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WORTH SHORE BREEZE. 
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VOLUME 7. November 26, 1909 NuMBER 48 
Nov. 27—Dec. 3 
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A REAL touch of ye olde colonial days 
was added to the Thanksgiving atmos- 
phere in Manchester this year when the 
white-coated grocer clerks and white- 
frocked butchers dealed out quarts of 
cranberries, pumpkins, nuts and other 
** fxins’’ for the festive day to the light 
of tallow candles. Could old Mrs. 
Samples, the keeper of the first store in 
the town, have dropped around the night 
before Thanksgiving, she wouldn’t have 
been the least surprised at the present-day 
ot ay tS aie 
means of lichting. t all happened 
though the foture uf the clectac lights 
AIK. ii é Stora aid, as 
sual, the electric iight plant was out of 
commission. It wouldn’t have seemed 
so bad if it hadn’t been the busiest day of 
the year for the grocers and the provision 
men,—and one of the few nights in the 
winter season the stores are open. They 
lost dollars through the failure of the 
lights to work., 
The trouble? Well, it is next to im- 
possible to cast anv light on that, either. 
One explanation is that the plant in Bev- 
erly, whence our power comes, was out 
eens G. E. WILLMONTON ees 
of commission. Another, that a large 
tree fell across the wires at Beverly 
Farms and broke connections. Another, 
and the most probable, that the man- 
holes about town were full of water. 
But, what’s the use of talking! No 
matter what we say, or how near we 
come to expressing the sentiment of the 
citizens, the corporation (controlled by 
the Boston & Northern St. Ry. Co.) 
will do as it pleases. 
‘They have the wires under our streets, 
and we can whistle; if there’s anything 
to matter with the equipment they will 
fix it when their good and ready. And 
no matter whether we have the lights or 
not, we will have to pay for them just the 
same. ‘The public will get the small end 
of the deal, anyway. 
We will still have to pay the exorbitant 
price of 15 cents (instead of 12 or 13 
cents as in other places), and no matter 
how large one’s bills may be in wizxter, 
we will have the pay a minimum rate in 
summer. 
Perhaps some generous-hearted citi- 
zens will subscribe to a fund to help the 
company keep a man or two on hand to 
look out for things. 
Perhaps the public is not aware of the 
fact that the company which undertakes 
to furnish electric lights for the town of 
Manchester—by the way, one of the 
wealthiest towns in the Commonwealth— 
maintains a large force of TWO em- 
ployees, namely, a manager and a young 
lady stenographer. 
Just think of the tremendous expense 
the corporation is under! 
o 
‘ 
Meanwhile please turnon the power 
long enough for us to print the BREEzE, 
so that the public may have an opportun- 
ity of ~cading this and saying ‘‘them’s 
my sentiments too.’’ 
‘“FHERE should be more attention 
paid to gymnastics and less to athletics. 
What we need is to begin with the boys 
and girls and give them gymnastic train- 
ing as faithfully as we give them food 
and clothing. Boston has done much in 
this respect, but there is still more to be 
done. We have gymnasia in the high 
schools, but there should be a gymna- 
sium in every school. Children cannot 
obtain a great amount of benefit from ex- 
ercise taken in the school room. They 
should have a room properly equipped, 
where the whole atmosphere is different 
and where there is no limitation or re- 
straint.’”—Baroness Posse of -the Posse 
Gymnasium, Boston. 
Wiru the installation of city delivery. 
in Manchester next week the BREEZE 
will go to press a little earlier on Fridays. 
It has Seen going to press between 3 and 
4 o'clock, but in the future the paper 
will be mailed in time to catch the after- 
noon delivery which will leave the post- 
office between 3 and 4 o'clock, so that 
all Manchester subscribers will be able to 
get their paper Friday afternoons. Per- 
sons who are accustomed to send items 
to the office for publication please re- 
member this and get the items in early. 
THe Medford Mercury is to be con- 
gratulated on its efforts to ‘regulate or 
abolish the lobby,’’ which was the sub- 
ject of a two-column editorial in its last 
issue. The ““lobby’’ is one of the can- 
ker-worms eating its way into the vitals 
of sound, honest legislation, and the old 
Bay State ought to put its foot on the 
worm and kill it,— or at least stifle its 
activities. Legislation that is bought by 
money, or that is killed by it, is not 
democracy, but plutocracy. 
To Manchester stamp-savers! If you 
would save a dollar or so, be wise and 
get your Dec. 1 bills in the postoffice be- 
fore closing time on Tuesday, Nov. 30. 
The city delivery service goes into effect 
on Dec. 1, and it will cost two cents a 
letter thereafter. Last call* This hint 
may be the means of cheating the gov- 
ernment out of quite a few dollars, but—. 
What’s the trouble with the electric 
power in Manchester? Don’t ask us. 
It is well there are so few people in 
Manchester making commercial use of 
electricity. Just the time one wants to 
start upthe motor there’s no “‘ juice.’’ 
There is just one thing that can be de- 
pended upon and that is the bill will be 
forth-coming the first of the month. 
All subscriptions to the Breeze taken 
this month or next will be dated Jan. 1, 
1910. Have you noticed our combina- 
tion offers yet? adv. 
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