The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-08
Cherry Valley Resi-
dents Surprised.
MANY JOLLY VOTERS
Cut Up All Sorts of Tricks
to Celebrate Victory.

Leicester. March 7.-Cherry Valley
people are accustomed to have parts
of that hamlet painted deep red at
times, but they never experienced a
much more lurid application than was
applied by a Leicester party last even
ing. About dozen Leicester men, in
Guiding several newly elected town Off
GERS burned red fire in front of George
Whitfords. on Pleasant street, made
a friendly visit to congratulate j
/ Plaskey on the defeat of the plumbing
! bill. and then boarded an electric car
| for Cherry Valley.
! AT McDermotts switch, operations
began. A visit was paid to McDer-
| motifs store, and the senior partner
and newly elected selectman was cor
! daily invited to set 'em up. Part of
the gang then rang the bell at w. H
! o. Brien's residence and when the call
was answered through the speaking
tube. the deepest voiced merrymakers
! Numbered, Hello, Central! Is this the
lunatic hospital?" Give me the luna
! tic hospital"
| Then the procession advanced and
made a raid on Days bakery The
newly-elected oVerseer of the poor, Jas.
j. DAILY, opened up and was kept busy
cutting pies into quarters, accompa-
nying the pastry with handouts of
doughnuts. After all the pies were
gone a Worcester bound electric car
came along, and two members of the
party, elated with their success in stir
ring up Cherry Valley, attempted to
start for Worcester and show the resi-
dents there how to enjoy themselves
The car stopped and when the I'M
lucky twain attempted to mount the
step, they were pelted with a volley of
doughnuts, while two burly citizens
held them fast. After the car had dis
appeared in the distance, a prominent
member of the republican town com
m1ttee brought out Hubbard squash,
and a good game of Rugby" was in
dulged in, as many aching corns today
will testify.
AGAIN the party started, augmented
by crowd who had gathered to wonder
and halted at the post office. ]. M,
Chenery, constable who lives over the
store was awakened by a sound of
reVelry, mingled with bangs on his
door and pistol shots. Visions of
white caps" surged through his brain
\ and his hair rose on end Selling his
trusty Shotgun. he rushed to the win
dow and fired a shot in the air to
warn the marauders of his determine
ton to hold the fort At length the
situation dawned upon him and he
Joined the party. F. j. Dorsey Joined
in the racket with his big drum.
Right here another hold-up of an cleo
trio car was attempted A detachment
STOOD on the track and yelled, obliging
a Leicester bound car to halt. Passen.
gers rushed to the windows, anticipat.
ing another accident or a free-for- al
hight, while Officer James A Ouinr
leaped from the car prepared to upholC
the majesty of the law at all events
He was promptly seized and the con.
ductor told to go ahead.
Mr.. quinn was advised to arrest an
other constable in the crowd and only
ueslsted When he was himself threat
eneu with arrest on a charge of dis.
turbing the peace. The Leicester noer
TOOK a. turn down Main street. singing
chorus OF popular songs interspersec
with the boom of the drum and pisto
shots, and boarded car near the Val.
: ley wooden mill, satisfied with theil
: trip.
At McDermott's switch, five of tn,
party got off and tried to inveigle three
others TO follow, but they remained II
the car despite the efforts of a 15t
pound man to drag out man Of twice
his weight The trip home was mad,
without further incident, and today the
merrymakers are busy with their bust
nesses prepared to spend another veal
quietly with the prospect of another
celebration next March and indigestion
F from superfiuous amount of pie One
prominent official who does NOT 11s1l
ally smoke, INDUCED in two cigars ant
5 a cigaret,. and is sorry. The bell a
the Methodist Church tower was runs
at 10 o'clock and then the Cherry Val.
ley celebration was ended.
: The funeral of Mrs. Julia Hennesse1
was held this morning at o'clock a
st. Joseph's Church. Rev. J. F. Red
lean celebrated requiem high mass anC
! preached the eulogy There was q gooC
number of mourners present, consider
ing the weather The flowers included
J an ivy wreath from a grandson, Joh1
= Hennessey of Worcester and a bou
| quet from Miss Susan Smith of James
vile. The bearers were Thomas But
Ter, Thomas Callahan, John Jennings
William A. Bell and Michael McRay O,
Leicester, Martin Callahan of Worces
ter. The interment was at ST. John.
cemetery, Worcester. Miss Mary Hen,
nessey will remain with her brother
John A. Hennessey of Worcester, unit
she gets thoroughly rested.
The Epworth League social, which
was to have been held Tuesday even
ing at the home of Mrs. Calvin Perry
will be held Wednesday evening il
pleasant; if not, the first pleasant eve
ming.
John P. Lee received a letter today
from his. brother James Lee. who is
at the Massachusetts general hospital
in Boston. He writes that an operation
was performed on Sunday, and that
the doctor told him yesterday: you
can go home in six or seven weeks
with two good legs"
The lightning of Sunday morning
burned out the street lights at Roch.
dale and the lights in the RochdaIe Ho.
tel, and at the residence of DR.. f. H
Clifford of Leicester.
The Brick City mill and lower mill
both of whom are run by A. w. Darl.
ing of Worcester, started up this weeh
with full force of employees running
full time.
All the public schools in town were
closed with the exception Of the Acad.