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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
SPRINGFIELD AND VICINITY.
The plan? for the annual children's aid
fair, to be held iu the Memorial building
Friday and Saturday, are nearly complet
ed. Present indications arc that the fair
will be one of the most successful ever
held. The entire first floor of the build
ing will be utilized, thus making it with
out exception the largest fair of the sea
son iu Springfield.
Patrick H. Quinn, probably the oldest
and best known horsesnoer in the city, lias
retired from the business and has sold ms
establishment at ll>s Dwight street to
Anthony T. Kelly. Mr Kelly has been
in Mr Quinn's employ for 22 years, nnu
Mr Quinn turns over to him the business
he has conducted on the same spot since
1882 with a warm recommendation to the
patrons of the shop. Mr Quinn has been
shoeing horses since 1860.
Incorporation papers were taken mu in
Albany, N. Y.. Monday for the High
land paper mills company, an organization
in which local men are interested. ihe
capital stock will be S7,>.o*m. and the ill
corporators are Edward H. ^’frus. .1 amos
8. Howe. Jr., and Robert A. Knight. The
company has bought a good-sized null nt
Newberg. N. Y.. and the head offices of
the company will be there. The company
will manufacture ledgers and tine writ
ing patter.
Mrs Patrick Sullivan. 40. of 8(5 Congress
street was fatally burned last week
while singeing a Thanksgiving turkey oyer
the flames from a stove. Mrs Sullivan
was alone in the kitchen at the time, and
after putting some paper into the stove
to force the blaze held the turkey over the
flames. Her clothes caught tire, and in an
instant she was a mass of flames from
h'-ad to foot. Her husband and son. who
were in the next room, heard her screams
and rushed to her assistance.
The Parker transmission and appliance
company, which has been incorporated to
build the Parker automobile transmission,
has secured the top floor of the Maltham
watch tool factory on Wilbraham avenue
and is planning to go ahead with the nec
essary preliminaries to the actual manu
facture of the transmission which Clark
W. Parker of this city has invented. Ar
rangements have also been made for get
ting electric power from the United elec
tric light company. All the machinery
will be run by individual motors.
F. C. Brinkerhoff, real estate broker, sold
Monday for Fred G. Smith, superintend
ent of the Phelps publishing company. the
pnqnrtv Low occupied by the Now England
telephone and telegraph company at 99
Bridge street, to Lewi? J. Spear of this
citv :iud Charles R. Damon of Williams
burg. Tile new owners buy for
investment. Until the now building
of the telephone company is finished,
which will not be until November 1. 1910.
the telephone company will continue to
occupy this building. The lot has a front
age on Bridge street of 50 feet and m
about 70 feet deep. The price paid for it
was about SISOO a front foot.
The stormy weather of Thursday made
no appieciab!.' difference in the number
of Thanksgivii g dinner parties entertained
nt the local hotels, with the exception of
the Worthy, where the mixture of rain
and snow, and generally annoying condi
tions were said to account for fewer din
ers tluiii anticipated. On the whole, re
ports indicatei the increasing prevalence
of this eustom. At i: conservative estimate
1000 Thanksgiving-day guests were served
at Cooley's hotel, tl.e Worthy hotel, the
Massasoit bouse, and the Highland and
H»nking hotels, and a large proportion of
this number uas drawn from tiiis city,
while others came from nearby towns.
The Orphcns club of this city will give
a perfortuancc of Gounod’s "Tile Redemp
tion.'' one of the masterpieces of modern
oratorio writing. Wednesday evening, the
Bth. in Trinity Methodist Episcopal church
on Bridge street. The full chorus of 150
voices, full orchestra, organ and four so
loists will take part. The soprano will
be Grace Bonner Williams of Boston, the
alto Miss Lillian Hamilton of Boston, the
tenor Alfred Dunlop of New York, and
the bass Oscar Huntting of Boston. The
price of tickets will lie sl. all seats to be
reserved, and the sale will open to the
public at Otto Baah's music store. 417
Main street, on Saturday.
Thomas Hooker of New Haven, who is
well known in this city, has been chosen
president of the First national bank there,
tn succeed Pierce N. Welch, and the New-
Haven Journal-Courier speaks of the elec
tion as "sure to meet with widespread ap
proval”:—
If there Is a mao I>etter fitted for the of
fice, hl» name has uot been mentioned. Not
only has Mr Hooker a solid repv.tatlon In the
banking world, bur bls past connections with
the First national itself, as vice-president,
hare enabled him to acquaint himself with
the particular problems and c.ppoitiinities of
that bank. New Haven has the fairest of
names as a hanking center already, but it
will be enhanced Hie more by Mr Hooker s
election.
The national municipal league has decid
ed to attempt to increase the interest of
high school students in the work for
which the organization stands by offering
two prizes for the best essays on "The
municipal problem in America." The first
prize is 830 and the second S2O. The es
says must not b,' over 1500 words in
length. They must bo written on one side
of the sheet only, and mailed to Clinton
Rogers. 703 North American building.
Philadelphia, not later than February 10.
1910. The essays are to be signed by a
noin de plume and accompanied with a
sealed envelope containing the full name
and bearing the assnmed name on the out
side.
All doubt as to whether or not Frank
E. Stacy would contest the re-election of
George D. Chamberlain for aldermau from
ward 0 was removed last week,
when Harry W. Stacy, u brother of the
candidate, filed his nomination papers
with City Clark E. A. Newell. The last
of the Stacy papers camo in at 4.53
o'clock, or seven minutes before the time
for filing was up. The papers which en
title Mi Stacy's name to go on the ballot
as the republican-citizens' candidate con
tain about 320 signatures. A large share
of the names are those of voters of ward
6. who Mr Stacy claims are most anxious
that he run for alderman, oven though he
was defeated in the republican caucuses.
The Besse-Carpenter company, cloth
' iers. are planning to move from The Re
publican building, in which they have
been for about 20 years, to quarters in
the Bill block on the opposite side of
Main street, and a little farther north.
H. F. Fletcher ami S. Levisou now oc
cupy the street floor of the Bill block.
M hen the leases expire the building will
be remodeled for use of the Besse-Cur-
Wnter company. Lyman W. Besse owns
the building, which is 350. 352 and 354
Main street. The plans for tin- remodel
ing are being considered but have not v t
been decide.] upon in detail. H. ’F.
