“T recommend that you use le- 
gumes instead of buckwheated rye. 
In the matter of pruning I am he- 
retic, but when they fry us there 
there will be lots to fry. Pruning is 
in its infancy; there is much to de- 
velop in its science, 
“Thinning the fruit is accomplish- 
ed in four stages. The pruning which 
is done to let in the sun and air re- 
moves a part of the buds, 
“The practise of hand thinning 
seems like a formidable task, but it 
is found to be a paying proposition. 
Early sorts may be thinned about 
June 20. Winter sorts should be 
thinned rather than propped _ up. 
After concluding his talk, Mr. 
Smith thanked the North Shore 
gardeners for courtesy shown pupils 
of the Essex County Agricultural 
school during a recent visit to North 
Shore estates. 
LAuNcH CLuB WINs TouRNAMENT. 
The last of the five evenings of 
the pool, whist and cribbage tourna- 
ment between the Manchester club 
and the Manchester Launch club was 
last Saturday evening at the former 
club. The Launch club won in all 
three tournaments, 
The pool tournament, of course, 
was the one about which most in- 
terest was centered. The Launch 
club had a total of 834 points to 666 
for the Manchester club, which gave 
them a lead of 168. The Launch 
club’s points were won as follows: 
Tyler, 193; H. Slade, 169; Page, 161; 
G. Slade, 161; Moshier, 150; totai, 
834. The Manchester club: Need- 
ham, 154; Wilcox, 115; Bell, 129; 
Lipman, 120; Wheaton, 118; Mack- 
in, 30; total, 666. 
Master Buitpers’ BANQUET, 
Several members of the North 
Shore Master Builders’ association 
attended the annual banquet and 
ladies’ night held Wednesday even- 
ing at the rooms of the Salem Board 
of Trade. Schleuber catered and a 
most enjoyable entertainment was 
provided. George S. Sinnicks of 
Manchester was master of ceremon- 
ies and introduced Rev. John E. 
* Chariton, D. D., of the Wesley 
church of Salem, who spoke. The 
committee on the banquet was 
George S. Sinnicks and George W. 
Pitman, the latter of Salem. 
Buy your Providence River, War- 
ren River and Cape Oysters at the 
Manchester Fish Market, phone 163. 
adv 
Oysters, fresh every day at Swett’s 
fish market. adv 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER CHURCHES. 
The monthly vesper service at the 
Congregational church will be held 
Sunday atternoon, the 25th, at 5 
o'clock, when Mrs, Caroline A, Jones 
of Boston will be the soloist. The 
girl’s choir will also sing. 
Exercises in connection with the 
installation of Rev, 
pastor of the Congregational church 
will be held on Friday evening, Feb. 
6. Prof. Warren J. Moulton, Ph, D., 
of the Bangor Theological seminary, 
will preach the instaliation sermon. 
The ‘‘Go-to-Church-Sunday” idea 
has struck Manchester and Feb. &th 
has been decided on as the day, Rev. 
C. A. Hatch says there are two reas- 
ons why one should go to church: 
1, The quiet of the sanctuary off- 
sets the rush and drive of week-day 
life; 2. Diverting thoughts into 
higher channels betters the body as 
weil as the mind, 
The annual business meeting of the 
Ever Ready circle of King’s Daugh- 
ters will be held next Monday even- 
ing, with Mrs. Herman C. Swett, 
Friend st. 
Harmony Guild elected officers at 
their annual business meeting Mon- 
day evening in the Chapel. A sup- 
per preceded the business meeting 
and roll-call followed. Of the mem- 
bership of more than 110, 76 were 
present. The officers for the year 
are as follows: Miss Ethel Hooper, 
president; Miss Annie L. Lane, vice 
pres.; Mrs. Edith Munroe, secretary ; 
Miss Elisabeth Jewett, treas.; Mrs. 
Edna Peabody, Mrs. Cleve Bell, 
Mrs. Charlotte Bullock, Mrs: Etta 
Boyle and Mrs. Hans Dahl, execu- 
tive committee, The tables were pret- 
tily arranged for supper. There were 
six of them, with a chafing dish on 
each from which was served creamed 
chicken. 
Opp FELLOws ELEcT. 
The officers of Magnolia lodge, 149, 
I. O, O. F., of Manchester, were in- 
stalled last rlaceae’ by Deputy Grand 
Master Andrew M,. Stone and staff 
of Marblehead. Following the in- 
stallation a supper was served in the 
banquet room. Following are the 
new officers: 
Thomas Wiggin, acting past 
grand; Geo. M. Matheson, noble 
grand; Bernard L. Boyle, vice grand; 
F, C. Rand, recording secretary; 
Henry T, Bingham, fin. sec’y; Edw. 
A, Lane, treas; John L. Prest, war- 
den; Alfred E. Hersey, conductor ; 
W. Burton Rogers, chaplain; Wim. 
H, Allen, rt, scene supporter; Ar- 
thur A. Smothers, left s. s.; Chas, 
eg Fisted 
9 
FE. Williams, rt. sup. n. g.; James A. 
Kehoe, left s, n. g.; Howard M. 
stanley, rt, sup, v. g.; Wm. H. Beau- 
mont, left s. v. g.; Byron A, Bullock, 
inside guardian; Ellery L. Rogers, 
outside guardian. Mr. Bingham was 
installed fin. secretary for his 32d 
year, and Mr, Lane has served as 
treasurer for 18 years, 
CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS Dug To CoLD 
WEATHER. 
The cold snap this week was re- 
sponsible for one very serious ac- 
cident in Manchester and two alarms 
of fire and one still alarm, to say 
nothing of the scores upon scores of 
cases where considerable temporary 
inconvenience was caused by the 
freezing and bursting of water pipes. 
Tuesday morning about 6.45 the 
bursting of the water front in the 
kitchen range at the Harlan Mor- 
gan house, corner of Pleasant and 
School sts., resulted in a terrific ex- 
plosion. It smashed the stove all to 
pieces and caused serious injury to 
Mrs. Morgan. The freezing of the 
water vent in the upper part of the 
building was responsible for the 
bursting of the Had the pipe 
broken in any a part than with- 
in the stove it would have caused 
much less damage. One piece of the 
stove fractured the bones in oue of 
Mrs, Morgan’s ankles and. caused 
flesh wounds and bruises. When the 
explosion occurred, the younger of 
the two daughters, Miss Mabel Mor- 
gan, rushed to the fire alarm box at 
the corner of Lincoln st, in her night 
clothing with a heavy coat thrown 
over her and gave the alarm. For- 
tunately she has not suffered any 
from her exposure in the below zero 
atmosphere. 
A chimney fire at the residence of 
the Misses Clark at West Manches- 
ter Wednesday forenoon called the 
department to that section of the 
town on a still alarm. 
Thursday morning about 8.15 an 
alarm came in for a fire at the auto- 
mobile garage of Walter J. Mitchell, 
Manchester Cove. The only damage 
was the burning of a body off an 
automobile. The all-out was sound- 
ed before the department reached 
the blaze, 
A woman whose great beauty 
eclipses all others is seen with as 
many different eyes as there are peo- 
ple towlook at her. Pretty women 
gaze with envy, homely women with 
spite, old men with regret, young 
men with transport—D’Argens, 
