The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-15
ilI four o,clock this mornina.

Of the town was found in a snow drift
naoIy frozen. The barge which runs
from Whitinsville3 to Whitins station
distance of one mile, was on the road
Tor one hour. Drifts from ten to four
teen feet deep are on Main street and
larger drifts are found from this viii
Iage to Northbridge centre. Frank
McGlynn of the firm of McGlynn &
! Proctor, who went to Boston to do his
Iradlng, got as far home as Sharon
me different storekeepers have not
sent out any teams today, owing to the
large drifts. Early this morning large
Sangs OF men were at work clearing
the sidewalks and breaking out the
roads. The trains today are running
Dut are two and three hours late. The
Nhltlnsville Social Orchestra started
Tor MlllVille last evening, and have not
peen heard from at this writing.
Jonh Nutter, store clerk for C. V
dudley, gave his fellow store clerks a
turkey supper. last evening at his home
on Church street In spite of the
stormy weather, they accepted his gen
erous otter and assembled at his home
ana did Justice to an excellent repast
After the supper vocal and instru-
mental music was enjoyed. A very
peasant evening was spent up to a late
hour.
John Brannigan, bookkeeper for the
!
at Wh1tins station, was pleasantly sur
prised by his fellow associates and mo-
tormen Saturday evening. Nelson
! Fleaboth presented Mr.. Brannigan, in
a witty speech, with a handsome silk
office cap.
A son of Mr.. and Mrs. Morris, eight
years of age, of High street, gave his
parents quite a scare yesterday during
the big storm. The little fellow started
to go to the post office, and was gone
so long that his mother became uneasy
and sent parties out to look him up,
but they did not find any trace of him,
however, and his mother was very
nearly frantic. She thought he was
surely buried up in the snow. He was
found late last evening, wandering
about on Pine street, and was returned
to his parents, who were overjoyed at
seeing him alive. He had evidently be-
come beWildered in the storm.
! A young son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Brooks of Water street had his hands
badly frozen this morning while going
on his way to see if there was any
school, but as there was not any he be-
gan playing, causing his hands to get
| frozen.
There is to be a pigeon club formed
here this week by some of the local
men who have from one to twelve car
rier pigeons. The club will be formed
about the middle of the week, and af-
ter that they say they will be ready to
fly their birds from one to five hundred
miles, Everybody seems to be interest
ed in the foundation of this club, and
! hope it will prove successful, as some
of the bordering towns have sent car
rier pigeons for a number of miles and
proved them to be a success.
| There We're many present at the re-
vival meetings held Sunday in the M.
e. Church, in spite of the storm.
| Eyangelists Greenwood and Estey sang
several fine selections at the different
meetings, both in duets and solos.
At the regular meeting of George F.
Seaver Camp, No. 1876, S. of V, Satur-
day evening, in the lower hall Of the
| Memorial building, they celebrated
Union Defenders day. Speeches were
made and a smoke talk held, followed
by sOciable evening spent by those
who were present.
One hundred friends of Mrs. Nelson
Flibotte of Fletcher street gave her
a surprise party Saturday evening.
Mr.. Flibotte and wife were invited to
a social hop in Prentice Hall, and dur
ing the festivities J. w. Lecount
stepped forward and presented the
lady a purse of SIS as a token of friend
ship Of the gfvers. Music was furnished
by Guertin's Orchestra of North Tx
!
| News has been received here stating
the death of Mrs Martha Stewart,
formerly of Whftinsville but now of
| Millbury. Mrs. Stewart lived in this
place for number of years, and dur
ing her stay here she had many friends,
who will mourn her loss. She leaves
two granddaughters in this place-Mrs.
Ernest Fisher and Miss Mabel Stewart.
| Saturday, in front of the Linwood
cotton mill, six persons we're thrown
out as they were crossing the grade
crossing of the Within machine works
electric railway. Although they did
not receive any injury, they received
a severe shaking up and said some I'M
| pleasant words.
In the voting contest of the A. O. H.
| bazaar the following were the lucky
ones to secure the prizes: In the con-
test for the whip, which was between
| Duncan Fraser. cOachman for c. w.
| Lasell, and John F. Houlihan, driver
| for Henry Woodman, the vote stood ::
Fraser, 527; Houlihan, 1926. The whip
was an imported English holly driving
whip and was made to order for this
occasion. 1t was presented to the fair
by S. G. Graham. In the contest for
the doll, which was won by Miss Mary
Alice Koran, the vote was as follows
Miss Koran, 1927; Miss Anna Vail, 700;
Miss Helen Callahan, 525. This doll is
| the most costly doll ever brought to
| Whitinsville and was trimmed by
skilled workers from the cloak making
| rooms of Miss Nellie " McGuinness.
A large number of people in town are
| slowly coming to the conclusion that
| they are the victims of a clever
| swindle. Some time ago a man came
! round getting subscribers to the paper
called the American Weekly. The sub
scribers We're to pay 10 cents a week
or more and received the paper, and
| after certain amount had been paid
in they We're to receive premiums, such
as couches, watches, dinner sets and
! other articles. Some of the premiums
| have come due and We're to be deliy-
| cred but they have failed to appear.
and the people are beginning to think
| they have been buncoed, as no agent
came around last week for collections
| and the last time an agent did come
around it was noticed that he acted
very Independent and was very saucy.
| The agents came from Worcester and
claimed they had an Office In the Day
building.
Henry F. Woodmancy lies critically
i'll at his home, on Church street.
| The following have applied for nat
urallzation papers: Sydney DeRingh
age rs, laborer; Gerbern DeBoer age
2S laborer
Thomas Jalbert of Woonsocket has
been playing clarinet in the Social Or
| chestra, owing to the sickness of Leor
| Ingalls,.
Frank Parsons of Hopedale has been
! visiting old acquaintance in town.
| William Fullerton of Main street is
spending a few days with friends in
| WoOnsocket.
The Misses Magills of Central street
We're the guests of Miss Annie Ritcht
OF East Douglas, last week.
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