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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-18
SPENCER

Members of the David PrOuty High
School football team and its supporters
are elated over Saturdays victory.
They feel that if another game can be
arranged with Leominster High, and
if the Spencer boys succeed in win
ming it. the David Prouty High School
football team of 1901 can claim the
honor Of being the premier High School
football eleven Of Worcester County,
barring the Worcester High School
team. There is a possibility of another
game being arranged with the Leomin-
ster eleven. The LeOminster eleven has
been the hardest proposition Spencer
High has run UP against this season.
The first game was played in Leomin-
ster, and the result was a tie, the score
being > to 5. If another game is played
it viii be played in Spencer, and the
High School boys are confident of sue
cess on their home grounds.
The young men who are interested
in basketball in this town are practic-
ing every night in Mechanics Hall, and
in a week or two the local team will
be in condition to give some of the
county teams a go. Action on the ques-
ton of arranging a game Is delayed
because those interested are waiting
for a reply from the selectmen, as to
whether or not they can use the Town
Hall for basketball purposes. Mechan-
les Han would not be large enough to
accommodate the large crowds that
would attend the games, and the man.
agement is making an attempt to Sc
cure the Town Hail.
Several Of the young men Of the
town will hold a dance I'm Odd Eel
lows Hall Thanksgiving Eve
Rev. Archibald McCullagh occu-
pied the pulpit of the Congregational
Church Sunday.
The Congregational Society of
Spencer will meet Nov. % 10 take ac-
ton on the question of extending to Rev.
Shepard Knapp, who has officiated at
the church at different times during
the past two months, call to the pas
torate of the First Congregational
Church Of Spencer
The Ladie~ Irritable Society of
the Congregational Church will meet at
the church chapel Wednesday after
noon.
The Ladies' Circle Of the Universal
list Church will meet Wednesday after
noon with Mrs. Granville Morse at her
home on Irving Street.
The banns of marriage were pub
lished for the second time at Holy Ro-
sary Church Sunday morning between
James Higgins Of Worcester and Miss
Mary z. silk of Spencer; and Daniel V.
Grimm and Miss Mary A. Heffernan
Of Spencer. Both marriages will take
place on Thanksgiving day. the former
at 9.45, and the latter at S.45 o'clock
a. m.
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-18
GRAFTON CLAIMS TALLEST
MAN IN THE COUNTRY
Special to The Spy.

special TO The spy.
Grafton, Nov. lin the Gardner
news Of the Worcester Telegram of
Nov. 10, was an item to the effect that
Gardner claimed the distinction of
having the tallest man in northern
Worcester county and possibly in the
entire county, in the person of Ed
ward M. Leach. Grafton people con-
tradict this statement for in the per-
son of Paul Stone they believe they
| have the tallest person in Worcester
County.
Paul Stone was born in Grafton in
1883. His parents We're Mr.. and Mrs.
Raphael Stone. Both were tall. His
brothers are remarkable for their
height, but none of them comes up to
Paul. AT an early age he began to
string up, until he was head and
shoulders above his companions. He
was in the employ of Silas E. Vinton
& Son until their barn burned down
He then went to work for John E.
Sheridan. Mr.. Sheridan has horse
in his barn that is Is 10 hands high
Paul is the only person in town who
can bride it.
He is but IS years old, and is still
growing. Wherever he goes he eXcltes
comment from everybody on account
of his remarkable height, Grafton does
when they saw about this Gardner
man it made them indignant. The
sporting men in town are willing to
back Mr.. Stone against Edward M.
Leach for any amount the latters
hackers wish to put up.
Joseph Houlihan aged 26, who was
killed Friday afternoon was buried
Sunday afternoon Services were held
7 ~ L, OF ~ oil
John r. Murphy delivered the eulogy
Burial was in the family lot in St
Philips Cemetery The bearers were
John Casey, Thomas Finn Timothy
Finn, and William Geleneau. Requi-
EN- high mass will be observed We'd
nesday morning at o'clock.
Miss Anna Harlow, daughter of
Rev. Samuel A. Harlow, spoke on the
life of the famous missionary, John q.
Patton, who did missionary work for Az
years among the Cannibals of the South
Sea Islands, Sunday evening.
John Anderson and Harry Mills
both of Upton, spent Sunday in town.
Edward Beauregard and Jennie
Judson both of Westboro spent Sunday
in town.
Annie Casey of Millbury Street
spent Sunday with friends in Westboro.
Lena Wood has secured a position
in S. A. Forbushes' shoe factory.
William Damon of Brocllton spent
Sunday in town with his parents Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Damon of South
Street.
Edward Murphy of Marlboro spent
Sunday in town.
Carlos Pogue of Worcester spent
Sunday in town with his brother George
Pogue of North Street.
L Bigelow Dodge of Worcester
passed Sunday in town with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Dodge of North
Street.
Alexander Duprey and Charles Du-
prey both of Worcester passed Sunday
with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Duprey and wife of Milbury Street.
Alden Newton and Raymond New
ton both Of Worcester spent Sunday
in town with their parents Mr.. andi
Mrs. Geogre r. Newton of North
! Street.
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WARREN

