The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-17
IN WAR PAINT.
Political Parties in Brook
field Making States.

| Brookfield. March 16.-The republican
| town committee held meeting at the
officer of Lawyer A +. Butterworth
last evening. They invited in several
prominent men of the republican party
TO assist them in choosing candidates
for the various town offices to be pre-
sented at the caucus to be held Fri
day evening, March "a, at the town
| hall.
There were about 20 present, includ-
ing the following: Walter B. Mellen, J.
| w. Iivermore, William Mitchell, Chas.
A. Rice, Rev. W. L. Walsh, E. D. Good
ell, Edward Gibson, J. II. Conant, W.
q. Keith, A. F. Butterworth, w. +.
| upham, L. E. Esty, William G. With
lngton and W. S. Dutton. 1t was de-
cided to run ]. W. Livermore and Frank
L. Prouty for selectmen.
| The man from East BroolIf1eld was
not named. but is left open for the COM
! mittee from that precinct to decide.
The names of Dwight Bowen ana j.
r. Black were named for the position
of road commissioner. but this will be
decided at the caucus.
| The candidate for school committee
was left open to be decided later. The
| There were no names mentioned for
! constables. Frank Prouty and Z. ].
| Moulton of the committee were not
present 1t was a very harmonious
caucus in some respects.
| The citizens committee will be hold
| ing meetings until the night of the eau
Gus. to select candidates for the town
| OFFICES. The committee is T. +. Irwin,
T. E. Mulvey, Henry Meehan, George
Hughes, Napoleon Moreau, D. ]. Hea-
| ly, w. D. Shines, Felix Moreau, Henry
| Allen ana L. A. Nichols. These men
are holding the run-t ogethers to select
the names They think they can name
a winning ticket.
There was large audience at the
town hall this evening to witness the
production Of Andy Blake or the
| Irish Diamond" and several other
| hits. The parts were taken in Andy
! Blake" by Andrew J. Leach, John ].
Burke. Eugene Gadaire. DANIEL Ken
nedy, Miss Annie Gadaire, Miss Alice
Johnson. Miss Kitty Brown. The hits
were made by Burke and Leach. The
farce, Goals of Fire" was given by
! the following boys: Willie Harrington,
Bert Desroches. Fred Archambeault,
Willie Clancy, Thomas Mcnamara and
| Henry Donahue.
The farce. mo Cure, no Pay" was
given by the following girls: Miss Mary
| Halligan, Miss Alice Smith, the Misses
Annie johnson, Alice Harrington, Jo-
sic McCarty, Nellie Whalen and Ida
Brown The farce. Mickey Free, -
was given by the versatile artists, An
drew J. Leach as Mr.. Grimes and John
| ]. Burke as Mickey Free. The large au-
dience was we'll repaid for attending the
affair. 1t netted the St. Mary's Church
a good sum.
The Young Ladies Social Club will
hold a. social dance at A. o. H. Hall
Friday evening, March H. The com
mittee Is: The Misses Name O'Donald,
Mary Doherty, Annie Hyland and An
ME Murphy.
A child was brought here from Bos-
ton for burial yesterday Its parents,
Mr.. and Mrs J. NJ. Gibson. accompanied
the body. The parents are relatives Of
the Rev. J. S. Barrows
The Rev. NJ. J. Murphy of ST. Mary's
church preached the lenten sermon at
St PauIs church at Warren on We'd
nesday evening.
G. H. Chaplin is attending the Sports
mems show at New York city this
week.
A. P. Goodell will be warden at the
annual town meeting. He has held
this position for many years.
The selectmen will hold a meeting
next Monday evening to make up the
town warrant for the annual town
meeting. Some Of the articles have al
ready been printed in The Spy.
good citizenship meeting Will be
held in the vestry of the Unitarian
church Sunday evening, March 10, at
I o'clock. All are invited. This will be
laymen's night.
The Shaksperian lecture which has
been advertised so many times will be
given in the near future by the Rev A.
| c. White of Ware, as advertised. Full
notice will be given in this paper in
another week. Although f. C. Drew
has long been disconnected with the
management of the Rev. A. c. White
| lectures, this lecturer will honor the
| tickets and give the lecture in the near
| future. Some tickets are held here and
some in West Brookfield.