Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-06-20
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SourHBR1DGE,- The enrolment in South
bridge has been completed, and the result Is
as follows Whole number enrolled, 06o.
In the first class, consisting OF all males from
twenty to forty-fve, unmarried, ana married
from twenty to thirty-tive years OF age 800
In the second class, consisting Of all married
from thirty-live to forty. five years OF age, 2O3.
of the above number l75 claim to be aliens,
and are classed as follows born in Canada,
IS; in ireland, Sc; in England l5 in Scot
land, 8; in Germany, 6; in France LIS.
Now in the service, SO. Leaving of both
classes, 800; from which will have to be de-
Quoted the usual per cent Of exemptions for
disability, &c.
The court record in Southbrdge last week
before Justice Dresser shows quite a number
Of cases Of drunkenness, and the Southbridge
journal reports seven cases, the first being
the liquor seller himself, Patrick O'Hara, who
was fined $50 and costs, and sentenced to
three months imprisonment from which sem
tence he appealed and gave bail. OF the other
cases we select the following from the Jour"
nails report:
''Mrs Jane Netherwood was the next case.
1t is said that woman is at the bottom OF all
| mischief Jane is at the bottom OF good
! deal of mischief in the neighborho0d where
| she lives when she is not in the house OF cor
rection. Jane is emphatically hard ticket,
extremely yoluble, polite when not mad,
! peaceable when not crazed with liquor, but
owing to her affection for the bottle, her crazy
spells outnumber her sober days. Jane Is
forever getting drunk and disturbing the
tranquility Of her neighborhood with tiendish
rawlings, vociferous and frantic outcrles.
Jane is shrewd as well as ugly. She frequently
gives the officers no little trouble. Once at
ter being arrested she escaped from the of
| fcer, fled to Sturbrdge, and secreted herself
| among the feathered fowl in Squire Hyde's
hen house. Jane has husband, Daniel, a
lamb like creature, equally prone to the use
of chain-lightning liquor, but usually less vlo-
lent and obstreperous when elevated. Jane
| and her mid-mannered husband made Sunday
and Monday nights hideous. Sunday he
might have been seen holding his loving
spouse down on the ground, and proudly
seated on her head. Monday night Jane
| aroused the village III a midnight tumult and
brawl, uttering frantic exclamations, and run
| ming noisly about after her intoxicated hus-
| DdHu, lHIcdtellluS W otllhS "hJ oi VIM INV
| Tested her. She was fined So and costs, in
| all $50, for her grand celebration, which
| she Indignantly refused 10 pay.
Daniel NetherwOod, the husband OF Jane,
came next. A witness testified to seeing him
| drunk at six o'clock Monday morning. Dam
iel with affected surprise thhugh it a rather
early hour to be drunk, which struck the
court and spectators as a bright idea. He
was fined 81 and costs, in all 81 81, and he
also spurned the swindle, but finding at last
that either pay up or the house of correction
was inevitable, cooled down under IL realizing
sense OF the stern alternative, and paid his
own and his witeS fine, whereat the pair went
home NIGHTLY rejoicing"