The funeral of Mrs. Kinda NJ,
(Drake) Glazier was Sunday afternoon
at her late home in Holland. Mrs.
Glazier died Tuesday, after lingering
illness of several months at the age of
81 years. Her maiden name was Fuller
She married for her first husband Gle
ment B. Drake, who died about II
years ago. by whom she had three sons
and one daughter, ClementF. of Weiser
Idaho John M. and Elbraidge G. of
Warren and Kinda M. wife of George
F. Hunt of Worcester, also an adopted
son, BERTHE E. Her second husband, NJ
Glazier died three years ago She also
leaves three sisters, Mrs Eunice Wallis
of Waltham, Mrs. Rev. Wilson R. Par
sons of Columbus, Ohio and Mrs. Au~
usta A. Fletcher of Eyota, Minnesota.
-BusineSI is rushing at the Steam
Pump Wolns and orders are daily be-
ing in the family of w. H. Pease, Ma
and machinery with which to employ
an additional so men.
The stone ornamental work is be-
ing placed on the front of Town Hall
and gives one an idea of the beauty of
the structure.
Mrs. Hancock of CRANKY is visit
ing in the family of w. H. Peare, Ma
pie Street.
H. P. Bliss is preparing to spend the
winter in Los Angeles, California. He
has sold out his trucking business to
H. F. Kingsbury of Montreal.
Mrs. Cornelius Cronin who has been
i'll with erysipelas the past week is in
an extremely critical condition.
Mrs. Alfred Shumway has returned
from Cambridge where she has been
for some time past with her mother
Mrs. Nye formerly of Worcester who
has been very i'll.
Rev Mr.. Maxwell of Tufts College
occupied the pulpit at the Universalist
Church Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Crosby go to
Washington Monday and will spend the
winter there.
The marriage of Rev I. A. Fischer
of Medford, formerly of Warren, and
Miss Harriet Lewis Fales of Meriden.
CT, is announced to have taken place
Oct 90.
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man knows more about the thefts than
he cares to tell.
Mrs. Mary (Scanlan), wife of Peter
Salmon of Grove Street, died at her
home Saturday night at 10 o'clock, af-
ter an illness of over a years duration.
She is survived by a husband and sew
eral sisters and brothers. The funeral
will be from St. Johns Church Monday
morning at 8 o'clock.
The funeral of Mrs. Patrick Glib
bOns, who died at her home on Wilson
Street, was from St. Johns Church
Sunday afternoon at 2.3O o'clock. Ser
vices at the church were conducted by
Rev. Edward ]. Fitzgerald, assistant
rector of the church. Burial was in the
family lot in St Johns Cemetery.
The Brockton polo team will make
its first appearance in Clinton Monday
night, and a good game is looked for.
The romans Aid Society of the
German Church will hold a two nights
entertainment and bazar in Harrigan
Hall the evenings of Nov. q and %. If
the expectations of the committee IN
charge OF the affair are realized, the
society will net a neat sum as a result
of the fair. The committee of arrange
ments consists of Mrs. Otto Zoll, Mrs
Albert Kramer, Mrs. Casper Wahl,
Mrs. Edward Ondra and Mrs. bert
Hergt. Pupils of the crochetiD -lool
connected with the church have been
very busy for the past week making
fancy articles, which will be on sale at
the several booths. The Germania Or
chestra has been engaged to furnish
music for dancing.
Division s, A. o. H, will celebrate
Thanksgiving day with an entertain
ment social and dance in it's hall on
High Street. The entertainment will
be rendered by talented members of
the division and members of the La
dies Auxiliary. The committee of ar
engagements is: P. H. Morrison, P. F.
Cannon, Joseph Whelan, William Glib
bons, James Ryan, Thomas Butler,
John H. Scanlon and P. ]. Gibbons.
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The Old October Brew

