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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
SPRINGFIELD AND VICINITY.
The annual meeting of the Springfield
fish and game association was held in the
hoard of trade rooms Friday. Samuel D.
Sherwood was chosen president.
Mr and Mrs Philip H. Wynne, who have
spent the summer in Deerfield, have come
to the citv to spend the winter with Mr
and Mrs G. G. Whiting of Pine street.
John F. Wittenauer. 35. of Easthamp
ton, a trainman on the Boston and Maine
railroad, Was killed at 8.50 o'clock Thurs
day morning when he fell from the rear
of a freight train under the wheels of a
switch engine in Brightwood, near the
mill of tlie Birnit paper company.
Springfield politicians are taking a keen
interest in the contest for the postmaster
ship of this city. A number of probable
and possible candidates have appeared
within the last few weeks, but the only
ones that seem to have a real place in the
race are Edward A. McClintock. Thomas
J. Costello and John H. Clune.
A pretty wedding took place on New
year's day at the home of Mr and Mrs
I^wis D. Gale of Bangor. Me., when their
youngest daughter. Miss Mildred Gale, be
came the bride of George V. Avery of
this city. The guests present for the cere
mony included only a few friends and the
immediate relatives of the bride and groom.
The New York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroad announced Friday that
the new car of the lied Cross society of
America will be in this city from the Bth
to the 12th and that safety and first-aid
courses will be given to officials and em
ployes of the road here by Dr Shields and
his two assistants who are in charge of
the car.
A wedding of local interest will take
place on Saturday evening in Brimfield
when Miss Harriet Elizabeth Day is to
be married to Orville Frederick Parker of
this city. The bride-elect is the grand
daughter of the late Dea Newton S. Hub
bard of Brimfield. The ceremony will take
place at the home of Mr and Mrs John H.
Noyes of that town.
The proposed cutting out of several of
the through New York trains to and from
the Connecticut valley, above this city, is a
proper measure of economy. The wonder
is that the railroad authorities have main
tained so many of these trains for so long
a period. Those that were added about a
year ago have obviously been run at a
< onsiderable loss from the beginning. They
were one of the Mellen extravagances.
The United States recruiting office in
this city has broken all records during
the month just passed by enlisting 34 re
cruits. At 2 p. m. hist week Wednesday
the number stood at 33. the record figure,
when William B. Hubbs of Greenfield
appeared and expressed a desire to en
list. His wish was promptly gratified and
he has the honor of being the man to
break the record for the local station.
The Emily Denison Bill playground
proved its popularity by the large crowd
which took advantage of the tine skating
Sunday. It was estimated that about
1200 were present during the day and
evening, and a number of grown folks
who accompanied their children were loud
in their praise of the excellent playground
and its facilities. Early in the morning
the ice was in splendid condition, although
it was somewhat cut up later in the day.
The receipts at the local post-office for
the month of December, for the last
quarter and for the year 1913 have been
announced by Postmaster Louis C. Hyde
and show a remarkable gain over the cor
lesponding figures of the previous year.
This is due in parr, undoubtedly, to the
larger business from the inclusion of the
parcel post in the post-office system. The
rain for the year in total receipts over
1912 was $47,449.12.
Charming in every detail was the recep
tion given Friday afternoon by Mrs Ar
thur C. Dutton of Firglade avenue in
the Women’s club house on Spring street
to introduce her daughter. Miss Geraldine
Dutton, the sixth debutante to make her
low to society this winter. The after
noon function from 4 until ft o'clock was
followed by a dance at 9 o'clock in the
evening, to which the younger set were in
vited.
A wedding of local interest took place on
Monday^ last week in Norwalk, Gt., when
Miss Katherine Lillian Beers, daughter
of Mr and Mrs Howard M. Beers of Or- ]
chard street in that town, became the
bride of Ralph Turner Ripley, head of the
commercial department of the Norwalk
high school, and formerly of this city. The
ceremony took place in the Norwalk Con
gregational church on the green, there ,e
---ing 400 guests.
City Clerk E. A. Newell has received
from the secretary of state notices of the
marriage law as changed by the enact
ments of the last Legislature. The notice
states in brief the impediments to mar
riage. The majority of the sections of
the law stated have been in force fur
many years. The most important addition
made by the last Legislature is the pro
vision affecting persons who live or intend
to live in other states, and provides that
if the intended marriage wotfld not be
legal in the state in whieh they live it is
not legal in Massachusetts.
The Fan Horn citizens’ club feel out
raged at the attack made upon it and upon
all other citizens' clubs by Mayor Deni
son in his annua! inaugural message read
Monday, and an indignant nplv was made
Monday night by President John M.
Everett. The Indian Orchard citizens’
association, the other club named by the
mayor, refused to reply to the city's head
Monday nighty although some of its mem
bers felt like it. The mayor charged the
citizens' chibs with luting '‘detriments to
the city, because, he said, they were po
litical and promoted sectionalism.
A rapid rise in the number of civil cases
entered in superior court in the last few
years appears in the figures for five years
in the office of the clerk of courts " The
number of cases begun in 1913 was 1043
the largest to be entered in any year and
120 more than those in 1912. which' held
the previous record. In 1911 there were
189 new cases and 247 in 1910 while the
number in 1909 was hut 087 Tort cases
arising out of automobile collisions and in
juries to people struck by automobiles have
been responsible for a great part of the
increase.
Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wis
consin will speak in rhe Auditorium on
Sunday, the 18th. under the auspices of
the Young Men's Christian association,
and Secretary Kenneth Robbie of the as
sociation feels very fortunate in securing
him, for he is a man of national fame He
has fought in the United States Senate
tor advanceri. constructive legislation and
previously had served with great success
as governor of his state, when he made
it the foremost state of the Union. He is
known as one of the original progressives
and all ins life has been a reformer and
a fighter against bossism."
