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

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O IC. EXCJl INSKS.- - We notice :i marked improv ement in most of our January e. ' cchanges. Is it ] erliaps on account of tlie impetus caused by the desire to have supei ' ior Christmas numbers? In the Kentucky Deaf Mute we find a g-ra])hic description of wonderful siglits in a “Trip to California.” The Vindex gives us a glimpse of the domestic life of St. Mark’s school, in “the parlor packed full of boys en¬ gaged in the game (chess) every even¬ ing after half-j)ast eight.” One of the editors writes with so much spirit on the forlorn condition of their gym¬ nastic apparatus, urging that better be obtained, and suggesting how, tliat we shall be interested to hoar what success he meets with in his efforts. In the same number, “A Remarkable Expe¬ rience” shows ingenuity on the part of the writer. The “Legend of Castle Rock” in the Spartan, after tlie style of “Hiawatha,” is prettily conceived and well told, and in Kent ' s Hill Breeze is a good article on “The Xew World.” Thanks, Commentator; now we shall be able to sleep o’ nights. But one thino ' more. Brother Exchange-Editor : Instead of looking down upon the rest of ns with your superior smile—instead of filling two columns with clippings from other ])apers, and jokes old as the eternal hills, under the heading, “Ex¬ change Column,” why don’t you try to put a little original matter in your own exchange department? Better a sharp thrust now and then, better an interchange of pretty speeches, even, than dull silence. The January number of the Newton High School Review, has reached its, being greatly “embellished with cuts,” which we do admire,” especially the one of Barbara Frietc ' lue’s home. They certainly show enterprise on the part of the editors. We hope the papers on “Mediaeval Literature” will be continued. The Trinity School Record and the Messenger have well considered ex¬ change departments. If the E. 11. S. Record would only take the last page of its cover for the first, what an improvement it would be! The present first jiage resembles an instantaneous photograph of an explosion more than anything else. No matter how we take the jiajier uj), Ave always feel impelled to turn it around in order to read the name. It is ])leasaut to hear from Bob Short again in the Premier. May he con¬ tinue to follow the example of the illustrious Silas Wegg, and “fall off into poetry” often. Are you grateful and hapjiy, fellow exchanges, that the Baldwin Index is going to “cheer” and instruct ns once a month? Our gratitude ought to be unbounded, and if the O. Ij. 1. can in any way assist in the good work you have undertaken, brother B. L, Ave make you heartily welcome to any¬ thing in our columns, even if you do not give us credit for it. The knowl¬ edge that Ave can in any Avay be a humble instrument in heljiing, although ever so indirectly, to cheer our fellow creatures, is recompense enough in itself. Please keep on cheering. Seriously, you are in a fair way to do so if all your future numbers are as good as the January one. Congratulations to our Medway neighbor on being the ha])i)y po ' sessor of “plenty of energy and an inex¬ haustible supj)ly of brains.” Cannot you bestow a few of the latter upon us? Our supply is limited. The Literary Monthly deserves its name. Oh, for space and time to tell why we liked so Avell the article “Woman as Portrayed by Shakespeare,” in the Wolfe Hall Banner! We ahvays supposed Prof, and Mrs. Norton to be very learned, but they do not agi ' ee, and consequent!v have decided to make a foreign tour.— [Yankton Student. A new cure for incompatibility of temper! Rather a pleasant medicine to take, n’est ce pas ? The messenger boy, “Peter Kelly, small, squat, cross-eyed, red-haired and wiry,” is a character, a distinct in¬ dividual. What kind of grammar- school boys do you have in New Haven, Critic, to Avrite such stories as “A Messenger Boy’s Day ? We regret the dejiarture of the M B. S. Echo from the field of school journalism, and hope it may reconsider its determination to issue no more copies of itself. One of the brightest Aveeklies that comes to us is the Cue, from Albany Academy. Although it by no means despises athletic sports, it finds room in its clearly jirinted columns for many other interesting things. What force there is in frequent rej)- etition even of a false statement. The College Message is the