The Worcester spy., 1899-08-02

| temperance, he says, shall be the most
interesting feature of the meetings. He
talks something like the late John b.
| Cough. He tells dialect stories, and
says what he has to say freely and
boldly, without abusing the saloon
Keepers. He is solo singer himself,
but he promises to help out his own
voice by introducing some solo singers
from Boston and Worcester.
He doesn't expect the meetings will
succeed unless he secures the co-opera-
tlon OF the clergymen. He expects they
VIII be willing to push his good work
forward. One thing that Mr. Doutney
particularly wishes the people to know
is that he is not hired or subsidized by
anybody to do this temperance work.
His meetings are free to everybody. He
simply gets the trifling sums that those
VINO attend the meetings are pleased
to give.
incidentally, Mr.. Doutney will con-
quot temperance meetings for children
here. He will offer prizes at these
meetings for the children who make
the best temperance speeches. This
plan secures a large attendance of
chltdren and permits Mr.. Doutney to
preach his doctrine, where it will be
most comprehensive. Mr.. Doutney
says he thinks it is a great wrong to
abuse the liquor dealer and the drug
glst. AT most of his meetings he is
sues warnings against Spoilers" He
holds that spoilers are no good, be-
cause more frequently than not their
moral obliquities make them look to
the discriminating eye as if they were
cut upon the bias
There is vacancy on the board of
health, caused by the removal of DR.. F.
N. Harvey. The remaining members of
the board are anxious that the select
men shall proceed to fill the vacancy.
President John E. Thayer, of the
Worcester East Agricultural Associa-
tion, is bent upon making the Worces-
ter east fair break all records this fall.
President Thayer's contributions to the
event will be many and costly In
cidentally he has had large aquarium
built in Boston, in which specimens of
curious and rare salt walter fish will be
exhibited. A second aquarium, from
the consevatories of Bayard Thayer,
will contain rare aquatic plants
Col. Thayer's famous stallion Baron
Wilkes will be on exhibition, but will be
barred from the stations competition.
The committee on entertainment has
arranged a more costly stage perform
ance than that of last year. There will
be balloon ascensions and perhaps
captive balloon. The contract for the
captive balloon is all but signed.
There are no agricultural fairs at
Worcester, Leominster or Fitchburg,
this year, which leaves the Worcester
east, the principal attraction in this
line in Worcester county.
A veteran f1reman,s squirting contest
was talked of earlier in the summer, as
likely to attract people to the fair. The
project has slipped into the background
lately. 1t looks as if it might be
abandoned
The funeral of Mrs. Michael Fay, of
Ware, was held from ST. Johns Church
this morning, at 8 o'clock. Rev w. @.
McCaughan offleiated. The remains
were taken to the new st. Johns ceme-
terry for burial The casket was borne
by John Head, Thomas Kenney, Thos.
Duffy, Thomas Madigan, Patrick Law
less and John Larkin. The remains
reached this place from Ware on the
$50 o'clock Worcester bound train on
the Boston and Maine railroad.
Rev. FIR. R. ]. Paterson is very com
Portable this afternoon. 1t is expected
that he will recover from his illness
with careful nursing. His contemplated
trip to Europe will be indefinitely de-
layed.