Milford High School - Oak Lily and Ivy Yearbook (Milford, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 66 of the 1885 volume:

•5 .VA • .fi. ' A -I I S ' . . Yol. T. IVIILFOIJI), xMASS., JANUARY, 1886. No. 3. The Gazetteer’s Dream. Standing before the familiar l)ook- case, 1 was startled from my reverie by a conversation among some of tlie larger books. The Gazetteer began by saying : “ I dreamed last night of my youth. I saw myself ])rinted and bound, then put on exhibition in a city book-store. After remaining there some time I was sent to a small town in Massachusetts. “On my way I fell in with my friend Dictionary and a company of Encyclo- paulias. NYith the latter I made some sad blunders, as I could never tell A from X, till I had turned them around, for they all looked alike to me at first. Ye formed a very pleasant com))any, but Dick, as I soon learned to call my friend Dictionary,and myself were the most congenial. “ On the way, Dick and I explained our separate functions. Dick began ])om))ously: ‘T teach ])eo))le howto spell, ])ronounee and accent every word in the English language. I also—’ “AYait one moment, my friend. Don’t tell everything at once.’ Then I beaaii ; ‘ I tell the situation of everv cit} , town, island, river, cape, bay and mountain. Resides T—’ “Dick broke in: ‘Indeed! Why, 1 tell the classical derivation of words, give their definitions and examples to illustrate their use. I can tell you still more.’ “‘O well! i Ir. Dick, you didn’t let me finish my story. I tell what the different countries jiroduce, the chief manufactures and ]� laces of interest, besides many other things.’ “Then Dick said coolly: ‘You do very well in your way, but 1 I ' eally think tha t I shall be used before you, for ])eojile must learn to s])ell and ])ro- nounce before they can nse you. How¬ ever, I would not discourage you, for you are doing a good work, and I sug¬ gest that we unite our forces and work together as man and wife, hen we reach our new field of labor, if agreea¬ ble to you.’ “ Though I was surjirised at the turn the conversation had taken and felt my pride shaken a little, I quite willingly resigned the ])lace of greater honor to Dick, and consented to be his helj)- meet. “When we reached our destination, we obtained the services of a clerical iirother and were made one. The cer¬ emony was witnessed liy our travelling companions, the Encyclojaedias, who, although I knew they envied me my good fortune, congratulated me hearti¬ ly on my jirospect for a useful life. “b’romthat d:iv to this we have done faithful work in the school room, and though not regular text-books, I think we are used as much as any two books in the librai-y, and I always feel a thrill of jiride, when I hear a teacher ask a scholar if his jironunciation of a certain word is coi-rect, for I know the next thing will lie ‘ Consult the Dic¬ tionary,’ and my Dick tells them every time. “I was roused from my dream by being hit outlie back and hearing some one ask if I was the Gaze-a-teer ? This filled me with righteous indignation, and T said : ‘ You’d better consult my husband before you address me again.’” a.a. ii.,’84. Britain’s Child. Boston, IMass., February, 1883. Dear Mother Britain, It is nearly one hundred and nine long years since uncle Sam and I set u]) for ourselves, and I thought ])erha])s you’d like to hear some of our strangi ' experiences since then. One of the great events of my life happened about half a century ago. when uncle and I took a ride in what they called steam-cars; nothing like the lumbering old coaches we used before, but a perfect parlor on wheels, with steam harnessed forahorse. Not a jump nor jerk, but the houses glided by as smoothly and swiftly as birds and we arrived in the city in as many minutes as it took hours before. Well, he thought we’d better take home something entirely new, so he bought a bunch of little sticks with what I called sealing wax oii the end. I hadn’t tlie slightest idea what they were good for, but now use them all the time for lighting my fire. Only a little while before that, uncle Sam brought home a basket of black stones to burn, he said. And, if you’ll believe it, they burned as well as wood and a great deal longer. Some years later one of my Christmas ] resents was a machine that would sew as AV ' ell as I could myself. I couldn’t believe my eyes at first. And then, stranger yet, they began to stretch little wires across the city and state and I can talk to uncle Sam down in his office. AYhy, everything is strange. They tunnel mountains, talk across cities, cable the ocean, and use jiajier for money. Well, we’ve grown rapidly in the last hundred years. There are noAV thirty-eight of us fully m-oAvn and ten more to come of age. ' We are Avell and happy and have bright ]� ros})ects for the future. With regards to all old friends and love for A ' ourself, ' Yours lovingly, Coluaibia. P. S. Write soon and tell me all the neAvs. P. S. Had a letter from little Rhoda a while ago, Avhich she really Avrote with a ])en instead of a (piill, done up in a little jiicce of pa])er they call envelope, I believe. Goodbye. C. L. n. c-L., ’83. I O -A. ’rKE:0 lK,MiIliY| IVY. Published loutlily During the School Year, ISY The Senior Class of the Milford High School. PRINTED BY KING BILLINGS. GENKK.VL F.niTOKS. IXKZ L. GAY ami CLAHKNCK 11. MORGAN. PKBSOXAL KDITORS. II.VKRIET A. SMITH ami HORACE A. BIRMVN. LOCAL KKITOKS. ANNA M. WALKER ami ROBERT C. HUSSEY. lUJSIXKSS EUITOUS. THERESA A. :McCARTEN ami HARRY P. CROSBY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Eight Nuinhers.) For the Y ear, . .3,5 cents | Single Collies, . 5 cents This paper is for sale at the well-known ftrug store of J. Allen Rice, where subscriptions for the year will also be received. Address all conmmnications to THE OAK, LILY AND IVY , Box 8T1. Entered at the Milford, Mass., Post-Office, as second cla.ss matter. N. B. It is our intention to furnL«h our patrons, however, with a better ami hiqher than second class. Editorial. We M-isli that all the scholars who desire the success of the Oak, Lily and Ivy tvould ])atronize those wdio pat¬ ronize us. Our columns contain ad¬ vertisements of every kind from which all in need of articles for school or family use can learn Avhere something suited to their ' wants may be obtained. If, after a trial, it is found that pur¬ chases may be as profitably made of those who advertise with us as of oth¬ ers, then help us by patronizing them. “Variety is the Spice of Life.” Such is the saying called to our mind on glancing over the school¬ room with its YTiriety of chairs and desks. Tdiere was not always such a diversity of seats as there is now, but as the number of scholars has increas¬ ed, new chairs and desks have been added, until there are at the present time at least six different kinds. Here is a chair seat so insecurely fastened to its ' worn foundation of iron that its occupant can rock back- Avard and forward at his own sweet Avill; there, one is gone, its jdace being su])plied by a common chair. Here are two single desks jilaced side by side to form a double one, while not far off is a chair whose back is several inches higher than that of its neigh- bor. This is by no means an unusual thing, for in the double .seats one chair is freipiently lower than the other, a state of affairs very annoying to the ])ujnl who sits in the lower one. Tdie | desks, too, further illustrate this law of . variation. Their “dip”, as the geology i class would say, is truly variable and some of their surfaces recall to mind the piT-historic fossil iinjiressions in our cabinet. It seems to liave been the aim of e ’ery class to follow the ad¬ vice contained in Longfellow’s lines, and as they were not ceitain of ever “leaving behind them, footprints on the sands of time,” they have done Avhat they could to jierpetuate their names by leaving them on the desks. Courage fails us when we attempt to descrilie the inkwells, for there is even more variety in them than in the seats. Ve have inkwells with covers, and inkwells without, broken inkwells and those that are not broken, Avhile some desks have none at all. These are triHes which Ave Avoiild Avillingly jiass over in silence, did not a pressing need for an editorial sharp¬ en our CYms and our wits. “We have no History of Milford.” Such Avas the closing line of our last editori.al, December 19. That it is no longer true the following letter shoAvs: Dear Mr. Lull: —Father desires me to send yon this History of Milford, which he wishes to present to the YI. H. S., with best wishes for its future prosperity. Y ours sincerely, Anna M. Bancroft. Ilopedale, Dec. 22, 1884. To this the following repl} ' , signed by the leaders of the resjiective classes, Avas sent: Dear Miss Bancroft: —We heartily thank your father for his kindness in pre¬ senting the school so elegant a copy of the History of Milford, which we have long de¬ sired, and wliich will prove a valuable addi¬ tion to our library. Kespectfully yours, Inez L. Day, ’85. Willie L. Fales, ’8(5. Amy C. Harris, ’87. Dlarence C. Barbofr, ’88. December 2:1, 1884. Young Men. “It is a question of vital interest to every young man, as he comes to the age wlien he must commence his life-work, hoAV he can best equip himself to encounter the di faculties before him. It may be assumed as a con¬ cede 1 fact, that to enter successfully uiion an undertaking which is to shape the future of a A ' oung man, previous mental training and discipline are indispensable.” If this life-work needs u business education, read the third column of the fourth page. Wanted. All men to umierstand that three hours at least .are needed for heating our rooms by .steam; Avhen the fire is out, the Avindows open and the temperature 40 . Under this head the editors are desirous of stating all facts that may he of interest to the alumni and friends of the school. AVe sliall he especially thankful for items concerning the older members who have left Milford. Not a graduate. 0; =’Can any one give any informa¬ tion about these former jirincipals; even their ]K)st olHce address Avonld be gladly received :—Pike, Sawyer, Heed, Jencks, Draper, S.anliorn y Four answers have been received to the five letters sent the remaining principals and it is our intention to ])ublish them either in full or in [lart in our ne.xt numbers. Hev. Kli.as Xason, avIio w.as the first ]� rincipal and was connected with school from 1850 to 1852, Avrites from North Hillerica as follows: In reply to your polite favor of the 6th iiist., I would say that I have held pastorates at Natick, YIedford, Exeter, N. IL, Lowell and Dracut Centre, Avhere I am noAV preach¬ ing. I have lectured more than a thousand times before lyceums in and out of New England. I have also Avritten many liooks, the most popular of which are the Lives of Charles Sumner and of Henry AVilson, and the Gazetteer of Ylassachusetts. I have spent about a year and a half in Europe. Yly health has been, and still is, remarkab ly good. Ill 1865 I purchased a place in North Billerica, which I call “Brightside,” and where 1 fondly hope to spend the remainder of my days. It hasdieen my aim to live on the bright side of life ' and to make my heav¬ en as I go along, for I think this is the way to gain Heaven at last. I have three sons, two of Avhom are ministers, and two daugh¬ ters. I remember Avith great pleasure the days I spent in Ylilford and rejoice to hear of the prosperity of any of my pupils. I thank you for a copy of “ I ' he Oak, Lily and Ivy,” and think it very creditable to the editors and to the school, on Avhicli I pray the beams of Heaven’s gentlest love may ever shine. Ever and very truly yours, Elias Nuson. IMatthcAV P. Callanan, ’G8, is one of our leading grocery-men. Wm. IL Lotliro]),’70, is a manufac¬ turer of jiaient ferules in South Bos¬ ton. Julia F. Connolly, ’71, is one of our local music teachers. Daniel O’Callaghan,’71, is a hiAVATu- in Salem. James O’Call.aghan, ’71, is attornev and counselor-at-hiAV in Ncav Y ork. Fannie A. Comstock, ’72, is iioav in Castine, Ylaine, AA’here she is teaching in a normal school. Hev. John McCann, ’72, is located in Millbury, Mass. F. JL Nichols, ’72, is in the jcAvelry business in Taunton. .V. Oreanna Cheney, ’74, for many years a teacher in the public schools here, is uoav in Pittsliehl, M;iss. A.Willis-Tarbt ' ll, ’74, assistant snj or- intendent of the Waltham Gas Works, graduate l from here at the head of liis class. Lowell E. Fales, ’78, is on our hoard of school committee. Wm. TI. 3Iurraj, ’79, is assistant book-keeper in the Phoenix Hotel, Boston. Henry E. Littlefield, ’81, is a book-keeper in .Tacksonville, Florida. Nellie A. Warfield, ’82, is teaching in Medway. Frank C. Phillips, ’82, is a clerk in a large wholesale grocery store in Providence. Maud L. Johnson, ’84, is at Miss Johnson’s private school, Boston. Nellie Traversee, ’84, is assistant teacher at Park No. 2. Katie Smith, ’85 , is in Tilton, N. H. Cornelius McCormack, M. D., has a large [)ractice in Waltham. Pobert Cochran, a former pu])il, is studying at the New York Dental Colleger , Quercus, Lilium et Hedra. j ‘•dlotchervergil V” I “Von seek Italy with a curse.’’ ' ’ Vir- j gil. Book HI., 258. ; The close of the Old Year, on ac- j count of the hard times, will be worn j by the New. I In a recent examinatioji ])aper we i find a new way of mnlti])lying by the ! square of five: lG.08x5=80.40- -5= lb.008, answer. One of our esteemed editors has been on the sick list this week, the ! cause, we suj)pose, was the i-ecent class meeting. Inference: II a trop mange. Geography class. “Where is Shang¬ hai?” “At home in the barn.” Chemistry class. “What does pho- togra])h mean?” “I don’t know.” “The first jiart means light, and the I second to write. Now what does it mean ?” “Phosphorus writing.” Literature. “What is an anticpia- rian ?” “A collection of fish in a c-lass I , case.” “Foci ])roprii funms alieno igne luculentior.” : One more unfortunate, i Kashly imjtortunate. Gone,—to be laughed at ; Because he said, “Pip Van Wiidcle re- I sumed his former ])lace among the par- trkhjes of the village.” L Z L Teacher: Can you give the popula¬ tion of that state a{)])roximately ?” Scholar: “Oh no sir, but I can give it about.” The unexpected holiday, which we received this week, was spent by many of the scholars in visiting schools, the scenes of their former trials and trium])lis; we learned that the St. James (London) was noted for its “courting,” and that if two ap¬ ples were sold for one cent, one would be worth a cent and the other would be given away. Startling disclosures! People in¬ tending to visit Saratoga Springs should go to Newfoundland, so one of the scholars says, we su])])ose to recline on the Grand Banks and watch the silvery-coated mackerel skimmino: throuoli the water. “jMamma,” said a little girl the other day, “I have just carried Green Fields and Piccalily back to the library and now I have got Animals of a Quiet Neighborhood.” A paragra])h in a certain book told of a gentleman who was nearly over¬ whelmed, on his return home, by the caresses of his dogs. One of the schol¬ ars arose and with all possible solem¬ nity re;id, “carcasses.” Below we give the names of the first ten in scholarshi}), of each class, for the last term : First—Inez Gay, Clarence Morgan, Anna Walker and Belle Ross, Winnie Ilale, Frank Fales, Maggie Minon, Essie Thayer, .lolin Sullivan, Mima Westcott. Second—Willie Fales, Grace Field, Mande Dickinson, IMabel Godfrey, Effie Ciaige, Cora Snell, Lilia Dennett, Lottie Jones and Ellie Reed, Samuel Blunt. Third—Amy Harris, Lilian Hill and Lem¬ uel Wilmarth, Mary Brown, E ' izahe.th Barnes, Emmie Eldredge, Lizzie Whitney, Walter Parkhurst, Edward Rogers, Willie Phipps. Fourth—Clarence Barbour. Florence Hale, Hattie Coburn, Henry Arnold, Orilla (.’hace and George Hancock. Fred Cook, Lillian Thompson and .losephine Thayer, Grace Crosby and Florence Vliitney. At the meeting of the Senior Class, January 9, the following programme was carried out: Old Chums,.lohn Sullivan Prob’s Bureau.Burke V iaow Bedott to Khler SiiilHes, . Harry Crosby Barbara Blue,.Frank Tales The llctort,.Kate Tully A Liz-Towii lIumorLst, . . .John Finnegan These selections were followed by a dialogue entitled, “A Cry For Hel]),” in which the following jiersons took part: Anna Walker, yMice Burrell, Mima Westcott, Winnie Hale and Belle Poss. After this, refreshments were served by the young ladies, much to the sur- })rise of the young men, and then came the usual games and music. 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' VE ■srOXJ 25 C E TST T AT HIXON’S, 65 Main St., Milford. z RICE’S CAMPHOR ICE With Glycerine and Vaseline, lceei)S the skin soft, cures cold-sores, chapped lips and liands with one application. RICE’S FRAGRANT DENTINE Keeps the teeth white and the breath sweet. Try it. RICE’S SURE RELIEF Will stop toothache in one-half minute. -A.T lie 1 t.A.IlT ST., 3yCIIjT ' OI2.T). SIT F O K Y O UR 3 1 - AT lOO MAIN STREET, MlUFORD, AT E. L. WILLIS’. BYrY YOXTB DRY GOODUND SMALL WARES AT 166 MAIN STREET, OF COBURN OLMSTEAD. BUY YOUR - RAISINS, CORRAHTS AND CITRON AT THE BOSTON GROCERY ANO TEA HOUSE. G. F. WINCH, Proprietor. PENCIL SHARPENERS For School and OIRce Use. DUTCHER TEMPLE CO.,HOPEDALE,MASS. C. F. WIGHT, TUNER AND REPAIRER •=l-PI?lIV0g WB V Washington Block, Milford. 4®=- Church Organ tuning a Specialty. Stamping Rooms. Goods of all kinds furnished and stamped by the non-erasahle method. SILK, CREWELS AND FLOSS Furnished for the different designs. Goods sent by mail to any address. MRS. R. AYLW ARD, Grant Block, up stairs, Milford. GEOUGE G. PAIiKEK, ATTORNEY COUNSELLOR AT LAW, No. 2 Washington Block, Milford, Everett Cheney, NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, TOYS, ETC. Headquarters for Boston Daily and Sunday Papers. 1.36 Main street, Milford. BEST OF COAL AND LUMBER FOR THE LEAST MONEY OF FIELD BROTHERS. Telephone at L. 11. Cook’s office. ‘Active shears gather no rust.” We desire to excliatfge with all School jiapers. “Yes,” she said to lier escort as tiiey frlided around the rink, “I do so love roller skating. When we are sailing around this way onr souls seem to be floating fiway towards heaven, and—” At this point both of her soles floated away towjirds heaven, Avliile the rest of her smote the earthly floor with a mighty smite.—[Ex. “Ears, but they hear not”—Corn¬ stalks.—“Eyes, but they see not”—Po¬ tatoes.—[Oil tlity Plizzard.] Tongues, but they sjieak not—Shoes.—[Boston Post.] Legs but they walk not—-Ta¬ bles.—[High School Censor.] Teeth, but thev eat not—Saws. A s])ecimen of class-room wit: Pro¬ fessor—-“Gentlemen will jilease close their books.” After a lapse of a fefv seconds, observing that the jiolite com¬ mand Inid not been obeyed, he adds : “Tliost- who are not :entleinen will ])lease close their books.”—[Ex. Prof, in Clicmistry to class—“Now gentlemen, I have here a crystal called cfirbonate of calcium, through which, when I ])lace it ovei ' :i pencil jioint, I see two pencil points, what docs this mean ?” Student—“Drunk.”—[Ex. Boy of the jieriod to his father (who has just finished thrashing him):— “You have whipjied me, father; hut I tell yon, sir, I will take a terrible re¬ venge on yonr gi’andchildreii.”—[Spcc- nlniif. Longfellow said,—“In the world a man must he either an iinvil or ii ham¬ mer.” He w:is wrong, however. Lots of men are nothing but bellows. —[Academian. Teacher—“What is the d.ative sin- gnhir of the Latin noun ‘gift?’ ” “Do’ know.” “Iviglit, go to the liead.”—[Ex. The chiro])odist—“I came, I saw, I corn-cured.”—[Latin School Register. AY e acknowledge the receipt of the following exchanges: The Eclipse, High Scliool News, Cottin School Record, Argo, Class donrnal. The Speculum, High School Censor, Academian, Latin School Register, Phi-Rhonian, Academy Echo, High School Bulletin, The Atom, The Critic, The P. M. 1. Cadet, Catalogue of University of Dakota, Academy Trio. A START IN LIFE FOR YOUNG MEN Is an Important Problem in Every Home. Self-Support is essential in manhood, Self-Reliance a strom; defense. M O R E T II A N 3 3.000 OF THE Prosperous Bmess Mei of To-Daj WERE TRAINED For Active, Useful Business Life AT Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. For Twentv ' -Five Years it has been the most popular and Largest Private Scliool in America. It is to-day the only institution devoted to the specialty of teaching Young and Middle-Aged Men how to get a living, make money, and become enterprising, in¬ dustrious, useful citizens. It is the ONLY sciiooi. in the world where the course of study is miACTiCAi., instead of Tlieorotical; wliere the students act as Hiiy- ers. Sellers, Traders, Bankers, Bookkeepers and Accountants in actual ullsiness oper¬ ations; where the Bank Bills, Fractional Currency and Merchandise are actually USED, and have a keai value, and every transaction is just as legitimate and boua tide as in any Mercantile, Banking or Busi¬ ness House. TO TA L EXPENSES. Board, Tuition Fee and Stationci’y for the prescribed business course of three months, to .$llo. Applicants may enter any week-day in the year. The Illustrated Catalogue Giving full information in regard to course of study, time required, expenses, etc., will he mailed on receipt of three letter stamps, i’rospectns giving terms and a synopsis of the course of study, mailed free. Address EASTMAN COLLEGE, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. DR. GEO. P. COOKE, Surgeon Dentist, A T 168 Main Street, Milford. MILFORD !-GRANITE COMPANY, Building and Monumental Work Of all kinds executed with despateli. ' I’his Granite is pnmounced tlie best in tlie state. Does not change its color, and is free from iron. Samples furnished on ai)plication. Estimates made on work in any part of tlie country. Eked Sw.vsnv, Agt. J. B. Baxcuoft, Treas. CLAELIN THAYER, Manufacturers of CALF AND KID BOOTS, Boston Oflioe, 90 Pearl street. New York office, A. Clatlin Co., 116 Church St. VoL. 1. MILFOHl), MASS., FEBRUARY, 1885. No. 4. OUR BELL. Somewhat back from a classic street Stands the old-fashioned learning seat; Across the pillared portico Our poplars now no shadows tlirow ; And from its station in the tower Rings out the bell, with all its power Whang, bang, Bang, whang. By night it lulls its voice to rest And if so kept it would be best— But in the morning, bright or dull. The bell rings out forever Lull, And calls the youngsters, one and all. To gather in the crow led hall. Whang, bang. Bang, whang. In that building used to be The grammar school as well as we ; But now our number is so great. It’s gone to seek another fate. But like a wheel that’s been well greased The warning bell has never ceased Whang, bang. Bang, whang. From that building, clothed in best. This class comes forth, with brain hard pressed ; While in those silent rooms l eyond Still lingers many a memory fond. But tor the youths whom time will bring No Morrill then the liell will ring. Whang, bang, Bang, whang. L. B. B., ’83. Soliloquy by Our Bell. • As I was standing alone in the school-room one afternoon, I was sud¬ denly startled by a dee|) sigh which seemed to come from above my head, and then a voice which I recognized as that of the old bell broke the silence. “ ' Pwenty years,” it said,“twenty? yes, thirty years, ami perhaps more—the years roll hy so swiftly I can scarce¬ ly count them as they pass—have I hung in this same S])ot. Well do 1 remember how vain I used to be of mv 4 good looks, and how jiroud I was when my voice rang out for the first time. Then I thought my lot was truly envi¬ able, for, swinging back and forth, high above the heads of men, I could look down u])on the busy village below me, see lieople hurrying to and fro, the river winding along, and hear the birds twittering to one another as they built their nests among the green lii ' anchcs of the trees, but, as the seasons passed, all this became an old, old story whose monotony wearied me. “Mv life has had but one reat sor- row, a sense of solitude which at times comes over me. Every Sunday I hear the church-bells ring, and I long to join my voice to theirs, but in vain. Often the fire - bell’s sudden alarm arouses me from slumber, and as I hear other bells one by one ring out upon the still night air, it seems almist unendurable that I alone must be silent. Then when their sound dies away, my feeling of loneliness is in¬ creased a hundred-fold. I have not always been as lonely as now. When there were attic stairs, my solitude was often invaded, gay laughter and merry voices resounded around me, and in the society of young people I felt content. “I remember tw’o visitors that I once had, young ladies who preferred to Sjiend several hours in my com])aiiy rather than in that of their class-mates in the room belowL I greatly enjoyed their confused talk of teachers, scholars and lessons, and wondered at the. cause of their long but welcome A’isit, until one of them scratched in rude letters ‘E p here to escape writing composi¬ tions.’ Dear old attic stairs, you were indeed a blessing to me. All too soon you were taken away, and I wms left alone, shut out forever from inter¬ course with human beings. “Although se])arated from those I loved, I continued and still continue to take an interest in their welfare. IIow joyfully I ring out when those whom 1 i’emend)er as children come once more to visit the scenes of their former trials and triumphs, and how ha])py I am do they but say, as they recognize my voice,‘Ah ! there’s the old bell!’ (irood news of them alwa s causes me a feeling of hap])iness, and yet this hBp])inesH is dimmed by tlie thought that 1 am perhaps forgotten by those whom I shall ever remember, for I do not think the scholars feel foi me the same affection that I do for them. Often when my voice warns them that it is time to begin work, instead of praising me for faithfully performing my duty, I hear them say, ‘Oh! dear, there’s that old bell ringing again.’ However, the consciousness that I am doing right helps me to bear even this grief with resignation. “For several years there dwelt in the little room where the end of my rope hangs, a large family of bottles of different shapes and sizes. In the night when all was quiet, I often heard them relating the adven¬ tures that had befallen them during the day, and consoling one another for the rough treatment they had received. I learned to love them, and to look for¬ ward to the evening with pleasant an¬ ticipations. “One day, I was startled by strange sounds below me, and Avhen evening came I listened in vain for the sweet voices of my friends. At last the ap- ])alling truth broke in upon me, they had bWn taken away. I have never heard from them since. Perhaps they are now at rest from all their suffer¬ ings. I hope so.” Here the bell paused, and, after looking around to see that no one was watching, wii)ed away a tear. “However, I ought to feel thankful that I have fared so well instead of grieving for the departed. During the last few years, my home has been enlarged and l)eautified, until now I aiu justly proud of it. Many of the classes on theii- de])artnre have left be- himl tokens of their good wdl towards the school, and although I derive no jiersonal benefit from thes(! gifts, it gives me jdeasure to think that they make the room pleasant for those who remain. “In the scholars 1 see but little (Continued on Second Page.) O I ’r|IEv0 lK,vLmY|IYY. Published jVEonthly During the School Year, HY The Senior Class of the Milford High School, PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. GEXER VL EDITGKS. INEZ L. GAY and CEAEENCE H. MOKGAN. PERSONAL EDITORS. HARRIET A. SMITH and HORACE A. BROWN. LOCAL EDITORS. ANNA M. W.VLICER and ROBERT C. HUSSEY. BUSINESS EDITORS. THERESA A. McCARTEN and HARRY P. CROSBY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Eight Numbers.) For the Year, . 35 cents [ Single Copies, . 5 cents This paper is for sale at the well-known drug store of J. Allen Rice, where subscriptions for the year will also he received. Address all communications to THE OAK, Lir.Y AND IVY, Box 871. Entered at the Milford, Mass., Post-Office, as second class matter. N. B. It is our intention to furnish our patrons, however, with a better and hiqher than second class. Pride. It is not the purpose of this editori¬ al to set forth the evils of pride, but tlie advantages arising from it. If anyone wishes to get along in the world, he must have some personal pride, for, as a general rule, unless ive think Avell of ourselves, no one will think well of us When a ] erso!i constantly depreciates his own services and tells of how little account he is in the world, ive are willing to agree with him, instead of regarding him with the respect to which jierhaps he is really entitled. In school, esiiecially, pride is neces¬ sary if we wish to stand high in the estimation of our classmates and teachers. The scholar who does not care if he makes a failure day after day, and Avho has not pride enough to be ashamed to carry home a jioor re¬ port is always the one who never has perfect lessons and who is at the foot of his class. We all ouo-lit to have class as well as personal iiride, and do all in our power to make our class the best in school. Whatever enterprise ' s un¬ dertaken by the class as a whole, a class ])aper for example, should have the hearty sujiport of each member, for in this way alone can success be obtained. The jdeasure given to our teachers and parents by our good scholarship and deportment, and the pride ' that they feel in making out and signing good reports ought also to be a matter of ])ersonal jiride to us. We trust that all the scholars take enough jiride in the school to keep the reputation that we gained by our ex¬ hibition last February, and that each will contribute to the success of the coming exhibition by making as many articles as possilile. Soliloquy by Our Bell. (Continued from First Page.) change. They are just the same noisy, mischievous boys and girls that their fathers and mothers were. Y et I can¬ not feel for them the same affection as for those whom my voice, as it ran out for the first time, called from the sweet enjoyment of old fashioned sports to the task of learning hard lessons. I can see them yet, robust boys and Mdiolesome maidens, rustic perhaps, some of them sans collars, sans boots, but not sans everything, trooping in with sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks. Alas! they now are scattered far and wide. “One by one I have rung in the new classes and rung out the old, for each year has brought its fiock of children under my care, and each year has sent forth from these walls a band of young men and women ready to begin the b ttle of life. Have they struggled as nobly and successfully in their con¬ test with the world as they did in the school-room V 1 trust so. Perhaps none of them have become famous, perhaps none of them ever will, for the number of those who gain renown is very small in comparison with those who seek it, yet if they do their best in their sphere of life, however humble it may be, I am truly proud of them. “Hecalling the number of tliose who have entered and who have bade adieu to the school, I can say with ‘The Brook,’ if not in the exact ivords at least in sentiment, ‘Men may come and men may go, But I go on forever.’ ” At this affecting point, for it is in¬ deed affecting to hear a bell quote ])oetry, some movement on my ])art must have startled the speaker, for, as if fearful its solihxpiy might be over¬ heard, it relapsed into silence. I. L. G. ’85. “To meet the great w ' ork of Business Education, by placing within the op- jiortunity of every young man who avails himself of it a complete and thorough system of commercial in¬ struction, Eastman Business College was established.” See last page. Second Annual Industrial Exhibition. The following graduates have con- sented to be resjionsible for their re- sjiective classes in carrying out the l)lan, j)ro})osed in a former issue, for obtaining the ])rizes for Fast Day. They will endeavor to see every one of their classmates or reach them by letter, but would be pleased to have contributions sent them without fur¬ ther notice and at once. Books ivere never bought for so lit¬ tle money as now. For 45c, 67c, 75c and 87c, valuable and attractive books can be purchased, and these it will be as honorable to receive as those of twice their value. Then, too, the larger the number of jirizes, the greater the num¬ ber of scholars who will be made hap¬ py. Contributions of 5c, lOc, and 15c, according to the numbers in the class¬ es, will be sufficient. ’02, Miss M. A. Parkhurst.’TO, Mrs. Fred Swasey. ’63, Mrs. John S. Mayliew.’TO, Miss AlzieR.Hay ward. ’64, George H. Ball. ’77, Mrs. .Joseph H. Wood. ’65, Mrs. Chas. A. Dewey.’78, Lowell E. Fales. ’66, Clarence A. Suiuner. ’79, Miss Lilian Smith. ’67, Miss Susan M. Inman.’hO, Horace E. Whitney. ’68, Randall B. Greene. ’81, Herbert Eidridge. ’69, Gilbert M. Billings. ’82, Richard Gilfoyle and ’70, Mrs. Frank Spaulding. Miss Mary O. Sumner. ’71, Mrs. .James Leonard., ’83, Frank A. Morrill and ’72, Miss M. .1. Kelley, f Miss .Annie L. Harris. ’73, Mrs. W. H. Adair. ’81, R. II. Donohoe and ’74, Mrs.G.H. Whittemore. Miss Lottie T. Field. ’62 and ’67 have already reported. Kev. C. .1. White, our seventh prin¬ cipal, 1858 to 1869, writes us from Woonsocket, Iv. I., as follows: Thanks for the copy of the Oak, Lily and Ivy. It is a credit to the school of which you are members. Milford may take no little satisfaction, I am sure, in her High School. It is to me a pleasant thought that I was onc.e principal of it. In reply to your note, I left Milford in 1800; was cashier for B. U. Godfrey, 1801- 1802; in Boston, uSO-J; became p.astor of a church in Boston and remained with my parish till 1871. Have been a pastor here from that time to this. 1 still have the i ic- tures of my pirpils in Milford and when I get a c.ill from tliein now they laugh at their former solves. Wishing success. Yours, etc., G. .1. Wuitk. We regret tluit our crowded col¬ umns will not permit us to publish in full it very cordial letter from liev. G. L. Demarest, dated at Manchester, N. II. Below we give a brief (piotation : Whatever relates to the schools of .Milford, whatever developments they manitest, are of peculiar interest to me. My life in that town, though really but for a little more than five years, brought to me a peculiar liking for the people; and the public tru.st they reposed in me I .sought to fulfil with all due faithfulness. This led me to freciuent visitation of the schools; and I read .several items of your personals with much pleasure, because the names of men now grown, and women, too, represent to me the forms of school-boys and school-girls with which I be¬ came familiar during my four and one-half years term of service on the School Gom- mittee. It is now nearly twelve and one- half years since 1 removed to this busy city; but truly 1 would feel more at home in Mil¬ ford than here, because of the sociability of the people there. Xj XXjIT UiKler this liead the editors are desirous of stating all facts that may he of interest to the alumni and friends of the school. We shall he especially thankful for items concerning the older members who have left iVIilford. Xot a graduate. Einilie T. llavt, ’75, was recently married to Aaron C. Brao-cv of Milford. Elmer PI. Smith, ’81, is telegraph operator and book-keeper in the Bos¬ ton and Albany freight office. P ' ' rank A. INlorrill, ’83, has just re¬ ceived letters of the highest recom¬ mendation from the faculty of East¬ man Business College. Many will be surjirised to know how many of the present corps of teachers are graduates of the school and how many are teaching here or elsewhere. We know the list is incomplete, but hope that those reading this may be able to add to it. There were in .Tanuary 43 teachers in town and of this number there were 30 who have been pujnls. They are : M. A. Parklmrat, ’62. .Jennie Devine, ’82. Oarra V. .Sadler. ’71. Amanda C. Scammell, Mary Ayhvard,’? ) . Alice Ames, ’86. Mary J. Kelly, ’72. Lizzie L. Madden, ’84. Cora A. Ro!lins,’79 . Susan E.iiroderick,’7-7. Kate A. Martin, ’72. 8. E. Sheldon, ’6!). Mary F. Devine, ’74. Ellen A. Devine, ’79. Alice 11. Chapin, ’66. Mrs. Anna L. Bell, ’69, Einilie T. Brag , ’77. Julia M. Barry, ’74. Mary ,J. Kelly, ’77. Ivate Chapin, ’69 . Kate McNamara, ’77. Lillian Smith, ’79. Annie F. Glea50U,’76. Evie M. Wires, ’78. Emma Taylor, ’81. Mary E. Cochrane, ’73. S. E. Inman ' 67. Sarah F. Burns, ’74. Agnes Conroy, ’86. IlannahBroderick,’77. Those teaching out of town are : Mrs. Martha (Bing) Bakeman, ’67, Newton. Nellie Dale, ’80, Plainlield, N. J. Charles H. Morrill, ’82, Wilton, N. H. Delia G. Gleason, ’72, Waltham. Eva W. Cook, ’69, Brookline. Laura M. Ball, Arlington. Ellen Patrick, Cincinnati. Ellen A. Moriarty, ’74, Omaha. Minnie I. Folger, ’74, Boston. Annie F. Keating, ’80, Spencer. Anna S. Martin, ’81, Spencer. Agnes S. McDermott, ’80, Spencer. Mrs.MaryA.(Tohey) Belcher,’76,Holbrook. Nellie A. Warfield, ’82, Medway. Annie M. Keane, 76. Chippewa Falls, Wis. Sarah M. Keane, ’76, IMedway. Helen Schaefer, ’86 , S ' onx City, Iowa. Elite E. . da n?. ’77, IMedway. Clara E. WarSeld, ’77 , Framingham, .lennie L. Gjo.lrich, ’77, Sherborn. Martha A. Smith, ’6.), Newport, B. I. ISIrs. Eila (Normandy) Brown, ' 70, N. Y. SirahC. Belcher,’6S, Bandolph, .Nellie A. Taylor, ’7!), Marlboro. Oreanna Cheney, ’74, Pittsfield. Fannie A. Comstock, ’72, Castine, Me. MK. n.VTCn’s TJtAIXI.N ' fi CLASS. MaryV. L. Moriarty,’86.LizzieF.Toomey,’84. Nellie F. Gorman, ’84. .IennieL.Devine.’82. Mary E. ' rraver.see,’84. Mary Hannan,’82. Mary C.McCormick.’84. Mary T. Kirby,’86. Elizabeth A. Madden,’84. P’ ' our of our six scliool committee luivo been pupils of the school. Le chenc, le lis et le licrrc. I Class colors :—Blue and yellow. Where’s the Latin Lexington? Hysteron proteron. “They all died and were stoned to death.” A very unusual occurrence :—Ttvo of the classes .are led by young men. The effects of electricity seem to be quite shocking to some of the young ladies. There is a member of the fourth chass who says that she has no feeling- in her arms. Try a pin. “What is that figure which some¬ what resembles an egg?” Prompt an¬ swer. “Oh, that’s an eclii ' )se.” History 3 :—“From whom did the Greeks descend?” “From Helen.” “Well, who w.as Helen ?” “Why, she was a manr Have you noticed the solidity of February on the calendar? “Four of a kind” and the month be¬ gins with Sunday. Some of the college boys must be getting heavy with knowledge, for ten inches of ice waas not sufficient sup¬ port for one of them. Tm])ortant information for every¬ body! Henceforth we cry with our eyebrows, at Fast one of the French scholars declares this to be a fact. Poor Ben Jonson must have stirred in his sleep of two centuries, for one of the scholars asserts that he was President of the Fnited States several years ago. One of the wonders of electricity:— “Young man , bring me the electropho- rous.” The young man after a pro¬ longed search triumphantly issues from a back room, with a circular baking- tin. Some one of our editors ought to apologize for an oversight in our .Tanu¬ ary number. Our exchanges remind us th.at we forgot to inform our read¬ ers th.at the Old Year had been rung- out and the ±sexo in. Hostile nations will be glad to know that every alien who becomes a (-itizeu of the United States must be neutral¬ ized. N. B. Tooth-])ick lunch in the rear room the h ' rst hour every iimming. d ' ho Senior class held their regular mceting .lanuary 30. Progi-amme : Nellie Coiiely .... Telliii}; Fortunes Mary Connojly .... The Kenioval Theres.a IMeOarten . . ' I ' he Happy Little Wife Ohirence Morgan . . The Win 1 and the Moon Minnie Waterman . . The Teacher’s Dream Afterw.ard, refreshments were served by the young gentlemen, greatly to the surprise ami ple.-isure of the young ha- dies. C- tt iUjCoXI HAS THE MOST Complete Assortment of the Latest Novelties IN GOJ4) PEN.S, PENCILS, Fountain and Stylographic Pens at the Lowest Prices. BUY YOUR CHOICE CANDY AT 10 CENTS A POUND, O F J. W. ROBERTS, THAYERS’ BLOCK. Choice Drugs _Pure Medicines MUSIC HALL ' drug STORE. SOLE AGENT FOR MOUSE ' S ASPARAGUS KIDNEY CURE, MORSE ' S DYSPEPSIA CURE. n. E. ivi;oE-c3--A.isr. Bargains in Men’s and Youths’ AT CURRIER KENDALL’S. B U V Y O U It RIBBONS, LACES ANB SMALL WARES OF G. T. PALES CO., loJf. fain St., Milford. Buy Your Stationery, Statuary, AND SCBAP BOOKS, OF R. C. ELORIDGE, 132 Main Street, Milford. For Your Medical Advice, Coimilt T)r. TF J. Clarlx ' e, 100 Main Street. BUY Y OUB CHOICE AT 67 MAI.-V STREET, OF . T . HivC c O XT E 2 T. BUY YOUR WATCHES AND JEWELRY AT 110 ai.VIN STREET, OF G. H. WHITTEMORE. |!5g “Rep!iiring a .Specialty. J. W. HARRIS, nEAfiEll IN Fnriiilnre, Carpetiis, Stoics, Croctery, TOIIjET ' WA.E.E, Paper Hangings, Upholstery Q-oods, Chamber Seta, c Furniture Repaired and UphoLstered to Order. ISO ISO avEcxiri Strss-fe, avCllford., 1,10.33. X Xjr- _ ' Jiln tcriii ;. A Very Complete. Assoi ' tment of AU Varieties, at XiCWEST BOSTOIT I E,ICES. J. 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BEST OF COAL AND LUMBER FOR THE LEAST MOXEY OF FIELD BROTHERS. Telephone at L. H. Cook’s office. -l-TiND F gCI]S;S0R3. “-Active .shears gather no rust.” We desire to exchange with all School papers. AlthoiighVe have no desire (and our youth [would not warrant it) to criticize our exchanges, we are pleased to congratulate the editors of the Cor¬ ona, Bridgton, Me., ujion their last is¬ sue. We feel certain that there is a live teacher in that high school. —[Editors. NEW CHAPTER OF PROVERBS. Man that is married to woman, is of many days and full of trouble. In the morning he draws his salary, and in the evening. Behold, it is gone ! It is a tale that is told : It is vanished, and no man knoAvs whither it goeth. He riseth up clothed in the chilly garments of the night, And seeks the somnolent paregoric Wherewith to soothe his infant pos¬ terity. He cometh as a horse or ox, and draweth the chariot of his offspring. He spendetli tlie shekels in the purchase of fine linen. To cover tlie bosom of his family. Y et himself is seen at the gates of the city With one suspender. Y ea, he is altogether AV’retched. —[Corona “Done ?” said the little Base-Ball scornfully, “YVhat liaA’e I done? Since two o’clock I haA ' e been at it. I broke the ' short-stop’s fingers, knocked an eye out of the catclier, skinned the ])itcher’s hands, doubled up the um- j)ire twice, drove the wind clean out of the second-base, broke six panes of 2:lass and a Avoman’s head in the school-house, and knocked a spectator cold. What have you done ?”—[Sjtcc- nlnm. Student (translating) “And-er-theu- er- he-er- went er- aml-er” Professor —“Don’t laugh, gentlemen : to err is human.”—[Ex. How Illinois a dog can make! It Texas a good while to see the point of such a |)nn.—[PLx. Perha])S loAva-n apology to the au¬ thor of the above for saying that there is no IMaine point to it.—[Censor. Plxchanges received since onr last issue: The Amateur -Journal, The Comet, Academy Trio, Corona, Bulletin, -Academian, Censor, Pld-Rlioniaji, Arehon, Critic, Latin School Register, Coffin School Record. .4 START IN LIFE FOR YOUNG MEN Is an Important Problem in Every Home. Self-Support is essential in manhood, Spilf-Reliance a strono- defense. MOPE THAN 3 3,000 OF THK Prosperous Biiess Men of To-Daj AVEKE TRAINED For Active, Useful Business Life AT Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. For Taventy-Five Ye-a.rs it has been the most popular and Largest Private School in America. It is to-day the only institution devoted to the specialty of teaching Y ' onng and Middle-Aged Men how to get a living, make money, and become enterprising, in¬ dustrious, useful citizens. It is the ONLA ' SCHOOL in the world where the course of study is practical, instead of Theoretical; where the students act as Buy¬ ers, Sellers, Traders, Bankers, Bookkeepers and Accountants in actu.a.l business opek- -VTioNs; where the Bank Bills, Fractional Currency and Merchandise are actualla ' used, and have a ki:al a alue, and every transaction is just as legitimate and bona fide as in any Mercantile, Banking or Busi¬ ness House. TO TA L EXPENSES. Board, Tuition Fee and Stationery for the prescribed business course of three montlis, i|-100 to .