The Press., 1911-03-08
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

SGAEtOHO 0Hh1N6Ss
 Mrs. G J. Anderson has returned from a visit in Wh tinsville and Mill- bury.
 As the regular mes ting of Foreste;s on Thursday evening Isre will b. an initiation.
 Several of the local ladies hav3 bsen in Springfield this week attend ing the missionary an liversary jubiles
 Arthur Adams has tsk9n a position in F J. Chandlsr's grocery store owing to the resignation of John Bartlett.
 Mrs. Emily Lord, Rell known hare, has been q1ite ill at her home in Barre Plains, Mass b,t is now more comfortable.
 Miss Jessie Pease has returned from willimautio and will go u Keene. N H., next week to take her old position in Miss Raymond's millinery rooms.
 Mrs. William F. Taylor and Mer- Till Taylor of Warren, Mass. have been in town the past week as guests of Mrs Tsylor's sister. Mrs. Fred A Moore, of Westford avsnue
 AdelbeIt Heedham has received . carload of 22 horses from the west Is is the most expensive carload he ever received and oua of the best The horses are all heavy woIksrs.
 Margaret, the seven -months-ol1 daughter of Mir and Mrs Frank Pal mer, died last Wednesday morning The funeral was Thursday afternoon. with burial in St. Edwards cemetery
 Rehearsals are in progress for "A Celebrated Case" to be presented by the A. O. H. at St Edwards hall Friday, March IT. The entertain rnank uvill ha raneaAaa st~.- s~al~-s--l evening at MemoEial hall in Stafford
 ZolA, the French poodle lost a wee k ago yesterday by NJ. J Hassett, has been captured. The entire community fsels relief and for the first time in seven long days reciprocity, the " ,athfr and the bowling averages can recsive the att-ntion they deserve as topics of conversation et the barber shop. The proprietor of Ihe shop has aged peroeptibly in the interval, but he has maintained 8 good front and only those nearest him know the mental anguish he has exper,enced. One wstk ago y, ,stsrday MT Hassett took tho dog out of the express ofioe to lead him home. The animal slip p1d his collar and trouble commenced Mir. HAssett tracked him on foot for a time, but the best he could get was recond m each dash. Realizing that a determined effort musG be made, he next hired a team of Levi, and secur- ing the assistance of Patrick Ash, the we'll known fireman, he made a new star Mir. dassett estimates the second chase at nine miles, and all that was accomplished was to give Pat a pleasant afternoon. In the meantime Miohael's large oiIcls of friends became aware of his loss and got busy. Every day nee the loss telephone messages, verbal advice and coincidence have been freely furnished. | There have been times when the dog has been seen in six different parts of | the town at abont (, 6 same hour. Strangers have been instructed to call | At the shop and inquire and the local | people have shown an appreciative interest. Stray dogs of various breeds have been taken in and the reward | claimed. MT. HaseIt has spent his | spare time running down clews, and | had cccasionally caught sight of Zola Michael O'Halloran took charge of | the advertising department last We'd nesday morning. William Purcell, an expert on dogs and their habits, was retained on the case. His theory was that it would be necessary to catch | Zola with tull dog, and then get to them as soon as possible h the meantime the poor dog was very un. happy. Iu 8 strange town, with lot of strangers chasing him, the little animal began 60 think he had not a friend in the world. Sleeping where he could nights and snatohing food day times, 1t was an aWfal life com- pared with his former experience. Kind -hearted housewives fed him, but as they then tried to catch him 1t added to his suspicion. Monday night was the worst of all, and he was a very discouraged doggy when he showed up at the home of Mrs. Joseph Levene Tuesday forenoon. His legs were covered with ice and he was half frozen. Mrs. Levene coaxed him into tha house and his troubles were over. When Henry Levene brought him down about 1 o'clock Tuesday the street filled with people and there was general rejoicing The log did not appear to be much worse