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The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14

dreamland, while the dozen sprightly
misses sung gospel hymns. Rev.
Woodman Bradbury, pastor of Pleas
ant Street Baptist Church, offered
prayer. The congratulations of youth
were shOWered upon age, and each
young lady reverently pressed the
hand of the aged host and wished her
many more happy birthdays to which
Mrs. Palmer replied: God bless you.
children, l expect more, even on my
94th birthday"
When Mrs. Palmer was born, April
33, 1905, her parents owned a farm in
Francestown. \. H. When fourteen
years old, she had acquired knowledge
of the duties of a farmers helpmate
through the teachings OF her mother,
who was a most thrifty woman. Mrs.
Palmer remembers her girlhoOd as de-
voted to hard work.
At the age Of 1S she married Samuel
Palmer, a farmer in Deering, y. H,
and she is proud of the fact that house
hold duties did not prevent her from
making money, weaving and spinning.
Ten children blessed the union, and
three Of them are now living Mrs. Ell
vada Branch, with whom she lives,
William Palmer Of Manchester. y. H,
and Levi Palmer of Gomstown. y. H.
At the death of her husband, in 1856.
Mrs. Palmer was left with four young
children.
Spinning and weaving We're discard
ed for binding and closing shoes, which
Mrs. Palmer did, earning money enough
to support her family. When talking to
a Spy man, yesterday, she said that
her life had been one of hard work,
and that by keeping out Of debt her
life was prolonged. She said that she
never borrowed a dollar even when in
need. After her fftieth birthday, Mrs.
Palmer arose one Monday morning.
and after washing for several of the
neighbors, she cut and split a cord and
a half of wood, which was piled in her
yard. By Tuesday night the work was
done, and she piled it in the wood
house.
Her eyesight is gradually weakening
but she has never worn glasses until
the past year. Yesterday she spoke
feeHngly of the kindness Of the mem
bers of Pleasant Street Baptist Church.
many Of whom called and left some
thing TO remind her that her life of
hard. earnest work had not been with
out fits reward.
Twenty dollars was given by friends
who came during the afternoon, and
household necessities were stored in the
closets. On the table by her side was
q display Of pinks, roses and cut
flowers, which Mrs. Palmer said had
the power to make the oldest feel
young and happy and the youngest feel
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14
MR., DRAPER DENIES 1T.
Says He Has Not Opposed Mr.. Hadwer
and viii Not Do So.

An amusing newspaper war has de-
veloped between the two eventne,
dailies over the possible official daesn-
itation of o. B. Hadwen. of the narl,s
commission. The arguments pro ana
con have developed an interview win,
a prominent member Of the Hortfcl1I-
tural Society, who is quoted as sateins
that the trouble, real or imaaira,.,=
originated in the feeling existing he
tween James Draper, secretary 0f r.
board, and Mr.. Hadwen. The borti
culturist is also made to saw that NJ
Hadwens forging ahead of Mr.. Dranar
in the Horticultural Society is nrob5b
ly the cause of the feeling
Mr.. Draper said last night thar h.
was not aware of any friction in IN
board, that he had never seen ~
mayor or put forth any effort IN bo,-l
Mr.. Hadwen dropped from the baarI ~
He considered it very unlileI,- ~.
such step would be taken.
Mr.. Draper admitted that +bara ,,.,.z
been times since Mr.. Lincoln's dsatG
when matters were not altogetba- - e,,-i
monious, but declined to discuss a.
matter further. tue
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14
WANT TO ENLIST,
Marlboro Strikers Think the Army eet;e,
Than Slow Starvation.


