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requirements. The day of the very 
cheap greenhouse has passed because 
both the owner of the private green- 
house and the florist realizes today 
that the first cost is not so important 
as the final cost. When we build 
private greenhouses for pleasure and 
enjoyment, what pleasure will we 
derive from them if their ridges sink, 
their roofs and sides become warped, 
and the glass slides out of place? 
From the florists’ point of view, is 
not the greenhouse but a factory, and 
is it not as reasonable to build well 
a flower factory as it is a factory for 
the production of any other article 
of commerce? 
“Occasionally a private house is 
built without foundation walls. These 
houses are built then with foot pieces 
for the purpose of saving masonry 
sub-walls or foundations. This 
method is used exclusively in the 
best commercial iron frane houses. 
“The superstructure of iron frame 
greenhouses for private use and for 
commercial purposes is essentially 
the same, and the larger houses cost 
less per square foot to build and 
provide a larger cubic contents than 
smaller houses, It is therefore just 
as incumbent on the Superintendent 
or gardener to convince his employer 
that better results can be obtained in 
large houses at lower cost than in ‘ 
small houses, as it is for the com- 
mercial man to build large for the 
same reason. 
“Large houses are the cheapest per 
square foot of surface covered and 
per square foot of glass. They are 
the lightest, and enclose the greatest 
volure per square foot of glass, 
which means better air, stability of 
temperature, and better growing con- 
ditions generally, In addition to this, 
the first cost and the operating cost of 
the heating system is less, and the 
labor of working the house less, than 
with small greenhouses. 
“Hot water heating was used be- 
fore steam heating, and while the use 
of steam is increasing rapidly, it may 
still be stated that hot water is better 
than steam heat. I is not so intense 
and more like natural or sun heat, It 
permits of more even distribution, 
especially so in small or medium sized 
houses, Plants will thrive better gen- 
erally in water-heated houses than 
they will in the super-heated near- 
steam piping. 
“One of the most neglected parts 
of the greenhouse equipment is the 
chimney. Chimneys of greenhouses 
are frequently much lower than they 
should be to produce proper velocity 
or intensity of draft, and the flues 
are..aften smaller than necessary. 
Height is necessary for velocity of 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
draft and large area of cross section 
to produce volume or quanity. Inten- 
sity of draft alone is not sufficient.” 
After Mr. Elder’s paper the value 
of different methods of accelerating 
circulation in heating systems was 
discussed, he giving the members 
much valuable information on the 
subject. 
At the next meeting of the society, 
Friday, Feb. 20, Wm. Craig will 
speak on “Vegetables.” 
THE: POLLTICAT-PGE 
Thursday, Feb. 19, at 5 p. m., will 
be the last opportunity for filing nom- 
ination papers for town office, 
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The following nomination papers 
have been taken out and in most 
cases have been already filed with 
the town clerk: 
Tree Warden—William Young. 
Selectmen—N. P, Meldrum, Frank 
G. Cheever, Geo. R. Dean, Walter 
R. Bell, Howard M. Stanley. 
Town Clerk—Alfred S, Jewett. 
Town Treasurer and Tax Collec- 
tor—Edwin P, Stanley. 
Assessor—Edward S. Knight. 
Water Commissioner (3 years)— 
James Hoare. 
School Committee (3 yrs.),—Ray- 
mond C, Allen. 
Cemetery Trustee (3 yrs)—Geo- 
L. Knight, 
th Ne seal 
The only remaining opportunities 
to register, if your name is not on 
the voting list, for the annual town 
meeting are: Wednesday, Feb. 18, 
7 to 8 p. m.; Saturday, Feb. 21, 12 
noon to 10 p. m., at the office of the 
Town Clerk. 
RA PES 
Town meeting falls this year on 
March 2,—two weeks from _ next 
Monday. 
Pohtaee 
Chief James Hoare of the fire de- 
parment says he will not be a can- 
didate for re-appointment as one of 
fire engineers next May. He has 
served for the last 16 years—and 
served well, too, building the depart- 
ment up to the high standing which 
it now has among volunteer depart- 
ments hereabouts. The position is 
a rather confining one, in one way, 
and he feels that he ought to give 
away to someone else. This is an ap- 
pointive position—the selectmen ap- 
pointing a board of engineers every 
spring. 
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Somebody threw the office cat into 
the Political Pot the past week and 
as a result we are able to serve the 
following stew. — 
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LOCAL BUGOLOGY 
Some have a bug for autos, 
Some have a bug for booze, 
Some have a bug for tango, 
Some have a bug for news. 
Some have a bug for suppers— 
Cold meats, hot dogs, preserves,— 
Sure cure for indigestion 
And soothing to the nerves. 
Some have a bug on dredging 
To make our channel deeper ; 
They’ve got a wind-mill in their block 
If they expect coal cheaper. 
Some have a bug for offiice— 
Hat always in the ring: 
Field Driver, Bug Inspector, 
Or any old thing. 
Some have a bug on larnin’,— 
Surprising what they know; 
Some take post-graduate at Boyle’s, 
While others shovel snow. 
Some have a bug on Women’s Rights, 
Some have the bug Anti; 
When both these bugs have got their 
growth, 
The hair’ll begin to fly. 
Some have the bug on Poor Farms, 
Tile floors and glass piazza, 
Electric signs hung o’er the doors,—- 
Manchester’s Copley-Plaza. 
Some think we need a new Town 
Hall, 
And need it very soon; 
But they have got another think, 
For the bug’s still in the cocoon. 
There’ve some that have all kinds 
of bugs 
Mixed up with old hen wire— 
Umbrella frames, bicycles wheels, 
Without the rubber tire. 
The old appropriation tree | 
That’s borne well many a year 
[s laden down with human bugs, 
That’re causing doubt and fear. 
They’re snuggled in its foliage, 
They multiply each year ; 
You'll always find them on the job; 
They seem to have no fear. 
Unless we get a wiggle on, 
And take this case in hand. 
We soon will face the problem 
How long the old tree’ll stand, 
With all these bugs a-buzzing 
Around the human brain, 
No wonder some are dippy 
And others go insane, 
— H.D.G. 
The Breeze $2.00 a year postpaid. 
