The Press., 1908-12-02
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

Miss Beatrice Vizu spent Thanks. giving with relatives in Ware, Mass. i Francis Barton of Palmer was the guest of friends in the borough last week.
 Lawyer M. D. O'Connell has re. turned from a short vacation at Col chester.
 Mir and Mrs Lewis MoLaughlin and Mrs. James Mclaughlin spent i Thanksgiving in Holyoke.
 Mir. and Mrs. George Chamberlin of Hartford were with Mrs Harriet ! A. Hyde over Thanksgiving.
 Judge and Mrs. G. 0. Parkess were guests of MT and Mrs. Enos Penny ia Springfield over Tha nksgiving. There will be an election of officers at the meeting of the Modern Wood men of America next Monday evening. Barber Comm issioneI A. J. Squiree has returned from a business trip to Willimantic, Norwich and New Lon- don.
 Misses Alice aud Ruth Walker of New York city have been at their home here for the Thanksgiving va cation.
 Grace Church Notes: There will be meeting of the Woman's Guild at ? 30 p. m. Friday, with Mrs. F. L. Smith.
 MT. and Mrs. Vaughan Brown of Monson and w. D. Tuthill of Hart ford spent Thanksgiving with A. W Tuthill
 John Burr left for New York the first of the week to take his new position in the office of the Warren Woolen company.
 MT and Mrs H. E. Bugbee and son, Harry, and Mrs. c. H. Foskit of 1onson were guests of Mir. and Mrs. A. L. Howard over Thanksgiving.
 Anthony Adams is placing an at tractive new sign advertising Herald Ranges. Chapman & Brown have also placed tasty new sign over their store.
 The Crystal Lake Woolen company has elected officers as follows: Presi. dent, Samuel Rockwell; secretary, Everett Perkins; treasurer, James F. Warren.
 The new recreation rooms in the Sah q fortably. There is plenty of good literature with tables and games. F P. Brooke, who was formerly em- ployed as janitor and gardener of the state normal school at Willimantic, is acting as caretaker.
 Mrs C. H. Baker entertained large family dinner party at the Springs House Thanksgiving day The guests from out of town were MT. and Mrs. E. K. Baker. MT. and Mrs. I G. Baker, Miss Madeline, Rhea, Donal and Lawrence Baker, all of Springfield
 K O. K. A. Notes: The next meeting of tLe Castle will be on Fri day evening. Dec. 11th, at o'clock. After the degree work there will be a talk on Some laws and their work ings" by Judge Robert H. Fisk. The Woodcroft Indians will meet at 4 3 D m. the same day.
 The school committee held meet ing at the library building Monday afternoon Committeeman Eaton was empowered to buy seats for the Lull district and blackboa1ds for the Or cuttville school. Messrs. Foster and Fisk were appointed to confer with the selectmen relative to opening closed road in the Lull district. If this road is opened, it is expected that it will result in the consolidation of the Crow Hill and Lull districts later. Other routine business was transacted.
 Thought He Was In India.
 AS a consequence of the frequency with which venomous snakes are met with in India Anglo-Indians spend their whole lives in thinking of their lives and watching out for snakes. When MT. Kipling reached London from h. dia in his search for fame and fortune he lodged in some small rooms on Will Hers street, Strand, up two flights of stairs. One morning a friend called, and when he found himself in Rudyard Kipling's sitting room he was surprised to see a handsome mirror which stood over the fireplace smashed to smither- eens."
 Snakes" said Kipling. noticing the look of astonishment on his friends face. 'T was dozing in my chair yester- day evening. and my foot slipped out of my shoe, which for comfort had Half waking, I felt with my foot for the shoe and began slipping It in when my toes touched the leather tongue Snake flashed across my sleepy brain. gave one desperate kick, and when the shoe struck that mirror realized that was in London and not in India