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

Text from Pages 1 - 82 of the 1888 volume:

•5 .VA • .fi. ' A -I I S ' . . G- A Fine Job Printer AND PUBLISHER OF MILFORD, MASS. Gj ZE¥¥E. O -A. IC. TKbI:-0 IK,MimY| IVY. Published Monthly During the School Year, BY The Senior Class of the Milford High School. PRINTED BY KING BILLINGS. GEXEK.M. EDITORS. INEZ L. GAY and CLAKEXCE H. MORGAN. PERSONAL EDITORS. HARRIET A. SMITH and HORACE A. BROWTST. LOCAL EDITORS. THERESA A. .McCARTEN and ROBERT C. HUSSEY. BUSINESS EDITOR. HARRY P. CROSBY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Eight Numbers.) For the Year, . 35 cents | Single Copies, . 5 cents Entered at the Milford, Mass., Post-Office, as second cla.ss matter. N. B. It is our intention to furnish our patrons, however, with a better and hiqher than second class. Editorial. Ylany of our high schools at the present day issue papers of tlieir own, and, not to he outdone by them, we venture to offer to the public. The Oak, Lily anh Ivy. May we be no more moved by the storm of criticism M’hich the new dejiarture will jirobably arouse than is tlie oak by the wind ■wliose strength is vainly exerted in at¬ tempting to u]n’oot it; may our pat¬ rons resemble the ivy, clinging to us through fair ' weather and foul; and let us all take for our motto the lily’s sig¬ nification and cultivate purity of lan¬ guage, of action and of thought. This will not be a jiolitical paper. We have no jiolitical editor and shall enter upon no discussion uf vital in¬ terest to the country ; neither will it be a commercial jiaper, for our col¬ umns M ' ill not be filled M ' ith (piotations from the market, although from the advertisements it contains, our readers can ascertain where purchases may be most profitably made. Its aim is sim¬ ply to give some idea of M’hat we are doing, and to enable us to obtain expe¬ rience M ' hich may be of use to us in after life. We trust it will bring us into closer relation with those who feel an interest in the school, especially the alumni. It M ' ill be the earnest desire and en¬ deavor of the jiresent board of editors to make the jiaper a success, but to do this we must have sujiport. If each of our friends, who is able, would sub¬ scribe for our pajier, it would encour¬ age us and aid the paper. If we re¬ ceive more than enough to pay the costs, the surplus will be devoted to a class fund which will be used to make the school-room more attractive and to add to the collections in our cabinets. We invite communications from schol¬ ars, graduates, and all others interest¬ ed in the school. Industrial Exhibition. To obtain a prize fund for the com¬ ing Industrial Exhibition, to be held l)y the school in the spring, we sug¬ gest that each member of any former class can show his interest in the en- terprise, by contributing a small sum, ({lerhaps five or ten cents), which will help to make up the amount for the purchase of prizes. One member of each class will be reipiested to collect and take charge of its individual fund, which is to be delivered to the prihci- |)al, who will procure prizes, probably books, and inscribe upon each the name of the class jiresenting it. The money required for the prizes of last February was secured by the donations of forty-five ladies, many of whom had no jiarticular cause for be¬ ing interested; but the scholars will take pleasure in finding that gradu¬ ates still recognize the school and o wish for its welfare by remembering it in the manner mentioned above. The Floral Emblem of China. Among words that are constantly mispronounced, we think an especial one is the name of a lovely autumn flower, the Chrysanthemum, regarded as sacred by the Chinese. Our atten¬ tion has been called to this, by reason of the extensive displays recently made in the leading cities. These have included six hundred varieties of all shades and color. , systematically arranged, at which multitudes have looked with admiration. The name, golden flower, is very appropriate to the yellow variety. We are rejirescnted in six different colleges by: E. C. Thayer, A, C. Thayer, L. J. Johnson and II. J. Wood, at Il.arvard ; George C. Dean and George X. Goddard, at Amherst; John Eldridge at Y ale; Charles Hicks at Ib oAvn ; Frank Morrill and Otis Krum at Eastman’s Business col¬ lege ; iVlice X. Vant and Sara Y. Lowther at Wellesley. Under this head the editors are desirous of stating all facts that may he of interest to the alumni and friends of the school. We shall be especially thankful for items concerning the older members who have left Milford. Allie Howard, ’84, is at school in Andover. Delia G. Gleason, ’72, is teaching in Waltham. Eva W. Cook, ’69, is teaching in Brookline. Lizzie Madden, ’84, is now teaching school in Milford. Lilia B. Godfrey, ’72, is librarian at Wellesley college. Henry E. Xelson, ’72, is our ama¬ teur photographer. Mary J. Kelley, ’72, is principal of the Park Grammar. G. M. Billings, ’69, is one of the ed¬ itors of the Gazette. George H. Ball, ’64, is a successful lawyer of Worcester. Emma Parker Xash,’69, is our lead¬ ing teacher of the piano. A. S. Jones, ’72, has a studio on Columbus avenue, Boston. Annie C. Sumner, ’84, is pursuing her studies at Bradford academy. Delia Burke, ’84, is a sales-lady in J, F. Hickey’s new dry goods store. Grace G. Carpenter, ’84, is book¬ keeper for a firm in Allston, Mass. Mark D. Shea, ’62, is engaged in the boot and slioe business in Chicago. Laura M. Ball, ’72, is assistant in the high school in Arlington, iMass. Wm. Cochran, ’83, is studying at the Harvard Medical school, Boston. Ellen Patrick, a former pupil, is an assistant of the high school in Cincin¬ nati. Caroline Carr, ’84 (English), is at¬ tending the Xormal school at Framing¬ ham. Miss K. Freeman Parker, ’62, is Secretary of the Ass ociated Charities, Indianapolis. Ellen A. IMoriarty, ’74, a former teacher of Milford, is now engaged as a teacher in Omaha. Mrs. Whiting and Mrs. C. A. Sum¬ ner are well known teachers of paint¬ ing and were jmpils of the school. Mrs. Clement Waters, the author of “Painters, Sculptors, Architects, En¬ gravers” and a “Handbook of Legend¬ ary and Mythological Vrt,” was a pu¬ pil of this school and afterward one of the earliest teachers. N Elegant Perfnmes. ' Drllatley’sCoilSymp ■All of the delicate odors from LuUn, Atkinson, Wright, Pal¬ mer, and the other leading makers of. Europe and this Country. RICE’S PHARMACY, Milford. Is the most effectual remedy yet introduced. Every year the endorsements of this fact be¬ come stronger. Those suffering ' should not miss an opportunity to try it. Made by J. ALLEN RICE, Milford. Dr. DeJongh’s Catarrh Mixture Fill6 StatiODCf?. Gives immediate relief to all eases of Catarrh, Astnma, In¬ fluenza, Hay Fever, Rose Cold, Cold in the Head, and diseases of like nature. This m.ixture . is purely vegetable, and can be used by old or young, with eqiial- ly beneficial results. Sent by mail on receipt of 25 cents. J. Allen Biae, Milford. Call at Rise’s ■ Pharmacy and see the finest display of Royal Irish Linen, Boston Linen, Bos¬ ton Bond, Boston Bank Linen, etc., in all the new designs; also, Electric overland mail for Foreign correspondence. —B XJ Y- NEW SPRING DRESS GOODS -AT-- MARKED DOWN! All Winter Overcoats and Suits ■ at Cost. Latest Styles in HATS AND NECKWEAR. ELEGANT LINE ' OF ' H ULL Dress Shirts! -A-lsTID TIES. Gfile SowkeL, LEADING CLOTHIERS, Hale’s Block, Milford, Mass. G. T. Fales Co.’s. HAMBURGS, Largest Variety, Newest Patterns. Torchon and Medicis Laces, Table Linen, Napkins, Towels, Crashes, Nainsooks, Ladies’ Cotton Underwear, Bargains in Every Department LOAVEST PRICES. - SPECIAL DRIVED FOR TWO MONTHS! . - Children’s, Misses Boys’ SCHOOL SHOES. Have the Largest Assortment ever offered any-, where. Bargains in Ladies’ Goat and Kid Button Boots. Also, in Woolen Goods of all kinds. A Great Drive in Men’s and Boys’ Calf Goods. Prices Way Down. Come All and See the Bargains at G, T, FALES C0„ |C. B, THOMPSON ' S, • I 154 MAIN ST.. MILFORD, MASS.i 114 MAIN ST., MILFORD. Vol. IV. MILFORD, MASS., JANUARY, 1888. No. 5 The Leaf. Triiiislated from the French of Arnault. Leaf, from thy stem now broken, Poor shriveled and withered token. Where think you that you ’re going? —Oil, of that there is no knowing. The storm has reft the tree, Which alone supported me. The boistrous, fickle wind. With its power quite unconfined— Since that unhapp day Has blown me