The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-07
WORK WITH A WILL.

So earnest Is the desire of the French
dissenters to see their church erected
that the mer whose employment keep:
them in the factories all day are willing
to get out st night to contribute eacl
his mite to the labor of excayating FOL
the church foundations. Last nigh
about o'clock the night gang started il
and with the aid of lanterns worked
away picking and shoveling dirt ant
getting it in shape so that Ferdinand
Bouehard's carts could remove 1t today
Not even the Indictment weather of to-
day dampened their enthusiasm enough
to make them suspend work entirely
In the meantime speculation is rife al
to the judgment of the ecclesiastical
authorities. The dissenters themselve!
do not care to any great extent Wha
the authorities do, being content to sup
port their clergyman.
Rev Jean Berger is to be excommun
icated. This fact The Spy reporter
knows from a parsonage who is in
formed on what he talks about. VIVA
the secessionists will do after theil
priest has been communicated is, o.
course, wholly problematical as the!
have been led to believe that Rev. Jear
Berger holds some power that Bishop
Beaver fears, and since "Wednesday
they openly boast that Bishop Beaver
stands in dread of taking action agains
their priest.
MR.. BATES is IRATE.
Hon Theodore c. Bates came out to-
night with a forcible letter denouneins
some unknown person or persons VIII
have ignored the warnings at Bate
grove and wantonly shot some of TIN
fine grey squirrels that have been lie
loose there. The letter is powerful ant
to the point and shows how eager Mr.
Bates IL to put stop to such proceed
ings by the statement made. This park
which Is situated but about 10 minutes
walk from the heart of the village, ha
during the past few months been fitte'
up and beautif1ed and thrown open t
the public for pleasure or recreation
ground. It comprises in all about 5
acres interspersed with driveways ant
shaded lanes. 1t is in close proximit!
to the famous Quaboag springs.
Mr.. Bates says that one morning thi
week some young man went into tn
park and shot some of the squirrels
Mr. Bates says that an English gentle
man who maintains fine country sea
in the old country, has offered him /
fine pheasants for his grove. The pleas
ants are to arrive this fall, and viii
be welcome addition to the park. bu
if any such depredations are to continu
the owner of the park naturally hest
tates to liberate these beautiful bird
here. Mr. Bates intends to put tire
deer in the reservation, which will b
equipped with winter quarters for thei
comfort.
FUNERAL OF MRS. EARLE.
The funeral Of Mrs. Fanny M. Earl
took place from her late home on Ever
green street at o'clock this afternoon
The funeral was private, only relative
and intimate friends of the family bein.
present John b, Dewing, a lifelong
friend Of the Earle family, was conduc
tor, and Rev. John w. Hird, now o
Baldwinville, a former pastor of Mrs
Earle here, read the funeral services
Appropriate vocal selections were give7
by Mrs. Grace Woods and by Mrs. Er
nest Corbin. The pallbearers were fou
grandsons of the deceased, Arthu
Tucker, Harry Tucker, David Earle
Jr., and Frank Green Interment wa
in Walnut Grove cemetery.
DEATH OF MRS. GIFFIN.
After long illness, the death of FL
vira, wife of William Giffin, occurre,
at o'clock this morning. Mrs. Gift
had been ailing for some time, the di
rect cause of her death being a cancer
She was Al years of age, and leave
five children. Three brothers, Lorenz
Gould of Wendell, A. ]. Gould of Mon
son. and H. Fl. Gould of this town, sur
vive her; also her mother, Mrs Marc,
Gould, of Monson, and two sisters, Mrs
Myra Keefe of Amherst, and Mrs Z
M. Butler of Monsoon. The funeral ser
vices will be held Sunday afternoon a
2 o'clock at the late home of the de.
ceased, and will be conducted by Rev
Serene D. Gammell.
F. OF A. MINSTRELS.
The F. of A. MINISTRIES proved the bes
attraction OF the week at the fair O
the Sacred Heart T. A. S. and Indepen
dent Naturalization club, at town hall
tonight The troupe was in fine form
and from interlocutor Joseph Campioi
to the end men, James and John Nc
earthly, were literally applauded. The,
ratified off new jokes in reckless man
ner, not even stopping to see who wal
hit. The soloists were Peter Burke
Eugene Gazette, Thomas Kennedy, 10
seph Cormack, John A. Mccarthy ant
]. P. Mccarthy.
President Edward j. Donnelly Of Df
vision Is, A. o. H., received notice from