Fletcher and 8. Levison have uot yet de
cided where they will locate.
An ordinance, introduced into the city
government by the Springfield im
provement association, will if passed
radically change the noisy condi
tions that now obtain on Independ
ence day. This ordinance ns unified
practically eliminates the use of explo
sives of nil sorts, and looks toward a
much safer ami saner Fourth of .Lily,
doing away with the undesirable elements
of the national holiday. The ordiname
was submitted by the special committee
of the association, consisting of Charles
H. Barrows. Joseph Shattuck. Jr.. Dr
Luke Corcoran and William Orr. It was
read trice in the bbard of aidermen and
was then referred to the committee of the
..whole.
The oecoud aumiaJ poultry show of the
Spriopfivld poultry club, incorporated,
opened yesterday at Graves hall, and
JUll continue the rest of the week
from JO a. ru. to IO p. m. The
club, through]), special efforts. and
its various committees, have offered suf
ficient prizes in money, cups and other
articles so they can present to the public
u exhibit of the best of New Eughiud's
poultry. Cher 800 specimens, represent
ing all varieties, are there —the heavy
meat breeds, the egg producers and the
American breeds which have both the
meat and egg-producing qualities rem
billed. Then there are the bantams whose
weight is figured in ounces. The largest
entries are the classes for Wyandottes.
Rhode Island Reds and White Leghorns.
There was the usual family gathering
nt Gurdon Bill's home on Liberty street
Thursday, and a party of a dozen, repre
senting three generations, sat down to a
good old-fashioned Thanksgiving dinner.
There were present, beside Mr Bill. Mrs
Charles G. Bill and Misses Dorothy and
Ruth of Farmington. Ct.. Mr and Mrs
George D. Dutton of Pittsfield. Miss
Molly Beach of Randolph. Miss Holmes
and Miss May Holmes of Mystic. Ct., and
Mr and Mrs Fred A. Bill and Nathan D.
Bill of this city. Mrs Nathan Bill could
not be-present, having an important en
gagement .-Il Boston, where her grandson.
Nathan Bill Talbot, was born about II
o'clock Thursday evening to Dr and Mrs
Fritz B. Talbot. So. Gurdon Bill had a
nine-n ounl great-grandson to be thankful
for Thursday.
Invitations wore received in Spring
field and vicinity to the golden wed
ding. anniversary of Mr and Mrs Elias
Champion of Seymour. Ind., on Monday.
Mr Champion was horn in Springfield, in
1834. on Bridge street, when it was a
residential street. Lelt an orphan, he
removed to Indiana when he was a young
man. and he has been a successful busi
ness man with a large family of children.
His father. Elias Champion. Sr., married
Esther Strong of Northampton, a relative
of Gov Stone. They are buried in the
Springfield cemetery. His great-great
grandfather was Dr Reuben Champion,
who was a surgeon in the continental
army until he was attacked by fever
while on duty at Fort Ticonderoga, which
caused his death. A stone Is erected to
his memory in the Park-street cemetery in
West Springfield.
Thanksgiving is _to be celebrated to
day in a novel and interesting way at the
First church parish house. A new En
gland "boiled dinner" will be served in
the parlors at 6 o'clock, the number of
guests being limited to 200. so that those
wishing to attend arc requested to notify
at earliest convenience Mrs Leonard Hol
ton of Hall street, chairman of the social
committee. Dr E. A. Reed of Holyoke,
who 30 years ago was the pastor of the
First church, has, with his wife, accept
ed the invitation to be present. The or
ganist ami members of the quartet of the
choir, with their husbands and wives, are
to Is- also guests of honor. At 8 o'clock
the lecture-room will be thrown open for
a general homecoming of members of the
church and parish. There will be inter
esting exercises, including a roll-call, a
short address by Dea Daniel P. Cole on
the past of the First church, and one by
Dr Reed on the present and future of the
church. The quartet will render a Thanks
giving anthem and Miss Julia Dickinson
will sing a "Hymn of Praise.”
H. L. Bowles was host Saturday night at
one of the most elaborate dinners ever
given in Springfield. About 50 friends al
tended the banquet, which was held at
the Worthy hotel in honor of the ap
proaching marriage of Mr Bowles to Miss
Edna Howard of Northampton. A fea
ture of the evening was the presentation
to Mr Bowles of a large cheat of 166
pieces of silver of elegant design, valued
at about SIOOO. Miss Howard is a
lover of Nature and deeply enjoys
outdoor sports, hunting, fishing and
camping. She is an excellent horse
woman and credited by many as be
ing the finest woman shot in Western
Massachusetts. Pine lodge in Leeds, not
far from Northampton, where Miss How
ard lives, is a camp well known to
many hereabouts. Mr Bowles takes
groat pleasure in out-of-door life and often
takes long hunting an.l fishing trips.
The souvenirs of the dinner were tine
cut-glass flasks filled with rare brandy, the
"last of the 1820 cognac.” A cask of this
was brought in by waiters, set unon sup
ports and the rare brandy drawn off for
filling the souvenir flasks. On the silver
cap of each flask were the initials of the
man to whom the souvenir was given.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
HOLYOKE.
Mark A. Wood, the well-known Holyoke
real estate agent, celebrated his 75th birth
day last week. Mr Wood has been in the
real estate business for the past 30 years,
being the first real estate agent in Holyoke.
He came from Canada w ith the Farr alpaca
company when that company eame to Hol
yoke and was in their employ for many
years. He entered the real estate business
about 30 years ago, becoming interested
through buying a cottage of the Holyoke
water-power company wheu William A.
Chase was agent. He has seen Holyoke
grow from a town to a good-sized city
since his residence there and has an inti
mate knowledge of the values of the prop
erty throughout the city.
Dr Booker T. Washington, head of the
Tuskegee institute in Alabama, was the
speaker at the First Congregational
church Sunday evening. The church audi
torium was packed to the doors, the gallery
was filled and the audience gathered near
the doors iu the rooms opening on the
auditorium to hear the speaker. Follow
ing music by the choir, the pastor. Rev
H. (>. Hannum, offered prayer; a hymn
followed, and Rev Dr J. S. Lyon of the
Second Baptist church introduced the
speaker. Dr Washington said that he had
spoken 26 times in the last 25 days in
Tennessee, and only brought what was
left of his voice to Massachusetts.
