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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
THE ELDER BRETHREN 
Continued from p. 3 
In his financial report Treasurer 
Wm. J. Johnson showed a balance in 
the bank to the credit of the associa- 
tion of $168.52. The secretary’s re- 
port showed there had been seven 
deaths during the year, as follows: 
Rev. J. M. Marsters, Cambridge ; 
Dea. A. E Low, Manchester; Hon. 
Wm. H. Tappan, Manchester; D. R. 
Kimball, Salem; Horace Ross, Ar- 
lington; Charles Mann, Methuen; 
and Thomas Dow, Manchester. 
Dea. Jos. A. Torrey. bresented a 
memorial to Dr. Marsters and W. H. 
Tappan, which was very ably present- 
ed. “As year by year we gather on 
this spot,’’ he said, ‘‘the pleasure of 
friendly meeting is tinged with regret 
for thos? wh» have left us for the eter- 
nal shore. Each of our departed 
brothers deserves a tribute, but time 
would fail me to speak of them all.” 
He then reviewed the lives of the two 
above mentioned mena, and in addition 
to his own tribute he read an interest- 
ing portrayal of Dr. Marster’s charac- 
ter by his classmate and lifelong 
friend, Rev. Francis Tiffany, and also 
a poem by Miss Mary A. Haley, read 
at the funeral. 
Alfrcd S. Jewett, a member of the 
committee to whom was given the 
matter of a boulder in honor of the 
old Indian chief Masconomo, reported 
that the committe had visited various 
localities in town, but were somewhat 
at a loss as to the best meth d of rais- 
ing money for removing it, and as to 
the right spot to p'ace it. He said it 
seemed particularly appropriate that 
the citizens show their high sense of 
stewardship by doing that which is 
honorable, and that Manchester should, 
join in the growing altruistic senti- 
ment of the day and do this honor to 
the old Indian chief of its own accord, 
without legal enactment. 
The following officers were re-elect- 
eds. Geonky Allen, president ; W. J. 
Johnson, secretary-treasurer; H. T. 
Bingham, E. P. Stanley, Geo. P. Dale 
and Thos. B. Stone, executive com- 
mittee. Mr. Allen has been president 
of the association since its inception 
29 years ago. 
A vote of thanks was extended to 
the young men who so actively and 
generously acted as waiters during toe 
feast. 
D. L. Bingham, the oldest man 
present, made a particularly pleasing 
address, giving optimistic views of 
life, which he considered in view of 
his 92 years, had been warranted. 
He said that while we often hear peo- 
ple say that the world is growing 
worse, he’ is satisfied from his life ex- 
periences that humanity is much bet- 
ter off and human progress greatly 
advanced over what it was 50 years 
’ Rev E H Brewster 
Ye Elder Brethren, 1907 
Thomas Appleton 
Charles Andrews 
J R Allen 
George E Andrews 
William H Allen 
HT Bingham 
W J Burke 
Charles Bennett 
Frank Bennett 
Dr. G W Blaisdell 
Charles A Collins 
Jacob Cheever 
James Clarendon 
Peter A Chisholm 
M J Callahan 
T J Coolidge 
J W Carter 
L A Dunn 
Samuel Driver 
I F Day 
John Desmond 
Rev Geo C Freeman 
Patrick Guibivan 
Nathan B Goldsmith 
tufus F Goodridge 
JS Hurley 
G D Haskell 
R F Hoffman 
George F Allen 
George F Allen 
John. Allen 
Daniel Allen 
George R Andrews 
D F Bennett 
F W Bell 
BL Bingham 
C A Boardman 
W M Cheever 
W F Chisholm 
B F Cook 
Gen J F Curtis 
Enoch Crombie 
H G Chase 
J H Cheever 
Edward Dow 
A B Dunn 
G P Dole 
Charles Danforth 
A S Foster 
C E Fish 
James Guinivan 
Geo W Goodridve 
D C Goodridge 
JG Haskell 
E A Hooper 
Dr CL Hoyt 
Charles Hooper 
William Johnson 
Edear Jewett 
A J Johnson 
Samuel Knight 
Jolin Lendail 
Andrew Lee: 
G F Leach 
G H Martin 
D W Morse 
A M Merriam 
} A Mason 
George E Noyes 
Frank Peart 
SS Peabody 
E P Hooper 
Dr J A Hartwell 
AS Jewett 
G W Jewett 
F A P Killam 
George Kimball 
E A Lane 
C E Lee 
D © Mann 
J H Morse 
BC Marble 
N C Marshall 
J T Ober 
Rev W F Powers 
J F Rabardy 
C A Read 
Charles Richardson 
JS Reed 
_ Rev L H Ruge 
J T Stanley 
W C Rust 
C M Roberts 
I P Richardson 
RS Rantoul 
J L Story Frank E Smith 
Dr M V Safford Herbert Stanley 
George W Smith James F Shaw 
E P Stanley L W Story 
Dr W H Tyler 
C H Widger 
Ree Sanborn 
O M Stanley 
C H Stone 
J A Torrey 
Gerald Wyman 
While it was simple life in some 
ways, conditions existed that could 
not be thought of now, and no one 
now would want to return to them. 
