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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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VOLUME 1. NUMBER 44. 
SATURDAY, MAR. 18, 1905. 
Rum. 
Myself, when young, did eagerly dispute 
About the Drink which makesa mana brute— 
How best to regulate or how restrain. 
Now know I less about it and am mute, 
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Mr. Rust Failed to 
Enforce Liquor Laws. 
It is interesting to note in connec- 
tion with the vote passed at town 
meeting in Manchester, Tuesday night, 
for the enforcement of the liquor laws, 
and the tirade of W. C. Rust against 
the police and selectmen, that Mr. 
Rust himself reported to the town 
several times, years past, that the law 
could not be enforced. 
In 1885, when $200 was appropri- 
ated to enforce the laws, Mr. Rust was 
ona committee which reported : 
‘Tf anyone expected that the vote 
of ‘No’ license, and the choosing of a 
committee, would stop the sale of all 
liquors and prevent all drunkenness, 
they had too much faith in the power 
of the law * * * One raid was made 
during the year, but no intoxicants 
were found.”’ 
$300 was appropriated in 1889 for 
this purpose yet the committee, of 
which Mr. Rust was chairman, report- 
ed: 
‘‘ We called to our assistance detec- 
tives from out of town; we succeeded 
in buying liquor at the Manchester 
House, in violation of the law, but ow- 
ing to informality on the part of the 
detectives, and the uncertainty of wit- 
nesses, we did not get our case. It is 
the opinion of your committee that 
liquor is sold there now but we are 
powerless to prevent the same.” 
Various Appointments 
by Manchester Selectmen. 
The new board of selectmen of 
Manchester have made_ several ap- 
pointments during the past week, 
though many of the officers are not 
_ *GEORGE KIMBALL, 
Re-appointed Superintendent of Streets. 
appointed till April 1. Those ap- 
pointed this week include: 
Superintendent of Streets: George 
Kimball. 
Board of Health: George W. Blais- 
dell. 
Agent Indigent Soldiers and Sailors: 
Edwin P. Stanley. 
Sealer of Weights and Measures: 
Edwin P. Stanley. 
Fire Wards: N.P. Meldrum, Law- 
rence McKinnon, Ralph Tredick, Fred- 
erick Burnham, Jacob H. Kitfield and 
Allen S. Peabody. 
Weighers of Coal: 
Lyman W. 
Floyd, N. P. Meldrum. 
Master of Almshouse: W. H. 
Haskell. : 
Matron of Almshouse: Mrs. W.H. 
Haskell. 
The selectmen have also closed a 
contract with the Welsbach Light- 
ing company for five years, with a spe- 
cial concession that the contract start 
April 15, at the new rate, instead of 
July 1, when the old contract runs 
out—a saving of $75. 
Whisperings. 
My friend the “Man about Town” 
had this to say of our Superintendent 
of Streets Kimball of Manchester, 
Thursday : 
“ Highway Surveyor Geo. Kimball: 
of Manchester, formerly of Danvers, 
will not outgrow his propensity for 
practical joking if he lives to reach the 
age of 100. A few days ago he visited 
old friends in Danvers and while stand- 
ing on the corner of School and Maple 
streets observed a large pool of water 
across the way, at the head of Cherry 
street. The drain had become choked 
with ice and the water was running 
into cellars and across the sidewalks — 
in fact about everywhere but into the 
catch basin, various efforts having 
failed to dispose of the flood. Mr. 
Kimball enlisted the services of some 
small boys and when the new Danvers 
surveyor, Charles F. Aiken, came upon 
the scene, the ‘kids’ were seated on 
barrels, equipped with fishing rods, 
lines and hooks and each in the act of 
lifting a smoked herring from the 
pond.”’ 
My good friend Kimball needn’t 
feel the joke will be returned just yet, 
at least, for he has a way of keeping 
Manchester streets from being in any 
such condition. 
* * * * 
My attention was called this week 
to a matter which should surely merit 
the attention of every liberty-loving 
citizen of the town of Manchester, and 
that is the dastardly mean action on 
the part of some person or persons in 
Manchester in breaking or stealing 
thermometers, hung at various places 
in the centre of the town. During the 
winter two large thermometers have 
been stolen’ from Sheldon’s market, 
one from D. T. Beaton’s, one from 
J. W. Carter’s, one hung at Charles’ 
Hooper’s store and the last one was 
destroyed this week at Dennis & 
Campbell’s store. 
These thermometers are for the 
benefit of the public and such mali- 
cious mischief as leads anyone to steal 
or destroy them should be dealt with 
severely. 
* * * * 
I am informed that Henry Menkin, 
caretaker for F. M. Whitehouse at 
‘Manchester has had splendid luck with 
raising chickens this winter. Two 
weeks ago he had a brood of 135 
hatched and only a few days ago 130 
more little chicks appeared. They 
are being raised on thoroughly scien- 
tific lines. 
Delicate Operation. 
Dr. W. H. Tyler, who opened an 
office in Manchester some weeks ago, 
assisted. by Dr. Merritt Long, per- 
formed quite a delicate plastic opera- 
tion at his office last Sunday on little 
_5-year-old Roy Mason of Revere. 
The child fell on a sharp stone two 
years ago cutting a.severe gash in his 
forehead, just over the eyes, which 
left a rough looking scar. The pur- 
pose of the operation was to remove 
this.scar and leave -only-a straight, 
slightly discernable mark. The lad ~ 
will be brought to Manchester today 
to remove the bandages. 
