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NORTH SHORE BREEZE. 
in his Captain Singleton, has frequent 
illustration and is one of .the curiosities 
of literature. “That there were stories of 
castaways, wild and Munchausen-like, 
going back to the Middle ages, and that 
there were narratives like one of a ship- 
wrecked Spanish sailor, written by La 
Vega, and translated into English in 
1688, is well known. ‘The story of 
Alexander Selkirk, the solitary of Juan 
Fernandez, made familiar to us by 
Cowper, must have been in every one’s 
mouth, and may have given Defoe the 
hint of his romance. ‘There was a mass 
of material ready to be worked by the 
hand of a master. But from whatever 
earlier writers he obtained some of his 
scenes and incidents, and the general 
idea of his story, when we come to the 
real soul of the book, its simplicity and 
naturalness, its humanity, its innocent 
atraying of fiction as fact, the freshness 
which it gives to common _ happenings, 
we may claim it as one of the great original 
works of the imagination in the English 
tongue. Defoe was a plagiarist only in 
the sense in which Shakespeare and 
Milton were plagiarists, taking material 
which they found in the ore, and mint- 
ing and stamping it with their own im- 
mortal genius. 
To the real worth and commanding 
power of Robinson Crusoe we have two 
remarkable witnesses. Dr. Adam 
Clarke, the celebrated commentator, de- 
clared that he had ‘‘ learned more of his 
duty to God, his neighbor and _ himself, 
from Robinson Crusoe than from all 
the books—except the Bible—that were 
known to his youth;’’ and the story, we 
are told, was put into the hands of his 
children as soon as they were able to 
read it. Dr. Samuel Johnson asserted 
that there were three books which every 
reader wished were longer; Robinson 
Crusoe, Don Quixote, and Pilgrim’s 
Progress. 
NOTE. 
Itzis interesting to learn from the daily 
press, that on Sept. 14, in Boston, after 
the usual formalities, Robinson Crusoe 
became a citizen of the United States. 
To one of the questions asked him, 
‘“Who would be President if President 
Roosevelt should die?’’ he cautiously 
answered, ‘‘Somebody else.’’ He is a 
mariner like his noted namesake, and 
was born in Norway, and does not 
know why he was called Robinson. 
Enjoyed Clambake. 
The reception given last Friday by 
Senator James F. Shaw at Tuck’s Point, 
West Manchester, to the various city 
and town committees of the third Essex 
Senatorial district, and other invited 
guests, proved a most enjoyable occasion, 
and was attended by some 130 people. 
Senator Shaw certainly proved himself a 
most genial host. 
Though scores of the guests had be- 
. CAUCUSES AT MANCHESTER 
The Republican caucus on ‘Tuesday 
evening was called to order at 7.30 by 
Chairman Jeffrey T. Stanley of the Town 
Committee. Secy. W. W. Hoare read 
the call, after which R. C. Allen was 
chosen permanent chairman and L. W. 
Floyd, clerk. W. W. Hoare and W. 
R. Bell were appointed tellers. The 
polls were kept open until 8.45, thirty- 
seven votes being cast. 
There was no contest on for any of 
the delegations and none of the delegates 
were “‘instructed.’’ The town com- 
mittee for 1909 is the same as this year, 
with one exception, Horace Standley 
being the new member added. 
The following delegates to the various 
conventions were elected: 
State—Walter R_ Bell, 
Campbell. 
Councillor—Jeffrey T. Stanley, John 
W. Carter. 
Congressional (Sixth)—Percy A. 
Wheaton, Chester L. Crafts. 
County—Edwin P. Stanley, 
H. Boyle. 
Senatorial (3rd Essex) —Raymond C. 
Allen, Horace Standiey. 
Representative (21st)—William W. 
Hoare, George S. Sinnicks, Duncan T. 
John W. 
Patrick 
Beaton, Lyman W. Floyd. 
Republican Town committee for 
1909-—Jeffrey T. Stanley, Walter R. 
Bell, John W. Campbell, Edwin P. 
Stanley, Patrick H. Boyle, Raymond C. 
Allen, Alfred C. Hooper, Horace 
Standley, William W. Hoare. 
