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

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o Ki, XjXJLiizr x ' vir. - 3t: CIg?ORg.3|e “Active sliears gatlier no rust.” A. L. SMITH DR. FLATLEY’fcODGH SYRUP: Tlie Best in the World. Every Bottle Warranted. Made By 116 Main Street, Milford, Mass. WE OFFER SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS CLOTHING FOR SCHOOL WEAR. B. E. HARRIS, CLOTHIER. Caesaris bofias ler is. “The bony legs of Ctesar.” The statue of Liberty is likened unto one of the foolisli virgins. Would it not be proper to call an alley where a street tight has taken ])lace an allegory? Sir Isaac Newton occupied his play- hours constructing model machines, water-clocks, windmills, etc. Livery, Sale and Boarding STJLBXXHl. First Class Teams at Reasonable Prices. Transients Well Cared For. 83 Central street, - - MILFORO, MASS The Best and Cheapest place to buy FRUITS AND OONFEOTIONERY IS AT J. W. ROBERTS’. Cake and Ice Cream constantly on hand. Wedding Cake a Specialty. THAYER’S BLOCK. Main Street, Milford, Mass. itimmiugsi anil (ilotfsi Bourne’s is the place to find the best assortment of Dress Trimmings and Kid Gloves in town. In¬ fant’s goods of every description. W. H. BOURNE CO. 106 Main Street, Milford, Alass. MILFORD FLORIST. Fresh Cut Flowers Constantly on hand. Special attention paid to all kinds of floral work. Greenhouses and residence on Cliurch Place. 3r. BZIECH, Dealer in xa : IB JL T S Piw- AND PROVISIONS, Fruits, Vegetables, Butter, Eggs, Etc. .Also, home- cured Hams and home-made Sausages. 33 Exchange Street. Heath Brothers, FASHIONARLE TAILORS, 118 Main Street, Milford. BXT ' ST YOTJI?- AT 166 MAIN STREET, OF COBURN O LM STEAD. CA-LXi -AT T. ZvZ-A-OTTE jST’S, 79 MAIN STREET, MILFORD, For a large assortment of i OONFEOTIONERY AND FEUIT. All lee Cream orders for parties and chui-ch fairs will be promptly attended to. Prices as low as the lowest. A rliyme for tlie poor sjieller:— I before e. Except aftei ' c, Or when sounded as «, As in neighbor and weigh. Miles Standish will have a statue in Massachusett.s hy next June, to serve as a warning to people of all times never to do their courting by proxy. On the map of the world you may cover Judea with your thumb, Athens with a finger-tip, and neither of them figures in the price current, but they still lord it in the thought and action of every civilized man.—[James Rus¬ sell Lowell. Parchment takes its name from the old city of Pergamus in Asia Minor, whose king, when the literary jeal¬ ousy of the Egyptians stopped the supply of papyrus, caused his subjects to write on prepared sheepskins; hence called Pergamena, or parch¬ ment. An English rifle team will come to this country soon, and the Prince of Wales has subscribed to a fund to pay their ex|»enses. A relative of his sent a flint musket team over here during Revolutionary days, hut they didn’t carry hack many jirizes, Pmice, which comes from the name of Dims Scotus, a celebrated school¬ man, whose followers, also learned scholars, were first called duns and then dunces. Just how or why it came to have its present significance is hard to say, but we know ivhat that is, and we see from what a height it has fallen. Shakespeare uses more different words than any other writer in the English language. Writers on the statistics of words inform us that he uses about filteen thousand different words in his plays and sonnets, tvliile there is no other writer who uses as many as ten thousand. Some few writers use nine thousand words, hut the majority of the writers do not em¬ ploy more than eight thousand. In conversation, only from three thou¬ sand to five thousand different words are used. JESSE A. TAFT, ATTORNEY ANB CODNSELLOR AT LAW, IRVING BLOCK, OPP. POST OFFICE, Milford, Mass. C. B. THOMPSON, Has the largest and most complete stock of Chil¬ dren’s and Misses’ kid and goat In heeled, spring heeled and common sense to he found any where. Prices are very low. Invite all to call. 114 Main Street, - - Milford. GEOPGE G. PARKER, Attorney Counsellor at La,w I No, 2 Washington Block, Milford. H. C. SNELL. Dealer in MEATS AND PROVISIONS Fruits, Vegetables, Pickles, Etc. Al.so, home-cured hams, and home-made sausages. 64 .Main Street, - - Milford. i T. TT T-. DEALER IX Carpetings, Stoves, Tin and Sheet Iron Ware, Paper Hangings, Upholstery Goods, Chamber Sets, Etc. 160 and 16a Main Street, - - Milford, Mass. A. S. Tuttle Co., ■ DEALERS IN CARPETS, STOVES, RANGES, CROCKERY, GLASS, TIN, and WOODEN WARE. 91 and 94 Main Street. A. 8. TUTTLE. II. ,1. DKARIX ' G. INSURANCE, LAW SINE FLAW, Veni, Vide, Ridens Lee.

