Putnam patriot., 1916-09-15
Damage tU Corn by Frost and
 Blasting
New Chimney for Congregational Church


 severely by the frost in the early part of The month. Fields in other sections Of the town have the appearance of being blasted, the cornslalks being sf- flcled with something that gives them the appearance ef being frosted, but the blast or blight comes on gradually beginning al one edge of the field and slowly but plainly extends in every direction until the whole piece Is ai- fected. Only one piece Of field corn thus affected in .this locality has been observed by your correspondent IL is quite interesting to observe how rapid ly iron, day to day the leaN es fsde out, giving the appearance of being useless | for fodder. SCme of the stalks were cut by one person whose garden sup ply was thus affected snG given to his
 cows who did not refuse 10 eat it with a relish.
 Miss Lewis is spending few weeks
 out ofsewn with relatives. Dr. Bufhetle spent the week end
 with his family, coming in his aato-
 mobile on Friday.
 Although George A Vaughan has . established himself in business in Pro-
 sidence he has not slaeket ed in his in- terest in keeping his summer place ti-
 died up in Thompson. Laoorefs have
 been engaged about the premises and
 house the past week.
 Carpenters are engaged in compiet. Ing some wor on The building at Mr. l Covell's.
 Thomas Ryan, with his daughter, l Mrs. Emily Appet of Webster and l family, spent few days at his farm in North Woodstock.
 Rev. William Chase supplied at the 1 Congregational church on sunday an d , has been engaged by the committee for the remaining Sundays of the month.
 Mrs. k. M Knight is spending a
 few weeks in Princeton, Mass. John Bayer, an employe at Sunset l Hill Farm, returned from St.Nincent's 1 hospital, Worcester, Thursday, where 1 he had been undergoing surgical treat ment He is very weak but is gaining
 strength slowly.
 l The club house at the golf grounds l is being rapidly constructed, and as it | progresses in being put up looks as l though il woald be attractive as well
 as ful.
 The next meeting of the Thompson 1 w. C.T.,U. will be held at the home of Mrs. Hattie sherman in Thompson 1 Brandy Hill DistIictl Mrs. Hattie I sherman and Mrs. Edna Stevens
 hostesses. Topic, Vacation echoes and March of Prohibition The treasurer,
 Mrs. John Ransom, will be present
 and glad to receive membership fees
 from those who were not present at | har h.a .. good attendance.
 "The Four Young Menn from this village will hold a social dance in the l Town Hall this week Saturday even ! ing. A good time is assured to all who attend.
 Mrs. Charles Davis is at the home of ,her daughter, Mrs. Percy Cutter, near Fort Hill farm, who is quite ill.
 Leroy Allen of Dudley who deals ex 1 tensively in furnishing telephone and telegraph poles and who has shipped from West Thompson several hundred since last fall, has the past week load i ed and shipped from that place five
 carloads of thirty and thirty-iiVe foot | poles. NIT Allen handles these long
 poles very handily and having his boy
 lad about twelve years old to assist
 him beside his team, and says any 1 further help would be in the way | Manager William Flannigan of 1 West Thompson who has charge Of | the line of telegraph through Themp
 son fc the Postal telegraph company | has e1mpleted the work of putting the l line in order for the season, by strength
 ming the poles and trimming the trees that are apt to interfere with the wires during severe stormy weather l through the winter.
 | Our citizens are hoping that this | section of the town will be represented l, on the board of selectmen nolwith 1 standing that there are three nomina- | tions from the western section of the l town and only one from the center or l eastern section.
 A speciss meeting of the grange was held on Monday evening. Mrs. Augustus Smith (nee Miss l Flora Anderson) on returning in heT | automobile to her home in Phiiadel' phia from Cape Cod where she has a cottage she has been occupying through | the season, stopped in Thompson al l the Vernon Stiles few days. A new Chickering piano has been ] purchased by the grange from Wor- eester dealers and was delivered at the hall on Wednesday.
 Miss Martha K night is visiting Mrs. | Yandal fnee Miss Hosfordl in Jaffrey N. H. Mrs. Yandal was visitor a 1 few days in town and Miss Knight ac eompanied her when she returned to | her summer home in New Hampshire. An outing and beef steak dinner i.a.ts of the grange on "Wednesday at North | Woodstock at the home of Thomas Ryan. Members of Quinnatisset grange are l looking forward to another most en ] joyable event. There will be dance
 at the Town Hall, Saturday tevening,
 September 18th. Come and bring your friends.
 .'Look for theldate of Standard Sew ing Machine Demonstration soon at Shawis" adv Randolph II. Chandler, drs. C. l.. Knight and Miss Mary Ross were visitors in Worcester on Saturday.
 The prayer meetings al the Gongre. gslional church that have been dis pensed with through the vacation sen son were coIlmenced again Thursday evening.
 Miss Augusta Elliott gave party to
 the young people on Thursday epen- ing.
 George J. kaine, Miss K kaine and Ellis Kirby with chauffeur anu auto
 mobile Of Santa Barbara, California, are stopping at the Vernon Stiles a few weeks.
 Our fruit peddIer states that he ex-