The recruiting office in the Walker
building was assured of permanencv
yesterday, when enough stationery was
received from headquarters to supply
the local recruiting office for a wear
Yesterday morning five men were ex-
amned by DR.. M. ]. O'Meara. and
three We're accepted. The fact that All
OF the men examined came from cities
ana towns outside of Worcester had
its significance. The successful iatru anI
pllcants We're: Michael Donovan
keene, N, H., William johnson
tltchburg, John Cleary Nashua N TT
The men will leave Worcester to-
night at o'clock for Fort Slocum N
Y. johnson will be assigned to cavaI-
~, ana Cleary and Donovan will he in
Infantry companies. Cleary served
during the war on the L. S. warsbtn
1Sauthery, which was stationed nff
Santiago during the campaign there
He recently received his discharge ma
pers' and his anxiety to re-enlist
brought him from his home in Nashua
N. H, yesterday to this city.
Edward N. Lucier and James T, Du-
gan came from Leominster to be ev-
am1ned, but both We're refused ovriner
to physical weakness. Roy F. Brig
ham of Keene, N. H. passed the phvs-
ical and oral examination until tests
were made of his eyesight. Weakness
IN one eye caused him to be rejected.
A phase Of the situation in Marlboro
became apparent yesterday when sew
eral shoeWorkers from that town came
to the recruiting office to enlist SOM
of them had families and several were
too old for service, but all agreed thar
enlistment was better and sIrpr of
remuneration than waiting for the ad-
justment of the difficulties between Tba
shoeworkers and manufacturers in
Marlboro. None of the Marlboro mon
were examined yesterday, but tbis
morning DR.. O'Meara will be at the re-
cruiting office ~ ~
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14

1t was a narrow escape for the Bos-
ton Museum, if indeed loss Of $4,000
by fire and water can be accounted an
escape. The old building still stands,
however, and the chief damage was to
the once famous exhibition hall, where
the mermaid and the pictures were
kept. The firemen seem to have work
ed as zealously to save it as they once
did to save the Old South church, and
they succeeded. The paintings are
said not to have been badly damaged,
and Of course the mermaid was most
in her element when the water was
deepest. Its palmy days are long since
passed, but time was when the country
folk would as soon have ignored the
state house or the big elm on the COM
mon as neglect to visit the museum,
and even the truly good felt there was
no impropriety in staying to see the
play. 1t was indeed the deacons' the
atre.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14
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The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14
BUSINESS MEETING AND SUPPER.

The Ladies Benevolent Society of the
Main Street Baptist Church held an
important business meeting, supper
ana entertainment yesterday afternoon
and evening. The supper was in charge
of Mrs. George H. Harlow, assisted bv
Mrs. S J. Gilbert, Mrs. L. s. Ford ard
Mrs F. 4. Thomas. There was a home
made candy table in charge of Miss
Nina Harlow. Miss Myra StoweU and
Ralph Durkee. Later in the evening
there was an entertainment consisting
of piano duets by Miss Bessie Sheffield
and Miss Myrabelle Spier, and a ster-
eoptlcon lecture by Rev. Woodman
bradbury on sunny Italv."
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14

Thirty-four years ago today this ma
tion was shocked, as never before, by
the news of the assassination Of Abra-
ham Lincoln. Though the deed was ill
tended as vengeance and retribution,
southern men have since come to be-
lieve that Wilkes Booth then robbed
the south of one who would have glad
ly been it's safe counselor surest pro-
tector and best friend. But Lincoln's
fame is perfect as it is. His martyr
dom hushed the voice of petty criti-
cism and glorifed his wisdom and vir-
tue. So long as the minds of all were
intently fixed upon the one supreme
object Of suppressing terrible rebel
lion, he was beyond the reach of feud
and faction, and party strife. Had he
lived to participate in the turmoil and
veXation of the reconstruction period,
is it probable that he would have en-
tirely escaped the sIander, vituperation
and abuse that have been the lot of
others?
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14
COMING TO WORCESTER.

It is announced by Kirke LaShene
that the play, BESIDE the Bonnie Brier
Bush, will be taken on a brief tour
Of two weeks through New England.
playing Waterbury, Worcester. Hart
FORD Middletown, Springfield. North
ampton Bridgeport and New Haven
The play is dramatized by James i
Macarthur OF the, Bookman, from Ian
McLaren's famous book Of the Same
name and is said TO preserve the fexl
or the original perfectly. J. H. Stod-
gard plays the part of Lachlan Camp-
pen and the whole cast is a strong ono.
Critics in Chicago and Wasbi1ot,,,,
have been unanimous in praisine- ~
production.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14
FINE OLD COPY.

