The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-24
BATTLE WITH A cow.
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Supposed Meek Ami
NAL Turned on a
Leicester Man.
THOMAS M'ALLISTER GORED.
Was Tossed About Without
Mercy But Finally Es-
capes With His Life.
THOMAS M'ALLISTER GORED.

Leicester, Aug. 2S.-Thomas McAIlis.
ter of Cherry Valley was severely
bruised yesterday afternoon by a furi.
Gus COW. Mr.. McAllister, who is about
O. years old, walked up to a moving he
owned on Bald hill and found a cow
owned by Timothy Carney, whose pas
ture joins his land, in the field. He
started towards the animal without any
stick to protect himself, in order to
drive the COW through a gateway.
This angered the animal and ii
charged on the old gentleman, who
seized the animals horns but was Sc
verely bruised before the COW desisted.
He was able to walk home, and then
Dr. G. G. Stearns was called. 1t was
found no bones We're broken, but his
chest and shoulder are very sore and
badly bruised. The COW was not sup
posed to be of a vicious nature. Miss
Margaret McAllister told a reporter to-
day she thought her father would get
along all right. 1t is said there may be
a suit for damages brought against the
owner of the COW as a sequel
Mrs. William Gage and family start
for Lake Quinsigamond this morning
and hailed a Consolidated car bound
for the lake about Ills a. m. in front Of
Fairbanks drug store at Washington
square. Before the party had got fairly
on the car it started and little Gilbert
Earl Gage, who was on the running
board, was thrown violently to the
ground. A gentleman on the car helped
him up and the party kept on to the
lake After the return home the little
fellow appeared to be more seriously
hurt than was at first supposed, and
there is a large bruise on one side.
His father, William Gage, told re-
porter tonight that, in his opinion, the
conductor was wholly to blame Mrs
Gage thinks the conductors number is
lis. She neglected to ask the name of
the gentleman who helped the little fell
low up. Mr.. Gage works for the Shred
ded Wheat Co., but until recently was
"a conductor on the Worcester & Subur-
ban. He desires to find out who the wit
nessas of the accident were and par
ticularly the name of the man who
helped the boy into the car. He told
The Spy reporter tonight he thinks the
Consolidated company can be held liable
If his son is severely injured.
The funeral of Thomas F. Gauley,
infant son of Thomas Gauley and wife
of Cherry Valley, was held this after
noon. The interment was at St. Johns
cemetery.
Invitations in poetry have been sent
out for a poverty ride" to Mount Wa
chusett on Friday, under the auspices
of George A. Marsh and Marshall
Snow. The rhymes are very apt and
the second and third stanzas give a
very rosy view of the outing.
ut will only cost fifty cents, you know,
And surely that is a small sum to blow
In a ride to a mount so very high
That you can see to Europe. That's no
Each must provide their own bread and
hash,
Each must provide their own hard
earned cash,
Unless some fair gent should offer to
share
The half of his income and pay your
fare"
Friends of Town Clerk Albert E.
Booth are not worried over the alleged
run together of taxpayers, with view
to petitioning the board Of selectmen
to remove the town records from their
place in the big safe at the drug store,
owing to the alleged danger from acety-
lene gas. The records are kept locked
up in the four town safes on separate
foundatio and it would take big
explosion to move it. Acetylene is no
longed used by guesswork, and Mr..
Booth says he Is not afraid of any
serious explosion. Chairman E. ]. Nc
Dermott of the selectmen told Mr..
Booth he didn't see what the board
could do about it anyway.
Patrick Hanlon and George Barton
expect to attend the f1remen's muster
at Fall River, Thursday, as members
of the company in charge of the Gen
eral Putnam
William Wellington of Boston was in
town today.
Conductor John Healy and family
have returned from Newport.
The Topic club programs are ready
for members, and can be obtained from
Miss Stone.
Fred King of Cherry Valley has start