The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-24
JUBILAN'T
Foo Ballists
Cele brate.
TOWN PAINTED RED
By Dav Prouty High
School Team in Spencer.

high school team, yesterday afternoon
on the latter's grounds. The teams
We're. very evenly matched in regard to
weight but the Spencer boys excelled
both in team and individual play, and
very plainly showed that Spencer has
the fastest team this year. The high
school boys went wild over their half
| expected victory, and didn't do a
thing but serenade Southbridge leav-
ing there at 7.30 for Spencer, celebrating
here until Sunday morning.
Just as the high school boys were en-
tering Charlton City, with Is out of %
blowing large fish-horns, they were
very much surprised by receiving a vol
ley of stones and mud, which came
from small clump of woods on the
r1ght-hand side of the road Hardly
had the first stone struck the bus when
the Whole 20 athletes piled out in hot
pursuit, The two hoodlums immedi-
ately took to a road which leads direct
| ~ east from the main road one, how
ever, evading the pursuers by slipping
INTO the woods on the right of the wood
Whlle the other kept to the road. The
| hlgh school boys, however, were gain
! ing two feet to their would-be captives'
one. One of the fleet high school run
nefs was Just about to lay his hands on
| the coward, when ne turned into a
| doofyard. entering the front door of a
! yarn ana going out the back way, so
tnat the Spencer boys lost all trace of
| him. "
IL certainly was a good thing for
hlm that he escaped, because If
ne had ever been captured he would
nave peen taken to Spencer and taught
| such lesson that he wouldn't want
10 10 Try any more Of his kiddish tricks.
me Two hoodlums We're by no means
ooys' put were old enough to know bet
VI. Shortly after this little episode.
one OF the wheels of the barge became
set. and the victorious team was aeaio
| delayed in the centre of Charlton Civ
Inc boys, however, made the best of
tllis STOP getting the owner of a res
lluranl up. and gave him more pat
ronage than he had received for q
month. After the hot box had been
repaired, the boys once more started for
nome arriving in Spencer at Just II a..
rao ll the time they struck the farm
- harvey Slbley, in the very outskirts
OF the town. the music from the Is fish
horhs was sent out on the evening air.
accompanied by songs and school wells
rendered by the remainder of the en-
thusiastic boys. Z -
They made such a racket coming
| down Maple street hill, that people on
last Main street were aroused from
| tnelr slumbers, and Jumped out of bed
thinking that the town was on fire. The
boys Went from Maple street on to Me-
etlaIilc' ana down Main, where they
stopped IN front of Sugden's block. and
gave every member of the victorious
team rousing send-off.
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
The local churches were all largely
attended
list Church Rev. F. E. Heath preached
a very able sermon, taking for his
morning theme "Allure1nents of the
world. At s o'clock a large number Of
people turned out to the evening CON
| cert, IN which the members of the sun
DAY school took part This service was
Followed by the regular Z o'clock eve
hlhg service The Ladies' Society will
meet IN the church parlor Wednesday
| afternoon at 2.S0.
Key. Robert f. Smith supplied the
pulpit at the Methodist Church, taking
Tor ms morning theme Lessons from
| the Fading Leaf" A special gospe
service was held at Z o'clock.
| The Salvation Army will remain in
! spencer another week, this making
! their third in Spencer. Meetings are
held every afternoon and evening.
! The Ladies Aid in connection with
| the church will meet in the church par
| lars wednesday afternoon, the gentle.
men being invited to tea.
| rev. Sherman w. Brown officiated al
both morning and evening services al
the First Congregational Church
preaching a special sermon at the eve
ming service.
The Woman's Home Missionary So.
clety will hold an annual business
meeting with Mrs. H. p. Rowland
Pleasant street. AT this meeting a bar.
rel of clothing will be packed for Blow
ing Rock, N, C.
Thursday evening at $50 there will
| be church committee meeting. and
| those desiring to unite with the church
J the first Sunday in November are in
vited to meet the committee at this
time.
The following persons are recon-
mended by the church committee to be
| received into this church on confession
OF faith, and their names will be voted
on by the church next Thursday even
ming: Misses L, Edith Curtis, Bertha
| M. Smith, Josephine L. pope and Geo
Woodhead A large number of people
are making preparations to attend the
| quarterly convention of the Spencer C.
E. Union, which will be held at the
! North Brookfeld Memorial Church
Tuesday, Oct. 8.
At the Church of Our Father, Uniyer-
salist, Rev. E. C. Downey OBLIGATED, the
morning service being largely attended
| After Nov the regular O'Clock even
ing services win be resumed, after a
rest of about four months
Rev. G. H. Dolan celebrated both low
and high masses this morning at the
| Church of the Rosary. There were nc
| vespers today, because the new organ is
not quite ready, although it probably
! will be in two or three days 1t will be
/ faa =,
| by special services.
GATHERED ABOUT TOWN.
! Miss Arabella H. Tucker, a teacher in
! the state normal school, is guest of
| Miss Annie Ward High street
Miss Helena Corey, a former teacher
at the David Prouty high school, now
an instructor of French at the Worces-
/ ter English high school, was the guest
of Miss Fannie Corbin Ash street to-
day.
BURNED TO THE GROUND.
An old unoccupied house, known as
1 the Squire Baldwin place, now owned
by Ebenezer Howe, situated on the
Charlton road. about two miles from
Spencer. was burned to the ground this
/ afternoon about o'clock. Across the
road from this old house stands a fine
large barn. well filled with hay. and in
order to save this the Spencer fire de-
! partment was called out, and by eff
! cient service saved the barn. This old
house was occupied many times by
weary wanderers, and to some Of this
order the burning of the building is
/ blamed.
A large party of local and Worcester
| hunters start tomorrow for a week s
hunt They will make Horr's cottage
at Lake Lashaway their headquarters
! Among the party are A. d, Putnam
and G. o. Reynolds of Spencer, and DR.
H. H. Gabler and b. ]. Bertels of Wor-
cester.