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

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XjI story of a Library Book. I had been living in the very atmos¬ phere of books for several months. So, as I sat in the fading twiliglit on the floor of tlie old deserted library, Avith the musty, dilapidated volumes })iled about me, I scarcel} ' started, or even felt surprised, when I heard a voice by my side say in a Aveak but exultant tone, “At last! At last! The time has come for the book to speak and break this long, long silence.” I soon ascertained Avhence the sound came, and stooping, lifted a heavy Amlume of Shakespeare, Avhich rested on another much smaller book. The latter gave a sigh of relief and said, “ 1 0 w are in sympathy with me, and so I can speak. It does not often happen.” “it Avas A dien I was new and my pages pure and unstained, that I en¬ joyed life most. Now that I am too old and Avorn for use, my only pleas¬ ure is in thinking of those hap])y days.” (Here the book gave vent to a heart-rending sob, Avhich all the others echoed; then, after a ])ause, it re¬ sumed:) “How much 1 enjoyed my travels! I Avent up among the clouds on Mt. Washington; I sailed doAvn the Connecticut on a pleasure excur¬ sion; and one gala day I Avent up in a balloon. Very soon my adventures came to bear more directly u))on my¬ self. I came into the possession of a young lady who ate sweetmeats OA ' er my open pages. Ton can easily find traces of them even noAV. That Avas not the Avorst, hoAAmver. She sessed that nuisance of nuisances—a little brother. He captured me, scratched his name in pencil over the margin, filled up the o’s in a chajiter, dreAv pictures in red ink on the blank pages, and finished by drojjping me into a bucket of Avater.” Suddenly the book burst into a laugh Avhich made its ])Oor Aveak bind¬ ing crack, and its leaves shake. “I was Avith a queer old lady once. She took snuff; (of course I had my share too) and just before I’etiring, she used to place me under her arm, and, candle in hand, Avalk through all the rooms of her house, looking under sofas, be¬ hind doors and in closets. For what do you suppose she could have been searching? Well, I don’t knoAAq be¬ cause she never found it. “I once kneAv a girl Avho disliked to practise.” (I really think the book meant to be ] ersonal then, it si)oke in such a sly Avay.) “She used to take me to the piano Avith her, ])lace mo on the rack, strike a note semi-occasionally, and read, Avhile her mother, at Avork in the kitchen, thought she Avas duti¬ fully ])ractising her music lesson. An¬ other read me in church during the sermon, Avhich she did not appreciate. “By this time, I had entirely lost my pride. Some of my leaves Avere gone, the others badly torn. My frontispiece (of Avhich I had been so ])roud) Avas spattered with ink. If there is any class of literature that is to be pitied more than all others, it is the poor, wandering library book. Yet I do not regret my existence, nor the ])art I have played in so many hu¬ man lives. I have been a source of tem])orary enjoyment, at least, to many a heart heavily laden with world¬ ly cares. What mortal is not some¬ times thankful for a little respite and oblivion? Very feAV are grateful to the library book, however. They do not treat it as they Avould their own property, but seem to delight in its mutilation and destruction. “Not long since, 1 came into the ))Ossession of an old bachelor. I knoAV he was a bacheloi-, because there was no sign or token to suggest that a Avoman had ever entered his sanctum. He cheAved that vilest of all Aule Aveeds, tobacco. He did not think hoAv loathsome and disgusting I should be to the next person I visited, and, Avorse still, I fear he did not even care. Is it any Avonder that I dreaded to be touched by clean hands again? “It hajipened that I came into the possession of a young lady, next. I never liked any one so Avell. I knew I Avas very disgusting to her, for after reading me a short time, she laid me carefully aAvay, and had she not been very much interested in my pages, I am positive that she Avould never have touched me again. I kncAv she must have A ' ery little reading matter, because I never saAV any other books or papers about. After I had been there a few days, I noticed that she never left her room, and guessed that she had in some Avay displeased her father (a very ig¬ norant, tyrannical