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AWWEEKLY- JOURNAL DEVOTED-TO-THE BEST: INTERESTS-OF THENORTHSHORE 
EF LEFAVOUR, 
No. 6 BEVERLY, MASS., SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1904 Three Cents 
Horse Killed, were at work connecting wires. Two GRADUATION. 
During the thunder shower Wednes- men on the outside were knocked over - 
and J. G. Gatcomb was knocked from Nine Go Out From Manchester High 
day afternoon between three and four 
o'clock lightning struck a pair of 
horses belonging to Connolly Bros., 
Beverly Farms, on Bridge street, 
Manchester, near the house of William 
Johnson, instantly killing one of the 
horses, and partially paralyzing the 
other. Henry Collins, the driver, 
was thrown from his seat in the cart 
but was not injured. 
At the same time lighning flashed 
into one of the electric light company’s 
“manholes at the head of Ashland 
avenue and, traveling along, left an- 
other manhole opposite the Merrill 
house on Bridge street where men 
his cart which was standing near the 
opening’ at the time, but Clarence 
Carter, who was working in the man- 
hole, escaped uninjured, The other 
men were not effected by the shock 
only for the time being. 
The rain which accompanied the 
storm was slight in comparison with 
the downpour in Salem and surround- 
ing places where hail as large as chest- 
nuts fell. 
In the ‘shower which came about 
5.30 on the same day the fuses were 
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burned out in the engine house caus- 
_ing the fire whistle to sound. 
PHOTU BLAKE, BEVERLY 
Beverly Historical Society Puilding. 
One of the most notable historic points along the North Shore is the building of the 
Beverly Historical Society located at the corner of Cabot and Central streets, Beverly. 
This old colonial mansion was built in 1780 by John Cabot, one of. the town’s leading 
merchants. 
It later passed into the hands of Major William Burley of the Continental 
army, and was bequeathed bv his son, Edward Burley to its present owners. in 1892. From 
the doorstep of this old mansion Lafayette was welcomed to the city in 1824. 
With the 
exception of a wooden ell that has been added within recent years and the making of a 
large hall upstairs, the house stands today as it did in colonial times. 
finest colonial mansions, the old colonial stairway especially being a work of art. 
a veritable treasure-house of historical relics. 
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It is one of the 
It is now 
CARD 
CATALOGUED. 
School. 
The graduating exercises of the 
class of 1904, Story High school, 
Manchester, held in the town hall, 
Thursday evening, were of an excep- 
tionally fine order. Vhere was one 
boy and eight girls in the class, all of 
whom did splendidly in the rendition 
of their parts. 
The hali was decked in festoons of 
laure] and evergreen and presented 
quite an attractive appearance. The 
-tront of the stage was banked with 
ferns and evergreen. Under the 
clock were the class numerals in 
green, and over the stage witha green 
setting was the class motto “ Beop 
Stedefaeste” (Be Steadfast). 
lee W. Marshall was the saluta- 
torian. After the welcome he deliv- 
ered the oration, his subject being 
“Russian Power in Europe.’’ Miss 
Annie L. Lane, daughter of school 
committeeman Edward A. Lane, gave 
the valedictory, with an essay on “A 
Menace to Literary Taste.” Her 
part was especially well prepared. 
The Prophecy, by Katherine A. 
Ryan, and the Chronicies, by Elinor 
C. Andrews, were of a very interest- 
ing nature. Miss Ryan, in her 
prophecy was carried into a massive 
edifice, where the sweet strains of 
music (by Samuel Rowe on _ the 
piano) brought before her vision the 
different members of the class. Miss 
Andrews was championing women’s 
rights, Miss Morgan was Queen of 
May, Miss Lane had established a 
large candy factory on Bridge street, 
Miss Baker was an ardent worker in 
the Salvation Army, Miss Walen had 
instituted a dancing academy and Mr. 
Marshall was principal of the Young 
Ladies’ Academy, Hong-kong, China. 
The chorus, composed of the mem- 
bers of the high school, was under 
the directorship of Mr. Griffin, sup- 
ervisor of music. Miss Annie Lane 
was the accompanist of the evening. 