Clarence A. Earl, vice-president and
general manager of the Corbin screw cor
poration of New Britain, Ct., has been
secured by the Hendoe manufacturing
company, makers of the Indian motor
cycles, as vice-president and assistant
general manager, and he will be the right
hand man of President George M Hen-
•o ?f r J? ar ' "i” “dinquish his office
with the Corbin company as soon as he
can conveniently do so, but this may
not be for some months. Mr Earl has
said that the offer came unsolicited and
the inducement* were such that he was
bound to accept.
Faith church held its first New-year's
rally with a banquet and evening of en
tertainment Thursday that proved so
suwvasful that future New-years davs will
undoubtedly find similar rallies anil ban
quets repeated. There were 250 men. woni
eo and children who sat down at an ex
t’fllent dinner Thursday. Excellent mu
sic followed under the supervision of the
male members of the church quartet. Mr
Waterbury ami Mr Wight, with the orgau
’fL Mr Jacobs, furnishing tue program.
A brief business meeting waa held at
which nine prospective members were fa
] vorably voted upon to be received into the
church Sunday.
I The midyear graduating classes of the
‘ three high schools will unite this year in a
• prom" to be given the evening of the
19th in Apollo hall. This will bo the first
time that the graduates of the three
schools have attempted co-operation in a
social way. Other years each class has
held its own graduating dance, but owing
to the small size of the classes this year
it has been deemed advisable to make a
union affair of the "prom.” This will not
only make a larger attendance, but will re
sult in a great saving of time to the pu
. pils by concentrating the management of
I the affair inn few hands instead of many.
Mayor John A. Denison has appointed
| Charles J. Weston as prosecuting attorney
I for the year 1914, to succeed Thomas F.
McGlynn. This is the first time in the
history of the city that the mayor has
appointed the prosecuting attorney, that
power having been transferred from the
board of police commissioners to the may
or by an ordinance passed early last year.
The appointment will be a surprise to
many and will upset the calculations of
a number of politicians who consider them
selves to be very astute in guessing ap
poii.iments. Mr Weston is prominent
among the younger members of the bar
and is a member of the local progressive
organization.
A bronze and iron drinking fountain
erected near the post-offiee by Mrs Carrie
E. Stevens in memory of her husband.
Luther Stevens, who was once in the mu
nicipal employ, was dedicated with a sim
ple ceremony Thursday afternoon. Mrs
Stevens was present and Mayor Denison
made the speech of ;n cepianeo. The
fountain is a handsome one with three
bubblers, one of which is for children, a nd
has been installed on Worthington street
close to the post-offiee building. The wa
ter connections with the fountain have
been made at the expense of the city. The
cost of the fountain itself, about S4OO,
will be borne by Mrs Stevens.
A wedding of general local interest took
place recently in Chicago. 111., when Miss
Florence Lewis Thomas, daughter of Airs
Ambrose L. Thomas, became the bride of
Jolin Harvey Dingle of Wilmington,
Del. The wedding was one of the
largest social events of the season in
that city. 800 invitations being sent out
for the reception. Mr Dingle moved away
from this city only two years ago, and
was well known to the Dartmouth contin
gent in town, as he was a popular mem
ber of the class of 1910 at that college.
Miss Thomas was also acquainted locally,
graduating from Smith college in 1908.
The couple will probably make their future
home in Baltimore, Md.
The former Viets building on the north
side of Harrison avenue near Main street,
occupied by the Springfield lubber com
pany. will be sold by D. E. Burbank, 2d,
to Harry I. Cook of Newton Highlands,
according to an agreement lately entered
into. The price is S9O,tHX). the assessed
valuation being about $70,00p. The prop
erty has a frontage of 40 feet and is 70
feet deep. The building is a three-story
brick structure, occupied wholly by the
rubber company. Mr Burbank bought
the property six years ago, its former
owner being S. D. Viets, and pai l $35,000
for it, later expending about $15,000. in
remodeling the building. The rubber com
pany lias a lease which still has 1% years
to run.
Considering that it was New-year’s day
a large number of women attended the lec
ture by Lewis B. Allyn of the West
field normal school Thursday morning at
the Women’s club house on Spring street,
and heard the vitally interesting story of
the pure food movement with its direct
bearing on the home. Mr Allyn spoke
under the management of the mothers’
club, who invited the Women's club and
other mothers' clubs of the city to hear
him. and the fact that comparatively few
of those to whom the invitation was ex
tended were present was distinctly their
loss. Mrs L. J. Powers, Jr., introduced
the speaker, who held the interest of his
audience for over an hour, and answered
questions and explained allusions for al
most another hour.
The chapel of the old First church was
crowded at the sunrise prayer-meeting
New-year's morning. H. A. Kilmer led
the service of praise. Miss Mabel Ehni
presided at the piano. Very many re
peated promises suitable for the beginning
of the new year, while others led in prayer.
Rev Dr Neil McPherson emphasized the
text, “Whatsoever Jesus saith unto you
do it.” The key to discipleship is
obedience. The secret of obedience
is a fine love. The creator of the
finest quality of love is Cbrist dwelling in
one’s heart. Christ is a life force in the
believer's heart. At the close of the serv
ices many exchanged New-year's greetings
and attended the breakfast served in the
church parlors by the C. E. Brown Bible
class. It was a most enjoyable morning.
The creditors of the Henry E. Marsh
company of Cooley's hotel met Tuesday
afternoon in the hotel and voted to con
tinue the hotel under the present manage
ment for three months. It was voted that
interest be paid from August 1, 1913, to
January 1, 1914, on all amounts due to
banks and on mortgages up to certain
dates. The interest due on the outstand
ing indebtedness will be paid from receipts
secured since the committee of creditors
began investigations. It was stated that
the increase in business the past few
months warrants the confidence of the
creditors in continuing the hotel under the
present management and that Jie indebt
edness be paid from receipts that have
tome in since the time of the committee’s
investigations. The committee consists of
Horace A. Moses, Charles T. SNean, A. A.
Packard, Fred R. Brown, E. A. Hanley
and Frederick H. Stebbins.
A fire which broke out about 8 Tues
day night in the basement of the jewelry
store at 471 Main street owned by H. J.
