The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-30
SLOWLY RECOVERING.
Grafton once More Sees Its Way out of
Big Drifts.

I 70 go on record is 1.-THE THANKSGIVING
blizzard Of 9S" buried the Old hill
town Of Grafton as completely as its
predecessor of last February, filing all
| the streets where there was the least
| bank wall for the drifts to Die up I'M
der, and filing the deep cuts Of the
! Grafton, Milbury and Milford railway
much more than the severe storm Of
/ last winter.
Sunday morning, for the FIRST time in
the memory Of some of the Oldest in
/ habirants, there were no attendants at
any Of the Protestant churches in town.
/ and only a small gathering was to he
/ seen at st. Philips. Ike Waterman who
/ patrols from the centre Of the town to
| Wheeler bridge. guarding d now lost
electric rOad-lOst until next spring or
summer-indulged in a free for-al hunt
1 Sunday forenoon. He was not hunting
/ for gold, although he doubtless had q
/ klondike feeling, but he was IN keep
| ing with the day. searching for light.
/ The lights he wanted We're ,hrae dozen
/ in number the night before, but owing
/ 10 the wind blowing over a large num-
! Der Of the lanterns and putting out
! others. he consoied himself with the
1 three-less the dozen, and abided in the
! nope that the remaining 90 would be
| discovered when work is resumed on
! the road next spring. not feeling Ger
tain Of again seeing terra firma before
/ that time.
| The milk train on the Grafton and
| Upton which is due in town at eight
o'clock Sunday morning, did not arrive
I unit late in the day, and then it con-
! sisted of engine and coal car only. the
milk car having been left stalled at the
| top of West Upton hill. The engine TO
NAMED at the Grafton depot until
] q nh hi
start was made for North Grafton,
which place was reached about noon
The return trip was made to the centre
at $50 During this time another en-
CINE had been blowing its way up
through the CptOns and had not sue
ceeded in moving the milk car left on
the road Sunday morning. This was
done, however, with the aid of the re-
turning engine. Grafton milk producers
Monday afternoon with their two days
product, and the waiting room was
utilized as a store room for it.
Owing to the dryness of the snow,
the Grafton Electric Light Company
and the telephone lines We're not heavy
losers, although the wires Of the former
were down in a fw places. During the
storm Sunday evening there We're no
street lights, as falling wires We're
feared
Grafton Nov. 2S.-The "no-school"
signals today were needless, as most Of
the teachers We're stalled out of town,
they not having returned from the
Thanksgiving vacation.
At Forbushs & Browns shop there
were several windows blown in and
the snow piled in about the machinery
in some Of the rooms. Windows We're
blown in at various other places.
Sheridans light sleigh made two trips
to North Grafton Monday, returning at
II o'clock the first time and bringing
The Spy with its complete account Of
the disasters of the storm on land and
sea He could only carry three pas
sengers, and many others were refused
passage. Large forces Of men We're at
work clearing the roads at an early
hour Monday morning but at night
several of the main-trayeled roads east
and west of the town had not been
broken out.
DR.. Warner b. Maxwell illustrated
the pleasures Of the medical profession
by making horseback visits to his pa
TENTS.
At the deep cut on the CentreviIle
road the snow was piled up Y feet.
Grafton checker men are reading
with interest all that pertains to check
ers in Worcester and their coming
match with the Y. NJ. G. A.. to be held
| Dec. II, and to kill the duIlness of the
! stormy days, they are talking with
great confidence Of the result of the
match. Difficult problems are daily be-
ing reviewed at the rooms of the chess
and checker club, and a large number
| Of Grafton admirers of the game intend
to witness the games.
The very instructive. highly-inter-
esting and greatly appreciated lectures
on American history given in Grange
! Hall, by E. p. Usher, last winter, have
caused that gentleman to be invited
TO give a similar series on Current
events during the coming winter
months. The lectures viii be given in
! Grange Hall every other week, and a
meeting was held there this evening at
| z: 40, to which all interested in having
| the course We're invited
Elbridge Kimball stone formerly Of
! Grafton, died at his home in Quincy.
Ill., Nov. %, aged so years and 8
months Mr.. Stone leaves relatives in
| Grafton and was a visitor here last
summer. Mr.. Stone was a. native of
| Grafton and went to Quincy in 1898.
and has since resided there.
I Woman Clarence Leroyd Crosby of
| the Resolute VINO has been spending a
| five days leave with his parents on
Millbury street, returned to New York
| today, where he win JOIN his ship for
| further service. Crosby was on block
AIDE duty before Havana until the vel
| low fever scare. when his shin was
| ordered north. He was not a partici-
! pant in the great battle of Santiago. bur
| says things about the Cuban harbor
We're interesting enough for the average
/ man. Crosby, despite his recent return
/ from the tropics, was to be seen on the
/ streets Monday with only his sailor
| clothes, and appeared to feel no dis
comfort on account Of the KIondike
weather
The trains on the Grafton and Upton
road resumed regular runs this morn
ing, two engines and two cars making
up the train. This evening a special
train was run to Milford for the ac-
commodation of about 50 Grafton Ma
sons. who attended the meeting and
banquet held at that place this even
Fing
The Worcester Construction Company
had q new gang at work today, many
of the Italians having left for warmer
quarters, 1t is said by he superin-
tendent Of the work that the road is TO
be completed as soon as possible, and
work viii be continued, let the weather
be what it may Most people, however,
have given UP ali hope of electrics this
winter.
A FALL IN BEANS.