NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
~ WANTED 
Experienced Lady Stenographers, $6.00 to 
$8.00 a week. 
Domestics. Three Reliable Young Men. 
General help ofall kinds. 
Beverly and No. Shore Emp’ m’t Bureau, 
11-17-3 244 Cabot St., BEVERLY. 
GEO. P. CARVER, 
CIVIL ENGINEER 
184 Cabot St., Beverly, Mass, 
11-17-52 
Telephone 24-12 
Holiday Gifts 
RSE OE 
If you have a gift to buy, 
you can’t make a safer 
choice, whether it’s an ex- 
pensive or low cost article 
you want, than a piece of 
Cut Glass 
OLIVE DISHES 
from $1.50 
CELERY TRAYS 
from $3.50 
BEAUTIFUL VASES 
from $2.00 
BERRY BOWLS 
from $3.50 
We have the largest stock 
of cut glass east of Boston. 
The above is onlya hint as 
to our prices and the se- 
lection. {] You can’t make 
a mistake—we are always 
glad to exchange gifts that 
haven’t been aptly chosen. 
Baird-North Co., 
250 Essex St., 
SALEM, MASS. 
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Satisfaction 
Is 
Guaranteed. 
Luke Morgan, Manchester Crossing Tender 
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Luke Morgan, the Beach street cross- 
ing tender at Manchester, lives the sim- 
ple life in his little flag shanty by the rail- 
road and in his houseboat across the track, © 
which is scarcely less diminutive. 
‘The shanty is not more than eight feet 
in length and six feet in width. It con- 
tains a tiny stove, a small table, a few 
dishes and cooking utensils, and one soli- 
tary chair. 
At one end Luke keeps carefully pro- 
tected from weather his signal flags, his 
lanterns and other paraphernalia used in 
connection with his calling. 
There are two windows in the building. 
One of these, however, has remained 
closed so long that it is extremely doubt- 
ful if it could be opened now without a 
jimmy. 
Fifty yards distant is his boathouse. 
Drawn up on the flats beyond high water 
mark, it forms his sleeping apartment. 
It contains his various personal belong- 
ings. ‘There he offtimes sits and muses 
when the days are stormy and outdoor life 
is entirely undesirable. 
The boat on land is eight feet in width 
and 12 feet in length. Compared with 
the shanty by the crossing, it really seems 
quite roomy. ‘There he has a cot bed 
and a bit of a range which resembles a 
doll’s stove. 
Mr. Morgan purchased the property 
from a Portuguese for $25. 
He has reduced economy to a fine art. 
He buys his food in large quantities. 
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For instance, if he feels a craving for 
ham, he will buy a large one and eat 
nothing else until he has finished it. 
His menu will be ham for breakfast, 
dinner and supper. At other times de- 
siring beans, he will buy five or six 
quarts, baking them, and live on beans 
until they are all gone. Luke earns 
$9.45 each week, and incredible as it 
may seem, he manages to subsist on 45 
cents, thus saving $9 from his humble 
earnings. He has saved $1600, although 
his bank account at present does not ~ 
reach quite that figure, on account of a 
recent purchase which reduced the sum 
by about $200. This purchase was a 
lot in the cemetery at North Beverly, on 
which he has placed a monument bear- 
ing his name. 
Three years ago $100 was stolen 
from the little houseboat. It had been 
hidden in a trunk. The loss taught 
NOTICE! 
Wednesday Evening Club. 
Tickets (fifty cents each) for the series of 
Six Entertainments will be on sale at the 
Congregational Chapel, 
Wed. Even’g, Dec. 5, 7 to 8 o’ clock 
Those desiring may order in advance, giv- 
ing their names by mail orin interview with 
the secretary. Membership tickets are issued 
to persons over 16 years of age, to be non 
transferable, and the number is of necessity 
limited. 
ALBERT CUNNINGHAM, Secy. 
Manchester, Nov. 22, 1906. 
