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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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VOLUME 3. NUMBER 18 
SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1906. 
The assessors and furniture movers 
are having their innings at present. 
The carpenters are striking more 
this week than they have for some 
time. 
When the vessel ‘‘Tom Lawson” 
is turned into an oil freighter, will she 
unload as easily as her illustrious 
namesake has always done? 
The annual report of the state 
tax commissioner, giving the list of 
property in the state exempt from 
taxation, shows Manchester has 
$32,625, churches. 
We learn from the president of the 
Thought and Work club of Salem that 
Professor John Duxbury of Manches- 
ter, Eng., will give his recital on the 
book of Job and other selections, at 
the Wesley church, North street, 
Salem, on Saturday evening, the 12th 
inst., at 7.45 o'clock. . Rev..C. Arthur 
Lincoln of Manchester-by-the-Sea will 
be the soloist of the evening and Mr. 
A. E. De Normandie of Grace Epis- 
copal church, Salem, will officiate at 
the organ, and will accompany Mr. 
Lincoln. The exercises of the even- 
ing will open with a brief organ recital 
by Mr. De Normandie. An enter- 
tainment of rare merit may be ex. 
pected. 
A pleasant reminder of the pic- 
turesque North Shore—The Breeze 
—one year, one dollar. 
Neat line of shirts at Bell’s. * 
The Witch of Kettle Island 
From the Boston Sunday Herald 
Kettle Cove, now Magnolia, was 
joined to the main point by a bar 
of sand and rocks, which gave to 
the coast line the shape of a kettle. 
Many years ago, when settlers in 
this part of the country were few, 
there lived on Kettle Island an old 
crone, reputed to be a witch, named 
Gamma Dunstan. She dwelt in a 
little house close to the Neck, and 
traded upon her reputation. 
One bright September day she 
took up her oaken staff, and, lean- 
ing heavily upon it, wended her 
way to the house of her neighbor 
and landlord, Farmer Cranford. 
“Neighbor,” she said, seating her- 
self upon the top of a half-barrel, 
“thy son Willum loves my darter.” 
“Aye, Gamma Dunstan,” replied 
the old man, “it is as thou sayest. 
Faith, but he eats only half his 
usual amount. His appetite is fair 
gone.” 
wie." he” 
woman, 
snickered the old 
twas ever so with the 
silly ones. A youth or a maid do 
take on when the _ lovesickness 
seizes them. I am an old woman. 
My working days are almost gone 
by. If my gal marries your lad she 
will leave me. They all fly away 
from the home nest when they make 
one of their own, and I shall be 
alone. I cannot let my darter go 
for naught, for I should ha’ nothing 
left. Promise me that thou wilt 
give me the pasture rights on the 
land on which my house stands, as 
well as those of yonder point; in 
exchange I give my darter to your 
son. If she weds without my 
consent, my curse will rest upon 
her.” 
That afternoon, as Elsie sat by 
the sea, she saw a tiny boat come 
dancing over the blue water. In 
the stern sat a handsome young 
man gazing with wonder and de- 
light on the beautiful maiden. Giv- 
ing low orders to his men, with a 
courtly bow he approached her and 
asked to be allowed to gather drift- 
wood. While his men were collect- 
ing it he sat beside the blushing girl 
and told stories of a wonderful 
country far away, and as he left he 
raised her hand to his lips and 
slipped a ring upon her finger, tell- 
ing her he would return to make 
her his bride. 
Hiding the ring, the girl went to 
the hut to prepare the frugal meal, 
and was told. of the coming mar- 
riage. . Her liking for William 
turned to hatred, and each day she 
watched for her lover’s appearance. 
Locked in her room lest she make 
away with herself, the old  crone 
watched her, but the date of the 
wedding a fearful storm raged, and 
she was allowed to go out of the 
house. 
Wandering to the shore, she 
threw herself down in deep despair, 
when a faint shout reached her ears. 
There, on the dancing billows, 
bounded the light boat of her lover. 
ihe witch reame®* torthe vshorestre 
seize her, when, with a cry of fear, 
Elsie flew into her. lover’s arms, 
while her mother hurled curses after 
her, As the ~old woman fell 
into the sea, she cried: “Cursed be 
the land. Let no horned cattle live 
ever on its pastures.” 
The storm raged, and on the fol- 
lowing morning the witch and her 
sheep were washed up on the sand. 
The roadway, covered by the sea, 
has remained so to this day. Be it 
witchcraft or natural causes, there 
is no visible bar that joins the isl- 
and to the mainland, and it is as- 
serted no horned cattle can _ live 
over six months on Magnolia Point 
beyond Willow Cottage. 
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