Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1923-07-27

r. ,oneh even on all the high spots
IN the state would take volume IN
s,ead of an article. In making Sc
i'ct;on. one runs risk Of exciting
49, and enmity. Every place that
- soIe of ones foot can tread upon
= not lacking in rare interest and re-
larLahle influence. Discretion being
nc, nart Of yalor, il seems to choose one
1T from each of the eight counties
"a "a az countrywide, if not community
,,,;se there is escape from the charge
az being partial.
Imagine yourself in comfortable
.,tomobile. with congenial party
a.art;ng out from Hartford, the cap.
ital city Of Connecticut, the political
and geographical center OF the com
nonwealth. The route takes US over
che river on the multi-miilion bridge
through East Hartford to Glaston'
hnrx. Here turn to the left by the
bo,se where Gideon Wells, Secretary
- the Navy under President Lincoln
,,'as horn. and the fine highway leads
- Nov London. The views are en-
,rancing as the route takes US through
Marlborough, thence to Colchester
x,,;fh it's attractive green. IL the
e,,;de can tell the early story OF Bacon
Academy and its first preceptor, JONI
Adams. LID, it is worth while. IL
i said that he made the Academy and
,he Academy made him. Later he was
nr;ncipal of Phillips Academy, An
dover. Mass, for twenty-tnree years
and nodded and gave impetus TO more
Young men of note than almost any
other. and was a counterpart IN amer
lea of DIR. Arnold, of Rugby, England
The highway leads on from Colehes'
ter through Salem, where can be seen
,he site of the once famous Music
Vaie Seminary" the first institution
IN tho United States devoted exelus'
iyelv TO musical instruction. But New
Iondon is the objective, and to marx
Tho bulwarks thereof needs a day
The comparatively new, but thriving
and influential, College for women
should be seen to be appreciated,
beautiful for situation, the glory oil
the city and the commonwealth. Turn
ING from the modern to the ancient
make pilgrimage to the Ola eeils.
terry. In one corner of TINS 1oa
Acre" can be found the sehooinouse
which habited the first incorporated
secondary school in the state, ana ~
first ureeeptor was no other than the
natriot-martyr, Nathan Hale. LOOK
mo about YOU will discover the grave
~ Governor John Winthrop, Jr., VINO
sailed 10 England in 1862 and exc
epted the most marvellous feat OF di-
,le5,scv bv securing from King
Charles the Second the liberal ohar,
ter If the Colony. never surrendered
even under threat and duress, ana uil'
der which the state lived and prosper
ed until the adoption Of the Constita'
ton in 1918. -. ,.o,,,
80. across the river Thames, and on
the high activity in Groton towers
Fort Griswold Monument. Inc local
itv deserves a visit. II tells taie o.
pathetic tragedy. During the keV =
intionary War some six hundred BRIT
isb soldiers, at the instigatlon ana IN
der the command of Benedict Arnoid
,,,ade siege. The non-resistlng Oils
of New London was burned TO the
,,ronnd Fort Griswold, guarded bs
shont one hundred and fifty men
scantilv ammunitioned, herolcaiiy re
sisted the assault, but IN VAIN. vi
onel Ledyard, the commander, wa
slain by his own surrendered s"or,,
over one-half of the American sol
diers were slaughtered, and lew es
capped wounding. ~,
London. fascinating as it Is, anu 10,
low up the Thames and the QulIieoaus
bv the old "Mohegan trail, now may
adamized, through Norwien, Wo.t1ii
of note and notice; through flaini'e e1
q later combination OF the rural an
industrial. The old academy puiiu
ING still stands, not without MARKS o. =,
former glory and grandeur. IL VII
1--WE an added touch of charm II some
one could tell you CT an early, II no
6rst nreceptor of a century ana
quarter ago. born in obscure poverty
and later known as Reverend Enpna
let Mott. DID,, president OF onioi
College for sixty-two years, the long
est college presidency on record ans
who gave the college s600,0oo OF hi
own honestly acquired money, an'
personally taught and influenced owe
five thousand students. II you marve
AT the magnificent stone mes,ihs
house. il can be whispered that 1t wa
built in 1916 from the proceeds OF
successful lottery, a very proper "h'
pious practice of that day
On Putnam Heights
Ru. in Windham County II Is TN
purpose TO scale Putnas Heights, a.
easy incline, the spot being niga unit
Inc uatriotically named City OF fut
nam. The ascent is compensated 10
the privilege of viewing the isha
scape Ger" The sweep and oeaut'
Of the ouinebaug Valley is seen at ~
hest. Inauire for the birthplace o
Manasseh Cutler, DID,, LID, wnon
DIR. Peabody Of Harvard styled IN
most versatile man America ever pro
duced. He studied law ana was az
mitted to the bar. He studied ans
uracticed medicine. He studied az
vjnity and held continuous pastora.'
Of over fifty years. He was Chaplain
In the Revolutionary War. he wa
an astronomer and was the first Amer
lean to observe the transit OF venus
He was an explorer and the first wn ,,.
man TO reach the summit OF ~
Washington. He was botanlst ans
classified the plants Of New England
He drafted the famous Ordinance o
1887" setting apart the district con