helm to starboard and steer due west 
till you make the orthodox steeple, 
three points on your port bow; when 
you get abreast of Allen’s store star- 
board your helm to pass about ten feet 
from the church. Then you will make 
Baker’s Island lighthouses a point on 
your port bow; steer direct for them 
till you are up with my starboard 
gangway. Then put your helm hard 
down and shorten sail as fast as pos- 
sible. Don’t come to anchor outside, 
for there will be a tug in the offing 
ready to tow you and your consort in. 
“7 remain very truly yours, 
“ THOMAS LEACH.”’ 
His * Objection.” 
As Teddy was contending (some thought he 
would be beat) 
In the annual race for the presidential seat, 
%. Sot old fellow remarked right to his 
ace, 
That he was a warrior and not fit for the 
place. 
“ Perhaps so,” replied Teddy, but had you 
considered for a minute, 
Your objection would have ceased before I 
aewWas (0 it, 7 
—— GES. 
W hisperings, 
Deacon A. E. Low of Manchester 
is a remarkably interesting man. With 
96 years of life behind him, he can tell 
some striking stories of “days gone 
by.” I called on him Tuesday morn- 
ing just after he got back from the 
town hall where he went to cast his 
ballot. 
«The first I remember of voting,” 
said he, “‘ was in 1830 when we had to 
send a man to the General Court. We 
met at the old school house in the 
morning, about a dozen of us, I think. 
‘Whom are we going to elect?’ some 
one asked. ‘ There’s Daniel Annable,’ 
said some one else, ‘let’s vote for him.’ 
And we elected him.”’ 
* * * * 
“Henry Clay must have been the 
first presidential candidate I voted 
for,’ he continued. ‘ That was in ’33. 
Clay was a Whig and was running 
against Andrew Jackson. There was 
nothing of note connected with the 
occasion that I recall.” 
* * * * 
“T remember very distinctly,’ he 
said, ‘when Benjamin Harrison was 
elected to the Presidency in 1840. I 
went toa big convention that nomi- 
nated him in Boston in September be- 
fore he was elected. There were rep- 
resentatives from all parts of the 
country. Manchester sent up a dele- 
gation. We went by special train, made 
up of platform freight cars. I carried 
the American flag and Daniel Kelham 
carried the banner. In Boston the 
line formed on the Common and 
marched to Bunker Hill. That night 
I was fortunate enough to get on the 
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St. Petesburg, a large ship of 800 tons 
under command of Captain Richard 
Trask, a Manchester man. I passed 
the night there. 
«At the convention, I remember, 
all the different states had a banner 
of their own, all setting forth some- 
thing. One, I remember, had a rooster. 
All manner of campaign talk — the 
funniest things were put onto these 
banners. 
‘‘ Before Harrison was elected, he 
promised roast beef and $2 a day 
wages, but they didn’t get either.”’ 
* * * * 
‘“We celebrated Harrison’s election 
in Dodge’s hall with a cake bake, and 
we hada big cask of hard cider on 
hand. Samuel Cheever, who was 
our representative that year, cut the 
cake. We had quite a time, and we 
cheered till our throats were sore.”’ 
* * * * 
Speaking of the election, a friend 
handed me a slip of paper yesterday 
with the vote of the gubernatorial elec- 
tion of Manchester for 1871 on it. 
The total vote was 164. This year 
the vote was 455, almost three times 
as much. The vote was: Washburn, 
R. 77; Adams, D. 54; Pitman, Pro. 
32 ; Chamberlain, Soc. 1. 
* * * * 
I was standing in the town hall 
Tuesday when a man came in, walked 
up to the checkers and waited his turn 
to go within and vote. His name was 
not on the list, and of course he could 
not enter. The fellow became quite 
indignant and demanded a reason why 
he should not be allowed to vote. He 
had voted in Manchester years pre- 
vious, was in town May 1 last, had 
paid his taxes, etc., etc. He wanted 
to see the assessors; and so he did. 
Chairman W. H. Allen could not ex- 
plain why his name had not been 
printed on the list. All this while the 
fellow was becoming more and more 
enraged and finally walked out, ad- 
vising Chairman Allen he would vote 
for license next town meeting. 
* * * * 
The fact was, the name had been 
left off the list through an error. But 
it was nobody’s fault but his own that 
this particular man did not vote. The 
list has been posted for several months 
for no other reason than that each 
and every voter could see that his 
name was upon the list. Every voter 
should do this, and not place the blame 
on somebody else if his name is not 
on the regular list prepared. 
We have a remedy which we guar- 
antee will cure dandruff and will stop 
the hair from coming out. Price, 65 
cents at Joseph Vasconcellos’. * 
Subscribe for the BREEZE. 
Bates was Right. 
Much has been said in the past few 
days relative to Gov. Bates’ defeat, 
and many have said that he lost many 
votes because of his action in vetoing 
the bounty bill, so-called. Edwin P. 
Stanley, Manchester’s town treasurer 
and a possible beneficiary under such 
a bill, defends Gov. Bates in the fol- 
lowing statement to the BREEZE: 
‘‘ When Governor Bates vetoed the 
Soldiers’ Bounty bill, knowing it to be 
unconstitutional, he did what any hon- 
est man should have done, and I, as 
a possible beneficiary under such a 
bill, defend the stand he took. No 
old soldier should accept a bounty 
unless it can come to them in a just 
and legal manner. 
COT i DAN EE eee 
Built in Manchester. 
The Peri II, belonging to George 
Lee of Beverly Farms and Boston, 
and the Napier, both of which yachts 
made excellent records in Massachu- 
setts waters the past season, were 
built in Manchester at the boat yard 
of T. L. White. The Peri II won out 
in her class in the season’s races, and 
the Napier, built last year and sailing 
under the name of *“ Arrow,’’ won the 
Wightman cup at Hull in August. 
Mr. White is now building a 21-footer 
for Joshua Crane, jr., to be sailed in 
Buzzard’s Bay next season. 
W. R. C. Inspection. 
Mrs. Mary Bride Beck, accompanied 
by past dept. president Mrs. Eva T. 
Cook, wife of ex-Sen. B. F. Cook of 
Gloucester, inspected the W.R. corps 
of Manchester at G. A. R. hall Thurs- 
day evening. Guests were present 
from Essex, Salem, Gloucester and 
Lyon. . 
I'he inspection was very successful, 
the work going off very smoothly. 
Mrs. Beck complimented the corps 
on their work. Mrs. Cook addressed 
the members along a patriotic strain. 
A. collation of sandwiches, coffee, 
cocoa, cake and fruit was served after 
the inspection. Mrs. Aaron B. Palmer 
of Lynn was among the guests of the 
corps. 
North Shore Breeze: 
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