man) and Avas shut up in it for a punishment. He often came to her door and spoke in angry, threatening tones, but she Avas ahvays calm and firm. I knoAV he Avould haAm been very angry if he had found me there, and if lie had, I might have been treated even Avorse than before. I don’t think he could read or Avrite. I tell you that it is an education that you human beings need,” declared the book emphatically. Then in its for¬ mer mournful tone it murmured, “I shall never see her again, for I am too old to go out into the Avorld any more.” Then Avith a final sob the hook ceased speaking, after sloAvly and sadly re¬ peating these Avords:— “ ‘IIoAV AA ' eak and poor is the romancer’s art! There is no tongue or pen that ean portray The story of tlie simplest human heart. Once 1 could read and wonder; noAv, in sooth, I know there’s naught so bitter strange as -FOR FINE- BOOTS, SHOES, -AXl truth,’ n. A. J., ’86. SLIPPERS In all the Le.adlng Styles, go to , F, HADEEr ' S 123 Main Street, Milford. Jg Satisfaction Guaranteed. STAMPING OF ALL KINDS Neatly Executed. MRS. C. B. BARNES, At the MAMMOTH 5 10 CENT STORE, 80 MAIN STREET, MILFORD. JOHN MADDEN, Dealer in TEAS, COFFEES and CHOICE PROVISIONS. 89 EXCHANGE STREET, LILHATANSU LADIES’ QUARTET. MRS. J. H. AVOOD, MRS. E. G. BELL. MRS. H. AV. LULL, MRS. J. I. WHITNEY. C. F. AATIGHT, TUNER AND REPAIRER OF •fPITINO? GRG N?, Warerooms in Washington Block, Milford. |lI “Church Organ Tuning a Specialty. L. E. FALES, COUNSilLOR at LAW, Alhambra Block, Milford. FOUNDRY DEPARTMENT, HOPEDALE MACHINE COMPANY, HOFEDALE, MASS, Manufacturers of Fine Iron, Brass, and Composi¬ tion Castings.

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O id. 1 Ovid. Deucalion exclaims: “0 ' would that I could repair the people by my father’s skill.” Beware of that new scarf-])in ! One end is Blunt and harmless enough, but the other extends into the pocket, and when the hand is there—look out! At the last meeting of the class of ’80, a motion was made and passed that a vote of thanks be extended to Florence V. Clark for her interest and energy in pre{)aring the entertain¬ ments for the evening meetings held every three weeks. Napoleon Tongas was ap])ointed a committee of one to draw uj) and present the same. “Come and dance with me,” cried the sparkling damsel of the third class. “0 ! you will have to excuse me,” was the reply. ‘Squeeze you ? I won’t; you are too fat,” and thereupon she wiped two tears from her Blood-y eyes. Five young ladies ventured out the other day with their hair jmwdered and arranged a la INfadame Washing¬ ton. They were very indignant when they discovered that some thought they were advertising a new brand of flour sold by one of our local dealers. The singing class is learning “Inte¬ ger Vitae” and “Good-bye,” two songs which are sung at the annual reunions of the graduates of this school. The alumni at their next reunion in June may expect to hear some new voices join in the songs, which, though old, are not familiar to the graduates of recent years. There is a movement on foot to estab¬ lish an elocution class under a teacher from the Monroe School of Oratory in Boston. It would certainly be of great profit to the school if such a class could be formed. The teacher is vouched for by the principal of the school, C. W. Etnerson, M. D. Miss Nellie A. Brown, ’88, has shown considerable skill in the con¬ struction of a model of Caesar’s bridge. To make the effect more real- istic she has jflaced it in a pan of water and sand representing the bed of the river Khine. “Ou habitent les castors?” “Where are the j.lug hats?” One (lay it is the strong scent of turj ' cntine which fills the air; the next, the passing breeze brings us the j)un- gent odor of ammonia, but either of these is ])referabl(i to the choking gases which so often ascend in vol¬ umes from the laboratory. We acknowledge the receipt of 06 exchanges for the last month. From New England, 29 ; from the states west of the Mississipjd, and Canada, 14 ; from tlie remaining states 23. If our s])aee allowed all might be commended. i Eflie E. Adams (Worthen), ’77, is ;! 