The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19
Death Of the Oldest
Person in Lei
cester.
MRS. MARY DAVIS DENNY.
A Story Of Two Italians
Who Caught Fish
With a Net.

Leicester, Oct. 1S.-Mrs. Mary Davis
Denny, widow of the late Joseph A.
Denny of Leicester died at the residence
of her daughter, Mrs. L. D. Thurston,
this afternoon, about o'clock. She had
been in failing health for the past few
months She was the Oldest. person in
town, having been born in Rutland,
Oct. rs, 1906, the daughter of Major Joel
and Mary Davis of Rutland.
She vas married April &c. 1929, to j.
Addison Denny of Leicester ana came
to Leicester, where she has live ever
since. 2 They had two children, Mary
E., wife of Postmaster L. D. Thurston,
and Charles A. Denny. Mrs. Denny
united with the First Congregational
church in July, 1880. was always an ac-
tive and consistent member, and a
leader IN all the charitable work OF the
town.
She was the Oldest living member of
the Ladies' Charitable society, and of
the Leicester w. C. r. u. Until age
SICK or poor ever was unheedeG. The
great interest that the late JOSH phi A.
Denny mad in all that pertained to Lei
Cester academy was fully shared by her,
and their home was always the 'open
home" for the students attending the
academy.
Many students scattered over the
country today remember with gratitude
the cordial welcome and kind Wolds
onfe a mo
their stay in Leicester. Since the death
of her husband, in 1875, she has lived
with her daughter at the old homestead
in Leicester, below the Disco & Denny
factory. j. Addison Denny was inter
ested in that firm with Dwight Disco,
which was one of the card clothing
companies instrumental in building UP
the town of Leicester, The Denny
homestead was built by him in 1887.
Mrs. Denny was interested in every
thing that brought improvement or pro-
gress to the town. She was much in
terested in the building of the electric
railroad, the grading of the streets, and
the general Improvements in the VIII
lage. When several were nearly COM
pleted, she rode out, viewing the puElic
library and the various changes about
the residences. Upon returning home
she expressed great pleasure at what
she had seen and said she had been on
a trip to Europe.
She retained her faculties TO d re-
markable degree, and was Away; glad
to welcome friends
Funeral services will be held at the
residence of L. D. Thurston on Fl lGay
afternoon at o'clock.
CAUGHT CATCHING FISH.
Louis P. stayers and Pietro Dicio,
two Italians employed by the Worces-
ter and Suburban, living in the old fac
| tory building on Main street, were ar
| rested this afternoon by officer John
F. Gagen and Game Warden Timothy
| Mccarthy, for fishing with a net.
Gagen caught sight of them in the
shallow bed of Waites pond.
The water is very low with a winding
channel near the dam and shallow pool.
The Italians had arranged a bag-like
net in the channel and built a sort of
| dam so that no water flowed except
through the net. Then they beat the
water with sticks and drove all fish
in the pool into the net Gagen stopped
them and found the net full of fish.
| He and Mccarthy took the men to the
| town hall, where they were locked up
and later taken to Worcester. Their
| offense is expressly prohibited by law,
! and all sportsmen will wish them as
heavy sentence as the law allows.
| This manner of fishing will clean out
every pond in town if persisted in, and
has been practiced before in town.
HENDERSON, TARBARD.
A very pretty home wedding took
place at the home of Richard H. Star
| bard, in Cherry Valley by which his
daughter, Ethel w Starbard, became
the wife of Harry Henderson of Wor-
cester. The cottage was filled with
| friends from Leicester and from out of
| town. The bridal party, consisting of
the young couple, the bridesmaid, Miss
Lillian Moody of Lowell; the best man,
| Lloyd Hubbard of Worcester and the
! ushers, Cleo Starbard, brother of the
| bride, and Ford Sargent of Westboro.
| formed upstairs and marched into the
| parlor to the strains of 'The brides
| professional played by Miss Elsie G,
Bolster of Cherry Valley. The party
stood under a horseshoe over the en-
| trance to the room and under a canopy
| of autumn leaves and evergreen. White
bunting twined with evergreen was also
draped around the room. Rev j. H.
Humphrey of the Cherry Valley Epis-
copal church performed the ceremony,
using the usual service. at
The bride was becomingly dressed in
white swiss muslin, trimmed with
white satin ribbon and cut en- traine.
She wore white carnations. The maid
of honor was similarly attired and also
carried carnations. After the ceremony
the party retired to the music of Men
delssohn's wedding march, played by
Miss Bolster. There was a large num-
Der Of wedding presents. Refreshments
were served to the guests.
The couple left on the 10 10 train out
of Worcester for Boston, where they
will spend a few days. On the return
Mr.. and Mrs Henderson will reside at
Is Townsend street Worcester. Those
from out of town included Mrs. V. B.
Moody, Miss Lillian Moody of Lowell,
Ford Mowers, wife, son and daughter
of Maiden, Mrs. Lou DAILY of Boston,
Ford Sargent of Westboro, Miss Nettie
Adams of Rochdale.
A Worcester whist party of 20 mem
bers took upper at the Leicester this
evening afd played whist.
GLORIOUS NEWS
Comes from DIR. D, B. Cargile, of wa
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