The Holyoke republicans held their cau
cuses Friday evening and Mayor Avery was
nominated for the fifth time and the slate
for aldermen-at large as prepared by the
republican city committtee went through
without a hitch. The contest for ward
aldermau iu ward 2 was the only inter
esting one of the evening and Aiderman
Cousineau was the nomination over Her
man W. Dugas by a vote of 127 to 107.
The city registration this year has been
finished and tile total shows a decrease in
male voters of 14 from last year's total,
and a gain of 299 in the registration of
female voters. The total female registra
tion is 1826, the largest in the history of
Holyoke, the school board contests caus
ing many women to register. The totals
in assessed polls shows a gain of 286 over
a year ago. The polls number 13.830.
Williams & Montgomery sold to Dr A.
B. Wetherell Monday the George Aider
man property on Fairfield avenue. The
property consists of a large 10-room house
and a lot with a frontage of 100 feet.
The building was erected by W. H. Wil
son and later sold to Mr Aiderman. The
sale price was not given, although the
property is assessed for about SIO,OOO.
The Williams & Montgomery agency
sold the H. M. Senior block nt the corner
of High and Appleton streets last week to
the City realty associates, the firm being
composed of John S. McElwain, W. H.
Brooks and C. Fayette Smith. The sale
price is confidential, but as the property
was very desirable it is thought that about
$150,000 must have been paid.
J. Lewis Perkins, who has suffered a
nervous collapse since the automobile ac
cident at Riverdale a week ago which
caused the death of three men. was taken
to a private sanitarium Thursday for rest
ami treatment.
The condition of William Reid was re
ported as comfortable by Dr G. It. Hen
derson this week and it is now expected
that Mr Reid will recover from his inju
ries.
CHICOPEE.
The seniors of the high school, who fonn
the largest class ever to lie gradual-<1
from the school, and who have an ambi
tion to raise enough money to take them
elves to Washington. D. C.. nt the prop
er time for such pilgrimages in the spring.
ojH'iied the doors of training school ball
al the high school Friday afternoon
and began to welcome such of the puWte
as cured to patronize the various depatv
ments of their fair.
Mr? M. 11. Mosman gam an afternoon
tea Monday iu honor of Mrs Simpson
THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY" REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1909.
' of Denver. The affair was entirely of a
social nature, but at suggestion of the
hostess a vote was taken to see how the
guests stood with regard to woman suf
frage. It developed that 27 were suffra
gis's. 15 were antisuffragists and 25 were
indifferent.
Frank A. Rivers issued Sunday his
long-awaited statement. He will not be
a candidate for mayor—not this year. He
will be in 1910.
WESTFIELD.
Hie body of a man was found floating in
the Westfield river about 7.30 Monday
morning near the New York. New Huven
and Hartford railroad bridge and it was
brought tv shore by means of a rope and
grappling hook. The body was viewed by
Medical Examiner George H. Janes and
then removed to the undertaking rooms of
the Lamhson furniture company, where
the body was identified by acquaintance*
as that of William Dolan, a plasterer. Do
lan formerly lived in Pittsfield, where he
had relatives anj Lad also lived in Ludlow
and Springfield.
The government fingerling trout for the
Westfield anglers’ club arrived Tuesday
last week in good condition, and were
placed in the local streams by members of
the club. There were fully 2500 in the
consignment. A consignment of about 1500
fingerlings also arrived on the same train
for the Tunxis club in Tolland, and the
men who got the trout did not reach their
destination until some time after midnight.
The 25th anniversary of the Hopefully
Well Affected club was fittingly observed
Friday evening. A reception was held in the
parish house of the First Congregational
church, to which friends and members
of the other women’s clubs were invited,
and this was followed by a reunion of the
i hili at the home of Miss Elizabeth M.
Hooker on Holland avenue.
Miss A. Gertrude Curtis, who was re
cently elected to the teaching force at the
high school, began her new duties Mon
day. She is teaching German and En
glish and succeeds Miss Maud E. South
worth.
WEST SPRINGFIELD.
A midnight fire in West Springfield Sun
day destroyed the house and two barns of
A. B. Smith, about 70 tons of bay, 20
cows and one horse. The fire was not
discovered until one barn was about bait
burned. The house and barns were
connected so that there was no hope for
saving any of the three buildings. The
firemen responded soon after the alarm
was rung, but the case was hopeless. A
considerable amount of furniture and
household effects were saved. The tire was
discovered by Donna, a daughter of Mr
and Mrs Smith. Soon the father and
mother and eight children were up and
doing their best to save what they could.
The cause of the tiro is a mystery.
The skeleton found in North Spencer on
Mondav has been identified as that of
Samuel Johnson, the West Springfield
man who disappeared two years ago. by
his sisters-in-law. Mrs Elizabeth Sheridan
and Miss Annie Hoar, both of West
Springfield.
Fire broke out Monday morning at 12.45
o’clock in the basement of the store owned
and occupied b? Adam Dymon on Joy
street in Ludlow. The tire spread
through the store and to the dwell
ing above it. which was occupied
by Mr Dymon and his family. It was
with great difficulty that the family were
aroused from their slumbers, and at one
time Mrs Dymon could not account for
her 16-years-old boy. but later he was
discovered in the house of a neighbor. The
fire was difficult to fight because of the
large quantity of oils stored in the base
ment. Tlie building w ill probably- be a
total loss and the damage is estimated
at S3OOO.
The home of Mr and Mrs Wilbur H.
Aldridge on East hill, Monson, was
the scene of a joyous gathering
Thursday afternoon and evening,
when the children, grandchildren and
friends of Mr and Mrs William H.
Aldridge gathered to observe their 50tli
wedding anniversary. Their three sons,
Wilbur H„ George L. and Orrillus P., their
wives, and six grandchildren were present,
as well as neighbors and friends. The out
of-town guests were Mrs Myra Burbank,
sister of Mr Aldridge. Mr and Mrs Addison
Perry and daughter Vera, Mr and Mrs
Wilbut Parker and daughter Myrtice of
Warren. Myron Pease of Pittsfield and
Henry Pike of Amherst.
The Wesleyan academy football eleven
bad an unusually successful season and is
rightfully hailed as the champion "prep”
school team of Western Massachusetts.