Davison’s Sons, threatened for a time to
assume serious proportions. The cause of
the fire is thought to have been the prox
imity of a large bin of rubbish to the hot
furnace fire. It was necessary to tear out
the partition between the burning building
and the fruit store next door in order to
fight the fire under the stairs, which led
back into the block at 469 Main street.
The loss is estimated at between S3OOO
and SSOOO. The building in which the tire
occurred is owned by David and Chauncey
Brewer of Boston. IL J. Davison's Sons,
the jewelers, who formerly owned the
building, had sold out and removed practi
cally all of their stock, leaving only a small
amount in the safe. The store was taken
over January 1 by William I, Ryan of
Young's hotel, who intended to open a
jewelry store there.
Oue of the most delightful debutante
receptions of the winter took place Thurs
day afternoon between the hours of 4
and 6 o’clock in the home of Mrs (Jeorge
Benson Holbrook, who gave it to introduce
her granddaughter, Miss Rachel Holbrook,
daughter of George Millieus Holbrook. A
dance followed in the evening, also at the
home of Mr and Mrs G. B. Holbrook, the
guests of the afternoon including tne rep
resentative local society, men being invited
as well as women. The guests for the
evening, on the other hand, were limited to
the younger set, about 2(XJ being invited,
and dancing began at 8.30. The beautiful
home on Maple street was most attractive
ly decorated for the occasion, the simplest
decoration being used in the spacious
rooms, which were found comodious for
the enormous number of guests who came
during the afternoon, as well as comforta
ble for dancing, owing to the length of the
adjacent drawing nnd music rooms, with
their large doorways.
Letters have been received in this city
from Samuel L. Powers, chairman of the
Massachusetts advisory council of the
George Washington memorial association,
asking local support for the plan to erect
a national monument to Washington at
Washington. D. C. Gov Foss, as hon
orary chairman of the advisory council,
signs the comtnnmcation with Mr Powers.
The total cost of the big monument is now
estimated at S2,S<XMNX), that sum to in
clude a $509,000 endowment for its main
tenance. This sum has been apportioned
THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLICAN; THURSDAY, JANUARY 7 8, 1914.
J for raising among the various state com-
I mittees. which have in turn apportioned
I their shares among the cities and districts
in the states. Massachusetts is expected
to raise $200,000, and of this sitmSpnng
tield has been called upon for -$6500. It
is the hope of the scheme's promoters to
secure subscription of the entire aniognt
needed for the monument by Washington s
birthday, February 22.
Tile polishers at the Hendee manufactur
ing company, about 130 in number, went
our on striae at 10.3(1 Monday mormi’g.
and there is no present indication of their
going back to work. The issues between
the eompanv and the polishers are some
what complicated. The strikers refused
Monday to set forth their case, cut the
, demands made by the polishers are given
in a statement made Monday by
the company, which contains also the
reasons for refusing them. Of the
many departments in the big motor
cycle plant the polishing uepartnient is
the only one that is thoroughly organized,
I all the employes there being union men.
I But the company does not deal with the
! union, maintaining an open shop. The de
mands of the polishers relate to working
hours, wages, shop management, the recog
i nition of the union, shop committee, the
; determination of the price of piecework
i and a number of other things, including
I what is called "pooling" the work. That
i is. when work is short, t^e union would
have the factory run on short time rather
than with a reduced force.
William H. Parks, president of the East
ern' States refrigerating company, was the
speaker before the Publicity club at their
weekly luncheon at the Hotel Kimball
Tuesday. He spoke on "The cold stor
age warehouse as an essential department
of the great trade in perishable food prod
ucts." The address was highly interesting
and instructive, as it discussed the storage
business from a side not usually presented
in the public press, and the speaker was
very fair in his treatment of the subject.
He contended that the business was a
necessary one, and because ti e price of
products was high was no reason to lay
this all at the door of the storage people.
The high price of eggs, for instance, he
said, was due to the Hoods in Ohio and
the central West last spring, in addition
to an excessively hot and dry spring and
summer in the farther West, cutting off
the supply. It was true that there were
speculators in the business, as there are in
everjr business, but these were only in ex
ceptional cases. He invited investigation
of the business, and said he hoped when
Congress did investigate they would be
thorough and fair in their treatment, and
he for one would not worry about the re
sults which would follow.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
HOLYOKE.
The Smith college club of Holyoke held
their third annual assembly in the Wind
sor hall Friday night, over 300 being pres
ent, including invited guests from near-by
cities. The hall was tastefully decorated
with laurel and holly, being suspended
from the center of the hall at the ceiling
to the side walls. The stage was banked
with palms and ferns, and large yellow
electric globes on the top on fencework
made the stage a thing of beauty.
Bridges’s orchestra furnished the music
and P. H. Kelly prompted. The patron
esses were Miss Lillian V. Fay, Charlotte
A. Norris. Mrs Joseph N. Magna and Mrs
Russell W. Magna. The dance program
consisted of 18 numbers. The committee
in charge was as follows: Carolyn V.
Davis, May O’Connor. Agnes Delaney,
Frances O’Connell, Eilleen Delane.v and
Edith Tierney, all members of the two
upper classes at Smith.
A most important society wedding took
place at the Second Baptist church
last week Wednesday evening, when
Miss Mae Eliza Aiderman. daughter of
Mr and Mrs Eugene C. Aiderman of 50
Pearl street, was married to Joseph Col
lingwood. son of Mr and Mrs James Col
lingwood of Beech street. The ceremony
was performed by the pastor. Rev Dr J.
S. Lyon, and the single-ring service was
used. Over 350 attended 'he church serv
ice, and following the ceremony a reception
was held at the home of the bride.
Charles, the eight-years-old son of Mr
and Mrs Harry Housen of 57 Walnut
street, Holyoke, was struck and instantly
killed at 1.25 Saturday afternoon by the
automobile owned by Dr F. J. Cloutier,
driven by Adelard E. Theriault of 370
Maple street, Holyoke. The accident hap
pened on the Dwight-street hill nearly op
posite the Parfitt-Martin furniture com
pany.
