NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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Vol. I. No. 12 
BEVERLY, MASS., SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1904 
Three Cents 
Entered as second-class matter May 23, 1904, at the post-office at Beverly, Mass., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 
THE OLD-TIME MINISTER. 
BY D2. LAMSON. 
The old-time minister and the old- 
time meeting-house were both sw 
generis; both were in a sense a 
product of the time and the soil; both 
belong to a past age, almost as much 
as the mastodon and the cave-dwellers. 
The old New England minister was 
a striking and easily recognizable per- 
sonality ; an edifying figure faded out 
of the landscape when he ceased to 
walk abroad. His likeness has been 
often drawn, dressed in clerical garb, 
of a more or less self-conscious and 
professional bearing ; his appearance 
was dignified and commanding. With 
the exception of the ‘ Squire,” he 
was often the only college-bred man 
in the community. And custom in- 
vested the ministerial office with some- 
thing of the ‘divinity that doth hedge 
a king.” It was good manners to 
raise the hat or make obeisance to the 
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ARCTIC FLOWERS. 
BY W. S. C. RUSSELL. 
[Copyrighted, 1904.] 
The earlier explorer gave but pass- 
ing notice to the Arctic flora, his 
object being at first the discovery of 
a northwest passage, and later he was 
animated by the intense desire to 
stand near the Arctic Pole. But with 
the advent of truly scientific explora- 
tion came a gradual increment to our 
knowledge of northern plant life. 
A meagre collection had previously 
been made of the Arctic flora of 
South Greenland by the Danish mis- 
sionaries, while Wrangell at the 
mouth of the Kolyma and George 
William Stella in Northern Kama- 
chatka gave careful attention to the 
more conspicuous flowering plants 
belonging to the rich list of Northern 
Siberia. 
To Sir John Richardson is due the 
credit of a systematic study of the 
flora of North Greenland and the 
islands of Smith’s Sound. The sud- 
den freezing in of the Advance and 
the impossibility of Dr. Kane’s party 
proceeding farther north during his 
second summer, gave him an oppor- 
tunity of carrying on the work so 
well begun by Richardson. The 
efforts of Dr. Kane, so ably seconded 
by his surgeon, Dr. Hayes, gave to 
the botanist a very accurate idea of 
the great variety and abundance of 
plant life in the vicinity of Smith’s 
Sound. 
Lieut. Greeley, more fortunate on 
his outward voyage, pitched his camp 
near the 80th parallel, and verified 
the observations of Dr. Kane concern- 
ing the high latitude of these plants. 
Dr. Kane enumerates 109 genera 
and 264 species of phanerogamous 
plants, 76 species of which he found 
north of the 73d parallel. 
The plants most frequently met 
with are the cruciferz, with six 
genera and twelve species. To these 
are to ke added the willow, the sedges 
and grasses, besides a long 
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View of Manchester Harbor 
Manchester Harbor presents one of the most picturesc 
above view was taken from Black Beach Cove, opposite tl 
anchorage of the Manchester Yacht Club, while just beyo 
be seen Baker’s Island lights. On the right is “Old Fort,’ 
B. Everett of Boston, on the left a corner of the C. E. C 
located on the shore. 
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jue views on the whole North Shore. The 
1e West Manchester station, and shows the 
nd lies Misery Island, and in the distance can 
the attractive summer home of Mrs. Edward 
otting estate, among the most picturesquely 
list of mosses and lichens, but 
all of these are terrestrial, 
and to complete the list we 
must include the many aquatic 
species, especially the lower 
forms of life. 
The surprising feature of an 
analysis of the data is the 
finding of many species in 
these hypoborean regions of 
groups of plants which flour- 
ish in the tropics, and which 
are none too often met with 
in our temperate zone. One 
will not look in vain to find 
the pink, the orchid and the 
rose. Many species are iden- 
tical with those found in our 
own latitude, while others are 
given a specific name on ac- 
count of slight variations due 
to long growth in their pe- 
culiar environment. 
By far the most desolate 
portions of the Arctic region 
