Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-07-19
Thompson, Pemfret
Putnam.
2e1-2

DR.. A. e. Parent of Webster, well
known in Putnam, has received word
that he has passed the Connecticut dem
tai commission examinations, which per-
mits him to practice in this state Dr.
Parent married not long ago Miss Leona
Daigle. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Ed
ward Daigle of Putnam. They now
make their home in Webster.
With all roads in New England this
week leading to Plymouth, where the
Pilgrim pageant is being given as part
of the tercentenary program, bookstaHs
and libraries are prominently displaying
works that have bearing upon the early
history of the colony and the point of in
| terest now to be found there Among
these new publications is a book by
Frances Lester Warner. daughter of
Judge and Mrs. Edgar NJ. Warner OF
| Putnam and a member of the faculty at
Wellesley college. In speaking of this
! book critic on the book. page of one of
I the largest papers in New England said:
Pilgrim Trails, by Frances, Lester War
ner, is one of the latest and most attrac-
| tive works, with good drawings by C.
| Scott White. Although displayed among
guides to Plymouth, this book is very
| unlike the usual Baedeker. In the con-
versational style that Miss Warner uses
so well in Endicott and 1, and other es-
says, she offers suggestive comments
upon few landmarks which made APP
peal to her when she visited Plymouth
and the Cape with an artist and her
companion, Barbara. The limits of her
subject are narrow, but the book is per-
vaded with the true Pilgrim spirit. The
subtitle explains the authors intention
it is sketch book divided into four
parts. The first portion on Plymouth
Towne is by far the best In a vein of
humor and appreciation she describes the
nautical houses. the rock and it's many
migrations, the later Winslow house on
North street with frame brought from
England in 1854. and possibly placed
| upside down" Space is given to the
/ story of Tabitha Plaskett the school
| teacher of Plymouth whose. home is now
| the tea house and gift shop, The Brad
| ford Arms. Traditionallv she is reported
to have been a good spinner. with a novel
method of punishment for her lazy and
unruly pupils-she would suspend them,
| by strong skeins of yarn, from peg on
: the wall
AT the home of Miss Katherine Byrne,
treasurer and manager of the Byrne
company, a farewell party was given
Sunday night to Arthur l.. Divert, for
30 years an employee of the Peoples store,
from which the Byrne company grew.
Mr. DIVERT left the company's employ
Saturday night and is soon to start in
business fer himself. During the evening
Mr. DIVERT was presented a ring bearing
the insignia Of the Knights of Columbus
of which society in Putnam he is a past
grand knight The ring was a gift from
the clerks in the store. The hostess
served refreshments.
Mrs Amanda Perreault, Miss Aline
Fortine, Miss Rose Goblin, Miss Lille
Perreault. Edmund Perreault, Albert
Perreault and Antonio Bonneville motor
ed to New Bedford Sunday, where they
passed the day.
Frank L. Davis, agent Of the Windhan
County Farmers association. is to be il
Hampton tonight (Tuesday) testing mill
for farmers who ship to Boston.
At largely attended meeting of Con
sell No. As. L'Union st. Jean Baptiste O.
America, held Sunday evening ~ st. JeaI
Baptiste hall. on Providence street. Put
nam, two delegates were elected to at
held in October in Lewiston, Me. Thu
election was closely contested. Thos,
who will represent Putnam. are Alphons,
Bourcier and Eugene Touchette. Homo
rious Magnan and Frank H. Corder wer,
selected as alternates.
Charles Sweet of Hartford, who wa
, brought to the Day Kimbau hospital Fri
day night for treatment of injuries re
ceived in an automobile accident a
Phoenixville, was still at the hospita
Monday. He received a severe fiesl
wound in the leg which. it was said a
the hospital. had it been fraction of al
inch deeper would have cost him his life
. A fire that started from an oil stow
i in the home of Thomas Taylor about
o'clock Sunday afternoon did severa
dollars damage 1t was extinguished b,
: Mr.. Taylor before the fire department ar
, rived. The loss is covered BY insurance
Mr.. Taylor lives on the north end of Oal
, Hill and employs housekeeper. Sunda
afternoon the housekeeper put the din
ner on the oil stove and she and MI
Taylor went out for a short walk in from
of the house. In about Is minutes tn
r housekeeper noticed smoke coming fror
/ her bedroom window in the second story
! Hurrying back to their home; the coupl
saw that the kitchen was ablaze. Their
was no water at hand with which to nigh
the flames. but Mr.. Taylor got rake an
entering the smoke-flled room succeede
. in pulling the stove and pieces of burnin
furniture out of the house. When tn