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Z -V any. Next came the Molson residence at the neiglihoring point, when ' we got milk without money and without ])rice,—the first article of food or di-ink that we had not ])aid for. At dinner time signs of a heavy thunder shower warned us to pre])are; we |)ut the coverings on the canoes, clothed ourselves in rubber, and sought the j)rotection of some thick-branched trees. It was a false alarm, as the shower ))assed around us, but “grumbled and rumbled and roared” as if it had done mischief somewhere. Accident number two: A spark from our lire, unknown to us, hid itself in the bag which covered the frypan and tins to keep them from crocking the boat and ourselves. It was not discovered until it had burned the bottom off. As we had no ])ieces of cloth with us, we were in a quandary, but the sacrifice of a handkerchief made the sides meet.—Let us give a word of advice just here: Three or four bags of cotton cloth well ])araflined, which will hold a quart or two, are very con¬ venient for provisions. We wei’e then nearly oj»})osite Pawnee Rock Camp, before mentioned, and thoughts of the spring there made us thirsty, so we crossed over to renew our acquaintance with cam])ers and spring. We then recrossed in an oblique course to Long Island, to find the Balanced Rock and a camping place; for “the shades of night were falling fast.” We nearly ' circled the island before finding the rock, and com})leted the circuit before finding a place (south-west point) open enough to pitch our tent. The rock is certainly well balanced, tliat is, if stability and balanced are equivalent. We did not disturb it; a double yoke of oxen might have done so—possibly. There is good fishing off the island, and it is, therefore, a favorite camping place. As there were signs of a stormy night, we hastily pitched camp; but a second time there was more noise than water, and we Avere hap[)ily disappointed. (To be continued.) e-rsll O •g ' g? ' bo.® 3 S 5. iS. -JS Mg .E.C a“ s te S.9 Bio a 21 0 0 -0 .si ' M§i.S c 9 3 tis ■ Ba.S8 3( ■ I - Ilsls- •E S “ I-mi 41 5 •» c a 5 s ® J « c s ' o c a ® c 52 C (Q aX IJ CO Sa-S • SH a g o S o .fi f! O) ® 5 z kl 1 a X 3 o S-9 m S.:2 ■3 3 £ g |S. n -8 vb- 6 o Oi 5 -3 3 il ll ' ' .a Ou -. ' .S S a» -55 g«a 3 2 a da ■2- ►.•o sf e fi s -s ' -e-a “ . s s 2 o iJ§-CO . 5 o) lit .fc !“ 3 ■£ » 4 I; •syo s S-o « 5I.sk •I « m 2 a £ :I|»S 2 S III 0 “ 3 5 a« £ b o 40 M ® III - 15 -|CL |o ■So 5 kl 80 a o ® 6 Q £ O ce M £ « ay £ O mO -0 • kl ..Q §9 is 9 •20 mZ “3 a A - 8 SO it a, s a 40 (Q ® 8 S « 0 lit « •S =H sis? ®l« 1-“.H O ' -’O 4oa q Cw S 9 1 9 . . ao o ® © w q 2 9 8j 5 © a a fl s§,|“ •2S£| £•§•3 a isSfi y b-S £ Q S£ o ' ® Sois oi.2 V. „ 9 •s ® £ £ ® • ® 9 S-i S 8 Ulp I ii: ■Sf a 0 o « © § c c — c • e — l5-a 9 5 o X 2 ® S ' l-g M» ai bo S c © 4 oS III H o§ E H CO u .■I? ill s a = 3 £ O §li fe ©2 y H ' S’s ll a o H Dr. R. H. Cochran, L. E. PALES, COUNSELOR at LAW, Altiambra Block, Milford. BUY YOUR RIBBONS, LACE AND SMALL WARES, OF G. T. PALES CO., 154 Main St., Milford. COOK BROS., DEALERS IN Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Pickles, Etc. Hams cure ] by ourselves and Home-made Sausages. Mfirket, 128 Main Street. • 8. A. COOK. 8.8. COOK. ZDE nSTTZST, Mechanics Bloch, Milford. WHAT 8HA1.L WE EAT? Clioice And buy them at the BOSTON GROCERY TEA HOUSE J. H. CROSHY. A CHOICE LINE OF Plush Ornaments Arrasene, Cliemlle, Floss and all other articles Buitable for Needle Work. N. B.