Mr.. W. M. Freeman Fas Spy That Was
Printed Nearly NinetY-seven Years Ago.
W. NJ. Freeman, manager for the
Barnard, Sumner and Putnam COM
pany, is the owner of an exceptionally
fine old copy of The Spy of the date Of
June 80, 1902. 1t is an excellent piece
Of printing and as plain to read as
those published yesterday. Mr. Free
man is naturally extremely fond of his
treasure and none too willing TO allow
it TO go out of his possession. even tenn
porarily. None Of the old copies of the
paper, not even those owned by the
Antiquarian society is in any finer
state of preservation than this of Mr..
Freeman's.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14
A. S. ROE AMONG SPEAKERS

The 20th annual meeting Of the Ne'
England Chautauqua meets at Mont
wait, South Framingham, bes'l'''i-9
July Il and closing July 2S. Ihe plo
gram includes on its list of spe'N'-,
many noted names, Hon. A. ;. hoS =,
Worcester being among them Infro lir-
will be a number of good concerts gln-
en- under the charge of Prof. "; al III
Brooks. The complete program AIMED any
information desired can be oJt'' ,t ar
from Samuel Cochran, MonlWe-'''
Louie ErYille Ware. worcester.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14
LEAVES COL. GLE.

The desk and furniture of Frank H.
Kelley were removed from his office
with Col. William A Gile on the sixth
floor of the State Mutual, to his r-.5I-
dence. Lawyer Kelley is now IN the
west at Tacoma, Washington, and as
his tour through the country, by advice
of his physician. will be long, he VIII
not continue to be associated wi6h Col.
Gle.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14
FRIDAY, APRIL IA. 1899.

1t will now be interesting TO learn
which New York newspaper will claim
to have been the first tG warn the
American and English naval parties
that the Samoans were going 70 an
bush them.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14

Reports from Boston indicate that the
third house is IN clover as usual when
the West End is interested in legisla-
tion. The contest over the fremont
street track question is becoming su-
perheated, and the members of the
house number three are making the
most of their opportunities.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14
THE SALVATION ARMY.

The lassies' singing brigade VIII 'OT
duct a special service in Grace ~.
Church tonight at 7.30. In the .i.l
church the brigade will lead sliE sll,inE
services Sunday morning and evs.'"is1 II
The brigade will conduct meellH55i iqht
the Commercial hall SATURDAY n i',! ws!.
Sunday afternoon and night a"
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14

If the ambulance question has really
been settled, one fruitful source of dis
content and controversy has been. ban
ished. and the coming of the summers
heat may be contemplated with more
than ordinary complacency. OF course
it must be settled right, but that seems
also to be guaranteed.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14

The mugwumps are a little slow in
getting to the front with their expires.
sions of horror at our conduct in Sa-
moa, and admiration of Germanys DO
ings, but they will make it some way
although the fact that their special
idols, the English, are with us heart
and soul, may be something of a de-
terrent.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14
BOSTON AUTo-TRUCK co.
Papers for Incorporation of Such Com
pany Said to Have Been Prepared


pany Said to Have Been Prepared
1t is understood that papers nave
been prepared for the incorporation ol
the Boston Auto-Truck Company anu
that the capital stock is to be $lO,VU'-
900. The papers have been prepared Dy
Henry w. Bing of this city, and tll'
purpose of the company is to engage III
a general trucking business in Boston,
after the plans of the New York AulO-
Truck Company. AS soon as this coIl-
pany has been Incorporated, 1t IS uts
understanding that the Massae1usetlSi
Auto-Truck Company will be IoIli1I
for the purpose of operating cU,l- %
pressed vehicles in Worcester SpiIn5
field, Holyoke, Fall River, New ioS.s pgu
ford, Fitchburg and other large cIso', odo
1t is also to be capitalized for Sloygg,-
900, and it is expected that the CUit .ho
panies will be in operation carry III - ~
summer. Mr.. King is to return U ~ ~
York this evening in the interest
the companies.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14

It is rather disquieting to find that
there is more than a suspicion that
the Andrews residence in New York
and the Vanderbilt place called Idle
Hour were both destroyed by incen-
diaries. The number of houses in and
around the metropolis burned within
a few months is suggestive of a dam
gerous epidemic.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14

You may talk about the bluebirds
and the robbins, but the first real
harbinger of spring is the base ball
score. The Spy presents this morning
the first full local score, and the gentle
season is now properly opened with a
base ball bat. The voice of the tur-
tie and of the umpire are heard in the
land. All up for spring!
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14
ARE VERY THANKFUL,
Worcester Militia Express Appreciation
for Mrs. Bowen's Offer.