its own way. From forests on the one hand ' fo the broad and fertile low land, From the summit of the mountains, To the valleys moist with fountains; All timid fright disdaining I drift w ' ithout complaining; To that certain goal I’m wending Toward which all life is tending. The laurel leaf will go there. And the rose leaf, bright and fair. Jt. u., ’88. Volcanoes. f OLCv NO was the name bestowed the ancientson ' a fire-mountain in the Mediterranean, but it is now given to all similar jihenomena. The word volcano generally conveys to most minds the idea of a huge, in¬ wardly-burning mountain, pouring forth masses of steam, molten rock, and ashes. This, however, is a false idea, as a volcano is not al¬ ways of mountainous origin, but indeed, more often a hole in the ground, formed by the fracturing of the earth’s crust, when the earth was passing from a molten to a solidified condition. These holes became visi¬ ble as fissures in the crust, at first pouring forth steam; then, as the holes grew deeper and the force from below more powerful, on ac¬ count of the nearness to the centre of the earth, rocks were sent forth. The deeper the fissures become the more violent the ejections, and these holes are now tlie craters about which the inountains have been formed. The ancients knew only the volcanoes of the Mediterranean, but now there are more than five times that number here in North America, of which St. Elias in Alas¬ ka and Popocatepetl in Mexico are the highest. Of those known to the ancients, Stromboli, on the island of Strorabolia, was called the light¬ house of the Mediterranean because of its flashing light at night, as it was in continual action. Who of us thinks of a volcanic eruption except as something terri¬ ble, bearing death and destruction to everything within its range? Yet what can be more grand when wit¬ nessed at a distance? As the masses of red or white hot stones are hurled into the air thousands of feet, and fall back, they are crumbled into ashes; then comes the shower of ashes and dust finer than snow, sift¬ ing into the smallest seams and nich¬ es. At the eru])tion of Vesuvius, which buried Herculaneum and Pompeii, some of the inhabitants went into the cellars, which were different in many respects from ours of today, as they were cemented so tightly that not even a ray of sun¬ light could enter, and many of them were very far under ground. Even here the ashes sifted and the gases entered, suffocating and burying the prisoners. Different volcanoes eject different materials, masses of silicon, slate, limestone, alumina, slate, or granite being often found among them. These comprise most of the solid materials, and go towards building mountains of huge dimensions, such as Vesuvius and Chimborazo ; those throwing forth molten masses are of a more gentle slope, as the material flows off like the water of our street gutters. It is to this molten mass that the term “lava” is properly ap¬ plied. When lava is cooled it re¬ sembles the slag and clinkers of our furnaces, and is used in making or¬ naments which are sold at Naples. By mixing these materials with wa¬ ter, it was found by the ancients that they were serviceable as a mor¬ tar, and the volcanic mud so settled as to form rocks, “tuffa,” from which the city of Naples is built. The most important gases emitted are carbonic acid gas, boracic acid and ammonia. These, acting upon the different rock materials, crystal¬ lize them and also effect some won¬ derful changes. Limestone is changed to statuary marble; sandstone, to quartzite, and clay to the hardness and lustre of porcelain. The action of the acid gases upon silicon crys¬ tallizes it and forms the amethyst and many other gems. By the same process the diamond, crystallized car¬ bon, the ruby and sapphire, crystal¬ lized alumina, are formed. Together with these are found agate and onyx. Iceland-spars and rock crystals are found in these underground labor¬ atories. To this country are annu¬ ally brought tons of pumice-stone and sulphur for our manufactories and our households. All the mountains and hills are fast traveling oceanward under the - errosive and carrying power of fall¬ ing and running water; and, if it were not for the up-building and lifting power of volcanic action, we might, possibly, go back to that long-ago time when there was one universal ocean. Even the life of man depends on volcanoes. This may seem ridicu¬ lous at first; but as they are the great source of carbonic acid gas, which is the food of the whole ves:- etable kingdom, the statement is easily ])roved. Therefore by the seemingly all-destructive volcano is added life, beauty, and wealth to the world. B. T. M., ’88. Misnomers. W HAT a day I have had ! Every¬ thing lias been so [irovoking ! I’ve just been down town shopping, and in the first store I asked the clerk for some lead pencils; he said: “We have none in the store.” As I turned to leave, he said; “I beg your pardon, but perhaps you are looking for jiencils with graphite in them.” I remarked that I supposed that was it, but they had always been called lead pencils ever since I could remember. Although I want¬ ed some sealing-wax, too, 1 knew of other places where it could be bought, and, as 1 felt a little pro¬ voked, I went on. “I sould like to see some sealing-wax,” said I, in a sec¬ ond store. After a moment the clerk handed a box to me saying: “I sup¬ pose this is what you want, but it is not wax at all; this is a mixture of Venice turpentine, shellac and cinna¬ bar.” I told him that whatever it was I wanted it. I left as soon as I could, for I could see that he was amused at my embarassment. I next went into a jewelry store to look at some thimbles. I saw a very ]� i’etty one and immediately asked the price; adding, “I suppose this is good silver, is it not?” “Oh yes, it is German silver,” he said. I replied that it was just as good, if it loas im¬ ported. When I got home 1 found that I a third time had shown my ignorance. Perhaps you can ima¬ gine my wrath when I found 1 had a thimble made of an alloy of zinc, cop¬ per and nickel, and no silver in it. In a dry goods store I asked for some whale-bone. The clerk said, “I am sorry to say we haven’t any.” “Tiien I must try at another store,” I said. The clerk happened to re¬ member that they had something in the store Avhich people called whale¬ bone, but which, he said, did not contain any property of bone, and therefore is not bone. As soon as I saw it, I knew it was what I wanted, and so I told him that it would serve as well for my purpose as what I had asked for,—at the same time trying to seem indifferent, but to little pur¬ pose, I fear. Our pump needed fixing, and as I was passing by the hard-ware store, I stepped in and said that we had a pump at the house which needed fix¬ ing. The man who waited on me said, “What kind of a ])ump?” “A suction ])um]), of course,” I replied. “Well, of all wonders, yours is the only family in town which has one; that is, that I know of,” he said. “I guess not,” I said. “May¬ be,” he answered, “the word suction does not mean the same to you as to mo; but, as the water in the pump is pushed up, I do not feel like call¬ ing it a suction pump.” “Well, I do not care hoiv the water is brought, but I want you to fix that pump ;” was my rather jietulant answer. By this time I needed some stimu¬ lant, and so stepped into a tlrug store near by for a glass of soda Avater. The young man who Avaited on me seemed to be A’ery bright, in fact, as I soon found, too bright for me. He said he did not keep it; but, if I AV.aited, he Avould dissolve some soda in Avater for me. Seeing that I Avas on the point of leaving, he said : “Madame, I suppose you Avant Avhat lieople call soda, but you are drinking what you do not ask for. This is carbonic acid gas in Avater Avith a certain flavoring syrup, and it con¬ tains no soda; but the gas used is often generated from bicarbonate of soda.” I drank the mixture (and the information) and thought it tasted as Avell as usual. A friend Avho is visiting me is troubled Avith rheumatism, and know¬ ing that Burgundy pitch is veiy good for this disease, I asked for some. The clerk said that he had none, but that he had xesi i Avhich came from JVonocijj, Avhich Avas marked “Burgundy pitch.” I told him that I thought that I Avould not take it. “O, it is all right,” he said, “every one calls it by that name.” Remembering that I Avanted some flowers to wear