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they will have to be replaced if they 
are to be used at all. 
The point which we desire to 
bring forth is that these poles 
should be removed altogether, along 
this street, one of the principal 
streets of the town, and if the hotel 
wants a telegraph wire in the fu- 
ture, let the wires be strung along 
on the New England Telephone 
poles located on the opposite side 
of the street. The fact that the 
privilege was granted 15 or 20 years 
ago to run these wires is no reason 
why if they are not now in use, they 
should not be removed, especially if 
they are not maintained and kept 
in proper order. 
The prevailing high prices of 
necessities of life may lead to a de- 
veloping of the farming industry in 
Essex county. The price of beef, 
lamb and pork, poultry and eggs, 
milk and butter are higher than 
ever before. All these products can 
be raised in Essex county. The rais- 
ing of cattle gives promise of profit 
because of the high price of milk 
and meat. Sheep can be raised here 
as well as the humble and homely 
hog and poultry. Farmers are 
studying means of improving their 
vegetables and they will find a way 
to increase the value of these crops. 
Some of the finest corn in the coun- 
try was raised last year in West 
Newbury and the pears of Saugus 
_ and the apples of Ipswich and New- 
bury are unexcelled. Danvers is 
noted for its good onions and Pea- 
body for strawberries. Pop corn 
can also be raised to advantage in 
Danvers. Lettuce, radishes, cabbages 
and potatoes are grown on every 
Essex county farm. Altogether it 
seems as though the farmers of Ks- 
sex county are in a position to make 
good if they will take the oppor- 
tunity. 
And, by the way, what an excel- 
lent market for these products is 
the North Shore! 
How awful if this contagion for 
boycotting should reach the cloth- 
ing trust! 
The worst bedfellow in the world 
is worry; kick it out! 
ANNUAL BANQUET. 
Eleventh Annual Re-union of the 
North Shore Horticultural So- 
ciety Last Evening. 
The eleventh annual re-union of 
the North Shore Horteultural soci- 
ety was held at the Manchester 
Town hall last evening and was very 
well attended. The supper was 
served at 6.30, B. S. Bullock being 
the caterer. The menu follows: 
Escalloped Oysters 
Roast Turkey Brown Gravy 
Cranberry Sauce 
Mashed potato Boiled Onion 
Squash Celery 
Banana Fritters Wine Sauce 
Rolls Biscuits Butter 
Harlequin Ice Cream Frozen Pudding 
Lady Fingers Maccaroons Kisses 
Assorted Cake 
Coffee 
Oranges Grapes Bananas 
Following the supper, President 
Salter of the society called the gath- 
ering to order and gave a brief ad- 
dress of welcome. He said: 
““T am not going to make much 
of a speech as the committee re- 
quested me to cut it short. This is, 
as you know, our 11th anniversary. 
We are glad to see so many here to- 
night. We would like to see a 
larger number at our regular meet- 
ings. The puble are always wel- 
come and anyone having a question 
that is perplexing should bring it 
along. Someone can answer it, | am 
sure. I do not wish to occupy your 
time further, but I wish to say that 
we hope you will have a pleasant 
time and we bid you welcome.”’ 
The only other speaker of the eve- 
ning was Rev. T. L. Frost of the 
Baptist church. 
Rey. T. L. Frost Spoke as follows: 
‘““They say that in Montana, when 
they put a man in a barrel and roll 
him down a hill, the man appears 
in a new roll. When you ask a 
clergyman to speak before this so- 
ciety, you are asking him to appear 
in a new roll, because anything dry 
is out of place here. They say a 
good deal about the crow. A crow 
never shows the white feather. I 
am not going to show any white 
feather tonight. We all hear a good 
deal about the Western country. 
Some of us know what it is like and 
others have a vague idea of that 
country.’’? Mr. Frost then told sev- 
eral humorous stories to show the 
fact that the West is an up and com- 
ing country. 
‘“‘The Hast is in some ways up and 
coming, but we might be more so. 
Food stuffs have soared so high that 
some of us people feel the pinch 
when it comes to buying all that we 
- need. There are various reasons 
given for the high prices. Some say 
it is due to extravagance and waste. 
It is so easy to say that the people 
are prodigal with their money, but 
those who say it may be jealous be- 
cause they cannot spend as freely. 
Some say it is due to high tariff. 
Farm produce has not kept up with 
the growth of population. There is 
an instinct of conservation in every 
member of this society. Things have 
been wasted and if this waste is 
not stopped, there will be great 
want. 
‘“We also believe that all natural 
resources should be used for the wel- 
fare of the public and not for the 
enrichment of a few. There is a 
note of utilization. We are coming 
to realize that we are not utilizing 
the powers within and around us. 
In order to meet the high prices, 
in order to meet these trying con- 
ditions, we must utilize the powers 
and opportunities which surround 
us. In Maine, people are buying up 
farms. Look at the farm land in 
New England. We have not the 
fertile soil of the West or even of 
Maine in Mass., but we are not get- 
ting the most out of what we have 
got. The man who can make two 
flowers grow where one grew before 
is worthy of praise. Our young men 
are going away from the farms to 
take up arts and crafts, ete., because 
of shorter hours and better pay. 
‘“We should honor the cultivation 
of the soil, and we should think 
more of sending our boys to agricul- 
tural colleges so that they may come 
forth and utilize their brains for the 
production of food stuffs, for the 
making of this earth a garden and a 
fruitful place. The man who does 
that today is doing a service. Util- 
ization of our resources is making 
our land yield produce and so let 
us be benefactors for our fellow 
men, but utilize the resources that 
we have in our possession.’’ 
He closed with a humorous story 
of the reception tendered the min- 
ister in going to a country town to 
supply the pulpit one Sunday. 
The other entertaining features 
were selections by three young Mis- 
ses from Everett, who were called 
the Everett trio—Miss M. Harding, 
Miss F. Hobart and Miss E. Hobart. 
They gave instrumental selectionsey- 
eral times and Miss Marion Harding 
sang ‘‘The Glow-worm.’’ Miss Ruth 
Erickson played a piano solo, ‘‘Pe- 
ter Piper.’’ The exereises came to 
a close by all singing ‘‘Auld Lang 
Syne.’’ The floor was then cleared 
for dancing and this was enjoyed 
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