Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-17
COUNTY NEWS.

MOUNT deOrOn temple OIL HOnOFy NO. o. Is u
be instituted at Spencer, this evening. Mem
bers of the order from Worcester, and from
other places in the state will be present Several
prominent citizens are among the charter appli-
cants.
Four painters-A. R. Dunklee, George Field,
Orrin Saxton and Edward Staples-at work
upon the Methodist church at Athol depot, one
day last week, all got upon one staging, and it
gave way, letting them fall distance of twenty
five feet upon a heap of stones; all were more or
less injured and Field quite seriously.
The shop, house and barn of Daniel Casa
want, of Athol, were destroyed by fire Monday
morning, as is generally thought by incendiary
means. Mr. Casavant had insurance on the
buildings amounting to about $500, and on his
stock in trade, furniture, &C., about $1,000 more,
making the whole insurance about S2SOO. The
buildings, stock in trade, furniture, &c., &C.,
were valued at about $4,000.
The Athol Transcript contains an account of
young man who ran away from his parents in
Athol when boy to go to sea, and has now
turned up away off in Asia, where he has been
knocking about in the jungles for some three
years. His name is not given, but that paper
says he was found by missionary very sick,
and that an effort will be made to bring him
home.
The clothing store and tailor's shop of Mr.
Zacheus B. ingalls,, in Spencer, was broken
open, some time during Monday night, and
ready made clothing piece goods and tailor's
materials, to the value of $4,000, were carried
| away. The operators did their work without
causing an alarm, and the morning, when it
was discovered, no trace was left indicating
their whereabouts. An entrance was first made
through the back window, and then the front
doors were forced open. The goods were all
taken out between twelve and two
| LEICEsTER.-The Sabbath school connected
with the First Congregational society in Leices-
ter held an interesting meeting on the occasion
| of its fifty-second anniversary, at their vestry
on Sabbath evening last. The hall was beau
tifully decorated with evergreens and bouquets
and among the ornaments on the wall was
neat painting of a bible and cross, tastefully
| framed and surrounded by appropriate mottos,
the work and gift of Miss Emily Woodcock,
and collection of dried grasses from Mount
| Sinai, and olive leaves from Mount Lebanon,
| encased in beautiful frame, the border of
which was composed of numerous variegated
shells from the Red Sea, the design and arrange
ment of Mrs. z, Nelson, the wife of the veneer
able senior pastor, and presented by Rev. DR..
| and Mrs. Nelson to the Sabbath school, accom-
panied by note giving the history Of the pres
sent, together with historical "reminiscences of
the Sabbath school with which they had both
been connected since the first organization fifty
| two years since. The hall was compactly filled,
and the exercises were of character to inter-
est the various ages which made up the audi
ence. A prominent part of the exercises was
the singing of various Sabbath school hymns,
duets and solos by the choir and the children,
the repetition by nearly all the audience present
of various Scripture texts and notices, and in.
teresting and appropriate addresses from Mr.. G.
| A. Wetmore, principal of Leicester academy
and Rev. A. H. Coolidge, the junior pastor of the
society.
| The annual report was presented by the SUI
perintenent, Charles A. Denny, Esq, giving an
encouraging statement of the present condition
| of the school. Near the close of the exercises
the pastor presented to the superintendent the
bouquets ornamenting the desk, composed prin-
cipally of wild flowers gathered by the younger
members of the school, and presented by them
as a token of affection to him on the tenth ami
| versary of his superintendent of the school
| This school comprises large proportion of the
| Sabbath audience of every age, from the
| youngest scholar Of the infant class to theRgray.
haired learner of more than four score years.