This honor comes through the victory over
the Pittsfield high school team Thurs
day, Pittsfield being before the game the
leading candidate for the honor.
The special town-meeting at Russell
last week voted to appropriate SIOOO to be
used in connection with an appropriation
of the state highway commission in im
proving the Russell and Blandford stage
road.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
NORTHAMPTON.
One of the most interesting events in the
history of the high school alumni associa
tion was the reception extended in high
school hall Tuesday evening to Tong Kwo
Ann. a Chinese government official, who
was valedictorian of the Northampton high
school class of 1879. There was a large
attendance of alumni, am! the decorations
of the hall were a pleasing feature. The
motto of Mr Tong's high school class,
"Dura vivimus laboremus,” was promi
nently displayed at the back of the plat
form, and two United States flags, three
Chinese flags and a Chinese banner were
shown. Mr Tong spoke of the manj
changes he had noted in Northampton
after a period of 30 years, and said that
he could now realize the state of mind in
which Rip Van Winkle found himself.
But he was pleased to find that the people
of Northampton had not changed in their
attitude of cordial friendship toward him.
The fall number of the Smith College
Bulletin anuounces that the price of tuition
will hereafter lie $l5O a year, instead of
SIOO. except that any student now in the
college will be charged only the present
price during her course. The total number
of students in the college is 1635, divided
ns follows: Freshman class, 502; sopho
more class, 387; junior class. 366; senior
class. 372: graduate students, 8.
Christopher Clarke will soon enter upon
a campaign on behalf of the Northamp
ton historical society, to raise a fund of
$23,000 for the construction of a cement
annex and the making of other improve
ments on the old Whitney house on King
street, now coutroled by the society, and
a fund of $50,000 for maintenance,
Louis 11. Warner of Northampton, pri
vate secretary of Congressman Weeks, has
been appointed assistant clerk of the con
gressional committee on post-office expendi
tures. which is now sitting at Washington.
Prof 11. H. Wilder of Smith college is
author of a book entitled "History of the
Human Body,” which has just been pub
lished. It is a work of 600 pages.
The electric lighting company has be
gun preparations for illumination of Main
street by a series of electric arches, which
will be placed over the street at various
points.
AMHERST.
Mr and Mrs A. Prentiss Brown fittingly
observed their golden wedding anniversary
Friday by receiving scores and scores
of their many friends and neighbors.
Thursdoy they had n special Thanksgiving
dinner, where brothers and sisters and
immediate members of the family were
gathered. The house was beautifully dec
ornteil for the occasion Friday with
evergreens and chrysanthemums. Mr nud
1 Mrs Brown received under an arch of
I green and yellow. The <v>nph' were the
recipients of many valuable and attractive
! presents, among which is a dinner set, f|ne
clock, lot of chmtt. S9O in gold, and n
profusion of flowers.
.Utreemeut papers have been passed be
tween the estate of W. VV. Hunt and C.
It. Ebler for the sale of Hunt’s block on i
Pleasant street. Mr Elder will take the'
l deed of the property January .1- The block »
,is one of the hest’in town. It was built I
; about 25 years ago by Mr Hunt. The first
I floor is occupied by tin I'irst national bank
i and fur mercantile purposes, and the three
I upper stories for tints.
i President Booker T. Washington of the
i Tuskegee normal and industrial institute
occupied the Amherst college pulpit Sun
day. He spoke of the encouraging outlook
in the South and the influence of education
inion the negro race. A large audience heard
the distinguished man. many people com
ing from the town churches and from
Northampton.
It has been stated that the Grand Trunk
railway company. which leases the Central
Vermont railroad, is contemplating double
traeking the line and using New London
as the eastern terminal of the Grand
Trunk system. This, of course, would be
i a material benefit to ali the towns on the
I line of the road.
I '
l The OOth wedding anniversary of Mr and
i Mrs Henry M. Parsons was observed at
their home in Westhampton Saturday af
ternoon from 2 to 5, when about 100 rela
tives and friends assembled to extent con
gratulations. Among the out-of-town guests
were : Mrs Ellen Perkins of Northampton,
a sister of Mrs Parsons, and her son,
Enoch, and daughter. Miss Mabel Perkins.
( ongratnlatory speeches were made by Rev
11. S. Ives. pastor of the Westhampton Con
gregational church, and William I. Ed
wards. a neighbor. Letters from absent
friends were read and a poem was read,
which was written for the occasion by
Rev A. C. Townsend of Albion. Neb., who
read an original poem at the golden wed
ding of Mr and Mrs Parsons. Selections
were sung by Edward A. Kingsley of Bos
ton. a nephew of Mrs Parsons. Rev Mr
Ives, on behalf of friends and neighbors,
presented to Mr and Mrs Parsons a hand
some ehair. Henry M. Parsons, who is
S 2, was born on the homestead on which
he now lives. His grandfather, Noah Par
sons. was the first settler to go to West
hampton from Northamnton and made his
home where his grandson now lives. The
original house was burned 78 years ago.
The Huntington manufacturing company
have bought the woolen mill formerly
called the Massasoit woolen company,
winch had beet) leased by them for the
past few years. William M. Lovering of
Aew lork is at the head of the concern.
Ine present management have been run
ning the mill steady for the past two
years and at present several of the de
partments are running nights. The weave
room runs all night and the other de
partments until 10 o’clock. This bespeaks
good times and the company foresees a
steady growth of business. The company
has fixed over the old picker-room, which
will accommodate 28 sewers, and they ex
pect to make other changes and improve
ments about the mil! later.
The wedding of Mrs Isabella Dewar
Irouty of Ensthnmmon and S. E. Bliss
of South Hadley Falls took place last week
” eunesday at the home of Mr and
Mrs ( . IL Johnson in Easthampton. The
parlor m which the ceremony was per
formed was decorated with chrysanthe
mums and the dining-room with carna
tions. The minister was Rev C. H. Ham
lin. pastor of the Payson church.
The meeting of the Ware agricultural so
ciety held in the court-room Monday even
'"S "a* cull< ’ d lo onier 8 o’clock bv F.
t.Gilmore, with 10 of the 75 members pres
ent. A general discussion as to whether the
society should continue its existence or not
was followed by an informal vote, resulting
nve to four against, dissolving the society
at this time, and this vote was made for
mal.
