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Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
WEST THOM PSON

Miss Esther Sandstrom visited at her home here Friday and attended the graduation exercises of the Tour tellotte Memorial High school.
 Miss Lillian Flanagan closed her school for the summer vacation. Fri day picnic was held in Edward St. Marie's grove.
 Miss Mabel Young visited her par ents and brothers family at East Thompson one day last week.
 A concert will be given in the M. k. church by the children and young people of the church Sunday evening, June 2S, at 7.30 o'clock. All are well come to come.
 Several from here attended the grad nation exercises of the rourtellotte High school. Those from out of town and who were entertained at the par sonage were H. E. Buell., Mrs. Will liam Buell., Mildred Goodhall, Mrs. John Ethridge and son John, Charles Clark and wife, all of Eastford.
 Miss Louva Miller was a member of the graduating class of the Tourtellotte Memorial High school.
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
WOODSTOCK

Academy Sunday services were held in the First Congregational church Sunday at II o'clock and were conduct ed by the Eeighboring ministers. Rev. NIT. Eimquist read the Scripture les son, responsive reading was conducted by Rev. R. E. Tedford of south Woodstock, and Rev. T. A. Turner of- fered prayer. Rev. Il. A. Beadle of Pomfret preached a very practical ser. mon from the text "Work out your own salvation" A quartette consist ing Of Misses Casey and Burgess and Messrs. Casey and Sharpe furnished excellent music and two solos by Mir. Casey and duet by Mir. Casey and his sister were much appreciated A wealth of maiden hair ferns banked the front of the choir loft aud the plat. form was taslefully decorated with the ferns and the Academy colors of blue and gold. An interested audience filled the church.
 Sunday evening Rev. Mir. Harrison acceptably conducted helpful service in the chapel.
 An alumni banquet for all N. X. graduates since 1888 will be held at Lakeside Saturday evening, June t, at $ o'clock. All planning to attend should notify either William F.. Child or F. F. Rockwell at once. It is es. pecislly desirable that there should be a general attendance at this banquet at the close of Mir. Halls last year of connection with the Academy as prin- cipal.
 At the senior class reception in Academy hall Friday evening guests Nl a fn .f tatlons on account of the inconvenience ot entertaining large company. Tuesday evening nearly 100 people assembled at Valleyside bungalow by invitation of MT. and Mrs. Will Child to "shower" their good wishes upon Miss Lottie Howard and George Spald ing and also rendered them a very substantial shower of linen and tin household articles etc. Cake and ice cream were served and good time re- ported.
 Wednesday afternoon Mrs. H. T. Child entertained company of little people with their mothers and grand mothers.
 Miss Helen Percy has returned home from school at Northampton. Mrs. Grace Holt Reed is visiting her | family in Woodstock.
 Mrs. Bessie Carr Gros-Jean and son 1 are guests of Mrs. B. k. Ritch.
 k. k. Rollins and family are visit | ing Mrs. Rollins father this week. MT. and Mrs. Lawton are in town for Il few days.
 Mrs. Florence Hyde and sons have been in Woodstock the past few days.
 Mrs, John Clark is entertaining her l nephews from New York. Misses Ethel and Ida Spalding are home for the summer. Mir. and Mrs Hawkins are entertain. ing daughter and two grandchildren. A leaderless meeting will be held in the chapel Sunday evening at 7.30 o'clock. Topic, Chief seats and how i to reach them
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
Once Bitten.

The dinner-hour over. the workmen returned to their work-that is to say, to the fierce political discussion which the dinner-hour had-fortunately per aps-interrupted
 But proceedings soon reached a deadlock an ominous, interesting deadlock The arguments on both sides seemed exhausted, and nobody's convictions had changed.
 Then one of the men turned to a mate who had been silent through out the debate
 "Ere. Joe" he said, you're pretty good at argument. Wot's your opin- ion?"
 q ain't going to give no opinion" :" replied Joe Me and Jim Green thrashed out that matter last week. '
 "Ahl" said the other man artfully. And what did you arrive?"
 Arrive at, indeed!" There was bit terness and contempt in Joe's gruf voice. "Iim-'e arrived at the 'os- pital. and well, ] arrived at the perlice station!"
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
POMFRET CENTRE

