The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-10

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the valley and the D. t. Dudley shops
in Wilkinsonville are feeling. the effect
of the drought in their water supply.
Springs that never before were known
to be dry in the summer have given out.
and in different wells in town the water
Is Unfit to drink. This may account in a
good many cases for the malarial fever
which is prevalent in the valley.
A new fad has struck the young
women of this town. During the Cuban
war it was very stylish to wear army
buttons as studs for shirt waists and
for hat pins. Now that the war is over,
local damsels have transferred their ad-
mlration and patronage to the common
place brass buttons worn by street rail-
way employees.
Car No. 81 of the Worcester and Sub
urban jumped the switch at the wire
mill tonight at $40 o'clock. 1t was re-
placed on the rails without much delay.
The Cords mills and the Overlocks
played ball on the flats today and the
Cords mills won by q score Of 20 to 10.
Batteries, Overlocks, Simmons and NJ
Butcher; for the Cords mill, Boliver and
p. Boucher.
A party of gypsies passed through
town today, the first travelling band of
the season. They will go into camp
near Rockdale. Some of the women
tried to sell baskets and other orna-
ments about town.
A. H. Bachelor commenced work
this morning putting up the frame of
the new M. L. Poland house on Or
chard street
The Millbury Juniors will play the
Clinton base ball team in this place Sat
urday.
Several young men here would like
to have a gun club and have shooting
matches every week. Several towns in
this vicinity have clubs and have
weekly shoots. Most of the men who
We're in the old Soapstone Hill Club
have either died or left town, and only
Charles Horne, Richard Army and Ed
ward Bartlett remain. Charles Horne
says he would like to see a gun club
started again, and would help all he
could. 1t is likely a club will be
formed.
Mrs. Eva Maxim is in trouble again,
1t seems she has shut UP her house in
West Sutton, and has been living in
Grafton. A few nights ago some one
entered her house in West Sutton and
ransacked things. Nothing was stolen.
Two young ladies of this town APP
peared on the streets this afternoon
dressed in clothing of olden time and
created some merriment. Poke bon
nets a mask and hoop skirts made up
the outfit, and as they walked down
South Main street people began to
wonder if the costume was something
new or if the days of their grandmoth-
ers were to be renewed.
Miss Sarah Murphy is at Narragan-
sett Pier for two weeks vacation.
#. w. Stone goes to Boston tomorrow
on weeks vacation.
Mrs. Frank Stewart went to Lonsdale
for a weeks vacation today.
Edwin Putnam returned from Boston
today
Miss Gracia Hakes is spending her
vacation in Fall River.
Thomas H. Sullivan has returned
from a weeks vacation among the Adj
irondacks.
Earl Cunningham and Floyd Rice
returned today from a weeks vacation
at Old Orchard beach
Mrs C. A. Church and family are en-
joying a vacation among the White
mountains.
A number from here attended the
Old Stone school house reunion in West
Sutton today.
Henry w. Carter, road commissioner,
had his men at work on Pearl and Ma
pie streets today, cleaning up the
roads.
The engine at Buck Brothers shop
was tested today.
At the gospel meeting tonight, on
Town hall square, Rev. j. N. Williams
of Providence spoke on Command
ments and not grievances" Rev. f. B.
Benoit preached on Il am the vine
and We are the branches" A large
crowd was present.