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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-24
CHURCH NOTES.

st. Matthews parish house will be
opened for the first time this season to-
morrow night at tbs o'clock, when ad-
mission will be by ticket. A large nun
Der of applications for admission to
privileges of the house have been re-
ceived by the committee in charge and
| the prospects are good for the largest
| membership in years.
Rev. Arthur st. James will lecture on
the subject, To California and return, "
at the French Baptist churchq17O Bea-
con street, Tuesday evening. More than
| 100 pictures of scenes along the route
Will be shown, and the lecture will en-
| BODY the pastors experiences during his
| trip last spring.
Rally day will be observed at the Free
Baptist church on WELLINGTON street to-
day with suitable exercises.
Rev. DR.. Robert Bruce of Highland
church, Huddenfeld, Eng, will preach
at Piedmont Nchurch today. Rev. DR..
Bruce is one of the most prominent
delegates to the Congregational confer
ence in Boston and is ex-chairman of
the Congregational union of England
and Wales.
The pulpit of pilgrim church will be
occupied today by Rev Dr. William
Barton of Chicago, who is a delegate to
the Congregational conference in Bos-
ton.
Rally day will be observed by the
Sunday school of Trinity church next
Sunday with special exercises including
an address by Prof. G. w. Pease of the
Normal Bible school Of Springfield.
The mems meeting at the Y. NJ c. A.
this afternoon will be addressed by Rev.
Woodman Bradbury, who will speak on
False hopes" There will be special
singing by Mrs j. B. F. Litchfeld and
Mrs F. T. Curtis. It was expected to
have one of the delegates to the Con-
gregational convention to speak, but all
Of them are in such demand by the
churches that it was impossible to pro-
cure speaker from among them.
Rev. James Boyd Brady speaks this
evening on the subject, whats the
matter with the little Ingersolls. Wolf,
Reynard, Ralph and Prince, that they
so bark at the truth?" Rev. George w.
Kent of the South Unitarian church
speaks in the morning on Some sins
against the Holy Spirit the evils of
knowing so much that you don't know,
and such a lot that isn't So" Rev DR..
Moses II. Harris of All Souls Univer-
salist church speaks on "The sin that
has no forgiveness" These three SUBJ
jects seem to have a strange affinity for
each other.
Rev. DR.. George L. Perrin of the
Every Day church, Boston, speaks at
the First Universalist church today.
The resignation of Rev. DR.. Almon
Gunnison of the First Universalist
church has been placed in the hands of
the board of trustees and will be read
at a special meeting of the parish, which
is to be held Oct. g.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-24
CHANGE IN SYSTEM.
Telephone Exchange VIII
Be Equipped With Com
mon Batteries

The Worcester exchange of the New
England Telephone & Telegraph COM
pany is to be equipped with the conc
mon battery system in the near flu
ture.
This means that radical change will
be made in the present system of trans
mitter batteries all over the city. Each
station, instead of having an individual
battery, will be changed over so that
the entire system of transmitters will
be operated from the common system
Of battery located at the central o1ice.
The change has been contemplated
for months, and all stations put in since
spring have been wired so as to adj
init of a quick change when the time
comes. The present system of appa~-
atuS at the central station is calculated
to operate a system of this sort, and
with the possible addition of storage
battery cells, the change in this direc-
ton amounts to little. The real work
in the change viii consist in rewring
each of the stations not fitted at pres
ent and the placing of new back boards,
which Will take some time. But as the
system will operate equally well with a
part using the old system and part
the new, the service will not be affected.
With the new system in operation, a
considerable amount of work included
in general inspection and installation
of instruments will be done away With.
Every telephone subscriber knows the
method employed in replenishing bat
teries the frequent accidents that hap
pen when jars containing a solution
of sal ammoniac and water, or possibly
muriatic acid in solution, are dropped,
and numerous little Inconvenience I'M
avoidable under the present system. 1t
is safe to assume that both telephone
employees and subscribers will hail the
advent of the new system with delight.
The common battery system is in OPP
GRAFTON in the Springfield exchange, and
gives excellent satisfaction. The change
in Worcester was contemplated when
the new exchange was installed, ana
will be carried into effect within the
next few months.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-24
BABIES IN THE FIELD.
A Caadlepin Match viii Be Rolled
With Westboro.