The first national bank from New En
gland making formal application to enter
the reserve system is the Hadley Falls
national bank of Holyoke. The treasury
department is no longer making public
lists of informal applicants, but whenever
official forms are filled out and riroper cer
tification made the. name of the applicant
is given out.
The report of the overseers of the poor
was filed yesterday and shows that dur
ing the year 2612 persons have been aided,
representing 653 families at an expense of
$34,722. ,
LONGMEADOW.
A fatal accident took place in Long
meadow’ Monday soon after noon, when
Clarence Crombie of Thompsonville, who
drives the Springfield and Thompsonville
express, was almost instantly killed by the
Hartford car leaving Springfield at 12.22.
Mr Crombie had stopped his team loaded
with packages in the road nearly in front
of the Dr Lister Noble place, now owned
by Henry C. Page, and occupied by Fred
erick K. Leatherbee. He carried a pack
age and laid it on the piazza and started
on the run to the wagon for another bun
dle for the same house. A witness of the
accident states that as Crombie was com
ing down the little hill near the tracks he
slipped and was thrown directly in front
of the car, which was too close to permit
of his getting off the tracks in time to
save himself. He was dragged some dis
tance by the car.
The town records for 1913 indicate the
growth of Ixjngmeadow and increase in
population. The statistics of births, 30,
is seven more than in 1912 and the largest
since the division of the town, and if the
old adage is true there is danger of war,
for 19 of the number were boys and only
11 girls. Of 11 of the number one or both
parents were foreign born. There were
17 marriages during the year. In 15 of
the marriages one or both parties lived in
Longmeadow, one couple came from
Springfield and one from New Jersey.
Rev Henry Lincoln Bailey married six of
the couples. The death statistics, includ
ing those who died elsewhere and w’ore
taken to Ixmgmeadow for burial, were 22.
D. E. Burbank was visited last week by
Mr and Mrs William C. Harding of Brain
tree and Mrs Dyer, wife of Rev E. O.
Dyer of Chester, Ct. Mr and Mrs Hard
ing were making a good-by visit, as they
sailed Tuesday for Jacksonville, Fla.,
where they expect to spend the winter
with their son. John Wheeler Harding.
Mr Burbank is in comfortable health and
was looking remarkably weß, as he re
ceived New-rear's calls Thursday, for one
who reaches his 88th birthday this month.
WESTFIELD.
Lewis B. Allyn, chemist of the board of
health, and who has been for some years
one of the best-known pure food advo
cates of the country, has terminated his
connection with Collier’s magazine and has
begun editorial work this week with the
McClure publications. The latter include
McClure's magazine, ‘he Ladies' World
and Harpers's Weekly, Mr Allyn will
have the editorial oversight of the pure
food department of these publications, and
he states that the management will de
<‘lipe to accept advertising matter for
foods that fail to come up to the West
field standard.. Mr Allyn lias been mdth
Collier’s magazine for two years. That
publication will continue its light for pure
food. Mr Allyn's editorial duties do not
interfere with his work at the head of the
chemistry department of the Westfield
state normal school, where ho first began
the nure food camnaign.
hollowing out the vote of the special
town-meeting Monday night, the municipal
light board will begin negotiations at once
for the purchase of the new equipment for
-o- tnumeipal electric plant. The sum of
82.>J)00 was voted and with this money
the light board will be able to add to the
local plant a 300-horSe-power boiler and a
• XMI-kiloWatt generator. This will take
care of the present business in a satisfac
tory manner, and it is hoped to push mat
ters alon s so that the new equipment may
be installed by the Ist of May.
Ihe marriage of George 11. Cushing,
sujieriutendent of rhe 11. B. Smith com
pany, and Miss Lucy J. Dow took place
last week Wednesday at the Pierce farm in
Pepperell. The officiating Clergyman was
Rev W. C. Rhodes of Roxbury. Mrs
Cushing's many friends will welcome her
back to Westfield, where rhe was for
some years n popular and efficient teacher
in the high school.
The Westfield post-office receipts have
shown a remarkable gain during the last
calendar year compared with 1912. In
1912 the total receipts were $48,641.82.
while in 1913 they reached $54,731.11.
This is an increase for the single year of
$6098.29. and the receipts are the largest
in the history of the Westfield office.
WEST SPRINGFIELD.
Eugene Mougin. about 40 yours eld. of
64 East School street, West Springfield,
a Boston and Albany railroad conductor,
was killed in the West Springfield railroad
yards Tuesday night at 7.35 o’clock just
west _of the Union-street bridge, Mr
Mougin stepped from the engine of his
train in front of a west-bound freight, in
charge of Engineer W. H. Baker. Dr S.
J. Russell and Dr Richard S. Benner were
called. The man was dead before the
physicians arrived. He leaves a widow
and four children.
CHICOPEE.
Chicopee’s long fight for cheaper gas
came to an end Monday when Mayor
Rivers, at the inaugural exercises in the
city hall read a letter from W. J. Bradley,
manager of the Springfield gaslight com
pany. stating that beginning January 1
the price of gas would be 95 cents per
1000 cubic feet.
Mayor Rivers has reappointed T. A.
McDonald to the office of city solicitor,
and Zacharie Pelland to the office of su
perintendent of streets.
BLANDFORD
W. D. Healy has bought the Llewellyn
farm on the Chester road in Bland
ford from Alfred L. Lewis. Mr
Healy’s home just below the village
of North Blandford has been taken
by the city of Springfield, and he has
spent much time in looking for another
farm which suited him. Much to the
gratification of the townspeople, he has
decided that of all the farms he has
viewed, this one is the best for him. It
is understood that he expects to occupy
the place by the Ist of March.
LUDLOW.
The home of Mrs Julia E. Sikes was the
scene of a prety home wedding Thursday
afternoon at Ludlow, when Miss Lil
lie J. Miller, daughter of the late Leonard
Miller, became the bride of Charles M.
Whitney. The ceremony was performed
by Rev William L. Jennings, with only
the immediate families present. They re
ceived gifts of money, silver and linen.
