Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-28

SILVER WEDDING. MIR. and Mrs. Charles
G. Parker celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversa-
ry OF their marriage by reception at their resi-
dence on Pleasant street last evening. Their
friends and neighbOrs, to the number of one
hundred and sixty, assembled with congratula-
tons, and Rev, Mr.. st. John, with a few appro-
PIRATE remarks, presented in behalf of the
friends, silver service of seven pieces together
with number OF silver articles from individual
friends. Blake lodge, Knights of Pythias,
through Mr. IL. C. Wilson, presented a silver
ice pitcher, salver and goblet. Mr.. Parker
briefly responded, thanking the friends who had
so kindly remembered him and his wife. Rev.
Mr. Cross Of West Boylston, who performed the
marriage ceremony twenty-five years ago, was
present, and made short address.
The STATE GUARD reunion, which takes
place this evening, will call together all the re-
naming veterans who did such noble escort
duty during the war, when their services were
as indispensable at home as the more active and
younger militia were on tue open battlefield,
and with Co. b, now the active portion Of the
battalion, the honorary members and invited
guests, will present a company such as meet
only at these annual gatherings. The Guard
will assemble at their armory at three o o'clock
this afternoon, when inspection, drill, supper,
speaking and dancing will follow in rapid sue
cession. The splendid music of Brown and
Reeves band will of course be one of the chief
attractions of the occasion.
Every active and honorary member who in
tends to join in the festivities is requested to be
at the armory with their ladies promptly at
seven O'Clock, Orders for carrisye may be left
at D. SCOTS drug store, corner of Main and
Mechanic streets.
REGATTA NOTES.-The annual regatta of the
college crews, which will be rowed next July,
already excites considerable interest, and many
conjectures and srumors regarding the event
have begun to be circulated through the press.
1t will be remembered that the regatta last year
took place under the auspices of the college
rowing association, consisting of delegates from
seven or eight colleges, and although but three
colleges were then represented by crews some
seven and eight were then and are now members
of the association. The annual meeting of this
transaction of business connected with this
years regatta, such as fixing time, place and
style of race, occurs by appointment, Wednes-
day, April Sd, at the Ray State house. We
learn, however, from official source that the
place will not be Ingleside, nor Springfield, nor
Providence, nor Fall River, nor Boston, all of
which places have been named. 1t certainly
will be at New London or at Worcester and the
probabilities in the case amount almost to a GER
tainty that it will take place here on Lake
Quinsigamond.
The arrangements will undoubtedly be that
each sboat shall start from its own stake, row
over its own course laid out before starting,
turn its own stake, and come back over its own
course, without the right to deviate from that
course under any circumstances. Entries may
be expected from at least six or seven colleges.
Crews may be counted upon as sure from Har-
ward, Brown and Yale and as probable from the
two Amherst colleges. The regatta will occur
during the latter part of the second or third
week in July. All the above predictions are
based, of course, on the suppOsition that the as
ISOLATION is continued as an organization.
Should this be broken up, then it amounts to
an absolute certainty that there will be regat-
ia at Worcester in July, between the colleges of
Harvard, Brown and Yale.