Mrs. W. E. Bowen of the School Of
Elocution and Delsarte has received the
following letter from the secretary Of the
local military committee, which explains
itself. incidentally it would be well to
note that Mrs. Bowen and Miss Weir as
sociate teacher of the school, told Spy
man three weeks ago that owing to a
pressure of business they would have to
abandon the project until autumn:
"Armory, Worcester. Mass, 100.
april 10, 1893.
Mrs. W. z. Bowen:
Dear Madam-At a meeting of the COM
manding officers and the committees oil
the four companies of infantry, regarding
your offer of an entertainment to start a
fund for the erection of a monument lot
the dead Cuban heroes, l would say your
very generous offer was met with favor
and accepted unanimously, but upon re-
consideration it was decided to ask you 10
postpone the date until fall, with the un-
derstanding that no similar proposal VIII
be considered, that you may retain inc
honor Of first starting so grand move
ment.
This action was deemed advisable on
account of the delay of the committee IN
coming together and the lateness of ne
season, which brings the time close TO tne
anniversary of two of the companies.
while one other has the tickets aIreauy
out for May party.
while conveying you the thanks oil I w
officers and command, hoping your oIel
will hold good until the stated time
am very truly yours,
ALBERT b. Scott,
Sec'y for the COMMITTEE
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14

Probably it would contribute to the
peace of nations if the treaty powers
in Samoa and set up housekeeping with
entirely new help in the kitchen. A
sort of pragmatic sanction seems to be
what is needed.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14

evident 20 all the rest of the world
ever since the Franco-Prussian war.
This Samoan irsolenee will probably
not bring about that highly desirable
event, but it is sure to come in the not
over distant future.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14
TRUSTEE CHOSEN.

Lawyer Chandler Bullock was YES
terday chosen trustee at the meeting
of the creditors of Peter J. Vayo of
this city, who recently filed a petition
in bankruptcy. A hearing was held be-
fore Referee Aldrich, and bonds were
fixed at 500.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14

IF THE BABY Is CUTTING TEETH.
BE sure and use that old and well-tried
remedy. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for children tCething. II soothes the
child. softens the gums, allays all pain.
cures wind collie. and is the best remedy
for diarrhoea. Twenty-Five cents a bottle.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14

AS he sat at the ten dollar dinner last
evening, Richard Croker had a chance
to study up what to answer at the
Mazet investigation, to which he has
been subpoenaed for this morning.
With the committee diving into his
record and Tammany in reputed re-
volt against him, he may yet find it
advisable to defer that trip to Europe
announced for ApEil 18th.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14

Union, Foreign Missionary sociot,, O,ell5 IN,
Maternal association of piaSr,ar,4
church will be held in the cburcb -,
Iors today. The constitution fnr pa a.
Woman's association, a consoiid.+ +;l's tile
OF the other societies. will be read Re
ter the business meeting, Mrs NJ
Howell win read selections from bar w.
own poems 'ih hef
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14
ATTACHAIENrs

F. H lnman ct al VS.. Michael
Ryan, Gardner S200 superior cour5 .
writ served by Turner. o0ui .
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14

THE SPY SHOULD HAVE The EYE oFARGUs: He
is HoNoRABLEIF IF HE DO BUT LOOK TO The VEL.
FARE OF The COMMONWEALTH"
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14

on which you can depend for the c,,ro -,
SrdPnSbr PTob5TSJed 95 bS cough or lung affection
the most excellent medicine sold IS
tie costs only . cents. 0'N' n Dot
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14
announced for April 18th.

The public reservation business
seems to be booming, this year. The
metropolitan parks commission has
decided to take Nantasket beach, and
the legislature is expected to authorize
the purchase of Mount Wachusett,
while William Cullen Bryant's Monu-
been bought by private individuals,
presumably for park purposes.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14

The Metropolitan Opera House was
not blown up, last night, as some ex-
citable Bryanite wrote it would be, but
the SO diners dined and wined and
speechified to the limit of the appro-
priation if not beyond, and are no
doubt feeling the worse for the racket
this morning. Ex-Justice Van Wyck,
who was assigned to defy Bryan out
line new platform that would be ac-
ceptabIe to eastern democrats and in
cidentally boom himself for the pres
idency, has spoken his piece and is
listening for the applause of the coun-
try. What he will hear is fresh and
noisy outbreak of the Kilkenny fight
in the party.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14