$11.5. Applicants may enter any week-day in the year. The Illustrated Catalogue Giving full information in regard to course of study, time required, expenses, etc., Avill be mailed on receipt of three letter stamps. Prospectus gii’ing terms and a synopsis of the course of study, mailed free. Address EASTMAN CCLLEGE, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. DR. G-EO. P. COOKE, Surgeon Dentist, A T 168 Main Street, Milford. « MILFORD ‘f GRANITF COMPANY, IvT-A-SS. Building and Monumental Work Of all kinds executeil with despatch. This Granite is pronounced the best in tlie state. Does not cliange its color, and is free from iron. Samples furnislied on application. Estimates made on work in any part of the country. Fkkd Swasev, Agt. -J. B. Banckoft, Treas. CLAFLIN THAYER, Manufacturers of CALF AND KID BOOTS, Boston Office, 90 Pearl street. New York office, ••V.Clatlin Co., 116 Church St. VoL. I. MILFORD, MASS., MARCPI, 1885. No. 5. The Principal’s Recommendation. Mr. a.— Good morning, Mr. W., I have come to see yon on a matter of business. One of my trusted clerks is to leave me soon and I desire a res])on- sible person to take Ids ])lace. Think¬ ing ])erha])s you could recommend one of your scholars, I have come on this account. ] [r. W.—How old a bov do you wish ? Mu. A.—I am not very ])articular about the age, but I desire a boy who can take charge of my store, in case I am out of town. Tell me the name of some of your first class boys, please. Mr. W.—We shall commence witii the rear and come down the aisle. Master M. sits in the back seat. Mr. a. — Do you think he would suit me? IMr. W.—I fear not, that is, if yon desire your store kept in good order. If you look inside his desk you will find his books are misplaced and many pajiei’s are scattered about. IMr. a.—W ho is the next? INIr. W.—Master G., but I do not thiid he will suit you. Almost everv time I go up or down tlie street, I see him standing at some corner. The scliolar who sits in front cannot be trusted, as he does not always tell the truth, and I think you would not de¬ sire him. Mr. a. — I don’t think I should. What will you say of the next? Mr. W.—When he meets his teach¬ er he does not i-ecognize him, and upon entering a house, he does not remove his hat. If he runs against another person or in any way disturbs him, he does not ask to be excused. As your business re(piires a ] olite ])erson, I do not think you Avould fancy him. Here is still another who ])asses his time in idleness and who shirks everything he can. ] Ir. a. — None of those yet named could fill the ]K sition. Mr. W.—This vouns: man has no • O regard for public |)roj)erty and leaves his name on every desk and chair where he sits, so that when he leaves the school, his name at least will remain. Here is still another Avhose stock of common sense is very limited. Mr. a.—B ut have you no scholar Avho can fill the A ' acancy? Mr. W.— I have one who, if I am not mistaken, will l)e what you desire. I have spoken of the others first that you might know the different kinds of boys I have to manage. This scholar of whom I now sj)eak, is not one of the best in his class, although he is a fair scholar. His word may be de¬ pended upon, and I have never seen him wasting his time and ruining his character on the streets. I am sure that he is fond of good books ami de¬ spises trashy reading. I am certain that he keej)S good company. His desk and the floor about his chair are always in good condition and he is (piite ])olite. He is ever ready to thank me for a favor and acknowledge an error. He has a fair amount of com¬ mon sense. He attend.s to his own af¬ fairs and is very industrious. Mr. a. — I should like to speak with him and if he is willing I shall employ him. I am much obliged to you for your time and kindness. Vour recom¬ mendation is all that I require. Good day. M. F. c. ’85. Value of Making Apparatus. We are glad to see the great variety of articles which have been made this year by the scholars to illustrate the work of the class; for they are of great assistance in lixing the state¬ ments of the text-books. School books without illustrations should not be ))ut into the hands of scholars, for their lry facts and expla¬ nations are memorized with great dif- Hculty by an unassisted mind. Pic¬ tures, on the other hand, aid us in grasping the subject not only mwe quickly but more easily and surely. Again, if to the text and pictures, it is possible to add a model, then all the various parts and the relations they bear to one another, can be more read¬ ily seen and are more likely to be under¬ stood and retained than when we rely upon ])erspective to suggest them to our minds. Even with these favorable additions and the advantages of a xoorhing mod¬ el, after a time our memories fail us; parts and their uses become hopelessly confused and once more we must re¬ turn to the book. Is it possible to more deei)ly im- pi’ess these facts and make them more lasting? We think we can say yes. Of some inexpensive material Avith a little time and jAatience make the mod¬ el, no matter how crude, with your own hands. The care and trouble of constructing, the thinking and reason¬ ing required, and the necessary study of the little po in ts to secure a good re¬ sult, will so hx the jairts, their names and uses that the scholar cannot forget, and, further, he will have a greater appreciation of the subject. When we look at a ])iece of ap])a- ratus, we are a})t to swallow it whole, so to speak, and indigestion follows, ' rhen a few jminted que.stions by the teacher (piickly show a very superficial knowledge; but if the scholar tries to ap{)ly the knowledge he thinks he has, he will soon realize the dilference, and the satisfaction of a good recitation will follow, as well as a better grasj) of the subject. If Ave wish to know the flower, aa ' c analyze it; Ave are not satisfied Avith its picture, nor with its description, nor Avith the floAver as plucked from the parent stem, but its destrnction aids the construction of a definite, ex¬ act and lasting knowledge. So it is, Ave think, Avith our subject. c. H. M., ’85, et alius. O -A. . T}iE:-07IK,vLm¥|IVY. Publislied Monthly During the School Year, BY The Senior Class of the Milford High School. PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. GENERAL EniTORS. INEZ L. GAY and CLARENCE i[. MORGAN. PERSONAL EDITORS. HARRIET A. SMITH and HORACE A. BROWN. LOC.A.L EDITORS. ANNA M. WALKER and ROBERT C. HUSSEY. BUSINESS EDITORS. THERESA A. McCARTEN and HARRY P. CROSBY . SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Eight Numbers.) For the Y ' ear, . 35 cents | Single Copies, . 6 cents This paper is for sale at the well-known drug store of J. Allen Rice, where subscriptions for the year will also be received. Address all communications to THE OAK, LILY AND IVY, Box 871. Entered at the Milford, Mass., Post-Olftce, as second class matter. N. B. It is our intention to furnish our patrons, however, with a better and higher than second class. Editorial. At the suggestion of oiiv principal the twenty-seven members of the sen¬ ior class selected and wrote on fine gilt-edge correspondence cards quota¬ tions from Oliver Wendell Holmes, which, although tvritteii for other oc¬ casions and persons, were compliment¬ ary to him. On the opposite side of the cards were the names of the schol¬ ars who tvrote the quotations. A title page was printed with a pen in rustic and ornamental letters arranged as follows: S ¥oker} of SppTediktiop — TO — Oliver Jaimes, — FROM THE — CXiA-SS 0:F ’85. Milford High School, Massachusetts. Another card, as below, was the finis. MOTTO: Strength , — — Purity , — — Tenacity, COLORS: BXjTJ ' S A.iT= 3-OI-.D. Two other cards were added as covers and then all were punclied with two holes on the left hand edge and the covers with two additional holes on the right. Through these were passed narrow Avhite ribbons which were tied in bows. Under the white, and around the cards in the opposite direction, was drawn a broad blue rib¬ bon and upon this one of old gold, narrower and shorter. The long ends of each were fringed, and we hope we shall be pardoned for our egotism if we say, the effect of the Avhole was very ])retty and satisfactory. The book Avas expressed to the Pro¬ fessor Avith a file of the “ O. L. and I.,” a card containing statistics of the school and another asking his acceiit- ance of the tribute. As an ansAver our principal has received the folloAving autograjih letter Avhich Ave propose to frame with a mat appropriately orna¬ mented and hang upon our school¬ room walls. Boston, Feb. 2Sth, 188.5. Ma Dear Sir : I have received the beautiful tribute of your scholars with feelings of gratitude, and I fear with something of pride. To be so honored by such a group of un¬ known friends is a very flattering distinc¬ tion. My own words which I read in these fair pages, never pleased so much as they do here, chosen as tliey have been by scholars who haA ' e shoAA’n, as it seems to me, both care and taste in their selection. Please thank them.all most heartily, in my name, and believe me Very truly yours and theirs, Oliver Wendell Holmes. Industrial Exhibition. We shall open our doors Wednes¬ day, April 1, at 3 o’clock p. m., and close Thursday evening, Avhen, Ave trust, no one can be found so lost to a sense of duty and to the advantages offered as to say—“Alas! I visited them notP We need not lu ' ge your presence for we knoAV that Avhere your hearts are there Avill you be also. Our experi¬ ence last year, 906 visitors in six hours, makes an urgent invitation un¬ necessary. Confidentially, between yourselves and ourselves, Ave hope to re-seat the large school-room. In place of a “multitudinous variety” of desks and chairs, Ave hope to substitute the latest result of “scientific invention.” The folloAving invitation Avill be sent to some of the neighboring prin¬ cipals, siqierintendents and members of the Board of Education. You are requested to be present THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1885, AT TtIK Milford High Schooi Building, to witness the Second Annual Industrial Exhibition, OK THK scholars of the high school, and also a Display of the Work of the Grammar and Frimarv Grades in Composition, Number, Geoffraphy, Wiiting and Drawing. H. W. LULL, W. E. HATCH, I’rineipal. Supcniitcndcnt. •This is a mistake. AA ' e do not trust. You pay at the door. Number Six. Oiir next number Avill be published April 1 and Avill he a double sheet. It will contain a brief history of the school, a list of former principals and assistants, statistics of the school to¬ day, a complete list of every article in the “exhibition” and the name of the exhibitor, the name of the fortu¬ nate recipients of the prizes and the books aAvarded and all other matters of general interest. Buy one for yourself, buy one for your classmate Avho cannot be jiresent, buy one for a good cause, buy one for your friend at a distance. Advertise us. Remember that every cent ga ' ned Avill be spent for the school. The Thirty-two Prize Books. These Avill be presented by the alum¬ ni AAdio are nobly responding to the calls of their class committee. The books are noAv on exhibition in the shoAA Avindow of J. Allen Rice’s driigr store. Nearh ' all are new books. A Boy’s AA’ ' orkshop; Boston Town, by Scudder; Stories of the Persian AA ' ars, by Church; History of Egypt by Clara E. Clement; Canoeing in Kanuekia, by Norton and Habberton; The Fairy-land of Sci¬ ence, by Buckley; Zig-zag Journeys in Acadia, by Butter worth; Three A assar Girls in South America, by Cbampuey; Natural History for Yomig Folks, by Campbell; Old Greek Stories, by Hanson; Advent¬ ures in the Air, by Keltic; Jobn Adams, by Morse; Traveling Law Sebool, by Abbott; Stories of Old Rome, by Hanson; .John Randolph, by Adams; Sibis Marner, by George Eliot; The Duncans, on Land and Sea, by AA’ oods; Andersen’s AA onder .Stories; Sports and Pastimes of American Boys, by Chad¬ wick; Canoe and Camera, by Steele; Stories of Amer¬ ican History, by Y ' oung and AVeld; Y oung B’olks’ History of London, by Rideing; The City in the Sea, byE. L. S.; Captains of Industry, by Parton; A ir- ginia, by Cooke; Drake, the Sea King, by Towle; Yesterdays with Authors, by Fields; The Lake Re¬ gion of Central Africa, by Geddie; Roman Life in the Days of Cicero, by Church; Angola and the Riv¬ er Congo, by Mouteiro; Story of the Merv, by O’Don- ovon; The Western World, by Kingston. Eastman Business College. “To win its recognition of completed schol¬ arship is a passport to business confidence and an invaluable acquisition for a young man who has decided to enter upon a busi¬ ness life.” See last page. The School Directory. The last column of the school direc¬ tory, AAdiich Avas opened in 1867 by Principal Clarke and is still in use, is devoted to “ Remarks,” and would cause a flood of old memories to SAveep over the alumni could they run their eyes over the laconic summaries. We find the folloAving: “Joined the army,” “unqualified,” “at the head of her class,” “put out,” “graduated Avith honoi-,” “susjiended,” “ran aAvay,” “died,” “normal school,” “death of father,” “enlisted for the Avar,” “a noble girl,” “naval cadet,” “Harvard Avith lumor,” “shaken,” “excellent scholar,” “ Exeter,” “ coinmei-cial school,” “led ms class,” “Erieud’s school,” “mutineer,” etc. Under this head the editors are desirous of stating all facts that may be of Interest to the alumni and ' friends of the school. We shall be especially thankful for items concerning the older members who have left Milford. Not a graduate. Patrick Donahoe, ’84, is in Sum¬ ner’s drug store. Josej)!! Ambrose, ’78, is book-keeper for a firm in Monson Mass. Jolin Brannon, ’82 , is studying at the Harvard Medical College. Edward Larkin, ’84, is clerk in Adams Morse’s grocery store. Herbert H. Lyons, M. D., ’74, has a large jiractice in Fitchburg, Mass. Agnes Egan, ’83, is attending Co¬ mer’s Commercial College, Boston. Blanche Sheldon, ’86 , is attending Belvidere Seminary, Belvidere, N. J. Frank L. Fairbanks, ’81, (English), is engineer on the M. F. P. railroad. Jeremiah Murphy, ’82, is book¬ keeper at the Bay State House, Bos¬ ton. Clifford Whittemore, ’79, is employ¬ ed in Ward Gay’s, stationers, Bos¬ ton. Susan E. (Thwing) Whitney, ’65, is a very able teacher of vocal music in MilfoiVl. William F. Sherborne,’84 (English), is telegraph operator and station agent at Hyde Park. Horace E. Whitney, ’80, is a suc¬ cessful dentist in the office of Dr. George P. Cooke. Leander Holbrook, ’66, is [iracticing law in Milfor l and is also the agent of several insurance companies. Ella Cliilson, who graduated in ’82 at tlie head of her class, is learning ar¬ ch itectn re in Mr. Fred. Swasey’s office taking the place of Mary E. Knight, ’80 , who is now emijloyed in the Post Office. The following will interest old scholars : Our ninth principle, K. B. Clark, writes us that he is now eugagi d in private tutoring in Worcester. Ilis experience has been very diversified as he has been principal in thir¬ teen dilYerent places—viz:—South Braintree, Westminister, Saxton’s River, Rochester, Reading, Milford, Fitchburg, Binghampton, Le.xington, Waltham, Nortli Brookfield, Bridgeport, Briinfield. July 24, 1807, he married Isabella R., daughter of Cyrus Noyes of Milford. He also adds that Miss Mary E. Torrey, associated with him here, and now the wife of Rev. Albert Bryant, the city mis.sionary, lives near him. She has a son at Amherst and a daughter at Wellesley. F. A. Hill, our tenth principal, re¬ cently sat for a large photogra])!!, which the class of ’69 is to frame and hang on onr walls. Mr. Hill has also accepted Mrs. .Judge Dewey’s invita¬ tion to be present April 2. Every one of the 82 young ladies in the school is to be an exhibitor, and all but 27 of the 74 young men. We hope that the parents of the pui)ils will see to it that they are represented creditably April 1 and 2. Exchanges attention! we are not “The Oak, Lillie and Joy.” Teacher to lazy boy : “You can do that example b} application.” Lazy boy : “Please tell me what you mean by that?” We extend our sympathy to one of our personal editors who has been ill a fortnight. Teacher: “What do we have, com¬ ing every four years as the Greek fes¬ tivals did ?” To the chagrin of the young ladies, a young man promptly answers, “Leap Year.” Wanted:—Good price paid for the right article.—An incentive to urge the delinquent young men in school to contribute to the exhibition. Agassiz, the teacher, and Mann, the educator, now look down from our walls ami encourage us by their exam¬ ples to better work. These two pict ures make onr number 21. Michael Amos is anew division of the calendar, just made by one of the scholars, happily, not of the First class. Teacher, reading to his pupils, comes across the word log and asks the mean¬ ing. Answer:—“Well, I don’t exactly remember, but I think a log must be a shi]).” A young gentleman startled the class with the announc nnent that one of Henry Eighth’s wives died after be¬ ing; beheaded. The pumping method to draw ont the meaning of manikin.—What one word means a little cat? “Catkin oi kitten.” Well, what might a man call his little son? “A kitten.” The cerebrum is now given a rest. Although the Senior Class h:ul a small att ‘ndam-e, Fel ruary 2(J, the following pia)gramme was much en- joyed : .tolin Igoe, riattie Siiiltli, Wi iiiiin Thayer, Mabel Wateriiiaii, Harry Crosby. Inez (lay, Ceter Mcliride, HAS THR MOST Union and Liberty . . . . Kloweis . . ' I ' lie Dorchester (liant . . . Karly Kising What Mr. Robinson Thinks Lilies in Prison , . 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DUTGHER TEMPLE C0.,H0PEDALE,MAS$. Mlnfcriitlrj. A Very Complete Assorfmenf, of All Varieties, at XjO ATEST BOSTOIT J.. ALLEN JIICLJ, 11© -N n A T -KT ST ' ISEEJ ' X’, SIT FOR Y O UR AT lOO MAIN STREET, MILFORD, AT E. L. WILLIS’. BTJY YOUrE. DRY MODS AND SMALL WARES AT 166 MAIN STREET, OF COBURN OLMSTEAD. BUY YOUR • EAISINS, CURRANTS AND CITR0N - AT THE BOSTON GROCERY AND TEA HOUSE. G. F. WINCH, Proprietor. Choice Drugs Pure Medicines AT MUSIC HALL DRUG STORE. SOLE AGENT FOR MORSE’S ASPARAGUS KIDNEY CURE, MORSE’S DYSPEPSIA CURE. IX. E. IXOIiC3-A.3sr. C. F. WIG-HT, TUNER AND REPAIRER nw) opg N?,- - Washington Block, Milford. Church Organ tuning a Specialty. Stamping Rooms. Goods of all kinds furnislied and stamped by the non-erasable metliod. SILK, CREWELS AND FLOSS Furnished for the different designs. Goods sent by mail to any addi ' ess. MRS. R. AYLWARD, Grant Block, up stairs, Milford. GEORGE G. PARKER, ATTORNEY Counsellor at Law, No. 2 Washington Block, Milford, Everett Cheney, NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, TOYS, ETC. Headquarters for Boston Daily and Sunday Papers. 136 Main street, Milford. S BEST OF COAL AND LUMBER FOK THE LEAST MONEY OF FIELD BROTHERS. Telephone at L. H. Cook’s oflice. SCISSORS ' “Active shears gather no rust.” IVe desire to exchange witli all School papers. I lo not ivaiit to Le a doctor and live by men’s diseases, nor a minister to live by tlieir sins, nor a lawyer and live by their quarrels ; so I don’t see that there is aiivtliini); left but for me to be an author. IIow would yon like, some day, to see a whole shelf full of books written by your son, with ' ■‘Hawthorne’s AVorks” } rinted on the backs?—[Hawthorne at the age of sixteen. “1 don’t know why,” a Freshman bold To liis waggisli chum once said, “It is a fact when I catch a cold, It settles in my head.” His chum’s reply was very clear ; “A cold, whether light or not. By a well-known law in medics, my dear. Always goes to the weakest spot.” “Hoes my question embarrass yon?” “NTot at all, sir,” rej)lied the student. “Not at all. It is quite clear. It is the answer that bothers me.” The “Mother Hubhard” is of such frightful mien, That to be bated needs but to be seen. But wlien surmounted by a pretty face, ■ V ' e first endure, then pity, then embrace. Mr. M.—, reading Vergil—“Three times I strove to cast my arms about her neck, and — That’s got. Professor.” “Well, think that was quite far [Wooster Collegian. as far as Mr. M.—, enough “What would you do, if you tvere I and I were you ?” he tenderly queried of a sensible school-girl whom he tvas escorting home from church, not many moons since. “Well,” said she, “if I were you I should throw away that vile cigarette, cut up my cane for fire-wood, wear my tvatch chain underneath my coat, and stay at home nights and iiray for brains.” “What is a house without a baby?” asks a lady Avi’iter ; and an old bache¬ lor editor replied—“It is comparative¬ ly quiet.” The pvoj)rietor of a Maine shoe store advertises in one of our exchanges, “ Difficult Eeet a Specialty.” We think a fev ' of the Vergil class had bet¬ ter emigrate thither. Exchanges received since our last issue : Academian, Academy Echo, Album. Ar- clion, Oarsonian, Censor, Deaf rdnte, Eclipse, Hamilton College Monthly, High School News, .High School Bulletin, Kent’s Hill Breeze, Messenger, Occident, Fhilosophian Review, Phi-Rhonian, P. M. I. Cadet, School¬ mate, Spy, Trinity School Record, Xavier. A START IN LIFE FOR YOUNG MEN • Is an Important Problem in Every Home. Self-Support is essential in manhood, Self-Reliance a strong; defense. o MORE THAN 3 3,000 OF TJIE Prosperous Business Meii of To-Day WERE TRAINED For Active, Useful Business Life AT Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, N, Y. For Twenty-Five Years it has been the most popular and Largest Private School in America. It is to-day the only institution devoted to the specialty of teaching Young and Middle-Aged Men how to get a living, make money, and become enterprising, in¬ dustrious, useful citizens. It is the ONLY SCHOOL in the world where the course of study is pra(;tical, instead of Theoretical; where the students act as Buy¬ ers, Sellers, Traders, Bankers, Bookkeepers and Accountants in actuai. business oper¬ ations; where the ' Bank Bills, Fractional Currency and lerchandlse are actuai.ey USED, and have a real value, and every transaction is just as legitimate and bona fide as in any Mercantile, Banking or Busi¬ ness House. TOTAL EXl ENSES. Board, Tuition Fee and Stationery for the prescribed business course of three months, §100 to .$11.5. Applicants may enter any week-day in the year. The illustrated Catalogue Giving full information in regard to course of study, time required, expenses, etc., will he mailed on receijit of three letter stanijis. Prospectus giving terms and a synopsis of the course of study, mailed free. Address EASTMAN COLLEGE, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. DR. GEO. P. COOKE, Surgeon Dentist, A T 168 Main Street, Milford. MILFORD-l-GRANITE ! COMPANY, Building and Monumental Work Gf ill! kiiuls executeil with liosi.iitch. This Granite is pronoimceil the best in the state. Does not chanste its color, ami is free from iron. Samiilos furnislied on aiiplication. JCstiinatcs made on work in any part of the country. Fred SwAsKY, Agt. J. B. BAXcitoFr, Treas. CLAFLIN tt THAYER, Manufacturers of CALF AND KIP BOOTS, Bo.ston Ottice, !I0 I’earl street. New York ottice, A. Clatlin Co., 110 Churclt St. Yol. I. MILFORD, MASS., APRIL, 1885. No. 6. The Scholar’s Lament. With brain so heavy and tired, With forehead all in a frown, A scholar sat in nnscholarly mood Trying his troubles to drown. Grind, grind, grind. In anger, scorn and disgust. And now, with a groan from a sorely tried mind, He sang of lessons unjust. Cram, cram, cram. With brain that with fever is fired. Cram, cram, cram. With eyes that are drooping and tired. French and Latin and Greek, Greek and Latin and French. Till out of the pages so hated and dull The English he scarcely can wrench. O, ye, with sons so bright! O, ye, with daughters dear! Not only health you’re injuring. But brain and conscience clear. Dig, dig, dig,— We covet the highest place. We gain it. What then? We’re too weai ' y and worn To wear e’en our honors with grace. The scholar has failed in three recitations and life seems hut an empty dream. Direct cause—dancing from eight to two, refreslnnents at midnight. 3BZ. History of the High School. Our school was established in 1850. For some time before this, the ques¬ tion of such an institution liad agita¬ ted the minds of the jteojile. While the friends of education were anxious to give the cliildren of Milford an oppor¬ tunity of continuing their studies be¬ yond tlie schools then in existence, many o])l)Osed this movement from dread of the exjiense that would nec¬ essarily be incurred, and on account of the difficult y that those living at a distance would experience in attend¬ ing a school located in the centre of the town. In September, 1848, the town ap- jiointed a committee of five to inves¬ tigate the matter and rejiort what course was best to juirsne. After careful consideration of the subject, they agreed that it was for the inter¬ est of the town to establish a high school, and the town acccjited their rejiort. No sooner Avas the main question decided than discussions arose in re¬ gard to the location of the -school. At last a site, which does credit to the good judgment of those who selected it, was chosen, and the building be¬ gan. .Standing on rising ground, somewhat back from the street, the house looks down upon a grassy lawn in front, while the park in the rear makes a beautiful playground in suminer. The cost, aside from the land purchased for the site, was nearly six thousand dollars. On the twelftli of November, 1850, the school ojiened with Rev. Elias Nason as principal and S. Adelaide Scott as assistant. As the building Avas more than large enough to accommodate all those who attended, the school committee projiosed that the lower room be oc¬ cupied by a grammar school. This suggestion Avas followed until the in¬ creasing nmnber of j)u])ils required the removal of the grammar de])art- ment. The committee also recom¬ mended in 1851: “That the school committee be authoriy.ed to expend for such ajipara- tus as they may think necessary for the use of the high school, so much of the $1500 raised for the siqiport of said school as may not be required to defray the current expenses during the ])resent year.” This was the nest- egg from Avhich has gradually groAvn our ])resent goodly store including aj)- paratus, books and geological s})eci- mens. During the thirty-five years of its existence, the school has been under the control of twelve different princi¬ pals and tAventy-three assistants. There Avas but one assistant until 1805, Avhen the nurnliei- Avas increased to tAvo. In 1880,the school was so large that it Avas deemed best to employ the services of a sub-master, and this year another assistant has been added to the corps of teachers. The class of ’62, consisting of five members, Avas the first that ever regu¬ larly graduated with a diploma. Since then the • number of graduates has increased until last year thirty piqiils completed the four years’ and 11 the tAvo years’ course. The alumni now number 485 graduates. For some time before anv action « Avas taken in the matter, it Avas evi¬ dent that either a neAV 5chool-house must be built or the old one enlarged, as the building intended for seventy- five pupils Avas croAvded with one hun¬ dred and fifty. At a town meeting held in April, 1881, it Avas A ' oted to raise $4000 for its enlargement, and the Avork Avas performed in the sum¬ mer vacation. This Avas a timely act, for the size of the school ra|)idly in¬ creased, reaching the unexpected number of one hundred and ninety- six. ' There are in the building, as it is noAV arranged, two large study rooms, one on each floor. From the rear of each open two smaller rooms, three used for recitation, one as a chemical laboratory. Ye have all the modern conveniences, Avater, steam, gas and good ventilation. During the last fcAv years, the upper school-room has been beautified through the generosity of dejiarting classes u n¬ til now it presents a far different as¬ pect from Avhat it did on that Novem- lier day so many years ago. These gifts are better enjoyed by the schol¬ ars Avho remain than if they had been given by persons not connected Avith the school, and are a source of pride and ])leasure to the donors themselves, whenever they visit the scenes of their school-days. The class of ’85 liaA ' e already made their gift to the school, as the imjiroved appearance of the walls and ceiling of the upper rooms indicates. [Continued on third page.] O JL F}IEv07IK,vIimY|iYY. Published INIoiithly During the School Year, HV The Senior Class of the Milford High School, PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. GENERAL EDITORS. INEZ L. GAY and CLARENCE II. MORGAN. PERSONAL EDITORS. HARRIET A. SMITH and HORACE A. BROWN. LOC.AL EDITORS. ANNA M. IVALKER and ROBERT C. HUSSEY. BUSINESS EDITORS. THERESA A. McCARTEN and HARRY P. CROSBY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Eight Numbers.) For the Year, . 35 cents | Single Copies, . 5 cents This paper is for sale at the well-known drug store of J. Allen Rice, where subscriptions for the year will also be received. Address all communications to THE OAK, LILY AND IVY, Box 871. Our Pictures. When we entered the liigh school, almost four years ago, the only deco¬ ration of the walls of the large room consisted of the pictures of three for¬ mer ])rincipals. Today we boast of twenty-three jiictnres, all tastefully framed. Among them are those of some of the most famous American authors, including the seven Atlantic writers. Holmes, Lowell, Whittier, Longfellow, Emerson, Bryant and Ha ' wthorne. Others beside literary men look down upon us and encourage us to jierform our duty. The pictures of Garfield and Lincoln are placed over the en¬ trance-doors, ivhile that of Washing¬ ton, between them, to wers above the rest, giving the idea that he has at¬ tained a height no other can reach. Ilecently two pictures especially ap¬ propriate to a scliool-room have been purchased, those of Agassiz, the teach¬ er, and Mann, the educator. To these that of Gen. Eaton, U. S. Commission¬ er of Education, has been added by a Boston friend. Mr. Hill, the tenth principal, has lately presented us a half life-sized ))hotograph of himself, which G. M. Billings, ’bO, has framed. If any other of the formerprincipals feels inclined to do likewise, there is no need of his good intention remaining unftdfilled for want of room. The smiling faces of the class of ’8 2 adorn our walls, and recall to us the time when ive regarded them with so much awe because they ivere in the senior class. Now all is changed. We oursel es are seniors, but whether we are regarded with much awe is a doubt- ful question. We are so fortunate as to possess three classical pictures, the scenes of which are laid in Borne. These oimbt O to be of benefit to the history and Latin classes, for they give a much bet¬ ter idea of Roman life than mere words can. We have also a grouj) of the leading journalists of the country MUth the papers that they reiiresent. Many of our pictures are class gifts and have on the frame in gilt letters the name of the class donating them, others have been purchased with money raised by the scholars, while we owe a few to the kindness of peojile not con¬ nected with the school. We feel rath¬ er ])roud of our collection and hope to add to it from time to time. The homes of too many children are devoid of all beauty, for us not to make the school-room as inviting as possible, in order that at least a few hours of each day may be jiassed in pleasant surroundings. Our pictures, together with the handsome clock given by the class of ’84, serve to make the room attractive, and at the same time the noble men represented on our walls set before the scholars examples that they will do well to follow. We wish to express our thanks to the treasurer and agent of the Milford Granite Company for a beautiful spec¬ imen of the rock they quarry. It is a six-inch cube with one natural and five finished surfaces. One face is fin¬ ished as an eight-inch and another as a ten-inch cut; the third is pointed with a marginal line and the fourth, rock face with a marginal line ; while the fifth is jiolished. It is, therefore, an object lesson for us in stone cutting as ivell as a specimen for our valuable geolog¬ ical cabinet. We are also indebted to Zibeon C. Field for remembering us during his re¬ cent trip to California. Upon his re¬ turn we received a 15 inch sugar-pine cone from a tree 200 feet high and 11 in diameter; also a box containing agates, bed-rock, quartz,salt deposit,pet¬ rified Avood and varieties of Rutland marble. For two of the special jirizes, Gray’s Elegy and Schiller’s Song of the Bell, the recipients are indebted to Mary E. Cochnin, ’73, and for two others. Feather and Fur, and Oliver Wendell Holmes’ Poems, to Mrs. Henry E. Morgan. We know that we ought and have every reason “gratiam habere” for countless favors at this time, and now we desire “gratias agere” with the hope that in the future we may be able “gratiam referre” and perhaps “crratiam reddere.” O Eutered at tlie Milford, Mass., Post-Office, as second class matter. N. B. It is our intention to furnish our patrons, however, with a better and higher than second class. AT Currier Kendall’s We have just received a full stock of Men’s, Youth’s and Boys’ HOBBY SUITS! At Prices Lower than ever before. Remember, we give you an all wool, black or brown. Corkscrew Pattern Suit for the wonderfully low price of CALL FOR THE IDEAL” HAT The Latest Style for Spring Tf ' ear. O ' CJii stock; o:p •=i-NECK WEAR ' S Is complete, including the Novelties of the Season. C3-E3SrTS POE, F. C’s Collars and Cuffs. -A.XiSO EIGHMIE SHIRT The best white shirt in the market. We mention but a few of the many leading articles found in our large sto ck. Call and See for Yourselves. CURRIER KENDALL, One Price Clothiers of Milford. L Z [Continued from first page.] The course of study lias been re¬ vised tliis year, and a change made in the manner of aAvarding dijilomas. Drawing has been introduced, but as yet is taken only by the fourth class. A scientific course of four years has been substituted for the two years’ busi¬ ness course. After next June, dijilo- in-as will be given only to such pupils as complete one of the four years’ courses, but certificates stating the length of attendance will be given to those having good standing in tlie school, if they desire to leave at the end of one, two or three years. Eight of the daily and weekly })a- pers are on tile in the building and ai e a source of useful information to the jiupils. In addition to these we have a good library of over two hun¬ dred books to which reference is con¬ stantly made, for the habit of investi¬ gation beyond the text-book is cultiva¬ ted in this school. The senior class has this year started a school paper in which we take no little jn-ide, as it is the first of the kind ever published by any class in the history of the school. One of the greatest events, since the o])ening of the school, took place on the twenty-second of February, 18S4, when our first Industrial Exhi¬ bition was held, at which the scholars ])roved beyond a doubt that high school j)U])ils can do something besides study. Tite public support given to us then has warranted us in holding another exhibition, which, in the num¬ ber of exhibits at least, surpasses the the j)revious one. In conclusion we trust that the school will show as marked an improve¬ ment during the next thirty-five years of its existence as it does today upon what it was at its opening, that, as the years roll by, each will be more prosperous than the last, and that suc¬ ceeding classes will take as much ])ride in its ])rogress as we do and will build u]) the rejnitation already gained until our high school shall be one of the best in the state. The fluctuations of the number of members of our school is rather strange. On looking over the records there seems to be an ebb and flow. From 125 we rose by a gradual increase to 196, but now we are retarding and we wonder if Ave shall ever see 125 again. Some of the Latin scholars have been amusing themselves by deriving English words from Latin roots and stems, and are surprised at the large immbers they have obtained. They report as follows; From mitto, 655; facio, 545; diico, 208; ago, 200 ; pre- mo, 181. Under this head the editors are desirous of stating all facts that may he of interest to the alumni and , friends of the schooi. We shall be especially thankful for items concernin g the older members who have left Milford. !Not a graduate. We notice in an advertisement that Lev. Elias Nason, our first princijial, has lectures prejiared on 20 different subjects. William Sheehan, ’74, is a boot and shoe dealer in Lynn, Mass. James E. Keating, M. D. ’74, has a large practice in Natick, Mass. Kev. Patrick Gallen, ’75, is located in Worcester. Robert Cochran, ’79, has recently graduated from the New York Dental college. Richard Gilfoyle, ’82, is head clerk at Rice’s pharmacy. William Staples, ’84, is employed at the hardware store of Bartlett Ellis. George L. Hunter, ’85, is one of the best scholars at Exeter. Below is a letter written to us by our tenth principal. Mr. Plill has had considerable success with his lectures. The Mound Builders of the West and South, and New England Primer Days. The latter he delivered here before the teachers’ association. Since leaving Milford my life has been un¬ eventful. Have lived here nearly 15 years, giving my energy mainly to school work, tlave held various positions of trust in edu¬ cational and other associations, and am at present President of the Massachusetts Classical and High School Teachers’ associa¬ tion. Have contributed somewhat to the local and the Boston press on matters educa¬ tional and otherwise. Have also lectured to some extent. My desire is to keep in the channels of thought and activity, even though they flow in part outside of the schoolroom. The five years of my life spent in Milford I hold in pleasant memory. 1 assure you of an affection for the Milford high school, which prolonged absence has not yet extin¬ guished. If I can aid you further, please command me. Yours truly, F. A. Him.. M. H. S. • For the year ending Feb. 1, 1885. Average number belonging, . • • U 6 Average daily attendance, . . . 104 (Iraduates of the past year, . . . 41 Cost per pupil, ... . . 31 Present Corps of Teachers. II. W. Lull, a graduate of Harvard College. W. .1. Ruslimore. a graduate of Harvard College. Miss M. A. Parkhurst, a graduate of Hoston Mormal. Miss Alice C Jones, a graduate of Wellesley College. Miss Alzie R. Hayward, a graduate of Rridgewater Normal. Of the 44 teachers in town, regular, substitute and drawing, 32 have been pupils of this high .school, and besides these ther 3 are at present 27 teaching in other places. B c V y o o u RIBBONS, LACES AND SMALL WARES OF G. T. FALES CO., 154- Main St., Milford. SIT FOR YOUR AT lOO MAIN STREET, MILFORD, AT E. L. WILLIS’. -THE-•€• MAIN STREET MARKET, 128.1- COOK BROTHERS, Dealers in Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Pickles, Etc. PENCIL SHARPENERS For School and Office Use. DUTCHER TEMPLE CO.,HOPEDALE,MASS. UCCESSFUL TEACHERS seeking better positions, and Su¬ perintendents and School Committees wanting first-class Teachers, Avill do well to ap])ly to EVERETT O. FISK, Manager Boston Teachers ' Agency, 13 Tremont PI., BOSTOIsT. HARRIS, ROGERS CO., 13 Tremont PI., Houston, Mass. Have a iiue line of Globes, Maps, c. And would especially call attention to their BUY YOUR WATCHES B AND � JEWELRY AT 110 MAIN STRF.b:T, OF G. H. WHITT EM ORB. Jgg Repairing a Specialty. ETHAN C. CLAFLIN, Manufacturers’ Agent and Dealer in MacMue Tlireails, Silt, Twiae, Bool Wei), Crimp Screws, Rrakes, Forms, c. Also, Wax, TariGum, Oil, Sand Paper, Lamp Black, c. Music Hall Block, - - Milford, Mass. W. H. BOURNE CO., Successors to K. C. Morse, DEALERS IN ' DRY FAYOY GOODS, DRESS TRIM.MINGS, ETC., 106 Main Street, Milford, Mass. JESSE A. TAFT, •: 5 -Altoraey aaJ Coniisellor at Lai ,-5:- And Notary Public. Irving Bl’k, 0pp. Post Office, ISIILFORD, MASS. I Y SECOND ANNUAL Industrial Exhibition. Milford High School, Wednesday Thursday, April 1 2, 1885. Exhibitors and Exhibits. Every article is entered on the word of honor of each scholar as his own work, didess otherwise spec¬ ified on his numbered card. FIRST Cl.ASS. Blue Cards, 100 to .300. .John .V.Finnigan—101, Pair of shoes. Robert C. Hussey—102, Custard pie. John F. Igoe—103, Hay scales. .Johu.T. O ' Sullivan—105, Pair of shoes. Frank L. Fales—107, Clock. Horace A. Brown—100, Hektograph; 110, astatic telegraph. Harry I’. Crosby—112, Ebony book-rack; 113, table made over and upholstered ; 114, skate sails. William O. Thayer—116, Hook and ladder truck ; 117, gas-w ' orks. Clarence H. Morgan—11!), Egg candelabrum ; 120, blanc mange. Peter M. McBride—122, Pressed flowers ; 123, piece of music ; 124, cooking. Minnie tVaterman—130, Tidy ; 131, hand madeapron; 132, herbarium of twelve specimens ; 133, loaf of bread; 134, loaf of lady’s cake ; i35, sugar candy. Maria P. tVestcott—137, Table ’’cover ; 138, dressed doll; 1.39, table scarf. There.sa A. McCarten—141, Log cabin sofa pillow. Xellie M. Conely—143, Shirt. Alice I. Burrell—14.i, Tidy ; 146, scrap basket; 147, embroiilered suspenders. Anna M. Walker—149. Crazy stitch tidy ; l.’iO. shirt: 151, tVashington pie; 152, composition : 153. plate of doughnuts ; 1.34, plate of jumbles. Mabel ' Waterman-156, Table scarf ; 157, stand cover; 158, shelf lambre.iuin ; 159, English walnut creams; 160, drawn lace handkerchief. ■Winona L. Hale—161, Crazy quilt; 162, wall banner; 163, table scarf ; 164, clothes bag. Mary F. Connolly—166, Velvet broom case. Inez L. Gay—108, Dressed doll; 169, pair of doll’s knit stockings ; 170, pair of doll’s knit mittens ; 171, samples of straw braid. Maggie L. Minon—173, embroidery ; 174, corner lam¬ brequin. Carrie M. Field—175, Burlap rug ; 176, apron ; 177, cocoanut cake; 178, Spanish cream; 179, orange pudding; 180, handkerchief case. Katie F. Tully—181, Darned lace. Essie C. Thayer—183, Work bag. Harriet A. Smith—185, Cake. Aggie M. Burke—187, Toilet cushion and bottles; 188, feather edge trimming; 189, ribbon cake; 190, rolls. Bello H. Ross—191, Macrame tidy; 192, knitted sack; 193, dust cloth bag; 194, sugar cookies; 195 frosted custard pie. SECOND CLASS. Yellow Cards, 300 to 500. Ernest F. Noi ' cross—301, Rigging of a schooner; 302, lead tree; 303, knots and splices. Frank P. Dillon—305, Case of drawers. Napoleon E. Tougas—307, Drawing of a stationary upright engine. Josepli M. Gilfoyle—3 ' )9, G.ameof authors. Joseph 1). Crouan—311, Etched glass; 312, Kensing¬ ton i)ainting. Jerry O ' Neil—313, Chemical experiment . Harry C. Tilden—315, Model of a saw’-mill; 316, set of dominoes; 317, ice boat. Frank T. Westcott—318, Spindles. Bethuel E. Harris, Jr—320, Camera; 321, derrick. Irving H. Fairbanks—322, Adjustable ironing table; 323, etching on glass. Samuel J. Blunt—324, Piece of brass work. Charles P. Barnard—326, Stereoscopic vletv holder. Willie L. Fales—328, Boat. AVillie G. Clilford—330, Trap and cage; 331, meter stick; 332, liter box. Ai)l)ie 1. Mad ien—3.35, Macrame basket; 336, waste l)asket; 337. sample of edgings. At bie E. Holmes—33!), Tidy; 340, baby carriage robe; 341, bead trimming. Jessie E. Grow—343, Banner; 344, table cover; 345, sideboard cover. Ellie Reed-346, Sofa cusliion; 347, toilet cushion; 348, darned lace tidy. Martha M. Egan—3.)0, Pincushion. Carrie L. Tobin—352, Crocheted skirt. Eliie J. Craige—354, Pen wiper; 355, handkerchiefs; 356, purse; 357, needle case. Lilia H. Dennett—3.58. Stand cover; 359, shoulder cape; 360, tidy; 361, sachet Img; 36 2, basket. Grace P. Field—363, Etched handkerchief; 364, lam¬ brequin; 365, hamikercliief in Mexican work; 360, set of drawings; 367, dressed dfdl; 36.8, crazy clock scarf; 359, hand sewed wniist; 370, wniter color paJiting; 371, loaf of brown tiread; 372, twelve jars of preserve; 373, scrap book; 374, piece of crochet. ij ' lba F. Hayward—375, Lambrequin; 376, letter case; 377, broom case; 378, towel cover; 379, orange jelly; 380, lemon jolly; 3.81, blackberry jelly. Lottie A. Jones—383, Darned lace collar; 384, piano stool cover; 3. 