The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12

with the family, Mr.. Winslow's own
birthday which is the same as Mr..
Mays. Only Mr.. Russell May and
Miss Rosamond May of the near rela-
tives came from Boston and Miss M.
E. Blatchford also came to spend the
day.
Among the floral gifts We're orchids
sent by Henry Willard and family OF
Syracuse, n. Y, who called attention
to the fact that it was also his birth
day,
In this connection attention should
| be drawn to the biographical notice OF
| Mr.. May by Rev. John w. Chadwick IN
| the April number of the New England
! Magazine, very accurate in its descrlp-
| ton and notes and lacking but the por-
| trait of Mrs. May-Omitted by the prln-
| ter's oyersight-to make it perfect
memorial OF his honored life.
! The Rawson Brook Burying Ground
| Association held it's annual meeting
| this afternoon in the rooms of the Lei
| cester Bank. The former board of Of
| ficers were reelected as follows: 10
| seph B. Upham, president; Charles
! Sibley, vice-president; Dexter Knight
| secretary anu treas VI CT I'LL CNeOlH u -
| Upham, Charles Sibley, Dexter Knight,
auditors, P. T. Delaney, James j.
| Knight.
o. A. Kelley sold the real estate and
| farming tools of Nathan Lamb this al
| ternoon at auction. the two story
| house and barn with the lot of land of
about three fourths of an acre were
| knocked down to Frank Holman, who
| drives one of I. S. Shows express wa
| e., 10 ms pa u
! sold to W. E. Sprague for $l25, while
| it's mate, a large chestnut, was not
sold, as bidding was slack A gentle
mems driving horse was sold TO Jo-
| seph Drabble for $121. One full blood
| ed Jersey sold for S58 and good prices
was the order of the day.
! The Shakspere club met with Miss
Ruth Hatch this afternoon. Miss Ad-
cline May conducted the meeting, and
| the first part of King Henry ~ was
read. The next meeting will be held
on April 25, with Mrs. John Disco OF
Sever street, Worcester.
| James Appleyard today moved into
the Minott tenement on Main street. He
formerly lived at Spencer.
| Members of the Leicester fire depart
ment have evolved a scheme in regard
to the location of an engine house for
members in Leicester centre. The plan
| is to put the house on the southwest
| corner of the common, at the corner OF
] Main and Paxton streets. One Of the
| engineers in exploiting the merits of the
plan today, said that in his opinion, il
would be a commanding position, that
/ it would be on the top of the hill, and
| the site would cost nOthing,as the town
owns the land.
1t would require cutting away the
| common at that corner, and would con-
siderably diminish the width of Pax
| ton street. An article relative to
! building a new engine house may be
/ inserted in the warrant for the special
| town meeting.
! Civil Engineer Nathan A. Craig OF
| Spencer could not be present to pre-
pare specifications for the work or
| Waite street at the adjourned select
mems meeting this evening, and the
meeting was further postponed until
| Thursday evening at 7.30.
| The annual meeting of the Second
| Congregational church society was held
| last evening. No special business was
| transacted. except that new pruden-
tial committee was appointed, consist
ing of Messrs. H. E. Sargent, F. VIII
| lard Trask and J. Sidney Whittemore
| Principal Charles D. Hart Of the cen
tire grammar school is i'll with tonsilitis
Miss Eta S. Chapman had charge OF
| his school today.
| Senator George F. Hoar, accompanied
by President Henry A. Marsh of the
Central National Bank of Worcester
called at his residence.