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March 31, 1916. 
MANCHESTER WOMAN’S CLUB 
Harrett, Musica, Macician, En- 
TERTAINED FOR THE CHILDREN 
AT’ TurspAy MEETING. 
S. O. Harrell of Waltham, known 
as the musical magician, lived up to 
his reputation as an entertainer on 
last Saturday afternoon when he de- 
lighted 130 children at the Chapel in 
Manchester, where they were guests 
of the Woman’s Club for the annual 
Children’s Day meeting. Mr. Har- 
rell’s methods of entertainment were 
unusualand decidedly effective in pleas- 
ing the children. He rendered selec- 
tions on the bells, chimes, xylophone, 
musical glasses and the saxophone. 
Miss Grace Merrill accompanied him 
on the piano. In connection with the 
entertainment Mr. Harrell kept up a 
running fire of conversation which 
was highly entertaining to the young- 
sters. His tricks of magic were not 
the stereotyped run of magician’s 
tricks, but were new and unusual ia 
their character. 
In addition to the other forms of 
entertainment he tore paper silhou- 
ettes in various amusing forms to the 
great delight of the children and the 
grownups as well. Another feature of 
the entertainment was the freak pic- 
tures which were from _ different 
pieces of household furniture, stuck 
on a frame. Odds and ends of car- 
pets, linoleum, pieces of old clothing, 
etc., were used in making landscape 
pictures or life size figures. 
Following the program by Mr. 
Harrell the children were served with 
ice-cream and cake. Mrs. William 
Hooper was the hostess of the after- 
noon. The children proved to be 
extremely grateful guests and voiced 
their approval and appreciation of 
their entertainment in no uncertain 
terms. 
The next meeting of the Club will 
be held in Town hall next Tuesday 
afternoon in conjunction with the 
Arbella club. 
An old lady, walking in a field, 
came across a small boy watching his 
companions playing football. 
“Well, my little fellow,’ said the 
old lady kindly, “why aren’t you play- 
ing football with the other boys?” 
“The captain chucked me out for 
muffing a punt,” replied the small boy 
sadly. 
“Really? Then, if they had treated 
me like that I wouldn’t stand watch- 
ing them while they played.” 
“T ain’t watching them. I’m wait- 
ing till the game’s over, an’ then Pll 
smash the captain,” replied the small 
boy savagely —Ewchange. 
NO Rites tlORKSs BREEZE 
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W HISPERINGS 
: 
of THE BREEZES 
March 
Started in 
Rather Lion-like 
And seems to have gone 
Out in a very Lamb-like manner. 
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When the snow started to melt on 
Sunday it went with a rush. Minia- 
ture rivers flowed in Manchester 
streets the first of the week. 
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The first ocean-going vessel to come 
into Manchester harbor this spring 
arrived Monday. It was a coal barge 
belonging to the Lehigh Valley Coal 
Sales Co. and after a tug had broken 
the ice in the inner harbor it was 
docked at Knight’s coal wharf. Al- 
though setting low in the water with 
a heavy load of coal the barge easily 
negotiated the channel in the harbor. 
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Among the harbingers of spring, 
we note not only the boys playing mar- 
bles, attempts of the trees at budding, 
the passing of the ice in the harbor 
and the arrival of the spring harvest 
of poems in the morning mail, but 
the reappearance of last year’s fall 
hat, some new styles in feminine: ap- 
parel and “swat the fly” literature. 
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When you are inclined to complain 
of having to wait a few minutes be- 
cause your train is late thank your 
‘Iucky star” that you did not have to 
travel by this schedule. The follow- 
ing train schedule appeared in the 
Salem Register on Monday, October 
28, 1850: “Two trains each way daily ; 
Salem to Manchester, 10.45 a. m., 
4.45 p. m.; Manchester to Salem, 
TAS dete 2aepjiiawe tl hexcopy Of 
the above schedule was handed to the 
Breeze by Henry T. Bingham. 
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Town Treasurer FE. P. Stanley, is 
wondering when his office in Town 
hall is going to have some needed 
repairs. Since the flooding of the of- 
fice over a year ago when an over- 
head water pipe burst and wet every- 
thing in the room the walls and ceil- 
ing have not presented a very elegant 
appearance. Last year the repairs 
were put off on account of lack of 
money, but Mr. Stanley hopes this 
year to have things fixed up. 
Mrs. Popson—I was reading where 
hours 
Mr. Edison says that four 
sleep is enough for any man. 
Popson—That seems to be the 
baby’s idea, too. 
11 
POISONED HORSES 
PoLtick LOOKING FoR PERSON WHO 
KinLED DANIEL EDGECOMB’S 
ANIMALS. 
Considerable mystery surrounds the 
death of two valuable draft horses 
belonging to Daniel Edgecomb of 
Forest st., Manchester, during the 
past two weeks. Examination of the 
carcasses of the two animals disclosed 
evidences of poisoning and Chief of 
Police Sullivan is investigating the 
case. When Mr. Edgecomb, who is 
a contractor, went to the barn last 
week Thursday morning he’ found 
one of his four horses dead in its 
stall. He did not become suspicious 
at the time and concluded that the 
horse had eaten something which had 
caused its death. . On last Sunday 
night, however, all of the horses hbe- 
came ill and Mr. Edgecomb sum- 
moned Dr. J. J. Riordon of Beverly 
Farms, who treated the animals. In 
the morning one of the horses was 
dead. 
Suspicions having been excited by 
the circumstances of the death of the 
second animal, all of the food from 
which the horses had eaten was ex- 
amined and no trace of any poison 
was discovered. ‘The carcass was 
then examined and traces of poison 
were discovered in the mouth and in- 
testines. From the character of the 
injuries to the membranes it was con- 
cluded that the poison was of acid 
nature and had been forced upon the 
animal. Examination of the first 
horse at the Peabody rendering works 
disclosed similar conditions. The po- 
lice were immediately notified, but 
owing to the fact that no distinct 
trace of the kind of acid used could 
be found, they have little evidence on 
which to base a clue. Mr. Edgecomb 
was astounded at the evidence of 
poisoning as he did not suppose he 
had an enemy in the world capable of 
such an act. He is at a loss to think 
of anyone, desiring to injure him, 
who would resort to such measures. 
Two other horses in his barn are 
still ill from the effects of the poi- 
son, but are expected to recover. The 
two animals which were killed were 
valued at $700. 
I licked a dozen stamps today for 
telegrams I’ve sent. I licked and 
stuck one on a bill with which I paid 
the rent. I licked a stamp to place 
upon a note which I renewed, and 
then I licked another to make the 
mortgage good. I licked these stamps 
to show that I respect my country’s 
will and now I’d like to lick the man 
who introduced the bill—Ewxchange, 
