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MANCHESTER 
Town clerk and Mrs. A. 8S. Jewett 
have returned from a very pleasant 
sojourn at Saratoga and in New 
York City. 
Alvin E. Jones of South Boston, 
is visiting his brother, Edgar F., on 
Brook street. 
A very interesting meeting was 
held Wednesday evening in the in- 
terest of organizing a band in 
Manchester. Despite the rain on 
that evening and the attraction in 
the Town hall, a large number 
showed their interest in the forma- 
tion of a band and attended the 
meeting. It is expected that the 
band will be fully organized at a 
meeting to be held next Wednesday 
at the old band room in the building 
opposite the electric light station. 
Everyone interested is invited to at- 
tend this meeting. L. M. Blythe of 
Gloucester, will direct the band. 
Allen Post 67 GAR, their asso- 
ciates and all eligible sons and 
grandsons of veterans of the Civil 
war are invited to attend the annual 
campfire of Camp 149, S of V, Tues- 
day evening, October 10th, when 
W.S. Carter of Camp 142 will give 
an address on his trip around the 
world with the U. S. fleet. 
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick T. Henry 
and children of Denver, Colo., who 
have been spending the summer in 
Manchester with Mrs. Henry’s par- 
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan P. Mel- 
drum, have returned to their western 
home. Mrs. Henry’s niece, Miss 
Marion Putnam of Danvers, has ac- 
companied them for a visit to Den- 
ver. 
An interesting meeting is to be 
held in GAR hall Friday evening, 
October 13th. The program has 
been arranged by Francis M. Stan- 
wood of the summer colony, who has 
always shown much interest in the 
GAR. Mr. Stanwood will have 
Gen. Chas. H. Taylor of the Boston 
Globe as his guest that evening. The 
program will consist of the follow- 
ing 
tees of the Veterans, Miss Isabel 
Lee, drummer; solo, Miss Brenda 
Cook; “Patriotism,” Francis M. 
Stanwood; solo, Mrs. Marianna 
Cheever; ‘‘New England’s Dead,’’ 
Mrs. Seddie E. Follett; The Star 
Spangled Banner, Miss Marcia Tay- 
lor; The Angels of Buena Vista, 
Francis M. Stanwood; address, Gen. 
Charles H. Taylor; solo, Mrs. Alice 
Lee; reading, Patrick H. Boyle; 
drum solo, Miss Isabel Lee; reading, 
Mrs. Nellie Smith; reading, Mrs. 
Charlotte Brown; The Pledge (Wm. 
Winter), Francis M. Stanwood; 
America, by all. 
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Manchester. 
Wed 50 Years 
The informal celebration of the 
golden wedding anniversary of Mr. 
and Mrs. Nathan P. Meldrum at 
their home on School street, Septem- 
ber 22, was the occasion of a very 
pleasant family reunion. Mr. and 
Mrs. Meldrum were married on Sep- 
tember 22, 1861, by Rev. George E. 
Freeman then pastor of the Congre- 
gational church. Aside from Mrs. 
Meldrum’s mother, there are only 
two living who attended the wed- 
ding, and one of these, Mrs. George 
W. Dew of Melrose, attended the an- 
niversary last week. The other is 
Mr. Meldrum’s sister of Medford 
who was unable to attend. Among 
those who were present to congratu- 
late Mr. and Mrs. Meldrum were the 
Mears family of Essex, Mr. and Mrs. 
John Knight, their daughter Mrs. 
Putnam of Danvers and the members 
of her family, and the other married 
daughter, Mrs. Frederick T. Henry 
of Denver, Colo., and members of 
her family, also a few friends from 
Manchester. Twenty-two sat down 
to the dinner table. Mr. and Mrs. 
Meldrum are among the best known 
people in Manchester. Both are en- 
joying excellent health and have ev- 
ery indication, at the present, of be- 
ing able to celebrate many more an- 
niversaries of their marriage. 
Alterations Postponed. 
Some day, when there is a suffi- 
ciently long interval between the 
end of the short session and the be- 
ginning of the long session of Con- 
gress, the interior of the chamber of 
the House of Representatives is to 
be rebuilt and the entire plan modi- 
fied. Even with the _ increased 
membership due to reapportionment 
the substitution of benches, such as 
are used in the English House of 
Commons, for the individual desks 
now in use, will take up less room 
and the size of the chamber can be 
reduced. This will be a great ad- 
vantage in permitting speakers to 
be heard more clearly. Speaker 
Clark, to be sure, with his resonant 
voice and his gavel, pounding on the 
board provided for that treatment, 
has been able to make his voice 
heard; but the average member has 
had a hard time and the ery of 
‘“‘louder, louder,’’ has worried many 
a timid Congressman who was try- 
ing to achieve undying fame by ex- 
plaining the intricacies of the ef- 
fects of the tariff on wool, cotton, 
sugar, or some other article. 
The Speaker, it may be remarked, 
has succeeded remarkably well in 
preserving order in the House. He 
should have an easier time when the 
size of the chamber is reduced. But 
that can hardly be this summer. 
My Philosofy. 
I allus argy that a man 
Who does about the best he can, 
Is plenty good enough to suit 
This lower mundane institute— 
No matter ef his daily walk 
Is subject fer his neighbor’ s talk, 
And critic-minds of ev’ry whim 
Jest all git up and go for him! 
Its natchural enough, I guess, 
When some gits more and some gits less, 
For them-uns on the slimmest side 
To claim it ain’t a fair divide; 
And I’ve knowed some to lay and wait, 
And git up soon, and set up ‘late, 
To ketch some feller they could hate 
Fer goin’ at a faster gait. 
The signs is bad when folks commenee 
A findin’ fault with Providence, 
And balkin’ cause the earth don’t shake 
At every prancin’ step they take. 
No man is great till he can see 
How less than little he would be 
Ef stripped to self, and stark and bare 
He hung his sign out anywhere. 
My doctern is to lay aside 
Contensions, and be satisfied: 
Jest do your best, and praise er blame 
That follers that, counts jest the same. 
I’ve allus noticed grate success 
Is mixed with troubles, more er less, 
And it’s the man who does the best 
That gits more kicks than all the rest. 
—James Whitcomb Riley. 
Let us learn to anoint our friends 
while they are yet among the _ living. 
Post-mortem kindness does not cheer the 
burdened heart; flowers on the coffin east 
no fragrance backward over the weary 
way. —George W. Childs. 
We are none of us any better than we 
ought to be and many of us are a great 
deal worse. 
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