Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-16
"A QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
Presiding Elder Mansfield Pays His Pc
riodical Visit.

The fourth quarterly conference of
the Cherry Valley Methodist Church
was conducted by Rev. j. II. Mansfield,
presiding elder, Sunday evening. The
reports of the secretary and treasurer
were read and approved. The treasur-
er's report showed prosperous state
of affairs There remains a debt of
SLIPS, Including the price of the piece of
land purchased OF Jerome Bottomly, be-
tween the church and parsonage, and
some which remains unpaid on the par
sonage. Rev. T. c. Martin will close
his pastorate at Cherry Valley the com
ing April, after one years work in the
parish. The trustees elected are: Eli
Collier, Richard F. Logan, David Earn
shaw, David Boyd, George Boyd, o. A.
Logan, Frank Barron Robert Ash
worth and James McCool. The stew
ards are: Alfred Heyworth, Robert Ash
worth, David Boyd, George Boyd, Sara
Boyd, Frank Barron, Charles White,
Mrs. Margaret F. Logan, George Legg,
George H. Legg, Benjamin Williams,
sydney Bryant, William Marsden.
GOOD TIME COMING.
The Clover Whist Club are planning
for dancing party in the town hall on
Monday evening, Feb. 21st. Robert H.
Olney and Herbert Gould are the com
mittee of arrangements. The H, H.
Disco Orchestra will furnish the music,
James A. Quinn being prompter. The
affair will be attended by invitation
only.
The Clover Whist Club met at the
home of Mrs. George w. Olney, Monday
evening. Mrs. G. H Arthur won the
ladies' prize, a picture, and Herbert
Gould won pearl-handled knife.
Charles /. Davis, the clerk of Steamer
Company No. 1, says that no committee
of three has been appointed to work for
license at the March meeting, to secure
license money for building a new engine
house, as recently printed in a Worces-
ter paper He says that he, in common
with the rest of the fire company, is
earnestly hoping for a strong no-license
vote.
The Ladies' Circle of the Sanderson
NJ. E. Church met Tuesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. NJ. NJ. Mowry. A
bean supper was served at $50 p. m.
AN AMUSING EPISODE.
Several Cherry Valley women and
two Leicester constables figured in a
very amusing episode at Cherry Valley
| Tuesday. Water Commissioner Henry
O. Smith took jaunt into Cherry Val
ley for the water district, and incident
ally TO talk politics. At several of the
houses where he stopped, only women
were at home. He began to ask each
one who their husband would vote for
at the town election. Finding that the
present selectmen stood a good show,
and that most of the men would vote for
them, he became tragic. and one woman
| becoming excited, went to Olney's mill
and not understanding Mr.. Smith, asked
that the Leicester officers should be
called to take care of a crazy man
| Officers Quinn and Butler boarded the
| first car and ran into the Cherry Valley
post office at 1.35 Several of the by
| ISLANDERS prepared to bolt, and finally II
was found that Mr.. Smith had gone
down Main street. Then they spent sew
eral minutes hunting for him, and final.
| ly discovered that he had boarded the
| same car they had come on, further
east, and gone to Worcester. Two more
! Disguised constables never ate a heart.
ier dinner than the Leicester officers.