tonight, I took my Avay tOAvards the hot-house and ordered roses of different kinds, among them tube-roses. The florist said: “I have none of them.” No¬ ticing my surprise, he then explained that Avhat I called tube-roses were not roses at all, but that he had some of the so-called tube-roses. By this time I thought it Avould be just as well for me to finish niy shop¬ ping some other day; but on my Avay home I saiv some very nice strawberries, and as it Avas near tea- time, decided to buy some. “I Avish two boxes of your strawberries,” Avas my greeting to the storeman. “I have none,” said he. “But you have,” I said, “I see them in the windoAV now.” “O, those are not berries; they are merely nuclei.” “They are Avhat I call straAvberries, anyway, and I Avill take them.” I started home, .thoroughly dis¬ gusted Avith myself, and on arriving immediately sat down to see if I could find any more Avrongly named articles, so that the next time I Avent shopjiing I Avould knoAV Avhat I Avanted. In looking over my books I found a list of other misnomers, and that you, my reader, may not ex¬ perience the same chagrin, I add the iolloAving:— The arteiy, from its derivation, means air carrier, but it carries blood. Archipelago ought to mean a chief sea, but it means to us iioav any narroAv sea interspersed Avith many islands; for this Avord Avas ap¬ plied to the JEgaen Sea, Avhich had these peculiarities. Cuttle-bone is only chalk found in the fossil re¬ mains of extinct cuttle-fish. Cen¬ trifugal force is not a force at all, but only a form of Newton’s first law of motion. We often hear of per¬ sons dying from a broken neck, but it is not because the neck is broken, but because the bone of the neck pierces the little ganglion of gray matter which controls respiration. Brazilian grass is nothing but stripes of palm-leaf, and does not come from Brazil, as the name would suggest. Baths always make us think of Avater, but there are certain kinds called Turkish baths, Avhich are simply heated rooms and did not originate in Turkey as Ave naturally su|� pose. Cat gut is made from the entrails of sheep. The Avhale is ahvays popu¬ larly classed Avith the fish, but is a mammal. The cuttle-fish is not a fish, although it resembles it in form. I also find that Cleopatra’s Needle” Avas not erected to Cleoiiatra’s mem¬ ory, and “Pompey’s Pillar” Avas not in the least connected with Pompey. This error of calling things by Avrong names has even reached the rocks. We Avho pride ourselves on our granite Avill be pained to know it is syenite. Still Ave are not the only unfortunate ones, for Quincy is Avith us. My head aches to think how much I have to unlearn, and, as you may also be sympathizing Avith me. I’ll save the rest for another time. M. F. B., ’88. Fronde says: “History is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laAvs of right and wrong. Opin¬ ions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laAV is Avritten on the tablets of eternity. For every false Avord or unrighteous deed, for cruelty and oppression, for lust or vanity, the price has to be paid at last; not always by the chief offenders, but paid by some one. Justice and truth alone endure and live. Injustice and falsehood may be long lived, but doomsday comes at last to them, in French revolutions and other terrible Avays.” It is not Avhat you study, but Avhat you remember and reflect upon that makes you learned. LIIj-2-. E CPi NGEg. The exchange column of the Sun¬ beam is above the ordinary. The cover of the Phi-Rhonian prends le gateau for neatness. Is slang slang if you say it in another lancruafife? The December Academian con¬ tains a graphic description of By¬ ron’s “Mazeppa,” with a forceful ap¬ plication to intemperance. We like the article on H. H. in the Arms Student. The writer, F. V. Tupper, shows a sympathetic ap¬ preciation of her character and work. In the Literary Monthly, Parkville Mo., Charles F. Winchell has a short article on the private ownership of land, which contains an able argu¬ ment against the Henry George land theory. Juveils Vade IMecum modestly de¬ mands three, and politely requests tioo more copies of every exchange for one of its own! It does not want the earth I Oh, no! it will bo quite contented with the whole solar sys¬ tem ! The Academy Journal, Alexan¬ dria, Va., is quite excusable for send¬ ing us a little fartlior Down East than we belong. If we made no Avorse mistakes than that we would give ourseK es a congratulatory pat on the back. When the prize articles appear in the Kandolph-Macon Monthly we may expect an improvement even on the ood things of the December number. Among the latter is “Ex- pression,” which has a rather strong Emersonian flavor—but then, Emer¬ son is always good, even at second hand. The editors of the Niagara Index seem to have been someAvhat elated over the prospect of vacation, and the general hilariousness must have reached the proof reader, too. How else can one account for “ancestors,” “delectible,” ‘‘ preci|)itatly,” and “de¬ gress,” all in five consecutive lines. Had we not read “The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table,” we would much admire the originality of “Tea Table Papers” in the D ;cember Ot¬ tawa Campus. In the same number J. B. exalts the IMeaning of Life •above its ordinary interpretation. He says: “This, then, is what life should and may mean to us; a culti¬ vated mind, in a sound body, under the dominion of a pure, powerful soul.” The College Reflector from Miss., the Golden Eagle from Binghamton, N. Y., the Volunteer, Concord, N. H,, a bright school paper oith an exchange column. High School Gath¬ erings, Whitinsville, Mass.,—the name a happy hit,—and the Ideal, Philadel]fliia, we have not seen be¬ fore, but hope to greet regularly hereafter. The Academe, Woi’cester, Mass., we cordially Avelcome back. We had supposed it dead, for neither have Ave seen it before this year, nor have Ave seen it mentioned in any of our exchanges, Avhich number nearly a hundred. Judging by some of the “Notes,” the high school keeps up its reputation for enterprise and original ideas. A word to certain others of our ex¬ changes. Do you not know that it is re¬ garded as a gross insult to have the name of your excliange in Roman type instead of Italics?—[Shurtleff College Review. Perhaps someone else, instead of the Shurtleff College RevicAv, is “most ignorant of Avhat he’s most assured,” but the example of some of the best publishing houses in the country is sufliciently good for us to follow. The selection of life-work should be the result of a conviction of fit¬ ness Do not start out in any pro¬ fession or business until you find that you can become fully competent to succeed in it. If you set out con¬ scious of only a partial fancy for the Avork, you are likely to be unsuccess¬ ful.—[Chauncy Hall Abstract. The Cue, Albany, has a bright little poem in last month’s issue called “My Friends.” This number excels in its poetical contributions. As they are not accredited to any one, Ave suppose them to bo original with the Avriters for the paper. The author of “Fancy Fact” deserves much credit, but when the ex.-ed. says the Cue’s exchange column “numbers several excellent papers,” we fail to understand just Avhat his idea of an exchange column is. The High School Annual of Ncav- ark, N. J., is full of interesting mat¬ ter, and is emphatically Avhat it assumes to be, a school journal. Among many Avell-Avritten article the one on “Prometheus Bound” shows Avell digested study and thought on the part of the Avriter. “The statistics of the gentlemen of the senior class” are jiarticnlarly en¬ tertaining, but, shades of John Wes¬ ley! of Avhat is that embryo Methodist minister thinking, to boldly declare Byron his favorite poet! We see that the Wilmington Col- legian takes the same ground that Ave do on the “Vita sine literis mors est” dispute. We see also that it not only takes the same ground, but expresses the same sentiment, and, Avhat is rather flattering to us, con¬ sidering that the Collegian is the organ of a college, Avhile Ave simply represent a high school, expresses them in the same loords. Nature has her compensations. Hoav happy is that revelation of the microscojie Avhich shows us that the activity of the flea is partly caused by the parasites Avhich live upon its OAvn body. Science is consoling. Whittier has Avritten the following inscri])tion for the Milton AvindoAv in