The crack candlepin bowling team
Of the city for several seasons past, has
decided to organize again, despite the
rumors which have been circulated that
it would not be in existence the coming
season. The cause of the change of
decision was a def which was sent out
by the Westboro team that defeated
the Casinos of this city at Westboro
Thursday night. The Westboro men
evidently have cinch on the Casino
team as it was made up in the open
ing contest, and will probably lay
claim to the championship of the
county after its series with the CAST
nos.
The Babies have claimed the cham
pionship Of the county for several sea-
sons. and have proved their claim to
the title by an unbroken series Of VIC
tories. Negotiations were opened yes
terday between F. H. Hennessey, cap
tain of the Westboro team, and Frank
Hill, captain of the Babies, for a Sc
ries of five matches for the champion
ship of the county, the series to begin
when the series with the Casinos has
been finished.
The Babies will include four of the
men who have played for several sea-
sons. Hill, Munsey, Gendron and Gu
thro. Other men on the teams of pre-
vious years have decided not to roll
this season. The Babies will finish
out their team from the Infants of
last season. The choice will probably
be either Lohnes or Southworth
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-24

/ atty AIRY didn't know great dea
about the merits of the case, and all
| the other delegates were on a raft al
! sea in regard to it, too. Terrence didn't
say a word but all the time between
drags at his L. D. and long draws at
! the nlusty he preserved a knowing
! look, suggesting one bored with misin-
, formation and Just aching for an OPP
portunity to enlighten less highly en-
doWed mortals.
Terrence being a constant subscriber
and omnivorous reader of the Dublin
Freeman's Journal and the Irish World,
was supposed to know everything, and
after the other international congress-
men, led off by AIRY, importuned him
to set the situation in the TransvaaI
clear. he said
well, byes, We see this Dom Paul an
wan Lord Salsbry own admin farms.
Dom was thot continued thot he had
settled down fer loife on his bit av a
tract av land and was at pace wild all
the wurruld, whin one day along comes
dapper, dandy sort av a gossoon, wild
only half pair av specs in wan eye, a
long bubble bristed, county Galway
coat an a rid rose In his booton-hoie
in the northwest corner av the lap-pel.
Kunnasthantu,' he said, dhroppin'
salloot to Dom Paul, who was pickin'
the pratie bugs off the stalks. The ton
O the marnin' to ye'
'Thoggamah' answered Com Paul.
kunnasthantu fame. Will We have a
dhrop av the crathur this marnin'Y
Now this lad that was talking to
Dom Paul was named Joe Chamberlain.
an it turned out thot he was Salsbry's
bailitf-but Dim gittin' ahead av me
sthory.
"Afther he an Dom had a couple av
dhrags at the bottle, Dom, who was a
foxy ould lad. Wid experience, havin'
bought a goold brick some years be-
foore, thought thot it would be the
proper caper to ascerteen what the
divvil Chamberlain wanted, dye mind
So in a diplomathic way he up and asks
Off hand II his BUSINESS would kape him
loose around Dom PauPs far-rm for a
long SPELL
Thin Chamberlain lookin' at honest
ould Dom through his wan eyeglass
SAID; Dim the press agint av a show
called Civilization. Yen have to take
down the barbed woire fince thot divides
yer far-rum from thot av the quane an
Lord Salsbry, and pass on farther into
the wilderness, where we won't parsuei
We ontil We have made clearins, settled
down, and diskivered goold moines an
SIGH
So Lord Salsbry stint We, did he The
ould divvil ought to he maxim his soul
instid av thry,n' to dispassess an hon
est man av the fruits av his tile. Shure
he has wan foot in the grave, they tell
me, says Oom' Pam, says he, an wild
thot he makes a swoipe at Chamber
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-24
THE CITY.

The reception committee of the Y. NJ.
G a. will hold a special meeting of i'm
poftanee Tuesday, Oct. 8, at O'Clock.
The Y. M. G. A.. camera club will hold
its regular meeting Monday, Oct 2,
Wen a demonstration on bromide en-
largements will be given.
The Father Mathew Temperance. So
ciety will meet at Father Mathew hall
this afternoon, when members will be
expected to make returns for tickets for
the fair which opens tomorrow evening.
G. A. Fenner, secretary of the Build
ers' Exchange, has mailed list of
members Of the exchange to F. NJ,
Dodge of Boston. Mr.. Dodge is the pub
Usher of paper devoted to the inter-
ests of building and engineering, and the
list Of names will appear III the next
issue.
Mrs NJ p. Higgins gave a lawn par
~ to the teachers and children of the
primary and kindergarten departments
q Rledmont church at her residence, 22S
West street, yesterday afternoon. The
children enjoyed an afternoon of games
and left about O'Clock. Refreshments
were served.
The real estate of George Taylor of
Sterling Center was sold at auction yes
terday by H. NJ. Clemence of this city
to Henry Barnard of Berlin for $500.
Eight acres of land on the same estate
was sold to j. B. Smith of Sterling for
$3.50. The personal property was sold
and brought s275.
"a Special meeting Of the no-license
committee of the Christian Endeavor
union of Worcester. county was held in
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-24
HIGH SCHOOL SOCIETIES.

