Putnam patriot., 1923-03-09

 daughter of General Israel Putnam. Here, the first postoffice was establish ed sometime prior to i7se. The prestige of having harbored Wash ington belongs to this house and not as has so often been said to the house until recently owned by the Thomas II. Harrison estate. That house was built by Col. Thomas Grosvenor in I792; whereas the only visit that Washington made to Pomfret as far as any records show, took place in l7se, three years before Col. Gros- venor's mansion house" was begun. The account of Washington's brief visit to Pomfret. taken from his own diary follows:
 Saturday, Nov. !, 17ss
 Left Taft's before sunrise. and passing through Douglas wood, break lasted at one Jacobs in Thompson, not a good house. Bated the horses in Pomfret, at Col. Grosvenor's, distant II miles from Jacobs and lodged at Squire Perkins in Ashford. !"
 Furthermore the diary explains that Washington had hoped to see General Putnam. knowing that he lived in the township. but learning that it would take him five miles from his route, gave up doing so.
 Some years ego, MT. Clarence Bow on, a genealogist of distinction, wrote out for the late Mir. Harrison a full account of Washington's being royalty entertained at the house then the property of Mir. Harrison. As the house in question was not built at the time Washington passed through Pom fret, accuracy of tradition demands this correction. Col. Thomas Gros- venor. who built the house now stand ing on Pomfret street was a man of great prominence, member of the Governors Council, so that he might we'll have been sought out by dis tinguished traveller passing through. But the recorded facts are otherwise ..s To return to our Prattler:
 When it was all done went down. Land sakesl Mir. Harris" says |. what kind of windows do you call them?"
 "rhem, Miss Bedott," says he, 'them's Lizabethan windows"
 Follows the building of Mrs. Clark's house, casting aspersions upon her for having an architect. Next in her narrative come the Vintons, and then the "beginning of having company right in the winter"
 Parties were the next sensation, first at Mrs. Clark's. where, as Widow Bedott writes, If them plates was changed once, they was twelve times. !" Next came the Harris's with an even ing party with a play with a ghost in it; then Mrs. Thompson, and then Mir. Bradley.
 Finally "Kiah" insisted that they invite in everybody to tea" The menu he suggested was sweet breads and a baked ham, boned turkey and chicken croquettes, and a veal loaf and some salad, with wine jelly, Char lotte Russo, cake and ice cream for a climax.
 Sh--A Notable Tea
 Evidently, Sister Bedott, expected to carry out the decree of her quasi lord and master, because she goes on to relate that when the sweetbreads were demanded of Mir Morse he claimed to have forgotten and let Mrs. Hoppin have them for q picnic Git must have been spring by this time). She had made all the cake the day before, and it was beautiful only Kiah said no one cared anything about cake-"it was the relishes. !" Mir Morse further alleged that there was no veal to be had; that MT. Briggs had decided not to kill the turkeys till Thanksgiving. Then came note from Mir Smith saying that there was no cream, the boarders hav- ing drunk 1t all. One hope remained, "Christine's biscuit" only to die when, in the pantry it was discovered that Kiah's old cat had curled up in the pan and gone to sleep on top of the dough.
 The chronicle ends, "Well, they was all nice folks, so we got through the tea, but, Sister, I'm goin' into the country where things is simpler. "
 Under Pomfret Improvements in No. of The Prattler,-lss0--is the following:
 The beautiful private residence of Mir. Bradley rises from its superb site, where it's graceful proportions arrest the eye of the visitor as he alights from the train. The admirably con trived and constructed cottage of Mir. Charles Grosvenor, and the commod- ious residence of Mir. Marsh are among the latest accomplished i'm provements of Pomfret. (This house