Westminster, jiresented by G. W. Childs of Philadelphia :— The New World honors him whose lofty plea For England’s freedom made her own more sure, Whose song,immortal as its theme,shall be Their common freehold while both Avorlds endure. Prof. Proctor says of our growth that the most retarded state for the boy is about 13, and the age of most rapid growth (after the first tAvo or three years) is about 16, the corres¬ ponding ages for girls seems to .be about 12 and 13 respectively. Dur¬ ing: the time from birth to the ag:e of 17, boy.s, as a rule, acquire a smaller portion of their full groAvth than girls do between birth and the age of 15. In the great maj-irity of cases girls add very little to their height after 15. Boys, on the other hand, usually add tAvo or three inch¬ es to their height after 17. The intoxicating property of all liquors is due to the presence of alco¬ hol, Avhich is not one of God’s “good creatures” the result of life and groAvth. It is the product of decay and death. Observe hoAV carefully nature guards against it production. This is the meaning of the purple skin of the grape, the varnished cov¬ ering of the apple, the leathery case of the banana, and the polished rind of the melon,—all arranged to pre¬ vent the admission of the fermenting oxygen. Indeed, if the saccharine substance is alloAved to complete its decomposition even, Ave shall not have alcohol, but acetic acid. Any sugary substance, Avhen fermented, breaks up into two poisons,—alcohol and carbonic acid gas,—the former deadly if taken into the stomach, the latter if inhaled. IVY. TP dM lilliYIIVY. JANUARY, 1888. Published Monthly During the School Year, KV The Senior Class of the Milford High School PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. KUSIXliSS KDITOUS. GRACE L. BL001 and LYDI.A A. ROBERTS. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Ten Numbers.) For the Year, . 50 cents | Single Copies, . 5 cents This paper is for sale at the well-knoun drug store of J. Allen Rice, where subscriptions for the year will also be received, and back mimbers can be obtained. Address all communications to THE 0. I ;, LILY AND IVY, Lock Bo.x 137. Entered at the Milford, Mass., Post-Oltice, as second class matter. GENERAL EDITORS. Olie L. Brom’n and Lillian E. Thompson. Happy on account of onr Christ¬ mas jiresents, ve all came back to school. A number of the scholars have new watches. They count the time, and are ready to inform the bell ringers when the hour is up, es¬ pecially if it is their turn to recite ne.xt on a lesson which they have neglected. The belated teacher and her two scholars jmt their knowledge of elec¬ tricity to a practical ap|)lication at a late hour one afternoon last iveek. One at the crank (T the electrical machine, another on the insulated stool, and the third at the gas fi.xture quickly caused the darkness to van¬ ish,—a result very desirable in their matchless condition. Brute force has gone to the wall. o This is the age of the mental powers. Hence the great necessity of an edu¬ cation, and hence, too, the need of those studies which cultivate liabits of close attention, the power of rea¬ soning, and the ability to draw cor¬ rect conclusions. The study of Lat¬ in, of mathematics, and of the sci¬ ences will develop and strengthen these mental qualities, and therefore all high school courses include them. Energy is an e.xcellent quality; in¬ dustry, and close application, and perseverance are all good ; but men often fail in their business because they cannot wrestle with some men¬ tal problem, when the premises are right before their eyes, and draw a correct conclusion. Then let us ap¬ ply ourselves to our daily work with renewed effort, so that the i-esults of the second term, just beginning, may be more satisfactory than those of the first. An additional duty might be men¬ tioned among the services of several of our town officers; namely, that of informing the members of the Civil Government class about the town management. The first ten in scholarship and dejiortnient for the last term were as follows:— Thirst class: Thayer, Coburn, Tir- rell, Toohey, Hale, O. Brown, Thompson, Crosby, Bicknell, Miller. Second class: Blake, Spaulding, Goldsmith, Clark, Whitney, Conely and Waterman, Connolly, Bradford, May hew. Third class: Bartlett, jMathewson, Sullivan, Shea, Collins, Wilber, Mc¬ Dermott, Barry, Smith, Holbrook. Fourth class: .Johnson (i [lss), God¬ frey, Wright, liallou, Morgan, M. Foley, Gilmore, Bass and Eames, Coffee. We have all declaimed again and ten more scholars have been hon¬ ored. Miss Clark of ’89 rendered a vocal selection, accompanied by Miss Hoberts. Program: — o Master Fales, ’88, Webster, by John D. LTUg. Miss Brown, O., ’88, The .Smack in Scliool Master Maiain, ’89, E-xtraet from Julius Coesar. Miss Toomv, ’89, True Heroism Miss Clark, ’8),—Son , Climbing u;) tlu Garret Stairs. IVfaster liamson, ’90, Prep’s Soliloquy Misses Smitli anil Nickerson, ’99,1 ' he Story of Experience. Master Burns, ’91, How We Celebrated the Day. Miss Coffee, ’91, The Legend of Bregenz Master Noyes, ’91, The Babies Miss Quiggle, ’91, Little Jim The time for re.solutions has in¬ deed come. With great st’’cngth of purpose our besetting sins are re¬ corded, in order to keeji them before us, and we sign our names to our pledges with strong and honest de¬ termination to keeji them this year. Let not the senior class think because there are only two teians before leaving this school, that they have no neoil of resolving to do better. Our teaeher.s’ and sclioolmates’ opin¬ ions of us are based on what we do, not on what Ave can do, and we now have an opportunity of leaving a good and lasting impression behind us. Jjet us trv in every wav lo be faithful in our work, and thus pay the debt we owe to the town for its school privi¬ leges and to our parents for their sacrifices. For the second term, beginning Avith this month, there is a radical change in the studies. The senior class have two new studie.s. Review and Civil Government. The second class in Literature take up the all- absorbing tale of Ivanhoc, and its inquisitive chemists, dressed in their customary suits of bed-ticking, are beginning to find that poAvders and fluids are not as innocent as they look—as the noise from the labora¬ tory boro Avitness not long ago. The third class have entered upon elec¬ tricity in Physics, and commenced Rhetoric and History. The fourth class have taken Book-keeping for their neAV study, and are already in full Avar ])aint of red and black. If they Avould only confine themselves to themselves, and not smear desks and floor, they might bo forgiven. The school iioav has in its posses¬ sion tAvo valuable autograph letters from tAvo of our greatest American ])oets, Holmes and Whittier. The letter of the former Avas received by the class of ’85, Avhile that of Whit¬ tier Avas I ' eceived during the latter part of last month, in acknoAvledgc- ment of an “autogra|)h testimonial” from the jiresent senior class, testify¬ ing their respect for the octogenari¬ an poet; the letter Avas as follow s:— Danvers, Mass., 12 mo., 15, 1887. To the High .School, MilforJ, Mass.:— I gratefully accept your tasteful and well-arranged autograph testimonial, and you have my sincere wish¬ es for your future happiness and success; and that the world I am about to leave may be belter for your living. Your friend, John (d. Whittier. The letters, Avhich arc highly prized, are tastefully framed togeth¬ er and are iiaiiging on the Avails of I C7 O the large room. Why not have the books of our Town Library covered Avith different colored pa[)er? For example, assign a color to the different dejiartments and thus at a glance a book in a reader’s hand Avould prove the class of reading on Avhich he Avas feeding his mind. If cheap fiction were cov¬ ered Avith fiery red, some, avc think, Avonld hesitate to be seen in our streets Avith such books in their po.s- se.ssion. In the British Museum the different classes of books are bound in separate colored bimliiig.s, but it is not necessary for ns to go to such useless exiiense. If this method Avere adopted, more books of instruction and le.ss of fiction Avould be real both by old and young. Persons Avho ] rofess to be educated Avotdd be somewhat ashamed to carry to and fi ' o from the library books that Avere of no value to them, but rather of injury. Perhaps, too, this might in- fiiience the kind of books