The following pupils graduated from the Grammar Department of the Cen tre school June 5th and were presented their diplomas by Mir. Beadle, Eliza beth Ransom, Laura Mann, Waltel Aldrich, Lawrence Ryan, Stephen Ryan, Elizabeth Donlon, Martha Low ney, Charles Mahar, Carl Anderson Howard Baker, John Donlon.
 Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo Lowry have been MT. Collingwood Miss Belle Whitmore, Mrs. Gardiner and daug hter, Mrs. Dodge and daugh ter of Hills Grove, k. l., Mir. and Mrs John 0. Fox and daughters and Mis-. Sullivan of Putnam.
 Mrs. Robert Mackie ana children and Mrs. Kenyon sail this week fol Scotland, where they will spend the summer.
 The Holy Name society held an in. teTesting meeting in the Hiberninn hall sunday evening, the speakers were Rev. Er, Eadie of the Hartford Catho lie Theological Seminary. Fr. 0. keefe of Plainfield, Admiral Good rich Judge Thompson and MT. BeadIe of Pomfret
 Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton is to be the leading speaker at the meeting at Pomfret Neighborhood Association House on the evening of Monday June 22nd. Mrs. Seton is the guest of Miss Boult of Pomfrel.
 Mald Carpenter of Putnam was the guest of Anna Furlong last week.
 Anna Furong spent the week end with her school mate Maud Carpenter of Putnam.
 Miss Olive Davis of Smith College is home spending the summer vaca. tion with her parents, MT. and Mrs. +. 0. Davis.
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
How Customs Change!

If some of the notables of ancient times were living now, how differently they would acti
 Noah would charter an ocean liner. Nero would step into the parlor and turn on the photograph, while Rome burned and the heather ragged. Ben Hur would pilot a 60-horsepower rae ing car and spin around saucer tracks. Jason would hire the great detective to find the Golden Fleece, Instead of going after 1t him self. Icarus would mount to the sun in a Bleriot monoplane, without fear of it's wings melting off. Napoleon would invade Russia in Pullman pal ace car. Demosthenes would go on the Chautauqua circuit. Cain would plead circumstantial evidence, self defense and emotional insanity.
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
WOODS FOCK VALLEY

Every pupil and a number of parents from this district No. 9 attended the graduation at Woodstock Hill last Fri day night. The following pupils had perfect attendance for the whole school year:
 Walter Clemens Arthur Stahl Walter Keith Ethel Stahl Earl Keith Marian StahI
 School closed on Saturday with Flag day exercises and picnic at Crystal Lake.
 Miss Marjorie Hammond graduates from Westboro High school this week
 MT. and Mrs Chas. WalterBen who have purchased the Benj. Jackson farm, recently occupied by Michael Seller, have moved there this week.
 Miss Florence Kenyon and Mrs. Josephine Bartlett are at w. :. Ken. yon's.
 MT. and Mrs. Ernest Lyon are the happy parents of 3 ib son born last week.
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
THOM PSON

Members of the Thompson Thimble club are rehearsing play, "How the club was formed.n which they expect to give Saturday, June 27, in Town hall.
 The Thompson grammar school closes Friday of this week.
 Sarelia Rhodes and Frank Foisey spent the weekend in Thompson to take in the graduation and picnic of fourtellotte school.
 Mrs. Sarah Truesdell has come to her brotht r's, Arthur Mills, to make her home this summer.
 The Quadic school closed last week Friday with a picnic in Mary Greens grove. The scholars presented their teacher, Emery Munyan, with a s5 gold piece
 The suffragists held meeting in the Town hall Monday night, very few present.
 Winthrop Ballard and family visit. ed Mrs. Floyd Bowen Sunday.
 Children's Day services were well attended Sunday morning in the Bap- list church which was very prettily decorated with flowers. There was a good program of recitations and sing. ing.
 The prayer meeting Wednesday night was postponed on account of the Northern Baptist Convention held in Boston this week. The pastor, Rev. Brewer Boardman will be prepared to give us little talk on it next Sunday.
 The Ladies' Aid met with Mrs. Will. liam Chase Thursday afternoon.
 The Congregations church is being painted by Steeple Tom, as the chil- dren call him.
 The Baptist parsonage and barn are being shingled, Burt Pettis doing the work.
 f Miss Hattie Knight returned from Danielson Monday.
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
CITY CONQUERED BY ANTS
All Living Things in a Jsmaiean Town Were Driven Out
 or Eaten

