Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-14
SPENCER.
Funeral of Mrs John O'Gara Largely
Attended by Friends.
LAST OF EARTH.

The last solemn rites for the dead
were performed over the remains of
Mrs. John O'Gara, Thursday morning.
First, delegation of f. A. Stearns Re-
lief Corps assembled at the residence of
the deceased at o'clock, where the ritz
ual service of the order was performed
over the casket by the officers of the
corps.
After this the casket was removed to
the Church of the Rosary, where SOL
emn high mass was % ebrated by Rev.
Father G. H. Dolan, Rev. FIR. Redican
of Leicester acting as deacon and Rev
FIR. Lee of Jefferson, Sub-deacon, while
Rev. FIR. Tuite was in the sanctuary
After the conclusion of the mass, Rev.
FIR. Dolan pronounced a feeling eulogy
upon the excellence of the character of
the deceased and her many qualities
worthy of emulation.
There were numerous floral tributes
laid upon the casket. A quartet from
Worcester, consisting of Fred Lamb
Daniel Downey, Edmund Waleh and
A. F. O'Gara, sang at mass de Pro-
funds" and "Pie Jesu,' and to close
the church service Mrs. Daniel Downey
soprano of Worcester, sang ANGELS
ever are bright and fair" Miss Susie
Mcdonnell presided at the organ.
The casket was then removed from
the church and escorted to st. Mary's
cemetery by large procession of SYM
pathizing friends, including sister MEM
bers Of F. A. Stearns Relief Corps.
The services at the grave were con-
Quoted. by Rev. FIR. Lee Of Jefferson,
assisted by Rev. FIR. Dolan, and the
quartet sang the Benedictus.
The bearers were Hon. Charles Hag-
gerty of Webster, Daniel Rout'ke of
Worcester, William A. Bell of Leicester
William J. Heffernan, Thomas q. Heney
and George #. McKenna.
There were many Of Mr.. OGara's
friends present from out of town.
among. whom were noted DR.. T. ]. Car
righaxs Timothy Howard, Esq, and
James Downey Of North Brookfeld,
James and William Downey Of Worces-
ter, John Bowler of Brookfield, Ed
monds Twitehell of Brookheld, Louis
N Moreau, Dennis Healey, Louis Har-
per and Connie Mack Of East Brook
field and Thomas H. Clark Of Warren
FARMERS INSTITUTES.
The committee to whom the Spencer
Farmers and Mechanics Association
referred the arrangements for holding a
series Of institutes the present winter,
has engaged A. H. Kirkland to deliver
an address before the association at G..
A. R. hall on Jan. 20. His subject will
be Insects Injurious to shade and fruit
trees" and 1t will be fully illustrated by
charts, maps, etc. 1t is proposed to hold
one joint institute with the Barre So
ciety at North Brookfield and another
with the Sturbridge society at West
Brookfield, but the arrangements for
them have not been completed.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
D. d. G. K. James E. Mcconnell of
Fftchburg installed these officers of
Spencer council, K. of c., at Putnam
hall, Thursday night: G. K, William J.
Kelley; D. G. K, w. A. Barribeault, M.
D.; F. S., Thomas A. Casey; r. S., 3.
M. Kelley; treas, Alfred Arseneault; c.,
George H. Kramer; w, T. H. Clare; L.
p. J. Bonner; I. G., Henry Cooneyi O..
c.. Michael j. Manning; G., John l..
Conner and Peter Donnellys A lunch
con followed the work.
TEMPORARY SHUT DOWN.
Dufton Brothers satinet mill at West
willie has been shut down for two days
on account of the breaking of the main
gear of their water wheel on Monday
1t was found impossible to procure a
new casting without a delay of several
days So Mr.. Dufton set to work to re-
pair the old one for temporary use, and
so far succeeded that with the help Of
the engine the mill may be run at its
full capacity Thursday morning. Thos.
Dufton, the senior member of the firm,
said: 1--WE are running about 80 hands
and doing the same work which used
to require S5. We have had to do this
by force of circumstances. Under the
Cleveland administration we were
forced to economic, and we chose to
employ a less number of hands rather
than reduce wages. I am my own en-
gineer. / passed an examination with
| the rest and obtained license. My son
acts as both boss weaver and loom
fixer. In this way we have been able
| to pay the help actually employed the
same wages as before, and run our mill
at small profit"