5, handkerchief case; 386, hand¬ kerchief in Mexican work; 387, etching on glass representing Penelope surprised by her suitors; 388, etching on glass representing t ' lysses at the table of Circe; 389, capstan; 390, jelly roll; 391, Parker house rolls; 302, slipper case; 393, Span¬ ish cream. Maude Dickinson—304, Basket; 395, tidy; 396, copy of Greek text. Mabel L. Godfrey—397 and 398, Two pairs of silk stockings; 399, netted doyly; 4!)0, royal game of chess; 401, crocheted border of shawl; 402, cro¬ cheted cape; 4!)3, crocheted skirt; 404. brown bread; 405, charlotte rnsse; 4 ' !6, corn balls; 407, Parker house rolls; 4U8, corn bread, Florence V. Clarke—413, D.arned lace sham; 414, tidy; 415, pincushion; 416, sixteen patterns in crochet; 417, sham towel; 418, clock scarf; 419 grape jelly; 420, apple jelly; 421, bureau scarf; 422, ribbon cake. Cora L. Snell—424-42 .,Table scarfs; 426, embroidered suspenders; 427, tidy in Kensington; 428, candy. Mary B. Bradbury—430, Piano cover; 431, shams; 432, tidy holder; 433,sachet bag; 431,child’s dress; 435, darning; 436-437, fancy holders; 438, bread; 439, cake. ’ MaryP. Cox—440, Handkerchief case; 441, splasher; 442, bread; 413, cake; 444, apron. THIRD CLASS. Salmon Cards, 5u0 to 700. Elbridge P. Jones—501, Meclianical powers; 502 rope walk; 503, capstan; 504, wheel and axle; 505, compound lever; 596, Leyden jar; 507, elec- trophorus; 508, pump. Arthur L. Godd.ard—510, Model of a rope walk; 511 Caesar’s bridge; 512, hay scales; 513, balances; 514, tripod; 515, derrick; 516, endless screw. Fred J. Aylward—518, Drawing book. M. Harris Avery—519, Derrick. William F. Burke—.520, Ornamental horse shoe. William W. Phipps—522, Painting; 523, compound lever; 524, Leyden jar; 525, bracket cut with knife. Edward F. Rogers—526, Caesar’s bridge. Edward J. O’Connor—527, Chain and ball. Lemuel B. Wilmarth—529, Caesar’s bridge; 530 plush clock-case. ’ George E. Stimpson—.532, Tool chest; ,5.33, Leyden jar; .534, Caesar’s bridge; 535, capstan; 536, snap¬ per; 537, derrick; 538, cup of Tantalus; Alfred C. Clarke—540, Parches! board; 541, windlass. John H. Conniff-542, Pair of shoes; 543, windlass. Fred Donovan—545, Hand telephone. Aaron H. Mayhew-.540, 547, .548, Three heads in hammered brass and frames. Walter Parkhurst-5.50, Rope walk; 551, rope; 5.52 secretary; 553, air pump; 554, Leyden battery; 555, Voltaic battery; 556, compound machine: 557, Bunsen’s battery; 558, Caesar’s bridge; 559 pump; 560, derrick; .561, liydrostatic bellows’ 562, tire alarm; 563, illustration of centrifugai force; 564, wheel and axle; 565, tripod derrick: 566, corn balls. Lydia F. Gould—567, Apron; 568, toilet set; 569 knitted lace. ’ Susie T. Miller—570, Loaf of cake; 571, Leyden jar; 572, copy of Judsoii’s liurman Kmpire. Mary E. Whitney—.574, Apron; .575, basket; 576, V aslnngton pie; 577, press; 578, discharger. M. Mafi.a Kirby—580, Infant’s embroidered shawl; 581, canvas tidy; 582, macrame tidy; 583, macrame workbasket; 584, Faraday’s bag; 58.5, Leyden jar; 586, electroscope; 588, tioating battery ; 589, discharger; 590, pendulums. Elizabetli B. Barns—592, Shoulder cape; 593, apron; 594, loaf of bread; .595, drawings. Emeline Hancock—.597, Carriage robe; 598, outline stitch tidy; 599, loaf of sponge cake; 600, Cae¬ sar’s bridge; 601, drawings. Lydia A.Roberts—603, Candy motto; 604, hydrostat¬ ic bellows. Ida L. Reynolds—606, Crazy table scarf; 607, crazy tidy; 60S, .samples of edging; 609, crocheted tidy; 610, inclined plane; 611, water wlieel; 612, leaning tower; 613, hydrost.atic bellows; 614, floating battery; 615, derrick; 616, tripod der¬ rick; 617, Faraday’s bag; 618, electroscope; 619, frosted custard pie; 620 , pulley. Lois E. Gifrord—621, Mat; 622, hydrostatic bellows; 623, Leyden jar; 624, electric doll; 625, differen¬ tial axle; 626, Leyden battery. Clara A. Johnson—627, Sofa i illow; 628, cocoanut cake. Grace J. Claflin—629, Afghan in crazy work; Sarah F. Gonn.an—63i, D ’essed doll. Lizzie F. Donnelly—632, Quilt; 633, Faraday’s bag; 634, electroscope; 635, discharger. Leora M. Taft—637, Commode cover. Bertha M. Pratt-O-IO, Toilet set; 640, tidy. Amelia C. Harris-641, Table scarf; 642, flags of dif¬ ferent countries; 643, tidy; 644, electric doll; 645, pulley; 646, Leyden jar; 647, voltaic battery; 648, inclined plane; 649, churn; 650. illustration of lateral pressure; 651, windlass; 6.52, hydrom¬ eter; 6.53, self discharging Leyden jar; 654, Caesar’s bridge. Lilian F. Hill—657, Ribbon and lace tidy; 658, pin cushion; 659, wedge; 660, Faraday’s bag; 661, Leyden jar; 662, balancing forks; 663, dischar¬ ger; 6)4, balancer; 665. electrophoriis; 666, elec¬ troscope; 667, Caesar’s bridge. Emmie L, Eldrldge—669, Handkerchief; 670, edging; 671, rolls; 672 cake; 673, cookies; (574, Caesar’s bridge Grace W. Eastman—675, AVorsted cape; 676, table lambrequin; 677, Cae.sar’s bridge. Kittle H. Donovan—678-6?9, ’Thermometer panels; 680, lambrequin; 681, drop cakes; 682, shield. Emily I. Spindel—683, ' Tidy; 684, coat band; 685, let¬ ter receiver. Mary A. Brown—6:-6, Hood; 687, pump; 688, hydro¬ static bellows; 689, leaning tower; 690, Fara- ’ day’s bag; 691, Leyden jar; 692, disch.arger. Mary A. How e—693, ' I’antulus’ cup; 694, steelyards; 695, cake; 606, kite; ' 697, coi)y of a poem; 698, candy; 699, corn balls; 700, balancing man. FOURTH CLAS.S. AVhite Cards, 700 to 900. Otis AV. Holmes—701, Rope walk; 702, drawings. Michael F. O’Connell—704, Butter. Harry N. Tyler—706, Sail-boat; 707, model of a schooner yacht; 708, kites; 7ii9, drawings. C. C. Barbour—710, Glue; 711, shoe strings; 712-713, optic cards; 714, drawings. George AA’’. Hancock—715, AA ' all pocket. Hartie B. Spaulding—717, Repousse work; 718, draw¬ ings. Fred. L. Quiggle—720, Leather cane. A’inton Sears—722, Painting on glass and frame; 723, butter. Philip H. ' Tirrell—724, Drawings. Daniel Pratt—726, Pair of boots. Fred E. Saunders—728, Parches! board. Patrick J. Lawless—730, Drawings. Frank G. Phipps—731, Painting, an original design 732,drawings. Gardner B. Metcalf—731, Cathedral clock; 735, writ¬ ing desk; 730, drawings. George F. Graysoji—737, Chain; 7.38, drawings. Frederick A. Gilmore—740, Drawings. Henry AV. B. Arnold—742, Drawings. Fred E. Cook—744, Lord’s prayer; 745, match safe. AVilliam G. Dewing—747, Tooth-pick holder. Henry G. Chilson—749, AVall pocket. George AV. Damon—751, Cake; 752, drawing. George E. Fisher—753-754-755-756-757, Confectionery 758, drawing. ’ Marshall ' T. Cox—760, Checker board. Charlie Moriarty—761, Drawing. Harriot M. Coburn—770, Painted table scarf; 7 1 painted plaque; 772, embroidered doylies; 773 ’ sideboard cover; 774, drawings. ’ Josephine Tliayer—776, Cake; 777, bread; 778, salad; 779, drawings. O Id Etta M. Green—781, Dress; 782, table scarf; 783, drawings. Orilla A. Chace—78 ' i, Cooking; 786, drawing. Lulie 51. Gleason—788, Edging; 789, loaf of graham bread; 790, pound of butter. Ellen R. Blood—792 and 793, hat bands; 794, edg¬ ing; 795, drawings. Olie L. Brown—797, Apron; 798, cooking; 799, Easter eggs; 890, drawings. Lillian E. Thompson—802, Table cover; 803, cooking; 801,drawings; 803, lung-capacity. Grace J. Crosby—806, Shoulder cape; 807, pillow case; HOS, loaf of ginger-bread; 809, drawings. Florence E. Hale—811, Lace handkerchief; 812, daisy apron; 813, drawings. Eva 1). Nickerson—815, Lace tidy; 816, cooking; 817, drawing. Lizzie Toohey-819, Quilt; 820, cooking; 821, draw¬ ings. Delia A. lliggiston—823, Pincushion; 821, drawing. Mabel F. Howard—826, Tea .apron; 827, cooking; 828, drawings; 829, lung-capaeity. H. Maude Hapgood—830, Table cover; 831, drawings; 833, cooking. Florence E. Whitney—835, Tidy; 836, drawings; 837, toilet set; 838, cooking. Rosa E. Welch—840, Wristers; 841, basket; 842, drawings. Minnie G. Stimjison—844, Bread; 815, needlework. Alma A. Adams—846, Lace collar; 847, skirt; 848, cookies. Grace L. Blood—855, Tidy; 856, splasher; 857, draw¬ ing. Martha-A. Conroy—860, Drawing; 861, cake; 862, tidy; 863, lamp mat; 861, broom case. Mabel L. Cummings—865, Towel; 866, rick-rack yoke; 867, drawings; 868, sofa pillow. Mary A. Feeney-870, Pie; 871, drawing. Carrie E. ' rorapkiiis—872-873, Tidies; 874, jelly; 875, drawing. Prizes. The prizes were awarded by W. H. Chamberlin, Dr. E. C. Atkins Lowell E. Fales, Mrs. J. A. Whit¬ ing, Mrs. J. B. Leonard and Miss Annie A. Daniels, to these scholars; FIRST CLASS. ■ First—Yesterdays with Authors, by Fields. Winona L. Hale. John Adams, by Morse. William O. Th.ayer. Second—The City in the Sea, by E. L. S. Maria P. Westcott. John Randolph, by Adams. Harry P. Crosby. Third—Stories of Old Rome, by Hanson. Maggie L. Mi ' uon. Adventures in the .Air, by Keltic. John A. Fiunigan. Fourth—Old Greek Stories, by Hanson. Inez L. Gay. Silas Martier, by George Eliot. Peter M. McBride. SECOND CLASS. First —Boston Town, by Scudder. Grace P. Field. Captains of Industi y, by Parton. Willie L Kales. Second-Roman I.ifu in the Days of Cicero, by Church. Mabel Lee Godf ey. Angola and the River Cotigo, by Monteiio. Frank P. Dillon. Third—History of Egypt, by Clar.-i E. Clement. Florence V. ' Clark. Traveling Ltiw School, by Abbott. N.apoleon E. Tongas. Fourth—Story of the Mei v, by O’Donovan. Ellie J. Craige. Virginia, by Cooke. Frank T. Westcott. THIRD CLASS. First—Stories of the Persian Wars, by Church. Mary A. Howe. A Boy’s Workshop. Walter (5. Parkhur.st. Second—Young Folks’ History of London, by Rideing. Amelia C. Harris. Drake, the Sea King, by Towle. William W. Phipps. Third—Tlie Western World, by Kingston. Ida L. Reynolds. Canoeing in Kanuckia,by Norton and Hab- berion. Edward J. O’Connor. 1 Fourth—The Lake Region ' of Central Africa, by Gcd- die. Mary E. Whitney. 1 C. ' vnoe and Ciimera, by Steele. ' George E. Stimpson. FOURTH CLASS. First—Three Vassal- Girls in South America, by Chanipney. Etta M. Green. Zig-zag Journeys in Acadia, by Butterworth. Fred L. Quiggle. Second—Stories of American History, by Young and Weld. Harriot M. Coburn. The Duncans, on Land and Sea, by Woods. Gardner B. Metcalf. Third—Andersen’s Wonder Stories. Florence E. Hale. Sports and I’iistimcs of American Boys, by Cliadwick. Harry N. Tyler. Fourth—The Fairy.land of Science, by Buckley. H. Maude Hapgood. Natural History for Young Folks, by Camp¬ bell. Vinton Sears. Special Prizes. FIRST CLASS. First—Gray’s Elegy. Carrie 51. Field. Second—Schiller’s Song of the Bell. Theresa .A. 51cCarten. Third—Poems of O. W. Holmes. Frank L. Fales. Fourth—Washington, by Brown. Horace A. Brown. SECOND CLASS. First—Victoria, by Greenwood. 5Iary B. Bradbury. Second—King Arthur, by Frith. Lottie A. Jones. Third—Patrick Henry, by Wirt. Joseph D- Oronan. THIRD CLASS First—Heroes of. Asgard, by Keary. Emmie L. Eklridge. Second—America, by Butterworth. 5f. Maria Kirby. Third—Noble Boys, by Martin. William F. Burke. Fourth—History for Boys, bj ' Edgar. John H. Connitf. FOURTH CLASS. First—Miss Parloa’s Now Cook Book. Ellen R. Blood. Second—Feathers and Fur. Lizzie Toohey. Third—Natural History, by Wood. Fred E. Cooke. Fourth—Boy Pilgrims, by Bowman. George li. Fisher. SPECIAL 51ENTION. First Class—Nellie M. Conely, John J. O’Sullivan. Second Class—Cora L. Snell, Jessie E. Grow, Harry C. Tilden. Third Class—Lydia E. Gould, Lilian F. Hill, Aaron H.5Iayhew. Fourth Class—5Iiunie G. Stimpson, 5Iabel F. How¬ ard, Henry G. Chilson, Ciarcnce C. Barbour. And all the rest. “Labor omnia vincit.” “The cultured mind, the skilful hand.” “The discerning eye, the attentive ear.” 1884. Exhibitors, ITi; exhibits, 272 1885. Exhibitors, 144; exhibits, 505 Non exhibitors, or those who xooxddrCt 12 and all hoys. Two of the second, four of the third and six of the fourth. Three times three for the yirls ! ! I! ! Invitations have been sent to the teachers of 40 dill ' ereiit schools to ho jH ' csent April 2, and also to 80 snper- iiiteudeHts and the Hoard of Educa¬ tion. 1 hadn’t ought to bring from school them hooks of hisn. Will I do it? Onr decorations:—The candy and dower hootli, drajiery curtains, pen¬ nants Avith stars, shiekis Avith the names of onr greatest inventors, hunt¬ ing Avitli mottoes, doAvers, ferns, pot¬ ted plants, hanging baskets, pictures and above all the heantifnlly calci- inined Avails Avith their gay borders, the gift of ’85, are, indeed, decora¬ tions. With the exception of four, the 47 jirize hooks are presented by the al¬ umni, Avho have contributed S41.45; an average of 11.80 for each class. ’08 is the banner class ; amount 80.00. All the hooks are ucaa , attractively hound and with fcAV exceptions just published and each contains a label Avliich gives the name and class of the recipient, the grade of the prize and the class presenting it. A triple sheet Avould he a necessity, Avere Ave to attemjit to acknoAvledge all the favors received at this time. We, as a school, are in print. See the Annual Report of the Board of Education of Massachusetts. Class leaders for the last term: First: Inez L. Gay. Second: Grace P. Field Third; Emeline Hancock. Fourth: Florence E Hale and Clarence C. Barbour. AAvay Avith vexation! O Avelcome vacation ! We ahvays kncAV that Avater seeks a level and uoav Ave have learned by an object lesson that brains also do. What a fall Avas there O Ni-ci oix! High School Annex at the Gazette office. From one to eight of our former sclioolmates may often he seen contin¬ uing their education there. W. II. Lovell of Worcester is mak¬ ing a study of the minerals of this county. He uoav credits Milford Avith : gold-hearing quartz, talc, galena and epidote. He evidently has not seen some of the beautiful jiyrite crys¬ tals from the north part of the tOAvn. He calls our building stones granite or granitoid gneiss. Book III, 171. “Jii])iter denies von the Dictation Helds.” There is nothing like a nice selec¬ tion of Avords to express our feelings, as the folloAvmg conversation illus¬ trates. “Why so blue this morning, IMr. A? “Well, I feel pretty cheap, my grandmother died last night. Book-keeping IV. “Young man have you anything Avhich yon have earned yourself?” “Well, if I get 10 for this recitation, that, 1 think, Avill he earning something.” Teacher is of a like oiiinion. According to the second class, a half brother is a hoy Avitli only one parent. LI Xj ' Y ' . Jimfl gC}100L-i 135 0 to lesB. Any inforinatioii regarding those whose pi ' esent residence is unknown, will be thankfully received. Rev. Elias Nason, Alfred V Eike, Sylvester J. Sawyer, Grove P. Jenks, Reed, J.R. Draper, Rev. Charles J. White, D. B. Sanborn, Ruel B. Clark, Frank A. Hill, Silas W. Hale, Herbert W. Lull, Principals. Billerica Dead Baltimore, Md. 9 ? ? Woonsocket ? Worcester . Chelsea Hudson . Milford Assistants. S. Adelaide SCOtt (Gleason) Clara Erskine (Clement) (Waters) Kate K. Barker, M.J. Dyer, Caroline M. Baker, Mrs. Page, F. A. Gove (Ltnderwood) Sarah E. Cole, Mary E. Torrey, (Bryant) Martha i. Cotton, Lucy S. Lord, Ellen M. Patrick, Carrie M. Clapp, (Shippee) Clara M. Howard (Shelton) . Mary B. Smith, . . Y Lucy M. Wilber, . . Milford Lydia B. Godfrey, . Wellesley College Anna 51. Bancroft, . . Hopedale Mary A. Parkhurst, . . Milford Frank B. Sherburne, . . Lowell Alice T. Hall, • Philadelphia, Penn. John VV. Gordon, . . Worcester Alice C. Jones, . . Milford Will. J. Rushmore, . . Milford Alzie R. Hayward, . . Milford Mr. Reed, Afrs. Waters and Mrs. Page are not mentioned in the Town History, but old scholars de¬ clare that they were teachers for a short time. . 5Iilford . Boston Dead ? h Dead 9 . ' Worcester . Boston N. Y. City Cincinnati, Ohio Milford Montreal, Canada Graduates. 1862 1 Cora A. Chapin (Godfrey), Kate S. Freeman (Parker), Mary A. Parkhurst, Mark 1). Shea, Melvin A. Underwood, . 2 1863 Etha H. Ainsworth (Ayer), Kate E. Blood (Warren), Alice B. Chapin, Clara A. Hayward (Fades), Cora A. Hero (Mayhew), AVilliam .T. Mann. .S. Gertrude Parkhurst (Guild), William B. Wood, . . 3 1864 George H. Ball, Frank Battles, Adla M. Chapin (Claiiin), Amanda H Chapin (Gates), Ruth Cheney (Davis), Isora M. Leseur (Reynolds), Milford Indianapolis, Ind. . Milford Chicago, 111. Boston 8 Tapleyville Boston . Alilford . Milford Milford . Boston . Boston Boston 6 . AYorce.ster Boston Brooklyn, N. Y. Dead Jamestown, Neb. Worcester 4 1865 Nathaniel F. Blake, Dianna Carpenter, Joanna M. Coughlan (Luby) Marianna Crocker (Bushnell), Emma T. Day (Parker), Emma F. Fisher (Bullard), . Stearns Godfrey, Anna L. Hayward (Bullard), Alta M. Howard (Goodspeed), David F. McGrath, Ella S. Nash (Howard), David L. I’arkhurst, Marietta N. Thayer (Dewey), Susan E. Thwing (Whitney), 14 Milford . . Dead Milford . East Douglas . . Dead Sherborn Boston . North Attleboro Providence, R. I. Leicester Philadelphia, Penn. San Francisco, Cal. aiilford . Milford 5 1866 Josephine C. Battles (Woodbury), Julia M. Battles, Mary .A. Bigelow, Sarah F. Cummings (Dewing), Annetta L. Draper (Carter), Anna E. Gates (Robb), Ellen M. Gleason (Miller), Anna R. Hayward (Staples), Leander Holbrook, Mary A. Holbrook, Ellen L. Howe. Emma L. Hunt (Draiier), 21 . Boston . Boston Dead . Hojiedale . Berlin . Boston Brooklyn. N. Y. . 5Iilford Milford . Milford Milford . . Dead ■ Carro S. Leland, . ’ Alzina M. Nelson (Adair), ! .Mary E. Noyes (Hale), I Emma C. O’Brien, I .Annie J. Ricker (Philbrook), Clarence A. Sumner, •James N. .Supple, .Abbie H. Walker (Carpenter), .Sara E. Whittemore (Robinson), 6 1867 Jeanette Bassett, Sophia B. Gillman (Conner), Annie R. Godfrey (Dewey), Susan E. Inman, Clara J Lothrop (Walker), Martha M. Ring (Bakeman), Mary W. Walker (Phipps), Edgar W. AVashburn, Anna M. Wilkinson (Whitney), Lura C. Woods (Sears), 7 1868 J. Oscar Bailey, Sarah C. Belcner, M. Lizzie Bowers (Bailey), . Matthew P. Callanan, Ella F. Carpenter; . Ellen M. Chapin (Lothrop), Eliza J. Doty (Chase), Frank •!. Dutcher,. Mary L. Gilman, (Ham) George A. Goldsmith, Randall B. Greene, Samuel W. Hayward, Abbie M. Mann (Newhall), . Ella J. Newton, . Charles N. Nichols, . George E. Patrick, . Milford Waupun, Wis. . Hudson .. Dead Augusta, Me. Milford Charlestown New Bedford . Deail 10 . Dead Lynn N. Y. City Milford . Milford Newton . Milford Boston . Milford Deal! 16 . . Boston Randolph Boston . Milford . Cambridge . M ilford Holden . Hopedale Somerville . . Dead . . Milford Cherokee, Iowa . . Allston Foo Chow, China . . Milford Boston 8 1869 Anna L. Adams (Bell), Gilbert M. Billings, Jane H. Blunt (Sadler), Kate Chapin, Eva W. Cook, Lizzie M. Gleason (Whitney), Henry W. Leland, Emma F. Parker (Nash), Mary W. Parkhurst (Hudson), Helen C. Rand (Tindall), S. Eldora .Sheldon, Alartha A. Smith, Dora E. Sumner (Hastings), . 13 . aiilford Milford . Milford . Milford . Brookline . Brooklyn, N. Y. Milford . M ilford 51ilford Washington, D. C. Milford . Newport, R. 1. Grand Island, Neb. 9 1870 Anna M. Bancroft, - Eva R. Draper, Frank S. Hayward, EleaiU’! ' W. .Johnson, William H Lothroj), Ella U. B. Normandy (Brown), Yelma V. Noyes (Spaulding), John P. Powers, Benjamin F. Saville, Frank L. Young, 10 1871 Edith L. Bl.ake (Billings); Millie A. Blunt (Leonard), . Augusta A. Cay (Taft), . Addie A. Chapin (Yeager), . •Tulia E. Connolly, Kate L. Gillman (Howard), . Hattie Goldsmith (Mathewson), Dita F. Harris (Holmes), George Herbert, Herbert L. Holmes, Elsie A. Jenks (.Jenks), Adelaide M. Knight, .James .S. O’Callaghan, Daniel S. O’Callaghan, Charles F. O’Reilley, Carra V. .Sadler, Jjizzie S. Sumner (Perrigo), Nellie C. Spaulding (Morse), 10 Hopedale . . Dead . Milford Dead South Boston , . Athol . Milford Dead Worcester . Boston 18 Alilford . 5J ilford Upton Athol . Milford . . Deail . . Dead South Boston N. Y. City . South Boston Cheyenne. Wyo. Milford . N. Y. City . Salem N. Y. City . . Milford . Cambridge Marlboro 11 1872 J aura M. Ball, Harris J. Carpenter, Alice J. Chapin (Eastman), .John J. Cochran, Fanny A. Comstock, Leon G. Day, ” . Delia E. Gleason. J.ydia B. Godfrey, Allister S. .Jones, Mary J. Kelly, . Kate J ' l. Martin, • . John D. McGann, Maggie L. Murphy, Henry E. Nelson, Frank M. Nichols, . Harry C. Smith, Inez E. Tuttle (Sargent), Kate A. Wallace, 18 . Arlington . . Milford Milford . San Francisco, Cal. . Castine, Me. J-ort Smith, Arkansas Waltham . Wellesley College . . Boston Milford . . Milford Millville Dead Milford . . Taunton . . Boston . . Oakham . . . Dead 12 1873 Mary G. Bancroft (Winsor), John A. Boyd, Edwin .1. CJieever, Mary E Cochran, El Wood H. Cook, Isadore Harvey, (Bagot) Itelia M Johnson, Sai ' ah M. Keane, Thomas McDonough, Samuel N. Nelson, Ada A. Skinner (Adair), Anna 5J. Taft (Wilkinson), Ilia F Thompson (Taft) Mary A. Tobey (Belcher) Sarah J. Wales (Birch) Lucy M. Wilber, 13 1874 Ella M. Albee, . . . . Julia M. Barry Sarah F. Burns, T rank O. Carpenter, Ortauua Cheney, Agnes G. Costello, .nary F. Devine, Mary E. Fales, Minnie J. T ' oiger, . , Mary E. Hancock (Walker) Edgar H. Jenks, dames E. Jveating, Sarah L. Jjibby (Tyler) Herbert H. Lyons, Maggie F. Madden (Lee) MinnieL. Mann (Whittemore), Daniel W. 51oriarty, Ellen A. Moriarty W ' idiam F. O’Callaghan, W ilham F. Sheehan, Anna E. Sheldon, A. Willis Tarbell Clara M. Thayer, Robert E. Waish, Lizzie A. Vezey (Libby) 14 1875 Emma J). Barker (Swasey) Elia D. Battles (Ciatiin) Kate E. Bei in (Davoren), Hugh Bradliy, Hannah M. Broderick Susie R. Broderick, Harry N. Day, Nettie E. Day, Clara J. Fisher, Eniilie T. Hart (Bragg) Florence E. Harvell, Minnie E. Jones (Voung), Josie Jvelley (Rice) Mary J. Kelley, Faustina M. Knight (W’ithiiigton), Eliza A. McGowen (McDonough) Maria Norris, S. Edward Oliver, Sarah C. Tuttle, 16 Fairhaven Worcester Austin, Texas . Milford 1 lead . Holbrook . Milford Milford . Attleboro Europe . Milford Milford . Milford . Holbrook . Milford Worcetser 25 Dead Milford . . Milford . Boston . JTllsneld Boston . Milford Milford East Somerville Milford Milford . J.ynn Milford . Fitchburg . Bethel, Conn. . Milford . J.yons, Neb. Lyons, Neb. . N. f. City Lynn M ilford Waltham Blackstone . Dead . Milford 19 Milford St. Jmuis, Mo. . Milford Milford . Milford . Milford Milford . Milford . Milford Milford Wicheiidou • Boston . Ho))kinton M ilford Milford Attleboro Springfield Brockton . Dead 15 Emma B- Ball, Clarence Bancroft, Otis B. Barker, Josie G. Cheney (Chappell) George T. Cochran, Sarah JJ. Connolly, Lilia A. Cook, (Shrieve), Annie T. Gleason, iMallieh’. Gleason, Alzie R. Hayward, Mary G. Higgins, Mary E. .Johnson, Nellie .Johnson, Annie M. Keane, Bernard Kelley, Hattie M. Knilghts (Thayer) Flora M. JCnoiVlton, Hannah C. Lynch, Bridget A. I yons, Carrie W. .Me;ild (Prentice) Jennie F. .McGann, Callie J., Nel.son (llixon) Saiira J . Jtockwood (.Mathewson) James F. Slattery, George P. Smith, Edith J. Stoddard, Annie L. .Sunlfier, Nellie F. Thui ber (Jones) 1876 28 Dead . . 5Ianchesttr . . Boston • Milford • N. Y. City . Boston . J awtuxet, R. J. • . Milford • Milford • Milford Milford • Milford Milford Chippewa Falls, Wis. Milford Milford Somerville • Milford • Milford JVlilford . Milford 51edway . Chicago Boston . A ndover Audubon, Iowa ■ Kansas 16 Effie E. Adams, Fannie E. Blunt, Flora J.. Cheney (Dow) Frank Ji. Claflin, 1877 9 . . Bellingham Milford South Framingham JMiiladelphla, Penn. z Jennie L. Goodrich, Katie 11. McXaniara, John Tooiney, Lillian E. Woodbury (Wood), 17 1878 Joseph II. Ambrose, Mary E. Bergin, Willie 1’. Cooke, Annie P. Cushing (Bowker) Annie B- Drake, Lowell E. Fales, William F. Gleason, Patrick R. llowley, Agnes E. Kimball, Mary A. Lyons, Henry D. Nelson, Eugene W. Stoddard, Charles S. Weeks, Evie M. W ires, 18 187SI . Milford Milford IMilford . Milford 14 . Monson Milford . Milford Sonthbridge Worcester Milford Harvard Med. Worcesler Boston . IMilford Milford Andover . llopedalc Milford 19 Fred I. Bailey, . Boston Artliur 11. Bidl, Milford John A. Connolly, . Boston Jennie E. Dale (Gleason), . Brooklyn, N. Y. Ellen A. Devine, Milford Henry C. Egan, . Boston Mary A. Gallen, . Milford Florence I. Goodspeed, Laconia, N. H. Joint P. Holmes, Harvard Medical School ' rnomas F. Kelley, . WalUiani Charles W. Loomis, Little Falls, N.Y. William H. Murray, Milford Marg.-iret ( iiinn. Milford Charles 11. Pond, . . Milford Lillian Smith, Milford Nellie A. Taylor, . Marlboro George W. Walker, . . Danvers Clifford A. Whilleniore, . . Boston Ella A. Withington, (Dale) Boston 19 1880 18 Luva A. Celley (Sprague), Milford Reuben A. Cook, Milford Nellie A. Dale, . Plainfield, N. J. Lawrence E Doherty, . . Milford Caroline M. Hart, Milford Clara M. Inman, Providence, R. I. Annie F. Keating, Milford Martin J. Kelley, Milford Sara V. Lowther, Wellesley College Hattie D. Malhewson, Milford .Agnes S. McDermott, . . Spencer Hannah B. McGarry, Milford Marcus J Patterson, Worcester Free Institute James Slattery, . . Boston Mary R. Tingley (Laidley), . . Conway Nellie .M. Wallace, Dead Horace E. Wliilney, Milford A. Trask Woodbury, . Wreuthain TWO years’ COURSE. 6 Mary A. Burke, . . M ilford Arthur E. Kirby, . . . Dead William Knowlton, . . Somerville Nellie A. McLauglitin, . . Milford Maggie I. Quirk, Milford Rulhven S. Wellington, Marlboro 20 1881 10 Lilia J. Bancroft, , . . Milford Herbert S. Eldredge, Milford Cora C. Fitzgerald, Boston Anna S. Martin, . . {Spencer Lillie M. O’Donnell, Milford Elmer E. Smith, Wallace I. Stimpson, Emma O. Taylor, Edward C. Thayer, Arthur F. Walker, TWO YEAR.S’ COURSE Milford . . llopeilale . . Milford Harvard College Worcester Free Institute Annie E. Fairbanks, Marlboro Frank L. Fairbanks, . . Milford Nellie Fislier, Milford Jennie L. Hunt, . Milford George 11. Lilley, Milford 21 1882 28 Alice M. Aylward, . Medway Saruli P. Chapin, . Boston Ella T. Cliilson, Milford ' I’homas F. Conniff, . Milford ' I ' imotliy J. Dempsey, . . Walthani Mary F. DeSautelle (Thomas), . Milford Jennie L. Devine, Milford Charles H. Fisher, Milford Susan G. Gallaglier, Montreal, Canada Ricliard A. Gilfoyle,, . . . Milford Mary A. Hannon, . V Milford Lillian J. Haven, Milford Annie E. Heatii, . . Milford Eflie Holmes (Hussey), Milford William E. Knights, . Milford Cliarles II. Morrill, Wilton, N.H. Edwanl K. M nrphy. . Milf.ird Jerry T. Murpliy, . . Boston Callierlne E. U’Callaghan, . . Milford Frank C. Phillips, . . Providence, 1!. I. Percival Shea, . Milford Mary O. Sumner, John V. Sweeney, Irving W. Sweet, Jennie S. Tufts, Nellie A. Warfield, . Harry J. Wood, Anna A. Woodbury, TWO YEARS’ COURSE Michael J. Ahern, William H. Aylward, Ernest L. Cook, Abbie L. Flagg, Harry W. llavfen, Harry G. Kruiit, Arthur W. Vant, 22 1883 Milford N. Y. City Milford . Milford Medway Harvard College . Milford 7 Exeter . Milford Providence, R. 1. . Milford . . Milford . Milford . Milford 28 Alice M. Arass, . Framingham Normal School Lara B. BauCioft, . . Hopedtilc Edward Wm. Barrett, Amherst Agricultural College .Vnide G. Burke, Mary G. Burils, Lettie M. Burrell, Lizzie D. Clark (Libby) Harry A. Coburn, William J. Cochran, John A. Conlin, Annie A. T. Conroy, George C. Dean, Mary A. Donlon, Agnes L. Egan, Thomas R. Egan, Martin B. Foley, Deiiids P. Flynn, George N. Goddard, Mary A. J. Gorman, Maggie F. Hannan, Annie L. Harris, Lewis J. Johnson, Mary ' I ' . Kirby, .)ohn T. McLonghlin, Mary V. 1-. Moriarty, Frank A. Morrill, Aiiron C. Thayer, Alice N. Vasil, Milford Milford Milford Milford . . Boston Harvard Medical School Milford Milford Amherst College Milford Milford Milford . Milford Milford . Amherst College . Milford Milford . . Milford Harvard College . Milford Milford Milford . . Milford Harvard College . Wellesley College TWO years’ course. Gertie A. Ball, John F. C. ' oyne, Jerry F. Fitzpatrick Julia Flynn, Lena A. Hawkins, John W. Keelon, Thomas F. Manning, Peter M. McBride, Michael F. Moran, Dennis ii. Shea, Dennis J. Sullivan, Cora I. Taft, Walter A. Vant, 13 Milford Dead Milford Milford Milford Milford Milford Milford Milford Milford Milford Milford Milford 23 Delia E. Burke, Grace G. Carpenter, Alexander L. Cochran, Grace E. Cook, Adaline C. Clark, M. Henry Connors, Daniel T. Devine, I’atrick J. Donohoe, Charlotte T. Field, S. Ernest b leteher, Lucy E. Gilfoyle, Nellie F. Gorman, Alcista A. Howard, W ' llliam A. Hussey, Maude L. Johnson, Michael J. Kelley, Otis T Kriim, Edward J. Ltiikin, Elizabeth A. Madden, Mary C. McCormick, Louis K. Phillips, William E. Staples, . nnie C. Sumner, John F. Tobin, Lizzie F. Toomey, Walter L. ' rougas, Mary E. Traversee, Ellen M. Waters, William J. Welch, Maude L. WilkinsQii, 1884 30 . . . Milford . . Allston . . Milford Milford Milford . . Milford . . Milford Milford . . Milford Milford . . . Milford Milford . . Milford . . Milford Boston . . Milford . . Milford . . Milford . . Milford . . Milford Milford . . Milford . . Bradford Seminary . . Milford Milford Milford . . . Milford Milford . . Miliord Milford TWO years’ course. Ida M. Bradley, Caroline L. Carr, .John N. CaJiill, Robert E. 1. Ellsirt-ee, S. Leora Fairbanks, Fannie D. Richardson, Walter A. SeveraiKiC, William F. Sherburne, Mabel E. Taft, Mary E. Taft, John B. Tracey, TOTALS. Principals ' , . 8sislants. Classes, Alumni, HAS THE MOST Complete Assortment ot the Latest Novelties IN GOLD PENS, PENCILS, Fountain and Stylographic Pens at the Lowest Prices. 11 Milford Milford Milford Milford Milford Miiford Milford Hyde Park Milford Milford Milford 12 24 23 . 435 Choice Drugs Pure Medicines AT MUSIC HALL DRUG STORE. SOLE AGENT FOR MOjRSE S asparagus kidney cure, MORSE’S DYSPEPSIA CURE. ' n . E. aye o E-C3-A. jsr. BUY YOTJB- DRY GOODS AND SMALL WARES AT 166 MAIN STREET, OF COBURN 0 LM STEAD. BUY YOUR CHOICE CANDY AT 10 CENTS A POUND, O F J. W. ROBERTS, THAYERS’ BLOCK. Stamping Rooms. Goods of all kinds furnished and stamped by the non-erasable method. SILK, CREWELS AND FLOSS Furnished for the ditt ' erent designs. Goods sent by mail to any address. MRS. R. AYLWARD, Grant Block, up stairs, Milford. T. C. EASTMAN, Manufacturer of All Kinds of BOOT ANO SHOE BOXES AND BAND BOXES -FOU- STRAW GOODS. -ALSO- Plain and Fancy Paper Boxes, At Mill, Corner of Central and Depot Street, Milford. GO TO O. M. ADAM S’, TO PURCHASE PICTURE FRAMES OF ALL KINDS. A large assortment of MOULDINGS on hand. ?Fii BEST CF CCAL AND LUMBER FOR THE LEAST JIONEY OF FIELD BROTHERS. Telephone at L. H. Cook’s office. EVERETT Cheney, NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, TOYS, ETC. Headquarters for Boston Daily and Sunday Papers. 136 Main street, Milford. DF,ALEK IN IM_Vr.-_-BR.5TB., Carpetings, Stoves, Tin and Sheet Iron Ware, Paper Hangings, Upholstery Goods, Chamber Sets, Etc. 160 and 163 Main Street, - - Milford, Mass. I Y. IMPORTANT TO BOOK-BUYERS. We have just- completed our annual inventory, during which we have marked down the cost of our entire stock to the amount of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. We propose to give our customers the benefit of this large reduction, and have inaugurated a GRAND CLEARANCE SALE, which will include the whole of our immense stock of OVER 200,000 VOJjUMES, endjracing standard books in every depart¬ ment of literature, as well as the choicest collection of illustrated works and hooks in elegant bindings to be found in New England. The limits of this advertisement will not allow of any details, nor will the prices at which the books are to be sold admit of any expensive advertising. A personal inspection will convince the most skeptical that it is our intention to make this in reality, as well as in name, “a clearance sale,” and that the prices named are such as WILL MAKE THE BOOKS SELL, and give every buyer a bargain. We cordially invite you to call and examine the tempting display on our shelves and counters. ESTES LAURIAT, 301-305 Washington St,, opp. Old South, Boston. A Gorgeous Easter Souvenir! COME TO J. ALLEN RICE’S PHARMACY, mars: Immense OstrichEgg, Imbedded in a Cluster of Lilies, Unlike anything before issued in richness of design and execution. We hope to have the reputation of presenting to our cusTO.UERS the most elegant souvenir of the season. 116 JVtain Street, - - Milford, Mass. BUY YOUR • RAISINS, CURRANTS AND CITR0N - AT THE BOSTON GROCERY AND TEA HOUSE. G. F. WINCH, Proprietor. Buy Your Stationery, Statuary, AND SCRAP BOOKS, OF R. C. ELDRIDGE, 132 Main Street, Miltord. GEORGE G. PARKER, Attorney Counsellor at Law, No. 2 Washington Block, Milford, C. F. WIGHT, TUNER AND REPAIRER V Tip • Warerooms in Washington Block, Milford. Church Organ tuning a Specialty. J or Your 3Iedical Advice Consult Dr. W. J. Clarke., 100 Alain Street. DR. GEO. P. COOKE. Surgeon Dentist, A T 168 Main Street, Milford. MILFORD GRANITE -L COMPANY, Building and Monumental Work Of all kinds executed with despatch. This Granite is pronounced the best in the state. Does not change its color, and is free from iron. Samples furnished on application. Estimates made on work in any part of the country. Feed Swasev, Agt. J. B. Baxckoft, Treas. CLAFLIN THAYER, Manufacturers of CALF AND KIP BOOTS, Boston Office, 90 Pearl street. New York office, A. Claflin Co., 116 Church St. “Active shears gather no rust.” We d Sire to exchange with all School papers. We coiiifratulate one of our ex- changes upon lieing able to recognize our parody on Longfellow’s “Tlie Old Clock.” Try again. A conundrum for some of our aged (?) exchanges. IIow much olderds a paper in its fourth or fifth volume wliose editors are new every year than one in its first volume? We thank tlie Yale Courant for three hearty laughs. Instructor: “Where was Homer born?” Student: “He was claimed to have been born in 20 places, but was only known to have been born in 8.” Instructor : “That will do,” as he inscribed the half of tlie figure 8 in his little book. A scientist says—a scientist is al¬ ways saying something—tliat each adult person carries enough phophor- ons ill his body to make forty thou¬ sand matches. We are beginning to lose our faith in scientists, for we’ve been trying to make a match for the last year, and we had two persons to experiment on. The Girls! —May they add charity to heanty, subtract envy from friend¬ ship, multiply genial affections, divide time by industry and recreations, re¬ duce scandal to its lowest denomina¬ tion, and raise virtue to its highest power. Exchanges received since our last issue: Academian, Advocate, Archon, Academy Bell, Academy Trio, Amateur Journal, Deaf Mute, High School News, High School Becord, High School Review, High School AVorld, Latin School Register, Literary Gem, Messenger, PhiRhomnian, Portfolio, Trinity School Record, Schoolmate, Skirmisher, Spy, Waste Basket, Willistonian, Yale Courant, Yonth’s Journal, Package from Leominster. ,4 START IN LIFE FOR YOUNG MEN Is an Important Problem in Every Home. Self-Support is essential in manhood, Self-Reliance a strono; defense. M O R E T H A N 3 3,000 OF THE Prosperous BRsioess lei of To-Day WERE TRAINED For Active, Useful Business Life AT Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, N. y. For Twf.nty-Five Years it has been the most popular and Largest I’rivate School in America. It is to-day the only institution devoted to the specialty of teaching Young and Middle-Aged Men how to get a living, make money, and become enterprising, in¬ dustrious, useful citizens. It is the ONLY SCHOOL in the world where the course of study is practical, instead of Theoretical; where the students act as Buy¬ ers, Sellers, Traders, Bankers, Bookkeepers and Accountants in actual business oper¬ ations; where the Bank Bills, Fractional Currency and Merchandise are actually USED, and have a real value, and every transaction is just as legitimate and bona fide as in any Mercantile, Banking or Busi¬ ness House. TOTAL EXPENSES. Board, Tuition Fee and Stationery for the prescribed business course of three mouths, §100 to .$115. Applicants may enter any week-day in the year. The Illustrated Catalogue Giving full information in regard to course of study, time required, expenses, etc., will he mailed on receipt of three letter stamps. Prospectus giving terms and a synopsis of the course of study, mailed free. Address EASTMAN COLLEGE, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. f’jR ITV ' VOL. I. MILFORD, MASS., MAY, 1885. No. 7. The Season. “O fair inidspring, besung so oft and oft, IIow can I praise tliy loveliness enow ? Thy sun tint burns not, and thy breezes soft That o’er the blossoms of the orchard blow. The thousand things that ’neath the young leaves grow, 1 he hopes and chances of the growing year. Winter forgotten long, and summer near.” It is an old, old story—this recurrec- tion of life, but one of which we never weary. Every year, daring the long- winter months, we look eagerly for¬ ward to the coining of sjn-ing and are cheered by the thought that soon these dark, gloomy days will be gone and all nature will put on her fairest dress. Almost before we know it, we seem to be in another world. The snow which just now covered the ground has melted, and reveals the green grass springing up; the cold winds that made us shiver in spite of our thick garments have given place to warm breezes that seem to whispei-, as they fan our cheeks, “S])ring has come.” From beneath dry leaves the pink arbu¬ tus raises its head and greets us with its sweet perfume. The trees which so long have lifted their bare arms to the sky, once more rejoice in their mantle of green leaves, while among their branches we can hear the birds twittering to one another as they fly from bough to bough in search of a suitable place for their summer quar¬ ters. ddie advent of spring is hailed with delight by the old, who can more read¬ ily go out of doors now that the snow has gone and the warm weather come, and by the young who, in spite of the merry times they have had skating and sliding, still prefer the sports in which they can now indulge, and who also, if tlie-truth must be told, rejoice that soon the summer vacation will be at hand. d’he farmer goes whistling to his jtloughing after his long winter’s rest from out-of-door work, the housewife throws open the windoAvs, lets the fresh spring air penetrate every nook and coi-ner and gives the house what she calls “a good cleaning,” the bota¬ nist sallies out in search of the early flowers, the gardener cheerfully begins his summer’s task, all glad, ‘heartily glad that spring has come. I. L. G., ’85. What Our Memorial Hall Thinks. “I fear that too few of these, schol¬ ars who daily jiass me by have their thoughts turned to the reason of my being here, and that those Avhose memories I hold sacred, are not brought to mind ; for the cause seems to be foi-gotton, for Avhich brave sol¬ diers, twenty years ago, fouglit and died on battle fields far from home and friends. I hardly think their heroic conduct and deeds stir u}) withiil these young persons patriotic feelings, and there is too little gratitude shown for citizens’ lives given to obtain univer¬ sal freedom and to kee]) inviolate the Union. It is sad for me to feel that my purpose is not heeded, that 1 strive in vain to re]n-esent a history of im- ]K)rtant events of tbe ]uist. Cotdd 1 s])eak aloud, with tender¬ ness I should tell them how 1,142 men of this town, at the President’s call, were Avilling to leave home comforts and dear ones to undergo the hard- shi])s of army life, not knoAving Avheth- er they Avere evei- to return, or not. All Avere determined to preserve the gOA ' ernment and their country, to crush the evil of slavery, Avhich, starting from that Vii-ginian ])ort in 1019, had cre])t like a serj)ent through the Avhole South, poisoning Idberty Avith its sting, till she, overcome l)y grief ajid anguish, turned and tram])led it. Let these sciiolars remember that they formed a ])art of the glorious ar¬ my Avhich delivered the negroes from serA ' itude, and gaA e them human rights. As soldiers they were eager to prevent the republic’s falling to pieces in its youth and they loA ' ed the name of LTkited States too aa ' cII to lose it so soon. I might recall civil strifes, for¬ eign Avars for territory and poAver, Avars for existence, and for securing freedom from unreasonable oppression, but none that had greater ends in view than this contest for destroying a wrong Avhich brought a race of hu¬ man beings almost to the same level as beasts of burden. That manv of those Avho formerly })romoted this evil are noAV glad because it exists no longer, is a fact Avhich proves that justice has been done m its destruction. To blot out such a stain, our volunteers Avent to the battle-field. Weary marches, nights of Avatching, days of hunger and suffering were their lot. Some pined aAA ' ay in foul prisons, some in the thick of the fight Avere Avounded, others Avere cut doAvn by shot and shell, never to rise again. SorroAving families day by day increased, as ncAvs Avas received of a father’s, a brother’s or a son’s death. When, at last, the conflict Avas end¬ ed, and the stars and stri])es were rec¬ ognized as the flag of South as Avell as North, the survivors came back to per¬ form the duties of laAA ' -abiding citizens; and noAv, in memory of their fallen comi-ades, graves are yearly decorated Avith fioAvers and flags. FloAvers and flags are memorials of a day and onh ' once a year remind these scholars of patriotic sacrifices, but I stand as a memorial for generations to come, a constant reminder during every day of the year. Although admiration is oft¬ en exjn-essed for my outward appear¬ ance, ’tis not merely this Avhich should be admired, but the bravery and man¬ liness of these dead soldiers Avhom I commemorate, and though age may crumble me to dust, time must never destroy their honor and praise.” o. II. Af., ’85. O -A. IC l ' fIEv0 K,vmiiY|IYY. Published Monthly During the School Year, nv The Senior Class of the Milford High School. PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. GENEK. I. EPITOISS. INEZ L. GAY ami CLARENCE II. MORGAN. PE11SON.A.E EDITORS. H.4.RRIET A. SMITH and HORACE A. BROWN. LOCAL EDITORS. ANNA IM. WALKER and ROBERT C. HUSSEY. BUSINESS EDITORS. THERESA A. McCARTEN and HARRY P. CROSBY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Eight Numbers.) For the Year, . 35 cents | Single Copies, . 6 cents This paper is for sale at the well-known drug store of J. Allen Rice, where subscriptions for the year will also be received. Address all communications to THE OAK, LILY AND IVY, Box 871. Entered at the Milford, Dlass., Post-Ollice, as second class matter. N. B. It is our intention to furnish our patrons, however, with a better and hiqher than second class. Editorial. We are happy to announce tli.at the O. L. and I’s accounts on both the credit and deiiit side are balanced. W e owe no one and no one owes us ;— that is to say, as far as money is con¬ cerned; but for good will and kind assistance we feel deeply indebted to all advertisers and subscribers who have enabled us to donate to the school a $90 present as a remembrance of the happy days of the past four years. The paper fund contribution was so liberal this term that we had a suf¬ ficient sur])lus to buy and frame a picture of the Three Fates. The old ladies, Clotho with her spindle and open mouth, Lachesis with measur¬ ing thumb and thoughtful face, and Atro])os with sheep shears and inquir¬ ing face, look down upon the for, fari, fatum of the Latin classes. Principal Lull briefly explained to the Classical and High School teach¬ ers at their last meeting the cause, method and result of our industrial work. Several letters have been re¬ ceived from distant parts of the coun¬ try asking for information in regard to it and ex])ressing a -wish to attempt something similar. A bank certificate of $149 repre¬ sents the jirofits of our exhibition. We do not jiropose to hoard it, but it will be S])ent at once for the good of the school. Query :—“Will next year’s scholars see the sunny faces of the class of ’85 loooking down at them from the wall?” We desire to acknovdedfre with O thanks the congratulatory letter re- cei ' ed from Edwin Cheney since our last issue. We find our columns too crowded to allow its insertion, but it is jileasant to know that both our head and hand work are appreciated by the citizens of Milford. Does it pay ? Eight weeks of worry and fret; essay written and re-written and written yet once again ; rehearsals before school, after school, on Satur¬ days, in our dreams; the mercury standing on tip-toe trying to push the roof off its tubular house; and all for what?