The paragraphers throughout the country are having fun with the little red ants that Mrs. Morse brought over in a box from the other side. and the careless customs officers al- lowed to escape. It is obvious that the jokesmiihs knew very little about red ants. That box of ants may be- come a menace to the city of New York. The ruins of q splendid city. on the north coast of Jamaica remain as evidence of the devastation that red ants are capable of causing An army of the insects invaded the city one day and drove away every living creature. animal and human. that could escape. Prisoners in the jails and bedridden patients in the hospi- tals were devoured. Not even a rat or chinchbug remained alive.
 In Liberia and other parts of West Africa anthills as large as native huts are found The large black ant is the builder of that sort of home. Such anthills are not unknown in this coun- try, although they are rarely so large: but the black ant rarely invades houses He is scavenger and Is pro tected by most farmers. At the north ern end of Greenwood lake I remem- Der to have seen two such ant com munities, with hills six feet high. When I asked the manager of near by hotel why he didn't destroy the in- sects, he replied that they were of keeping away many pests-except rat tiers, which are foes of the black ant and feed upon them.-Julius Cham bers, in the Brooklyn Eagle.
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
NORTH WOODSTOCK

Childfen's Day exercises will be giv- en in the church in this parish next sunday at 10. 45 a. m. All are cordial lv invited to come.
 Miss Winifred Potter is spending a week in Freeport, Maine, where she is camping out with party of college friends.
 George Frink and wife have been entertaining their cousins, Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Briggs of Minnesota. MT. Briggs has just completed an eleven months tour among foreign mission fields and expects to deliver lectures on the subject.
 Mrs. Wendell Witter and daughter Dorothy are in Providence this week.
 Mrs. Abbie E. Child of Putnam call ed on friends in town last Saturday, taking Miss Irvan Dixon home with her.
 Mrs. Ruth Weld is the guest of her brother, William Brown, for whom she is keeping house while his wife is in New York.
 Mabel Kinel who has attended school in the English Neighborhood has not missed a days attendance nor d years, record to be proud of.
 Otis Lyon, aged about 17 years, died after n short illness from pneumonia at the Day Kimball hospital last Mon- day. His parents and younger bro- ther survive. The funeral was from the home of William Gager.
 Mrs. l.. J. Leavitt is entertaining Mrs Grace (Church) White of Doug las who came to attendithe graduating exercises at the Academy.
 Luther k. Rawson received word of the death of his brother Joseph E. Rawson, which took place at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Eugene Beaudry on Sunday. MT. Rawson's childhood home was in this town, but the greater part of his life was spent in Putnam He was S1 years old and leaves stwo daughters, a brother and sister, Mrs. Ellen Torrey of Central Village.
 Edgar k. Trask's place has been sold to MT. Todd from Rocky Hill. The sale was effected through the agency of the State Board of Agriculture. MT. Trask has bought the Lombard place which is nearer to his business.
 Mir. and Mrs. Ernest Rice of Barre, and Mrs. Carrie (Paine) Curran of Southbridge were the guests of friends here last Sunday.
 Mrs. Charles Snow entertained for the week end, MT. and Mrs. John By an of Putnam, and Augustus Racine of Brooklyn.
 Guests at Echo Farm this week are Miss Lucy Reed of Whitman ,and Ray mond Stafford.
 Flora's Night in charge of Miss Nell lie Jennette was pleasantly observed by Woodstock Grange last Tuesday evening.
 The John Richardson farm has been sold to MT. Deming of Rocky Hill.
 Assistant State Forester Albert k. Moss who is making survey of the forest lands, eamped out at Lakeside over Sunday. His wife was with him.
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
Paint and Not

Paint was so high the last few years the market was flooded with trash. What is trash?
 It looks like paint and pretends 10 be paint, but isn't worth painting. It costs a painters day y's-work to put-on a gallon of paint, good or bad; and a painters day work is 5 or s4. Aod that to the price of gallon. That is the cost of a gallon. Deyoe is S5 or s6 gallon and trash half dollar less.
 But Devoe is all paint and more too you add oil to it; gallon is or 6 quarts of perfect paint for the painters pot. But trash is three-quarters two thirds or half paint; you pay half dollar less for nobody-knows- what-it- is.
 10 gallons Devoe is enough for the average job; it takes l5 to 20 gallons of trash. And the wear same way. Unfortunate Iy, they look alike when first put on.
 DEVOE
 H. l.. Burt sells it.
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
EASTFOKD

