The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-29
ALL ARE INTERESTED,
Fr. Trottier Will Not Be Forgotten and Fir
Wrenn Will Be Remembered Testi-
monial to- Be Given and Business
Suspended Possible Bearing
on French Secession.

NORTH Brookfeld, Aug. 2S.-Before
REV. James p. Tuite~1eayes st. Jo-
sEeph's parish and North Brookfield TO
3assuma his duties in his new field, he
}wiIBtbe,giyen testimonial that he will
long haxe-cause to remember, and to
fwhicIm1e can point with. pride in future
years as,laxproof of the affection which
North IBrookfield people~haye for him.
Thesfesbimonial wilknot be4confined to-
ahe3memEbers Of his parlsh alone, but its
pBomoteEsEVill include Protestants and
Catholics alike, for the many friends
ofaIgr- Ialite outside4his own congrega~
tion ade anxious to showSdn part the
esteemnthey s1aveiforshinl.
AAsssoon as twas learnedsDesterday
morning that Err Tuite had. been ap-
pointed pastor atsSt. Anne's. plans be-
ligan to formulate toward rendering
.l1inaassend-off that he win long remem-
Der. Second only to the fond farewell
4that1the citizens of'fhis town will give
TO Fr. lutte, issthe desire to show his
CITRATE, Rev. Phileas Troitier, the ap-
,rreciatRon that exists of his work dur
ing his stay of eight years in st. Jo-
seph's parish, and while yesterday he
wasssshown in no ,uncertain measure
that the parishioners took his ap-
preaching departure as a dctinct loss
to them, he will be shown in an UNI
1nistakable manner that he holds a
warm place in the hearts Of the people
for whom he has labored. -
Eearly yesterday it became evident
that if anything was to be done it
behooved the parishioners to do it
quickly. Accordingly some of the
leading Catholics organized as COM
mittee to call parish meeting which
was held tonight to make plans for a
testimonial to Frs. Tuite and Troltier.
Francis Batcheller, president of the
concern of Z. and A. H. Batcheller &
Co., said that in his opinion, the town
owed FIR. Tutte a public testimonial for
the work he has done here and he
voiced the sentiments of the great. ma
jority Of the townspeople in so stating.
The matter of closing the factory
Thursday afternoon was talked Of with
Mr.. Batcheller, as it is thought that the
members of the societies with which
FIR. Tuite is connected would like to
turn out to give him a rousing send-off
While nothing was settled definitely
Mr.. Bachelors suggestion was looked
on most favorably and public testi-
monial of some nature is an assured
fact
The affectionate farewell that will be
given FIR. Tuite will not detract from
the warm welcome that the parishion-
ers will give FIR. Humphrey Wrenn as
the good deeds he has done have all
ready established a reputation for him
here. Though a good deed shines only
asa little candle throws its light some
of those of FIR. Wrenn are-well known
1neNorth Brookfeld.
During the recent hard times when
the nallsswere shut down in West War
1en and<the people of that village were
at their wits end as to how they
should exc out an existence, it is relat-
ed that FIR. Wrenn told them not to
give anything toward his support if
they were in need of the slightest thing
for their own use, as he would manage
to get along in some way. Accordingly
he let his help go, took his meals out
and worked like common laborer
about the church property.
Today the one topic of conversation
continues to be the changes that Bishop
Beaver had made. The Spy was in
great demand all day and shortly after
noon it was necessary to wire to Wor-
cester after extras.
The fine double column cut of FIR.
universally admired, and FIR. Tuite
himself complimented the work Of The
Spy's artist, saying it was the best
newspaper cut he had yet seen.
AS stated in The Spy, this morning, a
question that occasions vast amount
of comment is what course the French
secessionists will now take. Despite
some opinions to the contrary, it seems
to be almost a certainty that they will
continue their stubborn and unrelenting
contest on the same lines they have
pursued for nearly three years. The
Spy reporter talked with many of the
French-speaking Catholics today, and
this is the opinion advanced universal
ly.
The opinion given today by j. A. Bou-
vier, secretary of the committee of
three which is in charge for the Sc
cessionists, seems to embody the feeling
of the whole societies, and is that none
of the French people win return to st.
Joseph's church. We have nothing
against FIR. Tuite, and while, of course,
some ill-feeling sprang up against him