Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-25
LEICESTER.
A COMING ENTERTAINMENT

A COMING ENTERTAINMENT.
The annual entertainment given by
the senior class at Leicester Academy.
will take place on the evening Of March
25, at Smith Hall. The program will
consist of two plays, with the parts
taken by members of the senior class.
The first will be a one-act farce, "A
Glass Day Conspiracy" and the other a
two-act comedy, "a Fool for Luck" The
characters in the last one are; William
Betterby. a young married man in
straitened circumstances as a result of
speculation, William O'Keefe; Robert
Bedder his intimate friend, a New York
broker, Joel c. r. Palmer; Arthur Bah
berton, a young E,nglishman j. White
more Smith; Watts, a valet to Babber-
ton, Samuel Shepard; Mrs. Betterby,
Betterby's wife, Miss Mary Warren
Miss Pollard, her younger sister, Miss
Abbie Smith, Miss Pattern, Betterby's
maiden aunt, Miss Catherine Olney.
A HORSE INJURED.
A horse belonging to c. D. Horne was
seriously injured, at the foot of Leices-
ter Hill, Thursday afternoon about 4 80.
A four-horse sled, with a load of S1a
cords of hard wood, got to going a little
pole horses fell Two great cuts, six or
eight inches deep, were made on its
right hip, one where it fell on a stake
and another where the heavy sled
struck it when on the ground. The
wounded animal was led to j. w. Snow $
stable, leaving a trail of blood all the
way. The bleeding was stopped, but it
is doubtful If the animal can ever be Of
any use. 1t was a large, strong, dapple-
a mi na1 ta.a
driver, Charles Williams, had only
worked for Mr. Horne few days.
THE RELAY RACE
A relay race was held at Leicester
Academy gymnasium, Thursday after
noon, between runners from the class of
'99 and 1900, and '99 won. G. Drabble,
H. Waite and r. Martin ran for SO and
7. O'Rourke John Bell and w V. Elliott
took the field for 1900 Each runner ran
nine laps around the gymnasium, which
is about quarter of a mile Hiram
Waite made the biggest gains for his
class although the '99 boys led all the
way.
GOING TO BOSTON.
Robert C. Streeter of L. A. '97, now
a pupil at the classical high school at
Worcester, is training for the pole
vault at the interscholastic meet in Bos-
ton, Saturday, where he will represent
the high school, at the academy gym
nasium. Streeter was the champion pole
vaulter of the Worcester County South
Athletic Association last year, making a
record of 9 feet 1124 inches. He is being
trained by j. l.. Casey, and looks to be
in fine shape.
OTHER LEICESTER NEWS
Miss MargaretA McAllister, teacher of
the centre intermediate school, has pur-
chased the juvenile library which she
planned to own, as told in the Spy last
week. She desires to express her thanks
to the pupils and their parents and
friends who contributed so generously.
The republican town committee held
meeting Wednesday evening to or
ganize for the ensuing year. J. P.
Ashley was chosen chairman, f. Willard
Trask secretary and l. NJ. Hunt treas
urer. II. c. Evans, who has been a
member for quite a term of years, re-
signed and w. G. Watson was elected
to fill his place.
A citizens caucus will be held ON Sat
urday evening, March 8, at Z 80 o'clock,
in the town hall, to nominate candidates
for all town offices to be filled on the
following Monday William A. Bell will
preside until chairman is chosen.
The bean supper and entertainment
which was to have been given by the
Ladies' Charitable Society today has
been postponed until Friday, March 4.
Three gangs of men viii be put to
work on the wires of the Rawson Elee-
trio Light & Power Company today, and
the houses in Cherry Valley and Roch-
dale will be supplied by Saturday night,
Leicester Hill is all supplied now.