—Instructions given in Kensington and Lustro Painting by IMRS. R. AYLWARD, Grant Block, up stairs, - - Milford. O- HAS THE MOST Complete Assortment ot the Latest Novelties IN GOLD PENS, PENCILS, Eouutain and Stylographic Pens at the Lowest Prices. HENRY S. CUSHMAN, Manufacturer of Heavy and Light Fine Harnesses. .Also on liand. 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 DiainoMs, Watcies, .Clocks aat Jewelry, 132 Main St., Milford. MORGAN’S PHARMACY. iDii ' cro-s, Sponges, Gums, Oils and Alcohol. CHOICE FANCY GOODS. MOUSE ' S ASPAUAGES KIDXEY CURE, MOUSE ' S DYSPEPSIA CURE. MUSIC HALL BLOCK, - • MILFORD. H. N. DAY, D. D. S, S ' u.rg ' eoi ' i IDezitist, Alhambra Block. Milford. Cfflee Hours: - - 8 a. in. to 5 p. m. CLAFLIN THAYER, Manufacturers ot CALP AND KIP BOOTS, Boston Office, 90 Pearl street. New York office, A. Claflin Co., 116 Churcii St. B. 11. SPAULDING, manufActuueu of Mea’s, Boys’ anJ CUldrea’s Straw Boois Corner of Pearl and Lincoln Sts., ililford, Mass. Salesrooms, 616 and 618 Broadway, New York. DR. GEO. P. COOKE, Surgeon Dentist, AT 168 Main Street, Milford. T. C. EASTMAN, Manufacturer of All Kinds of BOOT AND SHOE BOXES AND BAND BOXES -FOR- STRAW GOODS. -ALSO- Plain and P ' ancy Paper Boxes. Mill, Corner of Central and Depot Street, Milford

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p J R i T y VoL. III. MILFORD, MASS., FEBRUARY, 188 No. 6 Washington Irving as Revealed in His : the remnant of a troubled life, I know Sketch Book. of none more jiromising than this lit- Although Washington Irving’s per-■ tie valley.” Not one of his many sonality pervades the whole Sketch friends and admirers but must be glad Book, and many of his characteristics , that the last and pleasantest years were as a man ap])ear in it, still we shall passed in this very same “little valley” look at only a few of the most proini- at Sunnyside. ' ' nent of them. j Perhaps bis rich extravagant humor While standing in Westminster is most forcibly shown by his descrip- Abbey, his reverence for the great tion of Ichabod Crane. “The cognol men of former times thus breaks forth: nien of Craue was not inairfdicable to “It seems as if the awful nature of the his person. He was tall, but exceed- place presses down upon the soul, and : i giy Jank, with narrow shoulders, hushes the beholder into noiseless rev-i long arms and legs, hands that dan- erence. W ' e feel that we are sur- 1 gigd a mile out of his sleeves, feet that rounded by the congregated bones of might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung togeth¬ er. His head was small,and flat at top. the great men of past times, who have filled history with their deeds and the earth with their renown.” Further on his democracy is shown,when he says: “And yet it almost provokes a smile at the vanity of human andaition to see how they are crowded and jostled in the dust, those, whom, when alive, kingdoms could not satisfy.” glassy with huge ears, large green eyes, and a long snipe nose so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindleneck to tell which way the wind blew, d’o see him striding along the ] rofile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes bagging and flut- As illustrative of his descriptive | tering about him, one might have mis taken him for the genius of famine descending u])on the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a corn-field.” Although