19th century Putnam — Wagon ride

Mother Nature cooperated with the wagon ride to Putnam.

“The sociable held by the Congregational Church Society Friday evening at Allen Wright’s, Putnam, was an enjoyable affair,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on March 2, 1877. “Three teams, heavily laden … left the church (in Ticonderoga) at about seven o’clock for that village. The ride was very pleasant and the evening delightful and well-suited for the occasion.”

In other 19th century Putnam news collected from historic newspapers of the region:

• “This section has been visited by some very severe thunderstorms of late. A cow belonging to W. McLaughlin was killed by lightning Wednesday,” the Putnam correspondent reported in The Granville Sentinel on June 29, 1894.
• “D.J. Graham has a novelty. It is a reaper and binder,” the Putnam correspondent reported in The Granville Sentinel on Aug. 17, 1894. “The corn crop, although reported to be a failure in the west, never looked better in this section.”
• “The Gull Bay House had an unusually good season,” the Putnam correspondent reported in The Granville Sentinel on Sept. 14, 1894.
• “Several of our people attended the Fair Haven Fair this week, among them Burt Graham, Will Easton, Charles E. Cummings, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lillie,” the Putnam correspondent reported in The Granville Sentinel on Sept. 28, 1894.
• “Hugh Sears took a horse to Poughkeepsie and placed it in training at that place. … George Lewis has sold his place to H. Herrick and was in town last week making out the necessary papers,” the Putnam correspondent reported in The Granville Sentinel on Nov. 23, 1894.
• “There was an entertainment at the U. P. (United Presbyterian) Church on Christmas Eve. The exercise consisted of music and recitations. The pulpit had been removed and in the center was a fireplace and chimney, and on either side a small tree,” the Putnam correspondent reported in The Granville Sentinel on Dec. 28, 1894.
• “Mrs. G. W. Thompson entertained a number of friends on New Year’s Day. A bountiful repast was served, and all present enjoyed the occasion,” the Putnam correspondent reported in The Granville Sentinel on Jan. 4, 1895.
• “Miss Lillian McArthur has resigned her position as teacher in District №1. Miss Anna Graham fills the vacancy,” the Putnam correspondent reported in The Granville Sentinel on Jan. 18, 1895.

”Miss Lillian McArthur is teaching in Benson, Vt.,” the Putnam correspondent reported on Feb. 15.

• “Many of the friends of John Craig assembled to assist in celebrating his 86th birthday, which occurred on the 14th of February. There were about thirty present,” the Putnam correspondent reported in The Granville Sentinel on Feb. 22, 1895.
• “John Hutchinson, who has been attending business college in Utica the past winter, returned to resume his duties in R. P. Graham’s store on Monday,” the Putnam correspondent reported in The Granville Sentinel on April 12, 1895.
• “William McLaughlin is about to erect a new barn. The carpenters begin work this week,” the Putnam correspondent reported in The Granville Sentinel on April 12, 1895.

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