The different debating clubs of the
high school carried out the following
programs at meetings Friday afternoon
and night: AT the Assembly the pro-
gram was as follows: Extemporane-
Gus addresses, I. L. Price, H. L. Thomp-
son and F. Stowell; reading. w. S.
O'Brien. The question debated was:
Resolved, that the United States gov
eminent is superior in form and opera
ton to the English government Speak
erS for the affirmative We're w. z.
Prince and A. w. Hadley; negative, A.
F. Whitman and H. Mccartney; critic,
G. H. Benson.
At the Britomart meeting Miss Alice
Smith of the faculty gave an interest
ing talk on THE home of Shakes
peare," illustrated by lantern slides.
The talk was greatly appreciated by
the club.
The Summer club carried out the fol-
lowing program: Extemporaneous ad-
dresses, R. w. z. Edgecomb A. G.
Burrill, A. S. Malcolm and K A, Rich
ardson. The question for debate was
Resolved. that the British attitude in
the Transvaal is justifiable. For the
Carroll and ]. w. Plaisted spoke; neg
alive, c. J. Stevens, H. J. Conant and
G. Fl. Boyden.
The Eucleia carried out the following
program: Defamation, "The lost
copper" G. j. Carpenter; reading, "The
new south" F. ]. Tierney; extract from
the Merchant of Venice" A. O'Con-
nell; extemporaneous address, Re-
solved, that college football is beneficial
to its participants, F. McAuliff. The
debate was: Resolved, that tramps
are beneficial to the people. Affirma-
tive speakers We're ]. c. Donnelly, e.
t. j. Daley, A. O'Connell and P. Bou-
chard. For the negative. E. L. Moore,
j. Butler, G. M. Butler, F. j. Rooney
and ]. M. Hoy spoke. The question
was decided in the negative.
At the Aletheia club the program
was: Vocal solo, Miss Fowler; auction
sale, the club; vocal solo, Miss Fow-
Ter. The question for debate was: Re-
solved, that city life is preferable to
country. For the affirmative Misses
Berry, Roe and Leoyd spoke, and
Misses Smith, Taft and Hadley spoke
in the negative. Misses Smith, Roe
and Mcmahon were elected editors for
the Aletheia paper
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-24

