Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-08
PUTNAM


 The funeral of Mrs. Ida RosoH, 54, wife of Abraham Rosoff, was held at the home of her son, Samuel Rosoff, burial being at Springfield. Mrs. Rosoff had been ill for number of weeks. her health having been undermined two years ago through an attack of influenza. Mrs. Rosoff leaves her husband, three sons. Samuel. Harry and Charles, all of this city, and two daughters. Mrs, Louis Wolf and Miss Annie Rosoff. also of Putnam. The fam fly formerly was residents of Springfield. Col. William H. Paine, for 30 years an officer of the regular army of the United States, is visiting, with Mrs. Paine, in Pomfret at the home of Fitz Henry Paine. Colonel Paine has just been retired from 1 the army and returned to Ponfret from l the Philippines, where he has performed ] three tours of duty. Early in the period l after the United States entered the world war Colonel Paine was assigned as com manding officer at one of the cantonI1ents 1 in the middle west, but later he was or dered back to the Philippines and remain
 ed in the islands until the expiration oi l his 50 years of service.
 1 Colonel Paine studied during his axerJ youthful years in what was known as the
 Axe Factory school, Ashford. Later he 1 studied for winter in Putnam High l school, and still later took some special courses at Ki1lingly High school His ex-
 aminations for entrance to the United l States military academy at West Point were taken in Danelson. and it is still | recalled that the brilliant showing he Il made easily won him the appoin tment over competitors who had made long and careful preparation for the examinations. I Thomas Move, the North GrosvenordaIe boy who Vas shot in the face recently ior toll I is at his home, after spending some time at the Day Kinball hospital in this city. Il The revolver bullet with which he was wounded has been allowed to remain
 where It lodged and no further trouble is T expected from it.
 The body of Mrs. Abigail Pratt Cham ,I berlin, Ss, who died in Woonsocket ar- Il rived here and was taken in charge by d local undertaken, funeral services being Il conducted Tuesday afternoon at her home in East Woodstock. Burial was in the
 East Woodstock cemetery.
 , The following fhnt appeared among let : ters published Tuesday on the editorial | page of a New York paper will be of special interest both here and in Ponnfret ! territory in which tke writer is very well
 Known:
 5 Blue Laws and tho Constitution.
 Sir: The blss Sunday movement is the . natural result of our lack of respect fol . the constitution of the United States as . exhibited in the passage of the eighteenth ] amendment. of wkieh the object nigh : even more readily have been secured g through law. The so -callsd reformer. : are encouraged by their initial success ts | still further sap the foundations of th, n noble instrument which the fathers fram
 ed as a scheme of government and seel C to debase it into code of laws. l,l It is incumbent On every person wf, !, reverenceS that immortal document u
 tell his or her representative and sena t tor, verbally, or, better still, in writing I that he or she insists upon their stric a observance of their sworn obligation t
 tprotect and defend tie constitution by re VI fusing to countens nee the injection into i n of any matter of merely statutory nature
 CASPER F. F.AGOODRICH t Princeton, N. J., Nov. 30, 1920.
 Reduction of the number of empf6ye s OH the New Haven road by approximatel, s 3,760 is reflected on the reads line [. through this city and the effect of it i 9 felt in some degree in this city, which i $ one of the eight principal transfer point
 Eoh the New Haven system.
 The meeting of the Woodstock AgricuI z t'iral society that was to have been hel 2 t day "Wednesday was postponed on al ,ss punt of the death of Mrs. George Austi 'A Bowen, widow of Dr. Bowen of Wood
 Islock HiH Mrs. Bowen, who died Sur r-i day morning. was a close friend of man h oi the officers and members of the agr g. cultural society, which is to be represent $ e'l at her funeral by many members. f For the present, hope of .apprehendif, m 4. L. Bradley and Frank Mason tll ,r p isoners who escsred from the count ia jul at Brooklyn, has been abandone, ,a r. seems certain that they have made ro clean getaway from this territory, $ = Ii )pe of their arrest is now dependent upo ,- their being recogn:Ztd q by officers of sem :. olle of the many departments that has ,a b zen notified of their escape.
 ,el This week brings the open season fe It1 ls1nting deer in the neighboring state l N assachusetts. the southern border ( ,el VI hich abuts on the towns of Thompso y. and Woodstock. In the past the Ba
 State hunters have sometimes inadvel ,t tently crossed the Connecticut line int l. ltFhompson and Woodstock following the
 luarry Game officials on the Connect