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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-29
OXFORD ON EARTH,
Though Whole Township Was Buried For
Many Hours.

Oxford, Nov. 2S.-Oxford was buried
in snow-d drifts all day yesterday. A
few enterprising people got out, but the
majority preferred to stay at home
There were no church services, no Sun
Gay papers, and no milkmen. Private
individuals shovelled paths yesterday,
but the work of breaking out the roads
was left for today. Main street and
some of the side streets are pretty well
broken out today. Road Commissioner
Charles Vinton has been at work on
the roads ali day with q big gang of
men.
II. S. Brady started for his store yes
terday after noon with his democrat
wagon. He got as far as a big drift
near the North Church, and then Mr..
Brady and the horse turned back and
went home. The wagon is there yet.
c. b. sherman and wife drove home
from East Woodstock Saturday night.
They started at 9.15 and got home at
11.30. Mr.. sherman says that it is the
worst storm he was ever out in.
There was a dance at T. Sweeney's
Saturday night. Those who attended
did not get home until Monday morn
ing.
J. e. Nichols was thrown from his
sleigh, near Campbelrs market this
forenoon. The horse ran toward Brady
s. Fosters store. There was a team
hitched to a post in front of the build
ing, and the horse rushed through the
narrow space between it and the store
steps, and then dashed down towards
Sutton street. dragging the sleigh after
it. The sleigh was slightly damaged,
but no other damage was done.
/ 3. w Morse says that several head
of cattle are wandering about Fort hill.
They are supposed to belong to an Au-
/ burn man who has been pasturing cat
/ tie here this summer.
The schools were closed today, and
4 the mill at Howarth's did not run.
Elmer Putnam of Worcester was in
town today
/ The meeting of the oxford School
1 Alumni Association will be held in the
/ high school building Tuesday evening
at 7.45. All members and graduates
are requested to attend
/ NAlfred Moffitt of Norwich, Ct. who
has been the guest of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. II. A. Moffitt, has returned
home.
j. S. Cooley and family Of Worcester
are the guests of ]. B. w. Morse.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-29
WERE HOsPlTABLE.
Wreck and snow Bound Passengers
Cared For in East Brookf,eld.

East Brookheld, Nov. 2S.-This place
| is slowly recovering from the effects
of the blizzard of the last two days.
Road Commissioner Dwight Bowen has
had several teams and gangs of men
breaking the roads in this vicinity
Superintendent Jefts of the electric
railway and a large gang have dug
out the snow plough from the 12-foot
drift in which it had been confined all
Sunday night, and are now working
westward.
No efforts had been made to omen
communication with North Brookfield
either on the Boston and Albany
branch or on the electric road until 4
O'Clock this afternoon, when a scraper
went up the branch. A large crowd of
j passengers have been gradually col
Letting all day, and are still waiting for
a chance to get to North Brookfield.
William Dewing of that place man
aged, after great eXertion, to get here
| in a sleigh and started back with the
mail and the papers. Nothing has been
| done in the way of clearing up the
debris of the smash-up of Sunday
morning, as the wrecker returned to
| Springfield late last night. 1t stuck
| in drift about a mile west of this
station and was obliged to wait for
another engine several hours.
]
| The resources of Hotel Pilgrim We're
taxed to the utmost yesterday by the
| inroads made upon the larder by the
| passengers Of the stalled New York
| express. Among the more prominent
people who enjoyed dinner there, were
Mayor Michael Connors and Chris
topher Callahan - Holyoke, G. L. Pull
man and Charles Counselman of Chica-
go ILL.,, w. T. HAYES Of Boston, Thorn
as IIeary of San Francisco Cal, Harry
| Miller of New York, +. L. Shattuek of
The Worcester Spy, and many others
whom lack of space prevents naming.
/
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-29
The Resources -of Hotel Pilgrim mer.
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-29

The features incidental to the storms
progress were not entirely confined to
the damages to building. md the block
ing up of the trolley lines.
Miss Alexander, employed in the
wooden mill, broke her rib as the re-
suit of a fall from the team IL which
she was riding to work this morning
and she will be laid up for some little
time. The owner of the mill chartered
barge this morning, and went around
after his help, and it was in this team
that the woman was riding when she
sustained the injuries incidental to the
fall.
The barge was crowded. and sudden
ly it slowed around throwing the Wo-
man to the side, and then over into
the gutter, where she landed on her
side She was taken TO her home, y
doctor was called, and tonight Miss
| Alexander is resting as comfortably as
| possible
| When the trolley lines failed to work
! any advantage to Leicester people and
! everything else failed, all manners and
! means of traffic were brought ihtO play
| by the people who had to get around.
! Fl. w. Casey, student of Leicester
| Academy, footed it FROM Webster
| square in Worcester to Leicester, and
| he covered the distance in fairly good
time, reporting the roads in not such
a bad condition.
Miss Matilda E Terry, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Terry, and q young
lady who was well-knoNn IN Leicester
| died Saturday at her home after a long
illness with typhoid feverA She was is
! years of age a member Of 5andersor
NJ E. Church, and was very much in
/ terested in church work. Her funera
will be from her late home tomorrow
| the services being at o'clock.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-29
ONE THANKS GIVING.

