Putnam patriot., 1924-06-13

No. these are not stinging epitaphs being hurled at some dejected individ- ual with dropping shoulders and guilty face turned half away. They are among the things which some Put nam men do not like. They were found out when The Patriot reporter swung around the circle" and stopping Tom, Dick and Harry. blurted out, Tell me, what are the three things which you dislike most.
 The reporter ran into Ralph X. Bugbce as a starter and voiced his question. The answer he received
 should have been enough to put an end
 to all further interrogation. Said Mir.
 bagbee. "I don't like talking with re-
 porters. and l don't like my name in
 the paper" Whew, that was close to
 knockout for the reporter. But he did not get his training yesterday, and SO has become hard-boiled. And any way he caught the twinkle in Mir. Bug bees eyes. Pressing Mir. Bugbee ten aciously. he finally determined his third dislike, which, knowing his fond ness for motoring, may or may not be surpr sing. He sure does dislike hay ing t0 change tire when he IS logged out in Sundays best!
 Dislikes Sickness
 Judge Frank F. Russell was pass ing at the moment and the reporter hailed him, again asking his obnoxious question. The judge deliberated. He had never given the matter much thought, but finally declared that three things he disliked were sickness, show cling snow, and wind and dust. That s four in truth, but as there can't be any dust to disturb the judge unless there is wind, we concluded that after all the two were really one. and record 1t as such.
 Not because it's a German product, or anything like that, for war preJu- diees were cast of when the American Army began the watch on the Rhine. Omer ]. Milot dislikes sauerkraut- Like in everything else, Mir. Miiot IS sincere in his declaration and won | have a thing to do with it. But this isn't his greatest dislike. Number one is liar. Ditto No ?.
 Snakes, long and lean, short and fat, with or without rattles, are so thor oughly disliked by Dr. A. H. Strahan that he affirms that collectively, joint ly and severally, they constitute his three -in-onc answer to the reporter s question.
 Can't Tolerate Liars
 Disturbed when he was deeply en- grossed in studying figures showing the saving to Putnam people by the re- duction in electric light rate that went into effect yesterday. Ralph l.; Thurs ton, manager of the Putnam Light x Power Co.,, asked The Patriot man to repeat his question. Paying attention this time, without hesitation, he de- clared that he disliked a liar more than anything else, and couldn't ana wouldn't tolerate dishonesty. Further than that, at the moment, he eouldn ' think of his third choice. That IS, he couldn't glean the third out of those that flashed into the mind. However, we could mention possible third, and believe we are correct in naming stat ic." that undefned something that drive radio fans mad and makes per fecilg good concerts via the ether just one scratch, scrape and plutter alter another. Yes, static must be the third
 Now. to see Postmaster Archibald Macdonald turning the machine that cancels the stamps on letters, one would never think that his greatest dislike was neuritis, that makes him walk the floor O nights and toss about in bed with pain. But that's exactly what he said right of the reel when The Patriot reporter asked the ques- ton he had now learned by heart. Ar chic then declared that his second dis like was to be reminded that the ashes needed to be cleaned from the furnace, and his third was that he didn't like 10 shovel snow. Fortunately for his neu- ritis arm and the possibility of lame back. he hasn't been bothered partleu- larly this winter tso far) with sno" drifts in the front yard.
 Clans Among His Dislikes
 A liar. a hypocrite. and clans. Thus did Otto r. Wulf answer The Patriot query. each being pronounced VIII equal omphasis. indicating that ms dislike for one was just as great as for the other.
 Unusual. to say the least, sas t,,s reply received from Jadre Edgar ,,.s sa Warner Co the reportel 54esiien- The