Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-01-05

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
Every huccuat in Boston the past
| week has been on the Qui yivc for the
capture OF noted criminal. but up to
the present their Jealous watchfulncss
has been unrcwardcd. Hotel clerks and
all those whose business keeps them In
touch with the city's traffic have been
enlisted in the search, The prize
sought is no less parsonage than
Pat Grove, tho man wanted hy
the Omaha police ii connection with
the famous CuAahy kidnapping ease,
who is believed To he hiding IN Bus-
ton. The cause of the stir was the re.
Ccipt of Il telegram by Chief Watts.
asking him to arrest Grove and to usa
caution, rs he was Il dangerous man.
As millionaire Cudahy. who paid $a5,-
600 for the ransom cf his SON. says he
Is ready to cY2cnd like sum in the
detection of the kidnappcvs, 1t will be
lucky man who gathers in the rascal
When the electoral college of Massa-
ChuscttS meets mt tho state house on
Jan. T., ii is not unlikely that the men,
hcrs Will select the Hon. J. q. 4. Brack-
EFT to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of former Coy. Wolcott. The
suggestion has been preached among
the electors, and has met with general
favor II i@ pointed ont that under the
circumstances ii is appropriate that
the honor hp bestowed upon an eX-
governor, and CX-Gov Bracket is the
only ON" now available. The oldest.
Mr.. Bnutwell, having left the party,
and voted for Bryan electors, is, of
course, ont Of the question, and would
not serve. Mr., Clallin is said to be con-
fined 10 his home by the lntirmitieS of
age, and Secretary Long, being Il feder-
al ohicoholdcr, is ineligible. The last
mentioned Was member of the college
in 1892.
Apropos of the dead governor re.
minds me of Il story heard some time
ago. 1t was during his term of Office
Us governor. His youngest son, Oliver,
was in one of the primary classes of a
school. The teacher was one day ask
ing questions of her little pupils, to
give them chance to show what they
knew about one thing and another for
the entertainment of a lady who was
visiting the school, and she finally in
CURED: Can any ono tell ME who is
the governor of Massachusetts" No
one could tell, not even little Oliver.
The teacher then told every one of the
pupils when he got home to ask his
father so as to be ready to tell her the
next day. Accordingly, when the class
was assembled the following morning.
she gave out the question, calling on
Oliver to see what he might have to
say about it. Oliver answered: PA
saws he's the governor. But | don't
believe it, cause he always making
fun Of everythin' so."
On the 25th of May. 1896. about 1910
o'clock at night, Fire Chief Webber
was standing in front of his head
quarters, on Mason street, when he
discovered a puff of smoke and flame
coming from the basement of the five
story granite building, 151-153 Tre-
| mont street, and at once gave an alarm
from box 80. On that occasion the fire
and smoke damage was estimated at
100000. Thursday evening the chief
was sitting in his Mason street office,
when he saw a puff of smoke roll from
the basement window of the same
building. Recalling the incident of
over four years ago, he shouted to his
driver. his son Joe. to pull an alarm
from the box which is located on the
front of the house occupied by engines
% and 80, on the opposite side of Ma
son street diagonally across from the
rear of the burning building. The de-
partment subdued the fire quickly, but
there was heavy loss by smoke. This
is certainly history repeating itself.
\ hold-up in this city in broad day.
lCht is 4 rare occurrence, but one oc-
Cured last Friday afternoon in the
South Bay, on Massachusetts avenue,
Thomas J. Living, (who is lucky to be
still living) of 2i9 Boston street, Dor
chester, was the victim. He was held
up by two men about 1.30 D. m. on the
plank walk near the bridge, and was
murderously assaulted. One of the
| men pointed n revolver at his head
while the other struck him over the
head With bar of iron or stone tied
UP in cloth. Living was felled to the
ground, and while he was unconscious,
! the highwaymen attempted to go
through ''is pockets. The approach Of
citizens inicrfercd vita then search
ard they we're chased for a consider
able distance. 1t IS reported that
SWEET street and Massachusetts
avenue, which are both sparsely set
tied in the vicinity of the South bay,
have been the scenes of considerable
trouble the past few weeks. Men, WON.
en- and children have been stopped on
the street and money demanded Of
them by threats by the ruffians who
loter on the highways
1t was not an old fashioned Christ
mas in the Hub. with lots of frost and
snow but it was Il merciful Christmas
for the poor, and the way Bostonians
lOused their purse strings and institu-
tions depleted their treasures to bring
gladness and good cheer to the unfor.
tunate was sight worth going many
leagues TO see. North, SOUTH east and
west in the good old city on Christmas
day generous hearts and kind hands
We're ministering to hosts of the needy
and desOlate, and when one comes to
compute the number of poor at the
different gatherings one is forced to
the conclusion that in this prosperous
city Of ours their name is legion. The
biggest entertainers, of course. were
the Salvation Army, at whose head
quarters in Mechanics hall 5000
hungry people were dned In addi-
ton to this. family basket relief was
furnished, which brought the number
to 10000. At Berkeley temple 500
were guests of a generous Boston mer-
chant, VINO preserved his incognito
completely throughout the whole affair.
The people fed here were of the Shah
by-Gentccl" class. Refinement was
manifest at all the tables. The invita-
tons had been sent out through the
Associated Charities, the Every Day
church. Parker memorial, Church OF
Good Shepherd and the other South
End churches.
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