E Knowles of Gloucester, Rept. 
BoDonald of Beverly and John L. 
salt onstall of Beverly voted against 
he bill. Their action is commend- 
ible and is for the best interests of 
ve Shore. A sane, quiet and re- 
gious observance of the day-is not 
lone of moral value to the com- 
unity for the North Shore would 
n discover that Sunday Desecra- 
fon would be an economic blunder. 
Mas sachusetts needs an _ effective 
‘itizens’ association to guard against 
any encroachment upon the proper 
rvance of the day. No such or- 
zation, representative of the 
interests of the people and rec- 
zed as such, now exists. 
_ The Tucker Reward. 
The Annual Town Warrant of 
what action will be taken to 
opriate the reward offered in the 
le Page murder. Of course the 
n ought to fulfil the obligation, 
it certainly is an evidence of the 
avity of human nature when 
ela imants quarrel over the price of 
another man’s life. The reward is 
lood money. The honest toil of a 
day laborer is more worthy and how 
any human being of refinement- and 
elf respect could permit his name 
e associated with the gory con- 
no matter how great the re- 
vard, is beyond comprehension. It 
Ss _only another illustration of the 
lindness of men in their desire for 
old. A true officer of the law will 
de his duty for its own sake and 
yught to be spared the ignominy for 
his own good name and that of his 
family from being against his will a 
contestant for an insignificant pe- 
euniary reward. 
_ The Bar and Bottle Bill. 
3 This bill was introduced last year 
into the legislature and was passed, 
to become operative May 1, 1911. It 
p rovides that no holder of a bar 
license shall hold a license. to sell 
Bae goods. It eliminates the evil 
of selling liquor to individuals un- 
der the influence of liquor and pre- 
ents in no small measure the pur- 
hase of intoxicating liquor to be 
en home to continue the debauch. 
Ar effort has been made to repeal 
he bill. The Liquor Committee re- 
ported adversely to the call for the 
repeal. Two sets of bills have been 
introduced either of which will de- 
stroy it. The first set, bills number 
688 and 903 provide for a direct re- 
peal. The other set, 901 and 1091 
“masquerade under the title of license 
Diassification Bills. Their real aim 
Weston has in it an article to con-. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
is to nullify the Bar and Bottle Bill 
and re-establish the double licensing 
system, compelling license boards te 
issue a bottle and pitcher license 
with every bar license. This subter- 
fuge is a resort to gain the votes of 
certain legislators who are pledged 
to vote against the repeal. It is 
hoped that they may be led to vote 
for Bill 901 or 1091 as something en- 
tirely different. It is clear that the 
interests of our shore are in the 
Rill. It is reasonably certain that 
our representatives, Mr. Knowles, 
Mr. MacDonald and Mr. Saltonstall 
will vote against all the repeal bills. 
The Bar and Bottle Bill has passed 
our legislature and ought to be given 
a reasonable trial. The Gloucester 
and Beverly-Danvers district can 
depend upon their representatives to 
discern any trickery to repeal the 
bill before a reasonable trial has 
been given. 
Spring. 
According to the calendar, spring 
has come; but Nature never hurries. 
The robins have been  fiuttering 
about all winter at Swiftmoor. 
Pride’s Crossing, and an occasional 
pheasant has been in flight on West 
Beach hill, but they do not count. 
The junecos have not been friendly. 
Who has ever seen one? The green 
grass at Princemere, as the snows 
have gone, is a welcome suggestion 
to the glory of Nature’s green tapes- 
try that was and again is to be. 
Against the barren withered. brown 
and grey background of the gentle 
slope to the Little Comfort School- 
house it spells hone—Nature’s com- 
ing resurrection. The celandine has 
broken soil and humbly spreads its 
whirl of green leaves close under the 
snow hugeing mother earth, receiv- 
ing but little encouragement from 
a young sun hardly a day _ past 
twenty-one, by the calendar, only 
just over the winter line into spring. 
Chelidonium first and then celan- 
dine. The Greek for swallow, cheli- 
donium., is borne by this little nlant 
‘<heeanse its flawers annear with the 
swallaws.’’ Mrs. Dana atiotes 
Gerarde as saving this is not so, 
“Sheaange it first snrinoeth at the 
eoming in of the swallaws, or dieth 
when they go awav. but we have 
saide. it mav be founde all the veare: 
but beeause some hold opinion. that 
with this herbe the dams_ restore 
sieht to their voun®’ ones, when their 
eies be put ont.’? However that may 
he. we are glad to have so hnmble a 
flower open our ‘‘eies”’ to Nature’s 
awakening glory. Two blue birds. 
truth possesses us, have been heard 
17 
but not seen, singing a spring song 
near Green’s Ground. Haste thee, 
nymph, gentle spring, thou art more 
than welcome. We will go out to meet 
thee. Touch with thy magie wand, 
now that the ice houses are all full, 
the ice and snow and bear them far 
to sea, touch the tiny hidden roots 
of grass and of field flowers and the 
waiting bud life of shrub and bush 
and tree. Bring with thee our 
friends of the air, feather winged 
and music hearing. We wait for 
them all because we must. 
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