1 teaching in Bellingham, and Nellie A. i| . . Dale, ’80, at Wellesley Hills. i fellas W. Hale, our eleventh iinnci-i t,, rn • i pal. is receiving the congratulations of . “ 1 ’ ' V 1 his Milford friends hecanse of the hap- Wellesley College has had py arrival of “ximiter three? ' | sfo ' tnne to sprain her ankle. , fehe has our sympathy. |!j Frank A. Ilill, the tenth principal Jessie E. Giw, ’88, a very sncccss- ot this school and at present at the f,,, teacher of the Terpsichorean art, head of the high school 111 Chelsea, 1 ,,, „ eiass at Iloiiedalel has been appointed master of the ' ; English high school, Cambridge, at a Horace A. Brown, ’85, has left his salary of $2,800 per annum. position at the PIo])edale Machine i Co’s sho]), and is now employed at State Senator Scott, who strongly George W. Lane’s dry goods store, ojiposed the division bill in the Senate, at n i g • ' and whose siieech was so highly iirais- . 1 5 ’ fi‘ick, a former assistant, ed, was once a iniiiil of this school in 1 . ' ? , in the Loung Ladies | the fifties. His home is now in Lex- School, Cincinnati, Ohio. ington. Rev. Charles J. White of Woon- , tt at -11 foA 1 1 r. socket, our seventh lu-inciiial, recentlv i Clmrlcs H Morrill, 8J, who lef First Universnlist Harvard to ake the priiicipalshii, of entertain- ;i the Wilton N. H.,liigli school, has de- p lecture on the Ko- !i ehiicd another term s service, and wi 1 Catacombs. i ' enter Dartmouth to complete his col¬ lege course. Wallace I. Stimpson, ’81, is about to go West, even to the other shore, Kittie H. Donovan, once of ’88, is in search of spoil. May he charm the receiving instruction in instrumental natives with his voice and gather in : music at Framingham. the products of the earth, especially i Clara Fisher, ’75, is clerking at E. ’ ' I ' I’i hands. I McKay’s dry goods store. M illiani F. Sherborne, English, ’84, has left his position as assistant sta- 1 Martin J. Kelley,’80, has been re- tion agent at Hyde Park and is now | elected librarian of the public library, station agent at Dorchester. John F. Toomey, ’77, is now em- Ernest L. Cook,’82 English, is em¬ ployed by clothiers in Boston, Mass. ployed in the locomotive works at . • A 1 rn A, rj Providence, R. I. Annie G. Burke, I heresa A. McCar- ’ ten, Lizzie A. Madden, John McLaugh- Littlefield, a former lin and Hugh Bradley, all graduates is einployed in Jones B ow- of this school, took prominent parts provision store at Jacksonville, ! in the ])lay, entitled “Colleen Bawn,” , at the Music Hall, St. Patrick’s night. Bernard Kelley, ’76, is travelling in T • T ' -r • 1 • New Jersey and Pennsylvania for : Jennie L. 1 lifts, 82, is advertising p o i ja- i g -11 Chase feanborn, coffee and tea i for music scholars. , i merchants. Edmund Murjihv. once of ’81. died at his hoine in est street, Sunday problem which many students of j morning after an illness of three algebra at times attempt to solve is: Given the examjile and the answer, to P ' rank L. Young, ’70, and wife, hnd the work. It is said that many j Minnie E. Jones ( )ung), ’75, of Bos- students consider this a problem whose | ton, recently participated in the enter- solution is imjiossible.—[H.S. Review. j tainment at the LTniversalist fair. Is this the case with any of our dear | A’s and B’s? Oh, no indeed! | We are sorrv to hear that jMiss ,, | Anna M. W alker, 85, has bemi obliged Some of our teachers have received | to le.ave the Normal school at P ra- invitations to attend the conimence- mingham on account of ill health. ment exercises of the Woman’s Jled- The Lowell high school j)a])er is ical College of Pennsylvania, at Phila- proud of its battalion, and in the last delphia, to witness the graduation of issue says: “A great ])art of the good Miss Alice T. Hall, one of our recent discijiline displayed in the ranks is assistants. due to IMr. Shernnrne, who under- --- stands his business perfectly.” When The Greek Professor tells us that the the present senior class has graduated, Greeks called the jiarts of the eyes there will be no one in school who sat now known as “juipils,” “girls,” be- | under the instruction of our former cause those are the images most in ra sub-master. people’s eyes.—[Ex. | ii

