The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-31
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Fur Flying Merrily at
North Brookfeld.
QUESTION
In the Lead-Mr. Bates
New Summer Hotel.

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North Brookheld, March 3O.-As the
days before the annual town meeting
NY away, the advocates of license are
putting in their hardest work, and
each days work makes things look
more and more as if North Brookfeld
would flop over into the license column
after being dry town for IS years.
There is still g. chance that the town
may remain no-license, but it is a very
small one, and entails more effort on
the part of the no-license people than
they have yet put out.
The advocates of license have the
money and they are going to spend it
freely because they know that if they
are successful they will get it back
with more usurious interest than any
investment of theirs has ever paid.
The contest shows a strange contrast
10 that OK last year. Then all who kept
or were IN any way connected with the
speakeasies were sure no-license Yot-
ers. In fact, at the polls they even
went the regular anti-rum people one
better by procuring teams for the con-
Nsyance of their cohorts to the town
hall that they might vote for no.
license
At the time some people considered
this strange move, for it is an open
secret who the Illegal liquor sellers of
North Brooktield are, and who they are
not. But the reason was obvious to
the more keen who quickly saw that
they were reckoning to do thriving
IL Illicit business for the year without
putting out $500 for the privilege OF
selling liquor with the laws consent.
Nor did these men reckon without
their host, for during the past year
fear of raids has been comparatively
small, and there are places where for
months beer has been sold over the
bar almost as openly as the licensed
saloon does it. But this year things
are different and at least one of the
wine merchants who have grown rich
during the past few years, selling liq-
uor Illegally, is now using his every
effort and not sparing his money either
to induce his cohorts to vote license.
1t is not such a hard job either, for
they are as docile and easily led under
the whip as a team of oxen, and 1t is
almost a certainty that this man will
has also been lining his pockets with
good money from sales of bad rum for
several years, and the two make a
combination as strong as four eleven
forty-four.
While Hon. Theodore c. Bates was in
town yesterday he made the first step
toward turning the site of his mineral
water springs into summer resort.
TTn 1l1 nj
occupied until lately by Richard Pow
ers, will be turned into a summer
boarding house. managed by Port
Congdon. Mr.. Congdon now lives at the
Whiting farm on the West Brookfield
road, but will take up residence at the
Bates place next week. The house will
be improved and fitted up for boarders
and has about everything necessary to
make it an ideal summer home where
city people will have plenty of quiet,
nice opportunities for country drives
and the freedom Of fine grove.
During the past few years Mr.. Bates
has laid out considerable money on the
grove, famous for its picnics OF We
olden times, and it will be a place of
beauty. The location is but about 10
minutes walk from the centre of the
village, but has all the other qualities
of place two miles from business.
Conjecture is rife as to whether the
republican caucus ticket will win out
on Monday or whether it will be buried
by the candidates of the citizens eau
Gus with general opinion concluding
that things will be somewhat split up.
The republicans are not doing much
talking and are not as sanguine as the
devotees of the citizens ticket, but
claim victory for several of their candi-
dates.
Almost to a man they claim victory
for Freeman Doane as road commits
sioner, arguing that the vote of the
citizens party will be split up between
the other three candidates: They are
also growing much more hopeful for
their candidate for auditor George r.
Doane, claiming that he will poll the
same votes as does his father and the
votes of many others who will support
other candidates for road commission
ers. Outside of this it is thought the
general tide of victory will be with the
citizens ticket.
The union league and only basket
ball teams have not succeeded in see
ing Matthew Sullivan and owner of
Sullivans hall, East Brookfeld, and
have abandoned the plan OF a game
there Saturday night,
80 have completed all arrangements for
tomorrow nights entertainment by the
Senior Dramatics of Amherst college.
and are confindent of making the affair
a success.
Concordia lodge, X. Of p, gave one OF
it's regular course invitation dances at
Castle hall tonight, and a good crowd
was in attendance Music was fur
nished by Doyle's orchestra.
Tr11oa- Dp1n1a mana ost. of H., C',,,,..
street bowling alleys, is arranging
game with the Winthrops of Worcester
to be bowled here Saturday after
noon.
The Gun club will have it's annual
meeting at Castle hall Saturday night
to elect officers and make plans for the
season.
Woodbine lodge. I. o. O. f.. sent a
delegation of so to visit Warren lodge
tonight.
James Noonan and William Noon
have arrived home from Holy Cross
college for the Easter holidays.
Harlan b. Howe, the new supermten-
dent Of the town farm, will arrive here
tomorrow to take up his duties.
William G.. Duncan of Brooklyn. y.
Y, has arrived home for the Easter va
cation
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