that are added to our library, and in time no books not useful Avould be found there. EDITED BY IsELETE Brown and Harold E, Fales. January, 1-J. “Each traveller who enters here Finds what he pleases, stones or bread: I am the gateway of the year.” Milford lias 36 teachers and 1263 scholars. Revised edition; “Go to the cat, thou sluggard.” “Man is dominant because he gets his power from vegetables.” Logic from Geometry III.: A=B ' , B=C; therefore C=AB. A definition of compasses is, “two points fastened together.” It is feared that one of the Elec¬ tricity class is phi sic{s)cdli sick. Go to the Philosophy class for def¬ inite instructions conceining sparks. For the past week we have been an uhLeaven(s)ed lump, owing to the mumps. He surely wasn’t a Jew who de¬ fined lard as the kind of grease used in cooking. A young lady in her Latin exami¬ nation agrees to mark all the “phea- nuts.” Slow music is very depressing. We object to whole notes, especially on onr recitation cards. “ ‘Who sits here?’ why, no one; but I sit next.” Ergo: the said scholar must be next to no one. One of our young astronomers in¬ forms us that the earth now revolves on the milky way for its axis. W e are glad to record that in a recent Latin examination there was one i .aper which was all Wright. A strange phenomenon ! The low¬ est man has sixty-einht cubic inches of brain, and the highest thirty-four. Query: When Dick three I’s ex¬ claimed, “A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!” was he trying to read Archias, Chap. VI.? Some members of Drawing IV. have succeeded in making something useful ns well as ornamental. Fi-om dictation they have made working drawings of a lyre, and cut the forms in wood or pasteboard, to bo used as easels. English IV.—“Joan of Arch was born in the year ’28 and belonged to the Dark family. She lived until she died. After she died she was led by the iM.iid of Orleans. She was burnt at a stake and captured a few times. She was the mother of four children.” According to one authority (?) the Avails of our schoolroom are “ciscoed.” Teacher—Name some of the bones of the head. Scholar—Frontal, occipital and parental. We think the toboggan cap must be A’ery comfortable, :is one of our members seems loth to part with his, even in the schoolroom. When the January thaw pours a small river across our w.ay to school, Ave are living proofs that it is leap year. A free translation for “cinq de¬ pots,” in a rendering given fr m hearing the Avoi’ds pronounced, Avas “without boots.” “I am very much attached to you,” said the plaster to the patient as he was endeavoring to cause a separation. It has been so cold on the north side of the room some mornings that the young ladies have been attracted to the sonny side of the room. Wo are thankful that French I. does not control all the affairs of the Avorld. For our part Ave should ob¬ ject to Avashing on Cliristm.as day. VVe are sorry to record the fact that one of the ' Chemistry class has forgotten something that no chemist has yet discovered. Our pupils from the suburbs know more about the operations in the centie of our toAvn than those Avhu live next door. These things ought not so to be. Have you tried yet to see if your lungs have the capacity of a pig’s? It must have been a fine animal Avhich breathed Avith the pair that Ave have had for examination. We have some very fine manikins made after the large Yaggy model, by jniplls of Physiology IV. Those made by Misses Wires and Sumner are worthy of special mention. As the noAV year ojiens and Janus again sounds his Avar trumpet, let us each make some good resolulions, and fight out the battle, at least dur¬ ing the month that he reigns. Teacher—Give three objects of re¬ flex action of the spinal-cord. Scholar—Hydro])hobia, lock-jaAv, and St. Vitus dance. Teacher—The Creator must have m.ade a mistake in me. French I. have been reckoning the number of guests that there would ])robably be to sit down to father Priam’s t.abic Thanksgiving Day. We pity mother Hecuba, if she had to do the cooking for them all. A thought: Only seven colors, only nine digits, only seventy-one ele¬ ments, only twenty-six letters, and yet-Avell, think. The reflex action of the spinal cord is attracting the attention of the Physiology class at present, but the reflection cast by their teacher seems to indicate unsatisfactory Avork. A young I.ady of the first class thinks she Avould displace more alcohol than Avater. We suppose that is because she would feel larger to bo immersed in anything so ex¬ pensive as alcohol. In the Geology class she said that fishing Avas restricted by law, lest fish should become extinct. Why, she said, she had been fishing herself! But when she told how many she caught, we thought it Avould be a useless expense to employ oflicers to enforce the law. EDITED BY Mary L. Toohey and Patrick J. Lawless. Sarah M. Gorman, ’87, is employed at J. F. Hickey’s. Irving H. Fairbanks, ’86, is em¬ ployed by the Clinton Beef Co. Francis J. Moriartv, ’87, is teach¬ ing school in D.akota Cit -, Neb. Bernard Kelley, ’76, is employed in the oflice of the Daily News. Aaron H. M:AyheAAg English ’85, is clerking for M. A. Saunders. Mary E. Taft, English ’84, became Mrs. William H. Trevett, Dec. 23, 1887. Nellie M. Conely, ’85, has been elected assistant at the evening school. Patrick J. Donohoe, ’84, one of our druggists, is assisted by .John J. Casey, ’89. Martin J. Kelley, ’80, has resigned his position as librarian, to lake ef¬ fect Feb. 4. H. Maude Hapgood, once of ’88, has returned to the Friends’ School, Providence. Jennie L. Goodrich, ’77, Avas mar¬ ried to J. E. Vollmer of Poughkeep¬ sie, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1887. Fred E. Cook, once of ’88, a grad¬ uate of Comer’s College, Boston, is keeping books at Roslindale, Mass. Prof. Wright of Oberlin says that Lake Erie is but a very large glacial mill-pond Avhich the Niagara river Avill ultimately drain dry, and that but for the ice dam, Avhere LoavcU now is, the Merrimack river Avould have met the sea near Boston. LILY. Buy Ladies’ and Misses’ NEWilARICErS, DRESS GOODS, Etc. of J. F. HICKEY, 138 MAIN STREET - - MILFORD. King Irothgrs, Boys’ and Children’s MUSIC HALL BLOCK, MILF ORD. AVERT WOODBURY, SUCCESSORS TO J. W. HARRIS, -DEALERS IN- CARPETING, WALL PAPER AND CURTAINS. Upholstering, Carpet and Shade Work a Specialty. 163 Main St., Milford. BARTLETT ELLIS. UEA-XiEE S I3Sr Hardware, Cutlery, Pumps, Stoves, Furnaces Farming fools and See-s 172 174 Mixln St., - - Milford, Mass. Fine Artistic BLliA-TTY’S, 108 Main Street, - - Milford, Mass. Y. M. C.. A. ROOMS IN MUSIC HALL BLOCK. Hours: 8 a. m. to 10 p. m.. Over 70 periodicals on file in Reading Rooms. All men are invited to use our rooms. 5 CHAIRS! FRANK H, THOMAS, xaCaiir-IDresser And dealer in liair-oils, pomades, Thomas’ hair tonic for removing dandruif, etc., 137 Main street. Milford,Mass. N. B. Ladies’ and children’s hair cut or sham¬ pooed at their residences if desired. Or. Dealer in IMC IB -A. T S AND PROVISIONS, Fruits, Vegetables, Butter, Eggs, Etc. Also, home- cured Hams and home-made Sausages. 33 Exchange Street. WINNE-NIPE-KEES-AUKE. (Seventli Day, continued.) Here and there, over the numerous falls, tlie aesthetic bridges, over which had been wroufrlit weird, gnarled and fantastic supports and decor¬ ations of natural roots, limbs, and twisted, mis-sliapen trunks, carried the path from side to side, and gave distant views. Then the pat h wound around to the eastern side, and thence up to the house and lodge. All the paths, seats, jdaccs of interest, et cetera, are distinctly marked, and the line of travel indicated.