-a short five minutes on the Opera House stage, and then- oblivion. (’olumbus first saw the American Continent, St. Augustine was founded, the Mayflower landed her passengers at Plymouth Ivock, George Washing¬ ton was born, the battle of Bunker Hill was fought and Y orktown sur¬ rendered on hangman’s day. What an unlucky day is Friday ! Married. In the Church of the Laboratory, in the presence of the parents and friends of the hajipy pair, Mr. Lightweight Hydrogen, only son of Hon. H O. Water-producer and Miss Astringent Chlorine, daughter of Dr. Bleacher, the Disinfector. The bride was charming in her lovely yel¬ lowish-green silk, which was highly perfumed. The ceremony was jier- formed by Rev. Omnipotent Sunlight at mid-day. The union caused a sen¬ sation that shook the building and the spectators v ere glad that they had observed the directions of the usher and taken the back seats. John Harvard. Rev. George E. Ellis (H. C. 1833) says: “A. secrecy and silence as yet unpenetrated and unvoiced cover the whole life history, in the mother country, of him who planted learning in the New England wilderness. We know neither his birth-time, nor birth¬ place, nor lineage, nor parentage. Ilis name appeai-s on the entry book at Emmanuel Col¬ lege, Cambridge, in 1628. He was matricu¬ lated there as pensioner,—that is, one who can pay his own charges,—July 7,1631. The signature for his bachelor’s degree is dated 1631, and that for his master’s degree, 1635. There all we know of John Harvard in Eng¬ land stops.” A guinea for each word, or a hun¬ dred dollars for each of five lines, of information about John Harvard in England, have been offered, and in ad¬ dition the graduates of Harvard Col¬ lege projiose to raise a fund to secure the services of the eminent American Antiquary, Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters (class of 1855), now in England, to make a thorough search there. Not a Graduate. Ella J. Newton, ’08, has been teach¬ ing a young ladies’ seminary in Foo- Chow, China, for the last five years. The young ladies are all Chinese. Harry C. Smith, ’72, is a jihoto- grapher in the emjiloy of Richardson tfe Harrington, photograjihers, Tremont street, Boston, Mass. Charles H. Fisher, ’82, is clerk in G. T. Fales Co’s dry goods store. Minnie Aylward, ’82, is teacliing school in Medway. Arthur W. Vant, ’82, English, is employed in Rice’s drug store. Walter A. Vant, ’83, English, is in Willis’ photograph gallery. Martin Foley, ’83, is working in Worthen’s market. Ida M. Bradley, ’84, English, is en¬ gaged to sing in the quartette at the Methodist church this year. Charles Gillon, ’85, is attending Holy Cross College, W orcester. Nellie Partridge, ’86, was married a short time ago to Henry Weeks. Robert E. I. Ellsbree, ’84, English, died Wednesday, April 30. His own class,the four years’ class of’86, of which the two years’ class of ’84 was a part, and the teachers, contributed a beauti¬ ful pillow with a suitable inscription and attended the funeral in a body on the following Sunday. The following is from the eleventh px’incipal of our school: Hudson, Mass., M.vrcii 31, 1885. Editors of the Oak, Lily and Ivy: Your acceptable paper, telling of the pro¬ gress of the pupils ami school I love, has been read with pleasure. Y our Industrial Exhibition I especially commend, enabling each pupil to compare his own industrial skill with each of the oth¬ ers, and by comparison widening his range of ideas and stimulating to higher excel¬ lence. Education will be one-sided, unbal¬ anced, till manual and mental training go hand in hand together. It is a long way from the brain down the arm, througli the hand and fingers to the mind’s ideal in mat¬ ter. The painter and sculptor, the musician and inventor have not alone found this true. The hand as well as the head and heart needs training, and many a student may find some aptitude he, till trial, little deemed he pos¬ sessed. Too generally industrial training is received dissociated from mental, without regularity, too late in life. The two should begin when young, go together and with reg¬ ularity. For the word of personal mention your paper requests, Milford ' I ' own History will suffice, by adding two years in the Massachu¬ setts Legislature; one as secretary of the Committee on Educatiom; the latter as chairman of the Committee on Federal Rela¬ tions. 8ince then I have the Law essayed. Enclosed please find a postal note in pay¬ ment of subscription, with thanks. Y ' ours most slncendy, Silas W. Hale. Venison is deer meat. Tliere are five children of the alum¬ ni in school this term. We are pleased to relieve the anxie¬ ty of one of the seniors by emphati¬ cally asserting that:—“It is a horse.” Ilog-o, pig-ere, sqneak-i, grnnt-um. The above has just been found en¬ graved upon the marble trough of Bacon’s swinery. It was discovered at a depth of 1885 feet in the ruins of the hamlet of Porkopolisby Sch fcmann. Class in history : “What did Julius Cccsar distribiiteVmong the Romans? Scholar scowls a moment and then gravely answers “Pop corn.” Latin class coming across the name Croesus in their reading, teacher says, “Well, who was Croesus?” Silence pre¬ vails for a moment and then someone says, “Why, She was the wife of Aeneas.” We think this passage “strengthen thou the weak hands and conlirm the feeble knees” will be particularly ap - j)licable to some of the seniors on graduation day. Young lady in botany, analyzing a flower, says, “I’m sure of one thing, these flowers are not in cats’ skins.” All agree that they are not. Some of the young ladies take ex- ceptions to the statement that “Smart women are those who have develoj)ed masculine characteristics.” Saiil one senior to his mate : “Let’s sec your proof.” “Have you engaged yovir dressmaker ?” “What is your sub¬ ject?” “What are your statistics?” The botany class with specimen, mi¬ croscope, paper and pencil are i)rodu- cing truly wonderful works of art. By the side of our Fahrenheit’s now hangs a centigrade thermometer and now the ))hilosophy class can readily change the reading of one to that of the other. As we have every reason to know that our j)rincipal is a great lover of flowers and will pi-ovide all necessary vases, can wi not kee[) them full ? V can tiius enjoy them ourselves and add to the aj)pearance of the room. Now the melancholy days have come for the Vergil class: llarpcr’s texts for recitation, no notes, no vo¬ cabulary, no cribs, nothiiuf, 0. An excellent pyrometer made by George Stimj)Son of the philosoj)hy class, has been added to our apparatus. What a blessing the park is to the high school boys! We know of no other school which has so many acres adjoining the school ])remises that are so well adapted for games of all kinds. L X x xzr. The melting })oint of mercury has been a surprise to some of the physics class. “Pendcntia nubila pressit.” lie pressed thunder from the hanging clouds. Somebody says a consul is a minis¬ ter but is not sure whether he is a L). D. or not. French 11. “Sac de unit is a sack of night, O no it isn’t, it is a clothes- bag.” Teacher—“What great German com¬ poser writes so many waltzes and pol¬ kas?” Pupil—“St. Vitus.” We have lately had a novel feature in rhetoricals, a dialogue in French, which passed off acceptably. The Gazeteer gives 284 different places in the United States which per¬ petuate the name of Washington. Now that the thirsty time of the year has come we greatly appreciate the introduction of the aqueduct water. Literature class. Why do the Jews in Ivanhoe call the Christians Naza- renes ? “Because Nazareth was king of the Jews.” Senior reading French comes across the name Pierreval and is asked the literal meaning, whei’eupon he prompt¬ ly answers “Stonewall.” Latest translations of Saintine’s Pic- ciola: “The count of Charney was a very haughty and learned man and so believed in atheism, deism and several other beliefs.” We have been much ])leased to see how coyly some of the scholars whirl the card which illustrates the duration of images upon the retina. It says: “May I kiss you ?” What a beau Thersites must have been! “Squint-eyed, with one lame foot, and on his back a lump, and shoulders curving towards the chest; Ilis head was sharp, and over it the hairs were thinly scattered.” The Sunday school lesson: “The butler and baker of Pharaoh in pris¬ on.” Teacher: “What is a butler?” Small boy cogit:iting remembers the last campaign and ventures : “ A cross¬ eyed lawyer.” Teacher to a scholar caught ])assing a note: “Two-cent postage now, is it. not? “Yes but that was not sealed.” One of the French scholars would like to know how a person voyages when he is loved. What a charming scene! A score of young Tom Mullers, on a S])rm ' morning, raking hay (last year’s) and leaves from our wi(le spreading lawn. If only a Miss Judge could have ])assed up School street there might have been a desperate flirtation at least. 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Claflin Co., IIG Church St. PENCIL SHARPENERS For School and Office Use. DUTCHER TEMPLE GO.,HOPEDALE,MASS. A START IN LIFE FOR YOUNG MEN Is an Important Problem in Every Home. Self-Support is essential in manhood, Self-Reliance a st rono; defense. In Carthage, so the story goes, The tender maidens fair Once bravely furidshed strings for bows By cutting of their hair. But time a revolution brings; Our belles, witli artful care, Now fasten beaux upon their strings With fresh sui)ply of hair. rieart-“beats” —Professional mash¬ ers. Man is a two-legged, eccentric ani¬ mal that deals in politics, religion and general merchandise. Class in physics:—What is mat¬ ter? Snrjii’ised jmpil:—Nothing is the matter. (A]) 2 )lause). “He is a mean man who deals in vulgar fractions to the neglect of in¬ tegers.”—[W. R. Alger. “Rum, Rheumatism and Remorse,” sighed the tramp as he awoke from his nap in the gutter. “After the assessor has comjmted a man’s tax, what must be done ?” “Find the money to pay it, of course.” The reason why no woman can,be¬ come jiresident is because the law re¬ quires that she be thirty-five years of age. Dude.—“What do you think of my collar?” She.—“It reminds me of a whitewashed fence around a lunatic asylum.” “Lemmy, you’re a pig!” said a fath¬ er to his sou, who was five years old. “Now, Lemmy, do you know what a pig is?” “Yes, sir; a pig is a hog’s little boy.” It is useless for jihysicians to argue against short-sleeved dresses. The Constitution of the United States says: “The right to bear arms shall not be infringed.” The Professor was trying to draw out the word organize and asked what a body of politicians did after having a drink. One bright boy, taking ad¬ vantage of the delay, said: “They take another.”—[Adelphian. Exchanges received since last issue : .‘Veademy, Acadeinian, Academy Echo, Academy Journal, Advocate, Album, Ama¬ teur .Journal, Analecta, Anchor, Atom, Car- sonian. Coffin School Record, College Chips, Comet, Critic, Deaf Mute, Hamilton College Monthly, High School Bulletin, High School Censor, Iligh School Corona, High School Journal, High School Record, High School Review, High School World, Kent’s Hill Breeze. Latin School Register, Literary Gem, Normal News, Occident, Rhillipian, INiilosophian Review, Phi-Ithonian, Portfo¬ lio, Rock Point Recall, Schoolmate, Skir¬ misher, Spy, St James Reveille, Stray Shot Stylus, Torch, Lniversity Mirror, Yindex, Vox Ludi, Waste Basket, Xavier, Hampto- nian. M O Pt E T H A N 3 3.000 OF THE ProsperoRS Bisiess Men of To-Day WERE TRAINED For Active, Useful Business Life AT Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. For Twenty-Five Years it has been the most popular and Largest Private School in America. It is to-day the only institution devoted to the specialty of teaching Young and Middle-Aged Men how to get a living, make Jiioney, and become enterprising, in¬ dustrious, useful citizens. It is the ONLY scTioor. in the Avorld where the course of study is pijactioai., instead of Theoretical; where the students act as Buy¬ ers, Sellers, Traders, Bankers, Bookkeepers and Accountants in actual rusines.s oper¬ ations; where the Bank Bills, Fractional Currency and IMerchandise are actuali.y USED, and have a real value, and every transaction is just as legitimate and l)ona fide as in any Mercantile, Banking or Busi¬ ness House. TOTAL EXPENSES. Board, Tuition Fee and Stationery for the prescribed business course of three montlis |100 to $115. Applicants may enter any week-day in the year. The Illustrated Catalogue Giving full information in regard to course of study, time required, expenses, etc., will be mailed on receipt of three letter stamps. Prospectus giving terms and a synopsis of the course of study, mailed free. Address EASTMAN COLLEGE, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. f d i i T y VOL. I. MILFORD, MASS., JUNE, 1885. No. 8. Class Ode of ’85. BY MAGGIE B. MIXON. Father Time, thy footsteps, Light as falling snow. Through four years of school-life We have felt them go; Bringing with them mem’ries Of a living Past, Sighs and fond regrettings. Friendships dear and fast. Joyful have the days been! Bright as morning sun! Taught in ways of wisdom. Swift our course we’ve run. By these self-same teachings. We with hopes sublime, Trust to gain Bight’s summit. In the future time. Ne’ er again the faces. Beaming with delight, As of yore we’ve seen them. Shall make glad our sight. But the sense of feeling— Our life—must depart Ere the thoughts of schooldays Vanish from the heart. Strive that clear and steady Life’s fair Stream shall flow. Not like mountain torrent Causing grief and woe; Spreading rather gladness Over vale and plain. Till at length ’tis merged in The eternal Main. History of the Class of ’85. BY MARIA P. WE.STCOTT. Yes, it is nearly four years since we entered the hitrli scliool. Years crowd- O ed full of ha|)])y events. On the first Monday of September, 1881, from half jiast seven to eight, we new schol¬ ars came in groujis, or one by one, hardly daring to look up and if sjioken to, not venturing to say more than “Yes, sir,” or “No, sir.” Poor timid creatures! so the older ones thought. That first never-to-be-forgotten day was spent in assigning our seats and giving out the lessons. On our way home every friend that we met greet¬ ed us with, “Well, how do you like the high school?” receiving invariably the answer, “I don’t know yet.” We soon felt more at home, how -1 ever, and grew accustomed to our sur- roundings, yet we never could help trembling when we heard the thunder¬ ing voice of the sub-master say to some unfortunate one who did not recite as glibly as desired, “You may sit.” With what awe we viewed those penetrating glasses! We used to wonder how the seniors knew so much, and we felt greatly flattered if one of them noticed us enough to speaL to us. After crowding our brains to their fullest extent with the roots and stems, but alas! not the flowers of the language of the proud old Romans; with a, b, c’s and x, y, z’s ; with the names of the bones and organs of the “human form divine,” there still re¬ mained at our elbow, long columns of debits and credits to add. IIow sorry we were not to have Miss Bancroft with us when we came back to school after the first long va¬ cation. We have never ceased to regret her resignation. As members of the third class now came our turn to look down upon the new scholars; how very ignoi ' ant they were to be sure! how shyly they acted and how we condescended to them! After wrestling nobly the second year with Swinton’s account of the different races of the world, their habits, cus¬ toms and never-ending wars, at the same time endeavoring to understand the jJiysical laws of Nature and the ])henomena depending uj)on them, we then tried to follow Ciesar into Gaul, while the college-aspiring ones began the rudiments of the language of the Greeks. Do you remember one rhetorical day during the Butler campaign, how sur})rised our sub-master was, when having asked what prominent man from Lowell was before the public, to receive from R. the answer, “Mr. Sherburne”? Alas for us, that was the last year of his prominence before a Milford public, for inducements too strong to resist were offered him by his native city and he left us ; to his loss we have never become reconciled. This same year Miss Hall, too, bade us “good bye,” having decided to change her profession for that of the healing art. Thirteen of our class also departed at this time triumphantly waving a two years’ dijiloma. Mr. Gordon and Miss Jones, as new teachers, greeted us at the beginning of the third year. Now those not studying for college began the inspec¬ tion of molecules ' and the composition of the different elements of nature. This study appeared very difficult at first, but soon we enjoyed it greatly, es))ecially the chats down in the lab¬ oratory about the new styles of dress and kindred matters. What a confla¬ gration we just escaped one day as a result of Miss W’s heat ed forceps coming in contact with a piece of phosphorus. About this time it was deemed ne¬ cessary that we should learn to jiarlez- vous ; and such a confusion of tongues as Ave made of it! “Confusion” not so great, hoAvever, as the young lady’s in the Vergil class, Avhen she found herself saying, “And bring his gods to Latham.” Was it really filial iEneas whose wanderings she w’as following or had her mind wandered oh its own account down through the ages to the then ])resent year of 1884? Ask Maud Muller’s musical judge—or the young lady. Tins year brings with it a new de¬ parture. Instead of the usual literary exercises on Washington’s birthday, we had our experimental industrial exhibition. As a result, many new books and more ajiparatus for the school. Thinking a journey in foreign lands might im])rove our mental health, we accompanied the youthful Longfellow through France and Siiain; Continueil ou page three. o -A. k; ’F}IEv0)qK,:LmY|IY¥. Published Monthly During the School Year, ItY The Senior Class of the Milford High School. PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. GENERAL EDITOR.S. INEZ L. GAY and CLAKENCE H. MORGAN. PERSON.VL EDITORS. HARRIET A. SMITH and HORACE A. BROWN. LOCAL EDITORS. ANNA M. WALKER and ROBERT C. HUSSEY. BUSINESS EDITORS. THERESA A. McCARTEN and HARRY P. CROSBY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Eight Numbers.) For the Year, . 35 cents | Single Copies, . 6 cents This paper is for sale at the well-known drug store of J. Allen’ Rice, where subscriptions for the year will also be received. Address all communications to THE OAK, LILY AND IVY, Box 871. Entered at the Milford, Mass., Post-Office, as second class matter. N. B. It is our intention to furnish our patrons, however, with a better and hU her than second class. Editorial. As with this number the connection of the present senior class with the O. ' L. and 1. ceases, it is devoted al¬ most Avliolly to matters of class in¬ terest. We have prospered in our new en¬ terprise far better than we at first an¬ ticipated, and we trust that we have obtained experience which will be of use to us in after life. The O. L. and I. is no longer an experiment, but, we hojie, an estab¬ lished fact. We thank all tho.se vdio have contributed to its support .and hope they will continue to take an in¬ terest in it so that its second volume may be even more successful than the first. Unusually tasty cards are out for the annual reunion of the High School Alumni for Friday, June 26. The fact that so many meet every June to renew old school acquaintances, is one of the best indicMions of the jiojnilar- ity of this school. All the members of this year’s gradu.ating class have siirncd the constitution and received com])limentary tickets. The te.achers of Milford have shoivn their ap})reci ation of Superintendent Hatch’s labors during the past three yeors, by presenting him with one of Ilogers’ groups, “Is it so nominated in the bond?” Mr. Hatch enters upon his new duties in Haverhill in Sej)- tember. The first ten of ’85 for four years in scholarshi]) and dejiortment .are: Gay, Fales, Hale, Morgan, Koss, Walker, Field, E.C. Thayer, O’Sullivan, Smith. Graduating Exercises OF THE ’SS, Milford Music Hall, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, At 9 o’clock a. m. PROGRAMME. Piauo Solo.Mrs. Charles E. Whitney Introduction of the Class by its President, Frank L. Fales. Chorus by the School—See Our Oars with Feathered Spray —by Dr. Stevenson. The Golden Age.Anna M. Walker Marmion—Canto VI .Essie C. Thayer Quotations from Cicero. Harry P. Crosby, John A. Finnigan, John F. Igoe, Peter McBride, William O. Thayer. The Kitchen of the Future.Harriet A. Smith The Proverbial Sayings of the Aeneidf. Winona L. Hale. Washington Irving, as. Revealed in his Sketch Book. John J. O’Sullivan. Chorus by the School, The Sailor’s Song. The M. H. S. Herbarium of Wild Flowers. (With Poetical Quotations.) Agnes M. Burke, Alice 1. Burrell, Nellie M. Conely, Mary F. Connolly, Theresa A.McCarten, Katie F. Tully, Mabel Waterman, Minnie WatermaiD., A Glance at Milford.Isabella H. Ross “Dear, gentle, patient, noble little Nell.’’ . Carrie M. Field. Some Reasons why Men are Willing to Die. Clarence 11. Morgan. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.Inez L. Gay Presentation of Diplomas. Singing of the Class Ode. Music by Kaegeli Accompaniments by Mrs. Whitney. ♦Written to satisfy college requirements. tExcused on account of he.alth. The cl.nss motto is tliat of tlie paper, d ' he colors are blue and gold. The class officers are: President, Frank L. Fales; vice jiresident, Katie F ' . Tully; secretary and treasurer, Agnes M. Burke. The class badge of ’85 is a diamond of old gold ribbon on blue. On the diamond is an ornament.al horseshoe, on the blue the class year and its notto in black. The school is indebted to R. A, Cooke, ’80, for a sjiecimen of coquina and flint from St. Augustine, Florida ; a piece of the brick Avork of Fort IMarion ; a chip from the Washington monument; a section of bark from a jMexican palm tree; A])])leton’s new cycloptedia, 17 vol¬ umes ; Gage’s apjiaratus, seven-in-one and eight-in-one ; Newton’s disks and Pasc.al’s vases are new additions to our library and ajqiaratus. Pink has been selected by the En¬ glish of ’85 as their color. Literature cl.ass: Wh.at is the clos¬ ing part of an oration? “The par- thenon.” Whittier’s poem, “The Bridal of Penacook,” has lately been transform¬ ed into “The Bridal of the Pe.acock.” Not every one can boast of such genius as the scholar can, who de¬ fined a winter idyl as an image. Specimen of a free translation : “She w’.as the kind of a girl to hang to a tioigP Teacher suggests, “Keej) to her oath,” Thanks to the generosity of Dame Nature, sevenal of the young ladies have had their efforts in keeping the piano adorned, well rewarded. One of the be.autiful moonlight nights of two weeks .ago Avas Avell im¬ proved by several of tlie seniors,—in a jmrely astronomical Avay, of course. Poor youths of the Middle Ages couldn’t become squires until seventy- one (?) years of .age. Wh.at an amount of ]).atience Avas necessary to wait all th.at time! For the past Aveek the Botany class have enjoyed the luxury of reciting out of doors, the pleasure of Avhich Avas marred only by the Avarning sound of the bell. One of the fourth class considers the following to be one of the impor¬ tant features of the circus Avhich late¬ ly A’isited toAvm :—“There is many wild anim.als in it which yells all the time.” We have heard of the Frenchman Avho drank some Castor Oil for polite¬ ness’ s.ake, but never, until a feAv Aveeks ago, have Ave seen any one eat cotton chocol.ate dro})S Avithout a grimace. The English cl.ass of ’85 recently gaA ' e the school and our jirincipal a pleasant surprise by presenting to the school through him, a half life-size photograph of himself, handsomely framed, Avith the name of their class upon it. Principal Lull to the English class of’85:—“Oh, yes, Avith a small con¬ tribution from every one, you can get ‘A very pretty picture for the school.” “Hence those blushes” last Tuesday morning Avhen the “pretty jiicture” proved to be a photograjdi of himself. Mary E, Traversee, ’84, has receiv’- ed a $275 scholarship from the Stu¬ dents’ Aid Society of Wellesley Col¬ lege for the year commencing Sep¬ tember 9, 1885, Her splendid record (luring her high school course has merited such a rcAvard. Hi I L ' lr. Continued from first page. then followed Lowell around his gar¬ den ; and made tlie acquaintance of Whittier’s Yankee Gypsies. As seniors of ’85 we found that the o])inion we had formed of that excel¬ lent body was erroneous; they were not Caesars or Shakespeares after all. Nevertheless our lives flowed swiftly on while listeiiing to the eloquence of Cicero and Catiline in the Koman senate and while following the Count de Charney through his re-conversion to Christianity by means of a little flower. We studied Longfellow’s Evangeline and Whittier’s Snow- Bound with much pleasure while the college class followed Homer through the Trojan wars. As INIr. Gordon stayed only a year, we made the acquaintance of Mr. Rushmore at the beginning of the fall term; and tliat the latent artistic l)owers of the school might be devel¬ oped, the winter term brought us, as an additional teacher. Miss Hayward, one of our own graduates, M’ho has given us, Avith many other pleasant things, instruction in drawing. Hav¬ ing by this time become quite well acquainted with the Atlantic authors, we learned how our government and the different powers connected with it are carried on, and in this by s])ecial j)ennission to the class, we dis])la)XHl our oratorical powers in a discussion on Free Trade and Protection. Fin¬ ishing the text book before the close of the term, a society was oi-ganized styled the M. H. S. Improvement So¬ ciety and such was its good influence that at the end of three days we had reached the utmost limit of all possi¬ ble imjirovement, and the society was disbanded. Although a sergeantess- at-arms was chosen, yet never were arms such a useless incumbrance ; but had she found occasion to exercise her power, without doubt the gentlemen, at least, would have yielded immedi¬ ately, as they usually do. It was decided to postpone our e.x- hibition until the spring vacation, and to try and make it still more of a success than last year ; our ])ecuniary profit was one hundred and forty-nine dollars ; our profit in other resjiects, jiast computation. As the summer term began, some chose to learn the science of wealth while others studied the wonders of ])lant-life. To think that our teacher utterly refused to be¬ lieve in one wonder, when a young lady stated that the flowers of a cer¬ tain ]� lant grew in a catskin ! The incredulity of some jiersons is beyond belief ! It has been our good fortune during all the changes of the past four years to retain two of our teachers with us ; our principal, IMr. Lull, and our first assistant IMiss Parkhurst. We have been especially fortunate in losing only one of our number, who passed away last fall. We hope it may be many years before another is called to cross the dark river. As we leave the school, our places will be filled by others. Although we may not have left “footprints on the sands of time” for the encouragement of any “forlorn” successor,yet Ave hope that the freshly tinted Avails of our school-room may serve for a while, at least, to hold in kindly remembrance the class of ’85. What the Poets Say of ’85. F. L. F. “True and tender and brave and just That man might honor and woman trust.” A. I. B. “Her x)resence lends its warmth and health To all who come before it.” J. F. I. “None but himself can be his parallel.” M. P. AV. “Her voice was soft, Gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman.” M. L. M. “Never idle a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others.” J. J. O’S. The heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, the hand to execute.” E. C. T. “With a scorn in her eye, which the gazer could feel. And a glance like the sunshine that flash¬ es on Steel.” A. M. B. “An honest treasurer, like a black- plumed swan. Not every day our eyes may look upon.” C. H. M. “A loving soul to every task he brought.” C. M. F. “This is the flower that smiles on every one.” W. O. T. “He early gained the power to pay His cheerful, self-reliant way.” A. M. AA ' ' . “And her gentle mind was such That she grew a noble lady And the people loved her much.” H. P. C. “A nature passionate and bold, Strong,self-concentred, spurning guide.” II. A. S. “TTiose about her From her may learn the perfect ways of honor.” H. A. B. “Lord of himself, though not of lands. And having nothing, yet hath all.” T. A. McC. “Impulsive, earnest, prompt to act And make her generous thought a fact.” } “Two lovely berries moulded on one stem.” M. W.) R. C. H. “Ne’er Was flattery lost on poet’s ear. A simple race! They waste their toil For the vain tribute of a smile.” B. U-. R. “AVhere none admire, ’tis useless to excel; Where none are beaux, ’tis vain to be a Belle.” M. F. C. “Her modest looks the cottage might adorn. Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn.” J. A. F. “He looks the whole world in the face For he owes not any man ” P. M. McB. “ilis best companions, innocence and health. And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.” 1C. F. T. “The joy of youth and health her eyes displayed. And ease of heart her every look con¬ veyed.” N. M. C. “Courteous though coy, gentle though retired.” AV. L. H. “A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood.” I. L. G. “Full of the deepest, truest thought Doing the very things she ought.” G- HAS THE MOST Complete Assortment of the Latest Novelties IN GOLD PENS, PENCILS, Fountain and Stylographic Pens at the Lowest Prices. Choice Drugs Pure Medicines AT M USIC HALL DRUG STORE. i SOLE AGENT FOR MORSE ' S ASPARAGUS KIDNEY CURE, MORSE’S DYSPEPSIA CURE. H. E. □yCOE-OA.IT. i SAJ-Z- YOUE, j DRY HOODS Al SMALL WARES ! 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Main St., Milford. SIT FOB YOUR PIOTOfiSAPIS AT lOO MAIN STREET, MILFORD, AT E. L. WILLIS’. Graduates of ’85. FOUR YEARS’ COURSES. Enolisii and French —Robert C. Hus¬ sey, Peter M. McBride, Mabel Waterman, Minnie Waterman. English, French and Latin —Horace A. Brown, Agnes M. Bnrke, Alice I. Burrell, Nellie M. Conely, Mary F. Connolly, Inez L. Gay, Theresa A. McCarten, Maggie L. Minon, Clarence H. Morgan, Isabella H. Ross, Harriet A. Smith, William O. Thayer, Katie F. Tnlly, Anna M. Walker, Maria P. Westcott. Classical —Harry P. Crosby, Frank L. Fales, Carrie M. Field, John A. Finnigan, Winona L. Hale, John F. Igoe, John J. O’Sullivan, Essie C. Thayer. TWO YEARS’ ENGLISH. M. Harris Avery, William F. Burke, John H. Conniff, William Gaffney, Clara A. Johnson, Flbridge P. .Jones, Aaron H. Mayhew, Edward J. O’Connor, Bertha M. Pratt, Ida L. Reynolds, Charles R. San¬ ders, Emily I. Spindel, Leora M. Taft. ♦A partial diploma, due to an incomplete course. 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It is the ONLY SCHOOL in the Avorld Avhere the course of study is practical, instead of Theoretical; where the students act as Buy¬ ers, Sellers, Traders, Bankers, Bookkeepers and Accountants in actual business oper¬ ations; where the Bank Bills, Fractional Currency and Merchandise are actuali.a ' USED, and have a real a ai.ue, and every transaction is just as legitimate and bona fide as in any Mercantile, Banking or Busi¬ ness House. TOTAL EXPEMSDS. Board, Tuition Fee and Stationery for the prescribed business course of three months, $100 to $11; ' . Applicants may enter any Aveek-day in tlie year. The Illustrated Catalogue Giving full information in regard to course of study, time required, expenses, etc., Avill he mailed on receipt of three letter stamps. Prospectus giving terms and a synopsis of the course of study, mailed free. Address EASTMAN COLLEGE, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. VOL. II. MILFORD, MASS., SEPTEMBER, 1885. No. 1 A Glance at Milford. Below and ai ' ound me are the hills and vales of Milford. The rays of the morning sun are reflected by the waters of that winding Charles of which Longfellow sings: Thou hast taught me, silent river, Many a lesson cleei) and long; Thou hast been a generous giver; I can give thee but a song. Behind me flows another river, named Mill River. How different are the courses of these two streams, which rising near each other are so widely sejiarated, yet after many vi¬ cissitudes reach the same goal! Thus may it he with us, for in our life work we shall flow farther and farther apart, but Ave trust that, like the rivers, our goals, too, may be tlie same. On their gliding waters are boats filled with their liappy freights, but by the man¬ ufactories that line their banks, we know that man has forced them to turn his ponderous machineiy, and every molecule that hastens so swiftly to the sea must ])ut its shoulder to the Avheel. We are but molecules in this crowded world, yet, like the tiny droi)S in the river, we can all do our share of its work. By the meandering riv¬ er are three marble villages of the dead, around which the ])ine trees .shiver and whisjier in tlie bree e. There is no one walking about, ])1 tick¬ ing the beautiful flowers, no one row¬ ing on the miniature lake which will soon whiten with lilies. How (piiet everything is, and how desolate are the marble jtalaces! In Vernon, which suggests the Father of his Coun¬ try, is a monument calling to mind the Rebellion and carrying us in thought to Memorial Hall, which Avill always remind us of tho.se who fought and died for their country’s cause. Let us never forget the purjtose for which it is being built, and let each, as the Mays go by, help our veterans in their sad duties. Befoi’e me is a hill Avell named the “Bear”, and yet Avithal a kindly one, for it seems to be jirotecting us from the chilling east winds, as’ the mother bear protects her cubs, Avith loving care. But Avhat mean these wires running along the streets on the ungainly ])oles, eyesores to all loA ers of the beautiful? Two Avonders of our nine¬ teenth century of development, for, by these, space has been annihilated, and friends most distant hold commu¬ nication Avith otie another. A curving street I sec, well named the Bow, for its string is Main street, while Central, aimed at our guardian “Bear,” is its arrow. Beyond tlie Boav, the cars are bearing some to their daily work in the city, others to sum- I mer resorts Avhere they may shun for ! a short time the busy world. IIoav our fore-fathers Avould have Avondered, if they had known, or even thought of, the doings of the iron horse, stranger even than that Avooden horse of Troy. Behind me, under the shelter of the back-bone of IMilford, the Dale of Hope is situated. “I sing the praises of the heautiful daughter of a beauti¬ ful mother,” both on account of the enterprise that is shown there, and the beauty of its houses and streets. The hill at my left is magniflcent Avith its A ' erdure. From its name, Ave might su])])Ose it to yield jtrecious ore, but, alas ! the god of silver has slight¬ ed us. Watch the trees Avhispering to one another ; they enjoy it, too, for they are nodding in the breeze, de¬ lighted with what their neighbors have told them. Listen to the ringing hammers, Avhich tell of the Avork that is being done in our quarries,-the only great natural Avealth of Milford. Directly beloAV me is our busy, noisy toAvn, Avith its broad streets. Witli quick step many are hastening’ to their daily toil. Some iire Avorkers in straAV, some in leather, Avhile others, at the forge and lathe, Avith cunning craft build comiilicated machinery. Our homes must not be forgotten, for, rich or j oor, they all are dear to us, Avith their fond associations and memories. Some one has Avell said they are like old violins, the music of tl e ])ast is wrought into them. Our park, noAv as green as an emerald, is indeed a S]K)t of beauty. Our library, too, Avith its hundreds of volumes, is. a silent Avitness to the educational zeal of our citizens. The churches with their ta¬ pering spires must not be omitted, for they indicate the moral status of the town. Last, but by no means least, are our schools, from AA ' hich so many are departing today. May they continue to prosper, and noble men and Avomen be the result of our school training ! ii. r., ’85. Soils. Soils are the Avreckage of the rocks, as they Avear doAvn under the action of the air, the rain and frost, the roots of plants, and the stomachs of Avornis. This Avearing has been going on for a A ery long time in the jtast, s6 that the soil noAV on any country may have gradu.ally settled doAvinvards for thousands of feet, as the rocks slowly rotted aAvay and were carried off by the streams. It is a beautiful fact that the greatest, Avork of ruin that the Avorld knows—the decay of the conti¬ nents themselves—should give tis the foundations on which to rest all th e higher life of the world. .iVll our forests and prairies owe their life to this dec.ay. All the higher animals of the AA ' orld depend ujton this ].)lant-life, and man himself founds his life u[)on the same mass of ruin. Thus it is through all the life of the Avorld ; the death of one thing gives life to others; the decay of the physical Avorld is the foundation for-the higher life of plant and animal.—[N. S.-t haler, S. D. O IC. What of the Future? “We can bear to the future No greater than to us the past hath brought.” As year after year rolls by, new men are brought to ])nblic notice. The fame of some of these is tempo¬ rary, lasting for a short time and then dropping (piietly out of knowledge and memory. Time but adds to the honors of other men and fleeting years keep green the laurel wreath awarded to their victories. Some scientiflc discovery, some invention, a bit of poetical thought printed at the head of the current items, a water-color sketch in one of the frequent art ex¬ hibitions, a novel by some unknown author, a thrilling sijeech by a politi¬ cal novice, all these are a constant re¬ minder to the casual thinker of the thousands of people in this busy, bustling world, pushing and strug¬ gling to gain pre-eminence. Enthusi¬ asts foretell for the future greater achievements and the rise of more eminent men, but how can the heroic deeds, brilliant successes and lasting fame of the past and present be sur¬ passed ? At all times, the world has had its illustrious geniuses, but in the world of poetry and song Shakespeare “the myriad-minded,” with his grand trag¬ edies, is the greatest 2 :)oet that ever lived. Milton, with his ei ics, Spenser, with his allegorical poems, Words¬ worth, Burns, Gray, Dryden, and of more recent date, Longfellow and Tennyson—who can excel them in the rare beauty of their thought and ex¬ pression ? From the fifteenth century to our own day, the world’s scientists have been many and famous. The German astronomer, Copernicus, was the first to demonstrate the falsity of the theo¬ ry that the earth was the center, around which all the heavenly bodies revolved. Then came the Italian as¬ tronomer, Galileo, of the same belief as Copernicus. Harvey, the discoverer of the circulation of the blood, ' and Isaac Newton, of the law of univer¬ sal gravitation, are too well known to be mentioned. Later came Galvani and Franklin with their wonderful electrical discoveries, and the natural¬ ist Agassiz, who being shown a bone of a fish, could describe its form and characteristics. Although this century’s artists, as Rosa Bonheur and Bierstadt, animal and landscape })ainters, are very fa¬ mous, yet for the richer tints and i-arer ])aintings we go back to the time of Titian, the so-called “Prince of Color¬ ists,” and Raphael, ndiose greatest work was the decoration of tlie walls of the Vatican. Rubens in his grand historical jjaintings and Michael An¬ gelo in St. l etei-’s Church, Rome, have left fitting monnments to their fame. Artists of the day visit Rome and the old Italian cities, eager to gain instruction from the noble works of the old masters. For musical com- jiosers, we have Handel, the father of orchestral music, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Haydn, Liszt, Abt, Bach and many others. What can be more divinely beautiful than Mendelssohn’s “Songs without Words” and Chopin’s Sym- ))honies? What more grand than Haydn’s Oratorios? We have had men who have suf¬ fered many privations for the sake of increasing our knowledge of the Hark Continent, as Stanley and Livingstone in their African travels, Kane and others in their efforts to reach the North Pole. Then we hav- Colum¬ bus and other early explorers who sailed over unknown seas, opjiosed by those to whom they looked for en¬ couragement and who during their life suffered want and shame, and in their old age contumely and disgrace. Although the Scientific American week¬ ly gives long lists of inventions amel¬ iorating the condition of the laboring classes, although today we have such inventive geniuses as Edison -and Morse, where shall we find more noted inventors than F ' ulton with his steam¬ boat, Whitney with bis cotton gin, and Watts with his steam engine? Our late war brought into promi¬ nent notice such men as Grant, Lee, Sheridan and Sherman. Every coun- tiy has its hei o. France glories in the military achievements of Napol¬ eon; Englishmen admire the brilliant career of Wellington; Germany boasts of Bismarck, while way back in the time before Christ, Caesar, foremost man of all the world, was Rome’s greatest general. Reviewing the lives of these bril¬ liant examples and of others taken from the long list of philosojjhers, statesmen, philanthropists and authors, ] ast and j resent, taking into consider¬ ation our knowledge of mankind, shall we in the future see greater men than the world has already produced? G. p. r., ’86. Professor (to student who writes, not for the masses, but for the educa¬ ted few) : “You should write so that the most ignorant of your audience can understand all you can say,” Student (})uzzled) : “What part of my 2 i ' oduc- tion is not clear to you, sir ?”—[Berk- leyan. “Quousque tandem abutere etc,” No, a tandem is not a horse and two carriages. BUY YOUR lD:R.lZr C3-OOIDS AT T. Mechanics Block, 138 Main Street., Milford, Mass. GEORGE G. PARKER, Attorney Counsellor at Law, No. 2 Washington Block, Milford. H. C. SNELL, Dealer in MEATS AND PROVISIONS Fruits, Vegetables, Pickles, Etc. Also, home- cured Hams and home-made Sausages. G4 MAIN STREET. HENRY S. CUSHMAN, Manufacturer of Heavy and Light Fine Harnesses. Also on hand. Sale Harnesses at Low Prices. Horse Blankets, Storm Covers, Whips, Lap Robes, Horse Collars, Etc. Repairing Promptly and Faithfully Executed. No. 76 MAIN ST., MILFORD. R, C. ELDRIDGE, Dealer in Diamonis, falclies, Clflcks ani Jeielry, 132 Main St., Milford. ALL ORDERS FOR 0-1 00 lEJ E S Received from the High School Scholars, will be promptly delivered by the BOSTON GROCERY AND TEA HOUSE. G. F. WINCH, Proprietor. A CHOICE LINE OF Plush Ornaments Arrasene, Chenille, Floss and all other articles Suitable for Needle Work. N. B.—Instruction given in Kensington and Lustro Pa inting by MRS. R. AYLWARD, Grant Block, up stairs, IMilford. MRS. M. E. SPENCER, MODISTE, 100 Main Street, up stairs. Everett Cheney, PERIODICALS AND FANCY GOODS, 136 Main street, Milford. AGENT FOR THE BOSTON HERALD. Under this head the editors are desirous of stating [ all facts that may be of interest to the alumni and friends of the school. We shall he especially thankful for items concerning the older members who have left Jlilford. Walter L. Tongas, ’84, is also at Bryant and Stratton’s. Lizzie F. Tooiney and Nellie F. Gorman of ’84 have been assigned to schools in town. The class of ’88 has eight of its ineinhers enrolled in the schools and colleges of higher instrnctibn. The two years class of ’85 is repre¬ sented at the School of Technology by Aaron Mayhew and at Bryant and Stratton’s by Elbridge P. Jones. 