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Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-03-01
FIRE ON WOODSTOCK AVENUE
Ladder on Truck Broken When Ma
chine Skids

An alarm from box is called the
fire department to the home of Omer
Bernier on Woodstock avenue. Tues
day afternoon. The frt was in box
of old rags and was put out with
chemicals and by throwing some of
the material out of rear window.
Little damage was done
Hose No l truck did not turn the
corner at Bridge street but kept north
on Elm street. When near May street
the truck skidded in rounding the cor
ner, and ten ladder on the side hit a
pole and was broken.
After the fire was out the fremen
stopped at the box opposite the Bap-
fist church to pull in the all out sig
nal but pulled it wrong and sent in
the regular alarm again Ralph f
Thurston saw the trouble and pulled
the alarm in right.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-03-01
MAXIMUM FOOD
SUPPLY IS COAL
IN BIC CAMP AICN
Farm Bureau Membership Effort
in March Brings Strong DecIar-
alton From Federal Food Ad-
mIniStrator ScoWiIIe and Rally
Call From State Council.

Viii he opening If the statewide
Farm Bureau Membership Campaign
on Monday. March j. Connecticut takes
The first step toward SECURING Tie $40
600 which will insure adequate SUD
port and trained leadership for food
conservation and production in every
county IN the state
The raising Of tbs fund viii insure
the continuation of mfea States an.
preparations amounting 10 Slo0oe lEi~
year for tine same work. and the reg5.
lar state and county appropriations Of
81 oO0 10 each county annually
The need for raising these funds is
made apparent in the statement nude
by Federal Food Administrator SEQ
vile To the farm bureau presidents ef
Connecticut last week when he said
The United States Food Adminstra
tion of Connecticut relies upon you To-
put acroSs a program which will In
sure the maximum production and
conservation of food In your county
If you are not organized To do tins
or II for any reason your financial sit
uation prohibits. you must lake imme.
diate steps 10 remedy the condition In
order that there shall be no breakdown
Of the machinery at critical momen-
and no stacking of the work for lack
of funds
This declaration coupled with the
resolutions of HE Connecticut State
Council Of Defense declaring The farm
bureaus Indispensable, and calln4
upon the war bureaus and ail euer
gency organizations 70 rally to theie
support. have put it squarelN up To-
the farm bureaus % prepare to handle
tho food production and conservation
problems In their counties his year
The ability If the farm bureaus to
do this, according to hullefm Is
issued from the Connecticut Aericul
mrnl College by / G Davis stat,
leader of county agents. depends en-
tircly upon fine recognition ana sur
port which latd organizations and in
dividualS in Ihe county give the farm
bureau
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-03-01
T VIl On III D
JOHN O. FOX & co.
NOTICE CONCERNING THE Elk.
ANIMATION FOR TESTERS
OF MILK AND CREAM

In accordance with the provisions
of Chapter 221 of the Public Acts of
1917. notice is hereby given that ex-
aminations of persons who may en-
gage in testing any milk or cream to
be sold to the public on the basis of
butter fat content, will be held Tues
day, March 5, 1918, at HOO A. M, at
the Connecticut Agricultural Expr-i-
ment Station, New Haven, and at the
Division of Dairy Husbandry. Con
necticut Agricultural College. Storrs.
Detailed information will be supplied
by addressing the Dairy and Food
Commissioner State Capitol, Hart
ford. THOMAS HOLT, Dairy and
Food Commissioner. 9
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-03-01
CONCRETE EXAMPLE OF STATE
TRADE SHOP BENEFITS
Graduates Get Good Positions With
Good Pay.

The best evidence of the benefits
of the training received by pupils of
the State Trade Shop is the way the
graduates obtain good positions with
good pay.
Raymond Mann of Pomfret who
recently completed his course in the
machine shop. went to Providence to
seek a position. He went into one
of the large shops in the city and the
foreman put some plans in front of
him and asked him If he could read
them
Sure" SAID the young man. 4 can
read them
Can you read these" said the
foremen. placing some more plans
before HIM"
YES. sir, can replied Mann.
Well that's more than many Of
our employe, can do. SAID the fore
man.
The Putnam State Trade Shop
graduate was hired and started in at
So a week
Two other boys have recently been
placed IN positions at $1,000 a year
to start If these same boys had gone
out to seek employment before they
took their course they might have got
ten a chance to learn the machinist
trade at few dollars a week with
long apprenticeship ahead Of them.
OF course they could have entered a
mill and made possibly fifteen dollars
a week Now they are earning good
pay with a chance for advancement.
This shows the benefits Of manual
training as nothing else can. The
Putnam State Trade Shop is doing
excellent work ana fitting young men
for good positions.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-03-01
SUPPLYING PICS
TO APPLICANTS
OF STATE COLLEGE
John A. SlmmS Anticipates No Diff
ticulty in Meeting Demand for
Backyard Pigs as a Source Of
Cheap ELECTROMAGNETIC
for Good Family Garden.