lain, ordhers him off the prirniass, saSnd
whistles for the dog.
Now chamberlain was the hrothaay
bye for Diplomacy. He thryed 10
pacify ould Dom, but he mort as Hait
have whistled jigs to q dead fiddler for
all the impression he made. Thin be
changed his tactics, and thought he'd
vinture an ould goala brick game he
used to play wild the voters whin he
was a-FaddylSiu eandydate in Birming-
ham long befoore he became Lord
salsbry's bailiff.
Well sor, he took copper kline out
ay his pocket. and faces Dom Paul,
who stood befoore him sthrokirr the
fince av whiskers around his face and
lookin' that puzzled thot 1t was commy-
kill to watch him.
ORR till We what OiM do said
Chamberlain, 'Oill flip this pinny am
We'll decide the case accordin' to the
way thot II cdomes down. Watch me
closely now. Hids OF win, tails you
lose, M
9e3Twas dom CURIOUS to watch Dom
Paul. He would not have thrusted
Chamberlain any farther than he could
throw a mad bull be the TAIL but he
didn't see the catch thot the willy JOS
eph was thryin' to play on him, for
some time. OF think thot he'd have
taken Joe at his wor-rd, but suddinly
he recollicted thot he had a clippin' in
his wallet from the Cork Examiner
which he rades REGULARLY, entoitled
How to soize UP goold brick arthist.'
Sure enough, there was description
av the game thot Joe was thryin to
play on him
1.-THE sunshine darkened from Dom
Pauls face, the rollins av distint thun-
der rumbled in his throat, vivid lott
hing fiashed frum his eyes.
Whist avick,' he said, comm thot
close to Chamberlain thot he could all
most touch him, an THROWN out his
chist and Vaughn his coot-tails loike
a Kirryman about to take the warpafh
and go out gunnin' for Tipp or a Sli-
CONAN. But Joe saw the storm brew
in, and he dug out for the barracks for
reinfoorcemints.
The articles av agraymint havyin't
bin soined as Wit, but OF expect to hear
ony day thot Dom and Joe are in the
ring As an Oirishman OF hope thot
Dom Paul will win, an so does livery
Oiplshman EXCEPT the Orangemin."
Vots an arrangement" asked Hans.
Hes a on-commissioned Oirish-
man" answered Terrence.
oh, yah, / perception der boint nit
some lucidness,' said Hans: "der Eng
lish have been constructioning an UNI
~ anu WI 5OH1e 1SHJeWTleS back der
Irish dey have been on strige"
'Yis" said Terrence Eye hit the
nail square on the hid thot tonne, Hans.
Whole the Oirish have bin on sthrike.
the Orangemin, bad cess to thin, have
bin vorrukin on the buildin' an scah-
bin the national job. Mark me words.
If it comes TO a foit, Dom Paul an his
min will sipd the British over the Dor
der like Browns cows, van behind the
other ans all 'skedaddlin 1oike tho
divvil."
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"Oi see be the papers" said Terrence
the Irishman, as he called the congress
of nations together last night by drop
ping a silver dollar on the round table
at Tim Sullivan's Sign of the Silver
Mug" thot the British are loikely to
take a dash at the Beers in South Al
riky."
I veel der robustfulness of some abb
bedide mitten der interiorness of mine
stunning, unit 1 will have a big's voot
init my musdy, DIM" said Hans, the
Dutchman, as Tim came in for the Or
ders.
Yah, Derry" continued Hans, as he
munched the pigs foot and quaffed a
generous and copious draught of musty
from the big silver stein, half a minute
later, Il suspicion dot dey will, unit my
hart is nit der Beers in dere strug-
glings NIT der Briddish. Dey vas some
Dutchmen by ancestry alretty, unit all
der Yermans will wish them prosper
BUSINESS in der var dey are abowit ter
prosecution.
i dank hope so. too" said Sven, the
SWede. AS a good Swaddish mon, 1
have fallar feeling for the Dutch. We
vos related, / dank, some centres back,
ven de Vikings ruled the seas"
What the bloody blooming sort of
treason do you call this?" said AIRY,
the Englishman. Hi don't see hanny
cause for turning down hold Hingland.
May she Railways rule the hocean and
wipe Imposition hoff the map hof nem-
pre- has Russia wiped hoff Poland. HI
tnink that when she goes hagalnst hold
Kruger hand his mob hof Beers thar
smell give i'm q dressing down that
VIII not soon be forgotten. There's one
consolation, owever My blooming self
ana Donald, the Scotchman, ERE. are
Ioyal subjects hof 'er majesty, the,
queen. Eaven bless the hold girl, hand
ner model son, Halbert Hedward.p
Hoot, mon," said Donald, jumping
up, ulnna We ca me ma layal soob-
zee. Anne Hielander, wiz the sperret
bonnockburn and the Killed Bruce
Wadna be sac vile as to forget the slo-
gan and the pibroch, the locns ard
praes O the land O. heather, the march
O the clans to the English border
IN the excitement Donald went the
round OF the table dancing the Highland
nlng and humming those stirring
WORDS. Scots wha' ha' wi Wallace
Hi say, Donny hold boy" said Ar
ry, Keep yer kits hon. Hi honly
thought that you were a loyal member
of the conservative party. don't Won
Know. Let your blood cool, man. Sit
down and drink your musty"
some desultory talk followed and
then Sven, as he drained the last drop
In the silver stein and summoned the
waiter, by dropping the price of another
round on the table, drawled: Il dank
| don't know Wy Dom und Yon are
scrapping."
Yah" said Hans, Il vos miseduca-
toned abowit it mineself. Volts Dom
Paul and Yon Bull making some faces
NIT dere veatures one at der udder vor.
una w do dey fraction der air nit der
sound Of some acoustic broberties vet,
amt i'd, alretty?"
It 80 turned out that with all his 10y
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-24
ANNUAL. CONVENTION.

The press committee of the Women
Christian Temperance Union state con
vention has issued circular which says:
The 18th annual convention Of the Mas
sachusetts w. G. I. u will be held in
Worcester, October 4, 5, 6. Worcester is
the birthplace of the Massachusetts
Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
where its first convention was held in 1874
having rounded out quarter century Of
that it should return to celebrate It's 25tS
anniversary where it drew its first breath
and where the heart of the mother waits
TO extend cordial welcome for the fifth
time in % years.
1T is hoped and expected that October
4, o. 9, 1893, will witness a large and nofa-
Bile gathering of the white ribbon renre-
sentatives from every union in Massachu-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-24
CHANCE FOR FLAHERTY.
A Match Win Be Made for Him at
Brockton.

