The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22
COMMON NUISANCE,
jpencer People Com
plain of Drunken
Rowdies.
DESPERATE PUBLIC STREET.
Offenders Are Of the Vag-
rant Type and Should
Be Arrested.
DESPERATE PUBLIC STREET.

Spencer, Aug. 21.-People who live In
The Elm street district are angry over
the way that drunken men and tramps
stay out in that district At any time.
SO the people say, 10 or IL drunken men
make this spot their rendezvous. The
course talk and actions that these men
indulge in is something terrible No
person us safe to pass this section OF
the town after dark, unless there are
TWO or three together. If a person
goes alone, he may be sure of being
stopped with the salute of Say, boss,
give me a Nickel" or Say, boss.
wouldn't you help me out by giving me
a dime"
On the approach of the night patrol
men these crowds scatter, but as soon
as the policemen have walked along on
their beat the half drunken men come
back again to their old haunt. In the
Gay time when no policemen are on
duty the crowd congregates and drinks
whisky and uses such language as
! would make any respectable person
shiver.
/ Yesterday larger crowd than usual
collected and a high old time was be-
ing carried on, whisky and beer were
! in possession and the crowd was hav-
ing a great time when one Of their
number commenced to sing a song OF
such nature that the inhabitants of
that district went after an officer, but
the half drunken crowd saw what was
going on and quickly dispersed.
The Spy reporter called upon some of
the residents of the district today and
found that the drunken brawls are so
frequent that the people are determined
that it shall be stopped.
Harry jerks, who lives in A e.
Kingsleys handsome new brick block
at the corner of Main and Elm streets,
said: at is the daily custom, and more
so on Sundays, for q crowd of half
drunken, filthy looking men to congre-
gate under the two horse chestnut trees
on the left-hand side of the street and
drink and swear until it would nearly
drive a person crazy. Yesterday the
nuisance was worse than usual, and five
of the worst men In town congregated
there. 1t is a wonder to me that such
a thing is allowed to go on on such a
public street as Elm street, and so near
the main street of the town. Anyone
sitting on our back piazza can see such
sights Of filth and drunkenness that
would make your hair stand on end.
was glad yesterday when | saw officer
George T. McKenna arrest one of the
gang who had been disturbing this sec
tion of the town for the past two weeks
by yelling at the top of his voice.
hope that other people in Spencer will
see that hereafter this part of the town
is free from drunken men,"
The residents of the district were only
too willing to express their view on the
nuisance, and all hoped that the police
will rid the quarter of the nuisance.
Essex w. Kenyon left Spencer today
He took down his tent, which was>very
we'll cut up with holes made by stones,
and left. He was in a great hurry to
leave, as Spencer was too hot for him.
The Rev. Mr. Kenyon has been in
Spencer two weeks and has not met
with the best of success; he started In
to convert every one and everything
that saw daylight but his we'll laid
plans soon fell through.
Oliver Bonner has a dog which he
will match against any dog in Spencer
for its swimming abilities. The dog is
a Gordon setter and is a good bird dog.
Yesterday Mr.. Bonner started out to
paddle his canoe on Lake Lashaway
from Lashaway park to Harper's land
ing, East Brookfeld. Mr.. Bonners dog
Dash" at once jumped into the water
and swan after his master. The dog
swan to the East Brookfield landing,
following the boat Of his master down
and back, a distance of between one
and half miles and two miles,
James Griffin. who has been visiting
his mother on Bell street, returned to
Washington, d. c., today
Mrs. Archambeau, Mrs. Marcille and
Miss Della Lusignan of Southbridge are
the guests of Frank Collette, Sr., of Me-
chanic street.
Philip Bouvier, baggagemaster on
the Spencer branch of the B. & A.,
went today In Southbridge.
]. C. Rockwell pitched his tent in
Spencer today for a weeks exhibition.