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VOLUME 6. Dec. 11, 1908 NuMBER 50 
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‘Mr. Torrey sends us his latest poem, 
written a few days before the appalling 
catastrophe which resulted in the death 
of two of our Manchester citizens. It 
meets the question, which arises in some 
minds, as to the benevolence of the 
Creator in the permission of evil and 
calamity in his world. 
In an ordered universe there are no 
accidents. Inthe realm of Nature there 
is a cause for every effect. Every in- 
fraction of a law of Nature brings inevi- 
tably, unerringly, and _ necessarily its 
penalty. The mistakes we make are 
ours, the blame is ours,—not Nature’s. 
By these mistakes we learn Nature’s laws 
and methods. 
In obedience to those laws is safety 
and prosperity. The millennium will ar- 
rive when Nature and human nature are 
fully reconciled, an event toward which 
mankind is moving. 
CHRISTMAS only two weeks from to- 
day! Advice to Christmas shoppers 
would not be amiss. Do you believe in 
lightening the burdens of others? This 
INSURANGE OF ALL KINDS 
Best Companies Lowest Rates 
School and Union Streets 
‘Manchester Massachusetts 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE. 
you can doand at the same time make 
the task of buying Christmas presents less 
burdensome. Buy early. Don’t wait 
until the last few days preceding before 
you do your Christmas. shopping. This 
will make it easier for the clerks and for 
yourself. During the rush of the last 
week one cannot give the time or atten- 
tion necessary to pick out suitable pre- 
sents, and often the choicest of the stock 
is gone. At this time all of the stores 
have their holiday displays spread out, 
and everything is new and fresh. If 
Christmas shoppers would follow the 
rule of buying several weeks before the 
holiday, the overworked clerks would be 
deeply grateful, and the merchants, too, 
would have cause for rejoicing. It 
would be a cycle of blessings in which 
all concerned would reap the benefit. 
Isn’t it worth trying? 
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Everybody in Manchester has seen the 
donkey atthe A. M. Merriam estate, 
West Manchester, for the animal has 
been a family pet for the past twenty 
years and it may be seen frolicing about 
almost daily as the train passes by the 
grounds on the way between Manchester 
and West Manchester. ‘The donkey 
has extraordinary _ intelligence,—intel- 
ligence of the sort which _ suggests 
thought, despite the teachings of some 
philosophers that animals do not think, 
but that their acts are governed by in- 
stinct. “The following clipping appeared 
recently in the ‘‘ Listener’? column of 
the Boston Transcript: 
Rowdy is a burro brought from Colo- 
rado years ago. He fulfilled his mission 
in taking the children to ride on his back 
or in the cart and in helping them play 
wild Indian, etc. For some years now 
he has been a pensioner. 
He is devoted to his mistress and 
whenever she gives him sugar and cares- 
ses him his eye is mild and his manner 
angelic, but let one of the horses come 
up to share the sugar and his manner at 
once changes to that of a very demon, 
his ears go back close to his neck, his 
eyes glare and he emits a bellow that has 
no relation to his melodious bray. He 
gives way, however, to the horse. His 
special chum is the cow; they stand side 
by side in the stable and play tag in the 
pasture and are good friends. “The cow 
often licks his face with her rough ton- 
ee 
gue, but his tongue is too soft to effec- 
tively reciprocate the attention. He 
evidently gave the subject deep thought 
with the result that now he picks up a 
short stick between his teeth and with 
this by moving his head up and down 
scratches the cow all about the eyes, 
earsand horns. If at any time he is 
rude she gently admonishes him with 
her horns. 
Rowdy seems to possess attributes man 
has claimed for himself only. 
A. M. M. 
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‘““A copy of the No-License paper, 
The People’s Cause, has been mailed 
to every voter, and is a purely local pro- 
duct, having been edited entirely by local 
workers, and most of the matter has re- 
ference to local conditions; the paper 
presents a handsome and striking appear- 
ance. It is illustrated with cuts, and 
does credit to those responsible for it.’’ 
— Gloucester Times. 
Thanks, Brother Procter; the paper 
was printed at the Breeze office, in the 
little town of Manchester. 
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And, by the why, who printed that 
vituperative circular about Mayor Par- 
sons, Monday,-—the day before election. 
His Honor called us on the phone Mon- 
day afternoon and proceeded to rake us 
over the coals as we were never raked 
before, telling us about the law and what 
it could and would do with us for print- 
ing such things in the last minute, so he 
couldn’t answer the ‘‘charges,’’ etc., 
etc., etc., etc. We couldn’t get a word 
in edge-ways to explain that we didn’t 
print the circular. The wires were red 
hot, I tell you, and when our good 
friend, the mayor, was through up-braid- 
ing us, we patiently informed him we 
didn’t print the circular about him at all. 
That Thanksgiving Dinner, Again. 
Editor North Shore Breeze: 
That I had no thought of being ac- 
cessory either before or after the fact, 
in passing a literary counterfeit, my es- 
teemed friend J. A. T. and others will 
readily believe. But, really, the counter- 
feit is so skillfully executed, it would de- 
ceive if it were possible even the elect. 
It is a very clever ‘“skit’’ indeed. And 
if the story will ‘‘ bear a second read- 
ing,’’ and its “delicious humor’’ is ap- 
preciated even ‘‘when its origin is 
known,’’ perhaps the judgment of critics 
will be tempted with mercy. Anyway, 
it is comforting to knowthat ‘‘ many 
others’’ have been deceived in “‘ taking 
it for vevitable history.’’ ‘Thanks to J. 
A. T. for his courteous information. 
DEAL: 
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