Play it Just once more, please, Dad
Jake"
The old man looked down at his little
fair-haired companion and touched a
golden curl with his rough finger.
''Whaffo mex yo' laik dat piece so
much?' he said, rubbing his bow over
the lump Of "rozzum" he carried in
his pocket.
ooh, L don't know, it's pretty and =
and so-oh, don't know. Play it just
once more, and I'll tell you somethin' :"
"Ef I plays it jest once more, will
70 80 to de big 'ouse to yo' mammy?'
Yes I guess So" she answered,
resting her head on his knee.
He lifted his battered violin to his
shoulder and, after a few preliminary
fourishes began strange melody a
weird tune, full of all cadences; now
like Il roaring storm, now dying away
TO the zephyr signing through the
pine tops
The little girl sat in rapt attention,
her face changing with the theme
When the old negro laid down his
Instrument and looked into her face, she
ASKED.
Where did you learn it, Dad jake"
Oats wat de win say down en- ten
milo came brake" he said.
Did ] ever so there"
No, honey Dey amt many wife
folks wat is. Dey say hits haunted.
70 pa went once't TO de Wah. but he
amt stay long. No, sub, he amt stay
long. He Wuz on'y a lilley Teller den
an Wen he heerd de screech owl holler
he want to go home. An OATS jest
wat yo'd better do, chile, 10 you mam-
my come down ON de street huntin'
I'll go home right now if you'll carry
me" she said. But won't you take me
to ten-mile cane brake some time?"
"Alebbe Git pom my back now"
She climbed upon his broad back and
laid her soft white cheek against his
the little cabin and down the sandy
road leading from the negro street"
to the big house,
Hits cole tonight honey" he said,
putting her down long enough to take
off his coat and wrap her in it, Il
think we guine have fros fer Tanks
givin'."
"That minds me-" she said, whisper
ing in his ear, Mammals got a cake
she's going to give you tomorrow"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-29
Eye Specialist.
TO PREVENT

the early use and frequent changing Of
glasses use Dr.. Burnham's Eye Remedy.
BURNHAM, BYE SPECIALIST,
80 PLEASANT STREET.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-29

EFF yo' want to see dat debbil run
Je's pull de trigger of de gospel gun;
Little David, pick upon 20 hahp.
Hallelui
Little David, Hallelu.
Pick upon yo' hahp.'
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-29

:" Went up de mountin fer to ride,
Two wife bosses side by side.
Sing to de moanah, brudder,
On moanah!
Sing to de moanah, brudder;
You shall be free.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-29

&. w. Morse says that several head
Of cattle are wandering about Fort hill
They are supposed to belong to an Au-
burn man who has been pasturing cat
tie here this summer.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-29

The board of seIectnen met today and
granted a pool table license to John r.
Smith, the business to be located in
F'yfe'S block.
The age-herald., 1898-08-21
Pr'ythee re sce; dare do au that mag become c man; Who dares do more, IS none.
 MACBETH.
Pr'ythee Eetce;
The Cotton Crop.

MT Henry M Neil the wei-known cotton statistician, thinks that the promise of the fields is today 1O,5OOOOo bales, assured, with 100000 to 1,5OO,O0O more within the range of possibilities. Conditions have undoubtedly been favorable, and MT. Neil's guesses are has done good guessing heretofore, and he may be in the neighborhood of fact this season.
 But truism in the cotton trade applies singly to the growing crop. The truism is this-in a dry year they underestimate a cotton crop; in wet year, they overest1- mate it. That is what Is going oh at pres ent The plant is immense in size, and its color is superb; but it may, as in previous years, be a showing stalk and color at the expense of fruit. Cotton, it should never be forgotten, is plant that in this latitude loves the sun. Given a moderate allowance of moisture it cannot for fruitage purposes have too much sun. It is a dry weather plant, also. Its tap root searches in the depth of the soil for moisture. Much sun, and a small rainfall, make, in other words, not stalk, but bolls. Last year was a dry year, and yet the crop will prove 10 be over eleven million bales. This year is a wet year, and unless all experience Is at fault, the crop will not be an excessive one. MT Neil may not have been sufficiently considered the effects of stalk growth upon fruit growth. The one is at the expense of the other.
 There will undoubtedly be a handsome crop, but ten million bales is in wet year a much safer guess than twelve millions. The world will take at a fair price crop of ten million bales, and that is just about what will occur in the fields and the market.
The age-herald., 1898-08-21

