The Irish standard., 1915-04-10

| the penalty paid if one of the men es-
capped and Mr.. Spauld.ug a....lo~-
miraculously escaped being shot. One
! of his men was missing, having hid
den behind stump, and when one of
the head officials of the prison noticed
the absence, was about to punish Mr..
Spaulding with his life when sud-
denly the missing man arrived upon
the scene.
During Mr.. Spaulding's time in
prison he has said that he craved for
salt to eat so badly that he told the
prison he said the only clothing he had
he would give him his only coat. The
guard brought small bag, at which
Mr.. Spaulding gave up his only coat.
This occurred during the winter
months. Mr.. Spaulding has said he
was very choice of the salt and would
take only little pinch at time.
when Mr.. Spaulding came out of
prison he said the only clothing he had
was just the pair of trousers he had
on and those were so rotten that the
threads had rotted away to the seams
so he had made little sticks and
fastened the seams together. The
other clothes had rotted to pieces from
having to sleep on the damp ground.
1.-THE day the young lad, for the first
time was marching off to duty, he
heard bells tolling while passing a
church in Cavendish.
He asked for whom they were toll
ing the bell and a man nearby replied
that it was for Mrs. Spaulding.
This, as it proved, being Mr.. Spauld-
ing's own mother, whose funeral was
that day.
Gle was given permission to attend
the funeral service at the grave. The
family had been unable to locate him
to send him the news of his mothers
death. The father died two years be-
fore. Mr.. Spaulding's father was a
strong advocate of the abolition of
slavery. He saw much of slave life
during his early life in South Carolina
and when the came North to live he
used to lecture on the slave question,
advocating freedom for the negroes.
"Mr. Spaulding was the grandson of
John Spaulding, ST., who served dur
ing the Revolutionary war. In
| February, 1864, before the close of the
war, Mr.. Spaulding welded Miss Mar
garet Sullivan of Cavendish, VT, after
a typical soldiers romance.
During the few years of their liv-
ing in Vermont, three sons were born
to them. At the close of the war, while
Mr.. Spaulding remained in Rutland, he
was a locomotive engineer, running
from Rutland, VT, to Schenectady, N
Y. When leaving Vermont, Mr..
Spaulding went West and from there
to Texas, where he had been living
for more than 80 years prior to his
coming to Worcester.
Mrs. Spaulding died June 10, 1912.
She was an active and faithful worker
in st. Anthony's Catholic church and
was looked to as one Of the finest
women in Longview, Tex, where both
lived. Mr.. Spaulding also became a
Roman Catholic during the Civil war.
"He had not seen his brother or
three sisters for more than 40 years.
After the death Of Mrs. Spaulding he
wrote his youngest sister, Mrs. Isadore
Burgess, formerly of Uxbridge street,
urging her to go to Texas with her
daughter Mildred, whom he had never
seen.
"The sister found Mr.. Spaulding in
poor health. He figured in gasoline
explosion about two years ago, at
Brown Lumber Co.'s mill and it great
ly affected his entire system, his eyes
being quite bad and his throat being
in very poor shape from the accident.
He had for the last Is years been man
ager Of the Brown Lumber Co., as
engineer.
Mr.. Spaulding was advised by the
doctors and his son to come North, as
the climate did not agree with him in
Texas. He came and planned to make
his home in Worcester with his young
est sister and niece, who had been
with him during the past seven
months.
"Mr. Spaulding arrived here ON June
IL. After beng here only two days he
was taken with severe attack with
his throat and after being examined by
a specialist and other doctors, it was
pronounced cancer of the larynx.
He was spiritually cared for by the
rector of the Immaculate Conception
church, where he would have been a
member had be been able. Mr.. Spauld.
ing was failing so fast and it was so
that nothing for his throat could be
given in his home, he was moved to
the hospital near the home and there
he remained until his death, Nov. 23
at 1O:40 p. m. Mr.. Spaulding was a
great sufferer and grew more so as
his life grew shorter, with great pa.
thence he bore all until the end.
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