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

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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.

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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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I ’rpEve K.MiILYlIYY. FEHRUARY, 1887. Published Monthly During the School Year, nv The Senior Class of the Milford High School, PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. GENERAL EOITORS. AMELIA C. HARRIS and W. PARKHURST. PERSONAL EDITORS. LYDIA F. GOULD and FRED J. AYLWARD. LOCAL EDITORS. SARAH M. GORMAN and FRANK J. MORIARTY BUSINESS EDITORS. GRACE W. EASTMAN and MARY E. WHITNEY. 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, Lock Box 137. Entered at the Milford, IVIass., Post-Oflice, as second class matter, • ‘But when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men,” This is the star month of the year for it records the birtlis of thi-ee great representative Americans—Washing¬ ton, Lincoln and Longfellow. Great lives are milestones on our road of progress and it is well at times, es- jiecially at such a time as this, to stop in our busy, hurrying course, and meditate upon the.se blessings of Providence to us. Nothing eartliborn IS perfect, yet from each we may cull at least one lesson for our good ; from their teachings gain instruction; from their lives and actions, examples of greatness and wisdom; and from their successes, encouragement to press forward and imitate those examples. Although this month is so sugges- tive of ])atriotism, yet we should not forget the Agassizes and Peabodys,the scholars and philanthrojiists who have accom])lished no less in the library and among the needy than our pa¬ triots on the battlefield and in the chair of state. Are we not as greatly indebted for the enlightened age in which we live, to those who have be¬ come acquainted with the resources of nature and apjilied them for our use as to those who protect our rights and ])rivileges ? Ought we not also to honor those who have given of their sympa¬ thy and means to relieve the dis¬ tressed and to raise their fellowmen ? Birth (copied from the family bi- ble) : George Washington, son of Augustine and Mary, his wife, was born ye 11th day of February, 1732, about ten in the morning, [A disa¬ greement will be found between the dates given here and the one generally accepted. This is due to the change of dates from the Old Style to the New,] How noticeable is the difference existing between the early circum¬ stances of Washington and those of Lincoln and Garfield, The former, born of a family rich in this world’s goods and of aiastocratic birth, the latter in the midst of ])Overty and with no precedence of raid ; yet these three we hold forth to the world as examples of the greatest worth and are equally and justly proud to claim them all as sons of America, Marriage: Married, January 17, 1759, at the residence of the bride, by Rev, David Mossnm, Martha Custis to George Washington, Mrs, Custis was a widow and the mother of two children, a son and a daughter. This was a case of love at first sight. Death: Died, at Mt, Vi rnon, De¬ cember 14, 1799, George Washington, aged sixty-eight years. How pleasing to think that we are never long deprived of some headlight to cast its rays over our track of pro¬ gress, As this has always been true in the past so we have faith to believe it ever will be and trust that the bril¬ liant lights extinguished within the ])ast year will, before long, be replaced by beacon lights of like brilliancy, “Blessed be Gloucester!” So say we all of us, every single one of us. The cause of the exclamation is due to the fact tliat that famous fish-city- by-the-sea offei’ed such inducement to our teachers that they went visiting last Friday and left us at home to amuse ourselves the best we knew how —and we knew. We believe this is the first time during 0 years that the school has been closed for such a pui-pose. Now, boys, here is your chance ! One of our advertisers, J, Allen Rice, offers his toboggan to that boy of our public schools who makes the greatest improvement dui-ing the last half of this term. Please note the fact that the poorer the record has been foi- the ])ast six weeks, the more encourage¬ ment the scholar has to make a spe¬ cial exertion; for the field is broader for him than for his companion whose work is even now in the nineties. Work then! if not for the toboggmi, for the honor ; and if not for either of these, then make the effort for the sake of your own inqirovemenU Vigorous attempts have recently been made to force a small tack into an iron post with only a finger, so del¬ icate in structure; as yet they have been found quite in vain, much to the astonishment and chagrin of the jier- sistent one. We would offer our synqiathy, if allowed to take the floor. Drawing class, take notice. Financially, this paper has not been a success this year. If we should ever meet, by some chance. Good Luck, and acquire from him a surjilus like Uncle Sam’s, can it be possible the question will ever arise in our minds as to what we should do with it, or how we should reduce it? Since he, only twenty years ago, did not deem it possible to be embarrassed wdth riches in so short a time, there still remains a chance that we may yet realize our fondest ambition. The young men of the school have recently ado])ted the cadet caji Tvilh the letters, M, H, S, They (the cajis of course) look very ])retty and give a manly air to the wearer. It suggests the desirability of military drills; for in many cases the reputed curve of beauty, in the course of time, has re¬ ceived additional curvatures which by no means add beauty to the Tvell- jioised body. We liojie the boys will maintain the dignity of their jiosition before the jmblic and act in such a manner that no censure may be thrown upon the school. We also kindly ask them to bear in mind that for one misdemeanor on their part one hun¬ dred innocent scholars must share the blame, however unjust it may seem, ' Perhaps, though, this may be solace to them; as it is sometimes said mis¬ ery loves comjiany, Cicero said, “He did not understand why men think they will perish with less jiain accomjianied by many than if they perish alone,” A French class was formed in Mil¬ ford this winter, composed of several of the graduates of this school. The rules drawn and signed bv their own hand would have caused many a for¬ lorn and anxious face, if simply sug¬ gested by an ambitious teacher. Now the girlish O’sl ascend the rear stairs from the laboratory as the NHg, absorbed by the reddened litmus water, gives to it the “blues” and are met by the still louder Oh’s! as the electric current leajis from bone to bone when the much-urgeil and trem¬ bling maidens clasp hands with her who holds the awful Leyden jar. Last year we devoted the February number mostly to George Washing¬ ton, this year we share the honors with him and Abraham Lincoln, an¬ other distinguished chihl of this month.