The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-06
EVERYBODY IS HIT
Foresters' Minstrels
Shoot Shafts of
Keen Wit.
BERNARD WHITNEY FINED
Appealed From Sentence
Fer Assault On
His Wife.
BERNARD WHITNEY FINED

North Brookfield, April 5.-An enor.
nous crowd gathered at town hall to.
night at the bazaar of Court North
Brookfleld. F, Of A, all drawn thither
by the desire to see and hear the much
Leralded troupe of Foresters' minstrels
1t was the one night above all others
that the people Of North Brookfield
were interested in. for the Foresters'
MINISTRIES have been practising faith
fully for the past month and their per-
formance of tonight reflected credit on
themselves and the society they rep
scented. The minstrel show YVES one big
bulk of wit, humor and fun from
start to finish and the artists, every
one of whom is well and favorably
known. received unstinted applause
Rep1ete with hits on local celebrities
as was the performance, it could not
fail to hold the attention Of the audi
snce every one Of which was oontinu-
ally on the Qui vive to see who was
the next victim. Even the North
Brookheld young ladies had to take
their medicine. and as one of the troupe
remarked, they took 1t like men,"
apparently enjoying the jokes Of which
they were the butts.
Following the principle Of ladies
first the compliments of the troupe
were first handed over to them. John
A. MCCARTHY, looking resplendent I'M
der a covering of lamp black, was COM
plimented on his appearance by inter-
iocutor Joseph Cempion. "Oh, yes"
responded happy Jack. 81 feel like the
North Brooktield girls when they go
out Sunday afternoons" ''How's that,
jack" asked the genial middle man,
and Jack brought down the house by
replying, "Oh, feel all made up"
OF course the entertainment would
not have been complete without It's
Dewey Joke, so it was given. One Of
the young men whose duty 1t was to
make fun, told a story of meeting re-
N1sed edition Of the thing called dude
on Main street in Spencer a short time
ego, and seeing that the dudes trous-
ers were turned up several inches, al
though the day was fine and the walks
devoid of slush, inquired the reason
thereof. Thinking the youngster was
apeing the English, he asked If it was
raining in Lunnon, and was staggered
to hear in reply, mo, but It's Dewey
at Manila"
The Foresters' MINISTRIES was a wei
entertainments at such fairs is little
monotonous, to say the least The big
gest crowd Of the week was in attend
ance, and many remained to enjoy the
dancing.
The minstrel troupe was made Up
Of: Interlocutor Joseph Camplon;
bones, John A. Mccarthy, j. Henry
Daniels and Thomas Grady; tambos,
James ?. Mccarthy, Henry Collins and
u
What would l give for mother, ana
Thomas Kennedy, ASLEEP in the deep.
She was happy till she met you was
softly warbled by Peter H. Burke ana
AS your hair grows white" by ChCs.
Mayors. An end song, "All l want is
my black baby back by James P. Nc
earthly. and "On the old Missouri
Shore" by Joseph Mccormack, were
features of the entertainment. J. A.
Mccarthy nearly pulled up his throat
strings singing, "Who's dat said chick
en- in dis var crowd" but everything
went. The finale was by the Foresters
quartet. Tenors, Charles Mayors end
Peter H. Burke; bassos, Francis lVers
and Thomas Kennedy.
At the quarterly meeting of the Sons
of Temperance last night, ReV. All.
Walsh of Brookfield insta&,sd these Of
ficeTs: w. P, Mrs. Fannie Dexter; W.
A, Miss Carrie Billiards r. S, Geo. X.
Doane; treasurer Mrs. Ella Hobbs;
con-, Mrs. Della James; I. S, Mrs. Fan
ME Stone; chap, Mrs. Grace Woods.
The organization has not been very
strong of late, and there have neeh
Some thoughts OF disbanding.. How
ever word has been received that 9'n-
vers will soon come from the gra'!u
lodge in Boston with view oi
strengthening and making it powerful
once more.
Bernard Whitney of New Braintree
was brought here this morning by
Deputy Sheriff John P. Ranger to ans
wer to an assault charge, brought by
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