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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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North Shore. 
Butterflies ! 
July 4, next! 
June, beautiful June! 
Were it not for Benjamin Franklin 
we should mistake thee for October. 
Yes ; the good almanac tells us it 
is “good growing weather” about 
this time, and that ‘‘ summer begins”’ 
next’ ‘Tuesday.: Let us “hope: so. 
«“Warm, with conditions favorable 
for showers.” Indeed ! 
Manchester now has electric lights, 
too. Yes; after a good while we’ve 
got ’’em. On the right of us, on the 
left of us, yea! at our very backs they 
have been shining brilliantly for quite 
a few years. And now, right among 
us, right here in Manchester, we are 
using the stuff Ben Franklin pulled 
out of the clouds when he was a boy. 
Hurrah, for the lights ! 
Bunker Hill Day. 
The 17th of June is, in this section 
at least, becoming as much of a holi- 
day as some of our great national 
celebrations. There is one notable 
thing in this connection. It shows 
the spirit of the American people, who 
never know defeat. - The battle of 
Bunker Hill was really a defeat, for 
the Americans were driven from their 
position at the point of the bayonet. 
Yet at that time it was esteemed a 
victory because they stood so long 
before retreating, and to-day we cele- 
brate the day as if it markeda great 
victory forthe American arms. Truly 
the American spirit is unconquerable. 
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Browntails. 
The ‘obnoxious brown-tail! What 
can we do to rid our beautiful high- 
ways and our attractive woodlands 
of him ? 
Down here on the North Shore we 
feel proud of our, woods, our shady 
drives and our magnificent ‘forest ”’ 
effect, so to speak. But proud as we 
are the insidious browntail steals in 
upon us and would do us harm did we 
not ply our efforts to check him. 
Each year the town of Manchester 
appropriates a neat little sum to offer 
the children for brown-tails nests. 
Beverly does the same thing. The 
result was this year that almost a 
million nests were taken from the 
trees along the shore and burned. 
But still the brown-tail is with us! 
Tree Warden Young in Manches- 
ter has succeeded this year in prac- 
tically ridding the town trees of the 
pest. But there are still places in 
Manchester where trees are literally 
covered. This is most apparent in 
places where there is scarcely a leaf 
to be seen on the trees. 
It costs but a litttle to doctor a 
tree, we are told. And the cost of 
discomfort to ourselves and to our 
neighbors and to everybody is so 
great a comparison to the slight cost 
of a small box of patent powder used 
for spraying trees that we cannot 
afford to let a single tree on our 
property go without examining it. 
Gen, Slocum Horror. 
Carelessness has again been the 
cause of a frightful loss of life. Hun- 
dreds of people, largely women and 
little children, lost their lives as a re- 
sult of the fearful catastrophe in New 
York harbor Wednesday. No doubt 
orders will go out at once to the 
effect that all excursion steamers 
must have suitable fire protection, 
and better means for the preservation 
of life in case of accident. It will be 
the same as in the Iriquois theatre 
horror. After it has happened and 
hundreds of people have given up 
their lives as a sacrifice to the greed 
for wealth which makes owners of 
public places and public conveyances 
neglect taking proper precautions for 
the safety of the public, the people 
will demand protection. It is well 
that protection should be demanded 
but it seems a pity that hundreds of 
innocent lives should be lost before 
the law is enforced. 
The captain of the boat is held un- 
der arrest. pending an investigation. 
He may possibly be to blame to some 
extent, but the blame must go back 
farther. It rests upon the American 
people at large, who in their mad rush 
for gain neglect all precaution until 
some such fearful accident occurs 
and then acry arises for a time, to 
be forgotten again until some other 
such horror occurs calling attention 
to criminal negligence in some other 
line of modern industry. 
HEROES. 
There are heroes of the battle-field, 
Who fought mid cannon’s roar; 
There are heroes on the sinking ships, 
Who can never reach the shore. 
There are heroes in the railroad wreck, 
Who, pinned beneath the train, 
Inspire new hope in fainting hearts ; 
Heeding not their wounds and pain. 
There are heroes of fire and smoke, 
Who bravely wait till last; 
While down the ladder one by one 
The others safely pass. 
Now these are noble deeds, ’tis true, 
And the world does well to praise, 
But there are heroes quite unknown 
Whose names we never raise. 
There are heroes at the wash-tub, 
Who heed not doctors’ rules ; 
Who toil and slave their lives away 
To keep their boys in school. 
There are heroes in the work-shop, 
Who work, tho’ sight is dim; 
Whose cup’s been filled with sorrow; 
Yes, filled to the very brim. 
But still they bravely struggle on, 
Tho’ weak and old and gray, 
To keep away the hungry wolves 
They toil from day to day. 
No victor’s shout may greet them here; 
No trumpet’s blast be given, 
But they will surely heroes be 
When they join the throng in heaven. 
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