The Democratic caucus was held on 
Wednesday evening, twelve voters being 
out. Theodore C. Rowe was made 
permanent chairman and C. C. Dodge, 
clerk. Frank A. Foster, C. L.. Hoyt 
and Edward Crowell were appointed 
tellers. 
The following delegates to the various 
conventions were elected: 
State—Cx L.. Hoye: 
i Clarence W. Morgan. 
Congressional—Benj. H. Corliss. 
County —James Hoare. 
Senatorial—Frank A. Foster. 
Representative — Edward Crowell, 
Charles C. Dodge, T. C. Rowe. 
Democratic Town committee for 
1909—Theodore :C:.): Rowe Gene 
Dodge, Charles Danforth, James Hoare, 
Benj. H. Corliss, Frank A. Foster, C. 
L. Hoyt, Curtis Stanley and Clarence 
W. Morgan. 
gun to arrive as early as the noon hour, 
the crowd was not on hand until the 1.30 
trains arrived. “The clam-bake was 
ready to be served at 2 o'clock. Myric 
C. Horton, who was called home from 
a vacation trip in Connecticut, had 
charge of this feature of the day, which 
was by no means the least important, for 
all joined in pronouncing it the best 
cooked clam-bake they had ever par- 
taken of. It was cooked on the beach 
and its preparation and opening was 
watched with interest by many who had 
never seen a clam-bake before. 
2 Congressman Gardner, Speaker Cole, 
Col.’’ Joe Peterson of Salem and 
Chairman Doty of the state committee 
were among those present and after the 
dinner they each gave rousing good 
ane . ‘ ; 
talks on political subjects. Col. 
Peterson led the cheering. 
A ball game was a feature of the 
morning, when a team captained by W. 
W. Lufkin, won over a nine captained 
by C. Homer Barrett, Fred K. Swett 
scoring the winning run in the last 
inning. 
Letters remaining unclaimed at Manchester, 
Mass., P. O. for week ending Sept. 19. 
American Accident Ass’n, Miss Frances Field 
Blake, Miss Eugenie Bourguise, Louis Collier, 
Forest E Field, Mrs S E Farnsworth, Mary 
Gleason, Mrs J M Glynn, Blanchard R Gray, 
Mrs J R Hooper, O Kunhardt, Gugliehuo 
Lucid, Lottie Long, Edward F Lynn, Miss C 
MacLellan, Mrs M C O’Neil, Mrs Wm A 
Pecker, John Robinson, Catherine A Ryan, 
Maurice Rosario, Mrs Mary B Strassbinger, 
H Taggart, Wm S Weller, (2), Miss Caroline 
A Whipple, N G Winch, 
State Fish and Game Commission In- 
vestigates Dead Fish Invasion 
The recent odor of decaying fish is 
too vivid in our memories for us to have 
forgotten the invasion of dead herring, 
or spurlings, by the thousands all along 
the shore. ‘The matter has been inves- 
tigated by the state fish and game com- 
mission, and W. W. Nixon, one of the 
wardens of the commission, has given 
out his report on the causes of the in- 
vasion. ‘The real cause of the trouble, 
Mr. Nixon states, is the pollock, which 
are very plentiful lous the shore and are 
increasing rapidly. The pollock feed on 
small herring and have been known to 
follow them way up onto the shore in 
their eagerness to reach their natural food. 
The trouble is liable to reoccur at almost 
any time and the individual towns must 
safe guard themselves as well as possible 
against it. 
Mrs. Annie L. Copeland. 
Word has been received in Manches- 
ter of the death in Arlington, Sept. 21, 
of Mrs. Annie L.' (Howe) wife of Wm. 
M. Copeland, formerly of Salem and 
Manchester, aged 66 years, 3 months, 
19 days. She was of a genial disposition 
and fine character and will be greatly 
She leaves a husband and one 
daughter, Mrs. Chas. C. Handy of 
Salem, formerly Miss Annie Bird of — 
Manchester. 
her late home in Arlington, Tuesday. 
Burial was at Hollis, N. H, 
missed. 
The funeral was held at r 
