The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-08
William McGrath Ia
ken With Peculiar
Hemorrhage.
WAS CAUSED BY A BAD TOOTH.
G. T. A. Is To Remodel Its
Fine Lodge Room
Spencer Notes.

Spencer, July 7.-William McGrath OF
School street, while away this week on
a short vacation. in North Attleboro,
became the victim of very strong and
almost fatal bleeding case. Mr.. Nc
Grath was the guest of his sister. and
while at her home was seized with
severe toothache. Phe tooth which
caused the pain was one of those mon
strous double ones.
After standing the pain as long as he
could, McGrath decided to have it
treated with cold steel, and went to the
nearest dentist The gum at once began
bleeding badly, and kept up constant
flow from o'clock in the afternoon
until II o'clock at night.
At midnight Mr.. McGrath decided
that the matter was becoming serious
and needed prompt attention. Conse-
quently at / o'clock in the morning the
dentist who had extracted Mr.. Nc
Grath's tooth was summoned. Upon ex-
animation a small blood vessel was
found to be broken. The jaw was then
treated and the hemorrhage stopped.
After treating the gum, the doctor
told his patient that If the bleeding had
continued much longer death would
have resulted. Mr.. McGrath returned
home yesterday. He is extremely white
and plainly shows the effects of the loss
of blood. Mr. McGrath said that it
seemed as if he lost surely two quarts
of blood
1t is plain that the young boys in
Spencer must stop throwing stones, or
accidents are sure to result. This morn
ing at IL o'clock several small boys be-
tween 4 and 6 years old were amusing
themselves by throwing stones. Charles
Matthew was very unfortunate in his
craftsmanship and instead of hitting
the right target, the stone glanced off
and passed directly through one of the
large plate glass show windows in Mr..
Lamoureux' furniture store. Mr.. La
moureuX claims that the window cost
S45 and that the damage caused by the
stone would probably amount to $50
The property is insured in E. Harris
Howlands agency. The little boy who
threw the stone is but years of age,
not being old enough to realize what he
was doing. The boys father is Victor
Matthew barber in Mechanic street.
The loss will undoubtedly fall upon him.
Elaborate plans are being made for
a complete renovation of the c. 7. A.
quarters on Mechanic street. This sub
ject has been discussed for Some time,
but now the plans will be carried into
effect. The front part of the hall on
the side facing Mechanic street will be
divided into two sections. One of
which next to the street will be trans
formed into a beautiful parlor, while
the remaining space will be remodeled
into an amusement room. The parlor
is to be furnished with elaborate fur
niture.
This room will be kept as sort of a
1od arln, nd x1ril1 hn T1I~iT
cipally for guests. In the next room,
which is to be used by the members of
the club, will be placed pool and bill
lard tables, cards, checker boards and
all games which amuse young men.
This room will also be frightened by a
piano.
The back hall will be thoroughly re-
paired, but left as it now is to be used
for a main hall. This section of the
quarters will be used for entertain
ments, lectures and the like. The
tractive and as good as any in this
vicinity. The contract for the work
has not yet been given out.
AT the selectmen's meeting last night
orders were drawn aggregating $500,
the largest of which were $176,63 for
the highway department, and $135 for
labor on the standpipe now in process
of erection on the Powers lot Plans
for the new fire alarm system were also
discussed. The town fathers are now
anxiously awaiting the proposition for
putting in the system which the Ste
vens company of Boston will soon sub
nit. The Gamewell Fire Alarm Com
pany wanted $4,000 for putting in IA
boxes. This price the selectmen
deemed rather steep, and so decided to
get a bid from the Stevens company of
Boston.
Supt. N. E. Craig, who is superin-
tending the work, expects that If he
has good luck the foundation for the
new standpipe will be completed next
Saturday night.
Mechanic street, the st. Johns Society
elected the following officers: President,
Emory Arbour; vice president, Uric
Dufault; recording secretary, George
Fontaine; financial secretaries, Eli Des-
courier and Alfred st. German; insur-
ancc secretary, Adelard Kicker; corre-
spending secretary Napoleon Lamour-
eux; treasurer, Napoleon O'Coin; chief
marshal, George Gaudette; assistant
Joseph Collette; visiting COM
mittee, Arthur Bosse, Euseb Lapierre
and Joseph Messier; auditors, Peter
Richard, Alec OCoin and Napoleon
O'Coin; chaplain, Rev. A. A. Lamy.
An amusing incident happened in
Simon Ryan's barber shop this morn
ing. An Englishman seated himself in
the chair and called for hair cut.
During the operation much CONVERSE
ton was carried on. When the hair
cutting had been nearly completed, the
said: Goodness! isn't there
lots Of humidity in the ARP Mr. Ryan,
thinking that he said: isn't there lots
of umidity in the hair? quickly replied: