Education for all, brotherly kindness, co- 
operation instead of competition, and 
that everything that keeps man from man, 
as sects, must vanish. 
In 1816 Owen prevailed upon Parlia- 
ment to pass abill reducing the working 
hours to 12, and preventing children un- 
der 12 from working in the factories, 
and also preventing the employment of 
children who could neither read norwrite. 
He dreamed of cooperative villages, 
where all men should learn to help each 
other. . In 1824 he bought a township 
in Indiana and established such a colony, 
calling the place New Harmony. The 
scheme was a failure but ‘‘the unselfish 
spirit that prompted its origin was, and 
is still, the most successful thing on 
@arth.’* 
Owen believed that whatever wrong 
exists among people is due to a defective 
system of society, for which no one in 
particular is to blame, and that to over- 
come these evils, wise thought and judi- 
cious action, rather than anger, is nec- 
essary. Above all he urged brotherly 
love as the greatest means of happiness. 
Miss Abbie P. Floyd was the valedic- 
torian. She prefaced her farewell greet- 
ing with a paper on ‘‘ Legends of the 
North Shore,’’ in which she related some 
unrecorded stories of the days of old. 
She related first a Salem witchcraft story 
and then several of Marblehead, one of 
which was about ‘‘Skipper Ireson’s 
ride,’” which was the subject of. one of 
Whittier’s poems. Gloucester also fur- 
nished several interesting stories, and 
coming to Manchester Miss Floyd told 
of Moses’ hill, and how it obtained its 
name. 
““On the southern slope of Moses’ 
hill,’’ she said, ““was formerly a great 
cave. Here old Moses dwelt alone un- 
til one day the lightning broke the over- 
hanging rock. Then Moses was forced 
to abandon his dwelling and finally wan- 
dered away leaving as a memorial the 
name given to the old hill.”’ 
“*Perhaps someone here may remem- 
ber Johnnie Norwegian, who lived in the 
woods on the Baker farm. Old John- 
nie used to wear clothes of many colors 
of his own manufacture. His occupa- 
tion was fishing, but he would never fish 
on Monday because the women stirred 
up/the water so much by washing. 
When asked by one of the old_ ladies of 
the village where he was born Johnnie 
would reply: ‘Well, madam, I came 
from some where under the sun.’ He 
at last disappeared, perhaps journeving 
back from whence he came, for his 
whereabouts remained a mystery.’’ 
Samuel Samples was the subject of an- 
other Manchester story. Samples was 
a young Scotch sailor, and one of the 
first settlers of Manchester. He was 
engaged to a maiden in Scotland and on 
departing on a voyage left his best suit 
of clothes in her care. His vessel was 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
not ready to start and he returned to the 
village only to find his lassie on the arm 
of a new lover at the altar, the lover 
wearing his, (Samples’) best suit. Poor 
Samples set his face toward London and 
in that city an astrologer showed him the 
face of his future wife. Aftera month’s 
journeying he landed in Boston. Here 
he began searching for his fate and on 
the fourth day he saw such a maiden in 
achurch in Lynn. It turned out that 
Elizebeth, the daughter of David Allen 
of Manchester became Samples’ wife, 
and fate brought them together in Man- 
chester. “They were married and Mrs. 
Samples, while her husband was on a 
sea voyage, bought some land and built 
for herself and children a house that. is 
still standing on Sea street, near the 
crossing. Her husband was later lost at 
sea and Mrs. Samples, showing herself a 
woman of resourse, started the first store 
in Manchester. 
Miss Agnes M. Sjolund was the class 
historian and prophet. The doings of 
the class from the time it entered High 
school in the-fall of 1904 until the pre- 
sent was reviewed and many events and 
incidents of interest specially to those 
who are acquainted were chronicled. 
Robert, the only boy in the class, natur- 
ally hgured in much of the story of the 
class history. A very interesting future 
was mapped out for each member of the 
class. 
