Putnam patriot., 1917-11-30
Told in Thompson


 Carpenters Broughton and Johnson from Quadic have been engaged in putting up the storm entry at the post office.
 Thomas Ryan has shipped from Quinebaug station two carloads of baled hay from his farm in North Woodstock.
 The change in temperature from an Indian summer last week to one of Is degrees above Sunday morning, l9 on Monday and on Tuesday, has glad dened the hearts of the youth who are frying the frozen ponds with their skates.
 The meaning of what the war is do- ing for the communities III New Eng land in the cost of living can be judged somewhat by the increased tax of three dollars on carload of coal which ar rived at Thompson station last week for our local dealer, Thomas Ryan.
 Miss Mildred Knight in company with Mrs. ElmerBates of Bates Grove, spent Friday with Mrs. Bates aunt, Ms. Hezekiah Conant, in Pawtneket. The meeting of the Junior Red Cross on Saturday at Miss Mabel Petefson's $ was well !attended, there being about iDlTly present. NeW D1eHlotIs hie continually being enrolled.
 The almost entire absence of birds at this season of the year is being noted. by our citizens, the cause for which has been advanced might be in the ai- most universal custom of spraying the fruit trees in the spring, which may destroyed the birds as well as the bugs and worms.
 Emil Bayer was the recipient Sun day of d beautiful hand knit s~eater from his sister, Miss Theresa Bayer, 1t being EmiPs tweniy-thifd birthday
 The closing of the hotel for the win Ter has made 1t necessary to install stoves in the store and post office they having previously been heated from the hotel furnace.
 Manufacturing services were held al the Congregational church. Ihls Is the first year when il has been unnec- essary to specially call it union ser vice as union services have been held since the burning down of the bapHst meeting house last January The reg ular Thursday evening meeting was omitted.
 Miss Lewis accompanied her cousin, Miss Russell, to her home in Ohlo, leaving on Tuesday Miss Lewis Is expecting to remain away most oi the ulnteI. The library will be conduct ed during her absence by the assistant librarian, Miss Munyan. This IS the first time this house which has been her home has ever been closed since II was built in the early part Of the last century.
 The large squash that has occupied a place on the counter in the hotel ot- fee for the past six weeks for the pur' ,+,se of allowing. persons to guess on the number of seeds 1t contained, has heen cut and found to contain 42s seeds. The guesses ranged from De- low 100 to over 1000. The prize oi one doIlaris worth of tobacco for the near est guess went 10 Mr Huiznga, The weight of the squash when 1t was brought to the hotel was said to have been 80 pounds, and was from the farm of Frank Herrick of WestFhomp- son.
 The covenant meeting of the Baptist church is to be held with James Con verse on Saturday evening.
 Contractor Knight has crated and shipped to New York two costly old fashioned gilt frame mirrors and mahogany stand for Miss Rusher.
 The annual custom of reading the Thanksgiving proclamation of lheGov- ernor was carried out by the Rev. "in. Chase at the service Sunday
 Mrs. Leo Welch, Mrs. Wm. Leak ana Miss Mildred Knight, visited Miss Nellie Ryan at the Memorial hospital in Worcester on Tuesday and report her as still improving.
 William Lyon of Brandy Hill has been suffering from severe cold me past two weeks.
 The improvements that have been ID nrogress al the Dr. Gardner IL. Mitlef nIsee are 10 be continued by the build mo of new division wall near the residence of John Nilks-
 Josiah W. Dike has secured accom- modations al Mir. Hutehins' since me closing of the hotel. He is expecting ID spend d few weeks with relatives in Auburndale.