Both are well-known residents of Ludlow.
They will be at home after March 1 at
Chapel street. North Wilbraham.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
NORTHAMPTON.
The Northampton institution for savings
at its annual meeting last week resumed
its plans for erecting a new building,
which have been in abeyance during the
past year. The contract was awarded to
Horton, Heinen way & Co, who are to have
the building ready for occupancy the first
of next January. The material will be
Harvard red brick, with limestone trim
ming, and will have but one floor, with
high roof. It will stand 12 feet nearer
Main street than the present building and
will have a frontage of 50 feet and a depth
of 100 feet. While the new building is in
process of construction the bank will oc
cupy rooms in C. N. Fitts’s block on Court
street. The present building was erected
in 1876 at a cost of $27,000. The bank
now has deposits of $5,490,135 and a guar
anty fund of $273,500.
Mr and Mrs Timothy Dwighi Pierce of
Hubbard avenue entertained a few friends
at dinner Monday last week in observance
of the 50th anniversary of their wedding.
Timothy Dwight Pierce and Sarah W.
Stephenson were married in Chesterfield,
January 1. 1864, at the home of the late
Thomas Porter of Southampton, who was
then a resident, of Chesterfield. Mr
and Mrs Pierce spent most of their
married life in South Deerfield, but lived
in Goshen and Easthampton before moving
to Northampton 11 years ago. Mr Pierce
is a member of the Unitarian church and
Mrs Pierce of the Edwards church. Their
only daughter, Caroline Frances Pierce,
who had been librarian at Wellesley col
lege, died about three years ago.
Miss Clara P. Bodman, who is making
a trip around the world with Miss Bridg
man of Boston, formerly of Northampton,
writes of a recent visit, to Mrs Elizabeth
Colton Spooner, formerly of Easthempton,
at Bankipore, India. A garden on the
grounds of Dr Spooner is appreciatively
described. Over 3000 chrysanthemum
plants, set for development of a color
scheme, were in bloom, and there were
3000 [Kits of violets, besides a profusion
cf other flowers. Miss Bodman and Miss
Bridgman visited the Calcutta deaf and
dumb school, where Mr Chatterjee, who
took a course of instruction in the Clarke
school for the deaf, is an associate prin
cipal.
The 58th annual report of the Northamp
ton state hospital has been made by the
superintendent. Dr J. A. Houston. It shows
that the cost of maintenance of patients
lias been the lowest of that of all similar
institutions of the state. The average
number of patients has been 894. The total
cost of maintenance has been $186,150,
and the per capital cost $3.99. Dr Anne
Humphreys and Dr Mary C. Couch left
the medical staff within the past year, and
Dr Humphrey’s place has been filled by
the appointment of Dr Gertrude Oakley of
New York, a graduate of Toronto univer
sity. The valuation of real estate is $839,-
861, and the valuation of livestock $24,177.
The Northampton players gave a success,
ful presentation of "D’Arcy, of the
Guards.” a comedy in four acts, by Louis
Evan Shipman, before a good-sized audi
ence in the academy of music Monday.
The play has a large cast, and an inter
esting love story of striking situations is
told, with an accompaniment of colonial
scenes and costumes, and military trap
pings.
Charles H. Dickinson of Phillips place
reached his 90tJi birthday Tuesday, ami
Christopher Clarke became 87 Sunday.
Mr Dickinson is in excellent health, and
Mr Clarke, as known to all. continues his
interest and activity on behalf of enter
prises for the public good.
AMHERST.
The regular meeting of the Amherst
woman's club was held in Masonic hall
Monduv afternoon. ”’he president, Mrs
Mary Hart, opened the meeting and ap
pointed Mrs Gertrude Harrison clerk pro
tern in the absence of Mrs James Mer
rick. A list of 16 names w’as rend and
all elected to membership in the club. The
following section notices were given: The
music section will meet with Mrs James
| B. Paige Thursday afternoon, with Mrs
Lewis M. Blair as leader: the history
section will meet with Mrs U. B. Shores
the 19th. instead of the 12th. as an
nounced in the year book; the art section
will meet, with Mrs C. R, Elder the
, 21st. The subject will be “Early women
sculptors." The literature section "will
meet with Mrs A. L. Hardy the 21st
and will take up the February program
at that time. The president announced
that the next meeting would be gtiest
night, the 12th. in College hall, when a
concert would be given by the Fuller
sisters of England. The program Monday
was in charge of ilie community welfare
section. In the absence of the chairman,
Mrs K. L, Butterfield; Mrs D. R. Elder
presented the speaker of the afternoon,
, Prof E. A. Morgan of the agricultural <ol
- lege, whose subject was •Efficiency in
community administration.”
i The winter term at Amherst college be-
I gan with the close of the Christmas vaca
tion at noon Tuesday. During the holi
days a circular letter was sent to the
alumni by the committee which is organ
izing an alumni couu.nl for Amherst col
lege for the purpose of securing nominees
for a representative from each class, This
representative will be chosen to serve un
til the next reunion of the class, at which
time the class will choose a representative
to serve until the next reunion period. The
plan as adopted by the trustees at their
last meeting provides for a council com
posed of a representative from every class
and every alumni association recognized
by the council, and certain represet.tutives
at large.
WARE.
Lucretia Elizabeth Dickinson, daughter
of Mrs R. A. Dickinson of Pleasant street.
Pa., were married at St Paul s Episcopal
church Thursday afternoon at 4. Rev
Franklin Knight, rector of the church,
performing the cereipony. The Episcopal
single ring service was used. The'
couple left immediately : fter the re
ception for a trip through Pennsylvania
aud will be at home after the 15th in
Pittsburg, Pa. Over 50l) invitations were
sent out for the church pervice and 75
were invited to the reception. The couple
w;ere generously remembered in wedding
gifts. The bride graduated from the Hol
yoke high school in MM)9 and since grad
uation has been engaged in newspaper
work and for the past six months has been
manager and editor of the Itasca Cninty
Independent of Grand Rapids, Mich. Mr
Fink is a graduate of Williants college
in the class of 1908, and for two years
was employed at the Deane steam pump
company in Hojyoke and at present is
assistant superintendent of rhe Epping-
Carpenter pump company of Pittsburg.
