The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-12
A NEW TOWN PUMP.
Webster Commission
ers Make a Wise
Provision.
WILL ARRIVE THIS WEEK SURE.
Amusing Incident in Which
a Doctor and Barber
Figured.
WILL ARRIVE THIS WEEK SURE.

Webster, July 1.-THE board of water
commissioners met this morning. The
meeting was called to order at o'clock
by John Flint, chairman of the board.
The other members of the board. includ-
ing Lyman r, Eddy and Elisha N.
Bigelow, were present. The boards
superintendent of water works, Michael
Schofeld. also dropped in.
After a long discussion, it was voted
to order pump to be utilized at the
pumping station at the lake. The con-
tract has been given to the George F.
Blake & Company of Boston. 1t is ex-
pected that the new pump will arrive
in town the last of the week:
Although this new pump is not an
absolute necessity, the members of the
board of water men have discussed
the advisabillty of purchasing an emer-
gency pump for the station for quite a
few months. This new pump will be in
important factor in the supplying Of
water to the townspeople.
The citizens say that the board
showed good judgment when they pur~
chased a new emergency pump. The
cost, of course, comes high, but it will
be made up by good service. AS soon as
the pump arrives it will be placed on
its stone foundation. George S. Corbin,
the contractor who is doing the work.
says he will have 1t completed by to-
morrow.
The board also drew an order for
$39.T for labor, and $S9.07 for service
pipes purchased from the WalwortA
n
The boys around town are having
quite laugh on Henry Anderson, ton =
serial artist at Klebart's swell barber
ing rooms. 1t seems that Anderson
and DR.. Paquin went fishing at the lake
yesterday afternoon. They secured a
rowboat and pair of oars and quick
ly pulled out on the deep blue. After
selecting what they deemed a suitable
spot, they baited their hooks and pa
tiently waited for a nibble. The nibble
came quicker than they thought it
would, and instead of an ordinary nib
BILE, 1t was a good sized bite. The bite
came on Anderson's hook. Anderson,
determined to land the fish at all haz-
ards. The bite" was Juggling at the
line, and the artist was Juggling at the
other end of it. 1t was a gamey fight.
The big fish was just as determined to
get away as the angler was to land it.
AS the final round was coming to a
close, Anderson got so excited that he
suddenly stood up in the boat and
tugged Justify on the line. In his eX-
element, he evidently forgot where he
was, and in a moment stepped over the
gunwale of the boat and into the waters
of the lake. The line slipped from his
fingers, and the big fish won the battle
that was a corker while it lasted The
cold water olLnge brought Anderson to
his senses in a minute and he realized
the predicament he was in. Reaching
his arm over the side of the boat, Dr.
Paquir grabbed Anderson by the hair
and succeeded in getting him back in
| the boat, and the little comedy which
threatened to end more seriously than
funny, came to an end after a quick
row back and change of clothing.
The following persons have been bap-
tized at the Webster Gore Reformed
Methodist Church: Miss Lorena Lamb,
Miss Bertha Gilber: of the Gore, and
Miss Gertrude Metcalf of Oxford Rev.
Henry M. Tourtelotte off1ciated
The funeral of Frank, the two-year-
old son of Albert and Amelia Kullos of
Perryville, was held at the st. Joseph's
Church at o'clock this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P. Davis, Miss
Mary c. Bascom, Miss Maria Davis
will leave town tomorrow for Lynn.
where they are delegates to the ma
tional convention of the Young PEOPLES
Christian Union of the Universalist
| Church.
The stores will begin their Wednes-
day afternoon holidays tomorrow,
which will continue until the first of
| September.
| Thomas Burns of Lowell was placed
| on probation for month by Justice
| Henry j. Clarke, this morning.
Kosamarskl has gone to join him
there.