The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-26
ALI WORCESTER
OUT ON PARADE
Moday Was an Ideal Day For
Chstmas-A Wonderful Con-
taSt With Old Time Holiday

AtChristmas, play and make good
cheer,
FolChristmas comes but once a year.
1t as long time ago that old Thorn
as 1sser let his muse loose in this
COURT, but the lines are as applicable
to anodern Christmas as they were to
the lines of the old English singer.
Evefbody in Worcester realized yes
terdg that the great festival comes
but nee a year, and they made the
mosiof their opportunities for enjoy
men
TIL oldest inhabitant was sought out
by Tie Spy reporter and asked if with
in h recollection he had known of
suchideal weather for the Yuletide
seash. The old fellow, who has voted
for resident every year since Andrew
Jaclpn, and who annually walks to
the pills with as bright an eye and as
firm step as ever" to use the hack
neyel phrase that once formed the ba-
sis Or a neat little satire by Mark
Twah, went into executive session with
himslf. He turned time backward,
and Examined the years one by one as
theypassed in review before him,
IN" said he, as he referred to
evens that happened more than half a
GENTRY ago as if they were the events
of Yesterday, II never knew Christ
mas season that was marked by such
weather as we are enjoying today"
Peiple who have a file of the old
FarIer's almanac for years back COR
roboated the old veteran. Certainly
fineiIweather could not be wished for,
evenIif humanity possessed the power
to cintrol the changing seasons. 1t
was just sharp enough to send the
bloc, tingling through the veins. There
was the nip of the Arctic in the air
at tines during the evening, but the
morning hours and the Afternoon left
nothing to be desired in the weather
line.
All Worcester was out on parade
"Th% came" as old Ovid remarked
agesIago, ito see; they came that they
themselves might be seen
THE HORSEMEN WE'RE THE ONLY
KICKERS.
1t would of course suit them better
had there been fall of snow so that
they might have brushes on the ave-
nue.. Old Probabilities, however, is
holding out hope TO the horsemen, and
i'll die time they will get what they
have been praying for. Yesterday the
old chap who deals out the weather
didn't have the heart to send snow
storm ard thus spoil the day for the
gay promenader.
It's pretty sure sign of continued
good weather. when a flight of wild
geese is noted. It is rather late in the
season for the geese to be making their
aerial journey, but a man in the en-
ploy Of Calvin L. Hartshorn says that
he witnessed the flight of flock that
would make former President Grover
Cleveland, the renowned hunter of wild
geese, throw his hat in the air with
delight, and send him scampering off
after his gun.
Nothing will contrast the weather of
yesterday with that of old-time Christ
masses, better than the remark of a
man who has been cutting ice from the
ponds Of Worcester for years.
lone year ago." he told The Spy man,
1--WE were cutting ice Is inches thick
from the ponds and the ice houses
were filled with untold tons of con-
gealed aqua. Today the icemen are in
despair The houses are comparatively
empty, and we will have to delay our
ice cutting until there is a change in
weather conditions"