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the Morse telegraph code. 
In speaking of its usefulness in saving 
life, Mr. Tripp said that, leaving out the 
recent accident on the Republic, if each 
of the lives which have been saved by 
means of the wireless telegraph were 
valued at $5000 each, the sum would be 
enough to equip every port on the Atlan- 
tic coast with such outfits. He told of 
several cases in which accidents had been 
averted, and one of these was the case of 
a mammoth vessel owned by the Stand- 
Being equipped 
ard QOjil company. 
with a wireless transmitter, they were 
able to save a whole cargo. We all 
know the methods of that company,’’ 
said the speaker, ‘“ and can readily real- 
ize that if that cargo had been lost, we 
would have been forced to pay a cent 
more for every gallon of kerosene or 
naphtha used for some time to come.’’ 
Mr. Tripp gave as his closing remarks 
an account from a morning newspaper of 
50 years hence, telling how Mrs. Walter 
Wellman had a wireless telephone con- 
versation with her husband this morning, 
in which she learned that he will soon 
reach his destination, the north pole, and 
is enjoying the trip in his airship, which 
is proceeding at the rate of 75 miles an 
hour. Mr. Wellman said he heard the 
symphony concert, given in New York 
last evening and ion it in his cabin 
on board the airship. Mrs. Wellman 
says her husband is standing his journey 
well and is in good health and looking as 
well as when he started. 
He also invited the hearersto an. im- 
aginary trip across the Atlantic and he 
pictured the detection of an absconding 
bank cashier by means of various ‘‘wire- 
less’’ devices, including telephone, pho- 
tography, etc. 
The lecturer told of listening any- 
where in this country to an opera being 
given in Berlin, and seeing the work of 
the opera stars and described the way in 
which a forgetful man might sign papers, 
deeds or checks 600 miles from where 
he happened to be at the time of signing. 
The whole thing sounded so much 
like a fairy tale that the audience laughed. 
Mr. Tripp responded to that laugh: 
“Well, you just wait 50 years and see.’’ 
Refreshments, consisting of ice cream, 
cake and fancy crackers, were served 
after the lecture. 
Dodge Shoe 
‘‘For Boys’ and Little Fellows.’’ 
One of the best makes 
$2.00 
The ELITE shoe and SOROSIS. 
Rubbers and Gaiters. Boys’ and Men's 
High-cut Boots. 
Charles Hooper 
Central Square, Manchester, Mass. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE. 
Oak from Sunken British Frigate Re- 
covered after 130 Years Under 
Water for Use in D. A. R. 
Continental, Hall, 
Washington. 
Through the courtesy of Mrs. Otis 
M. Stanley of Vine street, Manchester, 
we are pleased to print the following in- 
teresting clipping. Mrs. Stanley’s son, 
Otis, and Leslie Mason, another Man- 
chester young man are employed by the 
firm referred to and are at present work- 
ing in Springfield. 
‘“Norcross Bros. Co. have at their 
shop to manufacture into building finish 
a quantity of English oak, which has 
been under water 130 years and which 
was originally used in building the British 
frigate Augusta. 
“The wood is darkened by age and 
its long submergence, and the employes 
of the corporation are having the tough- 
est time of their lives to work it into fin- 
ished product. It is so hard that their 
keen edged tools and machine knives 
make slow headway against its grain, and 
frequent sharpening takes up a good por- 
tion of the workmen’s time. 
‘“ The frigate Augusta was sunk in the 
Delaware river, near New Salem, N. J., 
in 1777 and has been lying there all these 
years. 
“ About two years ago some private 
individuals of New Jersey, who are very 
act.ve in the society of the Daughters of 
the American Revolution, had the hull 
of the old frigate raised and when the 
timber obtained from it had been thor- 
oughly dried, it was shipped to Worces- 
ter. 
‘Norcross Bros. Co. have the con- 
tract to build a beautiful marble building 
for the Daughters of the American Rev- 
olution in Washington, holding two sep- 
arate contracts, one of which has been 
fulfilled and the second of which they 
are now working on. ‘These contracts 
represent an expenditure of about 
$1,000,000. The timbers of the old 
British frigate are being worked into pan- 
els, wainscotting, ceiling beams and win- 
dow castings for what is to be known as 
the New Jersey room of Continental 
hall, D. A. R. building, also into some 
few articles of furniture to be placed in 
the New Jersey room, such as a table 
and chairs. 
*“ But the great novelty for the Wor- 
cester shop hands, in connection with the 
D. A. R. contract, is the experience 
which they are having with ‘pickled’ 
wood, as they call it.’’ 
A Correction. 
In justice to the owner of the estate 
and the man who has had charge of it. 
we want tocorrect a statement in our 
last issue relative to the gypsy moth situ- 
ation at Manchester. In our. interview 
with Col. Sohier as to the conditions at 
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Manchester we were told that one of the 
badly infested colonies was located on 
the Stevens’ estate. [his should have 
been the Wetherbee estate, as the Stevens 
estate has been taken care of and given a 
thorough cleaning under the direction of 
Joseph P. Leary. 
Development of “ Walker-Field” Park. 
We call the attention of our readers to 
the advertisement of the sale of the 
‘‘Walker-Field’’ park at Montserrat, 
believing that it offers to investors an op- 
portunity that seldom presents itself to 
procure a lot of land upon easy terms of 
payment that must rapidly enhance in 
value. 
The land is sold without interest and 
without taxes until deed is taken. Many 
thousand dollars worth of this land has 
been sold. Houses are in the process of 
completion and the coming season will 
see a brisk movement, we are certain. 
‘The demand has been great the past 
winter and it shows that the residents of 
Beverly believe this to be the coming 
residential district. 
A number of Beverly Farms and 
Pride’s people have bought lots there and 
some are to build homes for themselves. 
The accessibility by both steam and 
electric cars and its well graded streets 
place it at once upon a sound footing. 
It is sufficient guarantee of its value that 
Edward T. Harrington Co. of Boston 
lend their name to the project of devel- 
oping the land. They take nothing but 
the very best and have their choice of all 
that is offered. They believe in it fully. 
A fine Edison Talking Machine, 
cheap, at Woodbury’s, Beach st. 
V ALENTINE’S s| 
MARKET 
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Specials ° Saturday 
Ghickens 22¢ Ib 
Fowls 20c lb 
Smoked Shoulders 10c Ib 
Fresh Shoulders lic Ib 
Small Hams 14c lb 
GORNED MEATS 
Stickers 10c lb 
Middle Ribs 12c Ib 
Briskets 15c Ib 
Flanks Ac to 6c Ib 
We close Monday at 10 A. M. 
SR TS 
Kimball Bldg., Opp. Postoffice 
MANGHESTER 
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