rs resuli vi Tie Increased interest
ia backyard p-~ rs Il source of cheap
food am increasing number of he
qurte~ ary coming e. the office OF tire
Committee If Food Sdpply of the Con
ucCtlcut State Council OF Defense aSh
iug whether or NOT such pigs can be
located. John 4 SinhnS of the con
neeticut Agricultural College. who has
this work iu charge tor the Food Com
mtttee has been able 10 supply pi@
in every instance where they have
been asked for and declares that he
anticipates No difficulty in meeting the
demand ANY boy ~ girl desiring to
take up this sort Of work a part ut
their Junior Food Army wesN and Who
is unable to secure the pig in their
home community viii be assisted in
locating enc il they viii address the
Committee ef Food Supply, 36 Pear
street. Hartford. Conn.
The home gardener this year should
take pains 10 grow staple food crops
IN order 10 secure maximum returns
yor he work cone. says the home gar
dens department II the Food supply
Committee. Peas. onions, cabbage,
beets carrots. potatoes, turnips, eohl
,ahl. snap or shell peas, sweet corn
and tomatoes. with possibly hin ~
winter squash. are recommended as a
good combination for the family gar
den The uncertainty Of tmnSperta-
lion and the need fcr placing orders
for seeds at once j. also pointed cut
by the department.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-03-01
BOSTON. WHITE WOMAN
WEBS CHINAMAN AT PUTNAM
Continued from Page One)

man sharpened up his pencil and
waited. He waited just as Annie did
that April day almost year ago, bat
went to bed that night only to dream
Of his story and wonder what now
blocked the path Of the frances from
old Mass.
It was not until Wednesday after
noon that the story broke. While
the newspaper gem was not in at the
nuptial ceremony he was not far be
hind the bride and groom that lad
led him such a merry chase Soon at
ter Annie became Mrs Toy he was on
the spot. Not much to chronicle III
the way Of ceremony, but just as
binding as if there had been Oachel-
or supper for the groom, linen
shoWer and farewell tea for the bride
seqeraI maids Of honor. flower GIRLS
and an array Of 9shers Flower
rice wedding breakfast and tour Of
tae continent would not have made
Anne and George one any more than
d5d the few words Of the justice be
fore whom they Acknowledged the
contamination Of their contract to
marry
And so another record was hung up
in our cosmopolitan city-a China
man and a white woman united n
marriage It has been known before
not frequently, but known, but never
before IN old Windham county so far
as We know, and certainly not in Put
nam.
Just how the match came about is
not known for a certainty. From re
marks dropped by the bride It APP
peared that some time age Miss Wiler
had Mr.. Toy in her Sunday school
class and as she instructed him in the
Sunday school texts and the teachings
Of the Bible. they came very close to-
gether The close association, as they
say in story books, ripenea INTO love.
and from thence sprung romance
that carried them from Boston to
Webster and from the kitchen Of the
Webster chop suey restaurant to the
altar, after a road of obstacles and
disappontments had been tfaversed.
On the marriage license The bride
gave her name as Annie Wiler, age
e, residence Boston, employment
preserXer.
The bridegroom gave the nams
George Toy. native Of China, son Of
George Toy HIS mothers name he
did not know After the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs Toy left for somewhere
and will make their home at son e
place.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-03-01
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the There is
only one way to cure catarrhal deafness.
and that is by constitutional remedy
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an In
famed condition OF the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube When this tube 10
tnfiamed you have a rum bling eound or I'M
perfect hearing, and when X is entirely
closed. Deafness is the result Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored to its normal condition. hearing
will be destroyed forever Many cases of
iuhamed condition OF the mucous sur
faces Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood On the mucous surfaces OF the
system
We will give one Hundred Dollars for
any case Of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine. Cir
culers free. All Druggists. 15c
+. J. CHENEY & co, Toledo. o.
Adv.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-03-01
Interesting Locals
ADVERTISEMENT