an honor to their parents; they do not make good citizens of the state they are to rule, and the development of the entire country is delayed and 1essened by their lack of intelligence and political conscience. It is not alone the duty but the interest of the state to educate her children. What the state is doing was told last week by that vigilant friend of children's rights, the Sheffield Reaper, in these unsparins words:
 Alabama with all her resources of wealth is the hndmost of all states and terrlto- ries in regard to education. Her eXpendi- ture per capita of population is 30 cents! The next lowest are North and South Car allure of 46 and 42 cents. Taking the latest school statistics ds95-96) no state makes such niggardly provisions for the education of it's youth as Alabama does. It Is a shameful condition, one for which no hon est excuse can be offered other than the disreputable politics of the state--politics that subvert every principle of right solely to office-getting. School advantages are not keeping pace with the increase Of wealth and population of the state-but rather decreasing. The little sage brush state of Nevada expends the largest amount per capita of 499-on her schools, and Rhode Island expends the largest amount per pupil-S39.06. Ata- bama's substance is largely wasted con tigent, and so long as such continues to be the case so long will the present iack of school facilities continue. It is shame
The age-herald., 1898-08-21
GEN. FITzHUGH LEES CORPS


 From the Washington Star.
 The reports of military experts show that General Lees corps is @ model in every way. Everything is arranged with such system and precision, with such direct re- sponsibility in the head of every branch, that the defects and blunders that mar red the glory of General Shafters achieve ment would be impossible. In the case of the least failure, General Lee could place his finger, instantly, on the man at fault He has had no opportunity to win new honors in battle, but he has done some thing far more difficult and quite as inn portant in putting his soldiers in fighting trim. It is affirmed by observers well qualified to speak that in event of battle General Lees men would have had ample rations within easy reach. sufficient ammu- milton and whatever else they might need and would have been provided with tents and blankets and clothing at the close of the fight. The hospital corps is an in- stance of remarkable discipline. The lit- ter-bearers are enough in number to care for a larger percentage of wounded than is usual, and are supplied with lttlers, ap pliances for stopping hemorrhage, with stimulants, bandages and the like, and with the means of carrying ice to the could stagger off into the grass to fall down and die of starvation, as many a hundred of Shafters heroes are said to have done General Lee has shown the qualities of 8 superb head of a war de- partment.
The age-herald., 1898-08-21
FOILIES OF THE WISE MEN

From the Chicago Record. A man is a fool In his youth. my son, And noue Is wise till his course be run; For a woman's eyes or a gleam of gold Will dazzle his wits till he's old-so old! And the flirt of a skirt or the thrill of 8
 song
 Will soften his heart for long-so long! And a womans sighs or a womap's tears Will make him slave for years and years.
 man Is fool at worst-and best And his life is a grim and guilty jest. With a gush of joy or a grasp of pain. And the round of his labor, and over again; But his toll grows less and his griefs de-
 part
 When he feels the throb of comrade
 heart
 And his life is beautiful vision while He lives in the light of a loved one's smile. A man is a fool, for hts pride and greed Will take him beyond the farthest need. And the bauble of wealth or the bubble
 fame
 Will he seek to his grief or lasting shame; But woman's love is of all the earth Mans rightful gift and of greatest worth, And who studies the world in his dear
 loves eyes Is happy indeed. and wise-so wise!
The age-herald., 1898-08-21

city.
 I venture the assertion that there are five hundred or more men who carry con- cealed weapons as regular thing in their walks about the city Every week, in fact, affair. It was only few evenings ago that. somebody shot into a popular soda water establishment on First avenue, a place which is much freqeunted by ladies. The which is much frequented by ladies. The covered. It was perhaps the accidental dis charge of revolver without malicious El- tent Yet if there had been strict law against carrying concealed weapons, this would not have occurred. Look at tho killing at East Lake last week and the shootings which have occurred in Birming- ham during the past few months. Almost every night we hear pistol shots in the streets. This is a menace to the city There are people who read of these things and stay away because they fear their lives will not be safe in Birmingham. There are many people in Birmingham who do not like to go upon the streets at night for fear they might be the target for some stray pistol bullet. We all know that the streets in the central part of the city on Saturday night are not safe for lades.
 Jefferson county has recently elected six members of the state legislature These men were elected to represent the people of Birmingham as well as the people of the county. If they do their duty, at least one of them will introduce a bill and push it to passage, making it heavy and serious fine for carrying concealed weapons in Jefferson county. The police commission and the chief of police should see that this law is enforced in every instance. The law should provide that the officers of the law and others permitted to carry fire armss should wear them exposed to public view. No .one except perhaps, secret service offs cers or detectives in the employ of the city or the state government, should be permitted to carry weapons concealed. If this is done, Birmingham will be made much more attractive city in which to live. NED BRACE.
The age-herald., 1898-08-21
An Alabama Celebration.

