The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-09
Mr.. LEWIS LUCK.
Only Gardner Man
Successful in the
Klondike.
HAS LEASED HIS FIND.
Trial Of the Baw Beese-
General News and
Notes.

Gardner, Aug. S.-Henry Lewis. the
only Gardner man who has been sue
cessful in the northern gold regions, is
nome for vacation, and he told Spy
reporter this morning that he had no
fault to find with the results of his trip.
Mr.. Lewis has been absent from town
Two years He has been content to
remain at Dawson, instead of penetrat-
ing farther, as some have done, with
roor success. He left Gardner Aug.
q 1897, on his way to the gold regions,
but stopped to visit at various places.
and arrived March II, 1888 at Daw-
Son. He avoided many of the diff
culties encountered by many goldseek-
ers, as he was able to make all his
Journey on the cars and steamboats,,
ana was not forced to make long tramps
as some OF the less successful hunters
Tor the yellow metal were.
MI. Lewis made the trip across the
continent alone AT Dawson he fell
IN with another man, and they staked
out two claims. Mr.. Lewis gave his
COMPANION the choice of claims, and
together they set to work The dig
ging through solid rock proved a. lone.
Lewis had sunk his shaft so feet and
had struck gold. He was offered $1,000
TO sell his claim, but decided to retain
possession of it. He received another
offer to lease it for year, and to this
proposition he agreed. The lessee, by
the contract, is to sink the shaft 100
1eet farther into the ground than Mr..
Lewis has done
Mr.. Lewis, being relieved of the work
on the claim, decided to take a yaca-
ton and come home. He saws he will
start back next March to be ready to
take charge again at the expiration Of
the lease.
The Fitchburg Railroad will run an
excursion from Keene, N H., and way
Statlons. A special train will leave
Gene al o'clock, stopping at all way
stations, and on the return trip will
!eaye crystal lake park at 5.45 The
Mlagets girl band viii give two CON
cefts, one al 2.40 in the afternoon and
the other at 7,40 in the evening.
me Baw Beesa was taken out for
PraGt!ce last evening. On the second
llIdi II threw stream of over 2i5 feet
AGAINST the wind. The third trial did
not come up to the second and on the
fourth the packing gave way. necessi-
talihg rev hours work in remedvino
lhe trouble. Foreman G. O. Rent bae
called another practice meeting for Ia
morrow evening
Miss Agnes Rafferty, has ra+,,,,aa
from visit in Boston.
MRS. .. E. Talcott of Leominster is
street, Piein
Mrs. A. B. Hutehins of BROOKLYN * a
nut street. oiisst-
fred hammond has returned to his
duties at the Gardner Clothing Com
pany's store after two weeks vacation
Miss Gertrude Shumway of Leom-
lnstef IS visiting Mrs. j. Howard OAR
p Miss Fisher Of Everett is a guest OF
The Misses Florence and Charlotte
Abbott, Abbott street
Mrs. H. L. Graham and nephew I.u-
Gus Graham are in Northfeld
Luke S. Crowther starts tomorrow on
his bicycle for a trip through New
Hampshire,
Mrs J. E. Collins is visiting in Wol-
cester.
James ]. Maloney has enlisted in the
Twenty Sixth regiment to go to the
Philippines.
The picnic which the parish of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary church of
Winchendon had planned for next Sat
urday has been given up. There will be
a picnic at the park, however.
The Gardner Street Railway Company
has decided to follow out a custom
which it established last summer and
will give all the school children a ride
to and from the park and to any point
on the electric railway line, for FIVE
cents. one quarter of the regular fare.
Besides this a ride on the merry-go-
round will be thrown in.
At the meeting of the seleetmen this
morning H. w. Banding and H. l.. Ora
ham were drawn jurors for the criminal
session of the superior court in Fitch
burg
The funeral of John W. Bemis who
died Saturday was held at IL o'clock
this morning at H. NJ Wheelers, I'm
ion street. The body was taken to Roy
alston for burial
Several members of the Gardner Rod
and Gun Club will compete in the shoot
Of the Winchendon club Saturday.
To successfully act on the liver and bile