At 5.30 ii. m. Saturday the home of Mrs
Maria Converse on the Enfield road in Ware
was destroyed by fire. Mrs Converse.who is
80 years of age and lives alone, r-'tired Fri
day night, taking a hot soapstone to bed
with her. In the early hours of the morn
ing she was awakened by intense heat
at the foot of her bed. She threw back the
clothes and at once flames burst forth.
She covered the fire with the bed cloth
ing, but without success. She fought the
fire until she was nearly exhausted, then
put on what clothing was handy and
started for the home of William F. Averv
several hundred yards distant to get as
sistance. Mr Avery called several neigh
bors, but upon their arrival at Mrs Con
verse’s house they could accomplish little.
However, they did good work in saving a
barn a few feet away. The house and
contents were valued at about $1290,
partly covered by insurance. Mrs Con
verse was chilled through by exposure and
Dr G. F. A. Spencer was called to at
tend her.
HATFIELD.
A pretty wedding, and one in which
many wore interested, took place at 7.30
o’clock Thursday evening at the home of
Mr and Mrs Henry Graves Moore in
Bradstreet. Hatfield, when their daughter,
Helen Letitia, was united in marriage to
Joseph Elmer Wight, son of Mr and Mrs
Leland Wight. Rev Irving Flint, pastor
of the Hatfield Congregational church, offi
ciated, and the single-ring service was
used.
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE.
Tuesday evening an ice carnival was
held on the upper lake, under the auspices
of Le Giocose of Mount Holyoke col
lege. instead of the usual dance giv
en by that organization. The fine
weather and gooil condition of the ice
made the evening very enjoyable to the
many students and guests who took ad
vantage of the opportunity to engage in
a favorite eport.
EASTHAMPTON.
The Pascommuck elub of Easthampton
held its annual banquet in the Draper ho
tel at Northampton Tuesday evening, and
a company of 100 members and their
coal troubles are many. Raymond A.
friends were abundantly entertained.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
GREENFIELD.
The dedication of the Westside chapel
took place Tuesday before an audience
of several hundred people. The congre
gation assisted in the exercises which con
sisted of a processional hymn, invoca
tion, anthem, by the choir and the act of
dedication. The annual parish reports
were submitted during the evening. Rev
Dr S. P. Cook of Pittsfield gave the ded
ication sermon. Revs C. W. Merriam,
Samuel R. Maxwell, Leon J. Brace, John
B. Whiteman and W. S. Anderson, the
county missionary, and Thomas Miller,
the licensed preacher,' who has been in
charge of the work since October,
assisted in the service. The work
of Westside chapel very largely
represents the efforts of Miss Mary
Robbins, who for years has been interested
in the work. She has been assisted by
her father. Rev Dr Francis L. Robbins,
and her sisters, Mrs Dana Malone of Bos
ton and Miss Dorothea Robbins of Green
field and by the people living in the vicin
ity of the residence of Rev Dr Robbins.
The announcement was received Fri
day of the marriage at Montpelier, Vt.,
of Miss Susie B. Kliey, the daughter of
John Kiley of the Bernardston road, to
Oler D. Doolittle of Greenfield. The mar
riage occurred Thursday and was a sur
prise to the Greenfield friends of the cou
ple. Miss Kiley is a graduate of the
Greenfield high school and has been em
ployed for some time at the Markle bakery
on Main street. Mr Doolittle is a well
known Greenfield contractor and builder.
On their return from a wedding trip, Mr
and Mrs Doolittle will make their home in
a house which Mr Doolittle has recently
built on Federal street.
Gen F. E. Pierce, the postmaster of
Greenfield, has submitted his report for the
year just closed. The business has in
creased to a very great extent during the
year, as is shown by the comparative fig
ures of the report. The receipts for the
year are $72,423.06.
CHARLEMONT.
There was a large attendance at the re
ception which was tendered to the retir
ing superintendent of schools, W. K. Put
ney, and his wife, by the citizens of
Cbarlemont in Odd Fellows’ hall Friday
night. The program consisted of music un
der the direction of C. W. Brigham, super
visor of music in the public schools, and
a reading by Miss Elizabeth W. Hawks.
1 A presentation of a Webster's Interna
tional dictionary was made to Mr Putney
I aud flowers to Mrs Putney. Refreshments
i of Ice-cream and cake were served. Ix-on
|J. Prior, the new superintendent of
schools, has arrived in town and already
begun his duties.
SUNDEBLAND.
The engagement of Theoren L. Wiyner
and Miss Ruth I. Clark, both of Sunder
land, has been announced; also that of
Mr Warner's brother, Fred C. Watner,
and Miss Anna N. Harrington of Topeka,
Kan., and that of Miss Harrington's broth.
er. John S. Hnrirngton of Tojieka, and
Miss Maud Williams of Sunderland.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
PITTSFIELD.
Business men in Pittsfield are getting
worked up because the Troy, Rensselaer
and Pittsfield railway company, holding
an unexer«l».J franchise for the construc
tion of a trolly line between Schenectady
and Albany. N. Y., ami Pittsfield lias
asked for an extension of time on its
privilege. The legislative committee of
the Pittsfield board of trade has drawn
up a petition opposing such an extension
and will present it to the New York Leg
islature, the company in question being
a New York corporation. The petitioners
object to the slow-moving tactics of the
enfranchised company, which has held
possession of its rights since 1901. They
also point to the growing need for just
st’Ch transportation facilities as would be
furnished if the Troy. Rensselaer and
Pittsfield company were to make use of
its franchise. It would seem that there
is no little justification for the stand taken
in Pittsfield.
Affairs of the firm of Tuttle & Bryant
of North Adams were considered in bank
ruptcy session at the court-house last
week. The schedule shows liabilitus of
$73,733.85 and assets of $46,789.92. Ref
eree E. K. MePeck has ordered a settle
ment at the rate of 50 cents on the dollar.