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X ' Vy . Some Observations. Among the various cases of impo¬ liteness wliich we notice in our every- i day life, few are the result of deliber¬ ate intention. A greater number are due to thoughtlessness, or a sort of mild selfishness. School girls are often seen congre- gated in little groups, laughing boister¬ ously, interrupting one another, three or four talking at once in their shrill¬ est tone.s, their combined efforts in this direction ])roducing a result which is very discordant to sensitive ears. These girls with the best of in¬ tentions are violating the rules of politeness. They are seemingly for¬ getful of the saying, “A soft voice is a beautiful thing in woman.” Again these same girls, during school hours and in their recitations, go to the other extreme, mumbling so faintly that they are repeatedly requested to speak louder. How annoying to a congregation to have a man rise and divest himself of his overcoat at some fine passage of music or during the sermon ! Yet we frequently see it done. Nor is this the only case of impoliteness that hap¬ pens in the church. Man is as thought¬ less and selfish here as at other public ])laces. The premature shutting of hymn-books, the turning and rustling of the leaves of the ]i ible, whispered remarks ujion the ])reacher, the ser¬ mon, or a lady’s bonnet, are of fre¬ quent occurrence. Still greater thoughtlessness is dis- played at places of put)lic amusement, especially at theatres, ddie jmrchaser of a ticket feels himself entitled to enjoy himself even at another’s ex¬ pense. He talks during the acts, crit¬ icising the actors and the acting in a voice which is ])erfectly audible to many. If he be at all musical and the entertainment consists of singing, he hums or attem])ts to hum the air which is being i)layed. W1 len men and bovs stand talking on the street corners, do they realize that they are obstructing the way and hindering other persons from ])assing? When they quietly puff the smoke from their cigai-s into a ]tassing lady’s face, are they aware that they are making themselves obnoxious? Dis¬ respectful conduct of the young towards the old, loud laughter and rude behavior, would be banished if all thought how their actions appear¬ ed to others. We can still say with Burns:— SIT FOK VOUK PIOTOeiAPlS AT lOO MAIN STREET, MILFORD, AT E. L. WILLIS . DENTIST. GEO. L. COOEE, D. D. S. Rooms over Milford Natioiil Bank. 178 MAIN STREET, - - MILFORD. B. H. SPAULDING, MAXUFACTUREU OF Men’s, Boys’ aiid CMUreu’s Straw Goods, Corner of Pearl and Lincoln Sts., Milford, Mass. Salesrooms, 625 Broadway, New York. H. N. DAY, D. D. S., S ' u.rg ' eon IDenritist, Alliaml)ra Block. Milford. Ofllce Hours: - - 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. INDEMNITATEM LEGEMQUE, AT HOLBROOK’S, CXLVII. MAIN STREET. WE OFFER SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS CLOTHIN G FOR SCHOOL WEAR. B. E. HARRIS, CLOTHIER. JESSE A. TAFT, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, IKVTNG BLOCK, OPP. POST OFFICE, Milford, Mass. Everett Cheney, PERIODICALS AND FANCY GOODS, 136 Main street, Milford. AGENT FOR THE BOSTON IIEKALD. “O wad some pow’r the giftie gie us To see oursel’s as itliers see us!” G. P. F. ’80. DEALKIl IN Activity is the lever of Archimedes. —f Biilwer, Carpetings, Stoves, Tin and Sheet Iron Ware, Paper Hangings, Upholstery OckmIs, Chamber Sets, Etc. 100 and 163 Main Street, - - Milford, Mass O- ' zniiOoXI HAS THR MOST Complete Assortment ot the Latest Novelties IN GOLD PENS, PENCILS, Fountain and Stylographic Pens at the Lowest Prices. 3-- Z . BZZSCZZ, Dealer in IM: E -A. T S !:|5 AND PKOVISIONS, Fruits, Veget ables. Butter, Eggs, Etc. Also, home- cured Ham.s and home-made Sausages. 33 Exchange Street. The Place to Buy Clothing —AND— MErS FURBISHING GOODS Is at the New Store of RYAN CARROLL, 98 MAIN STREET. MORGAN ' S PHARMACY. Sponges, Gums, Oils and Alcohol. CHOICE FANCY GOODS. MOUSE’S ASPARAGUS KIDNEY CURE, MORSE’S DYSPEPSIA CURE. MUSIC HALL BLOCK, - - MILFORD. CA..I5XJ A..T 79 MAIN STREET, MILFORD, For a large assortment of CONFECTIONERY AND FRUIT. All Ice Cream orders for parties and church fairs will be promptly attended to. Prices as low as the lowest. Heath Brothers, FASHIOMBLE TAILORS, 118 Slain Street, Milford. A Fine assortment of Ladies’ and Gents’ BOOTS, SHOES AND ROBBERS Can be found at the NEW YORK BOOT AND SHOE STORE. M. A. Saunders, GRANT BLOCK, - . MILFORD Notice to Patrons, MISS M. A. GAHAGAN Has removed her DRESSM . KING EOONIS from Blunt’s Block to Fine Street, Tliird House on the Left, In rear of NIusie Mall Block, where she will be pleased to see her patrons. MEMORIAL HALL AND DEPOT LIVERY AND SALE STABLES, First-class Teams for all occasions, at reasonable prices. Horses, CiiiTlages, Il.-irnesses, Etc., for Sale or Exchange. Transients Promptly Cared For. T. F. DAVOKEX, Proprietor.