3rrs. Clara Howard Shelton, a for¬ mer pupil and teacher, is obliged to ])ostiJone her animal fall visit to Mil¬ ford on accoimt of the alarming in¬ crease of small jiox in Montreal. Two of onr former ])npils, B. E. Harris, jr., and Landon Hunt, have en¬ tered tlie Eastman Business College, and another, Kate E. Barker, has re¬ ceived a clerical appointment at the court house in Worcester. By some oversight the name of Kate M. llanahan, ’77, was omitted from the alumni list, juiblished in Vol. I., No. G. Th is is the only omission that has come to our knowledge, and if there are others, we wish to be in¬ formed of the fact. Alumni officers for this year are: President, Herbert S. Eldredge, ’81; vice presidents, Mrs. John S. NIayhew, ’03 ; ] Iiss Mary O. Sumner, ’82, Miss Kate iM. llanahan, ’77 ; secretary and treasurer, Beuben A. Cooke, ’80. We arc olnd to welcome to our cor])S of teachers Mr. Archie L. Hodges of Taunton, Mass., Harvard, ’83, as our sub-master, and also greet again Miss Anna iM. Bancroft, ’70, af¬ ter three vear.s’ absence, who has kind- ly consented to supply for Miss Hay- wanl, ’70, who is detained by the sickness of her mother. The four years’ class of ’85 is al¬ ready making a good record for us: John A. Finnegan at Bryant A Strat¬ ton’s Commercial college; Frank L. Fales and .lohn J. O’Sullivan at Har¬ vard ; Maria P. AVestcott at Holyoke Seminary; Inez L. Gay, Maggie L. Alinon, Harriet A. Smith and Anna 31. Walker at the Framingham Nor¬ mal ; Carrie 31. Field and Essie C. Thayer at Wellesley and Aggie 31. Burke at the Riiode Island Phono- gra])hic Institute iii Providence make a list of eleven out of twenty-nine. L X jxizr. SAKAII P. CllAPIX, Died September 25, 1885, Aged 2:3 years, 2 months, 9 days. By this death the class of ’82 suffer their first loss since graduation, al¬ though in their last year of school life their ranks were broken by the death of Jennie 11. Pa tterson. Their })res- ent number is 27. Order of Exercises for the Fall Term. E? cr O fee brj o C C __ 7t ft 4-d o GC h-5 CO CO C O rz o O O -o 4 CO c5 05 CO O) X ft CO CO CO o tn .X o 1 a; I ft 3 o 4ft . OJ o ft 3 5 o o a a; c } O O 02 02 ft Q ft ft TO • tr. ft T—i cS O 0) c c 2 ft ft 2 % ASS cS r JSft 1—( 1—t ' ft VJ cv; O TT ft c 2 o pft to c 2 3 C 2 CO zz 3 CO S cS o .... 35 (J X e. (H o a? ft 3 « - ft ft ft rH 3 -ift -ft) rS O g r—• o S o - ft !-( r- 2 ' H tXD X 4— cu a 2 q; o ft • D CO CO CO ft ft 02 c; -ft ( 3 2 ft y ft Fft ft CM J- .2 -ft -ft -ft 2 ergi Igtdi Igeb cc O ft O SJ 4: o 0 -i o o -ft 2 o o -ft O v: o c 2 a; ' 3 o o O 3 o r ' P.2 u o .2 3 ..ft o CO lO HH ft cr ft ci c 2 T3 o ■ — CO O 3 -ft O CO T—1 O w H 3 u o I—( t-H rH cS SIT Foil YOUR AT lOO MAIN STREET, MILFORD, AT E. L. WILLIS . JOSEPH H. WOOD, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Post Office Block, MILFORD, .... M.4SS. CURRIER KENDALL,“ ONE PRICE Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, HATS, CAPS,TRUNKS,ETC. POST OFFICE BLOCK, MILFORD. STJ-X- ■2 ' O ' CrE, DRY GOODS AND SMALLlAEES AT 106 MAIN STREET, OF COBURN 0 LM STEAD. DR. G-EO. P. COOKE, Surgeon Dentist, A T 168 Main Street, Milford. MILFORD GRANITE T COMPANY, Building and IVionumental Work Of all kinds executed with despatch. This Granite is pronouuce l the best in tlie state. Does not change its color, and is free from iron. Samples furni.shed on api)lication. Estimates made on work in any part of the country. Fred Sw.vsey, Agt. J. B. Bancroft, Treas. T. C. EASTMAN, Manufacturer of All Kinds of BOOT AND SHOE BOXES AND BAND BOXES -FOU- STPA3V GOODS. -ALSO- Plain and Fancy I’aper Boxes. At Mill, Corner of Central and Depot Btreet, Milford. B L- V YOU R RIBBONS, lace AND SMALL WARES, OF G. T. FALES CO., 154 St., Milford. CLAFLIN THAYEll, Mainifacturers of CALF AND KIP BOOTS, Boston Oflice, 90 Pearl street. New York oflice, A. Claflin Co., 116 Church St. W. H. BOURNE CO., DKALKRS IX l AXOY GOODS, YAVRXS, AND DRESS TUIMMINOS, |lI3r“Also Infants Goods of all Kinds. 106 Main Street, Milford, Mass. I TPEve K.-MimYlIVY. rublished Monthly During the School Year, BY The Senior Class of the Milford High School, PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. I Wh.ntever ])i-otits may accrue, will be ' devoted to the needs of the school, j Show your interest in us by “deeds not words” ; not by good advice, but by 40 cents for the 10 numbers of the jiresent school year. GENERAL EDITORS. GHACK P. FIKLD and W. I. COOK. PERSONAL EDITORS. ABBIE J. MADDEN and I. II. FAIKBANKS. LOCAL EDITORS. LILLA F. IIAYWAUD and W. I. CLIFFORD. BtrsiNESS EDITORS. CORA L. SNELL and N. C. TO EGAS. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Ten Numbers.) For the Year, . 40 cents | Single Copies, . 6 cents This paper is for sale at the well-known drug store of J. Allen Rice, where subscriptions for the year will also be received, and back numbers can be obtained. Address all communications to THE OAK, LILY AND IVY, Box 871. Entered at the Milford, Mass., Post-Office, as second cj ss matter. In publishing this, our second vol¬ ume of the Oak, Lily and Ivy, ive ■wish to return thanks to our friends for the kind encouragement vdth which the paper of last year was re¬ ceived. We trust that our efforts in a similar direction for the present year will meet with as favorable a re¬ ception. We know this small sheet ivill not take the place of the daily or weekly paper, nor contain articles of erudition to rival those of the popu¬ lar monthlies, but to scholars, gradu¬ ates, parents and friends, we hope it Avill jirove interesting reading, and a means of education to those udio con¬ tribute articles or conduct its publica¬ tion. We also desire to call attention to the ureat advantages to be derived from advertising in our columns. Our circulation is not confined to Milford ; but copies are sold in the neighboring towns that send ]ni])ils to this school, as Mendon and liellingham ; many are also sent to alumni and exchanges in different towns and cities t[irou ;liout the Union. The paper goes into twen¬ ty-one states, the District of Colum¬ bia and Canada. With this number, too, the size is doubled and we expect an increased circulation. Please re¬ member, moreover, that it enters the best families in Milford, whose patron¬ age may be obtained through a timely advertisement. We trust that the alumni will aid us not only by adding their names to the subscription list ; but also by calling the attention of others Avho are not ])ersonally interest¬ ed in the school, to the paper, so that we may with profit carry on the ivork. Professor Holt of Boston, who has so successfully apjilied the new meth¬ od of teaching music in the schools of Boston, gave a jileasant talk recently in our assembly room to those inter¬ ested in music in the schools. Manv of the best musicians of the town were jiresent and it is to be hoped that they will exert their influence to hasten its introduction. If music were no further below us than the middle classes of the grammar schools it would be of great benefit to the hmh, as our princijial would not be obliged to begin at the beginning every Se])- tember as now, which condition of affairs is not only discouraging to the older scholars but also to him. Miss Bones is makinsc her annual visitation from the rooms of the Thur- ber Association to the fourth class; but this year minus her jaw. As usual her first reception is rather chilling and distant, but as the days ' go by some venturesome scholar gently touches her fleshless hand, as she hangs in revery, and before long such an intimacy exists that the pertinent and impertinent questioning must be rather embarrassing to her ladyship. Mendon sends us four of its former high school scholars this year. One is preparing for the Latin-Scientific course at Dartmouth college. As the committee have fixed the tuition for outside students at one dollar per week, these, ivith one of our former jmpils who has moved to Mendon and one from Bellingham, will pay into the school treasury $240. It seems no more than fair that this tuition fund be given to the school for new books and ajiparatus and we therefore take this early occasion to ask the commit¬ tee for these “unhatched chickens.” Received by our business editors in response to an invitation to continue an ad: “Most certainly we jirojiose to con¬ tinue. In something like 500 news¬ papers, yours is the only one from which the results have been absolutely tangible. The others may have bene¬ fited us in moral effect, but I am will¬ ing to swaj) a little of this for more available results.” Business men take warninir. Great thanks are due our business editors for tlieir remarkable enteiqirise during the last two weeks. At the beginning of the term, our artistic princijial suggested that jiretty little scarfs of inexpensive material for the new desks would not only be very pleasing to the eye, but would protect the desks from scratches and greatly lessen the noise of the books. A few young ladies have carried this suggestion into execution and during scliool hours, their desks may be seen ornamented with differently colored and designed scarfs. The effect is very good. We are glad to say that one boy has also adopted the sugges¬ tion, soon to be followed, we jiresume, by others of the young gentlemen. If thev are not skilled enough in the art of needlework, perhajis a sister, a fond mother or indulgent grandma may lend a heljiing hand. If any are deterred from making a scarf for want of an idea, why not try painting or the simple ajqilique or iridescent work? A border of this distracting “insane” patchwork would be very suggestive in some cases. Threads may be drawn out of any coarse cot¬ ton material (by the way wash goods are very desirable) and ribbons run in with good effect. If one uses her in¬ genuity, she can find many sinqile ways for making inexpensive covers. We hope soon to see all the desks so decorated and then with our other homelike surroundings we shall have such an attractive room that it will bo a means of education in itself. After the June Oak, Lily and Ivy had been issued, and the class of ’85 were “citizens of Milford,” they sum¬ moned our principal to the house of a classmate and presented to him one of Rogers’ groiqis, “Is it so nominated in the bond?” The class were for¬ tunate in their choice, as it was the group that Mr. Lull most highly .ap- jireciated of the long list of Rogers’ subjects. Astronomy class. Attention. Next month the |)lauet Saturn, as morning star(?), will be in iierihelion, with open rings, ivithin two months of o])- position and also in his highest north¬ ern declination. Venus is mistress of the heavens, as morning star, until the middle of the month. The new star, or rather sun, is also a matter of interest just now. It is in the great nebula of Andromeda and is already of the sixth magnitiuh ' . “Is it a temporary or variaiile star between us and the nebula? Or is it the condensation of the nebulous mass into a central sun, and hence a mar¬ velous confirmation of the nebular hypothesis?” How strange it seems without ’85! O iC . •LOC IL . ’Rah for ’8(3. “Get off that arm, can’t you.” Only 40 cents for 10 numbers! O Grace-ous, what a Blood, E. class ’88 is! A base ball nine with eight fielders is rather paradoxical. Rocks are at a premium just now, if you know their names. AYanted, A Czar. A good salary with dynamite thrown in. The paper fund for this term has been collected and amounts to $6.66. One of onr young men ventures the guess that ISouth America is south of Florida. “The Dead Alarch in Saul.” Poor Saul! Tityus and the vulture are distanced. AYhat’s in a name? Nasturtium (nasus, nose ; torquere, to twist) is, certainly, equal to its name. Young ladies, keep out of the labo¬ ratory, for there is an “awful” s])ider there, wdiich can indirectly make mere noise than a stone crusher. AYe call the attention of the repair¬ ers of concrete to the break in )ur sidewalk caused by the introduction of water last year. AA e are the largest senior class in the history of the school. AA’ e begin onr last year with 34 and we hojje to see that number take their di])lomas next June. The fourth class are now ])reparing specimens of bone to illustrate the animal and mineral ])arts. Bones in knots ajid others, so white and ])orous as to suggest the delicate work of ])olyps are presented and added to the record of tlieir regular work. AA e scholars watch with interest the })rogress of the im])rovements on the Memorial Hall grounds; but we are especially anxious about the sidewalk. For years we have tiptoed through the mud of fall and si)ring and there¬ fore rejoice at the erection of the hall, thinking it may exert an influence upon its surroundings. This is our second year of free text books, and with few exceptions all are still j)leased ; but if some of the boys can soil the books in the same ratio this year as last, they will certainly ])ut more into them than they get out of them. It must be pleasant to hear a scholar of a lower class inquiring in tones of disgaist: “AV ho had this book last year?” Important information for astrono¬ mers : “The wandeiang planets are fixed.” How do you ])ronounce s-t-i-n-g-y? asked the teacher. The boy rej)lied:— “It de])ends a good deal on whether it ap})lies to a person or a bee.” The large recitation room down stairs has been substantially re-seated during the vacation with the single seats, formerly used- in the ui)])er room. The boys of the first class are adopt¬ ing a “dog in the manger” ])olicy,— they do not wish the girls to do all the editing and a re unwilling to do it them¬ selves. Jessie E. Grow of the senior class, o])ened a dancing school in Pythian Hall, Friday afternoon, Se])tember 25, which was attended by about 4U pupils. Ilopedale evidently has an eye to the future when all our travel will be transferred to the air. At least she seems to avoid in her survey as many streets as possible. One of the radiators in the sub- mastei ' ’s room has been removed to the north recitation room. No more frozen noses or rattling teeth now that two radiate their genial warmth. The Dismal Swamp has been some- vvdiat enlarged since the time of Har¬ riet Beecher Stowe’s famous novel. According to the statement of a geol¬ ogy scholar, it now extends from Virginia into New Jersey. The appearance of the lower rooms has been greatly improved by a coat of calcimine applied to the walls and ceilings. The tints are similar to those of the iqiper rooms and now the contrast is not so painful between the two. During A ' acation the large upper room, now used as the study room, has been entirely re-fitted with new Paragon desks with seats attached. They are single, of a new style and a very great improvement on tne old varied collection. A new voluntary drawing class has been formed by members of the first and second classes. For the jiresent they are under the instruction of Aliss E. M. AA’ ires, ’78, drawing teacher in all the schools, who is substituting for INI iss Hayward in this dejiartment. ' I ' he senior class have organized and chosen the following officers: Presi¬ dent, AA’ illard L. Fales; vice ])resi- dent, Lilia H. Dennett; secretary and treasurer, Elbe Reed ; executive com¬ mittee, Florence Y. Clark, Martha AI. Eagan, Carrie L. Tobin, Alary 1 . Cox, Ernest F. Norcross. Consolation to class drivers. If they were not behind in their studies, how could they pursue them? Alumni, send in your 40-cent sub¬ scriptions so that we may have a basis of calculation in our succeeding edi- tions. Our advertising columns prove the statement that there are at least 50 en¬ terprising, energetic business men in town. Patronize them. “Meseemed I smelt a garden of sweet flowers, Tliat dainty odors from them threw around.” That’s what Edmund Spenser says about our flower laden piano. N. B. AA ’e have noticed that some of our AYestern exchanges have used the ser- vi(!es of some of our leading writers, hence we felt obliged to go outside for a little talent. Our numbers this term .are as fol¬ lows:—First class, 18 girls, 16 boys; second class, 16 girls, 7 boys; third class, 18 girls, 24 boys; fourth class, 35 girls, 28 boys; total, 87 girls, 75 boys. There is also one past graduate who is pursuing studies outside the regular English, French and Latin course for which he received a diplo¬ ma last June. Grand total 163. The Closed Gentian. “Fair Gentian, come, thy secret to me tell: What dost thou hide Avitlii i thy azure cell? What sacred treasure keep from human view Beyond the curtain of thy blossom blue?” Nature often hides her treasures that some day she may surprise us with the beauty that is not revealed to every eye. AA’ ay down on the dusty South Alii ford road we found one of her rare autumn treasures, so rare, indeed, that none of ns in school had over before seen and known it. It was only a single cluster of closed gentian (gentiana Andi-ewsii) seeming, with its tightly closed petals , which never expand, to be asleep. This was very different from the fringed gen¬ tian (gentiana crinita), as the latter bears four-cleft solitary flowers, and the former ten-cleft clustered blossoms, yet in their color they bear the closest family resemblance. The inner folds of the blossom of the closed gentian are nearly white while the outer ones are a deep blue. As two varieties of the fringed gentian are found in town, we have three specimens of this rare family to add to the flora of Alilt ' ord. sr. n.s. Dr. Hertel says: “Ghildren wlio go to school, and from whom a consider¬ able amount of daily work is reijuired, must live regularly, and go to bed at j’.rojier hours, so that they may be fresh for their tasks, otherwise they get little good from the teaching.” Down the Connecticut in a Canoe. Tuesday, August 18,1885. Here we are at Xoi ' tluuuborland, N. II., a (lay’s I ' ide by expvess froiu Boston ! We, means my brother and myself, strictly s])eaking, thougli in this case it may well include a cedar canoe. To these also, add the neces¬ sities of a camping jiarty, a camera and a box of prepared ])lates, a fishing pole and troll, a si)ecinien of firearms, dan¬ gerous to no one save ourselves, and you have ls all. It seems at first thought a very sim- ])le matter to travel by cars in these days, yet there are still a few things to be learned. Noav, suppose you wish to launch at this ])lace, then buy a tick¬ et for Northumberland, check your baggage for Northumberland Falls, and when the conductor calls out “Guildhall!” get right out, and here you are. You see it’s very sira])le if you only know, otherwise you’ll be carried on to the next station,—as we were. A more provoking feature of this arrangement is the fact that Guildhall is over the river in Y ermont. This little extension of our day’s ride and the necessary return, made our camping out in a strange country the first night impossible, and so we ])aid our toll, crossed the river, and patron¬ ized the local hotel for the night. Wednesday, Aixgust 19. Up at 5.30 and off without break¬ fast. Like the small boy on the morn¬ ing of “the glorious Fourth,” breakfast didn’t count. Our boat was soon denuded of its burlap covering, and then the question arose as to its reach¬ ing the water. Steej) banks and mills line the rivei’, and nothing better than a mill race could be founcl. We launch¬ ed, howevei’, in just enough water to float the boat; but before we could store away the packages and bundles, “too numerous to mention”, it was 7 o’clock, the gates were raised, and so were we. About this time one of us, not the brother, became tii ' ed in close ju’oxiniity to a slippery rock, and sat down to rest. Experiment one : Fact noticed for the philosophy class—wa¬ ter affords a soft seat, bxit rather damp, especially before breakfast. With lines fastened fore and aft we finally let the boat down into the main stream, when two double jxaddles send¬ ing the water in curls astern, produced the same effect ujton us as a sj)irited horse u))on the horse-man. Some three miles dowm the stream, a farmer’s house by the left bank suggested milk and eggs, and when they w ' ere obtained we hunted along shore for a suitable })lace for a camp. This was no easy task, as deej) water and stee[), clayey banks covered with bushes made laml- ing from a 4G-})Ound canoe a delicate Z_.Z l)erformance. A friendly birch log, half on the land and half in the water, was used, at last, as a natural wharf, to which we returned thanks by nam¬ ing our fir.sf laiuling “Birch Log Cam]).” As Vermont is a ])rohibitory state most of the brooks, as is very ]� ropei‘, are on its side, and l)y the same course of reasoning, the “pizen” is on the other. After a hearty breakfast every¬ thing seemed brighter and more cheer- ful,—even the nasty banks fell from the superlative to the jxositive degree, and we embarked for a run which lasted till 4 o’clock. After dinner we got out the flags, arranged(‘?) every¬ thing in a very disorderly manner, and took our first ])icture of the cam]), christened (with coffee) “The Two Flags.” We tried for Mt. Prospect with its summit house, but the sun hid his face behind a dense cloud just as we were ready to exj)ose the ])late. Five o’clock and once more we were afloat. One would think we were try¬ ing to catch a train, such was our hurry. We laughed at ourselves, yet curiosity urged us on, just far enough to see around the next bend, and so on to the next. To the nose, the most striking object of the day was a huge dead hog, lying supine in the shallcAv water, with legs in air like an inverted table. We didn’t drink any more riv¬ er water for 60 minutes. To the eye, the wonderful balancing of logs on boulders in the river, and in trees along the shore, sometimes 20 feet above the river, was particularly notice¬ able. After an hour’s paddling, we thought a certain house and barn looked some¬ what familiar, but on the east instead of the west bank. We soon discov¬ ered that if we got out and walked a short distance, on a narrow neck of land, we could complete the circle and eat a hearty lunch of wliat we had left behind at dinner time. We after¬ wards learned that the natives called this the four-mile bow, and we never questioned the ])ropriety of the name. Another bow followed this, where the troll caught us fish for su])])er, and then the river blockaded from bank to bank with logs tightly wedged togeth¬ er for a half mile down stream, caused our first carry. Half this distance at 7 o’clock at night of the first day, was sufficient for us, and the loan of a light wagon from the nearest farmer was fouml a necessity. With this, and the two strong hands of a good natured farmer, and two cpiarts of milk for in- S})iration, we were once again afloat, just as darkness began to .settle on the water; but not until 8 o’clock did we find a camping ])lace for the night that would suit our fastidious tastes. We did find, however, what then seemed a fair jilace, but afterward thought it a ])ai ' a(lise when compared with later camps. We named it “Skunk Cam]),” for good and sufficient reasons, for ‘tho’ lost to sight, it (or they) was to memory dear.’ Cords on cords of driftwood were to be had for the ])ick- ing u]), so a bright, cheei-ful cam]) h ' re recpiired no exertion. shelter tent with o])en front, rubber blankets on the grass, (a he.avy dew had already fallen), thick woolen blankets on these, the snap])ing fire in the foreground, and a large tree spreading its protect¬ ing branches over us, made a cosey scene. We once more regaled the in¬ ner man, and turned in with the feel¬ ing that some wd., at least, is work. (To be continued.) DENTIST. GEO. L. OOOEE, D. D. S. Kooina over Milford Nationl Bank, 178 MAIX STREET, - - MILFORD. B. II. SPAULDING, MANUFACTURER OF Men’s, Boys’ and CMIdreu ' s Straw Goods, Corner of Pearl and Lincoln Sts., iMilford, Mass. Salesrooms, 635 Broadway, New York. H. N. DAY, D. D. S., S-u-rg-eozi IDentist, Alhambra Block, Milford. Office Hours: - - - 8 a. m. to 6 p. in. INDEMNITATEM LEGEMQUE, AT HOLBROOK’S, CXLVm. MAIX STREET. WE OFFER SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS - 1 -- CLOTHING FOR SCHOOL WEAR. B. E. HARRIS, CLOTHIER. JESSE A. TAFT, ATTOEHEY AND COUNSELLOB AT LAW, lUVING BLOCK, OPP. POST OFFICE, Milford, Mass. A. SUMNERj -A. 1= O T H E C .A. 15-H , Cor. Main and Court Sts., Ivl I Ij JS’O K. D , lvi:_A.SS. x ' izr. A Journey to Dreamland. One evening last summer, after en¬ during the Iieat of one of the most oppressive days of the season, I lay lounging in my easy chair on the piaz¬ za, when suddenly I felt someone pull¬ ing my sleeve and tapping my shoulder. Turning around, I beheld an elf-like personage sitting on the back of my chair, gazing at me with an air which seemed to say, “I am monarch of all I survey.” He addressed me thus: “.My name is Quicksilver. If it would please you to take a ramble tonight to a })lace you have never visited, I am at your service.” And he leaped from the chair to the railing of the piazza, and doffed his hat three times in a very pleasing manner. Almost invol¬ untarily I arose and followed him. My com])anion was arrayed in green velvet. I noticed that there were wings on his cap and sandals, and that he carried a staff with two snakes twisted around it. Every now and then the snakes lifted their heads and glared angrily at me,, but at a touch from Quicksilver their fury subsided. After walking a few steps we came to an aerial machine with a seat in it for one. This car contained the most in¬ tricate machinery of anything I have ever seen. It was almost entirely composed of sails, (which looked like little fans), ro])es and pulleys, the work¬ ing of which I could not understand. I entered the car, and it started at Quicksilver’s touch. Quicksilver mov¬ ed upward by means of his wings. I never saw so graceful a movement by any other creature. After we had been sailing awhile, I noticed that Quicksilver was speaking to someone every now and then. Fi¬ nally 1 observed for the first time a woman who looked very much like a picture I had seen of Minerva. Quick¬ silver said,“This is my sister; she is toac- comjiany us to the‘Home of Dreams.’” Then she said, “Don’t you recognize me? I am Pallas.” “Why,yes,” I re- j)lied. “I have been reading about you tonight in Havvthorne’s Wonder Book.” I noticed nothing else until we alighted, walked a short distance and came to a dark cave. “We have now reached the‘Home of Dreams,”’ explained Quicksilver. “These are the bad dreams of mortals; dreams caused by a bad condition of the body, over¬ exertion, dissipation and late suppers,” with a wink at me. As he linished speaking, the cloud rolled away from tlie mouth of the c.avern and showed scene after scene which I recognized as having visited me after sup 2 )ers and parties. Then Ave passed to another cave, “the home of good and pleasant dreams,” as Quicksilver informed me. The mist rolled away and disclosed many beautiful scenes. What a pleas¬ ant vision is this! I see a bright, clean apartment with children gath¬ ered around a glowing fire. Occasion¬ ally the mother, who has been laying the table for sujiper, looks out of the Avindovv as if expecting someone. A knock is heard, the mother opens the door, the children crowd around and claj) their hands for joy as their fa¬ ther enters. All is happiness and comfort. A feeling of homesickness came over me, and I stretched out my hands to the vision. Suddenly I felt myself falling, falling—I awoke. The moon shone brightly in my face, my cat was lying on my shoulder pur¬ ring softly; the Wonder Book had fallen to the floor. I found by con¬ sulting my watch that I had been aslee A about six minutes. L. A. j., ’86. The Puritan. “Hurrah! The Puritan has beaten the Genesta. Yes, Yankee skill has proved siij erior to British workman¬ ship. But how did it happen ?” “Oh, of course it was the sterling common sense derived from Yankee tact and experience. Your boasted scholarshii), and schools and colleges had nothing to do with it. By the way, I Avonder Avho this Mr. Burgess is, Avho designed the Puritan. Some un¬ learned shipbuilder, Avho can scarcely write his name, I venture.” “No, by no means. Mr. EdAvard N. Bui •gess, the designer of this yacht, is a Boston boy, educated in the Boston schools, and a graduate of Harvard Col¬ lege. He is a regular book-worm, and his specialty is natural history. He will name more bugs in an hour than you can shake a stick at. He is and has been for a long time active in the Massachusetts Natural History Socie¬ ty.”—[Journal of Education. On the roA ' erse side of a Spanish dollar is a representation of the pillars of Hercules, and around each jiillar is a scroll, with the iiiscri])tion “Plus ul¬ tra.” This device, in the course of time, has degenerated into the sign Avhich stands at jiresent for American as well as Spanish dollars,—$. The scroll around the jiillars represents the tAvo serjients sent by Juno to destroy Hercules in his cradle.—[Boston Jour¬ nal. “Use that talent Avhich you possess. The Avoods Avould be very silent if no birds sang there but those Avhich can sing best.” C- oXl HAS THE MOST Complete Assortment of the Latest Novelties IN GOLD PENS, PENCILS, Fountain and Stylograpliic Pens at the Lowest Prices. 0 -- Dealer in IB .A. T S ! AND PROVISIONS, Fruits, Vegetables, Butter, Eggs, Etc. Also, home- cured Hams and home-made Sausages. 33 Exchange Street. MISS M. L. FOX, FASHIONABLE DRESS-MAKER, 87 MAIN STREET, Up Stairs. FINE MILLINERY AND HAIR GOODS AT PAVILION MILLINERY PARLORS, MUSIC HALL BLOCK, MAIN STREET, MILFORD. MORGAN’S PHARMACY. Sponges, Gums, Oils and Alcohol. CHOICE FANCY GOODS. 3IOIiSE’S ASPARAGUS KIDNEY CURE, MORSE’S DYSPEPSIA CURE. MUSIC HALL BLOCK, - - MILFORD. C-A-X,!, A.T 79 MAIN STREET, MILFORD, For a large assortment of CONFECTIONERY AND FRUIT. All Ic e Cream orders for parties and church fairs will be promptly attended to. Prices as low as the lowest. Heath Brothers, FASHIONABLE TAILORS, 118 Main Street, Milford, A Fine assortment of Ladies’ and Gents’ BOOTS, SHOES AND RUBBERS Can be found at the NEW YORK BOOT AND SHOE STORE. M. A. Saunders, GR VNT BLOCK, - . MILFORD. DEALEU IN Carpetings, Stoves, Tin and Sheet Iron Ware, Paper Hangings, Upholstery Goods, Chamber Sets, Etc. 160 and 103 Main Street, - - fliilford. Mass. LILir -A.3SrZD DR. FLATLEY ' rCOUGH SYRUP Tho Best in the World Every Bottle Warranted- Made By T. 116 Mhin Street, Milford, Mass. Mrs. H. M. Fisher, ■ DRESS AND CLOAK MAKER, No 118 Main Street., Over Heath Brothers’ Clothing Store. ELDREDGE BEATTEY, HOUSE PAINTERS and PAPER HANGERS, And Dealers in Doors, Sash, Blinds, Window Glass, Paints, Oils, Varnish, Putty, Curtain Fixtures, Window Shades and Paper Hangings. 133 Main Street, . . - Milford, Mass. The Best and Cheapest place to buy FEUITS AND OONFEOTIONEEY IS AT J. W. ROBERTS Cake and Ice Cream constantly on hand. Wedding Cake a Specialty. THAYEBS’ BLOCK. Main Street, Milford, Mass. GO TO O. IMI. To Purchase PICTURE FRAMES Of all kinds. A large assortment of .Mouldings on hand. J. EDWARD RODSER, P RO Y1 SION MAR K E T, Veal, Lamb, Mutton, Beef, Pork, Lard, Etc., Con¬ stantly on Hand. Vegetables, Fruits and Game in their Seasons. South Bow Street. Geo. H. Whittemore, Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. Watch, Clock and Jewelry Bepairing. 110 Main Street, Milford. s s MADE TO MEASUBE. iiE0N ii D § MILFORD, MASS. ttS “Agt. Lewando’s French Dye House. GOJVL! WOOID! Lime, Cement, Hair. Also, Brick and Hay of the best quality always on hand by Xj. -A. COORZ, Pond Street, - - Near Depot. Telephone from Cook Bros. Market. “Active shears gather no rust.” We desire to exchange with all School papers. It is our desire to continue our long exchange list «f last year as we wisli to know what similar schools are doing in other places, and avc also Avish to be knoAvm among them. AYe have noticed a tendency among some to make their OAvn schools of seconda¬ ry importance that their papers may he more entertaining to those not ])er- sonally acquainted with the schools themselves. We have been criticised in the past for publishing Avhat our schoolmates and the alumni desired to knoAAq and Avhioh necessTrily must have been of no interest to strangers, yet Ave feel that school, first—alumni, second—toAvn, third—should be our motto, and Ave Avill try and live up to this standard. Our shrinkage from our usual long list of exchanges to those acknoAvledged beloAvg Ave hope is d ue to the fact that others, like our¬ selves, have been exerting tliemselves to acconqilish the great amount of AA’ork necessary to the first publica¬ tion of the year and soon Ave may welcome them to our sanctum. Sej)tember exchanges receiA ed : Ma.ssacluisetts—Latin School llegister of Boston; High School Argus of Worcester. New Hampshire—The Acaderaian of Pem¬ broke. Indiana—The School Ncavs of In- dianaiiolis. In a high school, recently, a young man in reading his Latin exercise came to a dead halt on the word coecus. “Well,” said the instructor, “Avhat does coecus mean?” “I don’t know,” replied the youth, “unless it is a bad sailor.” “No, no,” retorted the in¬ structor, “a had sailor Avould he a nauticusP Order Avas restored in five minutes.—[ Ex. “Adieu,” she said sAveetly as he kissed her good night. “He’s a dien’d, ain’t he ?” snug out her little brother as he vanished up stairs.—[Ex. Teacher—Why, young man, the question seems to ])uz7.1e you. Scholar—Not at all sir, it’s the an¬ swer that puzzles me. O, the bean, the bean, the blessed bean, In Yankee memory ever green; IIoAV many million have we seen In carthern pot and soup toureen. At Athens’ table. And tlien, as seated side by side. How oft Ave’ve gazed with joy and pride Upon the bean-pot dee;) and Avide, Witli every sense beatilied Unutterable. -FOB FINE- BOOTS. SHOES. SLIPPERS In all the Lending .Styles, go to. P, HAU ' LE-Y’B 123 Main Street, Milford. dissatisfaction Guaranteed. A START IN LIFE FOE YOUNG MEN Is an Important Problem in Every Home. Self-Suppobt is essential in manhood, Self-Reliance a strong defense. M ORE T IIA N 3 3,000 OF THE Prosperoils Mimi Mei of To-Daj AVEBE TKAINED For Active, Useful Business Life AT Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. For Taventa -Fia e Ye.ab.s it lias been the most popular and Large.st Private School in America. It is to-day the only institution dcAoted to the specialty of teacliing Young and Middle-Aged Men liow to get a living, make money, and become enterprising, in¬ dustrious, useful citizens. It is the ONLY SCHOOL in the Avorld Avhere the course of study is puactical, instead of Theoretical; wlicre the students act as Buy¬ ers, Sellers, Traders, Bankers, Bookkeepers and Accountants in actual business opeb- ATiONs; Avhere the Bank Bills, Fractional Currency ami Merchandise are actu.alia ' USED, and have a beat, alvi.ue, and every transaction is just as legitimate and bona fide as in any Klercantile, Banking or Busi¬ ness House. TO TA L EXPENSES. Board, Tuition Fee amf Stationery for the prescribed business course of three months, $100 to $11.5. Applicants may enter any Aveek-day in the year. The Illustrated Catalogue (living full information in regard to course of study, time reciuired, expenses, etc., will be mailed on receipt of three letter stamps. Prospectus giving terms and a synopsis of the course of study, mailed free. Address EASTMAN COLLEGE, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. The Dismal Swamp. This swam]), 40 miles long and 25 miles wide, is situated partly in North Carolina and })artly in Virginia. Its soil is composed of black vegetable matter, some of which falls each year in the form of leaves from the dense foi-ests of cypress, juniper, cedar and gum, with which the swam]) is cov¬ ered. Its blackness is due to the car¬ bon that it contains, which, Avhen the decaying material is changed to ])eat, is increased in ])i ' 0 ])ortion to the other constituents. The trees, which are found thickly covering the swamp, maintain a footing in the soil, so inse¬ cure as to yield even to the step of man, and are, therefore, often over¬ thrown and add their trunks and branches to the vegetable accumula¬ tion. Sometimes, however, large trunks of trees .have been so })erfectly pre¬ served by the moisture after their fall that thev have been used as timber, and stum])S similarly ])reserved have been found with their roots still firmlv • fixed in the earth of the morass, as if thev had ojrown on the oritrinal foun- dation on Avhich the swam]) was col¬ lected. The de])th at which some of them had been found seemed to ])rove that they had been buried several hun¬ dred years. Near the centre of the swam]) is situated Lake Drummond, a body of clear, wine-colored water, the banks and bottom of which are com])osed of jmre peat. During the drier months of the year, a large force of colored men is emj)loyed in getting the lumber ready for market. The productions of the swam)), besides shij)-tinibcr, which is its chief ])roduct, are boards, shingles, staves, railroad ties and do¬ mestic fuel. The ])rinci])al channel by Avhich these ])rodactions are conveyed from the swam]) is called the Dismal Swam]) Canal, made by the assistance of the National o-overnment and the O state of Virginia. K. j. c., ’80. Isinglass and Mica. Many ])ersons confuse the two words isinglass and mica. We fre- (juently hear some one refer to the : isinglass in the stove door. In ' many cases, this confounding of terms is due to ignorance; in others, to hab- : it. Let us see how the two articles differ. i LT])on examining several ])ieces of , isinglass we observe that they are ' semi-trans])arent, very tough, and vary in color from a greenish brown to a ; ci-eamv Avhite. The light colored isinglass conies from llussia and the darker from New York and the New England States. Isinglass is a gelat- inous sid)stance made of the sounds or : swimming bladders of lishes. The inodus o])erandi is as follows: the j sound is cut o])en, washed and exj)os- ed to the air, the inner silvery-wliite j membrane turned outward. This membrane is then torn off, ])laced in Before the Avar, the ])oor slaves, rather than suffer their families to be cruelly sejiarated, often sought this I SAvamp as a jilace of refuge. Thej risk they incurred in trusting their lives to such a place, and the hard- shi])s they endured Avhile hiding there, were great, but com])ared with the anguish of separation, they Avere I deemed small. The ex])ectation of dieanng at any minute the h ounds ' ' at i their heels ready to tear them in ])ieces, and the knoAvledge of certain ])unishnient if overtaken, must have filled the runaAvays Avith terror, even Avhile it urged them on still farther. Dred, written by Mrs. 11. B. StOAve, is a tale of the Dismal SAvani]), and it had a greater influence towards excit¬ ing indignation at the Avrongs of the slaves, than many of the speeches made in their behalf; for the pictures Avere so A’ivid that the characters be¬ came living realities and aroused our sym])athies. damp cloths and kneaded in the hands. When taken out and dried, we have isinglass. The finer the quality of the article, the lighter its color. The isinglass of Ivussia, Avhich is A ery ex¬ pensive, costing five dollars a pound, is made of the sounds of the sturgeon, that of New York and the Noav Phi- gland States, of the cod and common hake. We employ isinglass, in cooking, for such articles of food as jelly and blanc mange; but it must undergo a refining ])rocess before suitable for this use. Did you evxu- think Avhile doc¬ toring a cut finger Avith a piece of court ])laster Avhat made the ])laster adhere? Nothing more or less than the sticking substance of isinglass. It makes a most adhesive cement, knoAvn as the “diamond cement,” and is used considerably in our boot sho])S in fast¬ ening together ])ieces of leather acci¬ dentally cut. A variety from Brazil is employed in the refining of licjiiors. Noav examine a ])iece of mica. No¬ tice its laminated structure. With your finger nail you can ])eel off layers of it which are thinner than the thin¬ nest ])a])er. These layers are trans])ar- ent, elastic and very tough. IMica does.not melt easily, but its thin edges fuse at high heat. The color of mica varies from a broAvnish black to greyish green and Avhite mica is a constituent of granite, gneiss and mica schist. It is verv ' generallv dis- tributed, but certain localities are es- ])ecially noted for its ])roduction. In Siberia, a vein of mica has been found not less than three feet Avide while manv of great size exist in Norwav and Sweden. Because of its trans])ar- ency and action under heat, mica is used in stove doors and lantern slides. It is employed on board A ' essels of war in ])lace of window glass, also for s])ec- tacles and o])tical instruments. Finally, mica belongs to the mineral kingdom and isinglass to the vegeta¬ ble. G. V. F., ’80. With the kiiulliost intentions wo snii’ijost to tlio editoi ' s of lSoiho of onv exehano-es that either tliey do not g-et ])ro|)er returns for their printer’s hill, or they ])ay for cheap work and get it. We are, of course, too modest to call their atteutiou to our own ])rinter, hut will refer them to such exchanges as the New Ihiven ])a])ers, for exam¬ ple. Notice their ads and you will see nothing to suggest ])oster type. The academies and other j)rivate schools have the advantage over us, for they cau always count on at least a one-page ad—that of their own school, it must he a relief to have that financial support. We have before us the College Chips and the ITniversity Mirror. The latter criticises the Chi])s, whether justly or not, we leave for our ex¬ changes to decide; hut it raises the (piery iu our minds again as to the advisability of sharp criticism lie- tween papers ])uhlished by scholars of about the same age and the same average ability. Tf the idea is to sit down with the sole purpose of search¬ ing through the list of our exchanges to lind liaAvs, why we hav e nothing to say; but we think that a little judi¬ cious jiraise, with now and then a kindly suggestion or suggestive ques¬ tion, will (io more good and create a better feeling. For our part, we have foundso???eentertaiuiugreadingin all of our exchanges thus far; although we must confe ss that a part was in the di ' pping department. Last year we envied those exchanges which numbered eight yiages, and now we, like the miser who always wants more, are envying those which apjiear in neat and tasteful covers. We hope that before the year passes, we too may indulge in such aluxury,and then— well, then we must find some “ado¬ lescent Nast” to illustrate us. We move to amend the well known ssfying to this: Man wants much here below and a great variety of it. If we did not have a cli])])iug from the Bulletin in this number, we would praise its editors for their persistency in behalf of their bridge and the cause of humanity in general. We wonder if they ever figured up the cost; mental effort, i)ai)er and iid , co.st of ])rinting and ciirulation, lum¬ ber and work, wear and tear on the nei-ves of the committee, etc., etc. It must be a bi-idge of sighs and size (as far as the bill is concerned) by this time, and yet they are not happy. However, we are always glad to see the Bulletin and we know there is life in Lawrence. O k; . We cannot hel}) snnling when we take u]) a dimiimti e exchange and read: “We will exchange with all papers, large or small.” One exchange, we think, makes a slight mistake in regard to the Argus of AVorcester. It is a “mite of a ])aper and represents a large city school,” but it should be taken into consideration that two issues a month would e(pial the size of many papers. A ' olume 2, No. 1, of the Milford high school monthly. Oak, Lily and Ivy, is at hand. It is enlarged to eight ] ages, and prints a readable table of contents. We do not see why evei-y high school cannot afford just such a ))aper, (])erhaj)S not quite as good) ami give the pupils ex])eri- ence and—cash. — [Merrimac Budget. We do not like that Methuen idea of all holding up hands if they have whispered; it’s too great a strain on the weak conscience. If the teacher is not sharp enough of eye and ear, or strong enough in ])ersonal power to control a school without instituting a confessional, we think that the com¬ munication had better go on. If our opinion were asked of the addition to the AA oonsocket llecord, we should feel called ujion to say that we enjoyed the old Avay better than the page of “amatenrdom.” AVe agree with the “Mr. Delaney” who is quo¬ ted, that the interests of the two classes of jiapers are far from being identical. However, AMoonsocket is not Milford, and if the Record is sat¬ isfied, far be it from us to urge a re¬ turn. AVith this exception, we con¬ gratulate the editors on their enter¬ prise. Received in October. Massachusetts —Argus of AA or- cester. Young Idea of Gloucester, Budget of Merrimac; Archon of South Byfield; The Lowell High School; High School Atom of Aletli- uen; High School Bulletin of Law¬ rence; Amateur Journal of Holliston ; Belvidere Herald of Lowell. AIaixe— Kent’s Hill Breeze; The Classical of Hallowell. New IlAMrsiiiiiE — Eclipse of Tilton. Riiohe Island — High School Record of AVoonsocket. Nnw York— Fa ' tman Journal of Poughkeepsie; Sibyl of Elmira. Pennsylvania — University Alirror of Le w i sbu r g. — N e av J e rsey — Ad v ocat e of New Brunswick. Kentucky — Deaf Mute of Danville. Tennessee — S. AY. P. U. Journal of Clarksville. Minnesota — Scluiol World of St. Paul ; Dakota County Tribune. Iowa — High School Journal of A illis- ca; College Chips of Decorah. Alicn- igan — Herald of Hinsdale. Ontario — Portfolio of Hamilton. buy your IDK Y a-OOIDS AT T. IF. Mectiaiiics Hlock, 138 Main Street., Milford, Mass. GEORGE G. PARKER, Attorney Counsellor at Law, No. 2 Washington Block, Milford. H. C. SNELL, Dealer in MEATS AND PROVISIONS ! Fruits, Vegetables, Pickles, Etc. Also, home- cured Hams and liome-inade .Sausages. 