last, though by no means, the first, or the second, or the third, or the fourth, to tell us tli.at LongfelloAV, HaAvthorne, and Emerson Avere graduated from BoAvdoin collage. This has been repeated so many tiines Ave have almost come to believe it, al¬ though Ave have ahvays been taught that Emerson Avas a Harvard graduate. Can it be‘that our teachers and all Emerson’s ' biograjihers are mistaken? Public School Notes, Vol. L , No. 2, Avoidd be more appro])riately named “Programme in Black Ink.” Take It up gingerly, Handle Avith care, Printed so srnudgily— Naught you ' ll find there. Patriots. When war breaks out, husbands leave their homes and families, broth¬ ers and sisters are separated, all going forth to take active part in tlie defence of their country at the risk of their lives. They must suffer great privations, often going for hours Avithout food and Avith not enough clothing to keep themselves Avarm ; marching sometimes all day and into the night, in rainy and snowy weather, carrying their heavy equipments ; fording rivers and climbing hills, still pu.shing on until they reach the end of their march, Avhen, tired and footsore, they throAv themselves doAvn on the ground to take an hour or tAvo of well-earned sleep. We call these soldiers patriots. They have left their friends at home ; many have throAvn away their bright¬ est prospects in life; they are all will¬ ing to sacrifice their lives, honor, fortunes, everything,—all for the safety of their native country. Thou¬ sands are killed, Avhile others contract diseases from Avhich they do not recover during their lives. These are indeed noble examples of patriotism! Again, men Avho, although not going to Avar, rouse the people by stirring sjAeeches and persuade them to take decisive steps in certain affairs relative to the iiation’s Avelfare, and Avho, by so doing, lose friends, make enemies, and are cast out of society; thf-se Avhogive their OAvn time and money to the cause and urge others to do the same; Avho obey the laws because they are their country’s laAvs, and pay their taxes Avithout grumbling,—for hoAV Avould the government receive support, if it were not for its taxes?—th ese persons are evidently ])atriots too, although they never risked their lives on the battle-field. Many women are as great patriots as men. They alloAV their husbands and sons to go to Avar, Avhile they, at home, sometimes have hard Avork to make both ends meet; they aid the soldiers by sending them clothing and food; they go into hospitals and nurse the Avounded; in f.act, doing every¬ thing in their ])ower for the good of the country. Many examples at once suggest themselves to illustrate these different kinds of })atriots, but we leave them for the reader. Av. p., ’87. .

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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.

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L Z Xj HsO. It was evening, by the mouth of a iniglity river, amJ tlie setting sun was lighting up the western horizon with its gorgeous tints, when 1, dazzled by the excess of light, looked down upon the waves, rolling in broad sheets of foam up the strand at my feet. As I watched them, they seemed to me more buoyant than usual, and wishing to know the cause, I seated myself on a rock near by to listen. G1 ad voices in earnest conv ersation reached my ear. There seemed to be a joyful reunion of old friends, eagerly (piestioning and answering one anoth¬ er. Soon I distinguished a voice say¬ ing, 1 am only a raindrop, yet in my life 1 have done much good, and many owe to me their existence. Born here, many summers ago, I, with my brothers and sisters, was carried as in¬ visible vapor high up into the atmos- j)here by the warm rays of the sun. J.,ooking back on mv old home, and wondering if thev missed me and if I should ever know it agaluy I saw my place already filled by another. But no time was given me for mourning, for a strong wind blew me westward, over a beautiful, green country, whose landscape was ever new and charming with its wooded hills and green val¬ leys, its rivers and fountains ' . I did not pass this time in idleness, but di¬ vided it between work and pleasure. I helped dispel the foul, hot air of the cities and towns over which I passed, and, with ' the cooling sea-breeze, brought them new vigor. I watched the peoj)le at their differe nt occupa¬ tions, little thinking that I should ever be of assistance to them. One