Putnam patriot., 1916-11-24

ne baptist parsonage is in the nanos oi our local painter, .Fred Her l TICK, to be painted two coats outside. fie has also the paper and painting on tue inside Of the Congregational parso. mage 10 do.
 A silght fre at,the residence of MT, owenson in the Brandy Hill district was extingu..shed before much damage had been done.
 heV. MT. Kellogg supplied the Con- gIegalionai pulpit on Sunday. A ra- .hef smere than ,average attendance Whs present who by their close atten. .,oh al times seemed rapt as the thoughts Of the preacher were set forth.
 Several men in the employ of the Vito Construction company are en- gaged on the premises of Dr. Miller cleaning the different lots of stone and rebuilding the wall on School street.
 The Justice courts in the town have been unusually active this week. On friday morning Justice Chandler had case Of ihtoxication in which after a plea of guilty the accused received a sentence of So and costs Having no money he WAS committed to Brooklyn Jail. Immediately after the judge was called to North Grosvenordale where there were nine cases on the docket, seven Of them being against youths who had been stealing lead and copper flushing from the roofs of some of the Com pany's buildings and selling it for Junk to MT. Beauregard. The other case was against Beauregard for the part he acted in the matter as dealer in n n xlytf hT,t were lined s apiece while the total cost to Beaufegard was about S70 On Monday morning at the court room on the hill case was before Justice Ryan. A hired man in the employ of George F. Ross was charged with assault up- on Mir. Ross. He was found guilty and paid fine and costs. We have learned since that he has changed his place of employment.
 Clerks Foster and Stalstsr of the To cal store have been on the sick list the past week.
 A grass fire on the farm of OlinNich. ols at West Thompson on Wednesday called out the fire warden with force of men who quickly had it under con- trol.
 Painters are engaged in painting the town hall.
 The executive board of the Imrrove- ment Society held meeting Wednes. day evening relative to turning over to the Thompson fire com pany the re- gently purchased chemical engine We feel that with the two chemical en. zines our community is quite will pro- tected in case of fire.
 A COW belonging 10 Mrs. Marvin Fl liott recently slipped and broke it's hip and was killed on Wednesday.
 Mrs. Ella Herrick spent Sunday at her son Franks in West Thom pson it being Mrs. Frank Herrick' s birthday.
 A tribute to Mrs. Olive sayIes Black mar will appear next week.
 Henry Draper having finished his labors at Mrs. Henry Elliott's ,where he has been engaged through the sum- mer is expecting to enter machine shop in Worcester for the winter, hay ing visited that city Tn response to a call for his services the first of the week.
 Joseph Andrews came from the hos- pital Saturday and is stopping st c. l.. Knights. Joe, as he is familiarity called is getting better very fast and hopes to be able to get about his work before the weather gets too severe.
 Miss Mildred Knight entertained her Sabbath school class in the paTlor Of the Congreg stional churchSaturday. Games and singing were the features of the occasion. Waters and ice cream were served.
 MT. Gladding of Providence has been frequent visitor to the work be- ing done about his premises the past week.
 School superintendent F. N. Barber preached at the Baptist church Sun day morning, and Rev. MT. Smith of North GrosvenordaIe in the evening.
 MT. and Mrs. Dart are in New York for few days.
 Rev. MT. Hazelton is spending a week in Boston and will attend the meetings of Billy Sunday.
 Miss Hattie Rawson, who has been engaged at Mrs. E. F. Thompson the past two years, has finished her work there and will accompany her parents, Wyman Rawson and wife, when they move 10 Worcester.
 The spirit of patriotism is to be kept up in our schools without regard 10 who was elected president. The flag pole at the Center district having rot ted off near the ground has been taken down and reset by our selectmen.
 An interesting program at the grange Tuesday was participated in by the mem bers several of whom read papers on the influence our personal appear ance has in town and home. Several piano selections were given by Miss Edith Fox also singing by the male quartet of the grange.