Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-16
FRANKLIN COUNTY.

The Arms Library Association at Shelburne
Falls has voted to extend the privileges of its
library to the inhabitants of the two towns,
Shelburne and auckland. The library now
contains 400 volumes, and possesses perma-
nent fund, through the munifcence of Ira
Arms, sufficient for the purchase of $50 to 200
volumes annually. Such institutions are high
ly worthy of encouragement
All the manufacturing establishments in
Shelburne Falls are receiving very large orders
for goods.
Messrs. Newton Rooto Greenfield have
purchased and killed the great Conway OK,
owned by E. G. Thwing. The animal was six
years old and weighed, when alive, about 200
pounds; he was six feet high, and measured
feet IL inches around the girth, and dressed
20403 pounds. The hide and tallow weighed
36l3 pounds.
An interesting probate trial was had before
referees at Bernardston, last week, in the case
| of Dorus Bascom, administrator of the estate of
the late Edward II. Snow, of Bernardston,
against Henry w. Cushman, administrator
with the will annexed, of the estate of the late
Thomas Snow, of Greenfield, formerly of Ber-
nardston. The claim of the plaintiff was for
labor and services rendered by E. II. Snow
and wife, and money paid for his father, Thorn
as Snow, who, by his first will, in 1889, const-
| lulcu Ds L. Ilc pIlllClpdl uclr 10 HIS estate
| The latter died in 1856, leaving a widow and
an adopted child and the father, Thomas
Snow, subsequently made a new WILL revoking
the will of 1889, and after giving $500 to the
widow, and $500 to the adopted child of his
son, and some other small legacies, gave the
residue of his property to his widow. In 1858,
Thomas Snow died, leaving between $4,000
end $4,000 worth of property. The two wills
were presented for probate that of 1855 being
established by agreement of the parties, and
the claim in favor of the estate of Il. H. Snow
for the services rendered by him under the
old will, being referred to arbitrator, who
have now awarded 81 1888 33 in addition to the
sums given his widow and adopted child in the
second will.
Rev. Mr.. Emerson of the Congregational
Society in Montague received a donation visit
from his Pensioners, on Friday, the 11th
Among the rest, a company of about twenty
ladies procured sled with which they pro-
ceeded to a store and got barrel of -four,
which they loaded on it, and then proceeded
to draw it to their minister's, adding by the
way, good porker, and other useful articles.
A few days since, a horse, whose weight is
about 1900 lbs, drew distance of two miles
into Montague, II cords of wood, which
weighed, sled and all, GAO lbs.
The scarlet fever is prevailing to considera-
BILE extent in Mortified, but thus far it has been
very successfully treated.
Mr.. Jonathan Coombs of Colerane, was
obliged to butcher one of his nice oxen last
week, on account of an injury to one of its
feet, or legs. 1t weighed, when dressed, 1860
lbs. Mr.. Coombs says the disappointment in
not being able to drive the best pair of cattle to
Greenfield next spring, is more felt than the
loss sustained in being obliged to kill him at
this season Of the year.