Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-31

/ nmOers at the Hamilton wooden company yard
in Globe Village, Southbridge The plane is the
width of the timbers; four men jump on, and
the oxen draw plane and men the length Of the
stick
The brick meeting house at the corner OF
Main and Church streets, Fitchburg, formerly
occupied by the Trinitarians, but more recently
by the second Methodist society, is undergoing
| extensive alterations, and when finished is to
| be occupied as a post office
On the 22d inst, some time after d heavy
shower had passed over, lightning struck large
chestnut tree in pasture in the rear of Mrs
Mason Ainsworth's house in Barre, splintering
the trunk Of the tree, blowing up the ground,
throwing large pieces of the tree many rods, and
finally passing off through a stone wall in three
| or four branches, leaving its traces for six or
eight rods in the grass of the meadow.
| BARRE.-Edwm Woods, j. F. Snow, Henry E.
Rice, P. II. Rabbit and Daniel Cummings of
| Barre, have been appointed committee to pro-
cure Il speaker and make the necessary arrange
ments for the formation of Il Grant and Wilson
| club.
| SObNII IOLlIlCS. ne
republicans of Southbridge have chosen C. A.
Paige, A. j. Bartholomew, c. " Carpenter, L.
D. Clemence, George A. Hanson, George H.
Hartwell and H. c. Wells, town committee, and
the following as delegates to the conventions ;
| Congrcssioual-S Dresser, George X. Dresser
L. A. Gleason, Liberty Litchfeld. County-S
| G. Hartwell, F. P. Pratt James Gleason Solo
mon Thayer Councillor-F. W. Botham, j. NJ
Cochran, Daniel Walker, George A. Hanson
| Senatorial-Charles V. Carpenter, Charles W.
| Hill, Henry T. Grant, Jr., S. S. Perry, f. L.
| Chaplin.
F1TCHBURG.-Fully one thousand people as
sembled in the Fitchburg town hail, Thursday
evening, for the purpose of hearing the political
issues of the day discussed by the Hon G. F.
Hoar, of this city. Shortly before eight o'clock
Mr.. Hoar made his appearance, and was re-
| ceived with loud and prolonged cheers. He was
introduced to the meeting by Hon. Amasa Nor
cross, president of the Grant and Wilson club of
Ftchburg, and repeated in substance his
Worcester speech. Throughout the evening he
was listened to with marked attention, and fire.
quently applauded AT the close of the meeting
Boutwell, and the speaker were proposed and the
propositions met with hearty applause.
SEVENTH DAY ADvENTIsTs CAMP MEETING.
The annual camp meeting of Seventh Day
Adyentists for New England began Wednesday
at the grove in South Lancaster. About thirty
five tents have been erected, some of them capa-
BILE of holding from five to eight hundred people,
besides the other customary appointments Of a
camp meeting. The public exercises began on
| Wednesday afternoon, with a sermon by Elder
VIM. H. Littlejohn of Michigan, followed by ex-
hortations from Elders j. N. Andrews of New
| York, B. c. Rodman of Rhode Island, S. n Has
kell of South Lancaster, and others. Thursday
morning there was another sermon by Elder
| Littleiohn, and in the afternoon by Elder Has
kelI. Among the additional preachers expected
is Elder George R. Butler of Iowa. The meet
| ings will continue till Monday.