Putnam patriot., 1918-04-05

speaker.
 Mir. Miner and family. who are en- gagged by Dr. Gardiner Miller on his place for the season, nave arrived in town and are temporarily located in Dr. Millers' residence
 Mrs. Charles Sheldon and Miss Ed ith attended the funeral of William Peckham in Providence on Monday, Miss Edith Peckham accompanying them home to Thompson,
 George W. Dexter is a boarder in the family of Henry Davis on Provi- dence street Mr. Davis had tele- phone installed on Tuesday.
 Miss Muriel Baekus, Smith College, and her brother Lawrence. Cushing Academy. are at the home of their parents. Representative and Mrs. E. s. Backus, for the spring holidays.
 Rev William Chase has so far re covered from the injury to his eye as to be able to preach at the Easter ser vice on Sunday Miss Mildred Knight was again at her place at the organ, and several selections were played ap- propriate to the Easter season
 Prior to the removal of MT. Stalster he caused to be killed the old saddle horse Bobby. owned by MT Backus, which Mir. Stalster had used the past three years. This horse has been a familiar figure on cur streets for many years, with Lawrence Backus on his back as rider
 The Putnam Electric Light com panv has SD far completed the wiring on Sunset Hill road as to turn on the current last Friday, thus furnishing n9ht in the residences of James Ryan and Alexander Maitland. The line extends to the Gladding mansion, and is also to further extend on the Sun set Hill road to the residence of Frank Knight on Sunset Hill farm
 At the meeing of the Grange on Tuesday evening a somewhat renewed interest was manifested by the pres ence of several members whose ab sence has been noted through the win ter. Professor Cole of Cushing Acad- emy was present and played several p;ano solos during the lecturers hour, which was open to the public. Miss Embleton was also present and gave a talk on Food Conservation.
 Sheriff William Bates was onto his job last Friday when he intercepted couple of Jew cattle traders who were forcing COW to follow behind their wagon, by being tied to it. At the command of the sheriff they were compelled to loose the COW, which was bleeding at the nose and had become somewhat lame, and to take the rope in their hands and lead the COW along. Perhaps if they try such a thing again, prosecution will be the result
 The body of Mrs. Cornelia V. Wash burn, who died in Florida on March 2I, is reported to have arrived in Providence, where funeral services will be held later. Her niece, Mrs. Burnett, will be able to come north with her sons, Peter and Richard, who have been afflicted with whopping cough, which was the immediate cause of the death of Mrs Washburn, all though she had been in failing health for several years with complaints in eidental to old age.
 In the death of William T. Peck ham of Providence on Friday, Thomp- son loses another of it's weekly sum mer visitors Mir Peckham's family have been regular summer residents of our village for several years, occu pying Quinatisset Cottage, MT. Peck ham spending the weekend with them Many of our residents remem- Der Mir. and Mrs. Peckham, particu- larly as to their marriage, the cere- mony taking place in the Congrega- tional church, being the first service held there after it was remodeled, during the early years of the pastor ate of Dr. Jones, nearly sixteen years ago.
 While there have been several re- movals of residents in our village, not all have gone out of town. MT Wish CT of the town farm, goes to his farm in West Thompson; Henry Davis changes from his residence near Thompson station, to the house own ed by MT. Dexter on Providence street; MT Hill has taken the house vacated by Mir. Davis; Charles Davis is located in the Henry Draper house ; Burton Joslin has removed to the cot tage owned by Contractor Charles Knight, on the County Home road ; John Stalster goes from Brandy Hill to his newly purchased farm near Brooklyn And then we have pleas ing addition to our residents in the return of Mrs Charles Weaver and family, who are to occupy one of the cottages on West street, best known as the Kinney Cottage.