‘“ Miss Floyd, after completing her 
college course, will probably establish a 
girls’ gymnasium in one of the upper 
stories of Loomis’ jewelry store, while 
in another part she may have a large read- 
ing room for the girls where they can find 
all the latest news that Abbie took so much 
interest in, together with the best litera- 
ture of the day.’’ 
‘* Ethel will probably have great op- 
portunity to win fame by her wonderful 
music.’ 
*““ Mabelle’s aspirations were always 
so high and her nature so humane, that 
I can picture her the wife of Rev. Sir 
Robert Harcourt, on English clergyman. 
She will probably fill a high social posi- 
tion in London, and at the same time do 
splendid work for a ‘dumb animal hu- 
mane society.’ ’’ 
Miss Sjolund was pictured as a Salva- 
tion army lassie, singing ballads on the 
street corners and winning many souls 
from darkness, or as Abbie pictured her, 
a famous opera singer ‘on the Parisian 
stage. 
Robert was pictured as an inventor of 
air ships or other works of genius. 
In his essay on ‘“* The Manufacture 
of Iron and Steel,’” Robert Baker had a 
very interesting account of these indus- 
tries. He gave a graphic account of the 
process from the mining of the crude 
iron ore to the finished material, telling, 
too, the process by which steel is made, 
and the important part which it holds in 
the manufacturing world of today. 
Miss Ethel Scott had a carefully pre- 
pared essay on “‘ The Lesser Children,’’ 
in which the work of the late George T. 
Angell and his Society for the Preven- 
tion of Cruelty to Animals, was explained 
and discussed. ‘‘ Today the human 
race is more considerate of these weaker 
brothers,’’ she said, ““than it has ever 
been before. Until about 50 years ago, 
all sorts of crimes against these creatures 
went unpunished for there were no laws 
to protect them. The people seemed 
to forget that God made the beasts as 
well as man, and also provided them 
with food as well as defense.’’ She told 
of the ancient Egyptian worshipping the 
animals and of the love of the Arabs and 
Indians for their horses and of the kind 
words of authors and poets for the ani- 
mals, coming finally to the great humane 
work of the late Mr. Angell. 
The diplomas were presented by Supt. 
of Schools John C. Mackin, who gave 
some words of advise to the graduates, 
admonishing them in these three essen- 
tials: To take care of their health; to get 
the study habit; and to get the work habit. 
Mr. Mackin presented the Appleton 
Medal, offered to the one ranking high- 
est in punctuality, industry and deco- 
rum, to Robert M. Baker. 
The front of the stage was beautifully 
decorated with cut flowers and greenery, 
and over the stage hung the class motto 
in gold colored letters on a background 
of crimson. 
The class reception will be held this 
evening in the Town hall. The recep- 
tion committee will be Mr. and Mrs. A. 
L. Saben, Miss Whiting, Miss Parker, 
Miss Brackett, Miss Sjolund and Miss 
Lodge. 
The floor director will be Miss Sjolund, 
the assistants, Miss Lodge and Miss 
Scott, and the aids, Robert Baker, ’09, 
Jos. Floyd, ’08, Samuel Knight, 08, 
Willard Rust, 708, George Rust, ’11, 
and Frank Floyd, ’11. 
Long’s orchestra will give a concert 
between 8 and 8.30. 
Salem Commercial School. 
The annual commencement exercises 
of the Salem Commercial School will be 
held in the Empire Theatre, Salem, on 
Friday, June 25, at 8 o’clock in the even- 
ing. W. S. Felton, president of the 
Civil League of Salem, will preside. 
Rufus Everson King of New York, a 
newspaper man of large commercial as 
well as literary experience, will deliver 
the address. Diplomas will be prese nted 
by Principal George P. Lord to a class 
numbering 101, among whom are several 
young people from this vicinity. 
The Manchester young people to 
graduate are: Misses Nellie M. Hobbs, 
Elizabeth Jewett and Mabel R. Morgan. 