64 MAIN STREET. hrENRY sTcUSHMANL Manufacturer of Heavy and Light Fine Harnesses. ■Also on hand, Sale Harnesses at Low Prices. Horse ! Blankets, Storm Covers, VVUiips, Lap Robes, Horse Collars, Lite. Repairing Promptly and P ' aithfully Executed. No. 76 MAIN ST., jMILFORD. R. C. ELDRIDGE, Dealer in DlamoMs, falclies, Clocks aiiJ Jewelry, 132 Main St., Milford. all orders for a-i oc:K!K.zES | Received from the High School Scholars, will he j promptly ilelivered hy the BOSTON GROCERY AND TEA HOUSE. G. F. WINCH, Proprietor. I A CHOICE LINE OF Plush Ornaments Arrasene, Chenille, Floss, and all otlier articles Suitable for Needle Work. ! N. B.—Instruction given in Kensington and Lustro Painting hv MRS. R. AYLWARD, Grant Block, u)) stairs, Milford. MRS. M. E. SPENCER, | MODISTE, 100 Maii% Street, up stairs. E. G. IVIOORE, Offers to the Public all leading varieties of COT FLOWERS FLORAL WORK ' Of all kinds. Give him a call. Hot Houses and Kesidence ou Church Place. XjXX izr. Little Nell. “Dear, jentlo, ]� atioiit, noble little Nell was (lead.” 1 seem to see hei, so young, so spiritual, so slight and deli¬ cate, all alone, save guardian angels, who must surely have watched over her child-life in an old, dreary house on a baek street in London. I see her flitting about like a gleam of sunlight among the dark, murkv rooms, the suits of mail and the ancient turni- tnre with its fantastic carvings. In one of these rooms is a window where she often sits far into the night, till nervous fancies, conjured into life by the time and place, take posession of her. Then she creeps, shuddering, to her ])illow, where her childish heart is relieved from its cares by light and sunny dreams. Now, she is performing her house¬ hold duties with a thoughtfulness far beyond her age, her only reward a smile or kiss from her old grandfather, whom she so dearly loves. Again, watching ovei him in sickness or health, and when he, who has so wronged her, upbraids himself for the hardshi]ts and jioverty they are com¬ pelled to undergo, she drives all shade of sorrow fiann his brow by cheerful words and hrave hopes for the future. Once mon-, 1 see her, when fear and dread have begun to take possession of her young heart, still with the same merry laugh or earnest words, so that he is content to read the book of her heart from the one jiage ])resented to him, little dreaming of the story that lies hidden in its leaves. 1 see her amid her sobs, pleading with the old man to give up his mad desire for wealth, and now that they are no long¬ er able to kee]) their home, to go into the country and wander through green fields and flowering meadows, never to think of wealth again, but to let her beg from door to dooia Then, she the guide, he the child, hand in hand, they set out on those never-to-be-for- gotten wanderings. Attracting old and young alike by her j)leasant smile, kind words and ha])])y (piiet nature, they never lack friends to give them a heli)ing hand. First it is the old schoolmaster, whose dull home is cheered by her bright presence and into whose heart she cree])S in place of the beloved i ui� il, whom he has lost. Then ‘Airs. Jarley, of wax- work fame,” drawn by her beauty and graceful bearing, and ])itying their sad condition, gives them employment. Noi- does she have cause to i-egret it, for Nell is a faithful servant. When temptation assails her ])oor, weak, old grandparent, it is she who resolves tliat, cost what it may, he must be kept from sin. Stifling all thoughts of self, all signs of hunger or fatigue, cheerfully she toils on, the strong staff u])On which the wayworn traveller rests, and which enables him to ])ursue his toilsome journey. She seems perfectly contented with her lot; but as Dickens says “The deli¬ cate face, where thought and care, mingled with grace and loveliness of youth, the too bright eyes, the li|)S that pressed each other with such high resolve and courage, the slight figure. Arm in bearing, yet so very weak, told their silent tale.” At last it is the same old schoolmaster who finds a ])ermanent home for them. IIa])py, indeed, is she when settled in it, beside the solemn old church, from whose every nook and corner comes a breath of ruin and decay. A light-winged, bright-faced mes¬ senger from the ])ortals of heaven, she is free to carry the sunshine of her sweet presence into haunts (A misery and want. Affectionately she lingers by the bedside of the dying, infusing new life and light into many a weary soul. Would that T might leave her a ministering angel among the people, of whom it might be said, ‘one so near God’s throne that her very l)reath comes perfumed with its holy atmos¬ phere;’ but no, her weak and feeble frame, overtasked through all these years, too soon ])asses from their sight, riiev carry her to a nook in the old church, where she so loved to sit and muse. Many a young hand dro])S in its little wreath, many a stifled sob is heard. A whisjier goes about among the oldest that she has seen and talked with angels, and when they call to mind her deeds and words and her early death, some think it may in¬ deed be so. c. M. F., ’85. The Mother of Man. Wordsworth has told us that the boy is the father of a man, but he has left us entirely in the dark as to the other ])arent. Perhaps it will not be assuming too much on an occasion like this if we should attirm that the school is his mother. During the most im- ])ressible years of life it is she who has the traiiung of his faculties and the formation of his character, so far as it is not already settled by heredi¬ tary bent.—[J. K. Lowell. “A man who is as true as steel, ])OS- sessing an iron will, some gold, and a fair ])ro])ortion of brass, slundd be able to endure the hardware of this world.” “Itoth swords anil guns are strong, no doubt, And so are tongue and pen. And so are ■■heaves of good bank-notes. To swaj’ the souls of men; lint guns and swords and gold and thought, Tliongli mighty in their sphere. An often [loorer than a smile. And weaker than a tear.” -CURRIER a KENDALL,-;- OM E PRICE Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, HATS,CAPS,TRUNKS,ETC. POST OFFICE BLOCK, MILFORD. DRY CtOOBS AND SMALL WARES AT leo MAIN STREET, OF COBURN 0 LM STEAD. DR. G-EO. P. COOKE, Surgeon Dentist, A T 168 Main Street, Milford. MILFORD GRANITE COMPANY, Building and Monumental Work Of all kinds executed witli desi)atcli. Tliis Granite is iironouiiced the best in the state. Does not change its color, and is free from iron. Samples furnished on application. Estimates made on work in any part of the country. Fred Sw.vsey, Agt. J. B. Baxcroft, Treas. T. O. EASTMAN, Manufacturer of All Kinds of BOOT AND SHOE BOXES AND BAND BOXES -FOU- STRAW GOODS. -ALSO- Plain and Fancy Paper Boxes. Mill, Corner of Central and Depot Street, Milford. B U V YOUR RIBBONS, LACE AND SMALL WARES, OF G. T. FALES CO., 154 . d i ibt fSt ., Jlilford . CLAFLTN cfc THAYER, Manufacturei ' S of CALF AND KIP BOOTS, Boston Oliice, 90 Pearl street. New York office, A. Clafiiii Co., IIG Church St. W. H. BOURNE CO., DEALKRS IN ' FANCY GOODS, YARNS, AND DUKNS TtilM.MINDS. m -Also infants’ Goods of all Kinds.., J| IO(� Main .Street, Milford, Mass. ’FJIEv 07 IK,:IimY|IYY. Published Monthly During the School Year, IIY The Senior Class of the Milford High School. PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. GENERAL EDITORS. GR.4.CK P. FIELD and W. J. COOK. PERSONAL EDITORS. ABBIE I. MADDEN and 1. H. FAIRBANKS. LOCAL EDITORS. LILLA F. HAYWARD and W. G. CLIFFORD. BUSINESS EDITORS. CORA L. SNELL and N. E. TOUGAS. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Ten Numbers.) For the Year, . 40 cents | Single Copies, . 6 cents Li This paper is for sale at the well-known drug store of J. Allen Rice, where subscriptions for the year will also be received, and back numbers can be obtained. Address all communications to THE OAK, LILY AND IVY, Box 8T1. Entered at the Milford, IVIass., Post-Office, as second class matter. Old Subscribers, Attention! Former subscribers have received our last number and will receive this, whereupon we exjiect them to send us by the next mail 40 cents, otlierwise we shall be obliged to send Xo. 3 at our own expense, which would natui- ally affect their self respect. Do not be afraid of flooding the post office here, for it’s large and well-conducted and can easily dispose of all it receives. Here is a rare chance to obtain an expensive periodical for a small jirice. When bound in morocco and gold it will make a liandsome book for the centre table or library—;as far as the outside is concerned. Therefore sub¬ scribe for the year, or buy this num¬ ber, and we have no doubt that you will desire No. 1, which can al¬ ways be obtained at J. Allen Rice’s drug store—as well as all other kinds of brain food—and then keep right on buying, till oaks, lilies and ivies are no more. Each scholar of the high school, e$- ]iecially of ’8G, should feel that it is his duty to furnish us items, buy one jtajier for himself and sell at least two, then shall we be an unjiaralleled suc¬ cess. We say “esjiecially of ’8G,” be¬ cause it is ’80’s ])a])er, and we say “each scholar,” because the scholar of next year is to reaji the harvest of our sowing. If there is anv one who in- tends to write us an article, hut is deterred from so doing by fear of pub¬ lic criticism, we a.ssure him that not as much is expected of our little sheet and unskilled jiens as is of the Journal or Gazette. We invite all the alumni —jiarticularly those residing in other ])laces—to write us letters so that, we, like our “big brothers,” may also add “From our Regular Correspondent.” It should be a matter of class pride to do as well as ’85, and to accomplish this result, the class must act as a unit. Then, with the kind support of the alumni, our business men and other friends, we shall succeed. The Oak, Lily and Ivy of Milford, Mass., has the prettiest heading and motto that we have seen. — [ii. s. bulletin, Law ' rence. We have been charged wdth effeminacy in the choice of this heading and motto during the past year by some, and itjnay be a matter of interest to our readers to know the reason of our selection. It was suggested by the followdng news¬ paper clijiping:— Gladstone’s three traits. At a Liberal gathering a few evenings ago, in the borough of Marylebone,a proposal was made to ask the premier if he would allow an emblematical compliment to be paid to him on his forthcoming birthday in the shape of a buttonhole or breast decoration, con¬ sisting of the lily supported on each side by a leaf of the oak and the ivy—representing what are considered by many thousands of Mr. Gladstone’s admirers as his striking at¬ tributes — namely, “Purity, strength and tenacity.” The suggestion was adopted amid loud applause. “Mr. James Russell Lowell con¬ fesses that he Avas converted to a be¬ lief in the higher education of women by Miss Alice E. F ' reernan, Ph. D., President of Wellesley college, after having heard her give an address on edu¬ cation ‘as good as man or woman ever made.’ ” If the gentleman were also acquainted with her wonderful ])ersonal magnetism by which she wins the affection and commands the obedience of the students at Welles¬ ley, perhaps his “belief” would be strengthened. The Holliston high school is pre¬ paring for a jirize speaking contest, which is to occur in the last jiart of November. It will also include the higher grades of the grammar school and they expect that it Avill arouse greater interest in rhetorical exercises. Perhajis we might profit by the idea. We understand that our principal has been asked to be one of the judges. A jiaper is said to be a most excel¬ lent non-conductor. A fcAV copies jnit between the blankets of a bed will exclude tlie cold of winter.—Here’s your cbance—0., L. and I—10 num¬ bers for 40 cents ! TValk right uj) to the office. No excuse for freeziim to death this season. Of the present number, 163, there are 20 pupils who will live within the limits of the new town, if the present survey is accejited. Of these, 13 live in Hopedale proper and 7 in its sulmrbs. Of course the parents of these will demand a higher education for their children than the grammar school offers. Let’s see:—20X 40= $800. Perhaps it would be Avell to speak for this in addition to the $240 we asked for last month. $1040!! What shall we buy? Our princijial recently visited his five former pujiils wffio are now at Wellesley. He was very hospitably entertained and so delighted Avith Avhat he saw that he felt someAvhat as a little boy did a AA eek before. His father had before this taken him to Harvard, shoAAm him all its attractions and told him that he some day should enjoy the jileasures of life in Cam¬ bridge. TV ith the recollections of this in his mind he examined Avith critical eye the magnificent surround¬ ings of Wellesley and then said in sorroAvful tones—“Pajia, I AA ish I’s a girl.” We hope soon to publish a letter from an alumna novv ' a junior at Wellesley. We Avish to thank Misses Field and Reed and Masters Clifford and Tongas, all of ’86, for their instrumental mu¬ sic on our last rhetorical day. Music makes a very pleasant break in the sameness of the exercises, and we feel sure that the scholars ajipreciate their kindness. Let others do their part. We have tAvo violinists Avhom Ave hope to hear next. Noav do the editors go about vA ' ith book and pencil and an anxious coun¬ tenance; for the time draAveth near for Vol. 11. , No. 2, and items are rarer than angels’ visits. Last year Ave tried in vain to obtain some information of Sylve.ster J. Sawyer, our third principal. This fact ca me to the knoAvledge of Mrs. F. E. Smith of Hopedale, Avho sends us the folloAving: Sylvester J. SaAAwer Avas born at Northfield, Tla.ss., and Avas a graduate of Amherst, class of 50. He dcA oted his life to education¬ al Avork and at one time Avas professor of languages at Seton Hall college. He Avas unmarried, but a great lover of children and had practically adopt¬ ed seven boys aaTio had been depriA ' cd of their guardians. His liberalism in all matters of religious thought and creed Avas a prominent trait of his character. He Avas living at Brook¬ lyn, N. Y., at the time of his death Avhich occurred a feAv months am) Only eight months more ! Our ])o})uhition is known at last: 1885. 1880. Gain. , - « -. Males. Females. Total. 4,556 4,787 0,:34:3 9,:310 :33 “Otiosis locus hie non est, discede morator!” IIow many Milfordites know where Magomiscock is? “Follicetur se ad me scripturum.” We trust that it will be readable as it was a freely given ])romise. “ ’Tis a cold, cold ivorld,” says the as he hies him away to his winter quarters. If it takes five weeks to set one radiator, how long a time would be required to pipe a school house ? No, geology class, the glaciers of Switzerland do not empty into the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Who was Hever and wbat was there so remarkable about his feet that they should receive especial men¬ tion ? One of the young men of the senior class says he loves for he has to love. Has he been captivated by the siren¬ like charms of some young lady ? If every one who asks for a roll of losengers received Avhat he called for, we’ll wager two rhombic lozenges there would be some sur])rises in this losenger-like world. “Only a jiansy blossom” has been the cry of the first drawing class for some time. Some of the convention¬ alized designs produced have been very good. One of the seniors was requested to call for the mail on his way to class meeting last Friday night, and on his return, when asked if he got the mail, he, rubbing his arm, wearily rejilied: “No, I got a female.” Teaclier: “IIow much are O-j-O?” Brainy youth: “It depends on the way you add; for it may be 8.” The teacher irives him his clioice between the ujiper and lower half for las reci¬ tation mark. Only Eight Months More. It is rather early to be writing a val¬ edictory, yet we think a little timely warning now, will save many tearful regrets in the future. Don’t neglect your opportunities. In the years to come you will recall this time with feelings of jileasure or of regret—of ])leasure at the thought of tbe hours jirofitably spent; or of regret for the waste of time, money and oiijiortuni- ties. Bememlier that what you learn now at school is your own. Nobody can dejM’ive you of it. We constant¬ ly hear the expression : “I’m very sorry that I did not study more faithfully when 1 Avent to school. I had every advantage ; but I neglected my oppor¬ tunities.” Some of you may dislike to study ; but 3 ' ou must remember that it is not what you like, but Avhat is best, that you should do. Only the other day we heard a senior say; “I do not think Ave ought to be made to do any¬ thing Ave don’t Avant to do.” Where would we be, Avhere Avould the Avorld be to-day if every one worked Avith that idea? Perhaps to most of us the means of education come AA ' ith so lit¬ tle of undivided effort that Ave fail to ap])reciate them. In the olden times only a fcAV had our common school atlvantages. With the idea that Avhat is high priced, is most valuable, per¬ haps we might do better school Avork under the old system of more manual labor and less schooling; IIoAA eA’er that may be, for us there is no time like the present. It is easier to form habits of study noAV than ten years later. Only eight months more! Let us profit by the advice of those avIio have preceded us and in these eight months sIioav that Ave are in earnest, striving to fit ourselves for noble men and Avomen. A Superintendent’s Story. The folloAving may already be in print, but not to our knoAvledge, and so AA ' e venture to repeat a story of the past summer, as it is too good to be lost. The principal of the-high school was exceedingly afraid of thun¬ der shoAvers, and ahvays kept an insu¬ lating stool at his home as AA’ ell as at tlie schoolhouse, to insure his safety ' during those trying periods. Upon one occasion, a heavy shoAver came up during the school session, and he found that Miss B., a neAA ' -comer in the school, Avas, if possible, more frightened than himself. He sought to calm the ter- rified girl, but bis OAvn trembling tones Avere not especially reassuring, and had little, or no effect. Finally he hit uj)- on the folloAving plan : Said he, “Miss B., I will sit u])on this insulating stool, and take you in my lap, then Ave shall both be safe.” She looked at him a moment, and then sobbed out, “Pd— I’d much rather be struck by light¬ ning.” For the benefit of the fourth class:— “Studious .lohn Horner, Of Ijiitin no scorner, In the second ledension did spy IIow nouns tliere are some Which ending in um Do not make their plural in i.” Anagram : — “Astronomers, moon- O ' starers. AT lOO MAIN STREET, MILFORD, AT E. L. WILLIS . DENTIST. GEO. L. OOOEE, D. D. S. Rooms over Milford Nationl Bank, 178 MAIN STREET, - - MILFORD. B. 11. SPAULDING, MANUFACTURER OF Men ' s, Bofs’ anl CMliren ' s Straw Goods, Corner of Pearl and Lincoln Sts., Milford, Mass. Salesrooms, 625 Broadway, New York. I H. N. DAY, D. D. S., Stirg-eon IDe3D.tist, Alhambra Block, Milford. Office Hours: - - - 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. INDEMNITATEM LEGEMQUE, AT HOLBROOK’S, CXLVII. MAIN STREET. AVE OFFER SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS -IN- CLOTHING FOR SCHOOL WEAR. B. E. HARRIS, CLOTHIER. JESSE A. TAFT, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, IRVING BLOCK, OPP. POST OFFICE, Milford, Mass. EVERETT CHENEY, PERIODICALS AND FANCY GOODS 136 Main street, Milford. AGENT FOR THE BOSTON HERALD. DEALKK IX Carpetings, Stoves, Tin and Sheet Iron AA ' are, Paper Hangings, Upholstery Goo ls, Chamher Sets, Etc. 160 and 162 Main Street, - - Milfoial, Mass Xj Z (Ci min lied.) Down the Conneoticut in a Canoe. Thursday, August 20. .Vltlioug ' h it was our first night out, yet we slej)t well; for we were too tired to be infiuenced by the strange¬ ness of our surroundings. Camping on the bank of a river in the lowlands, we found far dilferent from the lake shore to which we had been accus- tometl. Tlie fog and mist settled so thick upon us that every morning sug¬ gested a rainy day, and also jiroduced such a chilliness that sleeping from 4 to t) o’clock was a series of restless movements to get the feet in a warm¬ er ])lace. The river, during the first part of the morning’s jiaddle, Avas lined Avith beautiful lilies, and although Ave had no use for them, yet Ave could not re¬ sist the impulse to gather some. We passed some very rich farm lands, as Ave skirted the broad alluvial intervals, Avhere stones Avei-e so scarce that Ave couldn’t find even one to throAV at a dog. It Avas a frequent cause of Avon- der hoAv farmers could settle doAvn contented Avith the aA erage Nbav llamjishire farm, Avhen there are acres in the northern jiart of the state so much better fitted for modern farming. As Ave traveled south, the banks be¬ came ]� rettier, although they still j)re- sented the same difficulties for land¬ ing. We })assed our first toll bridge, betAA een South Lancaster and Lunen¬ burg, Vt., Avhich offered a slight pro¬ tection from a brief shoAver Avhich jdelded more noise than Avater. A sudden splash at our right startled us for a moment, but a musk-rat under the bushes revealed the cause. Soon after, tAvo iron rods, nearly an inch in diameter, extending from shore to shore, one several feet above the other, aroused our curiosity. It proved to be the Lunenburg and Dalton ferry. The Avater is at least 20 feet deep here and is not a ford as a gentleman learned to his surj)rise only a feAV days before this date. lie, a stranger, Avitli horse, top-l)uggy and baggage, in broad day light, deliberately drove doAvn the ferry road into the river,—the boat hap[)ened to be on the op])Osite side and hence his mistake. As several men Avere Avoi’king near by, he Avas rescued Avith only a rather demoralized carriage and the loss of his bag; but a Avetter if not a Aviser man. Just beyond the ferry Ave ])assed under a railroad bridge of the Port¬ land and Ogdensburg line and found ourselves at the beginning of the 15- inile falls, so called by the river men, and Avell called too, and if anyone threAv in half a dozen more miles, Ave certainly Avouhl not dispute him. The name is a little misleading to anyone Avho has only seen some direct fall of Avater from one leA’ el to another. It means in this case a series of rapids, chutes, Avliirlpools, eddies, etc., Avith a large and varied assortment of logs and boulders, some standing up like men to be counted, others lying in AAmit just out of sight like a snake in the grass. On the Avhole Ave found the logs most ju’ovoking, as they seem¬ ed to take great pleasure in Avedging themselves betAveen boulders at right angles to the current just Avhere other- Avise there Avould have been clear pas¬ sage. A council of Avar Avas held and the best plans of att.ack discussed. The first run met Avith f.air success, that is to say Ave kept right side up. Number tAvo proved a little Avorse and one of us got in just to see hoAV deep it Avas. As the darkey said:—:“It didn’t get any better ])retty fast,” and so Ave counseled once again; but after traveling doAvn stream to the next point Avhere Ave had an extensive vicAV, and after taking into consideration that cedar a quarter of an inch thick could not safely compete Avith rock, and, thirdly, that a hole in the boat meant the end of our trip, Avhy, our “voice Avas no longer for Avar,” but for a jieaceful retreat to the nearest farm¬ er’s, Avith the loss of only a cap. A picture of the Avorst looking spot Avas taken to show our friends at home Avhy we didn’t “fight it out on this line.” Our farmer Avas phenomenally prompt and drove uja just as Ave had lighted a fire to cook dinner. As it Avas then 1 o’clock, and 23 miles, so Ave Avere in¬ formed, to smooth Avater, Ave ] romised ourselves a feast for supper and Avith hastily boiled eggs in our hands Ave trudged boldly foi’Avard beside the s))ringless Avagon like bearers at a funeral. Generally speaking, Ave are accustomed to ride Avhen Ave wish to rest ourselves, but in this case, as a re¬ cent freshet had caused the road to resemble a riverbed, avc rode until Avell melloAved, like one under a treat¬ ment of massage, and then rested by Avalking. At every halt avc feasted on bluebei ' rres, blackberries and ras])ber- ries, Avhich grcAV in abundance by the roadside. We reached the so-called smooth Avater at 9.30, after a trip of 9 hours. Although there Avas a beauti¬ ful moon Ave could not find a level sj)ot covered Avitli grass large enough for our tent. The owner of the laud had made a foot-bridge of logs tAvo feet in diameter, extending through shalloAv Avater to an island Avhere a bed of sand afforded the necessary level for a canq). A large log, left on the shore by the last freshet, ma le a splendid back log for a fire and re¬ flected the heat into the tent. We Avere too tired to notice the cold and slej)t soundly. I Friday, August 21. Off at 9.30, Avith only enough Avater to float the boat; soon, hoAvever, it increased in depth and Ave gladly em¬ barked. With the exception of the distant mountains Ave had had no scenery AAmrth speaking of until at this time, Avhen Ave turned into the mouth of the Passumpsic. It is a rocky ]k)o 1 surrounded by great talcose ledges croAvned Avith trees. The entrance of the stream is hidden by a projecting rock and the currents and counter- currents shoAV hoAV irregular the bot- tom is. The Connecticut and Pas¬ sumpsic railroad runs along the right bank and here passes through a cut in slate rock. We deemed the cut and pool both Avorthy of the camera. BeloAV the pool, the Avater soon be¬ came rougher and SAvifter, but by Avading, pushing and ])addling, Ave accomplished four miles up to 1.10 p. m. We are sure of the time, be¬ cause our Avatch sto])ped then; the watch stoj)ped because a Avatch Avill not run under Avater and the Avatch Avas under Avater because Ave couldn’t jiaddle in a boat keel uj). At the time, Ave did not stop to think this all out, but gave our undivided attention to reaching terra firma. The I’oll Avas at once called and both ansAvered “present”, then an account of stock Avas taken Avith very satisfactory re¬ sults. Lost:—T avo pairs of slippers, one left shoe (lace), one- left shoe (button), tAAm pairs of socks, one tin cu|), three dozen prepared jdates, and Avhat Ave especially lamented, the pictures already taken. Just as Ave had found a suitable })lace for a fire to diy our blankets and ourselves, rain began to f.all in a Avay that meant more than :i passing shower. No house Avas in sight ami the bank at this j)lace Avas a slo])e of 20 feet of slippery clay. We did not like to tiw the e ldy again, as it had just shown its poAver by throAving the stern doAvn stream and rolling us over in spite of paddles. We therefore let the boat doAvn to the nearest brook by lines and craAvled along shore as well as Ave could. Wherever the current sets in shore a half circle is Avoi-n out and the headland at the next point is gener.ally precipitous ledges; but, made iri-egular by the frosts of Avinter, they furnish just the necessary rest for the foot. As one or the other slijiped and slid off into the Avater,or as in one j)lace,found him¬ self sinking in the clayey mud that Avas flooded Avith Avater impregnated Avith iron and sulphur; or again, as his liare feet came in contact Avith the sh.arp edges A)f the ledge, “rem.arks” Avere offeretl a])])ro])riate to the occasion. At last three houses came in sight and at the same time a landing place. Here we liid the canoe in the hushes, and wjtli our cliange of clothing (wet) in a hundle—after the ajiproved style of the iienniless hero who starts out into the world to seek his fortune,with his jiresent wealth in a handkerchief hanging from a stick on his shoulders, —we trudged over the oat stubble of a newly mown field. There were some rapid gymnastic evolutions as now and then an unsually stout stub¬ ble jiut in its work where it could get the largest return for its energy. House number one, probably large enough for one room, a knock, door opens a crack, the mistress with child¬ ren on the (her) outskirts looketh forth, curiosity mingled with fear, two unshaven, rubber-clad, barefooted tramps, (genus homo) jiathetic jianto- mime, no results, march on, excuse, not enough wood to dry us —too t un. House number two, does not jilease our aesthetic taste —our taste is ])Ow- erfully developed at 3 ] . m., as we breakfasted at 8 a. m. By tlie way we might remark in jiassing that the next house in this town is not so sim- ])le a matter as in a city—the next means distance. House number three, four ladies in background, we not being in full dress feel a little delicate, a fire, and well spread table within encour¬ ages us, the lady of the house takes in the situation at a glance, recog¬ nizes our noble (V) blood in spite of our disguises and with motherly inter¬ est takes us into the bosom of the family. Soon with feet in the oven and in borrowed finery we tell our thrilling tale, and in turn are enter¬ tained by other acci lents in the same waters. Two meals condensed into one, hot tea, a feather bed and torrents of rain descending outside from the heaviest thunder cloud of the season make us feel doubly blessed. To be continued. ])r. Arnold had no faith in genius¬ es ; but he believed and taught what Kitto affirmed ; viz., “I thought then, and think to this day, that all the fine stories about natural ability, etc., etc., are mere rigmarole, and that every man may, according to his ojijiortuni- ties ami industry, render himself al¬ most anything he wishes to become.” The schools of IMalden have just in- troduce l a new study,—a text-book with regular lessons on manners. It would ])rove a blessing to some other communities besides Malden, if the schools should follow the example set them by this enterprising young city. —[Journal of Education. A question for the astronomy class:— “When good little cows die do they go to the milky way?” George Hunter, once of ’85, has en¬ tered Harvard. Grace G. Carjienter, ’84, is clerking at Bourne A Co’s. John N. Cahill, ’84 English, is with McKay as clerk. Alexander E. Cochran, ’84, is in the einjiloyment of the Union Switch Co., South Fra m i n gh a m. S. Leora Fairbanks, ’83 English, is in the store of G. W. Lane. William F. Burke, ’85 English, is emj)loyed in the Times office. JMary Barnard, once of ’85, now lives in Matteawau, N. Y. M. Harris Avery, ’85 English, is engaged at the Journal office. Walter Severance, ’84, English, is employed on a farm in Auburn. William A. Hussey, ’84, has a situa¬ tion in the Home National Bank. William O. Thayer, ’85, is serving an ap[)renticeship at the Gazette of¬ fice. Charles Morrill, ’82, a former teach¬ er in IMilford, has been re-engaged as ])rincii)al of the high school at Wilton N. H. We w(dcome back Clarence IT. Morgan, ’85, who returns to fit for Harvard, where we feel sure he will be an honor to the school. Charles R.. Sanders, ’85 English, is learning the ])lumber’s tra.de in Lynn. (If there is any trouble with the pi])es they’ll probably send Charles in to examine. Silas W. Hale, our eleventh princi¬ pal, has entered the Boston Law school and has for his classmates IMar- tin J. Kelley, ’8(� , and William Mor¬ gan, a formei- pupil. Married, Oct. 14, Fi-ank I). Field, once of ’8b, and E. Luella Taft of Holliston. They will reside in Mil¬ ford. ---- 0. L. and I., Vol. II., No. 2. It is a needy editor, And he stoppetli one and all. “]{y thy long gaunt face and wandering eye, To what owe we this call? “The school-house doors are open wide. And w( must go within ; The school is met, the work is set, May’st hear the busy din.” He holds us with his inky hand, “There is a space,” quoth he, “That must he filled before the night; ] lore copy there must he.” lie holds us with his glittering eye. Till we that space did fill. And numhor two is all complete; The editor hath his will. LEMUKI. TAII.OK CoAElillXiK. O - “w-i Xj o o XI HAS TIIK MOST I Complete Assortment ot the Latest Novelties i IN GOLD PENS, PENCILS, Fountain and Stylograpliic Pens at the Lowest Prices. 0 -- Dealer in DXdl IB .A. T S ! AXD PROVISIONS, Fruits, Vegetaldes, Butter, Eggs, Etc. Algo, home- cured Hams and home-made Sausages. 33 Exchange Street. FIXE MILLIXERV AND ilAIK GOODS AT FAVILION MILUXKIIV PARLORS, MUSIC HALL BLOCK, MAIN STREET, MILFORD. MORGAN’S PHARMACY. ZDXSXTO-S, Sponges, Gums, Oils and Alcohol. CHOICE FANCY GOODS. MORSE ' S ASPARAGUS KIDNEY CURE, MORSE’S DYSPEPSIA CURE. MUSIC HALL BLOCK, - - JIILFORD. C.A.XjXj .A.T T- 79 MATS STREET, MILhORU, For a large assortment of OOKFEOTIONERY AND FRUIT. All Ice Cream orders for parties and church fairs will be promptly attended to. Prices as low as the lowest. A Fine assortment of Ladies’ and Gents’ BOOTS, SHOES AKD RUBBERS Can he found at the NEW YORK BOOT AND SHOE STORE. M. A. Saunders, GRINT BLOCK, . MILFOIiO, MARY GAHAGrAN, BRESS AND CLOAK MAKER, 100 MAIN ST., MILFORD. Uc ST.VIItS. MEMORIAL HALL AND DEPOT LIVERY AND SALE STABLES, First-class Teams for all occasions, at reasonable prices. Horses, Carriages, Harnesses, Etc., for Sale or Exchange. Transients Properly (hired For. T. F. DAVOHEX, Proprietor. Heath Brothers, FASHIONABLE TAILORS, 118 main Street, Milford. XjXXj’YT J lsTID X ' vizr. USE BR. FLATLEY’S COUGH SYRUP The Best in the World. Erei ' y Bottle AVarranted Made By J. XjXjEn T 116 Main Street. Milford, Mass. Mrs. H. M. Fisher, DRESS AND CLOAK MAKER, No 118 Main Street., Over Heath Brothers’ Clothing Store. ELDREDGE BEATTEY, HOUSE PAINTERS and PAPER HANGERS, And Dealers in Doors, Sash, Blinds, Window Glass, Paints, Oils, Varnish, Putty, Curtain Fixtures, Window Shades and Paper Hangings. 133 Main Street, - . - Milford, Mass. The Best and Cheapest place to buy FEUITS AKD OONfECTIONEEY IS AT J. W. ROBERTS’. Cake and Ice Cream constantly on hand. Wedding Cake a Specialty. THAYERS’ BLOCK. Main Street, Milford, Mass. GO TO O. .iYZDJYIMIS’, To Purchase PICTURE FRAMES Of all kinds. A large assortment of Mouldings on hand. J. EDWARD RODIER, PROVISION MARKET, Veal, Lamb, Mutton, Beef, Pork, Lard, Eto., Con¬ stantly on Hand. Vegetables, Fruits and Game in their Seasons. South BoIV.Street. Geo. H. Whittemore, Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing. 110 Main Street, Milford. “Active shears gather no rust,’’ Tempus fugit. Education is the apiirenticeshii) o life.—[Wilmot. Dr. Jolinsoii’s favorite flower— cauliflower. “A defective flew.” No, not a chimney, only a hen with one wing. “Tlie present life is only a moment, and the jiresent moment only life. As she lovingly took his arm, be gently whispered: “The mfs -ing link.” To live in hearts we leave behind Is not to die,—[Camjibell. Aeneid, 1. 43G. “Redolentque thymo fragrantia mel- la.” “The honey smells like time,” “Nature has given us two ears, and luit one tongue, in order that we may repeat but oue-lialf of w hat ive hear.” Success doesn’t “happen.” It is or¬ ganized, pre-empted, captured by con¬ secrated common-sense.—fFrances E, Willard. To become an able man in anj pro¬ fession, there ai’e three things neces- —nature, study and practice.— [Aristotle, England may boast lier Shakes¬ peare, Italy her Virgil and Dante, but America alone can claim a Mother Goose.—[The Sibyl. History recitation: Teacher—“Do you know anything about the Prince of Wales?” Had boy—“Prints of wales ! well I should smile.” -FOR FINE. BOOTS, SHOES, -AND- SLIPPERS In all the Leading Styles, go to . P. I 23 Main Street, Mliford. dissatisfaction Guaranteed. A START IN LIFE FOR YOUNG MEN Is an Important Problem in Every Home. Self-Support is essential in manhood, Self-Reliance a strong defense. j I O R E T IIA N 3 3,000 OF THE Prosperous Bosioess ffleii of To-Day WERE TRAINED For Active, Useful Business Life at S S M.A.DE TO MEASURE. LE0jX ip § MIUFOKD, MASS. l!Ii= Agt. Lewando’s French Dye House. OO.A-L! WOOID! Lime, Cement, Hair. Also, Brick and Hay of the best quality always on hand by Xj. COOIEX, Pond Street, - - Near Depot. Telephone from Cook Bros. Market. Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning; hut give me the man who has the jiluck to fight when he’s sure of losing,—[George Eliot. The word “panijihlet” is derived from the name of a Greek authoress, Parnjihylla, who comjiiled a history of the world into thirty-five little books. —[Ex. “Yes,” said the scis.sors to the paste- jiot, “first there was the Golden Age, then came the Silver Age and the Hrazen Age, and now comes the M 11 c i 1 Age. ’ ’—[ E xch ai ige. “What is a town?” “A town is a considerable collection of houses and iidiahitants, with four or five men who ‘run the party’ and lend money at fifteen per cent, inter¬ est.”—[Detroit Free Press. “If it was’nt for me, you would he the biggest donkey in school!” e.x- claimed a teacher, after exhaustiuD- himself with a ehiss driver. How much like an Austi’alian boomerang our language often is ! Eastman College Poughkeepsie, N. Y. For Twenty-Five Yeaus it has been the most popular and Largest Brivate School in America. It is to-day the only institution devoted to the specialty of teaching Yonno- and Middle-Aged Men how to get a living ' make money, and become enterprising, in¬ dustrious, useful citizens. It is the ONLY SCHOOL in the world where the course of study is practical, instead of Theoretical; whei ' e the students act as Bny- eis. Sellers, traders, Bankers, Bookkeepers and Accountants in actual business oper¬ ations; whei-e the Bank Bills, Fractional Currency and Merchandise are actually USED, and have a real value, and every transaction is just as legitimate and bona fide as in any Mercantile, Banking or Busi¬ ness House. TOTAL EXPENSE A. Board, Tuition Fee and Stationei y for the prescribed business course of three montlis f 100 to .$115. Applicants may enter any week-day in tlie year. The Illustrated Catalogue Giving full information in regard to course of study, time required, expenses, etc., will be mailed on receipt of three letter stamps ProsiFCctns giving terms and a synopsis of the course of study, mailed free. Address EASTMAN COLLEGE, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. VoL. II. MILFORD, MASS., NOVEMBER, 1885. No. 3 “A Maiden Fair To See.” I had seen her oft before, As she passed by the door, And felt sure. As she whirled on in a waltz. Seemingly so free from faults. She was pure. Not a brighter soul was found. In the ball room all around. Than was she; And the gentlemen in haste To encircle her small waist. Seemed to be. Yet I hear her teeth are gone. And her mouth is quite forlorn. When at night. She removes the pearly rows. And lies down to sweet repose. Out of sight. For the dentist’s cunning art. Has comforted her heart With some more: And her mouth is just as sweet. And her beauty as complete. As before. And I heard a friend remark. That her hair and lashes dark. Once were light; And the eye on the left side. He did then to me confide. Has no sight. And he even dared to say. With a wink, the other day. In an aside. That she had a rosy cheek. But the tints were rather weak. On one side. Perhaps it is a sin. For me to here begin And relate The deceptions and the faults Of this fairy of the waltz. At such a rate. And if I on earth should stay. Till toothless, blind, and gray, I might take The same ways to conceal. With perhaps a greater zeal. My sad fate. F. V. c., ’86. Life is a burden imposed upon you by God. What you make of it, that it will be to you. Pbther a millstone around your neck or a diadem on your brow. Take it up bravely, bear it on joyfully, lay it down triumphantly.