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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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VOLUME 5. NUMBER 2 
SATURDAY, JAN. 12, 1907. 
Have you noticed that smile on the 
iceman’s face the past few days? 
The fiscal year, in Manchester, is 
rapidly drawing to a close. Three 
more weeks before the first of Febru- 
ary; then a few more weeks, and 
Town Meeting. 
Such excellent weather as that of 
last week and the first of this week, 
with the thermometer far above the 
freezing point most of the time, makes 
all of us feel good. The carpenter, 
the painter, the bricklayer, and the 
moth destroyer, can all work out of 
doors at will. We all like it,—all but 
the iceman and the blacksmith. Even 
the doctor is satisfied. It makes his 
business brisk. 
We do not know what steps would 
have to be taken or just what red tape 
would have to be resorted to in order 
to get a mail box at the railroad sta- 
tion in Manchester ; but we du know 
that scores of people would be greatly 
benefited by such a step. Many of 
our summer people, especially, drive 
to the station, and find it inconvenient 
in not being able to drop their letters 
in a box or leave them somewhere for 
collection. Why not make some move 
to have a mail box placed at the sta- 
tion some time in the near future? 
Summer residents, now at their city 
homes all over the country, but who 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
are always interested in happenings 
on the North Shore, especially as per- 
taining to roads, will be interested in 
reading in the BREEZE this week what 
Beverly’s new mayor, S. Harvey Dow, 
said in part in his inaugural Monday 
under the head of public streets : 
“Good streets are essential to an at- 
tractive and well-governed city, and 
especially to our city which is resorted 
to by those desirable citizens who have 
the leisure and inclination to ride or 
drive for pleasure. With the advent 
of the automobile, better and more ex- 
pensive construction is demanded and 
is willingly paid for by those who ap- 
preciate them most. 
“We have most attractive drives, 
and our streets in the main are in ex- 
cellent condition and will compare 
favorably with any other city under 
similar conditions, due in no small 
measure to the public spirit and gen- 
erosity of our shore residents in making 
possible the construction of the state 
highway from Chapman’s Corner to 
the Manchester line. In addition to 
the sums so contributed, large amounts 
have been expended by the city itself, 
in relaying the water pipes, incident to 
the construction of such state highway, 
and in rebuilding many miles of streets 
in different portions of the city. 
“The efforts of our summer resi- 
dents in contributing towards the im- 
provement of our streets is to be com- 
mended, as it shows a disposition on 
their part to bear even more than their 
share of the public burdens when they 
can be shown the actual results. 
“T believe that in all municipal 
questions the opinions and wishes of 
our summer residents should be given 
serious consideration, for they are an 
important and desirable factor in our 
prosperity, and I hope that we may be 
able to interest them in our city affairs 
to such an extent that more will be- 
come citizens, and by paying their per- 
sonal tax here reduce our tax rate and 
make our city still more attractive.” 
The gross bonded debt of the city 
on Jan. 1, amounts to $1,852,500, 
which, minus the sinking fund of 
$662,993.15, leaves a net bonded debt 
of $1,189,506.85. 
WHISPERINGS 
S. Albert Sinnicks of Manchester, 
was called upon in the early hours of 
last Saturday morning to act the part 
of the good Samaritan, which he did 
very willingly. A little after midnight 
a furniture van bound from Gloucester _ 
to Boston became stuck in the sands 
of Singing Beach, strange to relate, 
and after several hours’ twisting and 
turning, during which time it became 
all the more firmly embedded in the 
sand, the driver gave up in despair 
and came to town in search of help. 
About four o’clock Mr. Sinnicks was 
aroused from his slumbers, and it was 
but a minute or two, after being ap- 
prized of the facts, that he was hitch- 
ing a pair of horses and was on his 
way to the beach. After much fruit- 
less work he returned to his stable for 
another pair of horses, and finally, 
with the six horses, the furniture van 
was hauled from its precarious. posi- 
tion, and headed toward terra firma 
once more. Like the Samaritan of 
old Mr. Sinnicks proffered his services 
still more, and told the unfortunate 
driver to go to his (Mr. Sinnicks’) 
stable on North street, and feed his 
tired horses, as it was then getting 
along toward daylight. He would 
take on a load of sand, as long as he 
was at the beach, and would reach the 
stable, probably, as soon as the heavy . 
van. Mr. Sinnicks arrived at his sta- 
ble in due season, but there was no 
furniture van. The fellow had skipped 
along on his journey, leaving Mr. Sin- 
nicks not even a ‘‘ thank you” for his 
efforts. Not to be out-witted in this 
way our good Samaritan hitched one 
of his steeds into a light wagon and 
was soon trotting at a good pace in 
pursuit of the furniture van. At Bev- | 
erly Farms it was overtaken, much to 
the surprise of the driver, who was 
very “cordial” to Mr. Sinnicks, asked 
him how much he wanted for his work, 
etc., etc. Though the morning was 
quite sharp, the atmosphere in that 
vicinity was quite warm about that 
time, in the course of which Mr. Sin- 
nicks informed the ungrateful driver 
his charge for helping him out of the 
sand at Singing Beach was nothing, 
but the trip from Manchester to Bev- 
‘erly Farms would cost him dear. The 
fellow ‘‘antied up” in a manner satis- 
factory to Mr. Sinnicks. 
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Mrs. Ida Douglass, the “shut-in,” of 
Pleasant street, Manchester, is the 
champion souvenir postal card collec- 
tor of this vicinity She has, in her 
collection of over 4000, cards from all 
parts of the United States, from Lon- 
don, Paris, Japan, Tunic, and many 
other foreign points. 
* * * * * 
J. E. Bolam, gardener at the Gor- 
don Dexter estate in Beverly Farms, 
had the pleasure of picking from the 
ground on Thursday of this week— 
Jan. 10—half a dozen dandelion blos- 
soms, as full of color and refreshing as 
though covered with the dew of a 
June morning. 
Douglas and Knickerbocker Fall 
and Winter style Shoes at Bell’s. * 
