MANCHESTER, 
The mild weather Wednesday morn- 
ing was indirectly responsible for two 
lively runaways. Some snow on the 
roof of the Swanson house on Union 
street, loosened by the warm rays of 
the sun, slipped from the roof and 
with a loud quash struck the ground 
in front of William Cheever’s horse. 
The horse dashed wildly down Union 
street and in its flight frightened a 
horse attached to Prince’s milk wagon, 
which joined in and galloped down 
toward Central square. Byron Man- 
ion succeeded in stopping Mr. Cheev- 
er’s horse before any damage was 
done, and one of F. M. Whitehouse’s 
men stopped the other. 
Robert Baker was taken down with 
grip yesterday and had to return to 
his home before completing his milk 
route. B.S. Bullock has also been 
contined to his home the past few 
days with grip. 
Mrs. Walter R. Bell entertained 
The Sewing Bee at her Union street 
home last evening. 
Three candidates were given the 
initiatory degree at the meeting of 
Magnolia lodge, 149, of Odd Fellows, 
Thursday evening. A collation fol- 
lowed the working of the degree. 
Subscribe for the BREEZE. 
Two sleighing parties, one from 
Gloucester and the other from Wen- 
ham, made things quite lively in town 
Tuesday evening. They stopped at 
Reed’s restaurant on Beach street 
and had one of Mr. Reed’s delicious 
oyster stews. 
Carpenters at work on the Curtis 
house, Manchester avenue, saw two 
big whales floundering in the shallow 
water off shore last Saturday morn- 
ing, which would seem to indicate 
that the school of whales seen here- 
abouts last fall are still habitating this 
coast. 
Fred Kitfield of Cambridge, form- 
erly of Manchester, was in town 
Thursday and Friday renewing ac- 
quaintances. 
Very pretty valentines at the Old 
Corner store. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Window 
Window Shades 
and 50 cents. 
Ready-to-Use 
At a moment’s notice—not the cheap kind 
made in factories by poor labor, but good 
substantial shades made in our own work- 
rooms during the dull season by shade ex- 
perts. They’re sure to run true—to hang 
straight; mounted on rollers made by Harts- 
horn; they always satisfy. 
thing about them is the price, viz.: 25, 35 
Shades 
The only cheap 
SOPBYS MOPULAA 
rH. M. Bixby & Co. 
Advertising Pays, 
Says Sewell Stetson. 
Sewell Stetsen left Manchester this 
morning on the 8 o'clock train for 
Mechanics Falls, Maine. When he 
returns next week he will bring with 
him a pretty young wife. 
Mr. Stetson is a young man of 23 
years, and for some time past has 
been engaged as driver for Samuel 
Knight & Sons, coal dealers, in Man- 
chester. The pretty young woman 
who will tomorrow become his wife 
lives on afarm_in Mechanics Falls, 
Maine. 
Last summer the prospective groom 
ran across a matrimonial paper; and 
“out of deviltry,” he says, he had his 
name inserted, with occupation, age, 
color of hair and eyes, and ended by 
saying “Object, matrimony.” This 
card attracted many of the fair sex all 
over the country from California to 
Maine, school teachers, widows, 
young, old and indifferent. 
Finally, just before Christmas came 
a letter from Miss Rose E. Lunt of 
Mechanics Falls. Unlike all the let- 
ters preceding, however, this one had 
a tiny little arrow in it which pierced 
the heart of Mr. Stetson, with the 
result that he started this morning to 
bring Miss Lunt to Manchester, his 
wife. 
He has been to Maine once to see 
the young woman he intends to marry. 
Next Wednesday he expects to return 
to Manchester with her and they will 
live for the time being with Mr. Stet- 
son’s uncle, M. W. Stevens, on Wash- 
ington street. 
Exhibition Drill, 
On the evening of February twenty-seventh, 
in the year 1905, 
You will, kind Manchester people, receive a 
great surprise, 
By attending the exhibition to be given by 
the B. B. B., 
Which is to be held in Town hall, at Man- 
chester-by-the-Sea. 
—S.C.H. 
Unclaimed Letters, 
Letters remaining unclaimed at Manches- 
ter, Mass., Post Office for week ending 
Feb.4: Willis Armstrong, William Baine, 
Miss Mabel Crombie, Joe Dubey, Mrs. A. 
D. Harlow, Miss S. Lyons, Mrs. J. Arthur 
Lowey, The Editress Manchester School of 
Embroidery. 
SAMUEL L. WHEATON, P.M. 
The voice of the Turtle Dove is not heard in the land today, and the 
Babbling Brook is silent, but there is lively goings on at the 
OLD CORNER STORE. 
NEW GOODS. NEW STYLES: Useful and Ornamental. 
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Something New in Corsets, in Stamped Rugs, Ginghams, Sappho Silk Linings, 
and much more, both desirable and useful. 
GEO. BF. ALLEN, 
Manchester. 
CHARLES HOOPER 
Dealer in 
Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, 
Tennis Shoes, etc. 
Repairing promptly attended to. 
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MANCHESTER - BY - THE - SEA, MASS, 