— [Gail Hamilton. The Kitchen of the Future.. Let me tell you my strange experi¬ ence of yesterday. I had been work¬ ing, from five o’clock in the morning until late in the afternoon, with not one minute which I could call my own. First there was the breakfast to be prepared, then dishes to be washed, after that the baking to do, beds to make, rooms to sweep, stove to polish, lamps to clean, and a thousand and one other things to do. Oh, how glad I was to rest at last, thoroughly wearied with my day’s work! But while thinking of what was still undone, and despairing of ever being able to say, “It is finished,” overcome by the heat I fell asleep, and had a joyful vision. The sun seemed to be shining through the east win¬ dow, and I knew it was morning. But what makes the room look so strange? What has happened to it? It must be the same, for there are the morning glories climbing up outside the window, while beyond is the little, noisy brook tumbling down the hill¬ side ; there is the door opening into the pantry; but where is the ungainly stove that was always in somebody’s way ? What is that queer looking machine in the corner? Stranger still, there then appeared what seemed to be my second self, yet how different! Surely she could not mean to perform the customary kitch¬ en work in that dress. Why, she looked as if she were prepared to re¬ ceive callers; but no, she began my accustomed duties, yet in what a dif¬ ferent manner! I followed her eagerly Avith my eyes as she threw open the outer door. Then I saw that a dam had been built across the little stream at the foot of the hill, and the falling water turned a great ir on wheel, which I afterwards learned was to generate electricity for the different pieces of a])paratus in the house. Beside the stream was a small building, in which the electrici¬ ty was stored uj) for future use. Thence ran several wires to the house, one of which was connected Avith the queer, bo.x-like looking ap- partus in the corner. My second self then ajApeared Avith a tin of bread dough, put it within the box, touchecT a knob, and in a feAV minutes Avith- di’ew a nicely baked lo.af. Just then this lady of the house noticed me, but seemed not at all sur¬ prised. She simply seated herself by my side, took my hand in hers, and said, “My poor, tired self of the past, let me tell you all. “Electricity has been our benefac¬ tress. To her, and to man’s inventiA e power are Ave indebted for all these changes. She heats, lights, cooks, washes, irons, sweeps, carries and brings our messages and bundles, and, in fact, seems almost personified into a ministering angel. “That clock on the mantel, regula¬ ted by a central office, never varies, and every morning, Avhen the hour- hand reaches the figure five, the elec¬ tricity is turned on, and by the timer Ave arise the room is warm. Hoav restful it is, on a cold winter’s morn¬ ing, to be free from all anxiety about heating the room! Thus, too, you, see the stove has departed, as Avell as its Avood and coal, its ashes and ever¬ lasting polishing. “The room is also lighted by elec¬ tricity, by means of that incandescent globe hanging from the ceiling. No blackened chimneys, no offensive smell of leaking oil, no Avicks that can as¬ sume more irregularities than the sur¬ face of the ocean. “The task of Avashing dishes, that bete noire of all housekeepers, has passed aAvay; for the material of Avhich they are noAV made is so cheap that after using them once, Ave throAV them aAvay. “It is needless to say that the tubs. o -A. is: . wasli-boartls, and clothes-wringev are no longer used. In tlieir place ai ' e two cylinders, made of a material which does not rust. The clothes are washed by the action of the cylinders, which are made to revolve by elec¬ tricity. Thence they jiass into a hol¬ low globe, where they are dried, and the white ones are bleached. “New and cheaj) machines have also reduced the work of ironing, and, what is better still, a new material has been discovered which does not be¬ come soiled as did the cloth of your day. “The cooking is almost all done by a co-oj)erative comj)any, but some¬ times I cook a few articles for ))as- time, as you saw me doing, a short time ago. “Although improvements in sewing machines have made it cheaper to buy nearly all clothing ready-made, yet there on the shelf is a machine witn its electric motor, and with it I can ] erform the simplest sewing, or the fancy work of the day. . “The telephone of twenty years ago is now so perfected that one only can I send any order by telephone to my store-man, but can also receive my par¬ cel back in the same way. “The floors are made of a soft, elas¬ tic material, yielding to the tread, and also very ornamental. They do not absorb dirt, do not require constant cleaning, and are free from moths. “That thermometer on the wall is run by electricity. It indicates the temperature much more accurately than did the mercury ones. Now, the indicator, in rising and falling, o])ens and closes the ventilators, with which it is connected by a wire. In fact, housekeeping is now a pleasure in¬ stead of a burden. No dirt, no face flushed by the hot stove, no worry.” As I sat there musing, I seemed to hear my name 2 )ronounced. I awoke M’ith a start, and through the 0 ] en door came the greeting, “Well, well, isn’t 8up])er ready yet?” Alas, my ideal kitchen was but a dream. There were all the well known objects, from the stove to the lami s. There too was my unflnished work, and the fire was out. H. A. s., ’85. A newspaj)er reporter asked a su¬ perintendent of schools, the other day, how it happened tliat there were so many old maids among school teachers, and he replied: “Because school teachers are, as a rule, women of sense, and no sensible woman will give up a sixty dollar })osition for a forty dollar man.” “ A single bottle will convince the most ske])tical.” Pass it right up to Robert Ingersoll. INu-cival Shea, ’82, is em])loyed at the Times oflice. I � ter McBride, ’85, is a salesman in a dry goods stoi-e in Providence. Elsie A. Jeid s (Jenks),’71, of Chey¬ enne, Wyo., is visiting relatives in Milford. Carro S. Leland, ’6G, was recently united in marriage to James S. Pij)er of Gardner. ’G9, ’75, ’7G, ’80, ’82, ’83, ’84 and ’85 are represented in the offices of the Journal, Gazette and Times. Mrs. Annie L. Sumner Ary, ’7G, has sent us a stone tomahaAvk-head from Audubon, Iowa, for which she has our thanks. Mary O. Sumner, ’82, has just pub¬ lished the “Taking Schottische” Avhich is soon to be folloAved by a Avaltz. The music is highly j)raised by our local authorities. Essie C. Thayer, ’85, has greatly distinguished herself in tennis at Wellesley college, much to the dis¬ comfiture of a senior. Frank Westcott, ’8G, was surprised at his home on Tuesday the tenth inst. by about thirty of his friends. Re- reshments Avere served and a good time Avas enjoyed by all present. W. J. Rushmore, our recent sub- master, is teaching the classics in the Sauveur School of Languages in Ncav York city, and is also engaged in ])ri- vate tutoring. His room is on the “hill” in Brooklyn. The class of ’7G has lost one of its members, but Ave don’t knoAV Avhich one ; for Clarence Bancroft and Mary E. Johnson, both of ’7G, were made one on yv’’ednesday, October 21, in presence of many friends, and noAV have their mail directed to Manches¬ ter, N. II. Abraham Lincoln Avas in all essen¬ tials the greatest man America ever ])roduced, and the greatest and grand¬ est man of the age. He had held more hearts in the holloAV of his hand than any other of the AA ' orld’s great ])hilanthropists and deliverers.—[R. G. Ingersoll. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. J’he })hilosopher, the saint, and the hero, the Avise, the good, and the great man, very often lie hi(l in a ])lel)eian, which a proper education might have disinterred and brought to light.— [Addison. Crimen infantrm. “Kidnaping.”-Ex. HUY YOUK Tysjiz: C3-OOIDS AT T. : e ' . Mechanics Block, 138 Main Street., Alilforcl, Mass. GEORGE G. PARKER, Attorney Counsellor at Law, No. 2 AA’ ' ashington IMock, Milford. H. C. SNELL, Dealer in MEATS AND PROVISIONS Fruits, A ' egetables, Pickles, Etc. Also, home- cured Hams and liome-made Sausages. 64 P 3AIN STREET. HENRY S. CUSHiVlAN, Manufacturer of Heavy and Light Fine Harnesses. Also on hand. Sale Harnesses at Low Prices. Horse Blankets, Storm Covers, Whips, Lap Robes, Horse Collars, Etc. Repairing Promptly and Faithfully Executed. No. 76 MAIN ST., MILFORD. R. C. ELDRIDGE, Dealer in Diaifloiitls, fatclies, Clods aM Jowelry, 132 Main St., Milford. ALL ORDERS FOR C3-IS OC! E K IE S Received from the High School Scholars, will be promptly delivered by the BOSTON GROCERY AND TEA HOUSE. G. F. AVINCH, Proprietor. A CHOICE LINE OF Plush Ornaments Arrasene, Chenille, Flo.ss and all other articles Suitable for Needle AV ' ork. N. B.—Instruction given in Kensington and Lustro Painting by MRS. R. AYLWARD, Grant Block, up stairs, Alilford. MRS. M. E. SPENCER, MODISTE, 100 Main Street, up stairs. E. G. MOORE, Offers to the Public all leading varieties of CUT FLOWERS FLORAL WORK Of all kinds. Give him a call. Hot Houses and Eesidence on Church Place. iL xxjizr. Framixgiiam, Mass. Dear Editors It is nearly three months since we began oiir life here, and yet it seems but yesterday that we alighted from the cars and started out in search of the Normal School building. We were not alone, for girls of all ages, carrying baskets of all sizes, and wear¬ ing upon their faces an expression of anxiety, which plainly told that they had come for the same ]nn ' pose as our¬ selves, could be seen wending their way from the station. After we had reached our destina¬ tion, we underwent a series of exam¬ inations lasting a day and a half, at the end of which we were dismissed for a few hours until the result could be ascertained, llow slowly the min¬ utes dragged along while the fifty- three girls waited, longing, yet fearing to know the worst! What a sense of relief forty-five of us ex])erienced when we learned that we had success¬ fully ])assed! There are at present one hundred young ladies pursuing their studies here, some of them being graduates of the two years’ course who have re¬ turned to take the advanced course, and thus fit themselves to teach in high schools. For the convenience of those whose homes are far away, there is a boarding-hall connected with the school, but by far the greater part of the gilds go back and forth on the trains, carrying their lunch with them. At noon little parties of ten or twelve assemble in the different rooms, which then resound with stories and laughter, making the hour from one to two the liveliest, if not the most profitable, of the day. One feature of the work, that at first seemed very strange to us, is the fact that there are no study hours in school time, the interval between a quarter before nine and one o’clock being occupied wholly with recita¬ tions, with five minutes recess after each.. However, we are required to study four hours out of school, and it is considered as grievous a fault to de¬ vote more than that time to our les¬ sons, as it is to devote less. Each scholar has five recitations a day, and on no two consecutive davs is the order the same. Studying from text-books is here a thing of the jiast. In zoology, we are expected to refer to no book; but by the use of our eyes and a microscope, to describe the different insects given us. Any jileasant day, groups of girls may be seen industriously exam¬ ining walls and turning over stones in their eager search for bugs. What cries of delight arise when a particu¬ larly fat spider or large cricket is dis¬ covered ! Our first task in this subject was to catch two locusts. This would seem a simple matter, yet one young lady, in putting her locusts into a bottle of alcohol, spilled the greater part of the liquid upon her dress. What opinion of her moral qualities the j)eople on the cars formed, we cannot say. In conducting the recitations in geography, the teacher, instead of asking questions, calls u])on a pu})il, who conies out before the class and tells all she knows of the subject as¬ signed her. The others then criticise her statements, ask questions to bring out facts which have been omitted, and give any items of interest that they have learned in connection with the lesson. The work in English and geometry is carried on in essentially •the same way. Every Wednesday, the building rings with our melodious voices, while on Thursday and Satur¬ day vve display our artistic talent. Twice a week, we have lessons in elocution, when we are expected to take the best ])ossible position and read in our purest tone, with the class looking on as critics. It is rather em¬ barrassing, after one has tried to be very graceful and to speak naturally, to be told that she is too stiff and reads as though she were declaiming, but she is not the only victim; for scholar after scholar rises, to be greet¬ ed with “Hips too far forward!” “One shoulder higher than the other!” “Not life enough!” and kindred ex- o pressions. Yet, after all, these days are among the pleasantest of the week; for the teacher has so much personal magnetism that one cannot help feeling inspired with the spirit which animates her. Tlie school-buildiim itself is worthv of mention, situated as it is on a hill overlooking a landscape of unusual beautv. On the lower floor are the %f j riniary and grammar departments, where, in the last year of their course, the girls have anijde opportunity, un¬ der (in experienced teacher, to }nit into jiractice the knowledge which they have already gained of the prin¬ ciples of teaching. i. n. g., ’85. The longer I live, the more deejily am I convinced that that which makes the difference between one man and another, between the weak and power¬ ful, the great and insignificant, is en¬ ergy, invincible determination; a ])in- pose once formed, and then death or victory. This (piality will do any¬ thing that is to be done in the world, and no two-legged creatui’c can be¬ come a man without it.—[Chai ' les lluxton. -CURRIER Sl KENDALL, - OWE PRICE Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, HATS, CAPS,TRUNKS,ETC. POST -OFFICE BLOCK, MILFORD. AT 166 MAIM STREET, OF COBURN C LMSTEAD. DK. aEO. COOIIE, Surgeon Dentist, A T 168 Main Street, Milford. MILFORD-!-GRANITE-I COMPANY, Building and IVtonumental Work Of all kinds executed with despatch. This Granite is pronounced tlie best in the state. Does not clr-inge its color, and is free from iron. Samples fur,iished on ai plication. Estimates made on work in any part of tlie conntrv. Fred Swasey, Agt. .1. B. Baxcuoft, Treas. T. C. EASTMAN, Manufacturer of All Kinds of BOOT AND SHOE BOXES AND BAND BOXES -Foil- STRAW GOODS. - ALs) - anil Fane; Paper Boxi -i. Mill, Corner of Central and Depot 8tre , Milford. BUY ' YOUR RIBBONS; LACE AND SMALL WARES, OF G. T. PALES CO., lo4 Jlain St., Jliljord. CLAFLIN A THAYER, Manufacturers of CALF AND KIP BOOTS, Boston Oftice, 90 Pearl street. New York oaice, A.Clatliu Co., 116 Church St. W. H. BOURNE CO., DEALl .IS IX FAXrV GOODS, YARNS, -iND DRESS ’ RIM.MINGS, What’s a team? As generally used the noun is abused. |i r . lso Iiifjints’ Go� Is of all Kinds. _JFil 106 Mailt Street, Jlilford, Mass. I V ’2 TfIEv0 K,vIimY|IVY. Published Monthly During the School Year, nv The Senior Class of the Milford High School. PRINTED BY G. Wl. BILLINGS. GENER. r. EDITORS. GR.A.CE P. FIELD and W. J. COOK. TERSOXAL EDITORS. ABBIE I. MADDEN and I. 11. FAIKBANIvS. LOCAT EDITORS. LILL-A. F. II.AYWARD and W. G. CLIFFORD. BITSIXESS EDITORS. CORA L. SNELL and N. E. TOUGAS. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Ten Numbers.) For the Year, . 40 cents 1 Single Copies, . 6 cents This paper is for sale at the -well-known drug store of J. Allen Rice, where subscriptions for the year will also be received, and back numbers can be obtained. Address all communications to THE OAK, LILY AND IVY, Box 871. Entered at the IMilford, Mass., Post-Office, as second class matter. Tlie written examinations are fin¬ ished, the reports for the last eight Aveeks have been made out, sent home, signed and returned, and with sighs of rehef the scholars and teachers begin the Avork for the remaining eight weeks of the term. The correction of more than a liundred ]iapers outside the regular duties of the schoolroom must he the most discouraging and fatiguing AA ' ork of the teacher. The mistakes in grammar, punctuation and spelling, added to poor penmanshij), must be wearing to the neiwes. It must be discouraging, also, to see the subject matter so misunderstood and the very jioints that Avere made a spe¬ cialty in the daily recitation so misap- ])lied or forgotten. The schol.ar.s, also, dread examinations; for, hoAvever well they have learned their lessons during the month, there is a little uncertainty about the result. An examination is a special burden to those ])upils who shirk during the month, and these de¬ pend on the cramming system. Not- Avithstanding the trials and vexations attending an examination it seems to to be a necessary evil; for, in the av¬ erage class, there are always some feAv who Avould avoid learning their lessons Avere it not for the coming examination. Some Avill say that knowledge gained under such condi¬ tions is not worth much; but we assert that it is better than none. TVe are indebted to Florence . Clark, ’85, for several beautiful bou¬ quets of chrysanthemums. On Thanksgiving day, deeds of charity are in order, and as avc are money out of ])Ocket thus far this year, it Avill be a very ' • ' •diaritahle deed ' to subscribe and for this volume of the O. L. ami I. There are some Avho Avill not ' consid¬ er the introduction of the electric light on School street as a necessity. It has been a favorite street for an evening ramble, in the past, but some Avill now suddenly discoA ' er that their eyes are too Aveak for the jiresent brightness. JMiss Bones has retired to private life auain in the quiet retreats of the Thurber P ' ssociation rooms. We trust that she has gone back deeply inqu’css- ed Avith the advantages offered the present generation. Miss Bones Avas so unobtrusive, retiring and quiet (about the mouth) that Ave fear that she may miss us, more than Ave her. Milford receh-es the munificent sum of $113.79 from the state fund for educational purposes. This is not given in proportion to her school pop¬ ulation, but to her wealth. The poor¬ er she is, the less she gets. Such a brainy jilan of division suggests Mat- tliCAV XXV., ‘28 and 29. T’he high schools of Stoneham and Athol are jireparing for industrial ex¬ hibitions. We trust they may enjoy them as much as Ave have ours of the last two years. That the scholars may profit by our exiierience, Ave have sent to each school a number of copies of last year’s O. L. and I., Avhich con¬ tained a list of all our articles. The young men of the senior class heartily thank the young ladies for their kindness in making for them such beautiful desk covers. They will ])revent much noise, keep the desks from being injured, are useful irnaments to the school room, and in fine, they are just the things needed. Printed notices have been sent to the ])arents of those scholars aaTio have failed to obtain 60 jier cent, in scholar¬ ship or deportment for the first half of the term. It is the expectation that parents Avill realize the critical position of their children and see that more faithful studying is done at home. We read of a di.stinguished En¬ glishman by the name of Farrar in nearly every daily jiajier, and he some¬ times receives one title and sometimes another. Arclideacon tells his church rank (next to the bisho])); canon, that he is the jiossessor of the revenue of some cathedral or church, and the additional Westminster, the jiarticu- lar jiosition. We may say, then: Archdeacon Farrar, Canon of West¬ minster. Paye uppe ! ! Say—“ YVivoffAS-givi ng.” Please patronize our patrons ! It is not preventative, but preven¬ tive. “The Earnestness of that is com¬ mendable.” Please address Miss Annie Cagua, Chili, S. A. Beings that are all mouth : Fora- minifers and some politicians. Patronize the agent Avho sells gly¬ cerine soa] , Avhich heals everything— including stockings. We Avonder Avhat results Professor Bristol could jiroduce Avith some of the scliolars in this school. Judging by the varied and exten¬ sive assortment of tinivare before her doors, Mrs. Memorial must have had a tin Avedding. The boys seem to appreciate the blacking brush and blacking in their Avardroom, if Ave may judge by the neat appearance of their shoes. Homer’s infantile trials bring tears of sympathy to the eyes of the Iliad class; for he seems to hav’e been born all over the country. Pupil: “Say, I Avant—” Teacher : “Look here young man, my name isn’t Say. Did you think it Avas an abbre- Auation for Sarah?” We suppose the expression “Ah there! my pickic!” originated on the Californian coast, for in the Rural Californian Ave read of a cucumber six feet long. Physiology 4 and alcohol. “A dead¬ ly ])oison and one of the food stuffs ; lighter than Avater and therefore never freezes; makes a man’s legs crooked.” “This letter, my dear, is YI, and this is T. Noav Avhat is this?” jioiuting to YI. “YI,” pronqitly rejilies the small boy. “And Avhat is this?” pointing to T. “O! that is coffee.” On page 837 of laddell and Scott’s Greek-English Lexicon there is a Avord of 169 letters. It is the name of a disli compounded of all kinds of dain¬ ties, fish, flesh and foAvl. The artist Avho painted the human figure on tlie left of the stage in the Ylusic hall, evidently believed in ambi¬ dexterity and so jiainted tAvo right hands instead of the usual jiair. The barometer is upon the ] late of the air pump ready to illustrate the change in pressure of the air after each stroke of the pump handle, Avhen it is knoAvingly spoken of by one of the older scliolars as “that bloAv pipe.” Misses Jones and Reed of ’86, and Hale and Ilapgood of ’88 furnished the inusic at our last rlietoricals. Tliank you. A cynosure is a dog’s tail; a good man is a cynosure; therefore a good man is a dog’s tail. See Webster. “Wanted.—A good copyist.” Here is a chance for some of our composi¬ tion writers. Lost.—A recitation mark of consid¬ erable size. It is much needed by the loser, who is in destitute circumstan¬ ces. If the one mill state tax bill for edu¬ cation passes this winter, IMilford will receive §:.S55.3 more than she pays out, which is one more than a fiftli of what she now appropriates for teachers’ salaries. One of the young men of the jJiil- osophy class has been experimenting with the energies. It’s potential, jmu know, when }on sit on the seat; but Avhen you get out of the carriage head first, it’s aj)t to be very kinetic, and often the energy is expended in mak¬ ing stars. “If I drop tins Aveight on an upright tack, Avhat Avill residt?’’—“An illustra¬ tion of kinetic energy and the tack Avill be driven into the floor.”—“Well, if you feel of the tack Avhat Avill you notice?”—“Don’t knoAV.” “Strike two pieces of metal together and Avhat re¬ sults?”—“Heat.”—“Then Avhat do you feel in the case of the tack .”— ' ■ ' ■ The head of the tack?’’ Teacher groans. At the meeting of the senior class, November 13, the following ])ro- gramme Avas carried out: Select Read¬ ing, Florence Clark; How the Parson Broke the Sabbath, Martha Eagan; music, William Clifford and Harry Til- den; The Rosy Sail, Mary Cox; Polyphemus and Ulysses, ' Lottie Jones. These selections woi-e followed by a Ghostly Chorus, in which Misses Cox, Holmes, Godfrey, and Clark and Masters Tilden, Tongas and Westcott took j)art The rest of the evening was given to games and music. At the })rize-speaking contest at Holliston last Friday night, our ])rin- cipal, as chairman of the judges, pre¬ sented the following gold ])ieces to these fortunate contestants: $10, as the first prize, to George E. Battles; $•“� , as second, to Mainl W. Coles; $3, as third, to Geitrude Hancock; $2 -, as fourth, to Jessie Cutler. Four others received })archments signed by the judges as “honorable mention”: Ed. F. Gam well, E. (). Parker, Genie Phillips and IMattie A. Sj)ring. The large chandelier, suspended from the center of the hall, fell during the afternoon rehearsals, but, Avonderful to say, no one was injured. O KI. Respected exchanges, did you ever read LoAvell’s introduction to his Bigelow Papers? He Avrites his oAvn ])ress notices, and in so doing indulijes in a sarcastic fling at the critics of the day. He fluctuates froin the se¬ verest condemnation to highest adula¬ tion and thus creates a smile, indeed, but, at the same time, it is sad to think that it is a fair sample of Avhat Avriters must expect at the hands of the public. Not only has this been true of our geniuses, but, (and this is Avhat suggests these “feeble remarks,”) it is as true of the criticisms of our contemporary school exchanges. We, ]iersonally, feel that Ave have been almost too kindly received and so are not Avriting under the sting of any unkind remarks, and yet it does cause a smile Avhen Ave read, “Too much space for ads,” “We commend because so little space is given to ads,” “Too feAv locals,” “Too little literary mat¬ ter,” “Too much about home matters,” and then the opposite of these; and so on, black first, then Avhite, until Ave are at a loss to knoAV Avhat to do, even if Ave honestly Avished to folloAV friend¬ ly criticism. We think this may re¬ sult from the fact that some exchange editors seem to sit down to their task with the intention of saying some¬ thing, good or bad, of every paper. In most cases the papers do not merit either; but are fair, average papers, Avhich are, we have no doubt, as good as are paid for. There seems to be a hasty examination Avith jien in hand, and as the Avhim moves them, so is the record made. We have also thought there avuis a little tendency to “pat my back and I’ll ])at yours,” rather sug¬ gestive of a ring. We })ropose this question for our exchanges:—“The legitimate use of borroAved or quoted articles.” We Avould not be so mean as to suggest that a certain exchange might save type by naming its ])aper after that from Avhich it quotes so freely, and appending its name to its OAvn productions; yet Ave could not help thinking it. We agree Avith the exchange Avhich criticises ns for the arrangement of our “ads”. We should be [leased to put them off in some corner, but our business men are sharp Avitted and Avell knoAv that “ads” accompanied by reading matter are far more likely to atti ' act the public eye than if all AA ere grouped together. November Exchanges. Massachusetts— Academy Echo of Leicestei-, Vindex of Southboro, Latin School Register of Boston, Williston- ian of Easthampton, Archon of South Byfield, Young Idea of Gloucester, Academy of Worcester, College Sty¬ lus of Boston, Exonian of Exeter, Argus of Worcester, Atom of Meth¬ uen, The LoAvell High School, High School Record of Boston, Merrirnac Budget, Belvidere Herald of LoAA ell, Amateur Journal of Holliston. Ne;av Hampshiue —Hamjjtonian of Noav Hampton, Academian of Pembroke. V ERAioxT—Tidings from Nature of Rutland. Maixe —Phi-Rhonian of Bath. Rhode Islaxd —Iliuh School Record of Woonsocket, Academy Trio of GreeiiAv ' ch. Connecticut —Critic of Ncav Haven, Stray Shot of Washing¬ ton. Neav York —The Cue of Al¬ bany, Trinity School Record of Tri- voli-on-Hudson, Eastman’s Journal of Poughkeepsie, Speculum of Sing Sing. Pennsyea ' ania —University Mirror of W e envy those exchanges that are the happy possessors of a military company, a foot ball team, a ball nine, to say nothing of such games as hare and hounds, tennis, cricket, etc., etc. Let’s see, one column for the lirst three in each i. sue, a list of those avIio would like to be fifth seargents (is that the ])roper number?), an elabor¬ ate score aj)pended to the games, Avould give us such a relief! We take decided exceptions to the ai-ticle on “Lifting Il.its” in an ex¬ change. We grant there is reason in what is .said; but the complaint is equally true of all other practices Avhich make distinctions in society. You might as Avell try to enforce a regulation boio and a certain expre.s- sion of the face, Avhich shall be the same for your dearest friend, or chance acquaintace. No, sir, your quarrel is Avith society. LeAvisburg. Neav Jersea —Philoso- phian RevieAV of Bridgeton, Advo¬ cate of Ncav BrunsAvick, Torch of As- bury Park. Delaavare —DelaAvare College RevieAV of NeAvark. Ken¬ tucky— Deaf Mute of Danville. Vir¬ ginia —Academy Journal of Alexan¬ dria. Minnesota —School World of St. Paul, Shattuck Cadet of Faribault. loAVA —College Chips of Docorah, High School Journal of Yillisca, High School Herald of Des Moines. Mich¬ igan —Herald of Hinsdale. Missouri —St. Janies Reveille of Macon City. Indiana — Collegiate of Franklin, School Ncavs of Indianapolis. Colo¬ rado —Wolfe Hall Banner of DeiiA ' er. California —Napa Classic of Napa. Ontario —The Portfolio of Hamilton. NeAv Hampshire and IMassachusetts are the only states Avhich do not t:ix themselves as states for the education of their children. L Z L’y. Down the Connecticut in a Canoe. (Continued.) S.vTuuDAY, August 22. It’s a beautiful luoriiiiig, and we feel no bad results from yesterday’s wetting. It seems very strange that we have not caught colds from our reckless exposure to water iind the cold river-fogs of the early morning. At home we would not have ventured such risks. This is Monroe, over the river lies Barnet, Vt., and the all-absorbing question is this: “Is there a shoe store there?” A horse and wagon were kindly put at our disposal, and we soon answered the query in the affirm¬ ative. We also re-stocked the com¬ missary department. The view from the bridge up the A’alley, with Barnet on a hill-side at the left—down which rushes a noisy stream, dividing the village and falling at least a hundred feet in half a mile— with the circle of mountains, the green intervals of the farms and the vegetation brightened by the last night’s rain, was tantalizing in the ex¬ treme; for there stood our plateless camera! AVe felt like a sportsman with gun on shoulder, game within range, but ammunition wanting. Our feet were so tender from Fri¬ day’s rough usage, that our new shoes soon became a source of torture, in spite of paddings, and we found our comfort was increased by carrying them. They constantly reminded us of Cinderella, as they were so dainty and elegant. During the forenoon, we let the boat down to the rear of our pres¬ ent quarters and then added another incident to our rapidly increasing ex- jierience. A little boy, following us on the high river-bank, was deeply interested and longed to help us. Af¬ ter one of us had slipped and fallen several times in the clay, the boy had a brilliant idea and acted upon it with¬ out loss of titne. A three-tined ])itch- fork was the cause of his ins]) iration; for it seemed to him to furnish just the support needed. Down it came ti;rning end over end, and finally striking the covered bow of the boat with such force that the tines penetra¬ ted it half their length. The other canoeist ha))])ened to be kneeling in the bow just behind the j)lace. struck, and with his left side toward the bank. AVe were both so busy at the time that we did not see the coming mis¬ sile and, therefore, were not so badly frightened as the boy, who suddenly reniend)ered an important engagement in a hr country. d ' iie greater ])art of the day was spent in drying clothes and blankets, and in finding a farmer to take us t( AA’ oodsville; for we learned that there were at least two bad places in the next ten miles, which would delay us, and we were already behind time. Late in the afternoon we were suc¬ cessful.—The trouble was not a lack of horses; but the unromantic farmers thought hay and grain of more im¬ portance than carting canoes about the country.—At last, the boat was securely fastened into a light hay-rack, all baggage carefully packed, the driver and passengers at their stations, “git up, g’lang” was uttered, and—we didn’t “git.” Fortunately for us, the horse did not lose any time in show¬ ing his strong points, of which balki¬ ness (not in the dictionary) was chief. Another horse was enticed with oats from the neighboring pasture, and we did “git”, even from the i-iver bank to the house, at least a quarter of a mile, when it was discovered.that the horse was shoeless. We could symjiathize with him and were willing to share, but it was of no avail. Over the river went he and his master at 6.30 p. m. for more shoes. There was a great run on shoes August 22! As the full moon rose above the eastern mountains, our iron-hoofed steed returned, vhen it accidentally occurred to some one that the horse was afraid of the cars, and it would be a very foolhardy proceeding to drive him into a railroad centre, where he might kick Woodsville over the river into A ermont. At this stage of the game, we didn’t care much if he did. (AA e didn’t have any friends in AVoodsville and owned no real estate there). If we had not been so hos¬ pitably entertained since Friday’s mishaps, we could easily have ima¬ gined a conspiracy to detain us. The lateness of the hour advised sleej), and we went into camp in the barn on the hay with the other cattle—including nightmares. O (To be continued.) Notice how a musical sound, though monotonous, is undei’stood and obeyed, and how the jingle of bells notorious¬ ly encourages horses to perform their work. The ploughboy is insjnrited by the strains of his own whistling. And do you wonder that the Spartans were enabled to march to victory by the lays of the minstrel Tyrtaeus? that our soldiers retpiire the fife and drum? The songs of the temple have had more attention paid them than the songs of the street; but the time will come when these too will be un¬ derstood as important factors in the life and morality of the people. A great statesman has said, “Let me make the songs of the people, and let who will make their laws.”—[Ilaweis. A great iconoclast—Oxygen. SIT FOR YOUR P1©T0GEAF1S AT lOO MAIN STREET, MILFORD, AT E. L. AVILLIS . DENTIST. GEO. L.. OOOEE, D. D. S. Rooms over Mflford Nation! Bank, 178 MAIN STEEET, - - MILFORD. B. II. SPAULDING, MAXUFACTURER OF Men’s, Bofs’ and CMlilren’s Straw Goods, Corner of Pearl and Lincoln Sts., Milford, Mass. Salesrooms, 625 Broadway, New York. H. N. DAY, D. D. S., STj.rg ' eoii HDentist, Alhambra Block, Milford. Office Hours: - - - 8 a. m. to 6 p.m. INDEMNITATEM LEGEMQUE, AT HOLBROOK’S, CXLVII. MAIN STREET. WE OFFER SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS -IX- CLOTHING FOR SCHOOL WEAR. B. E. HARRIS, CLOTHIER. JESSE A. TAFT, ATTORNEY AND CODNSELLOE AT LAW, IRVING BLOCK, OPP. POST OFFICE, Milford, Mass. EVERETT Cheney, PERIODICALS AND FANCY GOODS, 136 Main street, Milford. AGENT FOR THE BOSTON HERALD. DEALER IN Carpetings, Stoves, Tin and Sheet Iron Ware, Paper Hangings, Upholstery Goods, Chamber Sets, Etc. 160 and 163 Main Street, - - Milford, Mass. r Z Marmion, Canto VI. Far away in Scotland, on the brow of a liill lighted by the sun’s slowly setting rays, lies a wounded and dvincf soldier. The din of a battle, fiercely waged, sounds in his ears, and his rest¬ less movements show that he longs to be in the thickest of the fight. All his comrades have left him; a woman and a monk are his only companions. The former presses a cu}) of cool water to his feverish ]i])s, and as he gratefully tastes it, memories of the past come to his mind, and he is evi¬ dently pained and distressed. Listen : “Is it the hand of Clare, Or Injured Constance, bathes my head?” These words are fraught with a hid¬ den and bitter meaning, and in them one may read the secret of this man’s life. But now he seems to re.alize fully his wrong doing. AVith a wild cry of agony and remorse, he starts u]), ut¬ tering incoherent jn-ayers and supjdi- cations that time may be given him to make restitution. What man is this who is brought so low? What has been his life, ' that his death should be suchaii one? What part have these two women playe l in his life, and how comes he here, al¬ most forsaken ? “Clai’e” and “Con¬ stance” are the keys which unlock his whole jiast. Clare is by his side, min¬ istering to him with infinite pity, and, for the moment, unmindful of her own sufferings; but Constance is beyoml the trials and troubles of this earthly world. No more does she watch and wait for the proud knight who so heartlessly left her, to woo Lady Clare; but he, with all his treachery, had never dreamed of such a death as she suffered, and his breath comes (piickly, and his eyes distend with horror, Avhen Clare tells him of the awful fate of Constance. All too well he knows that his repentance has come too late. As Lady Clare watches beside him, the scenes of Marmion’s life pass .slowly before her. She sees the fair young girl whom he had taken from the j)eaceful convent, and who, for love of him, renounced everything sacred to woman. She remembers how he deserted her, not because he did lUft love her, but because she could not satisfy that ambition which was ever a leading trait of his character, and while she deplores his sulfering.s, she cannot but feel that they are just. But now her thoughts turn to her¬ self, the innocent cau.se of so much woe. For her had Vlarmion deserted Const.ance. To win her had he j)!ot- ted ami intrigued, and for this end had Wilton, by his meairs, been di.sgraced and banished from the country. But what does this avail him, now that he is dying? Nothing. After he IS lead, Wilton will come back, Clare TTTT T T . r l r A HAS TIIR MOST Complete Assortment ot the Latest Novelties can never be his, and Constance he has destroyed. He has risked every¬ thing and he has lost. The sight of him, prostrate and fallen, brings into striking contrast the scene of the early morning, when Marmion, jierfect in health and proud in his strength and daring, openly de¬ fied the haughty Douglas in his own castle. The same spirit which promjd- ed him to brave the Earl, caused him to rush into the battle, resolved to vindicate his country’s honor, or die in her defense. The summer breeze Avafts the dis¬ tant sounds of the conflict to their ears, and as Marmion hears the famil¬ iar cries, he gathers himself for a final effort, and giving a last .shout of en¬ couragement, falls back, lifeless. Silently, Clare takes her fareAvell look, and silently she de]Aarts. She has no love and resj ect for the dead knight, only a deep y)ity for one Avho had such great capabilities for good, and had alloAV ed himself to be so en¬ tirely SAvayed by his own passions; AA ' ho, Avhen he kneAA the right, Avillfully chose to do Avrong if it would minis¬ ter to his own jdeasure, but AAdio, in his dying moments, we trust, repented his errors and misdeeds. Progress in the Arts. 1. The substitution of natural forces for l)rute animal poAA’ ' er, as when Hercules used the Avaters of the Alpheus to cleanse the Augean stables; or when a Kamchadal of eastern Asia, who has been three years hollowing out a canoe, finds that he can do it in a fcAv hours by fire. 2. The economy of time, as Avhen a calendering machine ])roduces the same gloss to miles of calico that an African savage gives to a feAv inches bv rubbing it Avith the shell of a snail; or the economy of ] roduction, as when steel ])ens sold when fii-st intro¬ duced at one shilling apiece, are noAV sold at a penny ])er dozen; or Avlien steel rails, lately costing £45 per ton, can noAv be sold at £5. 3. IMethods of utilizing Avaste ])ro- ducts, or of endowing them with ])ro])- erties Avhich render them of increased value to industry, as Avhen Avaste ser.ap iron and the galls on the oak are con¬ verted into ink; or the badly smell¬ ing Avaste of gasworks is transformed into fragrant essences, brilliant dves and fertilizing manure; or Avhen the effete matter of animals or old bones is changed into lucifer m.atches.—[Sir Lyon Playfair. Only a question of time,—asking the kti t hour. IN GOLD PENS, PENCILS, Fountain and Stylogvapliic Pens at the Lowest Prices. 0-- IE ' - Dealer in nvc IB T S !:!«- AND PKOA ' ISIONS, Fruits, A eg tables. Butter, Eggs, Etc. Also, home- cured Hams and home-made Sausages. 33 Exchange Street. FINE MILLINERY AND HAIR GO; l)S AT PAVILION MILLIXERV PARLORS, MUSIC HALL BLOCK, MAIN STREET, MILFORD. MORGAN’S PHARMACY. Sponges, Gums, Oils aiTd Alcohol. CHOICE FANCY GOODS. - MOUSE’S ASPARAGUS KIDNEY CURE, MORSE’S DYSPEPSIA CURE. MUSIC HALL BLOCK, - - MILFORD. 79 3I. IV STREET, MIReORu, For a large assortment of OOUFEOTIONERY AND FEDIT, All Ice Cream orders for parties and church fairs will be pronijdly attended to. Prices as low as the lowest. Heath ' Brothers, FASHIONABLE TAILORS, 118 Main Street, Milford. A Fine assortment of Ladies’ and Gents’ BOOTS, SHOES ANB RUBBERS Can be found at the NEW YORK BOOT AND SHOE STORE. M. A. Saunders, GK VNT BLOCK, - . MILFORD. MAHY GAHAGAN, DRESS AND CLOAK MAKER, IGO MAIN ST., MILFORD. Up Staiks. MEMORIAL HALL AND DEPOT LIVERY AND SALE STABLES, FirsLclass Teams for all occasions, at reasonable prices. Horses, O.-irriages, Harnesses, Etc., for Sale or Exchange, Transients Properly Cared For. T. F. D.VVOKEX, Proprietor. x-vizr. U S K DR. FLATLEY’S COUGH SYRUP The Best in the World. Every Bottle Warranted- Made By T. XjXjEiT 116 Main Street, Milford, Mass. Mrs. H. M. Fisher, DRESS AND CLOAK MAKER, No 118 Main Street., Over Heath Brothers’ Clothing Store. -3|cgCIg?0Rg.:|c- “Active shears gather no rust.” ELDREDGE BEATTEY, HOUSE PAINTERS and PAPER HANGERS, And Healers in Tliis world belongs to the energetic. —[Emerson. “What are the last teeth to come ?” “False teeth.” What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him im¬ mortality.—[ W ebster. “Good gracious,” said the hen, when she discovered a porcelain egg in her nest, “I shall be a bricklayer next.” Juniors.—How’s the weather up there ? Seniors.—Speak louder,we can’t hear you.—[Hatchet. An enterprising reporter, writing of a wreck at sea, stated that “no less than fourteen of the unfortun.ate crew and passengers bit the dust.” “I am engaged in scholarly pur¬ suits,” reflected a student pedagogue, as he chased a dodging urchin uj) and down the aisles of a country school house.—[Ex. A little boy in a public school, who having spelled “sob,” was asked to de¬ fine the word, and said, “It means when a fellar don’t want to cry, and it bursts ‘out itself.’ ” “John, correct the following sen¬ tence: ‘1 are very cold,”’ John, as he wipes the perspiration from hi.s forehead with his shirt-sleeves: “It are durned hot.”—[Ex. A little grammar is a dangerous thing : “Johnny, be a good boy and I will take you to the circus next year.” “Take me now, pa; the circus is in the present tents.”—[Boston Budget. Professor in Astronomy—“In one evening, I counted twenty-seven mete¬ ors sitting on my jiiazza.” Class ex¬ presses great astonishment at the so¬ ciable character of the heavenly bodies. —[Ex.- At a public dinner once in honor of Edward Everett, Judge Story gave the toast, “Genius is recognized where Ever-ett goes.” Everett responded; “Law, Equity and Jurisprudence; they never rise higher than one Story.” —[Ex. Feeble urchin—“I say, ma, my head aches. I’m going to stay at home from school this afternoon.” Solicitous maternal ancestor—“Well, my dear, I’m sorry. Stay at home and rest. It may do you good.” Three hours later feeble urchin rushes into the house with cheeks aglow. “I tell you, we had a nifty game. Eighteen to fifteen. I })layed short. Gimme suthin’ t’eat. -FOK FINE —- BOOTS. SHOES, -AND- SLIPPERS In all the Leading Styles, go to 123 Main Street, Milford. ([ “Satisfaction Guaranteed. A START IN LIFE FOR YOUNG MEN Is an Important Problem in Every Home. Self-Support is essential in manhood, Self-Reliance a strong defense. MORE T HAN 3 3,000 OF THE Prospemis Biiness lei of To-Day WERE TRAINED For Active, Useful Business Life AT Eastman College Poughkeepsie, N. Y. For Twenty-Five Yeau.s it has been the most popular and Largest Private School in America. It is to-day the only institution devoted to the specialty of teaching Yonng and Middle-Aged Men how to get a living, make money, and become enterprising, in¬ dustrious, useful citizens. It is the ONLY SCHOOL in the world where the course of study is practical, instead of Theoretical; wliere the students act as Buy¬ ers, Sellers, Traders, Bankers, Bookkeepers and Accountants in actual husine.ss oper¬ ations; where the Bank Bills, PYactional Currency and Merchandise are actually used, and have a real value, and every transaction is just as legitimate and bona fide as in any Mercantile, Banking or Busi¬ ness House, TO TA L EXPENSES. Board, Tuition Fee and Stationery for the prescribed business course of three months, $100 to $115. Applicants may enter any week-day in the year. The Illustrated Catalogue Giving full information in I ' egard to course of study, time required, expenses, etc., will be mailed on receipt of tliree letter staTups. Prospectus giving terms and a synopsis of tlie course of study, mailed free. Adiiress EASTMAN COLLEGE, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Doors, Sash, Blinds, AVindow Glass, Paints, Oils, Varnish, Putty, Curtain Fixtures, AVindow Shades and Paper Hangings. 133 Main Street, . - - Milford, Mass. The Best and Cheapest pl ace to buy FRUITS AND CONFECTIONERY IS AT J. W. ROBERTS’. ' Cake and Ice Cre.am constantly on hand. AVedding Cake a Specialty. THAYERS’ BLOCK. Main Street, Milford, Mass. GO TO O. 3NA. JXIDA-dXAS’, To Purchase PICTURE FRAMES Of all kinds. A large assortment of Mouldings on hand. J. EDWARD RODIER, PROVISION MARKET, Veal, Lamb, Mutton, Beef, Pork, Lard, Etc., Con¬ stantly on Hand. Vegetables, Fruits and Game in their Seasons. South Bow Street. Geo. H. Whittemore, Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing. 110 Main Street, Milford. MADE TO MEASURE. LEONARD 4 giUDIxEk, MILFORD, MASS. I Agt. Lewando’s French Dye House. COAuL! WOOID! Lime, Cement, Hair. Also, Brick and Hay of the best quality always on baud by Xj. C002X, Pond Street, - - Near Depot. Telephone from Cook Bros. Market. VoL. II. MILFORD, MASS., DECEMBER, 1885. No. 4 Christmas. What is it makes the loiul bells ring And all the happy children sing? What do these sounds of gladness bring? ’Tis Christmas. What is it brings so many toys To all the little girls and boys. And fills their hearts with many joys? ’Tis Christmas. What is it fills the scholar’s mind, Making his lessons lag behind, And on his card may zeros find? ’Tis Christmas. What is it our vacation brings? Of sav’ry goose and pudding sings, Of cakes, pies, and all sorts of things? ’Tis Christmas. What is it calls for spruces tall To place within a crowded hall, Loaded with gifts for large and small? ’Tis Christmas. What is this welcome joyous day When thoughts of care are far away, And young and old alike seem gay? ’Tis Cdiristmas. !• ' . V. c., ’St). What a Rain Drop Saw. I had become weary of roaming around in the sky in tlie foi-m of vapor, taking merely bird’s-eye views of things on earth, and tvas only too glad when at last a cold current of air struck me, condensing my particles into a dro]) of water, and sending me headlong to the earth. 