The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-15

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It's easy to make mistakes. This
am sure was the opinion of a young
man who spoke to a woman on Main
Street last night. He approached the
fair female with well you seem to be
on the street a good deal" Sir" re-
piled the offended woman. And then
the young man stammered and colored
up and said he thought it was some one
else. He tried to explain the matter
but the fellows who witnessed the lit
tie dialogue wouldn't stand for it.
The old, old story of the devoted wife
and drunken husband came up again
a few nights ago when a young man
clad in undershirt and trousers only,
paced up and down Main Street, near
State Mutual building, in search of a
policeman. AT last an officer was
coaXed to the house where the young
man said there was a man who was
MT only for the lookup. But the wife
barred the way, and although it had
oeen' she who caused the young man
to hasten for the officer the bluecoat
was told that he wasn't needed. The
obliging young man returned to his
home nearby in an unpleasant frame
of mind, and the policeman muttered
something about the soothing effect of
a sight of brass buttons.
Edward Bellamys dream in Look
ing Backward" in which his Utopian
jewellers listened to sermons and con-
certs by telephone from their own
houses. has already become a fact in
sweden, according to Senator Peter
Paul Waldenstrom, PhD., DID, the
distinguished founder of Swedish Con-
gregationalism, who is now in this
country and is expected to speak in
Worcester during the week.
Senator Waldenstrom gave an adj
dress Sunday IN Boston in which he
described the great extent to which
the telephone has been introduced in
the cities of his country. He is the
pastor of a large church in Gehe. He
always has big audiences, but some of
them are invisible, as he thus ex-
plained: Numerous wires lead from
his pulpit to all parts of the city and
far out into the suburbs where his
parishioners reside, and when he en-
tiers the pulpit instructions are sent to
the central station to open the lines
and notify the subscribers that the
sermon will begin. Back of the pulpit,
facing the minister, are tunnel-shaped
tranSmitters which receive the sermon
and dispatch it to absentees, saving
them the trouble of coming to church.
1t is good device, he said, for in
valids and for lazy people. 1t may be
remarked that telephone service is
cheaper in Sweden than in Worcester.
In Stockholm the rate is only about
$13 year, and every tenth person is
said to have a phone.
Three gentlemen who much prefer
that their names should not be used,
borrowed a coon dog, Saturday, and
went after coons. They were to do the
woods about Northboro, and a North
boro man was to guide them to the
haunts of the game. The guide failed
to appear, however, and the hunters,
not to be baked, struck into the near
est clump of trees They secuted be-
meath the silent skies for two hours
without disturbing anything except an
occasional roosting bird, and were very
much disheartened, when the dog
showed signs of life. That's a COON
sure said one of the hunters, and
there was no time to say more, for the
dog and its prey were making speed.
Presently the coon put up a tree the
dog raised a howl, one of the hunters
raised his gun and the coon fell bleed
ing from a hundred wounds. The party
marched into the village triumphantly,
and got lodging at one of the village
hotels The coon they left in the hotel
office, but when they came to break
fast they missed it and asked their
host where it was. "Haint sen no
COON" said he. 81 wonder if you're the
gol darn fools that brought that dead
cat in here, for me to throw out"
When they go coon hunting next time
these gentlemen will take with them
some standard work on Animals We
Have Met" for the better identifica-
ton of the animals they may meet.
A youth who shall be nameless, was
eager to visit Lake Chauncey in West
boro. He planned to go; it rained. He
planned again to go; 1t rained again.
He hired a carriage one fine day and
made third attempt to get to the
lake. The carriage broke down in
Grafton. Three attempts and three
sight of Lake Chauncey Recently the
youth, on pleasure bent, hired another
carriage and took his best girl for a
drive. He didn't care where he went
but drove aimlessly and happily out of
the city over more or less familiar
roads. Imagine his establishment to
find himself at the much sought-for
lake in Westboro, through no-intention
but by a mere whim of chance. He got
a lot of amusement out of the occur
renee, and finally started for home. He
had not proceeded far when-crash!-
every breakahle portion of the carriage
seemed to collapse. The youth, maid
and horse found themselves no worse
for the mishap, but there was no help
at hand and no ropes with which to
mend the harness and rig, Sc that the
homeward journey might be concluded
The youth took his shoestrings from
his shoes. the maid did likewise with
hers, and with the aid of handkerchiefs
and shoe strings, the harness was made
to do duty until a farm house was
reached. Here the carriage and har-
ness were put in temporary repair and
the trip was at length completed. Such
a chapter of accidents can hardly be
duplicated. and there is at least one
fellow in Worcester who will always
remember Lake Chauncey.
WOMAN THROWN FROM