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VOLUME 2. NUMBER 8. 
SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1905. 
A Communication, 
To the Editor of the North Shore Breeze: 
In the midst of all the good things in and 
about Manchester, which can be truthfully 
and even proudly spoken and written about 
to her credit, the Glorious Fourth this year, 
in some respects, presents quite a contrast 
in the way of some events worthy of note as 
compared with some former years. 
In that part of the town known to many as 
North Yarmouth, an attempt was made to 
burn an unoccupied and unused barn. On 
Beach street, obstructions, dangerous to 
travel, were placed in the middle of the 
street and allowed to remain till quite late in 
the morning. Likewise, on the same street, 
stones from the wall were so removed and 
placed on the sidewalk as to render accidents 
possible if not probable. Perhaps the avu- 
thors of this attempt to destroy private prop- 
erty, and of this violation of public rights, 
deem such wantonness merely practical jok- 
ing and innocent amusement. 
It is not an unusual thing for some young 
and patriotic zealots to remove signs placed 
upon lands by the surveyors, and to decorate 
buildings and fences as an illustration or 
exhibition of their skill in one of the fine 
arts. Such things, however, are quite excusa- 
ble (as compared with the manifest purpose 
to destroy private property), so long as public 
rights are not invaded by so doing. 
Again, some mortals, not particularly noted 
for courage, moral or physical, although pos- 
sessed of much bravado, and, it may be, of 
much more gold, perhaps, who prefer dark- 
ness rather than light, for that reason as old 
as the hills and which is stereotyped upon 
the brain of every such person, and which 
no man is able to gainsay, take advantage of 
the ‘‘night before” this day of days to every 
true American, and perform acts which in 
their benighted imagination they fain would 
make themselves believe their efforts to be 
only the practical enforcing of a right, or by 
deed, the assertion of some claim of right, 
or, perhaps, the exercising of righteous in- 
dignation in resentment on account of some 
imaginary insult or affront, whereas, in point 
of fact, the entire proceeding is one of law- 
lessness —a_ species of vandalism, so to 
speak, rendering its perpetrators amenable 
to the laws of the land, and, if pursued, liable 
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to the imposing of such penalties as may 
properly be mered out for such acts. 
A case of this kind occurred on the home- 
stead grounds of the late Augustus W. 
Smith, now owned by his heirs-at-law, who 
are annually paying into the treasury of the 
town of Manchester a thousand dollars or 
morein taxes. Without attempting to de- 
scribe the things done (to see them is suff- 
ciently convincing as to showing malignant 
purpose, intent and desire to injure and de- 
stroy —multumin parvo). Yet they serve 
as an object lesson with examples of which 
Manchester has abounded of late, but, like 
the doings of some of the officers in the 
town in some past years, and their chief 
hired man before whom they seem to bow in 
fear and adoration, these object lessons of 
which we have read lead to different results 
from what is intended, and embrace much 
more than their authors would dare make 
known. Actions speak louder than words, 
and the things done teach the purpose and 
motive of the doer of those things, and the 
name, object lesson, is certainly a conspicu- 
ous part of the proceeding. It teaches 
the citizens of the town that the rose- 
colored view taken of many matters 
in the municipality is not always cor- 
rect. It also teaches most clearly and 
unerringly the worth and worthiness of 
the persons engaged, irrespective of their 
rank in society or the extent of their bank 
account. The participants in this wanton 
violation of the rights of others is, so far as 
has been ascertained, because, forsooth, 
some one had been restrained somewhat 
from wrong-doing; and the lesson is that 
these worthies, being wrong-doers, may 
rightfully inflict injury upon the person or 
property of a neighbor because he simply 
and properly seeks to prevent or forestall 
such wrong-doing. CCOM.. 
[Written for the BREEZE.] 
A Change of Mind. 
A melancholy man (my tale is brief), 
Father of sorrow, son of grief, 
Sat at night beside the sea. 
He heard the billows moan and beat, 
They writhed like serpents at his feet, 
They said, ‘“‘ Come, let us strangle thee 
And of thy sorrows make an end!” 
Said he, ‘‘ Come, Death, a welcome friend!” 
Then a great billow, rolling in, 
Covered him and went back again. 
The man was wet (you bet!) 
Forsook the tide, 
Went home and had his garments dried. 
Two Incendiary Fires? 
The fire department was called out 
about 11.30 Monday night fora fire at 
the barn on the Mahoney estate at 
North Yarmouth, so-called, formerly 
owned by John Hildreth. James A. 
Leahy saw the fire and sent in an 
alarm by ’phone from the Dexter farm. 
Driver Page made exceptionally fast 
time with the hose truck, and the fire 
was soon under control. It had eaten 
a hole in the roof, however, and was 
fast feeding toward a part of the barn 
where was stored some hay. 
Chief James Hoare, who was on 
hand with the hose wagon, was of the 
opinion the fire was of incendiary ori- 
gin. The damage was about $25. 
Tuesday noon, another fire, claimed 
to be of incendiary origin, was discov- 
ered in the Baker barn, in the rear of 
the Baptist church. The small chem- 
ical was all that was necessary to put 
this out. 
French Endeavorers Hold Picnic 
Last Sunday the French Y.P.S.C.E. 
hada picnic on the beach at Prides 
Crossing. The pastor of the French 
Congregational] church in Boston, Mr. 
Elsesser, came down with his wife and 
child. After the singing of a few 
hymns, he gave a short address and at 
4 o'clock they had refreshments that 
Mr. Bounous and Mr. Beigbider had 
kindly prepared on the grass. Then 
the popular French game “ Russian 
captains and soldiers ”’ ended the after- 
noon. 
This was the first picnic the French 
Y.P.S.C:E. ever held:: There wereZs 
young people in the party—all French, 
but the singing attracted a large num- 
ber of people who were on the beach, 
who gathered around and seemed to 
enjoy the service, despite the fact they 
could not understand what was being 
said. 
Historic India. 
In the Congregational church, at 
Manchester, last evening, Mr. Augus- 
tine Deoji Ohol, a native of Bombay, 
India, gave a very interesting talk on 
‘‘ Historic India.” Thelecture proved 
very entertaining and instructive, and 
was made doubly interesting from the 
fact it was brightened by about 50 
beautiful stereopticon views, showing 
the landscape, the temples, and the 
magnificent palaces of the native 
rajahs. 
He spoke of the early history of 
India, telling of the early rulers, what 
they left behind them in the line of 
temples, etc., and traced the history 
down to the English rule, showing on 
the canvas some of the buildings now 
standing in the comparatively modern 
cities, and describing the occidental 
influence on the life and characteris- 
tics of the people. 
In our communication from Mrs. 
Jennie H. Carver of Lawton, Mich., 
published last week, by an unavoid- 
able error we spoke of Mrs. Carver’s 
name before marriage as_ being 
‘Kerr,’ instead of. “ Bahr.’”’ 
Mrs. Harry L. Giles and little 
daughter Eleanor of Everett, Mass., 
are the guests of their aunt, Mrs. 
Anna Phillips. 
The date of Ye Elder Brethren 
picnic at Tuck’s has been set for 
Wednesday, July 19. 
Miss Alice O’Neil and Michael 
McInnis spent the holiday very pleas- 
antly with Miss O’Neil’s sister, Mrs. 
Sullivan, at Durham, N.H. 
Mrs. Fred M. Johnson is in Lynn 
over Sunday, a guest of friends. 
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