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“Well!” he muttered, butting his 
head on a landing as he fell down the 
elevator shaft. “As Mr. Kipling would 
say: ‘ That is another story.’ ’’—Har- 
vard Lampoon. 
Wife— ‘John, you've been drinking. 
Oh, I can tell.” 
Husband —‘ Well, don’t do _ it, 
m’dear. Let’sh keep it a family 
secret.’’— Philadelphia Press. 
Simkins—‘“ Enpeck insists that his 
wife has a sunny disposition.” 
Timkins-—-‘‘ Well, I guess that’s 
right.” 
Simkins —‘*What’s the explana- 
tion?”’ 
Timkins—‘“ She certainly makes it 
hot for him at times.— Chicago News. 
Howell —“‘I told Rowell today that 
he should hitch his wagon to a star.”’ 
Powell —‘‘He is more apt to have 
his automobile waiting around for a 
_soubrette.”— Zown Topics. 
“You have been fighting again, 
Tommy !’” 
“T couldn’t help it, mamma. 
Stapleford boy sassed me.” 
“That was no reason for fighting. 
You should have remembered that ‘a 
soft answer turneth away wrath,’ and 
given him a soft answer.” 
“T did. I hit him witha chunk of 
mud.”—Chicago Tribune. 
That 
Evangelist—‘‘ My mission in life, 
sir, is to save young men.” 
~ Mr. Crusty—‘ I wish you'd save one 
for my eldest daughter.’ — Chicago 
Journal. 
They were rehearsing their parts in 
an amateur drama. 
“Oh, I beg your pardon,”’ said 
Herbert, looking at the book again. 
«‘T kissed you at the wrong place.”’ 
“Isn't that too bad!” exclaimed 
Amelia. ‘‘ Now we'llhave to do it all 
over again. ’—Chicago Tribune. 
‘Herbert had been running an 
auto so long that he had forgotten all 
about horseback riding.” 
“‘What did he do when the horse 
balked ?”’ 
‘“« He crawled under it to see what 
was the matter.’’— Cleveland Plain 
Dealer. 
A Bonanza, 
N. E. Mack of Buffalo was asked 
the other day to define the word 
bonanza. Mr. Mack has had some 
experience in mining propositions, and 
replied :— 
“A bonanza is a hole in the ground 
owned by ad d liar.’ — New York 
Times. 
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DEA. ALBERT E, LOW 
How the Fourth was Celebrated 78 
Years Ago. 
Deacon Albert E. Low, the oldest 
man in Manchester, one of the most 
remarkable men in this section of the 
country and possessing the memory 
of aman in the prime of life, spent 
the Fourth by attending the ball game 
and listening to the band concert at 
the Brook street playgrounds. 
Almost a century old— 965 years, 
nine months—this remarkable man 
is as well preserved, both physically 
and intellectually, as the average man 
thirty years his junior. His agile 
step, his wonderful memory and _ his 
well-preserved intellect make him one 
of the most interesting men in this 
section. 
Last Monday he walked from his 
home on Ashland avenue to the 
Brook street play grounds, where the 
ball game was in progress and the 
crowds had assembled to celebrate 
the holiday, enjoyed the festivities 
and listened to the music for over two 
hours. 
“The first celebration of the Amer- 
ican independence I recall,’ said Dea- 
con Low to a BREEZE man a few days 
ago, ‘‘was the 50th anniversary of 
the event in 1826—78 years ago. I 
was only 18 years old then. 
“T didn’t sleep at all the night 
before, because I was one of the 24 
young men for escort to the Glouces- 
ter Artillery, which came here to join 
with us in the celebration. We met 
them at the railroad crossing on Sum- 
mer street 
‘We had no fireworks then; but 
we hada band. The principal part of 
the celebration was the oration by 
Tyler Parsons, and the reading of the 
Declaration of Independence by John 
Girdler. The meeting was held in 
the Congregational church. After 
this a dinner was given in the town 
hall. 
“The after-dinner toasts were quite 
a thing then,’ saidthe Deacon. “D. 
L., Bingham, grandfather of D. L. 
Bingham, the. librarian, was the presi- 
dent of the day. He sat near the 
window, and every time a toast was 
given he would shake his handkerchief 
to the artillery on the outside to 
salute.” 
From the diary kept by Deacon 
Low the following account of the cel- 
Tells 
’ ebration is taken: 
‘‘The fiftieth anniversary of Amer- 
ican independence was celebrated by 
a procession of citizens and surviving 
soldiers of the revolutionary war, 
escorted by Captain Benjamin Knowl- 
ton’s company of 24 young men and 
the Gloucester Artillery, with ‘an ora- 
tion by Tyler Parsons, Esq., and a 
dinner in the town hall. 
‘‘ Deacon D. L. Bingham was pres- 
ident of the day. 
“Regular toasts, by the president 
of the day : 
“«<«J. Q. Adams, President of the 
United States—May he ride out the 
storms of his political foes, fill the 
executive chair with honor to himself 
and the nation, and ratify the physical 
and intellectual energies of John Ran- 
dolph.’ 
“ By Joseph Knowlton : : 
“‘* The fair sex—Decoration of the 
universe, the beauty of creation, orna- 
ments of the world, the most delicate 
workmanship of infinite wisdom. 
Without them the world would be to 
man but a solitary prison ; with them 
a delightful paradise. May they be 
shielded and protected from all harm 
under the brooding wings of the 
American Eagle.’ 
“ALBERT E. Low, 
“One of the 24 young men composing 
the escort.” 
Seventy-five New Lights. 
Seventy-five boulevard lamps have 
been placed on the Manchester 
streets during the past week by the 
Welsbach concern, who have the con- 
tract for lighting the streets. The 
lamps are quite an improvement over 
the other lights being used. Of the 
number of new lights twenty are cor- 
ner lamps. and are labeled with the 
names of streets. 
These lights extend from the cen- 
tre of the town to the Beverly line, 
the entire length ot School street, 
Summer street to Brook street, and 
on Beach street one light beyond the 
railroad crossing. 
One week from to-day Joseph Avenz, 
who has had charge of lighting 
the lamps for the past seven years, 
will conclude his work, and the com- 
pany will send from Boston two ex- 
pert lJamplighters, who will be in 
charge of P. Hurley, for twoyears past 
in full charge of the lamps on the 
Metropolitan parkway system. 
“Everything will be kept in good 
shape from now on,’’ said Supt. W. M. 
Kennedy of the company toa BREEZE 
man Wednesday, ‘‘and Manchester 
will have as good lighting service as 
any town in the state.” 
The new lights are of the regular 
boulevard style, large glass casing 
with dull glass top. The regular man- 
tel burner is used. 
“Why do they call it the palm 
room?’’ asked the bride, as they.en- 
tered the hotel dining room.” The 
palms are very few and only varnished 
ones. 
‘“‘ The waiters, the waiters, my dear. 
They all have palms, and they must 
be silvered by the guests.” —C/eveland 
Leader. 
