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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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VOLUME 5. NuMBER 44 
NOVEMBER. 
Gone are the long, bright, golden Summer 
hours, = 
And thro’ the valley, o’er the hillside bleak, 
The chilly winds of Autumn moan and shriek, 
Scattering with ruthless hands the leaves and 
flowers. 
Ah! what a weary, fruitless life is ours! 
What vain delights, what phantoms do we 
seek 
Ere time has plucked the roses from our 
cheek 
Or planted thorns in youth’s enchanted bowers! 
Soon disappointment with its killing frost 
Ushers the winter of our discontent— 
The harvest passed, the joyous Summer spent, 
Hopes fled, joys scattered, peace and comfort 
lost. ~ 
Patience, poor heart! “There isa softer clime, 
Where Spiing abides, beyond the bounds of 
time. ; 
’ —JosePH A. Torrey. 
WHIPERING. 
Sixty years ago Friday was a memorable 
day in this vicinity; memorable, because 
it marked the opening of the extension 
of the raiiroad track from Manchester to 
Gloucester. “The Eastern Railroad had 
run a line down the branch to Manches- 
ter and work was pushed forward so as 
to have the extension between Man- 
chester and Gloucester opened before 
winter set in. On Nov. 1, 1847, the 
seven miles of track between these two 
points was used forthe first time. And 
there was as much of a celebration con- 
nected with it, locally, as the opening of 
a 1000 ‘mile line now-a-days. 
Special trains were run between 
Gloucester and Salem that day and 
everybody was given a free ride. It is 
needless to say that the road was well 
patronized on this occasion. As a 
matter of fact 150 persons avaiied them- 
selves of the offer in the morning, and 
fifty in the afternoon. 
‘The service on the branch at that time 
was-par-excellence,—that is; compared 
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to what it had been prior to that time. 
There were two trains each way daily. 
Trains left Boston at 9 a. m. and 4 
p. m., and returning left Gloucester at 
7.30 and 3.30. 
A few weeks after this there was a 
great hulla-balloo one day because the 
train for Gloucester was held up at Man- 
chester for several hours. It appeared 
that the switch man had left home in the 
morning without his key. His wife took 
such good care of it that it could not be 
found and the train was held until a 
new key was made by the village black- 
smith. . 
Librarian D. L. Bingham says he re- 
members well the opening of the ex- 
tension. ‘The townspeople were over- 
joyed before this; Hé says, when the rail- 
road started to build the road through 
from Salem. They offered their ser- 
vices free gratis and went out with axes 
and helped cut the trees and brush on 
the line laid out by the engineer for the 
course of the track. 
Literary Society. 
The first meeting of the year of the 
Literary Society of the Story High school, 
Manchester, was held Thursday at the 
High school, when the following inter- 
esting program was carried out: 
Debate (not open to the house) : ‘“Bartlett was 
fairly nominated at the recent convention at 
Springfield.’’ Aff., Edw. Wheaton; Neg., Jos. 
Floyd. 
Composition, ‘‘A Night’s Adventure’’ 
Miss Anna Maslen 
The Bridge - Longfellow 
Miss Annie Francis 
Piano Solo; Miss G: Glendenning 
Sereal Story, Chapter I. 
‘“A Summer Camping Party”’ 
Miss Mabel Lodge 
Battle of Waterloo 
Winthrop Younger 
Critic, Miss Edith Northrup 
Byron 
VOTE FOR 
Charles H. Barrett 
Republican Candidate 
Representative 
2ist Essex District 
Born in Gloucester and always a resident there. 
Lifelong, earnest, aggressive Republican: 
Representative Buriness Man since 1886. 
Two years a Councilman. 
Four years an Alderman. 
President of the Board of Alderman. | 
Chairman of Important Committees, Highways, Street Lights, 
Railroads, Sidewalks. 
As a Public Servant a record above criticism. 
Scrupulously Honest in all his dealings. 
Kminently fitted for service in the legislature. 
Every Republican should give him cordial and loyal support. 
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