The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-24
ALL READY FOR MUSTER.
Webster Firemen Will Have
a Royal Time-Good At
tendance at Lake.

weather today decreased the size of
the crowd which usually focks to
Point Breeze on Sunday still a goodly
crowd was present. who thoroughly
enjoyed the good entertainment given
by the Mead-Dewey Concert Com
pany. Beginning tomorrow, the Mead
Elite Vaudeville Company will play a
weeks engagement at Beacon park.
The show has good reputation, and
no doubt will prove a large drawing
card for the citizens of Webster.
The muster committee of the fifemen
are making rapid strides in it's ar
fangsments for the coming muster,
which will take place September 1. The
committee has decided to engage the
d. L. K. and the ST. Jean Baptists
bands, together with the Young Mems
Drum corps. Different towns and cit
les, to the number of about so, have
been sent invitations, and the commit
tee is now beginning to receive favor.
able answers. The companies that
have promised to be here so far, are:
East Douglas, Fire King, hand engine;
Cripper Hose Company l, North Graf
ton; Mansfield Hose Company, /, Put
nam; Pioneer Hose Company, /. Dan
ielson; Steamer l and Hose 1, Mill
bury; Steamer 2 and Hose 2, Globe
Village. 1t is expected that a favora-
BILE answer will be received from the
Niagara and Gen. Putnam Veteran
hand engines. 1t is generally desired
that the local anG Dudley manufac-
turers will close their works on the
day to give all an opportunity to en-
JOY a real firemen's muster, the first
IN the town for more than 20 years
The Baptist church of Putnam will
picnic at Bay View on the 26th, and
the Baptists of Pascoag on the 9th
The members of the Baptist church of
Thompson town viii also picnic at this
resort on the 10th of August
A large party of gay young people
from Putnam is camping at Bates
grove on the bluff.
Earnest Clarke, assistant superin-
tendent at the North Webster Cotton
works, and wife, are entertaining Mrs
Fred Clarke ana children, Henry and
Margaret, of somerville.
Miss Fanny Hall of Danielson, whc
has been the guest Of A. Waldo JOS
lin and family, has returned. Miss Lois
Joslin accompanied her.
Mrs. Elmer Chase and daughter, ac-
companied by Miss Alice Sweet, are
enjoying a vacation in Pittsfeld and
Stephentown, N. Y.
Sore indeed were the crowds which
left Webster Saturday night after the
ball game, for their respective homes
| in Southbridge and East Douglas. This
feeling was not due to lack of courtesy
| shown to them by the members of the
local team or spectators. Webster peo-
| pie were foxy" and bet only very
small money so that the visitors who
had come to make barrels of money on
| their very expensive team had to return
home with only the guarantee Webster
| had offered. The team surely cost
| Southbridge $3.50 and the guarantee
was only $3.50.
Mrs. Walter Chaffee and two children
are the guests of Mrs. John Austin al
| Summit, r. l. They will spend a week
at Rocky Point before returning home
The ]. c. Rockwell's dramatic com
pany is playing a weeks engagement
| In Webster under the auspices of the
| d. L. K. band.
| w. G. Howard will soon move his
| family TO Haverhill, where he is now
| employed.
DR.. Kingsbury of Burlington, VT, ii
is reported, win soon begin practicing
| In Webster.
Rev. Mrs. Mathews of Lakeview
| church, Worcester occupied the pulpit
at the Congregational church today
| Edmund D. Scott, who was the recent
| guest of Miss Sarah H. Rogers. will be
| married to Miss Rogers on August 9
at the residence of Cyrus Spauldinp
with whom she has made her home for
the past 20 years.
| Rev. Harry St. John Filmer of Fail
River occupied the pulpit at the Bap.
list church today.
| H. N. Slater and family are enioy-
ing the sea breezes at Magnolia. Beach
Miss Touhy of Boston is the guest 81
her aunt, Mrs. Kennedy of Church
court.
Mrs. Nora Conway is entertaining
Mrs. Thomas Allen and children Of
| Norwich.
George r. Stobbs is entertaining his
| classmate, Marshall S. Holbrook, OF
Maiden. :
Arthur Burr. of Bellows Falls is visit.
ing his uncle, Emory Towne.
w. B. Bates and wife Of Chicago are
the guests Of Mr.. Bates parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George D. Bates, at Negus
and Mechanic street.
Miss Emily Kelsey and Miss Alice
Tuthill, Of Brooklyn, ~ Y, are visit
ing Miss May Bates at Werdna Weirs
Miss $. f. Goddard has returned af-
ter having spent a vacation with her
parents in Orange.