Miss Mildred Buell. is visiting her uncle and aunt, Rev. and Mrs. John Miller in West Thompson.
 Charles Clark and wife visited friends in Putnam and West Thomp' son Saturday and Sunday. They at tended the graduation exercises Of the Tourtellotte Memorial High school at 6rosvenordale Friday evening.
 Rev. Frank Chamberlain is visiting his sister in Southbridge.
 Mildred Buell., 8 years old, has at tended school three years and has not been absent one day.
 Rev. and Mrs. John Miller of West Thompson were in town Tuesday.
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
The Soft Answer.

It Is hard telling just what attitude to take with regard to the allegations and alleged misstatements and unkind remarks of other people. It does not pay to be too thin skinned. Besides. the other fellow may have been mis quoted: and even if he said it, this saying sometimes does not make 1t so. Ignoring a thing of that sort brings 1t turns bad feeling into good There Is a book that says: "A soft answer turneth away wrath. Los Angeles Times.
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
Names in France.

Naming a child is a more serious busiaess in France than in this coan- try. No child in France can be given a name which does lot occur in the official calendar of s.ints. As this comprises 13.000 nance the range of choice is fairly wide, blt the restric- ton makes 1t impossible to bestow family names like Smytne. Robinson, etc, ss English and Americans are increasingly fond of doing. French parentl. however. may select any name, male or female, irrespective of the sex of the child, and there are hundreds of Frenchmen who bear the same oi Mary.
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
Porr.aae UnIustly Aeeussd.

It is asse~ted and also denied that porridge was the cause of Thomas Carlyle's ruined digestion. Sir Rich ard Quain said porridge had nothing to do with his ruined digestion. Sir Richard stated in the British Medical Journal of November g. 1855. that the wretched dyspepsia to which Mir Car lyle was subjected was fully accounted for by the fact that he was particular ly fond of very nasty gingerbread. Many times have seen him sitting in the corner smoking a clay pipe and eating this gingerbread"
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
Progress.

"The rolling stone gathers no moss," is a timeworn proyerb. but, after all. 1t may we'll be questioned whether moss gathering Is the high est use to which stone can be put. The stones that grind the meal for mans bread are not less valuable because they are uncoated with moss and the man who refuses to move along the road of general progress or heipfulness because it may inter- fere with his chance to accumulate for himself is not an ideal citizen.- Selected
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
Biblical Proof.

An old negro. who was the only Baptist in the neighborhood. always ''stuck up for his own faith. and was ready with d reason for 1t. although he was unahle to read word. This was the way he eput 'em down." "Yo kin read. now. kaint yougH Yes Well, l spose yo' read de Bible haint you ?" Yes "Yo read bout John de Baptis', haint yo'g" Yes" Well, yo' never read bout John de Mefodis, did yo' 2"
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
How's This {?

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Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
QuINEBAUG

Mrs. Arthur J. Holland and son Leroy Iof iPaseoag, R. l., spent the weekend with Charles Aldrich and family.
 Mrs. Herbert Richardson and sons of Whitinsville are at Nelson Richard : sons.
 MT. and Mrs. Elias Bates called on relatives in Leominster, Sunday.
 Mrs. Fred M. Dodge, Oakland, R. l., is spending d few days with Charles Aldrich and family.
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
 ah Thlrr Arart :,

Yes Love is to man a thing part and woman bad better be rec lnc.led to the idea If il were not so, low could he be the alert business success. the ample proyider for the leine. that he is Yet woman expects ln this of him. Remember, we can not eat our cake and have it, too. The man who was always lover would be a business failure.-kansas gitv Star
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19

