The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

ed all along the route he would take,
silent and bareheaded. There was no
excitement, no hurrahi1g, but, as the
great chief passed, deep, loving muir
muir, greater than these. rose from lu ~.
very hearts of the crowd. Taklns o.I
his hat and simply bowling ms neau'
the man great in adversely passed Silent
lv to his own door; it closed upon MN
and his people had seen him for the
last time in his battle harness.
paper of marked novelty was pre-
sented nv George III. Haynes VINO gave
an account of blacklead mining OF the
nth century and John winthrop, Jr.
part In the development OF mining; me
speaker had a large number OF photo.
graphs showing the site OF the gu
mine at Sturbridge Some of the cor
respondence Of Mr.. winthrop dilatlns
i1pon the future prospects Of the mining
Industry were especially interesting as
showing the degree of enthusiasm that
marked his efforts.
'NThe England of the Time OF the
War of Independence" was the supJect
OF a paper prepared by John Bellows OF
| Gloucester, England, a foreign member
who was a guest of Senator Hoar In
| Worcester for a short time last sum
mer. Prof T.. Harlow Russell read the
| naper Mr. Bellows treated his SUD
| iect frankly and did not hesitate In re-
| ferring to the crude methods OF pollt-
| ical and court systems of that period
! The writer gave an account OF "a
| NOUS smuggling case in which the de-
PENDANT was a Scotchman named Mac
| Nair. Counsel for the crown made an
| eloquent plea concluding with the an
nohncement to the jurors that should
q verdict of guilty be returned, one
guinea would be paid to each member
of the jury. The Scotchman conduct
ed his own case and he had but rev
words to say, referring to the gifteo
counsel for the crown and declaring
that as the jury had been offered one
guinea each from the other side, he
would give them two guineas and sup
per at his house provided they return
| ed verdict favorable to him. This re-
suited in the acquittal of the defendant
and In the few years remaining before
the year 1900 there was 50 much rid
| icule regarding the case, that the GUS
tom Of giving fees to members OF the
jury was abolished
Mr. Bellows paper contained an in.
cident of the battle Of Bunker Hill
that has never been published. In the
words of Lieut.. Col. Holland, friend
of Mr.. Bellows, 1.-THE British forces suf-
fered. A majority of the Americans
were backwoodsmen and about the best
lmarksmen I'm the world" The Eighty
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battalion from the Royal Marines
were members of the English forces,
| the Eighty-eighth as the front rank or
the attack and the Marines as the sup
port In the rear. Lie down Eighty
eighth and let the Marines pass to the
| 'front.'" was one of the orders given
when the ranks of the Rangers were
being thinned by the heavy firing. The
order is responsible for quarrel that
continues to this day When mem
! Der of the Marines meets member OF
the Eighty-eighth in public house to
| this day, the order Lie down Eighty
eighth and let the Marines pass to the
'front.'" is productive of a fight.
| Samuel S. Green of Worcester spoke
on the life of John Fiske Mr.. Green
said that Mr.. Fiske had once told him
that II was his ambition to write
life of Jesus. II wish that he might
have found the opportunity to do go"
continued the speaker, FOR I'm sure II
would have been beautiful Two es-
says on Jesus prepared by Mr.. Fiske
were undoubtedly hints Of what he in
tended to do had he written the his
tory. OF his death ] can say that he
died in the same serenity as marked
his life"
Rev. DIR. Austin s. Carver read a let
ter from Prof. f. w. Putnam of Cam
bridge, in which the regrets Of the lat
ter were expressed at not being able
to attend, and read a paper on the
progress of ethnology and archaeology.
j. EVarts Greene read copy OF letter
to Joseph Parsons, Harvard, 1905.
showing the tendencies of young men of
that period. A biography Of Robert
N. Toppan was furnished Secretary
Chase by Henry II. Edes Of Cambridge.
At adjournment President Salisbury
invited the members to dine at his
home, 10 Highland Street. The follow
ling attended yesterdays meeting:
Franklin B. Dexter of New Haven. CT,
Samuel A. Green of Boston, Henry W.
Haynes of Boston. Henry II. Edes Of
Cambridge, James F. Hunnewell OF
Charlestown. Rev. Calvin Stebbins OF
birmingham. Henry g. Nourse Of
Lancaster. Charles Francis Adams OF
Lincoln, Edmund NJ. Barton. Charles A.
Chase, Edward L. Davis, Samuel 5.
Green, ]. Evarts Greene. G. Stanley
Hall. George F. Hoar. Nathaniel Paine
E. b. Stoddard, Stephen Salisbury all
OF Worcester. Ezra S. Stearns Of
Riudge. n. H., William b. Weeden OF
Providence. Edward Everett Hale OF
| Roxbury. Egbert c. Smith Of Andover.
John Noble OF Boston. James f.
Rhodes of Boston. Charles G. Smith
| of Boston. Rev. Henry A. jerks Of
| Canton. James w. Brooks Of Peters
ham, Reuben Cotton, Rev Austin S.
Marsh. E. Harlow Russell. Samuel
| Utley. all OF Worcester: William f.
Foster of Providence. DR.. Thomas II.
Gage, Rev. Daniel Merriman of Wor-
cester, John w Merriman Of Framing
ham. Waldo Lincoln. F. II. Dewey, DIR.
Charles L. Nichols and L. ?. Kinnicutt
Of Worcester.