Ex-Mayor Robert S. Rantoul of 
Salem was next called upon. He 
gave some interesting reminiscences 
of the North Shore, and recounted a 
number of interesting personal ex- 
periences showing the difference be- 
tween the North Shore of today and 
of his early years: He narrated his 
experiences ona trip by stage from 
Boston to Gloucester, -starting by 
starlight in the morning and burning 
the ill-smelling whale oil lamps which 
were used at that time for street 
lighting purposes. He also spoke of 
his experiences holding the chain for 
the surveyors who laid out the road 
for the Gloucester branch, and of the 
building of the Salem tunnel, and of a 
personal meeting with President Lin- 
coln at the White House. 
He was followed by Rev. George 
C. Freeman of Belmont, a. former 
Manchester pastor, who spoke of the 
conditions in Manchester as he found 
them fifty years ago. Mr. Freeman 
paid an eloquent tribute to the charac- 
ter, and rugged and sturdy manhood 
and womanhood of old New England, 
which has done so much to mold the 
destiny and fortunes of every section 
of our conntry, as the early pioneers 
have gone to every part of our great 
land. 
Rev. E. Hersey Brewster spoke of 
the necessity of putting one’s life into 
his work to bring results, just as the 
first-comers here found virgin soil, 
and by putting their very life into it 
molded it to their hand. He said 
great good must come from gatherings 
like that of the Elder Brethren, for it 
was at the old New England fireside 
ago. 
that the great movements which abol- 
ished slavery and opened up and set- 
tled the West were conceived. 
Rev. Fr. Powers, when called upon, 
said he hoped he would be let off with 
a few remarks, it he promised to come 
more prepared next year. He would 
like to wait a few years until he was 
entitled to become an Elder Brother. 
Like a good Catholic on a Friday, he 
said, wh», when an article of food was 
placed before him remarked he thought 
it was an egg, but he was afraid there 
was meat inside. 
Other speakers owere Rey oie 5: 
Ruge of Steubenville, O., and Prof. 
*. B. Sargent of West Roxbury’ 
A special sale of Indian goods at 
The Old Corner Store; Indian bas- 
kets, novelties, etc. Come in and see 
the:vaniety-, Geo.ie A lleng meas 
Lovely Evangeline’s Land in Nova 
Scotia. 
Nowhere is the climate more delight- 
‘fully cool, pleasant and delightful than in 
Nova Scotia with an air‘filled to the brim 
with natures ozone, the best health giv- 
ing appetizer and tonic in existence. 
The 8 round-trip-per-week service of 
the Dominion Atlantic Ry. Co., Boston 
to Yarmouth is running with clock-like 
regularity, and the daily service (except 
Saturday) with extra sailings by the pop- 
ular steamer Yarmouth on Tuesdays and 
Fridays at 12 noon is unsurpassed. 
Persons contemplating a _ vacation 
should call at Company’s city office, 228 
Washington St., for beautifully illustrated 
literature, tours, and particularly state- 
rooms and the most reliable of informa- 
tion, or send 4 cents in stamps for same 
to’ J. E. Masters, N. E. Supt., Long 
Wharf, Boston - 
