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VOLUME 6. August 15, 1908 NuMBER 33 
August 15—23. 
SUN FULL TIDE. 
Rises Sets | A. M. P. M. 
15 Sa. 4 51 6 46 1 05 933 
16 Su. 4.52 6 44 2 00 2.25 
17 M. 4 54 6 43 Py syll el 
18 Tu. 4 55 6 41 3 50 415 
19 W. 4 56 6 40 4 48 5. 13 
20) ahs 4 57 6 38 5°45 6 10 
21 sr 4 58 6 37 6 50 7 10 
Ir must be of interest to the older res- 
idents of Manchester in looking over the 
list of assessed polls recently posted about 
town by the assessors, in which is given 
besides the name of the assessed poll, a 
description of property, age, occupation 
and residence last year, to notice how 
Manchester has changed in the last half 
century. Fifty years ago the class of 
working men were quite different in 
their occupations than those of today. 
For instance: here are now listed in 
the list of assessed polls, 2 furniture mak- 
ers; 3 cabinet makers; 96 gardeners; 63 
carpenters, etc. Quite the reverse of 
fifty years ago, when there were proba- 
bly no gardeners, and but a small number 
who devoted their time to carpentry. In 
its blamy days as a furniture and cabinet 
making locality Manchester had several 
hundred men engaged in cabinet and fur- 
niture making. In fact, according to 
Lamson’s History of Manchester there 
were, in 1837, twelve manufactories_ of 
chairs and cabinet ware in the town, em- 
ploying 120 men. In 1865 the cabinet 
making business gave employment to 160 
men. 
emphasis to Mr. Lamson’s words that 
‘the cabinet-making industry is fast be- 
coming a men ory, but it is a memory 
worth embalming.’’ 
Other facts gleaned from the assessed 
polls list show that there are in the town 
as assessed polls 27 painters, 9 chauf- 
feurs, 15 coachmen, 11 fishermen, 7 
bankers, 4 brokers, 45 “‘retired,’’ etc: 
Others living here, but unassessed here, 
would greatly swell some of the figures, 
especially chauffeurs, gardeners, bank- 
ers, brokers, etc., brought ‘here by the 
summer visitors. 
Tue Saxon authorities have discovered 
what would seem to be an excellent 
method to put an endto the gypsy moth 
plague which is having such disastrous 
effects on the North Shore. 
They have discovered a method to 
catch the moths that lay the eggs from 
which the caterpillars came in enormous 
quantities. “They make use of what they 
call the electric light trap. 
This consists of two large powerful 
reflectors placed over a deep receptacle, 
and power exhaust fans. “The whole 
has been erected on top of the municipal 
electric plant. 
At night two great streams of light are 
thrown from the reflectors on the wood- 
ed mountainside, half a mile distant. 
The results have been astonishing. 
The moths, drawn by the brilliancy, 
come fluttering in thousands along the 
broad rays of light. 
When they get toa certain distance 
from the reflector, the exhaust fans take 
up their work, and with powerful cur- 
rents of air, swirl them down into the 
receptacle. 
On the first night no less than 23 tons 
The forests of 
central Europe have from time to time 
been ravaged by raids of moths from Rus- 
sia, whose larvae denude the trees of 
of moths were caught. 
their foliage. 
The splendid pines of the Lausiz 
Mountains are this year threatened with 
destruction. 
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The figures given above lends - 
ECHOES. 
(c. A. BARTOL. ) 
We say, ‘‘He is all afloat.”’ 
A good condition for man or boat. 
Our conscience is designed for private use, 
And not for other’s criticism or abuse. 
Little vexations come to every man; 
They gall us more than greater sorrows can, 
Lay waste our joys and turn lifes boon to ban. 
Aman may take the road that’s wrong, 
And far afield may stroll; : 
Yet by a circuit wide or long 
May reach at length the goal. 
Hope, leaning on an anchor-fluke, 
Fails as an emblem and will bear rebuke; 
A better thought, meseems, would 
display— 
Eager to hoist the anchor and away! 
Hope 
For merest trifles men have fought and bled. 
J] will not leave my dinner or my bed 
To chase the boy who steals my grapes 
Or runs across my shed. 
Nor can I well consume my strength 
In arguing triflling questions at great length. 
A farmer in a Cape Ann village, 
To gain a few acres of tillage, 
Felled each pine tree 
That girdled his land from the sea, 
And found—too late—at length, 
That the zone of grace was a beit of strength. 
The winds and the waves in their fury and 
hate 
Drove the sand to bury his whole estate. 
—Joseph A. Torrey. 
Manchester, Mass., Aug. 12, 1908. 
Editor North Shore Breeze: 
Dear Sir:—Possibly you may have no- 
ticed, as I did, with others who spoke to 
me about it, that the darkness which was 
_ very apparent both on the grounds at 
Tuck’s Point and at the Pier there on 
last Monday evening when the harbor 
illumination took place, was not at all in 
keeping with the program. 
An opportunity, it seems to me, was 
lost, at least to add a bit of color toa 
successful catnival by having one or more 
rows of Japanese lanterns strung along 
_ the pier and also- outlining in the same 
manner the picnic house. Why! even 
a pilot light was not seen on the landing 
float. : 
- Minor details these, but certainly 
should be thought of when a grand har- 
bor illumination is planned for and the 
town officially should receive some credit 
for the part it takes in such matters. 
In all summer events or celebrations 
co-o eration of town folk and shore res- 
idents will bring about a greater measure 
of success in many ways to benefit us all 
in the long run: 
I fear that this co-operation is lacking; 
sometimes it certainly seemsso, just why, 
I do not know. Let us, one and all, 
with a long and strong pull together try 
to make Manchester-by-the-Sea shine as 
the very pearl of the North Shore. 
CITIZEN. 
REAL ESTATE 
Justice of the Peace, Notary Public 
Mortgages, Loans, 
Old South Bidg., Boston 
