Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-02-04

one, but nevertheless 1875 people were
present. Two years ago another large
number of friends gathered at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Prescott to congratulate
them on the Goth anniversary of their
wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Prescott are
both enjoying fairly good health They
live on the farm they bought of Emery
Parker in 1864. Their youngest son,
Walter, is living with them. Mr.. and Mrs.
Prescott had nine children, Merriam w,
wife Of James 7. Early Of Worcester;
Sarah e., wife of VIM. B. Boothby of
Lynn; William w, Roland c. and Wal
ter FL. reside in Rutland, and
James M. - Three sons, Manson, Ezra
B. and Edwin s. are dead. Mr.. Pres
holding that office until he removed to
Rutland. In 1861 he leased the Oakdale
House.
When the war broke out three of his
sons enlisted (all that We're old enough;
James M. and William W. enlisted with
Co. D, I'd regt. Mass vol Manson en-
listed in Co. E, 21st regiment. All served
till about the close of the war. When
the last son enlisted it left but a boy
of scarcely II years to assist his father,
so Mr.. Prescott gave up the hotel and
removed to his old home in West Boyl-
ston. He then went into the sawmill
business, running the sawmill owned by
Ezra Beaman, now the Clarendon mills.
After leaving the sawmill he came
with his family to Rutland and engaged
in farming. The same year he was in
strumental in organizing the Rutland
Farmers Club. The club was organized
in his parlor. Mr.. Prescott cannot re-
call who was chosen president, but he
remembers James Smith, late of Wor-
cester, where for many years he was
employed In the water department as a
reader Of meters, who was the first sec
rotary. Mr.. Prescott is still an active
member Of the club. The second year
after his coming into town he set out a
great number Of maple trees on either
side Of the road at his farm and today
he looks with pride at the long rows Of
trees which have nearly all lived; those
which did not he soon replaced. Hardly
a spring has passed but what he has
planted trees, either for himself or as
a member of the Improvement Society,
did some work in beautifying the high
way. Three of his sons bought adjoin-
ing farms. Two of them now reside
here, Edwin S. died in 1895. the farm
now belonging to his widow. Mr.. and
Mrs Prescott have 10 grandchildren
and four great-grandchildre
The only town offices Mr.. Prescott
held was constable and highway sur
veyor He was a trustee of the Rural
Cemetery Association number of
years.
The celebration Of his birthday was
interfered with by the storm, as the
arrangements could not be completed.
The South Side Improvement Society
meet with him Monday, and the ocea-
sion will be celebrated then. Mr. Pres
colt was up early Tuesday and We'd
nesday digging through snow drifts so
as to get to his barn and hen house,
which were over eight feet high. He re- 1
members the blizzard of 1857 very well,
and says the storm of Monday was not
equal to it.
HILL TOWN NOTES.
f. A. Nichols has moved his goods to
Jefferson, where he will occupy the
store formerly carried on by William
Petts, near the Jefferson mill.
The mercury registered eight below
zero in this town Wednesday, with "a
very low temperature Thursday.
THE NEW MEDICAL EXAMINER.
William e. Chamberlain, the newly
appointed medical examiner for the 10th
worcester district, was born in Stock
bridge, VT, and graduated at the Uni
versity Of Vermont in 1888. He went to |
Princeton, where he remained a short
time. and then came to Rutland when
DR.. J. G. Shattuck gave up his practice. |
CONDEMNED. COWS KILLED.
Inspector Bartlett recently condemned
two COWS, one belonging to E. c, Dudley
and the other to w. C. futile, after the
tuberculin test had been applied. and
ordered them killedsin Rutland. The
animals were killed Thursday.