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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Published every Saturday Afternoon. 
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North Shore. 
Entered as second-class matter May 23, 1904, at the 
post-office at Beverly, Mass., under the Act of Congress 
of March 3, 1879. 
Telephones: Manchester 9-13, Beverly 1008-4. 
SATURDAY, NOV. 26, 1904. 
Destroying Moth Nests. 
Every winter, for ten or more years 
past, the citizens of Manchester have 
voted in town meeting a small appro- 
priation in an effort to stamp out the 
injurious moths. The children work 
diligently seeking nests of the brown- 
tail in the apple, pear, cherry and 
other trees in the spring, till the young 
buds shoot forth and make the matter 
of seeing the nests difficult, or till the 
money is spent. 
It is not too early now to begin the 
destruction of the nests that disfigure 
the trees, and which, if allowed to 
remain, will kill them. Now that the 
‘eaves are off the trees and the nests 
‘can be seen, it is well to begin the 
war and carry it on to the bitterest 
end. 
There may be nests in the dead 
leaves on the ground about the trunks 
of the trees, and this is a good time to 
gather up the rubbish and burn it, 
and to insure the destructitn of any 
insect eggs that may have been de- 
posited there. 
The North Shore Horticultural 
society have taken some steps toward 
carrying out this plan, and they are 
making arrangements for still further 
activity along this line during the 
coming months and in the early 
spring. ; 
The Essex County Tree Protective 
association is arranging for a vigorous 
campaign against the pests through- 
out the county this winter. 
NORTH SHORE. BREEZE 
Few people realize the immensity 
of the problem that confronts the 
people of the North Shore —that of 
ridding the territory from all traces 
of the brown-tail and gypsy moth, 
which are surely gaining ground, and 
unless stopped now will cause great 
damage at no late day. 
The city of Beverly and the town 
of Manceester ought to take this mat- 
ter in hand now, and set an example 
to citizens by cleaning the shade trees 
on the streets and other _ public 
grounds. 
At Arlington, a few weeks ago, 
there was a public demonstration of 
the best methods of destroying the 
enemies to tree life. Something like 
this for Essex county, for Manchester, 
for Beverly, would be very useful. 
The North Shore Horticultural soci- 
ety, which has already done much 
good for the community along this 
line, might do a great public service 
by following the example. 
Inscribed. 
The following lines were addressed 
by Deacon J. A. Torrey to Mr. Delu- 
cena L. Bingham, one of Manchester’s. 
beloved old citizens, on the occasion 
of his 90th birthday, on Nov. 7,. 1904. 
To 
1814— DELUCENA L. BINGHAM — 1904. 
Old! Do you say? What is it to be old? 
What metes and bounds define our life’s: 
freehold? 
When shall we slacken pace, or reef the:sail'? 
Not while the strength is ours to breast tlre 
gale ; 
Not till our limbs shall totter on the brink 
Of the grave’s gulf, where soon enough we 
sink! 
A temperate youth to age shall sweetly glide, 
And faith and courage waft us, dowm the 
tide. 
The soul that’s wedded unto love: and’ truth 
Shall live and flourish in immortal youth, 
As the worn traveller, om some lofty 
height, 
Pauses awhile to feast his wondering sight, 
And, glancing backward, over the winding 
road 
Which many a weary day his feet have trod, 
Then, onward gazing to. the distant goal, 
Feels freshening life revive his drooping 
soul — 
So you, my friend, upon this festal day, 
Pause for a glance along life’s travelled way. 
Fain would you linger where your feet 
- have strayed, 
Each spot more dear by fond remembrance 
made. 
But lo! yon flaming sun that shines afar 
Wheels down the westering slope his blazing 
car, 
Life’s setting sun makes all the prospect fair, 
Memory and Hope are brightly pictured 
there. 
In that sweet light still may you walk awhile, 
Torest at last beneath the Father’s smile. 
J. A. TORREY. 
-— 500 pounds, I think he 
‘Whisperings, 
We noticed in several of our ex- 
changes, from Maine and New Hamp- 
shire, that winter has set in up 
country in good shape. In Berlin, N. 
H., they have eight inches of snow, 
and in Whitefield, N.H., sleighing has 
been good for a week or more, while 
in Norway, Me., skating was excel- 
lent last week. Quite spring-like on 
the North Shore, however. But let 
us not talk. The ground may be 
covered with snow ’ere this reaches 
you. 
* * * * 3 
Mrs. Mary Hill sends word to me 
that she can well remember the Harri- 
son celebration of 1840, of which we 
have made mention in this column the 
past two weeks. She was one of the 
many enthusiastic young women pres- 
ent at Dodge’s hall—over the D. T. 
Beaton store —and helped eat the big 
Harrison cake, though she did not sip 
of the hard cider. Mrs. Hillis a re- 
markably active and interesting old 
woman for her age. She was 90 last 
March. She was born in West Man- 
chester. 
* * * . * 
Talk about the high price of Tur- 
keys! John Gentlee, the Wenham 
butcher, was telling me at Beverly 
Farms Wednesday morning he never 
felt the effect of high prices so keenly 
in all his life. A year ago, he inform- 
ed me, he disposed of 65 of the nation- 
al birds. In fact he sold all he had. 
This year he bought a good quanity 
said — 
and up to Wednesday morning this 
year he had disposed of only eleven 
birds. 
* * * * 
A Manchester friend, who, by the 
way, doves not raise hens for the 
money there is in it, —tells me of the 
good luck he had had with his hens 
the past seven months. Last May he 
bought ten hens. Up to date he has 
received 1200 eggs from them. Just 
think of it,— 100 dozen eggs from 10 
hens in seven months. And _ that’s 
not all; ten of those eggs one warm 
morning in June presented him with 
ten beautiful little pullets, and- ten 
others presented him with ten roost- 
ers, equally as pretty. The roosters 
have long ago passed in their 
‘“‘adieus !”” but the pullets,— well they 
ought to lay soon. 
Change of Address. 
Subscribers who are leaving the 
Shore will confer a great favor upon 
the proprietors of the Breeze if they 
will send in their winter address,either 
to our Manchester or to our Beverly 
office, as soon as they know when they 
are to leave. 
— 
Penns - 
