NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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Tho Best Flour yet offered at the price, 
$5.75 bol. 75c bag 
Cut from the tub 
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cordial welcome is extended by him- 
self and his accomplished lady to their 
visitors. 
THE BEACH 
The sandy beach that runs along 
below the house of Mr. Booth is re- 
markable for its ‘musical tone.” As 
you step briskly over it, a distinct and 
somewhat clear, shrill note is heard, 
which seems to be upon the key of C 
of the treble scale. By scraping or 
shuffling the foot over the sand, the 
tone may be prolonged; and it is 
loudest, I have noticed, where the 
sand is dryest. Hugh Miller men- 
tions a similar phenomenon on a beach 
upon the coast of Scotland. Will 
some of the savans of the Essex In- 
stitute be pleased to favor us with an 
explanation of this “mineral music’ ? 
DISTINGUISHED MEN 
Among the distinguished men here 
this season is James T. Fields, Esq., 
the leading publisher of elegant litera- 
ture in this country; a writer of no 
mean ability himself, and an intimate 
friend of the late Charles Dickens, 
Esq. But there is the boat with my 
philosopher K. and story-telling Capt. 
F. to take me down the bay; and 
there is Dr. Bartol tugging lustily at 
the oar; and there is another party of 
the “hubbists” getting under weigh ; 
and so without stopping to tell you of 
our great “‘ Umbrella Tree,” or “Mill- 
stone Hill,’ “Ram’s Head,” or 
“Misery,” or of our far-famed Mag- 
nolia now in bloom (we hope some- 
time to raise a poet for the bay), or of 
a thousand other things you and your 
readers ought to know, I promise 
you another letter when the mood 
comes over me, and hasten out “to 
view the ground” where all the fish 
stood up with moistened eyes to see 
- an actor play his part among the por- 
poises, Cape Ann sea serpents, hippo- 
potami, mermaids, walruses, and other 
monsters of the deep,—and so remain, 
COBB, BATES & YERXA C0,, 
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Essex amd st. 
We always have had and alway will have the Best ¥ 
Butter Churned to offer to our trade. ¥ 
No Repacked, No Imitation Creamery, No Renovated or Process Butter (at any price) 
THE BEST « 
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; A Discount of 25c per barrel allowed if taken at our door. 
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25Dc Ib. 
Peter streets, 
terraque, marique, your own most 
faithful and truth-telling 
W. WaAYBRIDGE. 
THe Brut Laws.—-The famous 
blue laws of Connecticut, about which 
so much is heard, are as follows. 
They were enacted by the people of 
the ‘Dominion of New Haven,” and 
became known as the blue laws be- 
cause they were printed on blue 
paper : 
The governor and magistrates con- 
vened in general assembly are the su- 
preme power under God, of this inde- 
pendent dominion. From the deter- 
mination of the assembly no appeal 
shall be made. 
No one shall be a free man or give 
a vote unless he is converted and a 
member of one of the churches al- 
lowed in the dominion. 
Each freeman shall swear by the 
blessed God to bear true allegiance to 
this dominion, and that Jesus is the 
only king. 
No dissenter from the established 
worship of this dominion shall be al- 
lowed to give a vote for electing of 
magistrates or any officer. 
No food or lodging shall be offered 
to a heretic. 
No one to cross a river on the Sab- 
bath but authorized clergymen. 
No one shall travel, cook vituals, 
make beds, sweep house, cut hair, or 
shave on the Sabbath day. 
No one shall kiss his or her chil- 
dren on the Sabbath or fasting days. 
The Sabbath day shall begin at sun- 
set Saturday. 
Whoever wears clothes trimmed 
with gold, silver or bone lace, above 
one shilling per yard, shall be pre- 
sented by the grand jurors, and the 
selectmen shall tax the estate three 
hundred pounds. 
No one shal] eat mince pies, dance, 
play cards or play any instrument of 
music except the drum, trumpet and 
jewsharp. 
SALEM, 
MASS. 
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Whoever brings cards or dice into 
the dominion shall pay a fine of five 
pounds. 
Every ratable person who refuses 
to pay his proportion to support the 
minister of town or parish, shall be 
fined five pounds and five shillings 
every quarter. 
No gospel minister shall join people 
in marriage. The magistrate shall 
join them in marriage, as he may do 
it with less scandal to Christ’s church. 
When parents refuse their children 
convenient marriages, the magistrate 
shall determine the point. 
Adultery shall be punished with 
death. 
A man who strikes his wife shall be 
fined ten pounds. 
A woman who strikes her husband 
shall be punished as the law directs. 
No man shall court a maid in per- 
son or by letter without obtaining the 
consent of her parents; five pounds 
penalty for the first offence, ten for 
the second, and for the third imprison- 
ment during the pleasure of the court. 
Watches, clocks, jewelry of differ- 
ent kinds, scarf pins, brooch pins, 
sleeve buttons, ladies’ neck and watch 
chains, watch pins, etc., at H. B. Win- 
chester’s, Gloucester, Mass. a 
Solid 14k. gold ladies’ watches at 
Winchester’s, jeweler, Post Office sq., 
Gloucester, Mass. * 
North Shore Breeze: 
Please send the 
Breeze to the address given below 
Gentlemen: 
