NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
the people elected Mr. Foss, if our 
Republican party didn’t want him. 
Now that he is Governor, it will be 
the better part of valor for Mr. 
Frothingham to tell Mr. Foss’ votes 
over to himself again, “lest we for- 
pet” 
The party has a struggle ahead to 
win the Governorship away from the 
present incumbent and after all every 
loyal citizen is interested in the wel- 
fare of his commonwealth and re- 
joices that it is not going to the 
“demnition bow wows” because a 
Democrat reigns. If a Democrat 
will do Republican things why 
not encourage him. Any way, Foss 
never was a much of a Demo- 
erat. A staunch Republican paper 
knows well enough that criticism, 
arrant and continuous will help, not 
hinder a competitor. Mr. Frothing- 
ham is blowing Mr. Foss’ not his own 
horn,—certainly not the Republican 
party’s horn. 
Tur MARBLEHEAD SPECIAL. 
The May 12th issue of the Norru 
Snore BREEZE, will contain a section 
devoted especially to Marblehead and 
that portion of the North Shore 
known as Marblehead Neck. A large 
number of extra copies will be printed 
in addition to the regular edition, and 
these will be sent away to a special 
list of those who have at some time 
enjoyed the beauties of the North 
Shore. 
The section will give an historical 
account of Old Marblehead and will 
contain a number of _ illustrations 
showing the points and places of in- 
terest about the town. 
The present business interests and 
the development of the Neck into one 
of the most popular of the North 
Shore summer resorts will also be 
dealt with. The Marblehead issue 
will be the first of a series of special 
numbers that the BrEEzE intends put- 
ting out this season. 
THE NEw STEAMER. 
Danger from fire is always im- 
minent and an efficient apparatus in- 
stantly at work on the smallest fire 
is the only safe-guard a community 
can have. It has been a week of ter- 
ror, peril, fatality and destruction 
from fire. Bangor, Boston, Salem 
and Cape Cod have suffered. Neither 
Chelsea in her loss, nor Bangor in 
her calamity ever faced such fire de- 
struction. The experience of this 
week ought to convince the men of 
authority of the fire risk at Beverly 
Farms. The record of this week and 
the memory of the Connolly Place 
fire should bestir the citizens to make 
their wishes known to the authori- 
ties. It is easy enough to think what 
could happen in Ward Six from seri- 
out fire with a worn-out twenty-five 
year-old steamer to fight it. The 
Mayor and the Chief of the Fire De- 
partment can come to only one 
decision. 
Tue Mayor’s VETO. 
The Mayor of Beverly has vetoed 
an appropriation of one thousand 
dollars for the improvement of the 
Beverly Farms playground. The 
playground of Beverly Farms is a 
worthless swamp and the Mayor is 
right in his veto and should be sus- 
tained by the Board of Aldermen. 
The present plot should be sold or 
exchanged and the schoolhouse lot en- 
larged. Many of the citizens who 
signed the petition for the purchase of 
the present plot sorrowfully acknowl- 
edge their error. The Mayor is 
clearly right. Not a single dollar 
should be spent on the “hole in the 
ground” near Haskell street. The 
Farms needs a good playground plot 
on a high level and away from the 
low land. Any parent in Beverly 
Farms who does not warn their chil. 
dren from playing in the so-called 
playground is wanting in good judg- 
ment. In another column appears an 
article by Mr. George Martin which 
we commend to our readers as the 
judgment of an expert on the pro- 
visions which a community owes to 
its growing children. The Mayor has 
a good pen and he used it well this 
time. 
BIG BOOM REPORTED 
FOR ESSEX. 
B. & M. R. R. Is Saw To HAVE 
PLANS FOR AN ESSEX- 
Rockport LIne. 
The radical tendency of the North 
Shore territory embracing Hamilton, 
Ipswich, Wenham and_ neighboring 
hamlets toward development as land- 
ed estates of the wealthy North 
Shore summer residents has had its 
influence on Essex. 
It is reported that the Boston and 
Maine R. R. is planning to lay out a 
railroad line from Essex to Rockport. 
Surveyors are busy in that territory 
where the proposed line will pass 
through. This accounts for the re- 
cent activity in Essex real estate in 
those sections. Ex-Mayor Andrews 
of Gloucester, formerly of Essex, 
has been a heavy purchaser. 
The new railroad line will go by 
Conomo Point, one of Essex’s most 
picturesque sections. 
The reported operations for the 
new railroad line are being watched 
with great interest by all concerned. 
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MANCHESTER PusiLic Lisrary—NEw 
Books. 
Abraham Lincoln and other addresses, 
Choate 814-C8 
Mexico, Carson g72-C 
Shamrock Land, Jones Q14.15-J 
Siege of Boston, French 974.4F 
Tenderfoot with Peary, 
Borup g19.8-B 
Trails of the Pathfinders, 
Grinnell g20-G20 
Young Folks Library, Vocations Iov., 
Hyde Ref 
At the Villa Rose, Mason M308.7 
Blue Goose Chase,. Job J62.1 
End of a Song, Marks M346.1 
Golden Heart, Barbour B2391.11 
Keeping up with Lizzie, 
Bacheller Br19.6 
King over the Water, 
McCarthy M12.17 
Lever, The, Orcutt 064.2 
On the Branch, DeCoulevain D296.1 
Phantom of the Opera, 
Leroux L618.1 
Robinetta, 
Wiggin and others W65.19 
Rocky Fork, Catherwood C36.9 
Slow Coach, The, Lucas 1933.2 
Spring Cleaning, Burnett j Bo6.24 
Unknown God, Weale W 362.2 
What Happened at Quasi, 
Eggleston E,291.15 
ANNuAL Rout CALL. 
The annual roll call and supper of 
the First Baptist church, Manchester, 
was held at the church last Tuesday 
evening and proved a very enjoyable 
affair. There were about 120 present 
and 65 answered to their names at 
the roll call. A cold meat supper was 
served by the ladies of the church. 
After the supper Rev. T. L. Frost, 
pastor, made some remarks, speaking 
impressively on such gatherings as 
these and the good which they 
accomplished. 
Rev. E. A. Tuck of the West 
church, Concord, N. H., who is a 
descendent of Squire Tuck, and who 
has been spending a few days in town 
as the guest of his cousins Robert 
Baker and Miss Lucy Baker, gave a 
very interesting talk. “In a’ worldly 
community like this,” he said, “there 
is need of living epistles; there is 
need of service. A great mission 
spirit has taken possession of the 
world. The church should be re- 
garded as a means to an end, the de- 
nomination and church is just a tool 
to bring in the kingdom. The object 
of the church is service.” He made 
a strong plea for mission workers, 
Charles Fleming of Salem, gave an 
interesting talk on the “World in 
Boston’ telling of the good it would 
lead up to and describing briefly the 
pageant itself. 
