Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-05-28

hait 1"ls AFTERNOON NJ TWO o clock All members
are requested to be present promptly at that
hour. See the call in another column
HoRTICULTURAL.-At the last meeting of the
society there was Il fair attendance. The most
noticeable feature was the display ofapples from
MIR. q. A. Pierce of Grafton, of species now
nameess. They have been exhibited twice be-
lore from the same source. The chairman of the
committee on apples, who has taken deep ill.,
terest in the subject since his appointment,
charterizes the apple in question as follows: Size,
above the medium; flesh, fair and white; flavor,
good, at the very late period of the last meeting
color, bright crimson upon yellow ground; from
all reports, hardy, vigorous, and good bearer,
| lfnothng transpies TO the contrary, this apple,
SO recently unknown, promises to be worthy
addition to that list, comprising the Red Russet,
Jabez Reed, and Stockwel Winter Sweet, which
the society have exhumed from their previous
local obscurty.
B. Butman displayed number of his Van Len
de Laval pear. This fruit grew in the opinion of
those who tested it at the late meeting. 1t IS
certainly unrvalled for keeping. One of our
best pomologists remarked that he saw no rea-
son why this variety should not rank higher for
the dessert.
Specimens of Musa SApreitum, W, from T. r.
Norcross of Shrewsbury, attracted merited COM
mendation for their superior quality, and for
their supplying the place vacated by Mr. Ed
ward Earle, of whom it is to be hoped that the
| experience of a tweve-month has not wearied
him in well-doing.
| full and punctual attendance of the COM
mittee of arrangements OF the society is desired
at four O'Clock in the afternoon of Thursday,
May 2Sth, to take the defnitive steps upon the
subject of summer exhibitions and premiums
thereat, which the advance of the season warns
cannot longer be safely delayed. The commit
tee consists of the president and secretary, and
MeSsrs. Edwin Draper, William Greeneaf, iona
than Grout, o. B. Hadwen, Z. S. Stebbins and
| II. R. Keith.
The library will be open on Thursday, May %,
| at three O'Clock p. NJ.
! EvADING THE LAW WITH A TRAP DOOR
| The case of James CaIlwe, who was convicted
at the recent term of the superior court for keep
ing liquor nuisance in Clappvle, Leicester
was curious operation of the modus operandi
| ltbOllCu ~ W LuOsS III lNlS COuTdDdUu
traffic, to evade the law. The Palladium thus
sketches the details of the case elected by the
| evidence:-
| 'Camwell stoutly averred that his premises
were free from all that can ntoXicae, and desired
| the town authorities 10 make thorough search,
| for he wanted the people to be satisfied that he
| WAS wrongfnlly accused. They examined every
| room and closet i'll the house, and every nook
and corner of the cellar. Mrs, Camwell is very
| industrious woman, as she appeared at the exam
| nation. She was zealously employed ironing
| clothes at q table in the kitchen, and so busy at
her work that she could not leave it long enough
to obilse the town authorities SO much us to step
off rug on which she was standing. Several
times she WIS requested, and several times she
refused; and even Camwe himself encouraged
her TO persist in her determination to get her
work done. At length she was admonishcd that
if she did not step of the rug she must be forced
| off All requests and admoniIi0Ls being una
vailing, she was taken Off the rug, and under it
was discovered trap door, somewhat after the
fashion of the trap doors which novel readers
find described in representations OF old baronial
castles. Upon opening it, they found an eXca-
Walton about four feet deep, filed not with dead
men, but with that which often makes men dead
drunk. Seven barrels OF rum, gin, whiskey, &C.,
were taken out OF tue hliing pl ice; and the jury
without any great delay, decided that Camwe
| kept nuisance; and he was sent over for TWEEN
| tY days, besides the usual fine
RETURN OF NINE MONTHS TRooPs The Ill
Massachusetts battery passed through the city
yesterday afternoon, from the seat of war, by tn
, New York train, their Term Of enlistment 70
nine months having expired.
} CATERPILLARs' NESTS can be burned, and S
: some orchards have been Illuminated of late il
the evening by torchbearers, who try in this man
ner TO secure safety for trees and a more celtai
promise of fruit. The nests of these pests are un
usually numerous in this vicinity this year
A NARROW EsCAPE.-A young man uamet
Albert II. Hubbard, an employee in the store o
Jenkins, Hamilton & Co., fell from a windo,
in the third story, on Wednesday forenoon
down 10 the pavement, distance of nearly fort
feet, striking against an iron grating, without r,
ceiving serious injury. His fall was broken b
the awning, through which he passed on hi
way to the sidewalk. 1t was d very narrow el
. cape.
A LETTER was mailed at the post office in tn
) city, yesterday, with the following superscril
I ton, viz
l Martin oMealey ohigher street
, North ward ggargo
State elenois
in care of John Gibenson
|
POLICE CoURT.-Yesterday, Joseph Stott an