1 wdthstood the shock very well, as did also my twin brother, who fell close beside me, on the to]) of a rock in central Ohio. But, alas! we were not to remain together long; for the force of grav- itv was so strong that it sent us roll¬ ing down the sides of the rock, though in altogether different direc¬ tions ; he went toward the north ; while I, toward the south. I well re- memV)er seeing his little, glistening body descending the hill,and I thouj ht then 1 shouhl never see him again; for a long, steep path lay before me, and I knew not where he had gone. Ihit we did meet again, though many, many miles from that place. As I said, a long, steep ])ath lay be¬ fore me, and as I went rolling down, I was joined by a number of my com- jianions, who went running down the Iiillside with me. As our number in¬ creased, the faster we went; till at length we jilunged into a brook and went skip])ing over the pebbles, carry¬ ing particles of sand and small stones along with us, wearing off their sharp edges and rounding the ])ebbles in the bottom of the brook. Other rills kept joining us until we grew to be a con¬ siderable stream and were compelled to push against great wheels in our course, which, I learned, furnished pow¬ er for running machinery that grinds grain and manufactures all sorts of articles. The stream had by this time grown to be a large river, and we soon united with a much larger one, the Ohio, where steam boats and all sorts of craft were plying. The banks were lined with towns full of active people, and I thought I had come to a jiretty busy world. Well, we Rowed along for about a hundred miles till we join¬ ed the ]Mississipj)i. Here I became acapiainted Avith rain drops from at least a third of the United States and some even from Canada. U])on our surface, large steamlioats j)lied, load¬ ed down with grain, cotton, sugar and jiroduce of all kinds. After a long journey we reached the mouth, or rather mouths, of the river. Here machines were at work dredging uj) the mud that had been deposited, so that large steamers could j)ass through. Upon asking whei ' C all the debris came from, I was informed that all rain drops, coming down the rivei ' , brought more or less dust and dirt with them, as all travelei’s do, and there were so many of them that in time they amounted to a great deal; for instance, in one year enough is deposited to make a ])yraniid a mile s(piare at the base and taller even than the Wash¬ ington monument. I suppose that I helped add my bit of sand ; for when one meets the tide, he must deposit what he has brought with him. I was then in the Gulf of Mexico, and was carried by the warm Gulf Stream through the Straits of Florida, Avhere I saw polyps at work building reefs, and learned they had in ages past made almost the entire southern ])art of Florida, from St. Augustine south. I was then borne out into the broad Atlantic, with nothing in sight but the blue waves all around me; but here were raindrops from all over the woj ' ld, and what a noise they made chattering in so manv different tongues, and how high they dimced and skip])ed! I was then entirely se])arated from those who had fallen with me in Ohio, and longed to see my brother, when whom should I see sitting, sparkling- in the sutdight, on the bow of a boat coming from Newfoundland, but my very own brother ? The wind drove me into his embrace, and then he re¬ lated his journey, how he had been carried into Lake Erie, over Niagara Falls, across Lake Ontario, into the St. Lawrence river, and so on into the Gulf, and finally into the Atlantic ocean, where he met me. But the hot sun had already grown too strong for us, and we were fast turning back to vapor; till, at length, we went sailing over the ocean toward land in a fleecy clouil. Up the Potomac valley we drifted, over the mountain peaks, where we became so chilled that we barely clung to the lower surface of the cloud, when I heard my brother burst forth with the well known song “Home Again, etc.” s. E. R., ’86. A feeble reed ])rovided man with his first arrow, his first j)en, his first instrument of music,—his three great ineans of comjuest.—[Picciola. o JL k: Of all the exchanges received hy ns, the one in which we take the most interest is the Oak, Lily and Ivy. It was a stray copy of this paper falling into onr hands, nearly a year ago, which led ns to estahlish the Record. AVe have not lived in vain, if sueli an enterj)risin£T yearling can call ns godfather. We antedate the Record of Woonsocket by a few months, but we must already look up. Mass —Academy Echo of Leicester, Latin School Register of Boston, AWl- listonian of Easthampton, Archon of South Byheld, Young Idea of Glouces¬ ter, Academy of Worcester, Argus of AA orcester, Atom of Aleth-uen, Low¬ ell PL S. Record of Boston, Mer- rimac Budget, Youth of Lowell, Life of Haverhill, 11. S. Record of Newton, M. B. S. Record of Billerica. 11. S. Student, of AAYstboro, H. S. Bulletin of Lawrence. N. PI. — Academian of Pembroke, Entrprise of Dover, Eclipse of Tilton, Exonian of P hillips Exeter. Me. — Phi-Rhonian of Bath, Acad¬ emy Bell of Frysburg, Kent’s Hill Breeze,Classic of Hallowell, Comet of Rockland. Conn. —Critic of New Haven, Stray Shot of AA’ ashington, Eagle of Bridge¬ port. R. 1.—Record of AA oonsocket. N. Y.—The Cue of Albany, Trinity School Record of Trivoli-on-Hudson, Eastman’s Journal of Poughkeepsie, Speculum of Sing Sing, Sibyl of El¬ mira. Pa. —LTniversity Mirror of Lewis- burg, Plaverfordian of Haverford Col¬ lege. N. J.—Advocate of New Bruns¬ wick, Torch of Asbury Park. Del. —Delaware College Review of Newark. Ky —Deaf Mute of Danville, Hamil¬ ton College Monthly of Lexington. Tenn. —S. AY. P. U. Journal of Clarksville. Minn. —Shattuck Cadet of P’ari- bault. lo.—College Chips of Decorah, PI. S. Journal of A illisca, H. S. Herald of Des Moines. Ill. — H. S. Journal of Chicago, St. A ' iateur’s College Journal of Bourbon- nais Grove. � Alien.—Herald of Hinsdale, Nor¬ mal News of Ypsilanti. Alo. — St. James Reveille of Alacon City. Ind. — Collegiate of Franklin, Pur¬ due of Lafayette. Kan. —AA ' eekly University Courier of Lawrence. Tex. — Clionian Alessinger, Bonham. Ont. — Tlie Portfolio of Hamilton. Clay. C’lay-beds arc found in all ])arts of the Union, but more especially under¬ lying the sub-soil of the prairie and Aliddle States. Clay is highly prized for the manufacture of crockery, pot¬ tery, brick and tile. South Amboy and Trenton, New ' Jersey, have a su¬ perior kind of clay, wdiich is used in making gas retorts, fire-bricks, terra¬ cotta, crockery and pottery. Trenton furnishes more of this kind of ware than all the rest of America, and its w ' are is celebrated the world over. The manufacture of bricks forms one of the most important industries of the country. Their color depends largely on the amount of oxide of iron in the clay from which they are made, as the heat used in baking them drives off the w ' ater and turns the limonite red. One of the most striking objects of interest that a traveller sees in pas¬ sing through the city of Alilwaukec, is its beautiful blocks, built of Alil- wuiukee bricks, wdiich are of a cream color; as there is no iron in the clay. They are manufactured in great quan¬ tities and are noted throughout the United States for their superior finish and quality, large numbers being shipped daily to all parts of the Union, The adobe or sun-dried brick is used in New ' APexico and Arizona for build¬ ing material. Buildings can be made cheaper and as desirable as if made of common brick, or even stone, and this brick may in time supercede w ' ood for many of the out-buildings of AVestern farmers. In ])laces wdiere lumber is scarce and log houses are built, here again clay comes into use in the form of mortar, Avhich is inserted between the logs in the seams and cracks to keep out the cold and the wdnd. Our ])aving tile, house tile and cele¬ brated Akron drain tile are all made from this material. Tiles that are placed around fire-places often cost a dollar apiece, and old Dutch pictured tiles are almost worth their weight in gold. A tile-roof looks very much like a corrugated iron roof, and a care¬ less observer might mistake one for the other. Although clay has been put to so many uses by man, perhaps it renders the most imj)ortant service in agricul¬ ture, as it is formed by the decom¬ position of feldsj)athic rocks wdiich generally contain potash, lime, or soda, the basis of most fertile soils. One reason wdiy Alilford soil is so comjiaratively ])oor, is because it lacks the great jilant feeder, potash. w. . 1 , c., ’8G. BUY YOUK C3-OOIDS AT T. :E ' . Mechanics Block, 1.38 Main Street., Milford, Mass. GEORGE G. PARKER, Attorney Counsellor at Law, No. 2 W ' asliington Block, Milford. H. C. SN ELL, Dealer in MEATS AND PROVISIONS Fruits, Vegetables, Pickles, Etc. Also, home- cured Hams and home-made Sausages. 64 MAIN STREET. HENRY S. CUSHMAN, Manufacturer of Heavy and Light Fine Harnesses. Also on hand. Sale Harnesses at Low Prices. Horse Blankets, Storm Covers, WTiips, Lap Robes, Horse Collars, Etc. 11 = Repairing Promptly and Faithfully Executed. No. 76 MAIN ST., MILFORD. R. C. ELDRIDGE, Dealer in DiamoiKls, fatcies, Clocks aM Jewelry, 132 Main St., Milford. ALL ORDERS FOR a-K OO E K i E s Received from the High School Scholars, will he promptly delivered hy the BOSTON GROCERY AND TEA HOUSE. G. F. WINCH, Proprietor. A CHOICE LINE OP Advice to our schoolmates: “Don’t be too self reliant,—consult AA ' chster.” Plush Ornaments Arrasene, Chenille, Floss and all other articles Suitable for Needle W ' ork. N. B.—Instruction given in Kensington and Lustro Painting by MRS. R. AYLWARD, Grant Block, up stairs, Milford. MRS. M. E. SPENCER, MODISTE, 100 Main Street, up stairs. E. G. MOORE, Offers to the Public all lending varieties of CUT FLOWERS IFLOEAL WORK Of all kinds. Give him a call. Hot Houses and Kesidence on Church Place. L I iLjir. A State Appropriation for Educational Purposes. The following is an abstract of a letter re¬ ceived by our principal from J. W. McDon¬ ald, principal of the Stoneham High School: An effort is to be made in the legis¬ lature soon to convene, to have the state take upon herself, as a state, a part of the burdens of the education of her children. Her present attitude is that of command,—force; the ex¬ pense of obeying those commands is thrown entirely upon the towns, with¬ out any regard to the difference in wealth and circumstances. For exam¬ ple, the state compels all the towns to suj)port common schools, and those above a certain size, to maintain high schools; she decrees what studies shall be taught, and that all text-books shall be furnished free, and then leaves it for Milford, with a valuation of only $2600 per scholar, and many other towns with a valuation of not over $2000 per scholar, to obey these com¬ mands as best they can, while other towns and cities enjoy a valuation of from $10,000 to $40,000 per scholar. Is this fair? Is it right for all the bur- dens of education to be thrown on the towns, poor as well as rich, when the state herself is benefited by the higher intelligence as much or even more than the town? There are in the state 846 cities and towns. Of these, 177 have a valuation of less than $3000 per scholar, 30 as low as $2000, some even as low as $1000. Of the remain¬ ing 169, 120 have a valuation less than the .state average, $5120, by far the larger part not reaching $4000. This is one side of the shield; the other is the golden one. Here w e find four cities and 45 towns that have valua¬ tions greater than the average, ten of them, including Boston, having over $10,000 per scholar, while the six towms. Cottage City, Manchester, Brookline, Milton, Hull and Nahant have from $14,000 to $40,000 for every pupil Avithin their limits. The consequence is that in these latter, the tax for educational purposes is very low, being only 79 cents on $1000 in Na¬ hant, and S2.04 per $1000 in Bf ston, while in Milford it is $3.75 per $1000. Now we claim that the state should assess a tax for educational purposes, tlnit would fall heaviest on the rich places, and contribute something to the |)Oorer. And why? Well in the first place, in the schools of a large num her of towns and cities of the state, es- j)ecially those within 30 miles of Bos¬ ton, are to be found a considerable jicrcentage of scholars, whose fathers, l)eing Boston merchants, ])ay a school tax in that city. Take an illustrative case, the names being withheld: Mr. A. lives in the town of W., where his three children are being educated at an expense to said town of $40 per year. On the house he occupies he pays a school tax of $7.50, and on jiersonal j)roperty held in Boston he ])ays a school tax to that city of $50. This is a fair exam¬ ple of thousands of cases. To those above mentioned must be added the thousands of labor¬ ing men and clerks Avith families Avho work in Boston, presumably because their labor is profitable to Boston, but Avho for economy’s sake live in the surrounding towns. This is well, but all the cost of educating their children should not be put upon these towns. There are places near Boston main¬ taining schools almost exclusively for such scholars at a great expense, Avhile the school tax received from their parents is comparatively insignificant, and the city enriched by their labor is not required to contribute a cent. If this is right, I have yet to meet one who has the courage to affirm it. Second, Boston, beside possessing almost all the wholesale trade of the state, is drawing to herself, Avith her improving railroad facilities, the lion’s share of the retail trade also. Millions of stock in trade has been, and is still being, draAvn from the cities and toAvns Avhere, under other circumstan¬ ces, it would be kei)t, and goes to sw ell the taxable personal estate of Boston. But the AvithdraAval of these retail stock.s-in-trade from the respective toAvns means more than the loss of taxes on the stocks themselves,—it les¬ sens the demand for land available for store purposes, and consequently, its value and ability to pay taxes. This leads me to my third point, name¬ ly, the reason for the great disparity in land values throughout the state. There are in Boston, millions of feet valued at from $25 to $50 per foot, and 3,000,000 feet could easily be found that Avould sell for $100,000,000. Boston’s land values do not re})resent a Avealth made b}’ the energy and economy of her y)eo])le in the sense that buildings and shipping do. It is a Avealth that grcAV Avhile its OAvners slej)t, and is largely the contribution of the surrounding po])ulations. De¬ stroy the surrounding country, and her values Avould vanisli as “the snow falls on the river”; destroy Boston, and the surrounding country Avould build up a nCAV Boston. The harbor on Avhich she lies, and Avhich helj)S to make her the great centre of the accu¬ mulated Avealth of the state, belongs to every other town of the com¬ monwealth as Avell as to her, and she owes them a rental for its use.’ She has no i-ight to draAv her arbitrary boundaries, and say to the Avealth thus accpiii-ed: “So far shall thy bene¬ fits extend and no farther.” CURRIER KENDALL,-!- ONE PRICE Gentlemen’s Furnisliing Goods, HATS, CAPS,TRUNKS,ETC. POST OFFICE BLOCK, MILFORD. BXT-X- YOTJE, DBY GOODS ' AND SMALL WARES ' ! AT 166 MAIN STREET, OF COBURN OLMSTEAD. , DR. GEO. P. COOKE, Surgeon Dentist, AT 168 Main Street, Milford. MILFORD -I GRANITE T COMPANY,. Building and Monumental Work Of all kinds executed -with despatch. This Granite is pronounced tlie best in the state. Does not change its color, and is free from iron. Samples furnished on application. Estimates made on work in any part of the country. Fred Sw.asey, Agt. .1. B. Bancroft, Treas. T. O. SASTMAN, Alanufacturor of All Kinds of BOOT AND SHOE BOXES AND BAND BOXES -FOR- STRAAV GOODS. -ALSO- Plain and Fancy Paper Boxes. Mill, Corner of Central and Depot Street, Milford. B U V Y O U It RIBBONS, LACE ANB SMALL WARES, OF G. T. FALES CO., 15Jf Main St., Jlilford. CLAFLIN THAYER, IMamifacturers of CALF AND KIP BOOTS, Boston Office, 90 Pearl street. New York office, A. Claflin Co., 116 Church St. W. H. BOURNE CO., DEALERS IX FAXCY GOODS, YAKXS, AND DRESS TRIMMINGS, |jIl Also Infants’ Goods of all Kinds. 100 Alain Street, Milford, Mass. ' FJIB:-0 K,vltmY|IVY. Published IMoiithly During tlie School Year, IIY The Senior Class of the Milford High School, PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. GENER.VI, EDITOR.S. GRACE P. FIELD and W. J. CuOlv. PERSONAIj editors. ABUIE I. MADDEN and I. H. FAIRBANKS. It seems strange that anyone wlio is old enough to attend the higli school has not sufhcient pride to learn his lessons. To leave pride out of the question, it seems stranger still that anyone of us should forget the del t Ave OAve the town. The toAvn has huilt a good school house, has furnish¬ ed us Avith hooks and is now employ¬ ing live teachers besides a drawing teacher. The yearly cost of running the school is considerable. Noaa ' , A diy does the toAvn do this? Is it Avith the idea that Ave scholars are to go there and idle aAvay our time, or do they ex¬ pect that in this school Ave shall learn to be wiser, and better fitted, Avhen Ave leaA ' e, to enter ujion life’s Avork as men and Avomen, not as boys and girls? Our parents, too, should be considered in this matter. ] Iany of them are Avorking hard, denying themselves that Ave may obtain an education. Surely Ave are doing Avrong in going to scbool, day after day, and neglecting our les¬ sons, Avhen Ave could siiend our time more iirofitablv elscAvhere. Success in life IS attained not by opjiortuni- tie.s, but by the use of all means that can elevate or inqiroA ' e. Our geological sjiecimens haAm again retired to tlie cabinet until the cliemistry class is ready for them. We are fortunate in having so good Avorking s])ecimens of the common rocks and ores. A valuable siiecimen has just been received from tlie l)ra- cut mines, which contains nickei, co¬ balt and arsenic. Z The editorial staff of this jiaper has been invited to join the Am.a- tcur Press Association of Massachu¬ setts. The annual meeting is to be held at Leominster. A good time is ])romised them. Still the good Avork goes on! Now the Hudson high school is jireparing for an Industrial Exhibition, and we have tried to give them the benefit of our experience by sending cojiies of the O. L. and T, Vol. 1, No. (1. Jdieir j)rinci])al, W. TI. Small, Avrites:—I believe they Avill be valuable in stimu¬ lating my ])u])ils, as I heard many of them say, on looking over the lists, “Well, I can make that, anyway.” The editors offered Washington Ir¬ ving’s “History of New Y ork” and Tennyson’s jioems as first and second jirizes to those pujiils obtaining the greatest number of subscribeivs to this pa])er. Miss Theresa Cook, ' ’89, Avas the winner of the first jii-ize, and Miss Etta Green, ’88, of the second. President Eliot of Harvard Univer¬ sity, and the c iefm the Parker House restaurant, Boston, receive each a sal¬ ary of $4,000.—[Ex. Ih-esident Eliot ought to congratulate himself that he is considered to be Avorth as much as a first-class cook. Here in West Vir¬ ginia, jirofessoi ' s and teachers i-eceive Avages in ]n-o])ortion far beloAV those paid for skilled labor of any kind- cooks or Avhat not.—[West Virginia Journal. We synqiathize Avith the West Vir¬ ginians and are also sorry to admit the truth of theii- lament; but, if Ave are not mistaken, the gentleman above mentioned receives $10,000 .at the present time. We exjiect that if the chef sees this he Avill strike for higher wages. When the high school scholars hoard that a Memorial Hall Av.as to be erected at the corner of School and Sjuaice streets, they hugged themselves Avith delight; for, said they, “then thei-e’H be a conci-ete Avalk and street cross¬ ing, and no more shall Ave be obliged to ferry ourselves over, or jump from stone to stone—noAv and then care¬ fully balancing on a friendly foothold Avhile dredging out a lost rubber.” “The Memorial Hall is finished; there it stands”—and so do fast in the mud. Old Alcohol is now being severely handled by the teachers of Milford. They have him doAvn, and he Avill soon be so annihilated that his most intimate, blear-eyed friends Avill not be able to recognize him. Another School. For the O. L. and I. How attractive ! With its spacious grounds, its grey stones and ivy cov- ereil Avails, large and loAV, and they say this is a school house. Very jileasant ' must be the interior of such an invit¬ ing building. Two steps take us to the hall Avhere, unmistakably, Ave re¬ alize Ave have entered a school. The same old custom, hats and caps on jiegs in roAVs and an occasional hat on the door. We go on and are allowed to enter, though our reception is not so cordial as Ave h.ad exjiected. To our (juestion, “Do you admit visitors?” Ave .are an- swei-ed by the gentlemanly teacher, “No, not (luring school session, but if you would like to come in, I will now have a recess.” And this is the recita¬ tion room, loAV and uninteresting. Who would believe that Avails so well covei’ed outside could be so bare Avith- 111 ? Such a schoolroom can scari ely be found in our grand old Common¬ wealth; in fact, ])Oorer accommoda¬ tions cannot be found, unless Ave look back 1900 years and see the juipils in Palestine, seated on the ground; but, uninviting as it seemed, we were en¬ tertained by its unusual appearance. Pude benches and e(]uallv rude desks are m.ade by nailing a long board on three uprights for seats, and just as long a board on higher iqirights for desks, leaving no place for keeping the books. No ornaments, not even one desk scarf, and Ave would think a ne¬ cessity was denied them; as there was no groove for penholders and pencils; howeA’er, “Blessed be nothing,” and as they had no ink, jiens Avould have lieen sujierfluous. ' The text-books were so (pieer, cpiite unlike anything Ave had ever seen before. But from each desk hung a bag for the books and pencils; most of them were of checked gingham, but Ave saw one old fashioned black reticule, which was the jiride of a little boy’s heart. We learned that the time from nine o’clock to ten minutes before ten could be given to devotions, after that the work must be strictly secular, by or¬ der of the insjiector, or superintend¬ ent, as Ave should call him. ' I ' he child¬ ren pay 5(1. a Aveek, or 20(1. a month; they must pass the fourth standard, or, failing of that, go till they are 14. We occujiied one of the benidies, but felt that we Avere strangers in a strange land. J ' he maps Avei-e unlike our oaaui, for Texas seemed of as much inqior- tance as Massachusetts. Mentallv, Ave visited the AI. H. S. Avith its largi ' , bright, sunny room, which seemed larger and lirighter than ever and made us feel more deteiauined lo “look on our mercies.” LOCAL KOITORS. LILLA F. HAYAVAKI) .aiul AV. G. CLIFFORD. BUSINESS EDITORS. CORA L. SNELL and N. E. TOUGAS. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ( ' I’en Numbers.) For the Year, . 40 cents | Single Copies, . 5 cents This paper is for sale at the well-known drug store of J. Allen Rice, where subscriptions tor the year will also be received, and back numbers can be obtained. Address all communications to THE OAK, LILY AND lA ' Y, Box 871. Entered at the Milford, Mass., Post-Office, as second class matter. o k: Sit down ! ! —Merry Xmas! How’s the ice ? Good bye, foot-ball! Those lovely curl })apers !! I’he worst bread—ill-bred. Girls, attention! A new cure for chaj)})ed lijis : kee]) the chaps away from them. Found: A dog; ])ure china, nose broken and a nick on the left ear. Call at this office. “Slang is a confession of ])overty, inasmuch as it makes one word do ser¬ vice for a score.” There seems to be some confusion in distinguishing fluorsjiar from ame¬ thyst quartz. Who was caught? Invertel)rntes is derived from two Latin words, in and verto, to turn in¬ to. So says a senior. “A man is never too old to learn.” One of the boys says he is 138 Jov- ian-years old. Let’s see, 12X138=? A profit of $.0388 on each co])y of our new piece of music, cleared for the O. L. and I. $.35. Small favors thankfully received. More! iMiss Hale, ’88, entertained us with a violin solo at oiii- last rhetoricals. Miss lloberts, ’88, played her accompa¬ niment. Although thirteen is generally con¬ sidered an unlucky number, yet the United States with the original thir¬ teen at their head have done fairly well. Instead of one recess of twenty min¬ utes we are now having two recesses of ten minutes each. Tliis will con¬ tinue until wai’in weather comes again, when we shall have our usual long recess. During the coming vacation, it is suggested that the rest of the young ladies show their skill with the needle by making desk covers for the next term. Schfrolboy: ‘Alother, I want some¬ thing to eat.” “Gut, my child, it’s bad for the digestion to eat so much.” “Y ' ou’re all behind the times, mother; Evarts and Hale say that we fellows who use our brains so much must have Jioe meals a day. Bring out the mince pie.” Teacher, to small boy : “Please write on the board in Latin, Beautiful maid¬ ens were led forth.” Small l)oy writes, virgines jmlchrae;—then a ))ause; furtive beatific, smiles at a young lady nearby. Teacher: “Well, what’s the matter?” S. B. “I don’t know the wor l for Hot blushes by S. B. ' ■ Lost: A heart; the fiiider will be| suitably rewarded by keeping the same. No. 25 stockings will be at a premi¬ um, Dec. 25. One of the graduates of this school wants to know if a tonsorial artist is a man who plays poker. “And then, you know, the doctor put the harmonica right under my tongue and took my temperature.” There is a “Malay” in the physical geograjdiy class. It was not suspect¬ ed until the scholar confessed. The Hoogly river seems to be an “unknown quantity,” in this town. Grammar scholars please take notice. Some of the philosophers have been astonished the past week at the sight of large iron weights floating in mer¬ cury like wood on water. Wanted, for Xmas, by a little five- year-old: “A drum with iron inside so i can’t break it.” The morning train on the B. A. railroad seems like a high school re¬ union. Often as many as 15 recent graduates may be counted. She was translating. “Are ! there !” she said, and her face was suffused with blushes. Again, she softly mur¬ mured “Ah ! there !” and then with a supreme effort she shouted, “Are there any men, etc., etc.” Every member of the philosophy class has presented to the teacher a conqiound lever consisting of three simple levers, and is cslso ] repared to tell what any given power can do when aj)plied to it. The following Avas the entertain¬ ment at the last class meeting of ’8(1: Song, . . Lilia II. Dennett Farce, Changed Partners Characters. Sir Fitful Gust, II. X., Ernest F. Xorcross (’harles Gust, Napoleon E. Tongas i Irs. Soiuerton, Cora 8nell Florence, (her daughter, fresh from school) Florence V. Clark. Parker, (servant) Mary P. Cox Song, Lilia II. Dennett One of the young ladies of ’89 has made a series of colored boxes of just the ])ro))er size to represent the amount of air which the lungs must contain after • exi)iration, generally contain; a common breath, and lastly, the total number of cubic inches which they can possibly hold. Sirs. Clement Waters, the author of “Painters, Scul|)tors, Architects, Engravers,” and a “Handbook of Leg¬ endary and IMythological Art,” once a pu])il of this school, has lately finish¬ ed the translation of one of INIadame Durand-Gre ille’s best stories entitled “Dosia’s Daiighter.” The translation of it was made in the remarkably short time of three weeks. -FOR FINE- LOOTS, SHOES. -AND- SLIPPERS In all the Leading Styles, go to 123 Main Street, Milford. J[ “Satisfaction Guaranteed. STAMPING OF ALL KINDS Neatly Executed. MRS. C. P.. 15ARNES, At the MAMMOTH 5 10 CENT STORE, 80 MAIN STREET, MILFORD. DR. R. H. COCHRAN, IDE ISTTZST, Mechanics Block, Milford. JOHN MADDEN, Dealer in TEAS, COFFEES and CHOICE PROVISIONS. 29 EXCHANGE STREET. C. F. WIGHT, TUNER AND REPAIRER OF - PI)q] 10,S V TlfJD V OR0 1N?A Warerooms in Washington Block, Milford. ([l = Church Organ Tuning a Specialty. L. E. FALES, COUNSELOR at LAW, Alhambra Block, Milford. FOUNDRY DEPARTMENT, HOPEDALE MACHINE COMPANY, HOPED ALE, MASS. Manufacturer.-) of Fine Iron, Brass, and Composi¬ tion Castsng, XjIXj ' Y’. (Continued.) Down the Connecticut in a Canoe. August ‘23. Slee])ing in hay is not so simple a matter as one might think. Hay has a j eculiar way of settling and thus forming hollows just where one’s head ought to be. In this case, by the time we had reduced it all to one lev¬ el, it was morning,—or what the farm¬ ers call morning—say 5 o’clock, when they wake up the much-enduring cat¬ tle to feed them. The balky horse seemed so good na- tured that we decided to give him an¬ other trial, out of respect to Woods- ville. He, “full of years,” walked off as if only old enough to cast his maid¬ en vote, (he wasn’t that kind though), and with the exception of jiolitely re¬ questing us to walk up the hills, gave us no further trouble. It was a cold and hungry ride, and for the most of the distance, we were shut in by a thick mist. Just before entering Woodsville, the river flowed through the narrows—that is, banks of solid rock which seemed to come within 20 feet of each other. Here, too, the road wound around the base of a per¬ pendicular cliff in a very picturesque way. We felt like exclaiming: “My kingdom for a—prepared plate !” We launched the canoe just below the railroad bridge, Avhere, had we known as much a Aveek before as then, we Avould have begun our trip. The Wells river came rushing into the Connecticut at this point, at an acute angle, and the union of the two cur¬ rents made so rough water that we were obliged to feel our way along for some distance. Three miles down we stopped for breakfast and dinner when an amusing incident happened. A young girl at the nearest farmhouse Avas asked to sell us some milk, and she at once Avent to the dairy to get it. On her return Avith covered pail we offered the usual price, Avhich she de¬ clined, saying that we Avere Avelcome to it, it Avas of no value, etc. On tak¬ ing the pail, Ave noticed its Aveight Avas more than that of a quart of milk, and on removing the cover, found a pail full of Avater! We suggested that there must be some mist.ake, as there Avas suflicient Avater in the river for our use. She, Avith blushes, ac- knoAvledged the misunderstanding and soon brought us a li(pior in Avhich the water did not exceed 90 per cent. We had found a can of Boston baked beans at Barnet, and opened it here. 145 miles from the “Hub of CiA - ilization.” Indian meal mush Avith milk, beans, crackers and coffee all seasoned Avith flve hours’ exercise in the fresh air, though served in tin, AA ' ere devoured Avith an appetite that many an epicure would have given his check for a large sum to ])ossess. We pushed off at 12 o’clock and paddled until 8 o’clock, excepting a rest long enough to buy cucumbers, eggs, etc. We passed three toll bridges during the day, and just as Ave came in sight of the second, we had our most exci¬ ting adventure of the day. There a stream on the Vermont side came rushing in at nearly a right angle Avith the Connecticut, and their junction caused a strong Avhirlpool. We did not realize it until we Avere in its poAV- er ; we were partially turned end for end and Avell rocked before we escaped its clutches. We then learned that it A vas safer to give the boat great head¬ way, on approaching such places, even at the risk of striking boulders, and so afterward we had no trouble. Three times we headed to all points of the compass and traveled four miles on AA ' ater to one by land. The longest circle was the Avell knoAAui Haverhill ox-boAv. We passed many fishers, got our latitude and longitude from them, and also satisfied their curiosity. At 5 o’clock we reached the falls at Brad¬ ford, Vt., but by pulling the canoe over a flat ledge on round sticks of drift wood, Ave were detained only a few minutes and Avent on refreshed by the chance to elongate ourseh es. As our only seats Avere the folded blan¬ kets spread on the bottom of the boat, the position soon became tiresome. Sore and hungry, Ave camped in Fairlee, opposite Oxford, N . H., hav¬ in g left 25 miles of river, besides the 10-mile drive in the morning, behind us. We had seen during the day many beautiful camping places; but after 6 o’clock, the banks were abomi¬ nable. After two hours’ search doAvn the stream, we discovered at last a lit¬ tle brook, just the AAudth of the boat, and shot into it to avoid the strong current of the river. The brook floAved through a deep crevasse of the bank, AAdiich had been cut by the spring freshets into natural steps, up which Ave climbed, ])ulling the boat after us. On the knoll Ave found tall uncut grass saturated Avith a heavy deAV ; but as it was Hobson’s choice, Ave made the best of it. A warming fire soon dried us, boiled green corn and eggs and steep¬ ed our tea; add to these cucumbers, and one Avould think the mixture, when taken at 9 o’clock at night in large doses, might have caused a whole hip])odrome of nightmares ; but Ave slept the sleej of the innocent, in spite of them and the rain Avhich be¬ gan to fall just .as Ave “Avent to bed.” (To be continued.) Not ])ummy, nor jtumise, but pum¬ ice. Geology scholars take Avarning. SIT FOK YOUR PIOT0GIAF1S AT lOO MAIN STREET, MILFORD, AT E. L. WILLIS . DENTIST. GEO. L. OOOEE, D. D. S. Rooms over Milford Nationl Bank, 178 MAIN STREET, - - MILFORD. B. H. SPAULDING, MANUFACTURER OF Men’s, Boys’ aoi CMlflreii’s Straw fiooSs, Corner of Pearl and Lincoln Sts., JAIilford, Mass. Salesrooms, 625 Broadway, New York. H. N. DAY, D. D. S., S ' u.rg ' eoii IDezitist, Albambra Block, Milford. Office Hours: . . 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. INDEMNITATEM LEGEMQUE, AT HOLBROOK’S, CXLYII. MAIN STREET. AVE OFFER SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS -IX- CLOTHING FOR SCHOOL WEAR. B. E. HARRIS, CLOTHIER. JESSE A. TAFT, ATTORNEY AND CODNSELLOR AT LAW, IRVING BLOCK, OPP. POST OFFICE, Milford, Mass. Everett Cheney, PERIODICALS AND FANCY GOODS, 136 Main street, Milford. AGENT FOR THE BOSTON HERALD. DE.ALER IN Carpetings, Stoves, Tin .and Sheet Iron AVare Paper Hangings, Upholstery Goods, Chamber Sets, Etc. 160 and 162 Main Street, - - Milford, Mass. x ' ' Yr. Stearns Godfrey, ’05, is leader of tlie orcliestra in one of the lligldand skating rinks, Boston. J. Oscar Bailey, ’08, is engaged in the jewelry business in Boston. Mrs. Bailey, his wife, was M. Liz de Bowers, also of ’08. Charles 5 . Nichols, ’08, is book- keejier at Field Bros.’ coal yard. Allister S. Jones, ’72, designed the stained glass for the Avindows of the World’s IMuseuin building, Boston. John Toomey, ’77, is now employed at AV. PI. Gile Co’s clothing store, Alii ford. Thomas F. Kelley, ’79, is now a member of the firm Glynn Kelley, druggists, AValtbam, Alass. Dr. K. 11. Cochran, the new dentist, was once a member of ’79. Nov. 25, William D. Noyes of Alarlboro was married to Annie Ph P ' ' airbanks, ’81, of Alilford. AVallace I. Stinipson, ’81, is sing¬ ing basso in the quartets at the Con¬ gregational and Unitarian churches. Nov. 26, Frank L. Fairbanks, ’81, (English), Avas married to Miss L. LaA ' eolette of Alilford. Charles AA . Carroll, once of ’82, is one of the firm of Kyan Carroll. John K. Eldridge, once of ’83, is enrolled at Harvard. Harry A. Coburn, ’83, is a clerk in Thomas AVhite ■ Co’s Avholesale boot and shoe store, Boston. Helen Colburn, once of ’84, is at¬ tending Aliss Porter’s school at P ' ' arm- ington. Conn. This is her second year at this institution. Caroline Carr, ’84 (English), is at¬ tending the VV’ orcester Normal school Essie C. Thayer, ’85, Avas the author of tlie article upon Alarmion in our last issue. Her name Avas accidental- Iv omitted. John F. Igoe, ’85, is attending Bryant Stratton’s Commercial Col lege, Boston. Aiinnie Waterman, ’85, is clerking at Everett Cheney’s. _ Martha AI. Plgan, ’86, Avas recently suiq)rised at her lionie by a party of friends, Avho presented her with a pair of gold bracelets and a ring. A suj)- per Avas served after Avhich ganu were played and a very enjoyable evening was spent. ATnton Sear.s, ’88, has also been given a sur])rise jiarly by his class¬ mates and othei’ friends. The usual good time is rejiorted. Alarried, Nov. 25, Luvina Tongas, a foianer pupil, and J. Pldward liodiei. COOK BROS., DEALERS IN Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Pickles, Etc. Hums cured by ourselves and Home-made Sausages. Market, 128 Main Street. 8. A. COOK. S. 8. COOK. jF or Your Medical Advice, Consult Dr. TT’i J. Clarke, 100 Main Street. ODE PENCIL SHARPENERS FOli SCHOOL USE, Have been adopted by many of the best schools in ibe country. DUTCHER TEMPLE COMPANY, Hooedale, Mass. mXON BROS. Have a FULL LINE OF HOLIDAY GOODS, AA liicli they are selling very low. How is the time to buy a PARLOR STOA ' E, selling low to close. HIXON BROS., 63 And 65 Main Street. Science and Wealth. In Greece, Avhen jdiilosophical and scientihe speculation Avas at its high¬ est point, and Avhen education was conducted in its own vernacular, and not through dead languages, science, industry and commerce Avere actively ] rosperous. Corinth carried on the manufactures of Birmingham and Sheffield, Avdiile Athens combined those of Leeds, Staffordshire and London, for it luul Avoolen manufactures, ])ot- teries, gold and silver Avork, as Avell as shi}) Iniilding. Their idiilosophers Avere the sons of burghers, and some¬ times carried on the trades of their fathers. Thales was a traveling oil merchant, who brought back science as well as oil from Egypt. Solon and his great descendant Plato, as Avell as Zeno, Avere men of commerce. Soc¬ rates Avas a stone mason, Thucidides a gold miner, Aristotle kept a druggist’s shoj) until yVlexander endowed him Avith the wealth of Asia. All but Socrates had a superfluity of Avealth, and he Avas sup] orted by that of others. Noav, if our universities and schools created that love of science which a broad education Avould surely inspire, our men of riches and leisure Aviio a(lvance the boundaries of scien- tilic knoAvledge could not be counted on the fingers as they noAV are, Avhen we think of Boyle, Cavendish, Na})ier, Lyell, Alurchison and Darwin, but Avould be as numerous as our states¬ men and orators.—[Sir Lyon Playfair. C- oIXl HAS THE MOST Complete Assortment of the Latest Novelties IN GOLD PENS, PENCILS, Fountain and Stylographic Pens at the Lowest Prices. 0-- IF. BIIROU, Dealer in IB T S , AND PROVISIONS, Fruits, A ' cgetables, Butter, Eggs, Etc. Also, home- cured Hams and home-made Sausages. 33 Exchange Street. FIXE MILLTXERV AND II.41R GOODS AT PAVILION MILLINERY PARLORS, MUSIC HALL BLOCK, MAIN STREET, MILFORD. MORGAN’S PHARMACY. Sponges, Gums, Oils and Alcohol. CHOICE FANCY GOODS. MOUSE’S ASPARAGUS KIDNEY CURE, MORSE’S DYSPEPSIA CURE. MUSIC HALL BLOCK, - - MILFORD. O-A-IjX, AVT T. 79 MAIN STREET, MIEFORD, For a large assortment of OONFEOTIONEEY AND FRUIT. All Ice Cream orders for parties and church fairs will be promptly attended to. Prices as low as the lowest. Heath Brothers, FASHIONABLE TA ILORS, 118 Main Street, Milford. A Fine assortment of Ladies’ and Gents’ BOOTS, SHOES AND RUBBERS Can he found at the NEW YORK BOOT AND SHOE STORE. M. A. Saunders, GRANT BLOCK, - • MIEEORI), MARY GAHAGAN, DRESS AND CLOAK MAKER, 100 MAIN ST., MILFORD. Up Staiks. MEMORIAL HALL AND DEPOT LIVERY AND SALE STABLES, First-class Teams for all occasions, at reasonable prices. Horses, Carriages, Harnesses, Etc., for Sale or Exchange. Transients Properly Cared For. T. F. DAYOKEX, Proprietor. OJk.K;, LILY ITL) lYY. ‘Active shears gather no rust.” A. L. SMITH, DR. FLATLEY’rCODGH SYRUP I The Best in the World. Evei’y Itottle Warranted- E Made By I J. t 116 iHain Street, Milford, Blass. I _ Mrs, H. M. Fisher, 1 DRESS AND CLOAK MAKER, i No 118 Blaiii Street,, Over Heath Brothers’ Clothing Store. ELDREDGE BEATTEY, HOUSE PAINTERS and PAPER HANGERS, And Healers in Doors, Sash, Blinds, Window Glass, Paints, Oils, Varnish, Putty, Curtain Fixtures, Window Shades and Paper Hangings. 133 Blain Street, - . - Milford, Mass. The Best and Cheapest place to buy FBUITS AND OONFEOTIONERY IS AT J. W. ROBERTS’. Cake and Ice Cream constantly on hand. Wedding Cake a Specialty. THAYERS’ BLOCK. Main Street, Blilford, Mass. GO TO O. LT. i To Purchase PICTURE FRAMES Of all kinds. A large assortment of Mouldings on hand. J. EDWARD RODIER, PKOVISIOK MARKET, Veal, Lamb, Blutton, Beef. Pork, Lard, Etc., Con¬ stantly on Hand. Vegetables, Fruits and Game in their Seasons. South Bow Street. Geo. H. Whittemore, Heater in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing. 110 Blain Street, Blilford. S-H-I-I -T-S MADE TO BIEASURE. LE0]VI il D § 3 iDIiER, BlILFOKI), BIASS. IE “Agt. Lewando’s BYench Hye liouse. 00-A.L! WOOL! Lime, Cement, Hair. Also, Brick and Hay of the best quality always on hand by Xj. ooozx. Pond street, - - Near Depot. Telephone from Cook Bros. Market. It takes a kitten to raise a inewtiny. Tiie Parisians iiave introduced square ninbrellas. Tliey are just as bad as any other kind—never round when it rains. “Out of every one hundred and nine female school teachers,” says an e.Ycbange, “seven marry every year.” How many times do tlie remaining 102 marry? The total amount spent in the United States for public education is only one-tenth as much as that spent for liquor; the one is ninety millions, the Other is nine hundred millions. In a new arithmetic we read: In one lot there are four calves and in another two young men with then- hair banged. How many calves in all?—[Ex. “Sunt qui scire volunt, eo fine tantum ut sciant, et tnrpis curiositas est. Et snnt qui scire volunt, ut sciantor ipsi, et tnrpis vaiiitas est. Et snnt item qui scire volu nt ut scientiam vendant, et tnrpisquaestus est; Sed sunt qnoqne qui scire volunt, ut aedifi- cent, et cliaritas est; Et item qui scire volunt, ut aedificentur, et prudentia est.”—[St. Bernard. A disappointed young man says he wishes he was a rumor, because a ru¬ mor soon gains currency, which he has never been able to do.—[Ex. One of our subscribers suggests that the marriage service, at present in use, he amended as follows: “command or obey, serve or resist, indulge, spare, pardon, obey, believe, persevere, and the like.” This sounds familiar, but we cannot quite place it.—[Latin School Register. Harvard is still the largest college in the country; Oberlin comes second, and Columbia has fallen to third place; Michigan is fourth, and Yale fifth. Teacher—How many wars were ivaged with Spam? Pupil—Six. Teacher—Enumerate them. Pupil (counting on his fingers)—One, two, three, four, five, six.—[Ex. Over and over again, No matter which way I turn, I always find in the book of life Some lesson that I must learn; I must take my turn at the mill, 1 must grind out the golden grain, I must work at my task with a resolute will, Over and over again.—[Anon. A raindrop fell into the sea. “I am lost,” it cried; “what am I in such a sea?” Into the shell of a gajiing oys¬ ter it fell, and there formed into the Orient ])earl, which now shines fairest in Britain’s diadem. Humility creates the worth it underrates.—[Persian,— Sir W. Jones. Livery, Sale and Boarding STJYBLL!. First Class Teams at Reasonable Prices. Transients Well Cared For. 83 Central Street, - - MILFORD, MASS. A START IN LIFE FOR YOUNG MEN is an Important Problem in Every Home. Self-Support is essential in manhood, Self-Reliance a strong defense. M O R E T H A N 3 3,000 OF THE Prosperois Rnsiess Men of To-Day AVERE TRAINED For Active, Useful Business Life AT Eastman College Poughkeepsie, N. Y. For Twenty-Five Years it has been the most popular and Largest Private School in America. It is to-day the only institution devoted to the specialty of teaching Young and Middle-Aged Men how to get a living make money, and become enterprising, in¬ dustrious, useful citizens. It is the only’sciiool in the rvorld where the course of study is I’ractical, instead of Theoretical; wliere the students act as Buy¬ ers, Sellers, Iraders, Bankers, Bookkeepers and Accountants in actual business oper¬ ations; where the Bank Bills, Fractional Currency and Mercliandise are actually USED, and have a real value, and every transaction is just as legitimate and bona fide as in any iMercantile, Banking or Busi¬ ness House. TA L EXPJ JA SES. Board, Tuition Fee and Stationery for the prescribed business course of three mouths 1100 to $115. Applicants may enter any week-day in the year. The Illustrated Catalogue Giving full information in regard to course of study, time required, expenses, etc., will he mailed on receipt of three letter stamps. Prospectus giving terms and a synopsis of the course of study, mailed free. Addre.ss EASTMAN COLLEGE, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.