1t has been told in song and story about the Old
October Ale, And rightly too, for every year
at this time the new hops just picked from the
clustering vines impart to our Tadcaster Ales
and Matchless Porter that superb and delicate
flavor that is so appreciated by connoisseurs.
Some dealers in trying to palm off to new
arrival an inferior ale may say that it is just as
good as Bowler Brothers Tadcaster Ales, but
when he does that turn round and face him, look
him squarely inthe eye,and tell him he IS a
-well, very economical with the truth
lust as good as our Tadcaster Ale DON'T CO.
There is no other ale just as good. When our
competitors in trying to sell their so called ales
use our Tadcaster Ales as a standard, it proves
to you at once that Our Tadcaster Ales are ALL
RIGHT
All the leading bottlers Of this city use our
Tadcaster Ales and Matchess Porter, and no
other.
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Henry B. Chaffin, Station Agent
at Boston & Maine Railroad
Station at Lancaster Attempts
to End His Life
BATHROOM AT HOME
SCENE OF TRAGEDY
Discovered Lying in Pool of Blood
by His Wife-Removed to Gin
ton Hospital Where Doctors
Say There's No Chance for His
Recovery

Special to The Spy.
Lancaster, Nov. T.-Henry B. Chat
fin, for several years station agent at
the Boston & Maine Railroad Station
at Lancaster cut his throat from ear to
ear this afternoon with a keen edged
razor He is now at Clinton Hospital
lingering 'twixt life and death. He is
not expected to live the night out.
Chafin is regarded as a heavy drink
er by his friends. Only a week ago he
returned to Lancaster after taking
course of treatment at a Kelley insti-
tuition. Railroad employees have MOTTO
ed that he has been acting strangely
since his return. He has seemed de-
spondent and not like himself.
This afternoon he went to the bath
room of his home, a tenement over
Safford's grocery store in Lancaster
Centre where he lives with his wife.
Shortly afterWard his wife went to the
room and found her husband lying on
the floor in pool of blood with the ra-
Zor clasped in his hand. He was suf-
fering untold agony and was still con-
sciOus She at once called in several
neighbors and a physician was hastily
summoned. DR.. Tobey responded to the
call and ordered the would-be suicide
removed to Clinton Hospital
Mrs. Chaffin has been in feeble health
for years and friends say that is what
primarily caused her husband to be-
come respondent as it took a large part
of his wages to pay doctors bills.
Chaffin is about 40 years of age but has
no children.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-18
MECHANICS WANTED
AT JACKSONVILLE, FLA,

There is probably no city in the
Union where there is more demand for
skilled laborers at the present time
than at Jacksonville, Fla. Over a thou
sand buildings are in the process of
erection, and no good mechanic will
have any trouble in securing a good
situation, besides being able to avoid
the rough New England winter.
The Joy Line is making a very low
rate from Boston, full particulars of
which can be obtained by sending a &c
stamp to Geo. F. Tilton, City Pass.
Agt., PA Washington ST., Boston. Tel
ephone, 2022 Main.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-18
BUYS WlLMARTH HOMESTEAD
FOR PAR0CHlAL RESIDENCE

