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BROCKTON HORROR. 
Manchester Preacher Discussed Catastrophe 
Last Sunday Evening. 
Rev. Edward H. Brewster spoke 
on the recent Brockton calamity, at the 
evening service in the Baptist church, 
in Manchester, last Sunday. Reso- 
lutions of sympathy were adopted and 
have been forwarded to Mayor Keith 
of Brockton, with a contribution taken 
at the meeting for the relief fund. 
“And there was a great cry in 
Egypt,’’ was the text, selected from 
Exodus 12:30. 
part : 
“Every human heart has_ been 
stirred by the recent calamity at 
Brockton. In this twentieth century 
we are continually reading of the cries 
of the suffering ; we behold the sky 
of battle ; and yet this catastrophe of 
the past week is but a repetition of 
what has been happening through the 
ages. : 
“Men ask, what is this terrible 
thing? What does it portend? Crime 
and suffering has always been here, 
yet this sudden calamity stirs our very 
hearts. 
** When some nobleman passes away 
the whole world mourns his loss. 
When the pope dies all churches 
throughout the land become sepul- 
chres. Brockton itself is in tears and 
Mr. Brewster said in 
mourning. Yet this is of the human 
of preparing for eternity. 
‘see hearts tapped, life taken away in 
things that afflict us. 
* Lessons: begin to flow from this 
mass of ruins. God is working out 
great things. Death is an instrument 
He has sometimes used to His own 
glory and to the benefit of the world. 
God works in His own way to do 
wondrous things. There are lessons 
to be had from this tragedy. There 
are certain things to be adduced. 
«The first thing we can say is that 
there was a blunder. The law was 
certainly not strictly enforced. Lib- 
erty under the law should be the 
slogan of every community. Law 
isn’t made just for the sake of making 
it, but for the betterment of the 
world. 
“There is a law for the inspection 
of boilers, but someone blundered and 
there was a catastrophe. We should 
have today in our nation liberty under 
the law. This one lesson we should 
learn : we should have our laws living 
things on the pages of our nation’s 
history. 
‘“*Human life is the most valued 
thing on our planet. But we don’t 
realize this. We don’t value life as 
we should. If you get nothing else 
from this tragedy, get this thought, 
that your home is valuable. 
“One lesson we learn is the need 
When we 
a flash, we feel the proximity of eter- 
nity. Are we prepared for these 
great things? When we come to be 
thrust on the sea of eternity the cry 
will come ‘Are you ready’? Let us 
be ready to answer ‘ Yes’.”’ 
A contribution of $18.60 was taken, 
half of which was forwarded to Brock- 
ton’s mayor to be added to the relief 
fund. 
_ MANCHESTER. 
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur K. Hooper 
started last Saturday for a two 
weeks’ visit in Norway, Me. 
Mrs. Frank A. Morgan returned 
Tuesday from a short visit with 
relatives in Chelsea. 
Edward C. Knight, who recently 
received the appointment as mas- 
ter of sciences in St. Paul’s school, 
Concord, N. H., returned home 
Thursday for the Easter holidays. 
Miss Isabelle Warner has _ re- 
turned from a two months’ visit 
with relatives in Beverly and Town- 
send. Her sister, Miss Melora 
Warner, who teaches in West Box- 
ford, is spending a few weeks here 
during the Easter holidays. 
Lucien W. Blanchard of Rumford 
Falls, Me., was a guest of Mr. and 
Mrs. J. 7A. Lodge the carly. part. of 
the week. 
Charles Allen of Beverly was in 
town over Sunday, a guest of Mr. 
and Mrs. F. W. Bell. 
NEW ARRIVALS. 
67 Middle St., Gloucester, Mass. 
All our new spring carpetings, rugs, 
furniture and draperies are now in. 
It is the finest display of nice goods at 
low prices you have ever seen. 
No store in Essex county has a finer 
showing of goods or lower paices. 
In Brussels and Tapestry carpets, 
we carry a large assortment of patterns 
in all the best makes; we have the 
goods in our store, not the small cut 
order samples, but 50 yd. rolls. 
In all wool Ingrains, ten new pat- 
terns in the beautiful green effects. 
New Grass Carpets, new Chinaand 
Japanese mattings. 
Our furniture department is crowded 
with new designs and finishes: a 
large assortment of Weathered Oak 
Mission furniture. 
Our spectalty is dining room and 
chamber furniture ; in these goods we 
excel: 
We have 25 new patterns of Go- 
Carts on our floor; they are the 
Whitney make — that means the best. 
We invite all the people of Essex 
county to visit our store ; goods deliv- 
ered free. 
A. Manton PATTILLo. 
Mt. Pleasant Dairy 
R. & L. BAKER, 
Deatiers in MILK. 
Teaming done to order. Telephone Connection 
Gravel and Rough Stone. P.O. Box 129. 
MANCHESTER, MASS. 
Morley, Flatley & Co. 
GENERAL GONTRAGTORS, 
17 Brook Street, TIANCHESTER. 
FRANK H. DENNIS WILLIAM CAMPBELL 
DENNIS & CAMPBELL 
oe GROCERS ++ 
Telephone 243 
16 School St., - Manchester 
HERBERT B. WINCHESTER, 
Practical Watchmaker. 
Repairing on all kinds of Watches, Clocks 
fee and Optical Goods. 
Chisholm’s 
JEWELRY STORE 
Established for 30 YEARS at 
161 Main Street, GLOUCESTER. 
George S. Sinnicks, 
MASON BUILDER 
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA. 
Manchester, Magnolia, Beverly Farms, Boston, 
SMITH’S EXPRESS COMPANY. 
F, J. MERRILL, Proprietor. 
Principal Boston Office: 32 Court Square. 
Telephones: Boston, Main 489; Manchester, 11-5. 
First-Class Storage for Furniture. 
Separate Rooms under Lock. 
MANCHESTER, MASS. 
EDWARD S. KNIGHT, 
FLORIST, 
Dealer im Fine Plants, Bulbs and Seeds. 
FLOWERS for all oceasions. 
44 School St.,_ Manchester-by-the-Sea. 
J. E. WHITNEY, 
Mfg. Sewing Machines, 
Special Mfg. Attachments. 
Factory Outfitter. 72 BEDFORD ST. 
Phone 65 Oxford. BOSTON. 
