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iS a ee ae 
“such expenditure. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
“‘channel” ourselves, but now the 
town of Manchester does it. And 
well the children and parents alike 
may feel proud of the fact. Few 
towns in the State can afford any 
I don’t know how 
much money is appropriated for such 
work, but we can all well feel that 
Superintendent Kimball wouldn’t be 
far amiss if he overdraws the appro- 
priation on this. 
The Sawing Match. 
I often long for the good old days, 
When we were boys at home, 
And the old log fire that used to blaze 
In our big living room. 
I still can taste Ma’s pumpkin pies, 
Brown, juicy, thick, and square, 
And no French chef can now devise, 
A pie that will compare. 
I long again for the harvest days, 
When the crops were gathered in, 
When the trees were red with autumn blaze, 
When all was snug within. 
Days when the air was scented with spice, 
And chilli sauce, and pickles, 
Preserves, and jams, and catsup nice, 
In bottles, jars, and kettles. 
Outside the men have been hauling wood, 
Have piled it in the yard, 
And all the men in the neighborhood 
Tonight will labor hard. 
Indian pudding, brown bread, and beans, 
The old brick oven packs; 
The sawing match at eight convenes, 
And soon the fire cracks. 
*Mid stories, and jokes they saw away; 
The pile melts all to soon; 
They tackle the beans, and all are gay, 
And deftly wield their spoons. 
After the pudding is out of sight, 
And pipes are all stuffed full, 
At some old song they all unite, 
As at their pipes they pull. 
How times have changed since those good 
old days.— 
Nothing now tastes as good, 
Nothing is done in the good old ways, 
In cans we get our food. 
But memory will these times recall, 
And still we fondly cherish 
Those good old days of early fall, 
And mother’s pepper relish. 
—G. E. W. 
Musicale. 
Mrs. A. E. Hersey gave a very 
pleasant musicale at her Bridge street 
home, in Manchester, Tuesday even- 
ing, in honor of her guest, Miss Helen 
Benfield of Peabody, who has been 
spending a few days with her. The 
evening was passed very pleasantly 
with instrumental and vocal selections, 
and at its close, refreshments were 
served. The numbers included man- 
dolin selections by Misses Edith Swett 
and Ethel McDiarmid; piano duet, 
Mrs. Hersey and Cheever Hersey ; 
vocal duet, Misses Hattie Baker and 
Eleanor ‘Andrews; piano selections, 
Miss Baker; vocal solos, Miss Mc- 
Diarmid; readings, Miss Harriet 
Brewster solo; Aw] 2 Orr; piano 
solos, Miss Benfield, and a quartet, 
Mr. Orr, Mr. Hersey, Mrs. Hersey 
and Mrs. Hattie Preston. Among 
the other guests were Rev. E. H. 
Brewster, Mrs. Ellen Brewster, Miss 
Olive Cook and Mrs. Carrie Cook. 
FOR BETTER ROADS. 
The Wallis Rally at Beverly Farms turned 
into Rally for Improvements. 
What was an enthusiastic rally in 
support of Joseph A. Wallis for mayor 
of Beverly at Beverly Farms last 
Monday might turned out to bea good 
old fashioned town meeting as well, in 
which the voters of Ward 6 very 
plainly expressed their views on the 
JOSEPH A. WALLIS, 
CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF BEVERLY. 
way they have been treated the past 
year in regard tothe poor condition of 
the streets. 
Stephen J. Connolly very well ex- 
pressed the views of the Farms voters, 
when he said that there had not been 
much done on the roads in Ward 6 
the past year, and that the represen- 
tatives for Ward 6 in the past didn’t 
seem to have views of their own, and 
let others get ahead of them. He 
said there were large sums of money 
spent in other parts of the city and 
hardly any at the Farms. It looked 
as if the city of Beverly didn’t care 
whether the Farms got anything done 
or not. 
He said it was well that Mr. Wallis 
had not made any promises to anyone. 
He believed in the candidacy of Mr. 
Wallis because the latter was a busi- 
9 
ness man; he was neither parsimoni- 
ous nor yet extravagant. 
J. B. Dow and others spoke along 
the same line. The rally, which was 
held in Marshall’s hall, was well at- 
tended. 
After Moth Nests. 
The Manchester school childen are 
making a grand hustle for the brown- 
tail moth nests. Few people realize 
the work the children are doing and 
what it means to property owners 
hereabouts, to say nothing of the 
effect the moths would have on shade 
trees along the streets and roadways 
were they not collected and destroyed. 
The North Shore Horticultural 
Society is offering 15 cents a hundred 
to the school children of Manchester 
for all nests collected, and as a special 
inducement ten cash prizes, ranging 
from $5 to 50 cents, are offered. It 
must be remembered the society needs 
money to carry on such a work, and 
contributions are solicited. Mr. James 
MacGregor is the treasurer. 
The BREEZE this week publishes a 
list of the fifteen leaders in the con- 
test. Singularly enough the only girl 
in the list ties one of the boys for 
second honor. The list: 
John Spinney 1405 
Elizabeth Coughlin . 1302 
Everett Robbins . 1302 
Elmer Smith . 1291 
Roland Kitfield 1123 
George Killam , . 1086 
William Walsh. : c= 6OU 
Herbert Sampson . + GOOG 
Albert Smith 520 
Archibald Cool 514 
Forster Tenney 449 
Lester Haskell : . 410 
Harry Haskell. ; : 403 
Margaret McGrath . . 3875 
Harold Purdy. . 340 
Mrs. James Coulter. 
Aftea an illness of only a few weeks 
Mrs. James Coulter died at Manches- 
ter early last Sunday morning at the 
age of 57 years. An acute attack of 
pneumonia is said to have been the 
cause of death. 
Mrs. Coulter was born in Scotland 
in 1847, but had spent most of her 
life in this country. Her husband is 
employed as coachman for the W. B. 
Walkers. Three sons and two daugh- 
ters, all of whom are young, survive 
her. She was taken to Boston Tues- 
day morning, and her body laid at 
rest in Mount Hope cemetery. Many 
friends mourn her loss here. 
TO LET. 
A modern, up-to-date TENEMENT in 
Manchester. Apply to 
Gro. E. WILLMONTON, Manchester. 
