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RANDOM THOUGHTS. 
BY D. F. LAMSON. 
No, XXIV. 
History, it is said, has a tendency to 
but it is with _variations. 
If it is true, in general, that “‘ the thing 
_ that hath been is that which shall be,’ 
; hit must be admitted that there are, many 
‘exceptions to the rule. 
“not change, but methodsdo. The Great 
Original is not restricted:to.oné way of 
doing things; he has great store of re- 
No doubt things would stag- 
“nate without perpetual change and re- 
val. Tennyson spoke a great truth 
-when he wrote, 
“© The old order changeth, giving place to the 
new, 
‘Lest one good custom should corrupt the 
world.’” 
In one sense, all things continue as they 
were, there is a permanence and contin- 
uity in what we call nature, its processes 
are without fickleness and caprice; but 
stability is not monotony or stagnation; 
and so, © the great world spins forever 
_ down the ringing grooves of change.”’ 
When the desire to attract is too ob- 
vious, it may defeat its own purpose; 
‘+n vain the net is spread in the sight of 
any bird;’? so far as mere success is 
concerned, indirection is sometimes the 
surest way to reach the end. 
But when insincerity is involved, when 
actual deception is needed, then there 
must be no concealment; all must be 
open and above-board; any suspicion of 
art or artifice will arouse opposition, if 
not resentment, at once. 
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‘And there was playesand interplayes 
of musick, divers instruments acting on 
each other in curious fashion,’’ is a 
quaint entry in an old diary ; the part 
that interplays have had in the forming 
of customs, manners, opinions, legisla- 
tion, and even public morals, not to 
speak of the more private and pared in- 
timacies and realities of life, is beyond 
computation. ‘The subject might furn- 
ish ample material for the novelist, phil- 
osopher, publicist and moralist; in fact, 
what is life but a constant interplay of 
forces that, simple often in themselves 
and sometimes discordant, act on each 
other in curious fashion and produce in 
some mysterious way a wonderful har- 
mony? 
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The tone of excessive adulation in re- 
ferring to some present-day preachers is 
discreditable to both the secular and _re- 
ligious press, and to the preachers them- 
Principles do: 
MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, MAY 23, 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
1908. 
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING IN MANCHESTER 
Next Monday Evening to take Action Relative to Additional Water Supply 
for the Town. 
The warrant for the special town 
meeting onthe matter of additional water 
supply for Manchester, was posted Mon- 
day and the meeting is called for next 
Monday evening. Being of such great 
importance, and involving the expendi- 
ture of so much money, in case the 
town decides to carry the work through, 
it is to be hoped that every voter in town 
will be out. 
The two articles in the warrant, aside 
from Art. 1, to choose a moderator, and 
Art. 4, any other business, etc., are as 
follows; 
“ce . ° 
Art. 2. Tosee if the town will 
exercise the rights conferred upon it by 
chapter 95 of the Acts of the year 1891 
and chapter 478 of the acts of 1907 as 
amended by chapter 451 of the acts of 
1908, and provide itself with an addition- 
al supply of water and establish a high 
service system of distribution; and for 
that purpose acquire the water of Gravel 
Pond arid Round Pond, and the waters 
that flow into and from the same, and 
any rights connected therewith, in the 
town of Hamilton and Manchester, and 
any lands, right of way and easements, 
construct and maintain any dams, _reser- 
voirs, standpipe, pumping station, build- 
ings or fixtures, acquire, erect and oper- 
ate any machinery and appliances, and 
procure and lay conduits, pipes, or other 
work, or to take any actions relating 
thereto. 
Art. 3. To see if the town will ap- 
propriate any money, and if so what 
amount, for acquiring an additional water 
supply and establishing a high service 
system of distribution, and to pay the 
expenses of acquiring or taking any 
waters, water rights, lands, rights of 
way and easements, constructing and 
maintaining any dams, reservoirs, stand- 
pipe and pumping station, building or 
fixtures, acquiring and erecting any ma- 
chinery of appliances in connection there- 
with, and of procuring and laying any 
conduits, pipes, or other works, or for 
defraving any expenses incited under 
Article 2, and to see if the town will 
vote to issue any bonds, notes, or script 
in payment therefor, and if so, for what 
amount, payable at what time or times, 
at what rate of interest and in what form 
and under what terms and conditions 
under the provisions of Section 3 of 
Chapter 478 of the Acts of 1907 as 
amended by Section 2 of Chapter 451 of 
the Acts of 1908. And to see if the 
town will vote to raise annually by taxa- 
tion such an amount as shall be sufficient 
to meet the interest and such proportion 
of the principal of said bonds, notes, or 
script issue, as may fall due annually, or 
take any action relating thereto.’’ 
‘The warrant was signed by Chairman 
Knight and Walter R. Bell of the Board 
of Selectmen. Selectman Allen did not 
sign the warrant. 
selves. [here have been great preach- 
ers in the past, but it was not thought 
necessary to swing the censer of incense 
continually before them; they were not 
supposed to need popular applause and 
patronage. 
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One need not be an obscurantist, even 
if he does sometimes question the wis- 
dom of barring out the sunlight, and sub- . 
stituting for it electricity; the substitute 
is good in the lack of sunshine, but it 
was never made to take its place. 
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‘To get a good impression in the cam- 
era, the plate must be properly sensi 
tized; one reason why the mind often 
‘does not receive a better impression of 
the truth is the lack of moral sensitive- 
ness; the trouble is not in the camera, 
or in the object within its field, but in 
the plate that is exposed to the light. 
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As our schools and colleges are about 
closing the academic year, it seems a 
good time for teachers and students to 
make a review and take account of stock. 
How far have the past months proved 
fruitful in the work of education? Cer- 
tainly, there is no more paying invest- 
ment that a young man or woman can 
make than a good, solid, practical men- 
tal discipline and training for life’s duties; 
not the mere acquisition of knowledge— 
that is a small part of an education—but 
a gaining in some way of the command 
of one’s powers, the habit of correct 
thinking and clear expression; ina word, 
the ability to make the best use of our 
faculties whether large or small, and of 
our opportunities whether extensive or 
limited. Taking this broad view of 
education, there are probably few, either 
of teachers or students, but must feel that 