American Germans are as fine 4 lot
Of people and as good citizens as any
in the country. German Germans are
admirable. and an honor to Christen-
dom. But German rulers and their
bureaucratic representatives on land
and sea, in diplomacy and elsewhere,
are an arrogant, coneeited and general
ly badly informed crowd. That these
bumptious rulers and their emissar-
les will eventually lead unwilling Ger
many into a fearful threshing has been
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14

John Singer Sargent, the artist, is
alive and well, and should subscribe
to a clipping bureau. The
report of his death has enabled him
to discover in what esteem his country
men hold him. and how well his work
is appreciated. The loss to newspa-
per men of an important news feature
will be more than compensated by the
pleasure that his brush will give them
in years to come, and they will all
unite in the wish that the day when
they may have occasion to use the
obituaries prepared yesterday after
noon before the denial of the report of
his death was received. be far removed.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-14

James Creelman makes an emphatic
denial of various stories concerning
malfesance in the Manila custom house
under American control, and the law
lessness of American troops. He has
had good opportunity to judge, and it
in his verdict that there was never a
better disciplined and more obedient
army, or one more courageous and en-
terprising. This expert opinion will do
to offset the fairy tales that have been
told by the modern breed Of native
American critics.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09
ONLY TWO WEEKS.

Herman Powers hurried along the
street, his thoughts travelling ever
aster than he was doing. He was en-
gagged to Margaret Leland and had
been for over a year. He was much in
owe with her, and he considered him
self a lucky man to have won her con-
sent to marry him. She loved him, too.
md, as is often the case with a good,
)ure woman, this love amounted to al
most worship.
Herman had enjoyed this devotion
IN her part exceedingly, as what man
would not in like circumstances? But
ately he had sometimes thought she
was too demonstrative in her affec-
ions, a little too sentimental, in fact,
and that in her great enjoyment of his
company, perhaps she was a little
selfish and took a good deal of his time
away from his profession. Before he
net her this law business had been his
sole object of interest, and now that
the first glamour of his engagement
was over, he did not exactly return to
his first love, but was willing to divide
ulo dItSnllOu, anu SLlduSe ~ "ooiN
be, indeed, if his fiancee did not suffer
in the dividing process.
Just now he was about to take a
short trip out of the state, and he was
on his way to bid Margaret good-by.
He had decided it would be all nom
sense to have a scene over this first
parting, and as for love letters, they
would be entirely out of the question.
1T would be Margaret's way to make
a great fuss over our separation" he
said to himself as he ran up the steps
Of the Lelands' home and rang the
bell, but l shall be taking trips often.
and there is no need of being fool
ish. We must begin as we can hold
out"
He is relieved as he enters the draw
ing-room that there are guests present,
and he is o likely to see his sweet
heart alone, and with it all is a vague
sense of disappointment, too. He
talks with her, with her mother and
brother, and with the friends they are
entertaining; he exerts himself to be
agreeable and to keep the conversation
on general topics, and when at the end
of an hour he rises to go and care
lessly his departure from
the city on the morrow, he is convinced
that he has avoided the thing he
dreaded, and in a diplomatic kind of
way, toe. Margaret had perhaps
grown a little white when he spoke Of
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-12-09
Disraeli's Only Smile.

Disraeli, it is said, only laughed once
when in the house of commons. Mr..
Gladstone had made an imprisoned
speech in favor of the union of Wal
lachia and Moldavia. Mr.. Disraeli,
speaking in opposition, pointed out
that the result would be the extinction
of the independence of these people,
and the only thing left would be the
lemorse, which would be painted with
admirable eloquence by the rhetorician
of the day" In reply. Mr.. Gladstone
said hat he would not be guilty Of
the affected modesty of pretending to
be ignorant that that designation, 1.-THE
rhetorician of the day." was intended
for himself. Mr.. Disraeli inter- united
With the remark: Il beg your pardon:
/ really did not mean that" Disraeli
sat down with a satisfied smile that
told of his enjoyment. Mr.. G%ladstone's
face expressed amazement and indig-
nation. His opponent had placed him
in the Notifying position OF applying
a remark to himself which had no such
personal reference. Therefore, Glad
stones wrath and Disraeli's smile.
The liberal leader proceeded with his
speech and condemned the "sesquipe-
dalian words and inflated language" of
the leader of the conservatives Chi
cago Chronicle.