The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10
Lead the Long List
In Clinton.
NEW DIRECTORYOUT
Common Names Are Scarce
in the Population

Clinton, Feb. 9.-By the usual method
OF figuring population from directories.
the population Of Clinton has increased
1927 persons since the directory for 1885
was printed. and the population is now
1851.
The directory for 1893 was distributed
this morning. II contains statistics
that have an interesting bearing on the
population, all the more interesting be-
cause, since the city charter project
came up. the question has frequently
been asked if there were u 900 people
here. The legislature will not permit
towns with less than that population
to become cities
The directory contains $500 names, in
GLIDING 557 removals. The directory
for 1898 contained $3.50 names, including
zs5 removals. The directory contains
All more names than it did last year
exclusive OF the names OF the 357 re-
Inovals
New names were added to the num-
Der Of l056, and s45 names were erased.
1t is Interesting to ascertain who
compose the population. In this town
the Smiths, Browns, Jones, Greens and
Robinsons cut little or no ice. The
name Brown appears but Is times,
Jones but once, and the owner Of the
name has removed to Boston; Smith
only Is times and Robinson I6 times.
The O'Malleys lead by large major
lily. The name O'Malley is printed as
the surname of 134 persons; the
OTooles are second, with IS names
There are II Johnsons in the direc-
tory. Johnston appears 81 times, and
tombstone once. Burns appears 81
times; Burke, IS; Cannon, 80; Kilcoyne
3d. Greene, IL; Kittredge, So; McDon-
aid, 50; Mcnamara, 40; Philbin, u.s. KEEL
~. 81; Gibbons, 40; Grady, So; and
Hamilton, g.
Incidentally. there is one Brick, one
Bridge, four Brooks, one Chard, one
Feather, one Charron, one Chick, one
Flint, and one Hanna
One item has been added to the list
OF corporations. Il is the Worcester
and Clinton Street Railway Company
with capital Of $150,0o0 Alexander s.
Patton for president and Walter r.
Dame for clerk and treasurer
Lancaster, the directory for which is
printed with the Clinton directory,
shows a growth. There are 70 more
names in the directory than there were.
The total number Of names is 905: 15S
were added and s. erased. The names
VI OF IEI1OFdIS are lI1cluQEQ-
The news that Samuel r Gather,
shoe merchant at 112 High, had as
signed, made quite a sensation in the
y local business world. Mr. Gather had
just moved into his store had fitted
1t with modern fixtures and appeared
to be branching out. 1t transpired to-
day that the assignment was precipi-
tated by the Atlas Shoe Company, who
are creditors in the sum of about $780,
Mr.. Gather assigned Monday after
noon, and Tuesday afternoon Deputy
Sheriff Bacon of Oakdale was around
with an attachment The sheriff let
the stock of shoes in the store alone,
but attached one-sixth interest which
Mr.. Gather has in a piece of land in
West Boylston. Attorney Allan G.
Buttrick said that the Atlas Shoe Com
pany will not benefit by the attach
ment, because the land must be sold
for the benefit Of all the creditors. Mr..
Buttrick refused to talk about the
matter at all until he ascertained that
the facts were already known. Mr.
Gathers liabilities are estimated to be
in the neighborhood of $4,000. The as
sets are probably about half the liabili-
ties. Mr.. Buttrick thought Mr. Gather
might have pulled through had the
Atlas Shoe Company consented to less
peremptory action than it took.
DR.. Frank H. Harvey, chairman of
the board of health, says that a public
dump is something the town has need
ed for long time. People have been
using a small piece of land on Rigby
street which belongs to the town. That
has been used until it is no longer use
ful DR.. Harvey says that the COM
mlttee has several sites in mind.
Which site is likely to be chosen. If
the committee gets Its appropriation,
ne declined to say, for the reason that
the price Of the land might advance.
The committee has asked for $3.50. DIR,
Harvey thinks this will be land enough
TO answer the purpose for the next 20
years. A piece of property within a
radius of mile would be selected. he
thought. The people are sadly in need
of place where refuse Of all kinds can
be dumped, and the health Committee
will not be at fault If they don't get
such place.
The Travel Club met tonight at the
residence of E. w. Freed, on Prescott
street Short talks were given by sew
eral of the members. y discussion OF
Kfpling's "A Days Work by f. A.
Carpenter, science instructor at the
Clinton high school, was most inter
esting. Mr.. Carpenter divided the sto-
ries in the book into two classes; those
dealing with animate, rid those deal
ing with inanimate objects. The first
class Is subdivided into stories that
treated the brute creation, and stories
in which men and women were the he
roes First Of all, said Mr.. Carpenter
Kipling Is an admirer of power He
looks into the heart of things, and
seems to have reached the conclusion
that all power comes from the soul
Mr.. Carpenter then gave an ANALYSIS
of THE Ship that Found Herself" and
of the other ingenious story, mo. .007'
What Kipling brought out in both is
the power OF man. The Ship that
Found Herself is a fine lesson of the
brotherhood of man. Not till the
countless parts merged their individ-
ualities into the whole, was the best
good of all attained.
AS a user of words, kiplinR, in the
mind Of Mr.. Carpenter, is unparalleled
among living authors. It would almost
seem as II he searched the dictionary
for the one word among thousands
that would convey to the reader the
idea in his own mind, and convey that
idea in its finest shading. AS an OBJ
server Kipling is keen and accurate
wellington II. Parkhurst, who Is
we'll known as a brother of the ia
nous clergyman, DR.. Charles H. Park
hurst, contributed a paper on '"rhe
Nab gave review Of the Dreyfus case
which briefly called It "the infamy OF
the age" Mr.. N. j. Kent gave a pa
per on the Nicaragua canal.
One Of the horses from the Thayer
stables took little run on its own
account this afternoon, while one Of
the men had Il out for exercise. The
animal with sleigh attached ran up