poor of that city
 The population of Pomfiet In l774 was 2366 Almost to q man they were agreed in opposition to England. Mcef ings were held, resolutions were pas- sed and the excitement burned at fever heat. Col. lsfnel Putnam opened an inn Tn the south part of the town, in the present village of Brooklyn, which sl edily became the headquar rs of the opposition in eastern Connecticut. Military companies were seon formed and preparations for the war, which seemed inevitable, were made.
 The great need was for gunpowder and lead IS these articles had i'm. ported from abroad up 10 this date. Saltpetre for the manufacture Of gun ,,a,s,iar ,t-as n, oJe f, a,orv faru, yard Heaps of decaying organic matter mixed with lime were allowed to tif ment, the residue washed and treated with solution of wood ashes, from this mixture there crystalized Co preci. ous saltpetre. One man would bring in 2o0 los, another 500 lbs This was conveyed to the powder min at Wind ham, where powder was made at the cost of several explosions due to ans teurs in the art of powder making. 1 Lead unfoftenai aly could rot be made but all clock and scale weights were collected and run into bullets. The | Lexington alarm now followed and ran like wildhre through the country, Col. Putnam left immediately for the scene of action. The soldiers oi his regiment assembled in Pomtret 1000 strong aud awe'led orders. A letter from Putnam at Concord dated April 2l was received staupg that Connecti- cut was called on for 5000 men. There fore but part uf his regiment Wes ordered to lhe front at thi, time. Pom. tret's quota WIS s9 men led by Capt. Ietu ulon IngaiIe As the investment of Boston progressed Putnam reg.- menl, the ad Connecticut, appears to have been drawn upon to it's tult strength. We find the following of, tieers from lPomiret on duty at Cam bridge. 3d. Conn. regiment;
 Col. Israel Putnam.
 Israel Putnam, Jr, Capt.
 Thos. Grosvenor, Amos Avery, Sam Robinson, Lieutenants.
 Caleb stanley, Ensign.
 stephen Reyes, Commissary Capt.
 McClellan's Woodstock troop of horse had the following off ers from Pomfret;
 Lieut.. Reyes.
 Corporal, Seth Grosvenor.
 Clerk, Albigence Waldo.
 A detail ot 900 men from Putnam $ 1 5..{t,s.,,t f.s,trhf al fhss hatf3a .,f Itnn