The Press., 1903-11-19
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

Mrs. M. J. Leach of West Spring
 field was in town over Sunday.
 George Crawford, son of H. M
 Crawford, is ill with scarlet fever.
 Miss Mabel Foster and Miss Mabe
 Buck have returned from visit il
 Hartford.
 John and Miss Lena Argenta ar
 both i'll at their home on South stree
 of diphtheria.
 MT. and Mrs. D. w. Foskett of Eos
 kett's mills were guests of Mr. ant
 Mrs. John Foster over Sunday.
 The glee club of the Girls clul will meet at the home of Miss Newton next week Tuesday evening at quar
 ter to eight.
 The ladies of Grace church vii have a food and cake sale Friday af ternoon at 3 o'clock, at the store ot E. l.. Burr.
 J. M. Leach represented the local Retail Merchants Protective associa tion at the meeting of the state asso. citation held at Hartford yesterday.
 Rev. E. A. Burnham will preach at Staffordville next Sunday a. m., il exchange with Rev. H. T. Barnard. Rev. MT. Burnham will deliver his Thanksgiving sermon Sunday, the 29th.
 Mrs. A. M. Patten, while on he1 way to church Sunday morning, fell on the sidewalk near her home and dislocated her shoulder. The cause of her fall is not known. The injury is painful, but not dangerous.
 L. D. Gary will run 'bus to Car tiers in West Wilmington next We'd nesday evening to accommodate those who wish to attend the Thanksgiving dance on that date. The 'bus will leave the railroad station at 8 o'clock.
 The first meeting this season of the Country club for the purpose of play ing whist was held at the Springs House parlors last Monday evening. There were six tables and the prize winners were Miss Russell and o. B. Pinney.
 Keefe Bros. have purchased the standing timber on the west side of Lake Mashapaug and will clear the land early in the spring. This will remove about all the grove connected with the famous Smith grove and it's Much of this timber has been growing for over seventy five years, and is about the last of the pine timber near Lake Mashapaug.
 A. F. Spellman of Orcuttville had his attention attracted Sunday by swimming down the mid dle of the pond. It was a male deer, and a magnificent specimen, with we'll formed antlers. The animal seemed quite tame and came ashore near MT. Spellman's. It fingered around Orcuttville for some time and attracted much attention.
 There is now on exhibition at the library a collection of g pictures, in- cluding portraits and reproductions of ancient and modern paintings and sculpture. Printed circulars explain ing the pictures are provided for dis tribution. These pictures are loaned by the Connecticut Society of Colonial Danes. After retaining this collec- tion three weeks other collections are to follow. Among the artists repre- sented this time are Abbey, Botticelli, Breton, Correggio, Sargent, Henner, Titan, Van Dyke.
 The following is the program for the Current Events club meeting next Monday evening at the library build ing: Quotations from the German i; Charlemagne; types of German wom- en; the gymnasium; German uni versailles; committees; intermission. The musical program at 8.30 p. m. will consist of a paper on Mozart by Miss Kate Lord; piano solo, Mozart, B. A. Burnham; piano duet, serenade from opera "Don Giovanni" Mozart, Misses Chamberlin and Newton; pa per on Haydn, Miss Hattie Werner; finale, from Symphonies No. 20, Misses Newton and Chamber lin; Heavens are telling, from orato- rio, Creation, Haydn, chorus.
 O. F. Beckwith has sold his horse card business to L. s. Watson & Son of Leicester, Mass. This part of the business was established B years ago, and the product has been sold in all parts of the civilized world. Mr. Beckwith retains the machines used for making the hand cards used for in card rooms, on which he has big trade, as very few of the card clothing manufacturers are fitted up to produce these necessary articles. The sale will give him some much needed room at the plant, and he will give his full attention in future to the manufacture of card clothing, for which there is an active demand, and of the hand cards used in stripping.
 There was a meeting of ths school board at the library building Tuesday forenoon. The meeting lasted from TO- 30 until 1 o'clock, and the time was largely devoted to balloting for school visitor. There was a slight change in the situation over the pre- vious situation, as the vote after each ballot stood three for O. l.. Suender- hauf and three for M. D. O'Connell. The matter of hiring school super came up, but the board voted against hiring one by vote of three to two. During the deadlock the old board of school visitors holds over, and the schools will receive the usual attention. A compromise has been suggested, which may prove suc- ,essful. There are 24 schools, and an agreement may be reached whereby