There were 325 claimants in all and 250
of them agreed to 50 cents on the dollar
before the court made the order hist week.
The Tuttle & Bryant company has con
ducted a department store in North Ad
ams for some years. The store was closed
some time before Christmas owing to
financial difficulties, but its financial as
pect was much improved following the
opening by receivers.
The log cabin burned to the ground Fri
day night on the south shore of Richmond
pond was owned by Gilbert and Bradford
West, and was insured for S3OO. The boys
built the cabin last year, cutting down the
trees aud sawing tliem into desired slabs
for the cabin. They also had a fireplace
at one end of the cabin, a Morris canoe
and a rowboat, which were consumed. The
fire is believed to have been started-by
two men who had a tent on the' ice and
stayed at the pond Friday night. It is
believed that the tent became too cold and
they went to the cabin nearby and built a
lire which burned the cabin.
Twenty-three divorce cases are scheduled
to come up before Judge Walter Perley
Hall at the sitting of superior court, which
opens at the court-house on the 12th. The
most interesting one to be heard is that
of Viola F. Martin of Cheshire against Dr
Ruther O. Martin of Springfield. Grounds
alleged are cruel and abusive treatment.
The couple were married in Cheshire.
August 4, 1875, and lived there and at
Petersham and also Grand Junction, Col.
NORTH ADAMS.
George Montgomery, the 16-years-old
son of Henry J. Montgomery, chief of the
North Adams fire department, is dead, and
Miss Grace Shaw, daughter of Thompson
Shaw of 14,8 Prospect street, is badly
injured nt the North Adams hospital as
the result of a coasting accident on the
Prospect-street hill last week Tuesday
night. At least six other young men and
women are seriously nurt ns the result
of the same unfortunate affair. The
breaking of a steering rope on a triple
ripper on which 11 young people were
coasting down a steep hill, and a crash
into a telephone pole while going at a
high rate of speed was the cause of the
accident.
Notice of intention to sue for libel was
received by the North Adams Transcript
from Senator John H. Mack of the Ist
Berkshire district and the sum named is
$25,000. Friday's action' was a pre
liminary to an ^action of tort against
Susan B. Hardman, owner of the property.
As no declaration has as yet been filed,
the grounds for the action are not yet a
matter of record, but it is understood
that suit is to be brought on account of
some of the Transcript's editorial utter
ances. The writ is returnable in the supe
rior court in February and will probably
come up for trial in the April term of
that court.
The new year was signalized by the wed
dings Thursday of a brother and sister
who live in Savoy. Miss Vivian Cain
was married first to Howard Darling of
North Adams. The ceremony was per
formed at 8 o'clock in the morning in St
John’s Episcopal church in North Adams.
In the afternoon, her brother, Wilfred C.
R. Cain was married in Conwav to Miss
Elizabeth G. King of that town. The
brides in both cases are sehool-teachers.
A double wedding was at first planned,
but later the idea was abandoned.
A society event of considerable import
ance was held Thursday night at the home
of Mrs F. S. Richardson of Elmwood ave
nue. The affair was in the form of a fare
well party, as Mrs Richardson is soon to
make her home in Chicago. She has been
prominent in the social life of North Ad
ams for a number of years, and as the
wife of the late Col Richardson occupied
a prominent position in North Adams so
ciety. Thursday’s party was attended
by most of the society leaders of the city,
all of whom expressed regret at Mrs Rich
ardson’s intended departure.
WILLIAMSTOWN.
Anton Reuther has sold his farm on the
Simonds mails, Williamstown, to Edward
Galusha, the deal having been closed last
week. The farm, which is one of the largest
dairy farms in Williamstown, containsabout
100 acres. The buildings located on the farm
include a large dwelling, three narns and
several other smaller farm buildings. Mr
Galusha will continue it as a dairy farm
and will take possession about February 1.
CHESHIRE.
According to the records of Cheshire
for the year 1913. there was one more
birth than deaths, there being 24 births,
23 deaths and nine marriages.
WORCESTER COUNTY.
Dr Charles T. Lamoure is to leave his
place as superintendent of the state col
ony at Gardner in order to become super
intendent of the Connecticut school for
feeble-minded at Lakeville. Dr Lamoure
came to this state 2% years ago from
Rochester, N. Y, where he was assistant
superintendent in the state hospital for
the insane. The Gardner News testifies
that he has done excellent work at the col
ony there and that there will be general
regret at his departure. He accepts the
Connecticut offer because of the larger op
portunities which leadership of the Lake
ville institution will afford him.
Charles O. Flagg, superintendent of the
Paige agricultural farm m Hardwick for
the past three years, has given in his resig
tion to the trustees, William A, Robinson,
Ixiuis H, Ruggles and John N. Hillman, to
take effect the 31st. Mr Flagg will go to
Kingston, R. 1., where he will conduct a
farm. Mr Flagg graduated from the Mas
sachusetts agricultural college and was
for many years at the head of the state
experimental station of Rhode Island. He
was superintendent, of the Mixter farm in
Hardwick for several years, and was ap
pointed superintendent of the Paige ex
periment station three jyvrrs ago.
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
Boston’s welcome to 1914 was its second
community observance of New-year's.
While th<‘ more festively inclined made
merry at hotels and cases, and others at
tended watch services in the churches,
thousands gathered on the Common for the
municipal celebration about the Illuminat
ed tree which figured in the Christmas
festivities. Religious, patriotic and popu
lar airs were sung by the erdwd aud
played by a band, and moving pictures
were thrown on ft screen stretched between
trees. The old year Webt out to the tune
of “Auld Lang Syne” and the new one
came in to the strains of "Lead. Kindly
■ N'i-' ■ ‘ .
Light,” after a short interval of quiet. A
flash of rockets and other fireworks fol
lowed..