Marry the girl and we furnish the
home Racieot Bros, Complete
House Furishers, successors to New
York Furniture Co, opposite the R.
r. Station, Putnam, Conn.
Miss Claire Bonneville announces
the opening of a millinery shop over
the store of Alfred Bonneville on Elm
street, with entrance through the
tore. The very newest hat NODES
for spring wear are being shown and
your early inspection is invited. adv.
Prepare for the Spring ride Look
over your auto. Then call and see
ur line of auto supplies. We can
ave you money Let as repair or
yulcanize your old tires; work guar
4nteed. ? A. Gardner. Putnam
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-03-01
MASS. SERGEANT
loft. 6 In. TALL
Gibbons, Connors and Stretch
Edwards Shorties Compared
to This Soldier.
Sergeant William G Vaillaneourt Of
Ame.bury Overtops Them All.


The fatrlots al nan contest
has received considerable recognition.
We have had sent N a clipping from
pos,on ,a,er Ubicb carries pir-
uy.n:. r y.;u.
Wv = -
court. ne Is ten rect ana 81 i''' NO
tall and is shown towering over three
people Of ordinary size and, as it IS
s.s4 hat the camera doesn't lie. there
-. D.. -. .t...z-
81 TINS giant F".'''''''9''' =
and half inches taller than Pfts@st
Gibbons Of Fort sloeum. the talIest
800. Tho Patriot has beraIded 70
l...= .5a,.at4te- ez,sz..r#5.
A''.a
four 5aetez t5zn.
tbs tIf zsreeant ! y connected
Hlth Tie na- altai corps and . station
ed Al For Bliss, Texas He wears
boots number 4zEE, SAID to cover II"
largest feet IN the service. On az
count VI the nigh price Of leather the
sefReaut's monthly pay gets a big
dent each time he has 70 purchase new
boots. and on account Of rough army
service this is often
Six feet o inches tall we'll proper
toned and weighing at one time 34O
pounds although he has now trained
down to go, Sergt Vaillancourt Is
Yefitable Viking Of the old Morse
times. Stripped, he measures as
inches across the chest and has a four
inch chest expansion. To match his
boots, he wears No. IA gloves. When
0 years old he was SIX feet tall, and
was considered a freak who could not
| live When he was in the sixth grade
in school his father took him out Of
school because the teachers would not
i furnish him with a chair and desk
large enough.
When z years old he enlisted with
| the coast artillery band stationed at
/ Boston, where he played the snare
drum After three years he was trans
fetred 70 the lth infantry and served
rs drum major until recently, when he
was transferred 10 the hospltA corps
When his command went 10 Arizona.
in 1918. he weighed $40 pounds. but
long hikes took the surplus FAT off and
he Is now hard and solid at 265
pounds
My father and mother. said the
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-03-01
The Onspeak LUX.

This expression came into general
use during the bulgarian agitation OF
lS76. ca its appearance in a published
letter II Carlyle'S 10 George Howard.
NJ p dated November - The un.
Speakahle Turk should he Immediately
struck out ~ the question. and the
country left 10 honest European guild
ance.' II was not the first time. how
ever that Carlyle had made use OF it.
In 1881 nearly nifty years before in
The Westminster Review" Ne -. in
m article on the "Nihelungeu Lied.
he makes mention ~ that unspeak-
able Turk King MachaboL"
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-03-01
PARENT-TEACHERs MEETING

At the next Parent Teachers meet.
lng, which viii be held March l2tb
Henry Morrison, assistant secretary
eff the State Board OF Education. Will
speak on Requirements Of Modern
Education "
Before the regular meeting a husi.
ness meeting Will be held.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-03-01
DRAFTED MEN PRESENTED OUT
FITS.

The drafted men that left Wednes
day we're presented outfits of knitted
goods. sweaters. socks aud wristlcts.
by the Red Cross. The Gcrcle dad
Naaeemeut presented the French cam
adian boys with comfort bags.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-03-01
MEETING POSTPONED

On account Of slight misunder-
standing in the matter OF dates the
meeting Of the Home Service Com
mittee and the Civilian Relief Com
mittee, to have been held Wednesday
evening. will be held next Wednesday
evening. March 9th. in the Chamber
Of Commerce rooms.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-03-01
TOO MUCH SUGAR IN PUTNAM
That Is What State Food Admins
traitor Says.