For any itching skin troubles piles, eczema, salt rheum, itch, scald head herpes, scabiess Doan's Ointment is highly recommended. 5Oc box at all store. adv
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19

nIS1RICr of Putnam ss. Probate Court D June 18th A. D., 1914
 Estate Of sarah <. kgan, late of fi nam deceased
 Upon the application of Nellie NJ. Egan, praying that an instrument in writing pnr- porting 10 be the last will and testament of said sarah E. Euan, dt ceased, may be proved, approved, laowed and admitted 10 probate. Ordered, thai said application be heard and de. said district on the 25tb day of June, 1911 al 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice he given Of the pendency Of said application and the time and place of hearing thereon, by pub fishing d copy Of this order once In aews paper published tn Putnam and by posting copy there. of on the public sign post in the town of Putnam nearest where the deceased last dwelt.
 Certified from Record
 25 EDWARD c. WRIGHT, Judge
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19

Wealth. Wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought--Ycung.
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
Beneath Wisdom.

Revenge is always the weak pleas ure of a little and narrow mind Juvenal.
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
"Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
 July s, 9 and 10

from 9 o'clock d. m, to 3 o'clock D. m. If not paid within the time ples cfibed legal fees will he charged.
 JOSEPH Nick AGHN F., Co lector of Taxes for the city Of Putnam.
 Dated at Putnam, Conn, June i6, IaII
Putnam patriot., 1914-06-19
CITY TAX NO ICE

A warrant having been issued to me for the collection of taxes levied on the Grand List of the City of Putnam, for the year 1918, which are due and payable on or before July s, t9l4, ac. cording to section 2393 of the General Statues, notice is hereby given that Tor the purpose of receiving such taxes 1 will meet all persons liable to pay taxes due said city, at the City Coun. ciI Room, Church street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-01
A Changeless Land

Napoleon gave hardly more time than
the conventional tourist spares for Alex
andria. Most of his army did not even
see the city but were marched around
It toward the Nile where he himself
FASTENED to overtake them in their ad-
vance on Cairo
While the tourist today Is enjoying as
comfortable and interesting a train ride
of three hours and quarter over the
ls9 miles of rail between Alexandra and
Cairo as he oould wish, the unohanging
landscape of Egypt passes before his car
window like reel OF moving pictures IN
a photo play of the reign of Pharaoh.
For time has altered nothing In all the
200 generations and more since the first
faint light of history twinkled I'M the
Egyptian darkness. The same patient
race OF blue skirted fellahin are still seen.
scratching with their wooden plows the
narrow strip of rich soil between the two
deserts that lie in fun view on either
hand laboriously turning the ancient
water wheels. Their lives and ways seem
to be no more touched by progress than
are those of the heavily burdened strings
of camels which hump along. and Just as
sad and uncomplaining.
After 5000 or 1000 years OF sowing and
reaping. planting and harvesting in this
classic garden and granary of the world,
the tillers still go forth to their little
fields from the same bare mud novels as
in the days of Rameses There Is nothing
TO show the man in the car window for
those 60 20 centuries of labor in this
luxurious delta. which yields two fat
harvests year; nothing to show for all
the billions of wealth II has produced.
/ saw no manor houses seated In their
parks such as adorn and explain the
poverty of rural England. and | detected
no signs of the coming and going of rich
landlords at the stations. The towns, eX-
cept a few with big warehouses or fac
tories looked as mean and dreary as the
farm villages The mosques are poor
looking affairs. and even the Khedive
himself Is virtually "a bankrupt, with an
English keeper in his palace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-01

glances up as they hurry by to catch
the train for Cairo.
Alexander came one day with n party
of Greeks and then Pompey and Caesar
blew in with personally conducted eX-
cursions from Rome next day Antony
came along, making eyes at the girls, and
dallied awhile with Cleopatra. Then Con
stantine brought a party of Christians
only to be followed by a lot Of Mahome-
tans under the management of Omar,
after which Saladin and the Mamelukes
and the Turks in turn stepped up and
registered. They all saw the Nie the
Sphinx, the Pyramids, the temples and
the various standard objects of interest,
and then, having exhausted their hotel
coupons, hurried on.
Napoleon had no more than landed with
his French, each grasping his round-trip
ticket, than party from England rushed
in at their heels and. insisting they had
reserved all the accommodations. crowded
out the F'renchmen. The English are
still here doing the country, but, like
all the rest, they are travelling ON linn
tied tickets, and Egypt, smiling the in
scrutabe smile of the east, inquiries,
why worry?"