- We were amused at the preponderance of female names; cv ' erything was feminine. Wliether tiie sterner se.x was thought too uncultured to be thus honored, we leave to the ladies for an answer. On second thought, we did see Whittier’s name once, and the date August 10, 1884; but it looked lonesome. Seven views were “caught on glass,” and with the feeling that it had been an afternoon well spent, we hastened back to th.e landing, as fast as a hungry horse coiild carry ns. Wc found that we had made our trip of sixteen miles, including the walk around the park, and it was only seven o’clock. EIGHTH DAY. ‘•I know how fair your morns can break, In rosy light on isle and lake; How over wooded slopes can run The noonday play of cloud and sun.” A beautiful sunrise, and the only one we had during the twelve days, greeted our o])ening eyes. The tent, inside and out, as well as nil. other objects, was drenched with the heavy dew’ that generally had hung in the morning air as a dense mist which hid within itself everything Soon after starting, wo ran close by the old wood-scow’ propelled by horse-pow’cr, and had an inside view’. Wo did not take its cajtacity, but were sure that the one, solitary horse thought it cords and cords, before he had “footed” it aw’ay over to Wolfeborongh and back home. This must be a very loony year, for wc w ' ero constantly greeted by the peculiar cries of loons. When wo w’ore hungry, dry, and tired, as the sun poured dowm its heat, “The loon’s weird laughter far away” seemed particularly derisive, and we felt a strong inclination to “talk back.” Onr eyes were next on tho alert to catch sight of the bridge which connects Moulton()orongh Neck and Long Island, for under it lav onr course. Point after point was turned, before it came in view’, and then wo skirted a long, irregular .shore to reach the bay at whose head is Centre Harbor. Hei-e a confusion of island.s, of assorted sizes, in continuous succession, w ' as scattered about. We had a general idea of our directi on, and follow ing our canoes’ noses, we picked onr w’ay among them, seeking the shade wlien possible, until at mid-afternoon, on the sloping hillside at our left, a fair scene, the end of our day’s stint, appeared before us; but minus its central attraction, the large summer hotel, w’bich had lieen burned the w’eek before. When a mile out, we w’cre hailed fi’om the shore by campers, who mistook us for sonuf expected friends; and to atone for the eiror, they treated ns to doughnuts and ice-w’ater. The latter was ]iarticulaiTy accept¬ able, as during the day we had often cried w’ith Baconspeare, “.My canoe for a drink!” Thus refreshed, we attempted the remaining distance, under a sun that—well,, never mind; the less said, the le.ss to he forgiven. Having made ourselves known at the post-office, performed our usual duties at the stores, and drawn a few restful breaths, w’e sw’ung around toward home, somewhat distant, to he sure. This was our highest latitude, or north ) olo, so to sjieak, and from this time onr trip was to the soutliw.ard. While skirting the first island, w ' e ran under some hhieherry hushes loaded with luscious berries, w’hich were w’ithin arms’ length as we sat in the canoes. Soon a good camping-ground was found, near a bvook, and while one pitched camp, the other, with pail in hand, took a little stroll in search of a farm-house. Luckily, as he ihongl.t, one was found within a quarter of a mile. “Milk? Don’t have enough for our owm use.” “No, that house dowm the road can’t su])ply yon.” “The one up the road? No.” “What, that one on the hill, through the woods? No cow ' there. ' ” “Where in Centre Harbor can you get it?” “Go straight back the main road, over the bridge, and tlu’ongh that piece of w ' oods, and at the fourth house on the left you mat possibly get some.” “les, the house.” Now in this part of the world, the fourth house may be a half mile off, a I ' V ' Z . mile, or, ] crliaps, in tlie next township. In his despair, the weary canoeist consigned the whole neighborhood to the “milky way,” and took np his march and then the countermarch; for the “babes in the woods” mnst have milk, although it was after six o’clock. A farmer with no cow seemed to him a ridiculous state of affairs, and he suggested a goat, or a cocoanut tree. The supper was eaten by artificial light this night. We must not forget to mention the whip-poor-will’s all night legato in A minor—we believe that is a very proper expression, though we can’t vouch for its accuracy; but we are sure it was a whli poor-will. NINTH DAT. The Boteman strayt Held on his course with stayed stedfastness, Ne ever shroncke, ne ever sought to bayt His tryed arnies for toylesome wearinesse; But witli his oares did sweepe the watry wildernesse. — Spenser. A restful night and an early launch were the records of the ninth morninp-. The sun’s great heat was somewhat lessened by a head-Avind; yet arms toughened by a week’s exposure began to blister, and “Like sly Avater-rats Ave stole along nearer the shore” to avoid its direct rays. We divided our attention betAveen the scenery of the shore and the islands, especially Pine, Bear, and Mark. As we sped along, we realized that money Avas not all of life; for the Avide-sprcad lake, the clustering isles, “each silver hemmed,” and the mountain Avail Avere ours. The greatest beauty of the lake is its irregularity, for it thus unites the delights of lake and river Avithout the A ' exatious delays caused by dams and rapids. Fkom Mark, Ave fought the Avaves over to the northern side of Governor’s Island,— it Avas the southern side Ave followed the first day. Although Ave were bound for Weirs, Ave chose the two short legs of a triangle, instead of the hypotenuse, to avoid the strong Avind Avluch resisted every stroke of the ])addle.—How strange it is, that, if a long Avalk must be taken in a given direction, all the carriages are going in the opposite! Only once during the tAvelve days did the courses of the wind and the canoes agree.—-Refreshed by a SAvim in the clear Avater, Ave clipped deep and strong, and arrived at the Avharf in season to mingle Avith the usual throng which greets the moun¬ tain trains. The three hotels, the many boarding-houses, the beautiful summer cottages, the artistic regimental buildings of New Hampshire’s veterans, the pretty station and restaurant, the numerous steamers, both large and small, the large collection of good boats, the camp-grounds and the many assemblies which frecpient them, and last, but not least, the grand vieAVs of the lake, make “The Weirs,’.’ or Ahquedaukenash (stopiiing-places), a sum¬ mer resort of great popularity. Our stay Avas short; for Ave found that the excessive heat and long distances of the last few days demanded a rest, and so, as we had made up the time lost by the rain, Ave determined to camp early. Wo first paddled into the middle of the outlet, to see the well-known “Endicott Rock.” We kneAV it by the great iron bolt AAdiich binds it together to keep it intact from the force of the frost. If the surveyors Avere correct, on the first of August, two hundred and thirty-five years ago, its latitude Avas 43 deg., 40 min., 12 sec. This survey Avas an important matter in those early days, for then it fixed this point as the head of the IMerrimack, and settled the OAvnership of many scpiare miles of land. Immediately, Ave ])assed under tlie Weirs Bridge, through water roughened by the conflict of current and Avind, and on the left bank found an abandoned camping-i)lace, with a pile of split Avood and a brook near by. As Ave and the sun sank to rest, the sound of distant thunder promised a Avet night. Our tent, no doubt, was pitched on the very spot Avhere many an Indian had set his Avigwam, for this ])hice Avas a favorite resort of the aborigines. Gone were the weirs, arroAV-heads, hatchets, pestles and mortprs; but Ave Avere lying, as the poet of the mountain sings:— “Where the old smoked in silence their pipes, and the young To the pike and the white perch their bailed lines flung; Where the hoy shaped his arrow, and where the shy maid Wove her inany-hued baskets and bright Avainpum braid.” Here the children of the forest lived, fished, and died, and, in the lan¬ guage of Thoreau, “Their mouldering elements are sloAvly ])rej)aring for another tnetamorj)hosis, to serve new masters, and Avhat was the Indian’s, Avill, ere long, be the Avhite man’s sineAV.” (See February number.) G- ■w. HAS THE MOST Complete Assortment of the Latest Novelties IN GOLD PENS, PENCILS, Fountain and Stylographic Pens at the Lowest Prices. Always the Largest Assortment of the LATEST STYLES IN MILLINERY -AT THE- PAVILION MILLINERY PARLORS, Music Hall Block, Milford. JESSE A. TAFT, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Notary Public and Commissioner to qualify civil officers. Irving Block, opposite post office, Milford. COME AND SEE THE GRAND BARGAINS! -AT- RYAN CARROLL’S, 98 MAIN STREET, LINCOLN SQUARE. T. C. EASTMAN CO., Manufacturers of All Kinds of BOOT AND SHOE BOXES AND BAND BOXES -FOR- STRAW GOODS. -ALSO- Plain and Fancy Paper Boxes. Mill, Corner of Central and Depot Streets, Milford FINE MARBDE AND GRANITE CEMETERY WORK. A. C. KINNEY, SO. BOW ST., MILFORD, MASS. -AND- Xj -A- SAT Call at W. A, Aldrich’s 139 Main Street and examine HOUSEHOLD Sewing fflachines, PiaDos, Organs, aii Sheet Mnsic, SOLD, LET, EXCHANGED AND REPAIRED. OJLI , XjXTSYT 3SrX) FLOWERS AND FLORAL WORK FOR ALL, OCCASIONS. PATRONAGE SOLICITED. Greenhouses and residence on Church Place. SIT FOR y O UR AT lOO MAIN STREET, MILFORD, AT E. L. WILLIS’ . COOK BROS., DEALERS IN Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Pickles, Etc. Haras cure.! by ourselves and Horae-made Sausages. Market, 188 Main Street. 