Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-06
MILLBURY NEWS.
Bramanville Man is Raising Early
Market Vegetables.
In An Exciting Runaway a Horse Turns a
Somersault-Many News Items from
the Ninth Ward.


retailing groceries, meat and provisions,
has now entered a new field, and will
try his success in raising vegetables for
carly market. Mr.. Horne has built a
large hot-house near High street, in
Bramanville.
A Spy reporter visited the building
and found that Mr.. Horne had large
area Of ground covered with early vege-
table plants. At present there are rad
lshes, which will be ready for market in
a few days. Besides, he has beds Of let
tuce, cucumbers and rhubarb The rhu-
barb is ready for market now, but Mr..
Horne will not place it on sale until a
later date. Mr.. Horne stated that he was
only experimenting now, and that If his
efforts are successful he will build large
lighthouses in the spring. About the mid
die of February he will plant seed
enough to raise 10000 tomato plants,
and make preparations for raising pep
pers, celery, beets and other vegetables.
He will also equip his building with a
dynamo powerful enough to light all
his buildings. In the house he has a
new Penticost heater, which furnishes
the heat for the dollhouse.
The Millbury Water Company's reser-
voir furnishes him with water.
ICE CUTTING.
A force Of men set to work Wednesday
filing the Bay State Ice Company
houses at NIillbury Junction. The usual
force Of men employed is 175, about so
Of whom belong in Millbury. The ice
is cut into blocks weighing S65 pounds
each, and these are run into the houses
at the rate Of 5000 day.
When the mammoth buildings are
full there will be upward of $4,000 tons
of ice, which viii find its way to Boston.
The work, which is most interesting,
begins with scraping off the snow,
which is done with horses. The two
horse plows are employed cutting the
ice, which is sawed into huge floats and
are piloted along an open channel by
the men, who ride upon them with long
pike poles.
Six men are ept busy with cross-cut
saws cutting the floats into cakes of
the right width Near the channel the
long cakes are met by men armed with
heavy chisels, who split the cakes into
proper length to be carried on to the
apron, and lifted up the run-ways into
the houses. On the way up the runs
the cakes of ice come in contact with
a plane which takes off all dirt and
loose snow, leaving the cake IA inches
thick. The men on the run-ways at the
top of the incline are kept hustling to
care for the cakes and to keep them
from piling on top of each other.
HAS THE GRIP.
Henry H. Bugbee is i'll with the grip,
at his home, at the power station.
AN EXCITING RUNAWAY.
A very exciting runaway occurred on
Elm street Tuesday afternoon, when G.
H. Maxham's spirited driving horse be.
came frightened and ran towards the
centre of the town. When he neared
the high school building, the vehicle
was overturned, throwing the driver
out. Fortunately, he escaped un
harmed. The horse was captured by
Landlord Bartlett.
A. NJ. Stowe also figured in the affair
He was driving down the street and
seeing the frightened animal pass, at
| tempted to follow. AS he was passine
the hardware store of James H. Fergu
son, his horse sank into the frozer
ground and turned a complete somer
sault, taking the wagon with him. Tht
harness was a total wreck, and thu
shafts were broken. The hole II
the street was caused by a de
feet in the highway caused by leak
| age in the water mains The matter wat
4 IL H. i
of the Water Company
A RECORD OF BIRTHS.
DIR. Booth, one of Mil1burys most
prominent physicians, has given out the
following list as the total number Of
births occurring in his practice in Mill
bury for the past 20 years as SIG. Of
these, 462 were males and Ala females
cd IN ba aq Tt,
rs in February, GA in March, 50 in April
70 in May, n in June, II in July, IS
in August, 90 in September, 5S in Octo-
Der, 62 in November and 66 in Deem
Der. Among these, there were seven
pairs Of twins.
NO FOXES FOUND.
A. B. F. Kinney, Marshall Russell
David Earle and John NJ White went
fox hunting Wednesday, but Reynard
was nowhere to be found. The Brig
ham hill territory was traversed by the
veteran hunters without success. The
following dogs were taken: Logan, Fly
Guess, Ben, Duke, Tom and Sam An
other hunt will be made in the near flu
ture, and the whole pack of dogs taken
OFFICERS INSTALLED.
The officers of Morning Star Lodge, 1
0. o. F.. were installed Tuesday evening
by D. D. G.. NJ, w. p. Rowell and
suite of Worcester, as follows: N. G..
Harry G. Thornhill; V. G., Charles
Whitney; r. S. N. G., S. K. Maxwell
L. S. N G., j. A. Chambo; W, Henry
Hobert; con-, Charles Whitworth; chap.
Charles Searles; 0. G., George Williams
sec, Alden Coffin; 7. s.. Fred Monroe
treas, Henry w. Carter; R. S. S., Geo
Paine; L. S. S.. G.. r. Anderson; r. S. v
G., B. o. Paine; L. S. V. g., Harry
Woodward.
HURT THEIR HANDS.
John McNulty, employed as boss spin.
ner at the Mayo wooden mills, had the
index finger of his left hand crushed
while at work at the mill Wednesday
The wound was dressed by Dr. C. A
Church.
Napoleon Cournoyer, employed at the
waste house of Samuel E. Hull, had his
left hand badly lacerated, at the plant
Wednesday afternoon. He was repair.
ing a belt when, in some unknown man
ner his hand was caught, with the above
result. The wound was dressed by DR.
G. A. Church, who thinks his hand can
be saved,
SELECTMEN MEET.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
selectmen was held Wednesday evening,
THE SURPRISE OF ALL.
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