Bourne High School - Canal Currents Yearbook (Bourne, MA)

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UP-TO-DATE CLOTHIERS. The Boston One Price Clothing House, F. J. CASEY, MGR., WAREHAM. - MASS. Men’s and Boys’ Glothii]g, flats, Gaps and Ger]t.s’ Furnishings. CqU on A. P. WING, . Sandwieh. Mass. A bl CH I take pleasure in announcing to the public that I have the agency for the famous “QUEEN quality boots for Ladies, in Box Calf and Dongola: also Stout ' s patent Snag Proof Rubber Boots and Gold Seal Rubbers. F. F. JONES, SA-NTD-WICH, DIASS. O. K . © WIIFT, Newsdealer, Also Dealer in MUSIC AND MUSICAL MKRCHAXDISE, BOURNE, MASS. LAUNDRY- Agent for the district of Wenaumet, Cptaumet and Megansett. FRED F. GREER, CATAUMET, MASS. WHITMAN, SPARROW CO., DRY GOODS, Middleboro, Mass. IsadieA (Syentfemen Of the Graduating Class of the Bourne High School are most cordially invited to place their orders with us for their graduating outfit; assuring them the latest up to-date styles and such fabrics as will be adapted to the occasion. B. F). 0ir)ps0: S £ 0 ., Wareham, Mass.

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THE HIGH SCHOOL EHCO. FISHING AT SUNRISE. I will begin by giving the true and only d efinition for “ fiishing,” which is — “Fishing is catching fish.” When all is told, we shall see that at sunrise one morning, three per- sons in a very leaky boat went “fishing.” They went with the very best intentions, they came back — well, suffice it to say, they did come back. Even in July the air, fresh from the lake, is decidedly cool. Especially so, when a person is aressed for rather warm work, such as pulling in a black bass, or a five pound pickerel, in fact, anything smaller than a shark. . s I watched them start off. I wondered how three not very large persons could weigh a good sized rowboat down as they did. When they were about half-way over, I noticed that something quite unusual was happening on board. One girl was half standing on the end seat, the other had her feet resting on the gunwhale, and still an- other form was doubled over a can “bailing out.” When I, by means of a now leaky boat, got near enough to see them clearly, I found they had taken the can which they used for a bailer and placed a board on top, making a veritable see-saw. It worked to perfection until one of the young ladies hooked a bass. Then in her excitement she let her side of the board u]j and the one at the other end promptly put her feet in the water — to hold the bottom of the boat down. Yes, she landed the fish, but I won’t say how — whether by pole, line or net — or all three. The water in their boat was deep enough for the fish to have a fine time swim- ming around, which privilege he made the most of from sunrise until eight o’clock. That was not the only fish caught, but the others were pulled in with a very matter-of- fact motion, having only an occasional acro- batic feat for variety. I had lo. ' .g befoie given up my pole and was intent upon the proceedings in the next boat. I had not, however, thought to take my pole out of the water. I looked up just in time to see it disappearing over the side of the boat. I reached for it and caught it, nearly upsetting myself, boat and all. By that time they had hooked and lost so many fishes they were tired and we started for home. They gave up the see-saw and put the can to a more practical use. At last reports they were all mourning over the fi h they almost caught, which, they de- clare, was the largest ever seen in the pond. E. L. S. HUMOR. “It’s a shame, that’s what it is !” ex- claimed the boy, wrathfully. “I can’t have any fun at all.” “What’s the matter?” asked the sympathetic neigbor. “Dad says he ' ll lick me if he ever hears of me fighting with a boy smaller than I am, an’ I dassn’t fight with a bigger one.” — Chicago Evening Post. Speaker (waxing eloquent) : “The same hand that made the mountains, made the little stream that trickles down the mountain side ; the hand that made the mighty trees, made the tiny breeze that rushes through the branches ; the hand that made me, made a daisy.” — The Wellesley Prelude. Bones and Holes. — Grocer : “You butchers have a soft snap. You weigh the bones with the meat and charge meat prices.” Butcher : “I don’t see as you have any call to talk. When you sell Swiss cheese, don’t you weigh the holes and charge cheese prices for them?” Another Clever VVoman. — “My wife can tell wnat time it is in the middle of the night when it is pitch dark.” “How does she do it?” “She makes me get up and look at the clock.” Teacher : “Of course, you understand the difference between liking and loving?” Pupil : “Yes, Marm ; I like my father and mother, but I love pie.” — Collier’s Weekly.

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THE HIGH SCHOOL ECHO. A NEW ARITHMETIC. 1. If a cyclone trav els three hundred knots a minute, how long would it take an Egyptian mummy to fry a batch of dough- nuts? 2. If an insect has six legs and another has eleven, how many hornets does it take to lift a boy out of old man Sabine’s or- chard ? 3. A merchant bought four barrels of sugar, seven of molasses, and two of meal. Find what per cent, of beans he mixed with his coffee. 4. A beggar met two boys. One gave him eleven cents and the other gave him eight cents. Find the name of the third one who hit him in the ear with a snow-ball. 5. A tramp got two kicks at one house, a cold shoulder at another and a bite from a dog from a third. How long did it take to get into the workhouse for sixty days. 6. A father agreed to give his son four and one half acres of land for every cord of wood he chopped. The son chopped three- sevenths of a cord, broke the axe and went hunting rabbits. How much land is he entitled to? 7. A woman earned forty-two cents per day by washing and supported her husband who consumed four dollars worth of pro- visions per week. How much was she in debt at the end of each month, up to the time he was sent to the workhouse. ? 8. If a young man owns a little cane, a rat-and-tan dog, a pair of lavender pants, three flashy neck-ties, a frail mus» tache, a flirtation handkerchief and parts his hair in the middle of his senseless head, what will it cost to board six idiots at a third rate hotel for a year? 9. A certain young man walks five- sevenths of a mile for seven nights in a week to see his girl and after putting in 1 1 2 nights he gets the bounce, how many did he hoof it altogether and how many weeks did it take him to understand that he wasn’t wanted ? 10. A plumber is called upon to mend a leak in a water pipe. He sends an em- ployee who surveys the leak ; another who courts the servant girl ; a third who tries the new organ ; a fourth to look alter the other three. At this rate, how long will it take the plumber to secure a mortgage on the City Hall? TEACHERS’ TROUBLES. In our school-room whisp’ring’s suppressed, Eating apples and all the rest — “Five hundred words in one essay,” Waits for all thae disobey. Expulsion from school is laying low — P ' or the fellow that throws the snow At the building or in the hallway. And to him the teacher’ll say : “We do not want you any more. As you throw snowballs at the door ; . fter I commanded you to stop. Then you pasted it red-hot. “If you do not mend your way, In my school you can not stay ; This is not a primary school. But you persist in breaking rules.” Then to the boys he began to preach, For he could do it as well as teach, He would show us where we’re wrong And then would lay the law down strong. Then we would decide to see • ' ’ If we could not better be ; But before the school hours passed The teacher had us hard and fast. Bess; “So Jeannette married a farmer. I thought she said she would-- marry only a man of culture?” ' Nell “And so she did — a man of agriculture.” — Chicago News. Mean Way to Treat Neighbors. — “Those people across the hall must quarrel.” “Why?” “They keep their transome shut all the time.”