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- WHISPERINGS 
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For more than a 100 years the out- 
er doors of the Manchester Congl. 
church swung inward to the vestibule, 
but no more. Recently a sharp-eyed 
building inspector discovered the fact 
and this week the hinges of the doors 
were replaced by new ones which al- 
low the doors to swing out as well 
Although they may not feel 
any more comfortable, future con- 
gregations will be safer in case of fire 
in the opinion of the inspector who 
ordered the change. That inspectors 
in years past have passed over the 
doors without noticing that they 
swung inward is evidence of their 
thoroughness. When the doors were 
demounted to make the change the 
huge old hand-made hinges were re- 
moved. They were almost three feet 
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Probably no amateur gardener in 
Manchester has achieved so much 
success as Jeffrey S. Reed of the 
Beach st. cafe. For years Mr. Reed’s 
garden has been one of the finest in 
town and has always attracted much 
attention, not only at home, but at 
times in newspapers and magazines 
in the country at large. Three speci- 
mens of Mr. Reed’s culture adorn 
the editor’s desk this morning—a 
beautful rose and two Jackson dahlias 
—picked by Mr. Reed today, Nov. 3. 
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And there is someone else in Man- 
chester who is successful in late gar- 
den fruitage. H. A. Burchstead 
picked a box of strawberries as late 
as Monday morning in the garden 
connected with the Schofield cottage, 
occupied by the D. A. Sullivans of 
Brookline. The vines are of the ever- 
bearing variety, and they are true to 
their name, for since early summer 
they have been supplying Mr. Sulli- 
van’s table with their choice products, 
and will probably continue to do so 
until snow covers the ground. 
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You don’t have to be a candidate 
for office nor dig down into your 
pocket and contribute to the campaign 
fund to sit on the speakers’ platform 
at a big political rally in Boston. Not 
at all—just tell ’em you hail from 
Manchester-by-the-Sea, and you'll 
turn the trick. At least, that is the 
experience of Richard J. Baker, a 
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widely known Manchesterite. Dick 
started for the big democratic rally in 
Tremont Temple, Boston, last Satur- 
day night. He was somewhat delayed 
in getting to the rally—but that is an- 
other story. He got there; but when 
he arrived he found the building filled 
to overflowing and his chances of get- 
ting inside about as slim as_ the 
chances of the prohibition candidate 
for president getting inside the White 
House. 
Then Dick resorted to oratory. In 
honeyed phrases he breathed into the 
ear of the policeman guarding the 
door the news that he had come all 
the way from Manchester, and ex- 
hibited his admission ticket. Whether 
the spell of Dick’s oratory or the 
magic of the name of Manchester was 
responsible nobody knows, but the 
guardian of the peace and democrats 
was won over. A moment later Can- 
didates Mansfield and Fitzgerald and 
the other speakers arrived. The 
hypnotized policeman allowed the 
convincing citizen of Manchester to 
slip into the crowded hal! with the 
party. Once in the hall Dick dis- 
covered that the only available seats 
were on the speakers’ platform, but 
it didn’t feaze him. © He “followed 
the crowd.” When he was safely 
seated at last he made the disturbing 
discovery that he was sitting in the 
front row of speakers, but comforted 
himself with the thought that nobody 
in the hall knew him and that he 
could get away with it. But he was 
due to receive a shock from which he 
hasn’t quite recovered yet. As the 
meeting commenced he permitted his 
eyes to wander over the audience and 
in the front row, directly betieath him, 
he discovered the horror-stricken 
countenances of Frank A. Foster, 
Manchester’s postmaster and member 
of the democratic town 
and James Hoare, candidate for rep- 
resentative. The other Manchester 
men, being good democrats, had ar- 
rived early in order to be sure of seats 
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and whatever emotions they may have 
experienced at the sight of their fel- 
low townsman on the platform were 
eclipsed by their amusement at his 
embarrassment upon discovery. 
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Who owns the bell? The mystery 
deepens. While the ancient argument 
about the ownership of the bell in the 
tower of the Manchester Congl. 
church was not conclusively settled 
two years ago when the new bell was 
placed in the tower it’ was at least 
thought that the discussion was drop- 
ped. Not so, however. Last Thurs- 
day (at whose instigation no one 
seems to know) someone climbed to 
the tower and chiseled off the names, 
Bell, Cheever and Dean, who were 
selectmen at the time the town pur- 
chased the bell for the church to re- 
place the one broken after years of 
use by the town. The argument is prob- 
ably settled for all time as the church 
has the bell and the names are no more. 
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