The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-22
EAST PROVIDENCE.
An Enjoyable Lenten Musicale at
Residence OF Mr.. Gage.
The Funeral Of Isaiah Hoyt at Nswman
Congregatl0nal-S0cieiy Notes.


Saturday evening very delightful Len
ten musicale introducing Miss Blanche
Nathalie Davis, Of Providence was given
at the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. i. James
Gage, No. IA Fifth street. A large gather
ing of invited guests were present and en-
joyed the entertainment TO its fullest ex-
tent. The program was as follows;
Polonaise, Op. 90 No. !, Chopin, Miss
Davis; song without words, in L, Men
delssohn, Miss Davis; soprano solo,
Group of Songs, +" Mcdowell Miss
Mabel Smith OF Providence; Fantasies
tuck, Schumann, Miss Davies; Briar Rose,
Idyll, u. II. Bailey, Miss Davis; song
"Orpheus With His Lutte 4" sullivan, Miss
smith, Forbidden Music" Gastaldon,
Miss Smith, Novelette, in Il, Schumann,
Miss Davis; "Warum, Schumann, Miss
Davis. AT the conclusion of the program
social hour was enjoyed, during which
Miss Davis and Miss Smith were intro
duced TO the guests and received their
hearty congratulations.
The funeral of Isaiah Hoyt took place
yesterday afternoon. Prayer was offered at
the house at ! o'clock and at o'clock SER
vices were held at the Newman Congrega-
tfonal church whittier the remains had
been taken The apcient church was com
pletely filed with -sympathizing relatives
last tribute of respect TO the man who for
SO many years had been SO highly esteemed
by them. AS the remains were being con-
yeyed TO the altar IA solemn prelude was
played upon the organ by Mrs. Lake, the
organist The funeral service was then
conducted AS follows: Scripture reading by
the pastor, Rev j.. u Ferris; chanting the
23d psalm by choir; scripture selections by
Rev. Isr Ferris; singing, Nearer My
God TO Thee" choir prayer and funeral
sermon by Rev. l.. ,. Woodworth, former
pastor VINO took for his texts Acts, llth
chapter % and "a verses, and Philippan
lst chapter and 23d verse; singing, Jesus
Lover of NV Soul, " choir; benediction by
Rev. Mr.. Woodworth. The audience Were
then allowed TO take last look at the
face that had been SO familiar 10 them for
so many years, and the remains were
taken to the family plot at Lakeside ceme-
terry and placed beside his wife and child,
and thus the family were again united.
The flowers were very beautiful, in
Guiding an immense bouquet of Gala
lilies. from the Newman church; pillow
inscribed "Uncle Hoyt" from his nephews
and nieces; an ivy wreath from Mrs.
William *. Hawes of Boston; bunch OF
palms, from Mr.. and Mrs. f. H. Horton.
The bearers were four nephews, Hon. A.
" Cunningham, Walter Cunningham,
Joseph Crane and q. Clifford Bishop
There seems TO be no foundation for
the report SD freely circulated of late
that Mr.. Alvin 4. Shepard, principal of
the A. II. Hoyt grammar school, intends
Co sever his connection with that school
at the expiration of the present term.
The school bylaws require two weeks
notice from any teacher who wishes 10
resign, and the same notice must DO
given by the committee If they desire
teacher to yacatc. No such notice has
been given by either and as the present
term ends in a week, it can be plainly
seen that no such change is contemplated
at that time In fact IL Is understood
upon good authority that Mr. Shepard
has had no intention of resigning, and the
report was undoubtedly circulated by
those persons who were not favorable to
him. Mr.. Shepard certainly has not had IA
| fair trial and has not had the opportunity
| to demonstrate what he could do with the
school The school committee hold their
| final meeting for the year tonight, but
it is not probable anything viii be said
about the Hoyt school matter.
The annual report of Health Officer
Mason b. Wood has been prepared, and
will be printed in the town report The
following Is the abstract of the report
Reports OF contagious diseases received
from physician: Total, l05, as follows:
Scarlet fever, 80; typhoid fever Z; diph-
iberia "a; measles, 20; chicken pox, ..
Contagious diseases coming TO his knowl-
edge from all other sources, total 2l3 as
| follows: Mumps, 76 chicken pox, y;
measles, ia; whooping cough, H. Total
number of contagious diseases BIS. The
| physicians and families have aided the
,, health department in isolating the dis
eases, and thus preventing "a more general
spreading. Locations of contagious dis
eases reported by physicians as follows:
Rumford district, 6 Watchemoket dis
trict co. Riverside district 80, total l05
School permits have been written for
33l pupils of the public school, and were
located as follows Rumford district, 2l;
Watchemoket district 227; Riverside dis
trict So Complaints of nuisances have
been received as follows: Cess pools
overfull, 3; privy vaults in bad order, 4; (;
cess pools leaking into streets 81 cess
pools leaking into cellars, b; cess pools,
etc, too near dwellings, D; offensive de-
posits in open lots Z swine, kept too near
dwelling cess pools under dwelling, / I;
pollution of natural water course, 2; total,
81. Personal inspection of promises where
contagious diseases have been reported
have been made as follows Contagious
| diseases 5S; nuisances, 30; total, 93. IL en-
tries have been made in the book kept for
requests and complaints; 10 of these were
requests 10 call at new houses and on new
families, 4 were complaints of n trivial
nature 36 permits to cart swill have
been granted. The residence of persons
holding such permits is MS follows, East
Providence, b; Darlington, 3; Seekonk,
II; Rehoboth, IL; Swansea 4. 11.
The report Is very concise and in full
detail, and contains many valuable re-
concentrations.