The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-07

my God, to Thee" "Ill stand by you
and Home, sweet home"
At 2.30 o'clock an interesting sermon
| was given by Rev. L. B. Bates, D. D.
of Boston, who was the pastor of the
church 40 years ago He was listened
to with apt attention.
/ In the evening services were held al
the M. E. Church, Putnam, with a ser
mon by DR.. Bates.
| The Webster correspondent of The
! Spy has secured the appended facts oil
| the first Methodist church of this sec
| ton from it's present pastor, Rev Mr.
Sampson, and which tell of what old
colonization did for the church and its
offspring
"A Methodist class was formed in
| West Thompson in 1893 with Noah Per
rim leader who held this position for 60
years: Preaching was continued at his
house near Putnam by successive pas
| tors for 80 years. Preaching was also
established at the house of Can't. 10
nathan Nichols. In 1885, in an unfin-
| ished upper room of this house, which
| is still standing near the church, the
conference of New England was held
| by Bishop Asbury, 30 preachers being
present some of them from the then
province of Maine. The first Metho-
dist Episcopal church in Thomson was
built in 1897. In July 1900, Bishops AS
bury and Whatcoat preached the same
day in this meeting house. The pres
ent church was erected in 1S41, and was
dedicated by Senior Bishop Joshua
Soule. This society became the mother
of 10 churches. The church has had "a
pastors and assistant pastors. The
present incumbent is Rev. e. j. Samp-
son.
Here is list of those that have TAX
en- advantage of the Philadelphia ex-
cursion and are attending the national
encampment there of the G. A. R.:
Commander F. H. C. Berger of Post 81
G. A. r., D. F. Gleason, Michael Scho-
held and wife, James Adams, George
s. Googins. w. G. Coleman, j. n.
Haskell, Hiram j. Raymond, E. b.
Wakefield, L.. E. Pattison, Henry Ru-
sack, Henry Groh, Henry Head L.
Powers, William Hyland, Patrick
Healy, Andrew r. Snow, Cyrus A,
Powers, E. Edgar Powers, John B
Prescott Amasa Houghton. Joseph p
Love, James A. Love, William Turbidy
Lawrence Dugan,V D. Balloon and Mr.
and Mrs. f. Day.
In the party there are II veterans and
II citizens. While Mr.. Pattison is
away, first assistant engineer e. d.
Clemans is in charge of the fire de-
partment.
hlCHdFu r. Love is clerk1ng at the
post office for few days.
Alfred Benoit, William Forand, Louis
M. Plouffe and D. A. Plouffe left TODAY
for Boston, where they have joined the
Twenty-sixth regimental band for a
period of two years.
State Detective Peleg F. Murray is
not making much Roadway in locating
the pickpockets that so cleverly
trimmed Webster, Worcester and
Spencer people here muster day, and no
arrests have yet been made.
The oxford fair opens tomorrow and
a number Of Webster people will at
tend.
Alex. Provost has freely recovered
from his attack of vertigo.
Louis Ashton, porter at Hotel De
Witt, is enjoying a few days vacation
in Connecticut.
The first car over the Worcester and
Webster electric road through from
oxford to Webster reached the local
post office at 2.03 today. 1t returned at
2.45 with the officials of the Worcester
and Webster roads, Webster and OK
ford selectmen and the press. The car
attracted all kinds of attention. n
means car service to the Oxford fair
tomorrow. The party dined at the JOS
lin House.