M F. Sampson has sold to W. H.
Burke his Main-street homestead at Hat
field with house, barns and acres of
land, for SSOOO.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
GREENFIELD.
The Connecticut Valley street railway
company has ordered of the Wason man
ufacturing company of Springfield two
new cars that are heated by hot water
instead of by electricity. Permission to
do this has been granted by the railway
commissioners. The cars are fitted with
the latest improvements aside from the
new heating device, and will run between
Greenfield and Turners Falls in rush
hours and part of the time will be on the
Northampton division.
Mr and Mrs Solon C. Buckman ob
served their 50th wedding anniversary
last week Wednesday at the home of
their son. Charles Buckman, on Bacon
street. Nothing was left undone to make
the day a memorable one from morning
until late in the evening. Mr and
Mrs Buckman were the recipients of many
gifts, among which was a purse of SSO in
go’d.
The annual meeting of the Franklin
savings institution, which was incorporat
ed in 1864, was held Tuesday. The de
posits have increased $134,000 during
the year. A semiannual dividend at the
rate of 4 per cent, payable January 1.
1010, was declared, The institution has
12,506 open accounts. The deposits amount
to nearly $6,000,000.
SHELBt RNE FALLS.
Rev Adam Murrman of Northfield, who
has preached as a candidate at the Con
gregational church at Shelburne Center,
and has supplied the pulpit occasionally
through the fall, has accepted a call as
pastor and will begin his ministry next
Sunday. He has held pastorates in the
West nnd of late has been at Northfield.
Mrs Murrman is a niece of the late D. L.
Moody.
Deputy fish and game commissioner, L.
E. Ruberg of Greenfield, was called to
the home of Calvin Coombs on Christian
hill in Shelburne Friday to view the body
of a deer siiot by Mr Coombs the day be
fore while the animal was getting a
Thanksgiving dinner off young fruit trees.
George Sheldon, the historian of Deer
field. president of the Pocumtuck Valley
memorial association, of which he was the
organizer, passed his 91st birthday at
his home Tuesday. There was a family
party nt dinner, the guests being his son,
John Sheldon of Greenfield, and wife,
his grandson, George A. Sheldon, and fam
ily. Mr Sheldon received many calls and
remembrances of the occasion. He is in
rhe enjoyment of his usual good health
since his recovery from a recent indisposi
tion and WAS not unduly fatigued by the
numerous demands made on his strength.
He is in possession of his mental faculties
nnd his recent literary work shows no sign
of diminishing power. Apparently he is
destined to reach the century mark.
The New Salem academy and high
school girls, under the leadership of
Miss Nina Adams, one of their
teachers, will bold a fair on Friday
in the assembly hull at the academy build
ing, where booths or tables will’be ar
ranged for the sale of fancy work, candy,
lemonade, preserves, etc., which they have
prepared for the occasion. From 6to 8 a
chicken-pie supper will he served in the
vestry of the Congregational church, after
which an entertainment, consisting of mu
sic and a play, in which the boys will
Jake part, will he given in assembly hall.
I'he proceeds are to be used as a nucleus
for a gymnasium fund.
About do of the friends and neighbors
of Mr and Mrs Alvin H. Hathaway met
at tueir home in Steady lane, Asniieid,
Thursday. Io celebrate the 59th anniver
sary of their marriage. Charles A. Hall,
as master of ceremonies,, called on sev
eral of the neighbors, who extended con
gratulations to the couple. A purse of
money nnd a set of dining-room chairs
were among the gifts. Mr Hathaway was
born in Peru October 8, 1840. and has
lived in Ashfield about 40 years of his
life, about 25 being in the neighborhood
Where hit no.. Ines
Adelbert Kilburn, treasurer of the Chase
turbine manufacturing company, has ob
tained Ihc majority of stock in that com
pany. It is understood that the purchase
was made of George E. Dexter, secretary
ot the company. Mr Kilburn Intends to
greatly increase the business. He is a
nephew of Levi Kilburn, who was the lead
ing manufacturer of Orange for 50 years,
and at the time of his death six years ago
vjas treasurer of the Chase turbine com- ।
pany.
The general merchandise'store at Moore’s 1
Corner, Leverett, owned by Wesley Wat- '
soil, was totally destroyed by tire last week i
Wednesday night. It is thought the tire I
caught from a chimney. The building was ,
a good-sized one. there being a tenement ।
over the store. Mr Watson had built an j
addition to it last summer. He had put in ■
a large winter stock and the loss is con
siderable.
J. W. Watson's store at Moore's Cor
ner. Montague, was burned to the ground,
with contents, Wednesday night lasi week.
The building was a large one, and was
well filled with every commodity likely to
be needed in a farming community. The 1
fire is said to have eaught from a de- i
fective chimney.
Miss Olive Pierce, teacher of the West j
Leyden school, resigned on Wednesday to
become teacher in the Gill district. Her
place will be taken by Miss Haskell of
Northfield.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
PITTSFIELD.
The J. L. & T. D. Feck manufacturing
company, which is eontroled by Ralph D-
Gillett of Westfield, has sold the thread
manufacturing business which was con
ducted at the lower mill to the W. War
ren thread company of Westfield. As
soon as the present stock on hand is run
out the machinery will be shipped to
Westfield. It will take about 30 days to
run out the stock. About one-half of the
employes of the mill were employed in the
thread department. The other half were
engaged in making warps. The total num
ber of hands employed in the mill was
about 100. It has been stated that the
will is to be used for some other pur
pose. hut the plans are not ready to be
announced. The woolen mill owned by
the Feck company has been closed for
some time.
Miss Alice Briggs has sold her residence
on the corner of Wendell avenue and East
Housatonic street to Mrs Mary S. Oak
man, who is at present in Paris. She will
not return for a year, and in the mean
time the house will be occupied by Robert
P. Parker. Miss Briggs plans to go
abroad for the winter. Mrs Oakman
owns a house on Wendell avenue hut a
short distance from the recent, purchase.
The 11. C. Ueno company, carpenters
and builders, are petitioners in bankruptcy,
with liabilities scheduled at $9911.31 and
assets of about $3001). There are about
50 claims against the peitioners. of which
only one is secured. Ixiuis Burns of Pitts
field being covered bv a mortgage for S4OO
on a loan of S2OO.