day a . cold wind crossed my path, and so condensed me that I l)e- came heavy and sluggish; my head began to swim; I could no longer re¬ tain my lofty j)Osition, but fell as a raindrop on a bare, rocky cliff. Here my friends, the companions of my wanderings, left me. For, as we 1 ‘olled down, I fell into a crevice in the cliff’, which led to a dark, gloomy, underground passage. Through this I flowed on and on, dissolving its very foundation in my course, until witli others, I finally burst forth at its base, as a clear, sparkling spring. Many weary travelers came to my brink and went away refreshed and strength¬ ened. Fragrant flowers sprang up at my side, and sweet singing birds came here to bathe, their bright, joyous songs being ample pay for the loss they caused. But one morning, when the spring, swelled by new arrivals, overflowed its banks, I, with many companions, stole forth, and wound through the valley. The air was fresh and sweet, and no sound of busy life was heard except the faint chirp of the early bird and the bleating of the flocks along the hillsides. I gli¬ ded on calmly for many days among the flowers, with mov secmes of beau¬ ty o])ening on every side. Aftei’ a time I heard, ’mid tlie hum of a vil¬ lage, the murmur of a waterfall. O ' , Boused by the sound, 1 determineil no longer to lead a life of idleness, but joining the waterfall, I helped turn the miller’s ])onderons wlu-el, which changed the corn to meal, the wheat to flour. This was but the beginning of my bailors, for as the stream became deeper and more ra])id, the number of mills and factories increased so that again and again I put my shoulder to the busy wheel. All this time I had been overturn¬ ing stones, sweeping along the yellow sands and grinding them to powder. T washed the rubbish and debris from the shores and swe])t it down with me. But soon the banks receded, and I helped form a broad, deep river, upon whose bosom shi])s were sailing, bring¬ ing the merchandise of distant lands to exchange for the jn ' oducts of those very wheels which I had turned. Along the banks were flourishing farms, whose soil I enriched by depos¬ iting the silt I had collected on my I way. But now the surface of the ' water, swelled by new streams, grew wider and Avider, and I began to recognize the faces of old friends, who, as we Avent speeding on, related wonderful stories of their adventures and hair¬ breadth escapes. At last, imagine our joy to find ourselves once more in the home of our childhood, Avith the other companions of our youth, each of Avhom, in his oAvn humble Avay, had labored for the common good, SAveet- ening and refreshing the languid air, carjieting the fields Avith grass and flowers, and spreading health and life on every side. The sun had long since set when the voice ceased, and as I thought over its story, I determined that if a little drop of rain could accomplish so much, 1 would not shun my part in the busy scenes of life, but, like the raindro]), press on Avith a lovihg and joyous heart, so that when my life work is ended, and I am reunitecl with my old friends, T too may render as good a report of my life and work as the raindro]). M. v. L. M. Bead Avhat Ijoi-d Macaiday says about a Massachusetts boy: “What Peter the Great did to make Bussia dominant, Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton-gin has more than equalled in its relation to the progress and pow¬ er of the Hnited States.” at the new clothing store, novelties IN BOYS’ KEEFERS, BOYS’ NEW MARKETS, FINE OVERCOATS. KING BROS. Music Hall Block. D, J. Q ' roKLass., Dealer in Real Estate Agency. Property sold and exchanged on reasonable terms. 134 Main Street, - - Milford, Mass THE PAAMLION MILLINERY PARLORS Keep a large assortment of FINE MILLINERY AND HAIR GOODS: Theatrical AA ' igs to let. Combings made into Switches. The Place to Buy Clothing -AND- MEH’S FURNISHING GOODS Is at the New Store of RYAN CARROLL, 98 MAIN STREET. -T. M. MASfM ' r, H. . mwpr Pure Drugs, Chemicals, Medicines and Physicians Prescriptions a Specialty. P. J. DONOHOE, Assistant. MAIN ST., COR. COURT, MILFORD. Call at W. A. Aldrich’s 139 Main Street and examine HOUSEHOLD Sowing Machines. Plaoos, Orpis, aifl Sleet Masic. SOLD, LET, EXCHANGED AND REPAIRED Geo. H. Whittemore, Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing. 110 Main Street. Milford. ' CURRIER KENDALL, ONE PRICE Gentlemen’s Fnrnisliing Goods, HATS, CAPS,TRUNKS, ETC. POST OFFICE BLOCK, MILFORD.