so keenly alive to the ludicrous, yet he was ready with his sympathy for the sorrowing, especially for the sorrowing j)Oor. Listen to what he says in The Voyage: “I ])ar ])ower, notice with how few strokes of the pen he sketches these pictures for us: “He saw, at a distance, the lordly Hudson, far, far below him, with the reflection of a pur]jle cloud, or the sail of a lagging bark here and there, sleejiing on its glassy bosom, and at last losing itself in the blue high¬ lands.” And another time he writes: i ticularly noticed one young woman of “There is a little valley, or, rather, I humble dress, among the crowd. Her lap of land, among the hills, whicli is j eye hurried over the ship as it neared one of the quietest places in the whole - - • . world ; a small brook glides through it, with just murmur enough to lull one to repose, and the occasional whistle of a quail or ta])ping of a wood))ecker Is almost the only sound that breaks in upon the uniform tranquility.” His love of retirement and the long¬ ing which was always strong upon him urges him on to say: “If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions, and dream quietly away the shore, to catch some wished-foi’ ' countenance. She seemed disap- ))ointed and agitated, when I faint voice call her name, from a poor sailor who had all the voyage and who had the sympathy of every one At the sound of his voice, on heard a It was been ill excited board, eye her darted on his features, she read at once a whole volume of sorrow, she claK|ted her hands, uttered a faint shriek, and stood wringing them in silent agony.” Almost equaling this in pathos is the exclamation of Rip Van Winkle after his return from his long sleep on the ' mountains, when, finding all his old friends dead or gone away, and he himself almost for¬ gotten, he cries out: “Does nobody know ])Oor Rip Van Winkle?” If he i had written pages could he have made ' us feel more ])ity for the poor, easy, lazy, forlorn old man ? Taking their conciseness into con¬ sideration, where do you find better analysis of character than in the fol¬ lowing-selections? h ' irst, in speaking of Mrs. Van Winkle,—“A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tono-ue is the oidy edge-tool that grows keener with use.” Then the school-master of Sleepy Hollow: “Was in fact an odd mixture of small shrewdness aud simple credulity.” Why his satire never wounds, why his humor never offends, why, in mak¬ ing his acquaintance as a writer, we grow to esteem and respect him as a I man, is no longer a secret, for he tells us: “If, however, I can by any lucky I chance, in these days of evil, rub out one wrinkle from the brow of care or beguile the heavy heart of one mo¬ ment of sorrow, if I can now and then penetrate through the gathering film of misanthropy, prompt a benevolent view of human nature, or make my reader more in good humor with his fel¬ low-beings and liimself, surely I should not have written entirely in v ain.” -As a writer, he is best described in his own words, though they were writ¬ ten concerning another. “Well may the world cherish his renown, for it has been purchased, not by deeds of violence and blood, but by the dili¬ gent dispensation of ].leasure. Well may j)osterity be grateLd to his memo¬ ry, for he has left it an inheritance, not of empty means and sounding actions, but whole treasures of wis¬ dom, bright gems of thought, and golden veins of language.” j. j. o’s.