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VOLUME 7. Janson, 319.09. NUMBER 1 
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Now that the holidays are over the 
minds of the citizens are turning toward 
the annual town meeting as the next great 
event of interest locally. The old pro- 
verbial ‘‘political pot’? is beginning to 
boil, and we are lead to believe that it 
will boil this year in good old fashioned 
style. It isa little too early yet to men- 
tion the names of any of the candidates- 
to-be, thought we understand candidates 
will not be lacking for most of the im- 
portant offices. 
THERE is a growing sentiment among 
many that a slight change in our present 
arrangement of holding our town 
election and town meeting might be for 
the better. A great many towns hold 
their election one week and their annual 
meeting the week following. This has 
a good many things inits favor. “The 
town reports, as arule, are not out and 
distributed among the voters until the 
Friday or Saturday before town meeting 
on the first Monday in March, and the 
voters consequently have very little time 
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to peruse the report and acquaint them- 
selves with the recommendations of of- 
ficers and committees. Through no 
fault of the auditor, nor of the printer, is 
this occasioned, but the fiscal year does 
not end until February 1 and it is very 
difficult for the report to be edited and 
published in less thana month. Further, 
our appropriation committee never have 
sufficient time to go into the various arti- 
cles of the warrant. They have to rush 
their report through and get it printed 
before town meeting, and the voters have 
little or no time to peruse this important 
document. 
By holding the election of officers on 
the first Monday in March as usual and 
then adjourning to the second Monday 
for the annual meeting much of this dif- 
ficulty wouldbe overcome. ‘The excite- 
ment of election would be over and the 
voters would be better prepared to think 
over the reports and the business which 
they then know is to come before the 
meeting. 
-While we do not advocate a departure 
from the old style form of town meeting, 
we do think, now that the town has 
grown so in its expenditures, if not in 
area and population, any departure which 
would expedite matters and aid the citi- 
zens in acting more intelligently on the 
questions before them, would bea step 
in the right direction. 
A great many of the towns hold their 
annual election and meeting on separate 
dates as above outlined. 
WE read in the papers how the Port- 
land Board of Trade are taking steps to- 
ward trying to induce President-elect 
Taft to spend the summer on the Maine 
coast, and it emphasizes all the more 
strongly the need of some organization 
here on the North Shore—at Manchester. 
There ought to be something along 
the line of a board of trade or improve- 
ment society to take up such matters as 
these, and now that the annual town 
meeting is approaching, the need of such 
an organization grows all the 
apparent. 
more 
For years and years the time-table of 
the B. & M. R. R. has occupieda space 
in the columns of all the daily and week- 
ly papers, practically, all over the system. 
Beginning with the present week—1909 
—-the road is making a departure in this 
respect and is not having its train service 
advertised. The time-table advertise- 
ment has been withdrawn from ail the 
papers. We make this statement so 
that those of our readers who have al- 
ways been accustomed to refer to the 
Breeze for the time-table will understand 
why the schedule no longer appears in 
our columns. 
A Business Man’s New Year's Reso- 
lutions. 
To be joyous in my work, moderate 
in my pleasures, chary in my confidences, 
faithful in my friendships; to be ener- 
getic but not excitable, enthusiastic but 
not fanatical; loyal to the truth as I see 
it, but ever open minded to the newer 
light; to abhor gush as I would profanity, 
and to hate cant as I would a lie; to be 
careful in my promises, punctual in my 
engagements, candid with myself and 
frank with others; to discourage shams 
and rejoice in all that is beautiful and 
true; to do my work and live my life so 
that neither shall require defense or apol- 
ogy; to honor no one simply because 
rich or famous, and despise no one be- 
cause humble or poor; to be gentle and 
considerate toward the weak, respectful 
yet self-respecting toward the great, 
courteous to all, obsequious to none; to 
seek wisdom from great books and in- 
spiration from good men; to invigorate 
my mind with noble thoughts as I do my 
body with sunshine and fresh air; to 
prize all sweet human friendships and 
seek to make at least one home happy; 
to have charity for the erring, sympathy 
for the sorrowing, cheer for the despond- 
ent; to be indifferent to none, helpful to 
some, friendly with all; to leave the 
world a little better off because of me; 
and to leave it, when I must, bravely and 
cheerfully, with faith in God, and good 
will to all my fellow men---this*shall be 
my endeavor during the coming year. 
The Congregationalist. 
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is the kind we furnish. We can furnish you 
with printing, paper, envelopes, etc., at low 
prices.—THE BREEZE OFFICE. 
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