LENOX.
Another period of the Lenox academy
ended Monday, when the pupils of the
Lenox high school mot there and marched
out with their books and belongings to oc
cupy the new high school building built cn
Housatonic street. Since 1803 the building
has been used almost continuously for
school work, and under the trusteeship,
created for the care and preservation of
the building, it can only be used for edu
cational work. In 1803, the academy
building having been completed, the I.enox
academy was incorporated by an act of
the Legislature, the petition being signed
by Samuel Shepard. Eldad Lewis. Caleb
Hyde. Thaddeus Thompson, Gamaliel B.
M'hiting, Daniel Williams, Jr.. Samuel
Quincy. Joseph Tucker, Charles Worthing
ton, Azariah Egleston, and 15 others, all
prominent citizens of the town. From that
time to the present there has hardly been
a year that schools have not been field in
the structure. In 1892 the town of Lenox
established its high school in the building,
where it has been maintained to the pres
ent time.
Edward A. Burdette, 53, died suddenly
Monday afternoon at Hotel Loraine in
New York of Bright’s disease. Mr Bur
dette left Lenpx the 2d, after spending
the season aj the Judge Bishop cottage,
of which lie had been a tenant since 1906.
Mr Burdette was married in May to Mrs
Huger, widow of Dr Huger of Charles
ton, S. C. Their marriage took place in
Norfolk. Va.. at the home of her father.
Judge Garnette, her brother. Bishop Gar
netlc of Virginia, officiating. Lindsay
A. Fairfax of Lenox was Mr Burdette’s
best man. After a short honeymoon Mr
and Mrs Burdette went to Lenox for the
rest of the season. He was born in Troy,
a son of the late Charles Burdette, and
was educated in Rensselaer polytechnic
school. He was the owner of large prop
erties in Troy, including the Burdette
building. He was a member of the Lenox
club, the Berkshire hunt. Lake Macke
nac boating club und other Lenox soci
eties. He is survived by his widow and
one brother, Charles, of Troy.
NORTH ADAMS.
The surprise to some ns the result of the
republican caucuses Friday night was the
nomination of F. A. Walker for assessor
over Harold A. Spencer, chairman of the
board, who was seeking renomination. The
vote was 330 to 280. Walker's majority
in ward 5 turned the trick for him. For
school committee. C. L. Frink and W. J.
Pead were nominated over Alexander Lan
dry and Cornelius Wilde, Pead defeating
Landry by 29 votes. Mayor J. H. Water
house was renominated, and W, G. Cady,
who was an independent mayoralty candi
date last year, and who is considering en
tering the field again this year, received
20 scattered votes, his name being written
in on the ballots.
The democratic caucuses were held Sat
urday night in North Adams with a total of
70 votes cast in the entire city. There were
no contests and every candidate on the
ticket received the same number of votes.
The ticket nominated was as follows: For
mayor, Dr John H. Riley; for assessor,
Patrick J. Malone; for school committee,
Alfred Bechard and Richard Roberts; for
councilmen, three years, Eugene N. Bc
chard, Charles IV. Fuller. Horace Kirby.
Kirby S. Lilly. Thomas Lunney. Jt.. Pat
rick H. McMahon and James McPherson;
councilman one year. Wilfred A. Brosseau.
GREAT BARRINGTON.
Word has been received of the safe ar
rival in Kansas City of Nellie Budz, the
five-years-old child who was sent alone
on a journey from Housatonic. It is
stated in the letter that the little girl
was treated well on the train, and, al
though money was left in a bag to be
used for paying her expenses, the little
girl was presented with various sums by
people who took an interest in her, and
she had more money upon arriving iu
Kansas City than when she left Housa
tonic.
The residents of Ashley Falls are greatly
worked up over the robbery of some fire
wood. which under ordinary circumstances
would not be considered anything very un
usual. Henry Clark. 90 years old and re
markably active for his age, was sufficiently
ambitious to saw and chop a cord of wood
and then somebody eame along and stole a
large part of it. To think that, anybody in
Ashley Falls could be as mean as to do a
thing like that has stirred up the residents.
ADAMS.
North Brockfield Monday turned down
the proposition to seek permission from
the Legislature to raise by taxation an
appropriation for the 250th anniversary
celebration next year of the settlement
of Quaboag, the original land grant which
now com prises North Brookfield. Brook
field. West Brookfield, Warren and New
Braintree. At simultaneous meetings iu
Brookfield and West Brookfield the idea
was favored. This subject waa discussed
nt special town-meetings in each of , the
three Brookfields Monday evening. North
Brookfield being the first to oppose this
method of raising the money. New Brain
tree lias already voted in favor of petition
ing the Legislature and Warren will act
qii the matter Saturday.
Daniel Conway of Troy, N. Y„ has leased
the Howland house to James Hughes of
North Adams, formerly manager of the
Mansion house in North Adams. The "res
ent proprietor. George Grinsell, had con
ducted tne hotel sinco last May, but a week
ago the selectmen suspended the liquor
license, not being pleased with the conduct
of the place. Mr Hughes will move his
family into the hotel and promises good
management.
John G. Kramer, 69, was killed by a |
north bound Boston and Albany train at I
the Cook-strebt crossing in Adams Friday |
night at 6 o'clock, while he was on Uis I
way home from work. The accident oe- j
curred about 50 yards south of Cook i
street, where a double fatality Happened 1
two years ago.
_W. H. DavoJ of East Lee and New
York, has bought of Thompson & Stowe
400 acres of land at East Lee, recently
a portion of the T. L. Foote estate and
for years known as the Bassett place.
The property extends from the Ijee-Spring
field state highway to the shores of up
per and lower Goose ponds and has >i
number of splendid building sites for sum
mer homes and hike-front cottages. The
price was private, but the place was held
by the late T. L. Foote at SSOOO. Mr
Davol already has a cottage on the lake
and may build on the highway next year.
The sale was made by Lawyer Bart Bos
sidy.
Mr and Mrs Charles Crosier of Becket
were visited Thursday by their de
scendants to the number of 20
in their home in Washington. The
Crosier family is a typical New
England family, and the feast day was
observed in a typical New England style,
the turkey and its “fixings” playing a
prominent part. Mr Crosier is 93 years
old and enjoys good health and a clear
mind.