Joe Flaherty will probably get date
to box before the Crescent Athletic
Club Of Brocton shortly. Jimmy Ward,
matchmaker of the club. wrote George
p. King a letter a day or two agoI
saying he would give Flaherty chance
Jas soon as he could get a suitable OPP
|ponent. Mr.. King suggested Jack
Dwyer, who was beaten in the Broad
way Athletic Club Of New York, last
evening, by Morrison. Dwyer is the
boxer who jumped into Rosenberg
place at Hartford Memorial day, and
fought 15-round draw with John S.
Dinsdale of this city. He is a glutton
for punishment as his work of last
evening showed, Morrison putting it
all over him before he was able to get
the decision. A match between him
and Flaherty would be an interesting
one. Flaherty is undoubtedly more
clever than Dwyer. but the latter has
much the advantage over Flaherty in
.sturdiness and would give Flaherty all
kinds of trouble beating him.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-24
PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.
Or. Woodward Says the English Show
Much Interest in the Matter.

Much interest IN the Matter.
DR.. Samuel B. Woodward returned
from Europe Friday, arriving in Bos-
ton on the Dominion liner New Eng
land, which had aboard 1920 people said
to be the largest number ever brought
into that port by transatlantic liner
Dr.. Woodward spent most of his time
in the northern part of England and
Scotland. and kept well away from the
hustle and hustle of city life
The English papers, he says, are full
of talk of war, and the people are
much enthused over the impending wal
with the South African Dutch republic
The departure Of troops for South At
RIGA causes as much enthusiasm as die
the leaving Of troops for Cuba in this
country, but he was not in a position
to see any of the regiments start away
DR.. Woodward enjoyed his trip i'm.
mensely, and was one of the fortunate
Worcester. people to be able to gel
away from Boston as soon as he got
ashore.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-24
HARVEST FESTIVAL.

The opening Of the Swedish Salvation
army's harvest festival last evening
was largely attended The hall has
been decorated with things pertaining
~ autumn and is very attractive. Cant
=. Agren, who is in charge of the corps,
thinks the profits from the festival
Which is to continue until the 26th will
De sufficient to pay off a debt which the
corps has to meet.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-24
ESCAPED PRISONER.
Officer Sullivan Arrests a Boy Who Had
Departed from the Lyman School.

Officer Sullivan Arrests Boy Who Had
Departed from the Lyman School.
William Furlong, 16 years old, was
arrested yesterday afternoon by officer
Daniel Sullivan at the Worcester bleach
and dye works in New Worcester as an
escaped prisoner from the Lyman
school, Westboro. He left the school
about two weeks ago, and after hiding
in the woods for some time jumped a
freight train and rode to Boston. He
started back toward Worcester in a
freight car and had been inside but a
short time when the door was locked,
and he was prisoner for two days.
The car was sidetraeked for a day in
Westboro near the school, and finally
was hauled to Charlton, where he was
liberated. He walked back to Worces-
ter and secured employment. He was
returned to Lyman school officers last
night.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-24
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE.

To the Editor of the Spy
Sir-on behalf of a New York comrade,
I hereby challenge any member of the
skunk faction Of the socialist-labor
party Daniel De Leon preferred to a
public debate on the present trouble in
the socialist-labor party, the debate to
take place Sunday. Sept "a, so that the
delegates to the state convention may
have an opportunity to hear both sides of
the question. Respectfully,
Charles Il. Wiley, 204 Main ST.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-24
BURIAL OF MRS. FARRAR.

The funeral of the late Mrs. Annie M
Farrar took place at her late home, /
Lazell street, yesterday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Rev. #. M. Balloon of Sayles-
vile. r. l., gave a touching eulogy on
the life of the deceased. The interment
was at Rural cemetery The bearers
were c. Perry Chaplin, ]. c. Chaplin, f.
D. Chaplin and W. M. Milhinch. There
were numerous floral tributes from
friends.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-24

The Fitehburg r. R. announce their
autumnal excursion to New York via the
famous and scenic Hoosac tunnel, choice
|of the day or night boat down the Hud-
son river and the Providence line return
ing to Worcester. Remember the date
Oct. 9TH, and secure your tickets in adj
Vance at Union depot or city ticket Office
No 1886 Main ST. Worcester