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“TY care not, Fortune, what you me deny; 
You cannot ‘rob me of iree Nature’s prace, 
You cannot shut the windows of the sky, 
Through which Aurora shows her brightening 
face; 
You cannot bar my constant feet to trace 
The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve 
Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, 
And I their toys to the great children leave; 
Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me be- 
reave. 
Thomson loved a quiet, meditative 
life, and his verses reflect his thoughts 
and his environment as the calm surface 
of a lake mirrors the peaceful heavens 
that bend above it, and the green-clad 
hills that embosom it in their embrace. 
His name is not a name to conjure with, 
but it is a name suggestive of gentle 
manners, a healthful mind, and a poetic 
imagination. If not great in any other 
sense of the word, he was great in na- 
turalness and simplicity. 
No Dogs Permitted in B. & M. Passen- 
ger Coaches ; Must go as Baggage. 
Beginning with the first day of Janu- 
ary the Boston and Maine railroad 
adopted a new rule with regards to the 
conveyance of dogs on passenger trains, 
—that is, new for this road, though the 
rule is practiced in England. 
While in recent years the rules of the 
road have forbidden the taking of such 
animals into the passenger coaches, yeta 
majority of passengers have violated the 
rule and it has not been rigidly enforced, 
especially if the passenger seemed to be 
of some importance. 
Repeated complaints about this, es- 
pecially since rabies has been so_preval- 
ent, have led the company to adopt a 
rule that no dogs will be allowed in the 
passenger coaches under any conditions, 
no matter how big or little the dog, nor 
how big or how insignificant the owner. 
All dogs must be taken to the baggage 
car and paid for the same as excess 
baggage. This charge will be on actual 
weight in accordance with the excess 
baggage tariff. More than all, owners 
or care takers of dogs must sign a release 
of all liability on the part of the com- 
pany for damage to the animal. 
No dog will be rated at less than 100 
pounds. Dogs exceeding $25 in value 
or intended for bench shows, etc., will 
not be accepted for transportation in 
regular baggage service. The tendency 
of this rule will be to send more business 
to the express company, and _ possibly 
that may have something to do with the 
issuance of the regulation. 
WHY DELAYP 
The erection of that monument. 
Have -you not given the 
matter more than sufficient consideration. Come and see us 
about it at once. Look over our handsome designs, select one 
and we will set it up for you. 
it 
Kimball Brothers Monumental Works 
9-11 Lynde St., == SALEM 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE. 
VITAL STATISTICS. 
Manchester Records Show 65 Births, 37 
Deaths, 20 Marriages for the Year 1908. 
We present on pages 6 and 7 of this 
week’s issue the vital statistics of the 
Town of Manchester for the year 1908 
just closed. In brief there were 65 
births, 37 deaths and 20 marriages for 
the year. In 1907 there were 58 births, 
32 deaths and 22 marriages. 
Manchester’s reputation as a health 
resort is emphasized again this year by 
the small number of deaths recorded. 
For a population averaging very nearly 
3000, 37 deaths in a year is very small. 
The figures are all the more interesting 
when it is realized that of the 37, seven 
died in infancy (less than one year) and 
23 died when over 50 years, and of the 
latter number four were over 90. It 
will be seen therefore that only seven 
died at ages between infancy and 50. 
Of the 65 births 38 were boys and 27 
girls and their parentage varied in stand- 
ard from Polish immigrant to United 
States senator. 
Manchester Club Elects. 
The annual meeting of The Man- 
chester club was held last Friday even- 
ing at which time the following officers 
were elected for the year 1909: 
Raymond C. Allen, president; Her- 
bert B. Hinchliffe, vice president; 
Arthur E. Olson, secretary (re-elect- 
ed); Oscar B. Wing, treasurer (re- 
elected); Fred K. Swett, auditor; 
Walter R. Bell, Alfred C. Needham, 
Percy A. Wheaton, Fred M. Johnson 
and Raymond C. Allen, executive com- 
mittee; Fred J. Merrill, Maynard B. 
Gilman and Joseph N. Lipman, music 
committee. 
The treasurer's report showed the 
club to be in a splendid financial con- 
dition, with a generous surplus on hand 
after all bills are paid, and with furnish- 
ings and fixtures to the value of over 
$1000. The membership numbers 79. 
The club is three years old. 
It was voted to hold a banquet some- 
time during the winter, the matter being 
left in the hands of a committee. 
N. S. H. S. Election. 
The officers of the North Shore Hor- 
ticultural society for 1909, elected last 
Friday evening, are as follows: 
James Salter, president; Dr. Waldo 
H. Tyler, vice president; John D. 
Morrison, secretary; Herbert Shaw, 
financial secretary; James Macgregor, 
treasurer; George Duncan, librarian; 
Alfred E. Parsons, John W. Carter, 
James B. Dow, Joseph Clarke and 
William Swan, executive committee. 
The annual banquet of the society 
will be held in the Town hall, Manches- 
ter, on Wednesday evening, February 
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A perusal of the vital statistics for the 
last year, and a comparison of the large 
number of births with the small number 
of deaths, might lead some one to sug- 
gest that it is about time to think of 
building a new school-house, a subject 
which has been before the town periodi- 
cally for the past 20 years. 
Three barges of coal have arrived for 
Samuel Knight & Sons the past week. 
It is something unusual to have coal 
barges in the inner harbor at this season 
of year. 
Hollis F. Gallagher, who has been 
spending a few weeks with his sister, 
Mrs. Lorenzo Baker, returned to his 
home in Dorchester, Thursday. 
The officers of the Carpenters’ local 
union were installed into office last Fri- 
day evening as follows: T. Mahoney, 
president; Mark Lodge, vice president; 
George Gould, recording secretary; 
George Norie, financial secretary; Ed- 
ward Height, treasurer; Archie Mac- 
Donald, conductor; Alex Henderson, 
warden; Edward Preston, delegate to 
district council; George Norie, alternate; 
William McEachern, trustee; Aaron 
Saunier, H. C. Swett auditors. 
The officers of Conomo tribe, Red 
Men, will be raised to their respective 
stumps Wednesday evening, Jan. 20, by 
Deputy Benj. Huntoon of Beverly. 
The oftcers of Magnolia lodge, 
I. O. O. F., will be installed by D. G. 
M. Anthony C. Rogers and suite of 
Gloucester next Thursday evening, Jan. 
14. A Sbanquet will be served that 
evening after the installation and it is ex- 
pected that-a large attendance of the 
members will be out. 
‘Tuesday evening the Helping Hand of 
the North Shore lodge, A. O. U> W. 
elected officers as follows: H. A. Por- 
ter, president; C. W. Sawyer, vice 
president; IT. B. Stone, secretary; Sen- 
ter Stanley, treasurer; W. F. Spry, E. 
Wallace Stanley and Geo. W. Dole, 
directors. “The officers of the lodge 
will be installed the first “Tuesday even- 
ing in February. 
$55 Edison Machine cheap, at Wood- 
bury’s Record Parlor, Beach st. * 
10, at 6.30 o'clock, followed by an en- 
tertainment and dance. Music will be 
furnished by Long’s orchestra. Price 
of tickets $1.00, the sale of which will 
be limited to 165. Members desiring 
tickets should notify the secretary of the 
committee as soon as_ possible,—not 
later than February 5; any remaining 
after that date will be offered to the pub- 
lic. Robert A. Mitchell is secretary of 
the committee. 