Last week Putnam received los
barrels of sugar There was joy.
Then came the announcement from
the office of the state food admins
TRAITOR that Putnam had received
more than its share of sugar Oh,
gloom.
A ruling that not over thousand
pounds could be sold to retail deal
CT at one time had been overlooked.
Putnam eonsignees were allowed to
keep ten barrels each. The rest is
held subject to order
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-03-01
Antique Furniture Wanted

l want to secure for my personal
use the following pieces of ANTIQUE
furniture: Bonnet Top Highbov
Old Cononial 4-Post Mahogany Be3
Chest Of Drawers; Queen Anne or
Colonial Mirror; Banjo Clock. Write
me about what you have. I viii eaII
in my car. IRVING BROMLEY. 51I
Westminster St, Providence. R. /
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-03-01
AUCTIONEER

Wanted Everybody to know ]. f
Talbot Is Graduated Auctioneer and
will &c you the highest prices for
Your goods. Just give him a trial and
be convinced. Residence. 20q Grove
St. Putnam, Conn. Tel S9-5. 1890
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-03-01
AT AUCTION
On Thursday, March z, 1918


complete Disposal Sale of the
horses. wagons. harnesses, blankets.
sleighs and miscellaneous articles us
ed BY the Putnam Foundry & Machine
Company.
This will be a clean sweep, as these
articles are to be replaced by an auto
truck
Sale will be held at the Foundry
stables. Mechanics street, Putnam
Terms cash. If stormy sale will oe-
cur on the first fair day.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1918-03-01
FOR SALE

Genuine Rosewood case. upright
lang al 8, slightly used; also Angelus Pi-
go 60 aver The outfit would cost
; oO today. No reasonable offer viii
Is refused. R. Q. c., care Patriot
If
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WANTED

GU to come to Putnam and buy or
rent farm or city lot. Farms worth
sI,ooO to $40 900, lots from s4O0 IN
souo. Also would like your order for
nursery stock, field and Garden 500
80 80 ana pear trees from % to 40
-, go, seed corn 81 per peck. A linz
H quantlty OF bean and other seed.
nay nave taken $1,000 worth of orders
anu want yours. A. B. RANDALL.
9-12
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FOUND

A new bit, on Wilkinson street
Owner may have by applying al
The Patriot office
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] c WITTER. AUCTIoNEER
Office and Auction Rooms, No. -
Main St. Danielson, CT.
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The Patriot is Putnam's Popular
Paper Subscribe now
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WANTED

a. nan il, 10 work on farm; also to ped
fa~r ,l,iiA n Putnam. Married man pre-
P s5isIi house on place. Apply to
''onGhl LOWE, South Woodstock.
~
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WANTED

small second hand cook stove Nc
uee'iers' Inquire at PATRIOT office.
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CARPET WEAVING

The old fashioned rag carpet weav-
laS, on the old time home loom. 45e
yard, MRS. {. y. GILL. Hampton
Conn. o31
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MACDONALD & WILLIAMS
PROPRIETORS

Entered "a Second Glass Matter at
s,e Postoffiee at Putnam, Conn, &C
~~rding to the Act Of Congress
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-09-06
CHAPTER x.
Experiences In Belqium.

I think that one of the worst things
I had to contend with in my journey
through Belgium was the number of
small bitches. They intercepted me
at every half mile or so, sometimes
more frequently. The canals and the
big rivers l could swim. OF course, l
got soaked to the skin every time l
did it, but l was becoming hardened
to that.
These little bitches, however, were
too narrow to swim and too wide to
jump. They had perhaps two feet of
water in them and three feet Of mud,
and 1t was almost invariably a case of
wading through. Some Of them, no
doubt, I could have jumped If l had
been in decent shape. but with a bad
ankle and In the weakened condition
in which l was, it was almost out Of
the question.
One night l came to a ditch about
eight or nine feet wide. l thought l
was strong enough to jump 1t and it
was worth trying as the discomfort /
suffered after wading these bitches
was considerable. Taking a long run,
l jumped as hard as 1 could, but l
missed 1t by four or five inches and
landed in about two feet of water and
three Of mud. Getting out of that
mess was quite a job. The water was
too dirty and too scanty to enable me
to wash off the mud with which l was
covered and 1t was too wet to scrape
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-09-06
DO NOT APPEAL TO VISITOR
Writer Frankly Expresses Feeling Of
Disappointment at Sight Of Build.
inas Within kremlin Walls.

