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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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VOLUME 5B. 
NUMBER 1 
SATURDAY, JAN. 5, 1907. 
How many times have you written 
1906 this week ? 
Easter comes this year on the 31st 
of March, much to the displeasure, 
probably, of the fair sex, for March is 
rather early for new Spring bonnets. 
Manchester should advertise itself 
asa health resort. Just think of it! 
Only seven deaths in the town the 
past year between the ages of 19 and 
60 years. The rest of the 29 deaths 
of the year were either children or 
persons over 60. 
Governor Guild’s New Year's greet- 
ing this year was very suggestive, es- 
pecially to the politician and such as 
seem to take delight in personal abuse. 
He said: 
“ May the present abounding pros- 
perity be continued and enjoyed in 
more equal fashion. May the year 
mark a departure from envy, prejudice, 
and personal abuse, and an attempt on 
the part of all of us better to under- 
stand the other feliow that we may all 
work together for the good of all. 
Our is Grud) Te 
‘see.29, 19062. 
The automobile line that was talked 
of last year to operate between 
Gloucester, Magnolia and Manchester 
will be in running order by early sum- 
mer. Two 20-passenger busses, said 
to be of the most modern and approved 
type, have been purchased and these 
will be on exhibition at the Boston 
auto show in March. 
The Salem News observes that 
“with the exception of Rowley, where 
694 feet were constructed at a cost of 
less than $1000, Salem has less state 
highway than any other city or town 
in the county, and only three cities 
and towns have received a_ smaller 
amount of money for the purpose.” 
We beg to differ with our esteemed 
contemporary. If Salem has any state 
highway at all, it hasn’t “less” than 
any other city or town in the county, 
for Manchester hasn’t one foot of road 
that was built by the state. Neither 
has the town received one cent from 
the state for roads. True, Supt. Kim- 
ball with members of the board of se- 
lectmen make frequent visits before 
the commissioners and ask for some- 
thing on the part of the state, but that 
isthe ‘last. heard of their” request. 
Though paying one of the largest 
taxes of any town in the state, Man- 
chester gets nothing back in the line 
of roads. This town always gets the 
laugh, so to speak, when a request is 
made for state road. For several 
years the town has been trying to get 
the state to build a little strip of high- 
way on either the Beverly or Glouces- 
ter end of the town, preferably on the 
Gloucester end to join with the state 
highway there, but their efforts have 
thus far been to of avail. 
WHISPERINGS 
As a sequel to the case of the Town 
of Manchester vs. Mr. Burnham, I 
have been told, a number of the wit- 
nesses were given a ‘blow out” Mon- 
day. It was a case of paying a bet. 
Supt. Kimball, if I am informed 
rightly, was the payee. Though there 
were only two in it when the bet was 
made, five others “rung in” for the 
paying of the bet, including Mr. 
Burnham, When the party left on 
the 8.40 train their destination was un- 
known to anyone except the genial 
superintendent ; but the crowd knew 
in whose hands they were, and that 
was enough. They finally headed to- 
ward Danvers, and after being shown 
through an iron foundry, they pro- 
ceeded to the office of the Danvers 
superintendent of streets, and ‘ other 
offices”’ in that vicinity. They then 
boarded a Lawrence car; but even 
then they didn’t know their objective 
point. It was a great relief when 
once they had passed Danvers 
Asylum. The party left the car at 
Middleton square and wended their 
way to Lakeview Inn. (The type re- 
fuses to print any more). The 5.53 
train brought the party back to Man- 
chester, and they are still alive to tell 
the story. 
IN MEMORY OF A | 
DEPARTED RACKET 
Listen, my children, and you shall hear, 
Of our midnight ride with Hiram, dear. 
’Twas a night in December, in the old town 
pung, : 
Scarce had the chimes of seven rung 
When we burrowed into our blankets and hay 
And our fiery chargers started away. 
We swept through town at an amazing rate 
Stopping twice for chaperones late, — 
Who by unseen (?) hands were spirited in | 
And greeted with sweet-toned horns of tin 
While we settled down to abide by their law, 
And the two in the corner chewed up the 
straw. . 
We sang the songs of auld lang syne 
Mixed in with those of modern time, 
While all along our scheduled route, 
The little kids would up and shoot— 
Many and many a cold snow ball 
And then lay low behind some wall. 
Good Hiram, considerate of his charge, 
Arose and cussed the world at large 
And we recall with many regrets 
The language of those epithets. 
But once in Salem, we did delay 
And anchored in an alley-way. 
The “gentlemen,” all, hiked up the street 
And left us to follow at distance discreet. 
One reason for this might amply defend, 
We're sure they were seeing how much they 
would spend, 
For Hiram had to be thought of first 
And his voice was dry and ached with thirst. 
Finally, we sauntered down to the Royal 
Where hey, tried very hard, our digestions to 
spoil, : 
‘With a new kind of gruel, called oyster stew, 
That had as much taste as a bottle of glue. 
So I think, hereafter, they’ll lose our trade 
On account of that oyster marmalade. 
We broke away, somewhere round ten 
Sort of yearning for home again. 
All fears of delay, now came to naught 
For we found our Hiram on the spot, — 
And by the way his spirits upward toiled 
We reasoned, his voice had lately been oiled. 
And now for a peaceful and quick return 
To the houses where the midnight oil would | 
burn; 
Just then we stopped stock stillin the street, 
While an unsteady gent fell up into the seat, 
And by the ghastly look on each chaperone’s 
ace, 
Hiram found his good self in eternal disgrace. 
At Beverly Farms crossing, with echoing din, 
The midnight freight came lumbering in; 
And one of the chaperones ’most had a fit, 
For she said Hiram surely’d run into it; 
But a comforting youth quite calmed her 
down 
And a smile succeeded the anxious frown. 
Before we knew it, our racket was done, 
And we trooped toward home, every blessed 
one ; 
But as we know there'll be others besides, 
We'll publish a warning for all sleighrides: 
“Steer straight for pleasure, but avoid the 
rocks, 
And reserve one eye for the Manon the Box.” 
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