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Soctety Totes 
The C. Howard Clark, jrs, of Phila- 
delphia, who had a cottage on Smith’s 
Point two seasons ago, and last summer 
were at the Evans estate, Beverly Cove, 
have leased the ‘‘Mrs. Jack Gardner 
Cottage’ at Pride’s Crossing and will 
move here in the early summer. This 
is the place which the Wm. A. Burn- 
hams had last season. 
The Thos. C. Plants of Boston will 
have the Hank’s estate at West Man- 
chester again the coming season, and 
they are planning for an early departure 
from town. 
The Lucius Knowles of Worcester 
have hired the Fellner cottage at Singing 
Beach for another season. 
Amony the important social events of 
the week in Boston was the concert that 
Charles Anthony gave at Mrs. Robert S. 
Bradley’s 411 Commonwealth ave., 
home Monday evening. 
New Auto Legislation? 
The bill of Col. Wm. D. Sohier and 
others of the North Shore colony to pro- 
vide a penalty for the use by automobiles 
of private roads from which motor 
vehicles are excluded was before the 
Committee on Roads and Bridges at the 
State House last week. It met consider- 
able opposition, though members of the 
local summer colony showed that they 
were strongly in favor of the measure. 
The bill is designed particularly to keep 
automobiles off the wood roads in Bev- 
erly, Essex and Manchester, which have 
been constructed by private subscription 
by North Shore residents. Col. Sohier 
told the committee that there are about 15 
or 16 miles of these roads built through 
private property; that they have been 
posted with signs saying that automobiles 
are excluded by the North Shore Auto- 
mobile club, and that they are narrow 
and not at all adapted to the use of auto- 
mobiles. He said that they had cost in 
private subscriptions between $50,000 
and $60,000. “The North Shore Auto- 
mobile Club favors the bill, and he pres- 
ented to the committee letters from Maj. 
H. L. Higginson, R. L. Agassiz, Philip 
Dexter and others in favor of the bill. 
The penalties he proposes are the same 
as are now on the statute book for reck- 
less driving of automobiles. Col. Young 
of the Springfield Automobile Club op- 
posed it as, he said, it would make a 
criminal of any automobilist who happen- 
ed to get on one of these private roads. 
He characterized it as class legislation 
and said that if the North Shore people 
own the roads they can keep other 
people off them by toll gates. 
Wednesday the committee made a 
favorable report on the above bill, not a 
member going on record as a dissenter. 
WHISPERINGS. 
Wuereas:—It has been for a long 
time ye custom of ye Town of Manches- 
ter to usher in ye anniversary of ye day 
of my birth by causing ye bell of ye 
Meetinghouse to toll and give forth a 
most dolorous sound, at an early hour in 
ye morning, to ye great affliction of ye 
inhabitants, and 
Wuereas:—Such tolling of ye bell 
doth by its dolorous and mournful ‘sound 
create in ye breasts of ye said inhabitants 
a feeling of impending calamity, rather 
than joyous celebration, and doth even 
have a most distressing effect upon some 
by awakening them from their slumber 
with its funereal sound, 
Be Ir THEREFORE KNown:—That it is 
not pleasing to me that ye anniversary of 
my birth be ushered in by such dolorous 
sounds, and that ye inhabitants of ye said 
Town of Manchester shall devise some 
other way of celebrating ye said day, 
more pleasing both to my memory and 
to themselves. 
SHADES OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. 
* * * * 
Whisperings have reached my ears 
that when one of the aspirants for one of 
the town offices called at the Town 
Clerks office for nomination papers he 
was handed a death certificate by mis- 
take. 
$8000 from State 
To Dredge Harbor? 
Senator James F. Shaw has taken a 
hand in the attempt to secure better har- 
bor facilities at Manchester by introduc- 
ing a resolve in the senate providing that 
the state shall spend $8000 for the dredg- 
ing of the harbor below the railroad and 
the town to appropriate $2500 for work 
above the bridge and extending to the 
wharf. 
He said Wednesday that the town was 
willing to expend the $2500 as its share 
of the improvement. He stated that 
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Used exclusively in laying out the beautiful 
Public Parks of Boston, 
Costs no more than low grade mix- 
tures, as it goes further in using. 1 lb. 
covers 600 square ft. and costs 30 cents; 4 
Ibs., $1.00; 8 cents lb., extra by mail. 
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Giant flowers, newest varieties, finest 
colors and shades. 
10c per oz.;_ 25c41b.; 40chIb.; 75c lb. 
His mail, postpaid. 
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RUNNING and DWARF VARIETIES. Each 15c per oz.,50c¢ 4 1b. by mail postpaid. 
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26 and 27 | SO. MARKET ST., BOSTON. 
LOST. 
A gold Locket and Chain, last Wednes- 
day, initials on the back of locket. 
please return to 
MISS FLOSSIE ALLEN, 
Small reward offered. 
Finder 
Summer St. 
there was a crying need for the harbor ot 
be dredged both above as well as below 
the railroad bridge. At the present time 
even the smallest craft experience more 
or less difficulty in navigating the narrow 
and shallow channel, except at flood tide. 
The committee informed Mr. Shaw 
that they would recommend the suspens- 
ion of the rules to admit it. It was read 
in the senate Wednesday and refered to 
the committee on harbors and_ public 
lands. The resolve is petitioned for by 
Fred K. Swett, Edward S. Knight and 
Walter R. Bell, selectmen of Manches- 
ter. 
Real Estate 
And Improvements 
Marion Agnes Schoeffel et al. of 
Brookline convey to G. H. Washburn 
of Boston, and he to Harriet J., wife of 
Frederick T. Bradbury of Boston, land 
and buildings on Beach street, Manches- 
ter, 69.60 by 295.91 feet. 
Wm. A. Lendall of Essex conveys to 
Orrin A. Martin of Manchester 3 acres 
12 rods of woodland in Essex; also 14 
acres of woodland in Essex. 
Let us figure on your next order of 
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