8. A. COOK. 8. 8. COOK. 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. 106 Main Street, Milford, Mass. R. C. ELDRIDGE, Dealer in Diaioiils, fatclies, Clods aal Jewelry, 132 Main St., Milford. The Best and Cheapest place to buy FRUITS AND CONFECTIONERY IS AT J. W. ROBERTS’. Cake and Ice Cream constantly on hand. Wedding Cake a Si ecialty. THAYER’S BLOCK. Main Street, Milford, Mass. • BTJ ' y -X-OUTIi DRY GOODS AND SIALL WARES AT 166 MAIN STREET, OF COBURN 0 LMSTEAD. WHAT 8HALL WE EAT? OJhi a ' i«5 a ®o es® Buy them at the BOSTON GROCERY TEA HOUSE “Active shears gather no rust.” The great public schools, May their influence spread Till statesmen use grammar, And dunces are dead! Till no one dare say In this land of the free ‘I done’ for ‘I did,’ Or ‘It’s her’ for ‘It’s she.’ No good are all the ‘had beens,’ for in country and in town. Nobody cares how high you’ve been, when once you have come down. When once you have becii President, and are President no more. You may run a farm, or teach a school, or keep a country store; No oue will ask about you; you never will be missed,— , The mill will only grind for you while you supply the grist. He is masculine. He-r is feminine. He-ro is masculine. He-roine is feminine. Asbestos cloth is being used for wearing apparel by the firemen in Paris. Niagara is compounded of two Indian words, JViaff hein, hark to the thunder! Dickens’ power of application was truly wonderful; for he wrote “All the Year Hound.” A thread has been produced from the common nettle so fine that a length of sixty miles weighs only two and a half pounds. Fortune knocks once at every man’s door; hut she doesn’t go hunt¬ ing through beer saloons for him, if the man happens to he out. It is an old story, hut worth re¬ membering—the Quaker’s considera¬ tion for his better half: “All the world is very (pieer except thee and me, and thee is a little queer.” Take a tumbler and pour water in¬ to it; hy-and-by you can pour no more; it is full. It is not so with the mind. You cannot fill it with knowledge in a whole lifetime. The organ-blower works harder with his muscles than the organ- player, and may pei’haps he exasper¬ ated into thinking himself a down¬ trodden mnrtyr because he does not receive the same pay for his servi¬ ces.—[O. W. H. In Algeria there is a small stream which the chemistry of nature has converted into true ink. It is formed by the union of two rivulets, one of which is very strongly impregnated with iron, while the other, meander¬ ing through a peat marsh, imbibes gallic acid, another ingredient in the formation of ink. X-yi T. __ hlVEl Y, FIRSTCLASS TEAMS TO LET. Transients Well Cared For. 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MILFOHl), MASS., FEBRUARY, 1885. No. 4. OUR BELL. Somewhat back from a classic street Stands the old-fashioned learning seat; Across the pillared portico Our poplars now no shadows tlirow ; And from its station in the tower Rings out the bell, with all its power Whang, bang, Bang, whang. By night it lulls its voice to rest And if so kept it would be best— But in the morning, bright or dull. The bell rings out forever Lull, And calls the youngsters, one and all. To gather in the crow led hall. Whang, bang. Bang, whang. In that building used to be The grammar school as well as we ; But now our number is so great. It’s gone to seek another fate. But like a wheel that’s been well greased The warning bell has never ceased Whang, bang. Bang, whang. From that building, clothed in best. This class comes forth, with brain hard pressed ; While in those silent rooms l eyond Still lingers many a memory fond. But tor the youths whom time will bring No Morrill then the liell will ring. Whang, bang, Bang, whang. L. B. B., ’83. Soliloquy by Our Bell. • As I was standing alone in the school-room one afternoon, I was sud¬ denly startled by a dee|) sigh which seemed to come from above my head, and then a voice which I recognized as that of the old bell broke the silence. “ ' Pwenty years,” it said,“twenty? yes, thirty years, ami perhaps more—the years roll hy so swiftly I can scarce¬ ly count them as they pass—have I hung in this same S])ot. Well do 1 remember how vain I used to be of mv 4 good looks, and how jiroud I was when my voice rang out for the first time. Then I thought my lot was truly envi¬ able, for, swinging back and forth, high above the heads of men, I could look down u])on the busy village below me, see lieople hurrying to and fro, the river winding along, and hear the birds twittering to one another as they built their nests among the green lii ' anchcs of the trees, but, as the seasons passed, all this became an old, old story whose monotony wearied me. “Mv life has had but one reat sor- row, a sense of solitude which at times comes over me. Every Sunday I hear the church-bells ring, and I long to join my voice to theirs, but in vain. Often the fire - bell’s sudden alarm arouses me from slumber, and as I hear other bells one by one ring out upon the still night air, it seems almist unendurable that I alone must be silent. Then when their sound dies away, my feeling of loneliness is in¬ creased a hundred-fold. I have not always been as lonely as now. When there were attic stairs, my solitude was often invaded, gay laughter and merry voices resounded around me, and in the society of young people I felt content. “I remember tw’o visitors that I once had, young ladies who preferred to Sjiend several hours in my com])aiiy rather than in that of their class-mates in the room belowL I greatly enjoyed their confused talk of teachers, scholars and lessons, and wondered at the. cause of their long but welcome A’isit, until one of them scratched in rude letters ‘E p here to escape writing composi¬ tions.’ Dear old attic stairs, you were indeed a blessing to me. All too soon you were taken away, and I wms left alone, shut out forever from inter¬ course with human beings. “Although se])arated from those I loved, I continued and still continue to take an interest in their welfare. IIow joyfully I ring out when those whom 1 i’emend)er as children come once more to visit the scenes of their former trials and triumphs, and how ha])py I am do they but say, as they recognize my voice,‘Ah ! there’s the old bell!’ (irood news of them alwa s causes me a feeling of hap])iness, and yet this hBp])inesH is dimmed by tlie thought that 1 am perhaps forgotten by those whom I shall ever remember, for I do not think the scholars feel foi me the same affection that I do for them. Often when my voice warns them that it is time to begin work, instead of praising me for faithfully performing my duty, I hear them say, ‘Oh! dear, there’s that old bell ringing again.’ However, the consciousness that I am doing right helps me to bear even this grief with resignation. “For several years there dwelt in the little room where the end of my rope hangs, a large family of bottles of different shapes and sizes. In the night when all was quiet, I often heard them relating the adven¬ tures that had befallen them during the day, and consoling one another for the rough treatment they had received. I learned to love them, and to look for¬ ward to the evening with pleasant an¬ ticipations. “One day, I was startled by strange sounds below me, and Avhen evening came I listened in vain for the sweet voices of my friends. At last the ap- ])alling truth broke in upon me, they had bWn taken away. I have never heard from them since. Perhaps they are now at rest from all their suffer¬ ings. I hope so.” Here the bell paused, and, after looking around to see that no one was watching, wii)ed away a tear. “However, I ought to feel thankful that I have fared so well instead of grieving for the departed. During the last few years, my home has been enlarged and l)eautified, until now I aiu justly proud of it. Many of the classes on theii- de])artnre have left be- himl tokens of their good wdl towards the school, and although I derive no jiersonal benefit from thes(! gifts, it gives me jdeasure to think that they make the room pleasant for those who remain. “In the scholars 1 see but little (Continued on Second Page.) O I ’r|IEv0 lK,vLmY|IYY. Published jVEonthly During the School Year, HY The Senior Class of the Milford High School, PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. GEXER VL EDITGKS. INEZ L. GAY and CEAEENCE H. MOKGAN. PERSONAL EDITORS. HARRIET A. SMITH and HORACE A. BROWN. LOCAL EDITORS. ANNA M. W.VLICER and ROBERT C. HUSSEY. BUSINESS EDITORS. THERESA A. McCARTEN and HARRY P. CROSBY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Eight Numbers.) For the Year, . 