New Britain herald., 1914-08-24

up. would see a waterfall of snow from some high peak. Or perhaps, you would look down as you stepped over large crack and tremble for fear that it would open up little farther and swallow you up.
 'The mountains are just covered with flowers not more than a few feet away from the snow; flowers of every color and description. It is most delightful to hear the tinkles of the bells on hundreds of cows grazing in the vicinity.
 We had planned for grand re- union in Paris with other touring parties, but I don't see how we are going to get there now''
 In their mail today, the Lincolns re- ceived two letters which their daugh- ter had written and mailed on Friday, July 31. They reached here several days later than the letter which was written August 4, which fact is un- doubtedly due to the irregularity of steamship sailings.
 Threw Match in Gasoline.
 James Woodruff, the grocer, and a number of other townsmen had a miraculous escape from serious injury and possible death late Saturday af- ternoon, when a man, into whose machine he was pouring gasoline, de- liberately threw a lighted match into the partly filled funnel which he was using Had it not been for MT. Wood- ruff's presence of mind in grabbing a fire extinguisher and applying it to the flames which burst up immediately the foolish autom obilist would be
 
 It was about o'clock in the af- ternoon when the autoist with four other men, drove up to Woodruff's store for the purpose of replenishing his supply of gasoline. MT. Woodruff put his funnel into the faucet of the gasoline tank and had just begun pouring in the infiammable liquid when the driver of the car, shouting: That stuff won't burn," drew d match from his pocket, scratched it cn the sole of his shoe and cast it into the funnel. Perceiving in an instant W hat the man had done, tn egrocer leaped clear of the car barely in time to avoid being burned by the fierce flames which sprang up, and grabbing a patent fire extinguisher, applied it quickly and subdued the blaze in short order.
 His telephone bell rang just then and while he went to answer the call the men climbed into the machine and sped away down the turnpike towards Hartford A bystander took down the license number, which was 743 L.
 About half an hour later, the autoists called MT. Woodruff on the telephone and asked him how much they had caused to his They refused to give him their names, however, and rang off when he persisted in being told.
 Feeling that such characters were a menace to the public safety, MT. Woodruff notified the authorities and it is proba ble that they will make an arrest in the case. It was learned todav that the careless autoist was Harry B. Francis of Southington. Spocner Lectures in Thompsonyille.
 Speaking with much feeling against the action of Governor Simeon E. Baldwin in vetoing the bill for the after it had passed both houses of the General Assembly. Il. H. Spooner of Kensington, secretary and treasurer of the Connecticut Temperance federation, gave fifty five minute address in the First church in Thompsonvllle yesterday. He stated that sixty per cent of the inmates of the state prison were detained there because of the ef- feet which strong drink had upon them.
 Miss Parks in Europe.
 Miss Mary Isabelle Parks of Leon