Special to The Spy.
Upton, Nov. 17.-Rev Richard S. j.
Burke announced today that he had
purchased the DIR. Wilmarth homestead
on Main Street as a parochial resi-
dence Mr.. William L. Brown of Wor-
cester was the owner. The price paid
was $780, The new parochial residence
that had been planned will not be built.
Rev. James V. Hanrahan, the new
ly appointed curate at st. Nary
church delivered his first sermon this
morning at 1890. He made an excel
lent impression. He came from West
Fitchburg to Milford and is &c years
old.
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University
and College
a9S@9s 5 5 5 3 . IS ; . 8 ) 5 5 3 ; 5 5
Williams

At the meeting of the trustees held
recently at Hotel Manhattan, New
York, nothing was accomplished in the
way of selecting a college president
The result of the last ballot has been
reported as follows: Dean Griffin of
John Hopkins. five votes; Rev. Henry
Hopkins of Kansas City, Mo, three
votes; Dean Lefavour of Williams,
three votes; President Penrose of Whit
man College, one vote. 1t is said that
at the next meeting of the board, the
name of Bliss Perry, editor of the At
lantic Monthly, will be strongly urged.
The result of the meeting was hardly
a disappointment 20 the student body,
as 1t was generally believed that no
election would take place. The present
administration of Acting-P President
Hewitt has merited and won the hearty
support of students and faculty alike;
the desire for a new president comes
from the one fact that the administra-
ton is temporary, not permanent.
Although the outcome Of the Wes-
leyan-Williams debate was not wholly
satisfactory, still the college has no
reason for disparaging the able work
of its representatives, Ralph Mosher,
1902 of Albion, n. Y, and George F.
Hurd, 1903 of Syracuse, n. Y. The de-
bate was a creditable one in every re-
spect.
With regard to the Dartmouth pre-
liminary debates. it is announced that
Sc men have entered the contest. This
is the largest number that has ever
come out for these intercollegiate de-
batting contests
About 20 men have entered the chess
club tournament in which representa-
tives will be chosen to play a team
from Amherst. Stanley H. Wheelock
OF UXbridge has been chosen president
of the chess club for the ensuing year.
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II THE BABY Is CUTTING TEETH
be sure ana use that old and weIl-trie
remedy, Mrs. Winslow,s Soothing
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the child. softens the gums, allays all
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The long summer of n Prince Ed
ward Island will be RENEE ed for a
generation to come. with i Nrd of
November already gone and I kather
still preserving the calm, sunshl aspect
which has marked the season since May,
and with a harvest all over in August,
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ROMANCE OF THE SEA.
Mysterious Strangers Board md
Leave Craft at Sea without a Boat.

London Telegraph.
GIBRALTAR, Dec M.-Capt. Barnes
Lawrence. captain Of the Port has re-
ceiVed extracts from the logbool Of
Peter Johannsen, who, it may be re-
membcred, recently made a successful
voyage from Gibraltar to Charlotte Har-
Dor, United States5e in an open boat,
Lolita, being accompanied only by his
sen. In going through the Straits diff
fculty was experienced in keeping the
boat from swapping, owing to heavy
seas. On Aug. 80, at $50 p. M, when
about thirty miles north-northeast of
the Island of Grand Canary, while busy
arranging the sailing gear. JChannsen
noticed q strange man suddenly grasp
the tiller, and on locking round found
four men on board: While changing
clothes, which had become wet with the
sea water, two of the men became very
affect1onate 20 his son, helping him on
with his dry clothes, etc, and speaking
in a strange language. The third person
sat down on the aft thwart in front of
Johannsen. He seemed about fifty years
of age, tall, ard muscular, with iron-gray
hair. He was dressed in q white canvas
cap, without peak, and had an iron foot
on his left leg, and dark woTsted trous-
ers, while over his shoulders and chest
he wore a Moorish garment. The
strangers shouted to people a in the
distance; but Johannsen could not dis
Germ any craft.
The boat being hove to, all laid down
for the night, the visitors utilizing the
forward end of the boat for sleeping ac-
conmodauon. On awaking iii the morn.
ing, Johannsen found his friend of the
iron foot sitting astride of the bow
spirit scanning the horizon. Falling
asleep again, tie two travellers awolke
just after sunrise On getting up it was
found the mysterious strangers had dis
appeared as quietly as they came. The
weather having moderated, and after a
cup OF cocoa, sail was made with all
speed possible. However. about s p. m
on the 31st, tie strangers made a second
appearance. Two of them kept swing
ing the jib from star board to port for
scme fifteen minutes, as il. a signal to
some one astern. No craft or boat was
seen following At dusk they left The
usual entries as to weather follow in the
log, but nothing more eVentful hap
pened. On Oct IS the Florida coast waS
sighted, and Pine Island was reached
on Oct 81.
Johannsen and his son suffered no all
lnents on the voyage except sunburn.
On arrival, ten pounds of biscuits, twenty
gallons OF water, and thirty-four ounces
of preserved meat remained of the stores.
but the personal effects had suffered
much from sea water. The instruments
of navigation escaped damage. Thus
ends a sea romance exciting enough for
the lover of the sensational. Doubtless
the men We're sInugglers, or something
akin, who had swung from their craft
under cover Of the night, and, finding no
cargo or valuable booty or the Lolita,
eventually returned to their vessel. kept
purposely at d safe distance to prevent
Identification
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O1eo Men Say tile Article They Man
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Much nSo-CalIed Nat
uFRI ButteFs