There should be a peace celebration in Alabama and the county that furnished well night 1,5OO men is the county in which the celebration should be held. 1t is, in- deed, doubtful whether any other county in the country relatively excelled Jefferson county in the number of troops furnished Nearly one-half of the men enlisted in the state went from Jefferson county.
 Right here in Alabama's chief city and in the county of freest war enthusiasm is the place to hold a state celebration of peace and the glorious results of the war Right here can be held celebration that the entire state will participate in with great rejoicing. Let the spirit of jubilation be uncorked here in one great event that will be recalled in the history of the times.
 But when? There is the rub. If the celebration be postponed until the ten wise men in Paris and the senate and the cortes act, the people will be thinking of other things, and the celebration will lack  mand. To postpone it until final treaty of peace is ratified, would probably be a postponement until next spring or sum- mer. That will never do It should be held this fall, or early in the winter season. preferably in October or November. Hold it as soon as the two orators of the oc- casion-chosen by national selection-can be present. The Age-Herald has, of course, in mind those distinguished Ala bama heroes, Joe-not Joseph-Wheeler, and Greensboro's unrivalled sailor boy. Both are good speakers, and one is an orator, 50 the New York papers, speaking from actual experience, say. Both would surely come, say in November, and such a crowd would come up from the Black Alabama has rarely seen.
 So we say don't wait, as some states propose to do, for the ratification of peace The war is over, as all the world knows. The adjustment of details need not interfere with a general handshaking and rejoicing over the most brilliant period in the history of the republic A hermit nation has become a world power, and Alabama should celebrate the great event, and Birmingham should step for ward and proceed at once to organize the celebration MT mayor and gentlemen of the Commercial club, the eyes of the city and of the rest of Jefferson county are upon you. The burden of initiation and organization is yours. Proceed to the task and The Age-Herald will stand behind you from start to finish.
The age-herald., 1898-08-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
 lat thieves are usually sharp enough to get away
 It sometimes pay a man to pay others to be good.
 Men may not be able to fiirt fans, but they can fan f1rts.
 Flying machines will not enable some men to get above reproach. , When fleet meets fleet, then comes ifhe tug of war-correspondents.
 The man who courts more than one girl at a time is courting trouble. IT The warlike general and the summer girl believe in numerous engagements.
 Cutting of a dogs tail may not affect his carriage, but his stops his waggfn'. When a man believes he Is the least bit unhappy 1t always makes him more so. The weather prophets should be compelled to put a revenue stamp on each prediction Girls like to be called young ladies, and ladies of uncertain age like to be called girls.
 It Is told of a certain Kentucky congress- man that he refused to bathe except in dis- titled water.
The age-herald., 1898-08-21
VIE PLEASURES AND TRIALS
 HUNTING FOR A HOME

Birmingham needs more residences. It needs more homes. It needs more houses to rent. There are all manner of boarding houses, but there not enough homes for the people who are here, and who want to live comfortably and to themselves speak from experience. have been house hunt ing. It is harder to find a modern com- fortable house for rent in Birmingham than it is to find wild buffalo on Red Moun- tain. The only houses for rent in Birming ham are those built during the boom days. They were built in a night. TO take bath you must go out in the yard and stand under the water faucet, and usually the faucet is so near the ground that one has to kneel under 1t.
 It's lots of fun-house hunting. You ought to go once and see what you would see. I have been chaperoned by just seventeen real estate agents during the past week and all of them had alleged houses for rent Not less than a dozen of these houses are in the hands Of all seventeen.
 I found several houses with bath rooms in them. I found one bath room that was used as the family laundry as well as for its legitimate purposes. In looking for these houses passed many neat residences, but none of them were for rent. They were all occupied by their owners. That is good sign. Every family should own home. But in a city growing like Birmng- ham there should be many houses for rent: It would pay some up-to-date investor to build a hundred or two hundred comfortable small houses in Birmingham for rent Taxes are low here and rents are high. I don't know of any better investment which could be made anywhere than in building good houses for rent in Birmingham. It would be a 10 per cent. net investment in every in- stance, and where else can any one get a safe investment these days at that rate of interest?
 There are an hundred vacant lots in the choice residence portion of Birmingham which can be bought cheap-dirt cheap. I happen to know of two that were bought last week at ridiculously low prices and there arc numbers of others which can be