To me none Of the ten churches with
in the Kremlin walls is impressive.
Ivan Veliki towers the highest, but 1t
is far from imposing. writes Maynard
Owen Williams in the Christian Her
aid. From one side 1t resembles a tow
er rather than a church. yet 1t has no
such quiet dignity rs n finds in the
Kutah Minar, near Delhi. or the tow
ering dome Of st. Sophia with its
fanking needle minarets. The other
cathedrals are dropped around with
careless abandon and a nice disregard
for the cost of gold leaf. but none Of
them dominates a visits or gathers
about itself the other masses in pleas
ing array. The Kremlin Is a mighty
whole. composed Of many unimposing
parts. Its long red walls and splendid
gates produce an effect Of simple
strength which cannot be found within
their portals.
The interiors are as disappointing
as are the groups Of domes which dis
tinguish the exteriors. None IL large,
none is truly intimate. The effect IL Of
surplus gilt and multiplicity Of saints
which remind n of the gopurams OF
India. Spindle-shanked saints, whose
emaciated figures seem too weak to
support their gilt haloes. alternate
with knights In armor.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-09-06

of. I just had to wait until 1t dried
and scrape 1t of then. ... .r 4.
In many sections of Belgium through
which l had to pass / encountered
large areas Of swamp and marshy
ground and rather than waste the
time involved in looking for. better
underfooting-which l might not have
found anyway used to pole right
through the mud. Apart from the
discomfort Of this method of travel.
ing and the slow time I made, there
was an added danger to me In the fact
that the squash. squash" noise which
l made might easily be overheard by
Belgiana and Germans and give my
position away. Nobody would cross
a swamp or marsh in that part of the
country unless he was trying to get
away from somebody, and l realized
my danger but could not get around 1t.
1t was a common sight in Belgium
to see a small donkey and a common
ordinary mich COW hitched together,
pulling a wagon. When l first OBJ
NCo AK
thought it was a donkey and OK or
bull, but closer inspection revealed to
me that cows were being used for the
purpose.
From that I was able to observe
there must be very few horses left In
Belgium except those owned by the
Germans. Cows and dOnkeys are now
horses and mules. Altogether / spent
nearly eight weeks wandering through
Belgium, and in all that time / don't
believe I saw more than half a dozen
horses in the possession Of the native
population.
One of the scarcest things In Ger
many. apparently, is rubber, for I
noticed that their motor trucks, or lOr.
ries, unlike our own, had no rubber
tires. Instead heavy iron bands were
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-09-06

fields l came to a road. 1t was one of
the main roads of Belgium and was
paved with cobble stones. On these
roads you can hear a wagon or horse
about a mile or two away. l listened
intently before l moved ahead and
hearing nothing concluded that the
way was clear.
AS emerged from the field and got
my first glimpse of the road, I got the
shock of my life! In either direction,
as far as I could see. the road was
lined with German soldiers! What
they were doing in that part of Bel
GUM I did not know. but you can be
mighty sure I didn't spend any time
trying to find out.
Again 1t was necessary to change
my course and lose a certain amount
Of ground, but by this time l had be-
come fairly well recOnciled to these
reverses and they did not depress me
as much as they did at first.
At this period of my adventure, If a
day or night passed without its thrill
l began to feel almost disappointed,
but such disappointments were
rather rare.
One evening as I was about to swim
a canal about two hundred feet wide,
l suddenly noticed about one hundred
yards away q canal boat mOored to
the side.
1t was at a sort of Out-Of-the-way
place and I wondered what the canal
boat had stopped for. 1 crawled up
to see AS I neared the boat five men
were leaving it and l noticed them
cross over into the fields. At a safe
distance l followed them and they had
not gone very far before l saw what
they were after. They We're commit
ting the common but heinous crime Of
stealing potatoes!
Without the means to cook them,
potatoes didn't interest me a bit and
I thought that the boat itself would
probably yield me more than the pc.
tatO patch. Knowing the canal-hands
would probably take their time in the
fields, I climbed up the stern Of the
boat leisurely and without any partic-
ular plans to conceal myself. Just as
my head appeared above the stern of
the boat l saw silhOuetted against
the sky, the dread outline Of a Ger
man s~oldier-spiked helmet and all!
A chill ran down my spine as I
dropped to the bank of the canal and
skunk away. Evidently the sentry had
not seer me or, If he had, he had prob
ably figured that ! was n Of the
%foraging party, but I realized that it
wouldn't pay in future to take any
thing for granted.