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

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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.

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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- k:, j isriD I s DR, FLATLEY’F COUGH SYRUP The Best in the World. Every Bottle Warranted- Made By T. XjXjEHST 116 Main Street, Milford, Mass. COOK BROS., DEALERS IN Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Pickles, Etc. Hams cured by ourselves and Home-made Sausages. Market, l!t8 Main Street. S. A. COOK. 8-S. COOK. E LDREDGE BEATTEY, HOUSE PAINTERS and PAPER HANGERS, And Dealers in Doors, Sash, Blinds, AVindow Glass, Paints, Oils, A ' arnish, Putty, Curtain Fixtures, AVindow Shades and Paper Uang:ing;s. 133 Main Street, - - - Milford, Mass The Best and Cheapest place to buy FRUITS ASD OONFEOnOUEEY IS AT J. W. ROBERTS’. Cake and Ice Cream constantly on hand. AA’ ' edding Cake a Specialty. THAYPIRS’ BLOCK. Main Street, Milford, Mass. GO TO O. X L. ..A-nDJLZvZS’, To Purchase PICTURE FRAMES Of all kinds. A large assortment of Mouldings on hand. DR. R. H. COCHRAN, ZD IE IsT T Z S T , Mechanics Block, Milford. Geo. H. Whittemore, Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jev,relry, Silverware, Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing, no Main .Street, Milford. s-lai-z-z -T-s MADE TO MEASURE. MILFORD, MASS. U Agt. Lewando’s French Dye House. OO Zj! WOOZD! Lime, Cement, Hair. .Also, Brick and Hay of the best quality always on hand by Xj. 000.1X, Pond Street, - - Near Depot. Telephone from Cook Bros. Market. “Active sheai ' s gather no rust.” Student — “Rex fiigit — the king flees.” Professor—“In Avliat other tense can tliat form be made?” Per¬ fect.” “Yes, and how would yon then translate?” Painful silence, pro¬ fessor simsrests “has.” Student—“The king has fleas.”—[Ex. Laiv of Gravity.—“Say, Professor,” said a freshman to the lecturer, “what makes a fellow’s heart sink ivlieii he’s in tronhle?” “The gravity of the sit¬ uation, of course,” Avas the eloquent rejoinder. When one gives a hoy a lift in the world he cannot tell what the conse¬ quences will he. Sir Ilninphrey Davy was once asked to give a list of the greatest discoveries which he had made. He replied that his greatest discovery was Michael Faraday. lie found him a jioor hoy washing bottles in his laboratory, and aided him until lie became one of the Avorld’s greatest men. If Michael had been at ])lay in¬ stead of Avasliing bottles, however. Sir TInmphrey probably would not have become interested in him, and if he had not been faithful in his hnmhlest duties he Avonld have failed Avheii giv¬ en greater Avork. It is the hoy who washes a bottle honestly who is most likely to have large success as a man. The hoys of today avIio are going to rule in the next generation are those who get to the bottom of things, those Avho don’t take things for granted, and Avho keep their answers inside the truth. The hoy who steals his exami¬ nation ])apers Avill steal his einjiloyer’s money some day. The man is gener¬ ally certain to end where the hoy be¬ gins.—[The School Journal. Prof, in Latin—Mr. G., what case doGH mibere (to marry) govern? Mr. G.—“Dative.” Prof.—“What dative?” Mr. G.—“Dative of disadvantage.” A “Prep.” whose frequent blunders had nearly exhausted the patience of his instructor, c.apj)ed the climax by j)rononnciiig “sirnilis” “see-me-less.” “Ho])e T may,” earnestly ejaculated the I’rofessor. “John Dlair,” asked his room-mate, “what kind of a heai- is a consecrated cros.s-eyed hear?” J ' he latt(‘r replied that he had never heard of such an animal. John insisted that they sang about it at Sunday school. “No,’’ said his room-mate, “it is ‘a consecra¬ ted cross 1 hear.’ ” Society senior to store clerk; “Have yon any blue neckties to match my eyes?” Clerk: “No, Imt we have some soft hats that I think will match vonr head,” • A. L. SMITH, Livery, Sale and Boarding STJABXjE. 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. vSele-Support is essential in manhood, Self-Reliance a strong defense. MORE T IIA N 3 3,000 OF THE Prospeiiis Biiess lei of To-Uay WERE TRAINED For Active, Useful Business Life AT Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. For Taventy-Fia e Years it lias been the most iiopular 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 Avliere the course of study is PitACTicAL, 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.y USED, and have a real a ' Alue, and every transaction is just as legitimate and bona lide 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, i|100 to $115. Applicants may enter any week-day in the year. The Illustrated Catalogue Giving full information in regard to course of stuiiy, time required, expenses, etc., will he mailed on receipt of three letter stamps. Prospectus giving terms and a synopsis of the course of stiuly, mailed free. Address EASTMAN COLLEGE, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.