Edward S. Chase of Marberth, Pa., has
been engaged to fill the position of general
secretary of the Y'oung Men’s Christian
association of Dalton and will begin work
Monday. Mr Chase is a graduate of the
Springfield Y'oung Men's Christian asso
ciation training school, and has taken a
three-years’ course in Oberlin college. He
has been in the association work in New
York city on Twenty-third street.
The home of Mr and Mrs Frank Wheeler
at Richmond was last week the scene of
a pretty wedding when their daughter,
Jessie Alice, was united in marriage to
Walter Earl Lovelace.
WORCESTER COUNTY.
J. E. Ryan, who has been carrying on
the Batcheller house al North Brookfield
for the past year, has bought the whole
property ou the corner of North Main and
Maple streets, consisting of the hotel, a
large barn, two tenement-houses and the
block occupied by the Journal, the
North Brookfield grange and the express
office. It is the largest real estate trans
action iu North Brookfield for a consid
erable time. Tjie property thus sold dis
poses of the entire property of the E.
& A. H. Batcheller company in the town,
the corporation which at one time was
assessed for nearly $309,090. The price
paid for the property is withheld. It is
as centrally located as any property in
the village. Mr Ryan went to North
Brookfield from Shrewsbury, and before
that lived in Deerfield, of which place
he is a native.
Mrs Lucy Sampson, 40. was suddenly
seized with a fit of temporary insanity in
her home in West Brookfield Saturday
and before her husband, Fred Sampson,
went to her rescue she nearly ended her
life. The woman secured a knife and be
gan to slash her wrists and legs and in
flicted a slight gash on her throat before
the husband grabbed her. After releasing
her for a moment, she darted for where
the house supply of matches lay and at
tempted to set fire to her clothing, singe
ing both hands in her attempt. She was
rescued by her husband again and held
until Dr C. S. Huyck of that town was
called. He ministered to the woman and
she soon calmed down. It was then de
cided that she be removed to the city hos
pital in Worcester.
Another Athol couple celebrated the 50th
anniversary of their marriage Thursday
when Mr and Mrs Marble Blodgett of Pe
quois avenue received a large number of
relatives and friends at a reception held
between 3 and 8 o’clock in the evening.
Mr and Mrs Blodgett were married 50
years ngo yesterday at North Leverett by
a Mr Mead, who was a justice of the
peace.
Mrs Clare W. Humphrey, formerly ot
Athol and Turners Falls, has resigned her
position in the young ladies’ institute
in Williamsburg. Va., to accept a more
desirable one in the Pennsylvania college
for nomen in Pittsburg, Pu. Miss Cora
Coolidge, a former Athol high school
teacher, is dean of the college.
The democratic caucuses for the Worces
ter city election Wendesday resulted in the
nomination of James F. McGovern for
mayor without opposition, and according
to unofficial figures John H. Connelly gets
the nomination of alderman-at-large.
Mayor James Logan was unanimously
nominated for a third term in the repub
lican caucuses nt Worcester Tuesday, last
week, nnd Arthur B. Brunell was renomi
n-ited for alderman-at-large without oppo
sition. _____________
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
A commutation of the death sentence to
life imprisonment was the recommenda
tion wliich the pardon committee of the
executive committee made Tuesday to
Gov Draper in the cases of Warry
Charles and Joe GOey. the Chinese who
were convicted with three others of mur
der in connection with the Tong war
in Boston’s Chinatown in August, 1907.
As the result of the death of four China
men 11' the shooting affair between the
Hep Sing Tong mid the On Leong Tong.
10 Chinamen were tried for murder. Oue
was released, one died during the trial,
three were granted new trials and throe
were executed, while Charles and Guey
were reprieved, pending investigation of
the case by the pardon committee.
The state fish and game commiosioners
last week stocked the Charles river biisin
with 11.000 fingerling trout and 5000 while
perch fry. to complete its transformation
from tidewater to a fresh water lake.
The commissioners will recommend to the
next Legislature that the basin be closed
t<> fishing for a term of three years, at the
end of which, they believe, anglers will
find excellent sport within the Boston city
Inuits. The Charles river basin comprises
the lower part of the Charles river, from
the new dam near its entrance to the hart
bor to the narrowing of the stream three
miles to the westward, and its width aver
ages about half a mile.
After a career of 74 years on the high
seas, first as n Baltimore packet, then as
n New Be lford whaler, the bark Canton
lias sailed her final voyage. A cablegram
received in Now Bedford Monday by her
owners stated that the vessel had been
wrecked on the island of Maio, one of the
Cape Verde group. Beyond announcing
that the crew hud been saved the dispatch
gave no details. The Canton was the
oldest whaling vessel sailing from New
Bedford. Bhe had a net register of 22(1
tons, was 103 feet in length. 24 feet beam
and 15 feet depth of hold. She carried
n crew of 31 men.
Machinerv and small tools valued at
$130,000 were destroyed Saturday night by
a fire which burned the plant of the Bos
ton gear works nt Norfolk Downs, near
Quincy. Frank Burgess is the owner of
the property. The loss is covered by insur
ance. ________
CONNECTICUT.
The Jewish farmers nt Ellington re?
ceired the awards won by them at the
first agricultural fair recently held iu New
York city. At a special meeting held last
Saturday night J. \V. I’encus, secretary of
the federntion of Jewish farmers nt’ Amer
ica. presented to the recipients medals
and dinlotnas, and also a gold medal nnd
u special diploma to the Ellington farm
ers' association, this being the highest
award for the best and largest number of
exhibits sent for the fair.
Fire destroyed the warehouse of the An
drews & Peck company on Huyshope avc
nue, in tbp rear of No 6 engine-house, in
Hartford, at midnight Wednesday. Th<
loss, according to Austin L. Peck’s esti
mate, will be between $30,000 and $35,000
m actual destruction of material and dam
age to the building, while the business losz
occasioned by the fire will reach between
$40,000 and $50,000. Mr Peck said ths
™™P a ‘>.v >s insured to the extent of about
SIB,(X K).
Deer arc so numerous that State Game
M nrdeu Clark has warned boys and men
not to throw sticks or stones at the ani
mals when they are seen in the eity
streets. Monday night the warder, killed
a buck which had sought refuge in a
downtown stable at New Haven. It bad
been chased and had its leg Broken. A
few days ago a deer caught downtown
was taken in an express wagon and lib
erated in the suburbs.