The completion of the big shops of the
Boston and Maine railroad in Billerica
are to involve sweeping changes in the
mechanical aud shop activities of that
road. During the winter the entire pas
senger repair department at Fitchburg
will be removed to Billerica, and will in
volve the removal of over 190 employes
Iroin Fitchburg to the new location. But
r itchburg is not. to lose by the change,
because the freight department there is
Io be increased to three times its present
capacity, thus affording employment for
practically three times as many men as
at present.
Tilton seminary nt Tilton. N. H., receives
$20,000 under the will of Horace W.
M adleigh of Cohasset, filed for probate, at
Boston Saturday, and $121,000 is divided
among 33 charitable institutions of Boston,
in bequests ranging from S2OOO to $5009
each. The Massachusetts institute of tech
nology and the Boston museum of fine arts
are the residuary legatees.
CONNECTICUT.
Ihe assessors completed their work Mon
uay on the revision of the grand list
or the town of Enfield, and ihe report
increase on the new list, of
$616,-8.1. rphe o f the new list, on
the basis of a 12-mill rate, as determined
at the town-meeting held Saturday after
noon, will provide a revenue of $86,850
from taxes, which will be due March 1,
about $7300 more than was raised on last
year's grand list.
A lease has been arranged at New Lon
don between the state <f t’ounecti
cut and the New London Northern and
Central 1 ermont railroads for land in
East New London for ocean terminal pur
poses. It calls for a payment of SIOOO a
year for 77 years. The lease expires on
December 1, 1990, and the state then has
the right to purchase, if it so desires.
Gold hall, a dormitory, one of the group
of original buildings at the Connecticut
agricultural college at Storrs, was burned
to the ground Sunday. The origin
of the blaze is not known. The fire for a
time threatened to spread to other college
buildings. The loss is SIO,OOO.
Faithful unto death was the dog which
Thomas Hickey owned. Saturday Hickey
was burned to death while in his bed at
New Britain. Firemen could not get
near the body until an officer had killed
the dog. Hickey lived alone with the dog.
He was about 50 years old.
VERMONT.
Almost a steady procession of log teams
is coming into the mill yards in Brattle
boro early and late. The farmers and
loggers who have had for two years a few
million feet of wood lying on the hillsides,
where it could be reached only during
“sledding.” are taking no chances. There
are more logs to move than ever before,
and experience in the last few years has
taught the lumbermen that there is no
certainty as to how long the snow is go
ing to last. Every one of them is working
every minute that he can to get his logs
to market, and al] other forms of em
ployment on the farms has been reduced
to a minimum. One of the teamsters seat
ed high on a pile of logs Saturday after
noon and driving four steaming horses was
asked how the sledding was. “Good all
the way everywhere!” he shouted, without
slackening speed.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Two important acts of the New’ Hamp
shire Legislature of 1913 took effect last
week. By the terms of one, the maxi
mum work week of women and minors in
the mills and factories of the state is re
duced from 58 hours a week to 55 hours.
By the othei- a new schedule of freight
rates on the lines of the Boston and Maine
railroad in New Hampshire will be opera
tive for a period of trial, subject to sub
sequent change and final approval by the
state public service commission.
MAINE.
An increase of $13,134,198 the past
year in the valuation of the cities, towns
and plantations of Maine was shown in
the annual report Tuesday of the board
of state assessors, the total being $430,-
025,462. The average rate of taxation
on each SIOOO of valuation was $23.
CHIME RING^.IN THE NEW.
Springfield's Welcome to 1914.
The old year passed into history and
the new year was ushered in Thursday
with fitting ceremonies by the entire popu
lation of this city. The early evening
program begin with the exercises about
the municipal Christmas tree and the
ringing of the chimes. Thousands came
to witness this event, and the streets were
crowded with a gay throng all during the
evening. Everywhere there was the holi
day atmosphere and the true New-year's
spirit. The old year was literally rung
out and the new one in on the chimes by
Ernest Newton Bag;;, the official ehinie
ringer, with a program fitting for the oc
casion. The chimes were rung for 15
minutes before the stroke of midnight,
the last selection being "Auld Lang
Syne,” aud the program for the new year
followed immediately after the midnight
hour, with "America” as the opening se
lection. At the 11th stroke of midnight
the star on the tree was shut out and at
the 12th stroke the lights on the whole
tree were turned off. The occasion was
peculiarly appropriate nnd impressive and
was received with gay acclaim by the
watching people.
THE LOAN COMPANY’S WORK.
Mach Good is Accomplished by the
Morris Bank Institution.
The Industrial loan company of Spring
field, enemy of the loan shark, has
finished eight mouths of its new career
and about SOO men and women of Spring
field are thankful for it. The company
which is known as the Moriis bank, was
established last May and its rooms at 27
Vernon street are now the haven for per
sons whose debts oppress and whoso finan
cial troubles are many. Raymond A.
Jacobs, cashier, who operates the bank
with the aid of two helpers, sits at his
desk, separated only by a rail from the
| bank’s patrons, nnd listens daily to scores
; of tales. Joyous, ambitious young men on
the point of starting new businesses for
themselves speak cheerfully into his ear,
aud others, more shabby of appearance,
tell of sickness, doctor’s bills and small
wages. It is the bank's business to reach
out to them, and for eight months it bus
done so, making more than <BOO loans of
sums varying from a ht.idl'ul of coins to
the price of a farm, and the total capital
stock of SIOO,OOO uas not yet nil been
called into use. No dividends have been
banded to the stockholders, hut tite little
bank is thriving steadily, and nobody ex
pects it to pay the stockholders anything
until it lias establish’d itself firmly.
UNDER SINGLE TAX.
Pueblo, Coh, the first city in the United
States to adopt the single tax. began gov
ernment under that system Thursday
when a charter amendment adopted at a
recent election went into effect. Under it,
I after n certain period, real estate improve-
I ments of personal property will not be sub
jected to taxation.
The late J. Pierpont Morgan's residence,
■ Dover house, at Roehainpton. Eng., with
grounds of 140 acres, is soon to be of
fered for sale. This unique freehold prop
erty. so near tin center of London, is ex
pected to realise nearly $750,000.