Putnam patriot., 1916-02-25
THOMPSON

regiment Of which her nephew is an officer.
 Miss sesSy r. Mcclellan is a visitor at Miss BeeOe's.
 Mir and Mrs. Hascnll of Boston were guests at the Vernon Stiles sunday.
 Dr and Mrs. Gardner Miller were visitors in town onM ashiaston n's birth- day.
 Ar. and Mrs. (. E Searls arrived home from their Southern trip Tues day.
 (. <. Sheldon spent Sunday wiih his family in town
 George N Dexter spent Tuesday wilh friends out of town.
 Mrs. Clara Cutler is assisting Mrs. Ann Knight who has been il the plst week.
 Although Friday afternoon WIS fal ny, il being parents day at the schools many parents 0f the scholars at Bfan- dy Hin were visitors at the school.
 Mrs Grace Noble has finished work. ing as housekeeper at Thomas Ryan's and gone out of town.
 Letters received from Rev. Brewer Boardmau, q former pastor ef the Bap list church, now in FlOridH, where he is engaged in assisting fellow minis ter in establishing church even to applying himself to working with the builders on the building to worship in, but finding time to enjoy the pleasures that go with that climate and make it enjoyable, such as bathing, etc.
 A large truck heavily loaded with furniture belonging to the party who purchased the II. S. Morse property, which left Boston Friday, arrived in town Saturday noon after severe tri al in getting on in the snowy roads; finally they had to call for the assist. ance of the horses of ClitfordGreen and George Ross, they having to go to West Glocester and draw the load to Thomp son, also helping it oil few miles on its start for home.
 Sarelia Rhodes was weekend visi tor at his fathers, Everett E. Rhodes.
 Mrs. Augustus Appelt and little daughter Thelma, were visitors with Mrs. Appelts father, Thomas Ryan, on Sunday.
 August Stevenson has returned to his farm on Brandy Hill and is managing it again himself, his son having vaea ted It and gone 10 Putnam to live.
 The schools in No. district, Gros. venordale, Mrs. Corinne Chlld and Miss Sybi Pettis, teachers, were taken on sieighride Thursday afternoon by MT. Ryan with his four horses and sed lie has been engaged by several other parties, one being com pany from here on Friday night 10 Putnam 10 attend the Elbs' dance going in single sleigh.
 The old saying among the farmers that "Candlemas day means half your corn and half your hay" seemingly would not apply this season as very many loads of hay are being earted by some who are we'll supplied to others who were short in the crop last season.
 The sleighing of the past week has created a demand for seighs. One of our residents who has had one adver. lized for sale all winter had buyer since the last snow storm, and again two persons made happy, the seller who had no horse and the purchaser who had d horSe but no sleigh.
 Joseph Adams who has been en gagged Ht the Vernon Stiles the past year is now living at Brandy Hill and chopping in the woods for Mr. Ryan. Charles Peterson fills hIs place at the hotel.
 Tony Vito gave sleighride to his employees and their families Thursday evening It being bright moonlight night auded much to the pleasure of the event.
 Washington's birthday like that of Lincoln WAS observed by the display Of the stars and stripes i'll many places in town.
 The carpenters and painters are still engaged in finishing up at MT. Dart $ place, the Miss LnTneC house.
 Lowell Davis has returned from Bos. ton where he was treated for a cataract on one of his eyes. The operation has not proved quite up to MT Davis eX pectations, but he says scan see fifty per cent better with it than he could. He Is 10 go agaIn in a few weeks for further treatment.
 It is reported that Louis Converse has sold hls farm near Fort Hill on the Providence road to ! Putnam parties The tenants, Percy Gutter andWilliam Chase, are to vacste Joy the first oi March. The scarcity of lenements in the place is always felt when new pur-  owners of quite lot of real estate Is contemplating putting several house | lots on the market this spring, thus giving opportunity for people who want to build and own their house. Moses Spinney has rented the tene- ment in Paul Augur's house on School st, and is to go to housekeeping soon. The record for having an early bunch of trailing arDutus must be given to Charles Whiting of Buck Hill who ap- peared at a social gathering one even. | ing last week with fine buttonhole bouquet. This may seem trfie in- creditable but with little explana- l ton it will not be hard to believe. In drawing out wood from the woods in January under one Of the piles he un- covered little bed of the flower plant 1 which he dug up and took home and ransplanIed in the house. This &C., counts for his being able to appear thus carly with this almost first wild flow CT of spring.
 Mrs. Florence Lowell, the houseaeep. CT for Mr. Segur at Brandy Hill, who went home 10 Worcester sick with the grip about three weeks ago, has return- ee and is again with Mr. Segur keep. ing his house.
 The snow storms this winter have been so gentle in character that the snow falling on the roofs oi the houses has caused no little damage. In melt ing of so slowly it filled the .eave- troughs with water which froze the ice forming dam backing up under the shingles, the water doing much dam ! ha al