One of tile prettiest weddings of the
season took place Thursday afternoon at 2
at the home of Roger Graham on Russell
avenue, Suffield, when his youngest daugh
ter, Carrie Jane, married Edward John
Rogers of New York city. The ceremony
was performed by Rev Daniel R. Ken
uedy^ of the First Congregational church
of Suffield, the Episcopal service being
used.
MAINE.
Remorse over an alleged murderous as
sault upon his wife is supposed to have
led Janies A. Craig to drown himself in
the bay at Eastport Sunday night. His
body was found Monday. Mrs Craig
wras still unconscious Monday from the
effects of a severe blow on the head,
which the police believe was dealt by her
husband. It is feared that she may not
recover. Craig is said to have been drink
ing heavily of late.
The second victim of reckless shooting
to meet death in the vicinity of Phillips,
Me., within three weeks was Dr I. J.
Holt, a dentist, who was shot and killed
lust week by a nephew who was visiting
him. As in the case of the fatality
earlier in the month, it was the old story
of a hunter mistaking a man for a deer.
RHODE ISLAND.
Providence, and the rest of Rhode Isl
and, by the operation of an act of delay
Passed at the hist General Assembly, wiil
drop the appellation “Gretna. Green” and
young couples will lose the opportunity for
sp -edy and quiet marriages after Thurs
day. In substance, the new act provides
that marriage licenses cannot legally be
come effective until five days after they
have been obtained. This, it is thought,
will serve us a restraining influence.
The bathing pavilion at Easton's Beach
at Newport, known to thousands of sum
mer excursionists, wns destroyed by fire
luesday. The loss is estimated at $40,-
000.
HARRY W. HITT RESIGNS.
Superintendent of the Weston Milin,
Who Has Been With the Concern
50 Years, Decides to Retire.
Harry W. Hitt, for the past 60 years
engaged in paper-making and for the past
50 years with the Westons in Dalton, has
resigned his position as superintendent Of
the Weston mills and will probably fol
low a retired life. Mr Hitt has an hon
orable and creditable record which few
paper-makers can eoual. He was
born at Bradnich, Devonshire, Eng.,
February 5, 1841. and on the stii
of next February will round out 69 years.
In 1863 he entered the employ- of the
late Byron Weston but previous to this
he was with Mr Weston when he was
superintendent of the May Bros mill at
Lee. The period of time there was three
or four years. When Mr Hitt entered
Mr Weston's employ at Dalton he was
given the care of the finishing and the
loft work. The mill then had a 42-inch
machine and made about 600 pounds of
paper daily. For 15 years he filled this
position and was later made superintend
ent of the mill. At this time the plant
had a 42 and a 66-inch machine and the
capacity was about 5000 pounds a day.
For 31 years he has been superintendent,
and during this time the 42-inch machine
has been discarded and two 66-inch ma
chines installed, which turn out about
7400 pounds a day. All these years he
has made a special study of the manufac
ture of first-class ledger- paper, and has
invented several devices that have been
beneficial. Among the many paper-makers
who have made Berkshire county famous
for its superior quality of first-class pa
pers. none rank higher as to skill nnd
faithfulness in the industry than Mr Hitt.
A diploma hanging in his don given by the
Columbia exposition at Chicago in 1804
for excellence in the mam facture of
ledger paper is highly valued by him.
Ho lived in the Wesson mill yard
44 years and later built a cosy and
commodious residence on a beautiful site
on North street. His wife is a sister of
the late I). H. Tower, the well-known
mill architect. Mr Hitt has a daughter,
Miss Cora M. Hitt, and a son. William
H. Hitt, organist at the First Congrega
tional church, and three sisters, Mrs Will
iam Finley of Toronto, Out.. Mrs John
Russell of South Hadley Falls and Miss
Martha Hitt of Northampton, Mr Hitt
enjoys a good degree of health and bids
fair to live many years. He will be suc
ceeded ns superintendent of the Weston
mills by Titus Parker, from one of the
Kimbly-Clnrk mills of Neenah. Wis.
HAMPDEN HARVEST CLUB MEETS.
Attractions of Florida anil Old-
Fashioned New England Entertain
ment Discussed.
The Hampden harvest club met for the
first time this season Tuesday at the
Haynes hotel, where it had n pleasant
day- of discussion, diversified by a dinner.
Mr nnd Mrs E. E. Chapman of Ludlow
were host and hostess. Etlieibert Bliss
of Ludlow presided. In the morning ses
sion. which began at 11 o'clock, a paper
entitled "What does Florida offer to the
northern honieseeker? - ' wns rend by Will
iam R. Sessions of Springfield, and a
paper on the subject. "Entertaining iu
New England ft;rm homes 50 years ago,’’
was read by Mrs 8. H. Reed of West
Brookfield. In the afternoon William 11.
Porter of Agawytm read a paper on “The
intlnence of agriculture upon the nation.”
Edwin C. Powell wes re-elected secretary.
Those present were: Ethelbert Bliss of
Blandford. Mr and Mrs Ethelbert Bliss,
Mrs Charles Chapman and Miss Isabel
Chapman of Ludlow.
The next meeting will be held the 17th
with Mr and Mrs R. W. Bemis of Chic
opee Falls.
THE HADLEY SOUVENIR BOOK.
Excellent Account of the Town’«
25Oth Anniversary, Edited by Clif
lon JnhnNon.
The Old Hadley quarter-millenial book
with a complete account of the town's cel
ebration last Au.rast has just been issued
and it is without doubt one of the most
attractive records of n town anniversary
celebration thnt has ever been prepared.
It is n book of nearly 100 pages, neatly
bound, nnd m addition to a complete ac
count of the proceedings of the four days
with the addresses delivered, there arc a
large number of excellent illustrations.
There are half-tones of practically all the
floats iu the big pageant, scenes in the vil
lage during the celebration, members of
the committee, the speakers at the exer
cises mid ns a front inpiece a reproduction
of an old print of “Gen Goffe Repulsing
tin Indians.” The book was edited by
Clifton Johnson, who hi his Introductory,
notes that Tli£ Ih-publiean's admirable r»-
ports of the 'celebration were drawn <>■
for considerable material for the work.