year and one half has he been ill dis- 
posed. He has been unable to work 
for the past four months. All hopes 
for recovery were disposed of by his 
family and physicians a month or six 
weeks ago, so that his death was not 
unlooked for. 
Mr. Crombie was a mason by trade. 
He was acharter member of Conomo 
tribe, 113, I.O. R. M. of Manchester, 
and of the Manchester Firemen’s Re- 
lief association. 
Singularly enough, his death is the 
second recorded by the association 
since its organization in 1894, John 
H. Coughlin, who died two weeks 
ago, being the first. 
Funeral services were held at Crow- 
ell Memorial chapel yesterday after- 
noon, Rev. E. H. Brewster officiating- 
Large delegations from the Red Men 
and the Relief Association attended, 
the Red Men conducting their burial 
services outside the chapel at the close 
of the services within. A mixed 
quartet composed of Mrs. A. E. 
Hersey, Mrs. Edward Preston, A. E. 
Hersey and A. J. Orr sang “ Abide in 
Thee” and ‘‘Come unto Me.”’ 
The pall-bearers were Curtis Stan- 
ley, Frank Martin, George Hobbs, 
C. O. Howe, Herbert Stanley and 
George Gould. 
Many very pretty floral remem- 
brances were sent in, among the num- 
ber being: Pillow, with the words, 
“ Conomo Tribe,’”’ sent in from the 
Red Men; pillow, with ‘‘ Husband,”’ 
sent in from wife and family ; wreath, 
with “M. & B. U.,”’ sent in from the 
Masons and Bricklayers union ;_pil- 
low, from fire department ; wreath, 
EG. Black; crescent, F. H. Crom- 
bie and family ; boquet, John Bab- 
cock; pinks, Miss Nellie Gordon, 
Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Carr, C.O. Howe, 
Biss) ©.) A. Whippen, Mrs. J. L. 
Knight, I. F. Andrews and family ; 
boquets, Mr. and Mrs. William Fol- 
lett, Miss Rita Crombie, A. P. Bul- 
ieee WV... Spry, J. H. Rivers, Mr. 
and Mrs. James Gray, Senter Stanley ; 
violets, Miss L. Perkins; 43 pinks, 
B. M. Crombie. 
Event of the Season. 
The grand ball and dancing party to 
be held in the Manchester town hall, 
Wednesday evening, Feb. 22, under 
the auspices of Conomo tribe of Red 
Men, will undoubtedly prove the 
social event of the season. Extensive 
preparations are being made for the 
event. The grand march will be led 
on that occasion by Mayor Macdonald 
of Gloucester, who has assured the 
committee he will be present. Fred 
K. Swettt will be floor director. The 
aids will be: George Rowe (Glouces- 
ter), George Sinnicks, George Kim- 
ball, W. R. Bell, Richard J. Baker, 
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Ralph Stanley, A. S. Peabody and 
George Gould. 
INTEMPERANCE. 
Rum is a Pirate on the High Seas of Life, says 
Manchester Minister, and is to be 
Feared and Dreaded. 
“The Shadow on the Hearth” was 
the subject of a very interesting tem- 
perance sermon by Rev. E. H. Brew- 
ster at the Baptist church, Man- 
chester, last Sunday evening. The 
text which suggested the theme was 
found in 2 Kings, 20:15, — ‘“What 
have they seen in thine house?”’ 
‘“‘As we look about us,’”’ interrogated 
the preacher, “‘is it not a shadow on 
the hearth which we have seen?” 
““What is this shadow they have 
seen? The shadow of intemperance 
and that shadow has been seen in thy 
house, in my house, — everywhere it 
is seen, and it stays there until some 
angel hand sweeps it aside. 
‘‘My friends, intemperance doesn’t 
stop where it starts, but stretches out. 
“‘When I go and sell myself to in- 
temperance, that shadow stretches, 
and deepens, and influences every- 
body in the home until the whole com- 
munity is basking under that fearful 
darkness. Itsometimes deepens until 
the home itself falls. 
“On every ship that goes to the 
mission fields with laborers for the 
cause of Christianity go barrels of the 
stuff, until it seems as if the heathen 
receive more rum than religion. 
“Religion is antagonistic to this 
thing which we call intemperance. 
“‘T do not see how religious people 
can look favorably upon it. They can- 
not teach intemperance and _ tem- 
perance of the Gospel. How any 
sanction can be given by religious 
people to this shadow which destroys 
our homes, I cannot comprehend. 
“Ts not this a national question? 
Our nation has seen the fruits of 
intemperance as well as God. Our 
greatest characters have been stained 
by this shadow. 
“There are people who say that be- 
cause the thing is legalized by law let 
it stand, but I say we cannot allow 
such a thing to stand. It never stays 
within the law. It is a pirate upon 
the seas of life. Young ships with 
beautiful pure white sails are stained 
with blood by this pirate. I believe 
that piracy in 1905 is to be feared and 
dreaded. 
‘‘The parent has seen that shadow. 
It is an enemy to the peace of the 
home. Half the trouble we see in our 
homes would be done away with if this 
thing could be stamped out. It is the 
greatest enemy to the peace of the 
home. Sometimes the child’s earliest 
recollections are of this shadow on the 
hearth. His opportunities are cur- 
tailed vitally by intemperance. The 
child inherits these seeds which come 
down from the past. 
“You have seen the shadow. 
Don’t let it stain; take it out.” 
MANCHESTER, 
Miss Cora Robbins left Thursday 
fora two weeks’ visit with Mrs. George 
Prince, in Salem. 
Nelson Cook met with a painful 
accident while chopping wood, Thurs- 
day, receiving a severe gash in the 
leg, which necessitated taking several 
stitches. 
The 39th annual encampment of 
the department of Massachusetts, 
Grand Army of the Republic, will 
convene in Faneuil hall next Tuesday 
at 10 o’clock. Several local veterans 
are planning on attending. 
Israel Harvey was taken to the 
Beverly hospital Tuesday, where he is 
under treatment for some internal 
trouble. 
Revere Pulsifier and Sayre Merrill 
of this town have been selected on the 
prize team of the Gloucester High 
school to drill against the militia team 
at Gloucester during the S. of V. fair 
the last of this month. General Miles 
will inspect the drill. 
New Doctor to Locate. 
Dr. Tyler of Somerville, who for- 
merly practiced for a short time in 
Manchester, has been down during 
the week with a view to opening an 
office here, with the result that he 
yesterday decided to come to Man- 
chester during the coming week. For 
the time being he will have an office 
in the house which Walter R. Bell 
occupies, in the square opposite the 
G. A. Priest school, and he will prob- 
ably move his family here at a later 
date. 
Red Men Win. 
The Red Men’s club of Manchester 
won the series in the pool, whist and 
checker tournament by defeating the 
Winthrop club in whist and checkers. 
The last match was played last night 
at the Red Men’s room. 
The summary of the pool matches : 
WINTHROP CLUB. RED MEN’s CLUB. 
Wiheatonie crs ters. 199s Lappane. cea oe 41 
Claes cena 59) Spry. ieee cere 21 
Needham ..... Si) Lethbridvei.sc-n.: 29 
Bennett: tas... cnt: alge Martine cerenideet 19 
Cattelern iat ares aw lomie htest cin ieee 23 
‘Lotaleccc scrartes TOL Orta lrenereeaate es 133 
SerieshtOtalimrass 1400s ates dois Caen 405 
stews was served last evening while 
the playing was in progress. 
Dutchess pants at Bell’s. * 
