Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-14
PUTNAM

cultural society, which in it's long history has built up the reputation of conducting one of the finest country fairs in south ! ern New England
 Scenes that .recur each year were du- plicated Tuesday as the rush and hurry | of making ready the exhibits went on from morning until after dusk had fall | country and from parts of the country l more distant were on hand to enter ex- hibits and make them ready for display. |
 Notwithstanding unfavorable weather i conditions that hlighted various kinds of fruit crops in May, there will be good exhibit in the fruit department at the fair and a fine showing of vegetables.
 This year is the first for several years that the fair has been held over one day and the fact that the three day sched- ule formerly the unvarying rule has been re-adopted has already given indication that the fair will be bigger and better this year than since before the war
 The exhibition hall was well filled with entries Tuesday night and belated ones are expecte to swell the total today There is promise of an interesting cattle show among the other features of the fair, which attracts attendance from many miles in all directions and in par ticularly popular with residents of Mass achuSettS towns just across the border
 Never before has there been a sus- picion that drinking jakey may lead to developing a brilliant condition of men tality, but there may be a doubt of that, after hearing William Phillips ol Attawaugan cleverly anticipate questions that Judge NJ H. Geissler desired to ask of the prisoner when he was pres ented in the city court Tuesday morn ing. Among the things that Judge Geiss- Ter likes to learn from the average per sen presented before him on an intoxica- tion charge during these days of near prohibition is the source of supply of intoxicants. MT. Phillips very court eously told the court that probably if he hadn't indulged in so much jakey he | might possibly be able to recall more l about how he obtained the stuff. As it was, he expressed his opinion that | friend had given him the first bottle and that someone must have placed in his pockets other bottles of jakey found ] there at the time of his arrest, but really he was uncertain, as to any of the facts about obtaining the supply. Judge Geiss- l Ter listened to the explanatio in rapt atention. Then sentenced Phillips to 30 days in jail
 Albert Butler, aged coIored man who was struck Labor Day night and injured 1 by an automobile driven by O. P. Ban croft of this city, died at NIiddletown hospital where he was taken after t accident. As told in The Bulletin last week. Mir. Bancroft with his brother as a passenger in the car, was driving in 1 Cromwell, this state about II 30 D. m. on Monday of last week, when the mach inc struck MT Butler, who claimed to be one hundred years old. MT. Butler became confused while crossing the street and suddenly turning about, stepped di- rectly into the path of MT. Bancroft S car, a fender of the machine striking him and knocking him down. MT. Ban croft summoned a physician and report ed the matter both to the police of Crom- well and Middletown. The injured man was hurried to a Middletown hospital MT. Bancroft was eXonerated by the pol ice, he stated here last week, following the accident and was not detained. MT Bancroft, who was driving at about 2t miles an hour at the time of the acci- dent, is very much distressed over the affair.
 Two cases scheduled to be heard before Judge Marvin in the superior court Tues day did not come to trial both beine settled out of court. The case of Luther Hopkins of Providence vs. Byron M Lewis of East Killingly was withdraw
 after an agreement for settlements hat
 been arrived at, and under the agreemn both partis to the suit, which was ove1
 business transactions cancel claim:
 against each other, the money consider ations involved not being made public
 The second case assigned for trial Frank A. Phillips vs. NJ. V. Doud-als
 was settled out of court.
 The action assigned for today is tha
 of Thomas Rhodes vs. Mary Rhodes 2 Up to Tuesday no case has actuall! , come to trial during the present term o I 1.-the court.
 There were three weddings at st : Mary's church Monday morning. Mis- ? Loretta Richard of this city became tn ? bride of Pierre -Labbe, son of Mir an,
 Mrs. Joseph Labbe of the town of Thomp s son, Rev. Charles F. Bedard being tn } officiating clergyman and celebrant o l the nuptial mass.
 s Miss Mae Pye, daughter of fir, an,
 Mrs. Roswell Pye, was united in mari e age with Armand Montville, Rev. Adrial l Dykemans being the officiating clergy |, man and celebrant of the mass.
 ] Miss Mary Rose St. Onge, daughter o 3 MT. and Mrs. George St Onge, ant
 Omer Auger. son of MT. and Mrs. T l Telesphore Auegr were united in mar l riage by Rev. ". Arthur Routhier. . , Information has been received here O the critical illness at her, home in Louis vile, Ky, of Mrs. Frank Cogswell, wh
 before her marriage was Miss Lelii
 Walker of North Grosvenordale, a siste
 of Leon Walker, member of the firm O
 Smith and Walker of this city Mrs
 Cogswell's illness dates from an attacl
 of pneumonia which has been followe,
 by serious complications. MT Cogswel
 formerly was a resident of Elmville.
 Member of the Putnam Country cIuI
 will entertain members of the Cohass
 Golf club of Southbridge next Satur day afternoon. There is to be a gol match between men representing the wis i titing club and the local country club
 The women members of the Southbridg
 organization are to be entertained at tn
 club house by the women of the Putnar | Country club. At evening a supper i
 to be served the members of both clubs
 Tuesday afternoon at his home in tn | town of Thompson, funeral services wer
 conducted for Veranuns Lewis, IT, fo many years one of the best known col
 ored residents in the part of the countr
 where he lived. The services were cor
 ducted by Rev. Stephen T. Livingston Il of Thompson. Burial was In the Yves
 Thompson cemetery.
 Members of Elizabeth Porter Putnar ichapter, D. A. R., will make a pilgrim
 age to Oxford Saturday and will visit th
 Huguenot cemetery a that place. Afte
 the visit they will motor to the Byro
 D. Bugbee cottage at Webster lake.
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