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-Congressman
Wadsworth, of New York, made a brief
statement today before the senate COM
mittee on agriculture concerning refiec-
lions upon the minority report made on
the olemargarine bill in the house. At
the hearing yesterday H. G. Adams dairy
commissioner for the state of, Wisconsin,
and Secretary Knight, of the National
Dairy union, stated that they were not
correctly represented in that report. Mr.
ADAMS denied that he had said the pur-
pose of the pending bill is to stop the
sale and manufacture of oleomargarine
entirely, but Mr., WadsWorth contended
in his statement today that this was his
language. He said the remarks had been
taken down by member of the commit
tee, when made, because of their blunt
ness. He also said the letter which Mr.
knight had pronounced a forgery,
was still in existence, and would be
produced II necessary. Mr. Adams
reiterated his denial, saying that he had
said only that the purpose of the bi l
was to stop the manufacture and sale
OF oleomargariEe "colored in imitation OF
butter
Hon. John Hamilton, secretary of agri-
culture OF pennsylvania, advocated tho
passage of the bill.
Dairy Commissioner Blackburn, OF
Ohio, said he had found it almost i'm
possible to successfully prosecute infrac-
lions of the oleomargarine law in the
large cities Of Ohio, owing to the par
uailty of some people for that product
because of the influence of the oleomar-
gar1ne dealers with the press and also
because of their solicitation of jurymen.
AT the afternoon session of the com
nlttee Henry c. Young, manager of the
Capftaf City Dairy Company of Colun-
bus, o., opposed the BILL and in doing
SO said the se-called natural butter is
nothing less than5a manufactured prod
uct He contended that colorfng matter
used in butterine is perfectly harm
less, and that the constituents of but
terlne are chemically almost Identical
with those Of butter. In the one respect
OF not getting rancid the manufactured
article, he said, Was superior to the nat
ural.
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York and Pennsylvania. He declared
that more unfair bill was never pre-
serted to the house than that favored
by the gentleman from Maine CBuricigD.
The Burleigh bill, he said, gave Maine
a representative for each 1887 inhabi-
tants. If this ratio were taken in New
York, Pennsylvania and Illinois, New
York would have 5, Pennsylvania ana
Illinois 8 more representatives than the
bill allows them.
Mr.. Shafroth (Col) followed, citing the
case of Colorado which would get an adj
ditional member if the house was to
consist of $50 and a5S, but would lose the
additional member at $751; to show that
the stem upon which the bill was pre-
dicted was unjust. lie contended also
that a larger house was not a menace to
legislation and cited the popular as
semblage of European parliaments to
show that a larger house would not be
cumbersome.
At 5 o'clock the house adjourned.