Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-15
PUTNAM

4 Ire that. for 8 few seconds looked danRarous broke ont in the kitchen of the Putnam inn Sztcrday afternoon at s.5o. Starting at one of the stoves, it spread quickly and vent up the wall, got in be- tween partitions, and was working its way to ttlsi room above when the depart ment arrived The alarm was sounded from box Al. at .Bugbee corner. The inn is adjacent to the fire statiop,. and the appara tus was at the fro before the bells had stopped ringing. It was not neces- sary to turn on water, but the large tank of chemical on the truck vas enptied in sxtinguishing the blaze. The damage was slight -
 Reni Delage has purchased the | o,Le4ry block on Main street, now occu- pied by a. store and tailoring shop.
 Miss Bessie. Bloxh1m of New York is the guest of her sister Miss Nellie Blox- 1 ham, superintendent of the Day Kimball | hospital. John G. Johnson, superintendent of the H. K H. silk, mill, and heads of depart ments, were in Watertown Saturday at 1 tending a field day and outing of the company employees. The trip was made by automobile. The body O4 Capt. John H. Osgsod oi Putnam. who died Thursday at the Sol diers' home at Noroton Heights, was ] brought to, Pomfret Saturday afternoon l for burial ,in, Abingdon cemetery.
 Miss Florence Tourtellotte of the Byrne company. is having tYo weeks vaca tion
 Mss Lavina Fall1ins and Miss Nellie | K, ,~i icf theestaff of the Day KimbalI hos pital left Putnam Sunday for Lords s-.4,y .>,-.e4e r-ty Mai spend their vaca 1 lions. s,,f .+
 DnnleIe Randolph has sold to Minnie Af ] AI5lligaR of Danielson his farm in Eas | I3utram, commonly known as the FranE 1 Davis place. MT Randolph, whose wift | died twp weeks ago, is leaving Putnam te make. his home in New Jersey.
 .Tex. Boynton Merrill, pastor of tn, Second Congregational church. left Put nam Saturday. for Cambridge Mass. l where he will attend the summer schoo 1 at Harvard university.
 Mss. Mary rWheeiock and Miss Filler l Wheeiock returned to Putnam Saturday from q motor trip that took them to Ply Inouths other points of interest on Cap Cod, and Pleasant View, R. l.
 Where snce were heard the cracking O tie coachman's whip, and the greeting! l of the passengers as the stage pulled III at the door of the friendly hostelry, vii HOW be heard the honSins of the horns o tine automobile parties. Cady's tavern i just beyond the Putnam town line. whicl Tor many years was one of the most pop 1 dIar inns on the Providence Springfield | turnpike. has been purchased by Charle Miron of Putnam. The Cady tavern i 140 years old. and was used to entertain passengers on the lon- trips from Rhod Isiand to colonial communities in Massa chusetts All of the stages on this tril used to. ston at Cady's, and the stag barn, with it's double doors is still stand l Ing. The coach was too large to b. l turned in the barn, and so doors wer ! placed in opposite sides. At night thu stage would drive in. the door would b. | swung to, and in the morning it woul, drlVe cut of the other door to continu the lonE trip. A toll-gate was also m7lr tained on the road in front of the tavern and within the memory of some of tn older inhabitants of Putnam a fee fo raSsage was collected there. Tn the hous
 still stands the old bar just as it wa
 built when the tavern was erected i
 17So. The board that hung on the wal
 and on ,wfick were painted the fares D
 stage from point to point along the route
 is still in existence. Upstairs the ball
 room is intact. Within the next fe'
 months jazz will rule where once tn
 stately mtnuet was danced to music b
 the iiiage fiddler. It has been man
 years since the. tavern has been used a
 sucn. The building has been occupie
 hv Ms. Annie Warner as residenct
 See is now leaving it. and NIT. Miro
 wi. soon take possession.
 Constable John Kennedy of Mechanics
 vile has been conferrng with Selectma
 Leon Walker of the town of Thompso