35 cents [ Single Copies, . 5 cents This paper is for sale at the well-known drug store of J. Allen Rice, where subscriptions for the year will also he received. Address all communications to THE OAK, Lir.Y AND IVY, Box 871. Entered at the Milford, Mass., Post-Office, as second class matter. N. B. It is our intention to furnish our patrons, however, with a better and hiqher than second class. Pride. It is not the purpose of this editori¬ al to set forth the evils of pride, but tlie advantages arising from it. If anyone wishes to get along in the world, he must have some personal pride, for, as a general rule, unless ive think Avell of ourselves, no one will think well of us When a ] erso!i constantly depreciates his own services and tells of how little account he is in the world, ive are willing to agree with him, instead of regarding him with the respect to which jierhaps he is really entitled. In school, esiiecially, pride is neces¬ sary if we wish to stand high in the estimation of our classmates and teachers. The scholar who does not care if he makes a failure day after day, and Avho has not pride enough to be ashamed to carry home a jioor re¬ port is always the one who never has perfect lessons and who is at the foot of his class. We all ouo-lit to have class as well as personal iiride, and do all in our power to make our class the best in school. Whatever enterprise ' s un¬ dertaken by the class as a whole, a class ])aper for example, should have the hearty sujiport of each member, for in this way alone can success be obtained. The jdeasure given to our teachers and parents by our good scholarship and deportment, and the pride ' that they feel in making out and signing good reports ought also to be a matter of ])ersonal jiride to us. We trust that all the scholars take enough jiride in the school to keep the reputation that we gained by our ex¬ hibition last February, and that each will contribute to the success of the coming exhibition by making as many articles as possilile. Soliloquy by Our Bell. (Continued from First Page.) change. They are just the same noisy, mischievous boys and girls that their fathers and mothers were. Y et I can¬ not feel for them the same affection as for those whom my voice, as it ran out for the first time, called from the sweet enjoyment of old fashioned sports to the task of learning hard lessons. I can see them yet, robust boys and Mdiolesome maidens, rustic perhaps, some of them sans collars, sans boots, but not sans everything, trooping in with sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks. Alas! they now are scattered far and wide. “One by one I have rung in the new classes and rung out the old, for each year has brought its fiock of children under my care, and each year has sent forth from these walls a band of young men and women ready to begin the b ttle of life. Have they struggled as nobly and successfully in their con¬ test with the world as they did in the school-room V 1 trust so. Perhaps none of them have become famous, perhaps none of them ever will, for the number of those who gain renown is very small in comparison with those who seek it, yet if they do their best in their sphere of life, however humble it may be, I am truly proud of them. “Hecalling the number of tliose who have entered and who have bade adieu to the school, I can say with ‘The Brook,’ if not in the exact ivords at least in sentiment, ‘Men may come and men may go, But I go on forever.’ ” At this affecting point, for it is in¬ deed affecting to hear a bell quote ])oetry, some movement on my ])art must have startled the speaker, for, as if fearful its solihxpiy might be over¬ heard, it relapsed into silence. I. L. G. ’85. “To meet the great w ' ork of Business Education, by placing within the op- jiortunity of every young man who avails himself of it a complete and thorough system of commercial in¬ struction, Eastman Business College was established.” See last page. Second Annual Industrial Exhibition. The following graduates have con- sented to be resjionsible for their re- sjiective classes in carrying out the l)lan, j)ro})osed in a former issue, for obtaining the ])rizes for Fast Day. They will endeavor to see every one of their classmates or reach them by letter, but would be pleased to have contributions sent them without fur¬ ther notice and at once. Books ivere never bought for so lit¬ tle money as now. For 45c, 67c, 75c and 87c, valuable and attractive books can be purchased, and these it will be as honorable to receive as those of twice their value. Then, too, the larger the number of jirizes, the greater the num¬ ber of scholars who will be made hap¬ py. Contributions of 5c, lOc, and 15c, according to the numbers in the class¬ es, will be sufficient. ’02, Miss M. A. Parkhurst.’TO, Mrs. Fred Swasey. ’63, Mrs. John S. Mayliew.’TO, Miss AlzieR.Hay ward. ’64, George H. Ball. ’77, Mrs. .Joseph H. Wood. ’65, Mrs. Chas. A. Dewey.’78, Lowell E. Fales. ’66, Clarence A. Suiuner. ’79, Miss Lilian Smith. ’67, Miss Susan M. Inman.’hO, Horace E. Whitney. ’68, Randall B. Greene. ’81, Herbert Eidridge. ’69, Gilbert M. Billings. ’82, Richard Gilfoyle and ’70, Mrs. Frank Spaulding. Miss Mary O. Sumner. ’71, Mrs. .James Leonard., ’83, Frank A. Morrill and ’72, Miss M. .1. Kelley, f Miss .Annie L. Harris. ’73, Mrs. W. H. Adair. ’81, R. II. Donohoe and ’74, Mrs.G.H. Whittemore. Miss Lottie T. Field. ’62 and ’67 have already reported. Kev. C. .1. White, our seventh prin¬ cipal, 1858 to 1869, writes us from Woonsocket, Iv. I., as follows: Thanks for the copy of the Oak, Lily and Ivy. It is a credit to the school of which you are members. Milford may take no little satisfaction, I am sure, in her High School. It is to me a pleasant thought that I was onc.e principal of it. In reply to your note, I left Milford in 1800; was cashier for B. U. Godfrey, 1801- 1802; in Boston, uSO-J; became p.astor of a church in Boston and remained with my parish till 1871. Have been a pastor here from that time to this. 1 still have the i ic- tures of my pirpils in Milford and when I get a c.ill from tliein now they laugh at their former solves. Wishing success. Yours, etc., G. .1. Wuitk. We regret tluit our crowded col¬ umns will not permit us to publish in full it very cordial letter from liev. G. L. Demarest, dated at Manchester, N. II. Below we give a brief (piotation : Whatever relates to the schools of .Milford, whatever developments they manitest, are of peculiar interest to me. My life in that town, though really but for a little more than five years, brought to me a peculiar liking for the people; and the public tru.st they reposed in me I .sought to fulfil with all due faithfulness. This led me to freciuent visitation of the schools; and I read .several items of your personals with much pleasure, because the names of men now grown, and women, too, represent to me the forms of school-boys and school-girls with which I be¬ came familiar during my four and one-half years term of service on the School Gom- mittee. It is now nearly twelve and one- half years since 1 removed to this busy city; but truly 1 would feel more at home in Mil¬ ford than here, because of the sociability of the people there. Elegant Perfumes. All of the delicate odors from Lulin, Atkirison, V right, Fal- mer, and the other leading makers of Europe o,nd this Country. RICE’S PHARMACY, Milford. IMARKED DOWN! ])r.Flatley’sCoiilSfrDi Is the most effectual remedy yet introduced. Every year the endorsements of this fact be¬ come stronger. Those suffering should not miss-an opportunity to try it. Made by J. ALLEN RICE, Milford, All Winter Overcoats and Suits at Cost. Latest Styles in HATS AND NECKWEAR. Or. DeJongh’s Catarrh Mixture Gives immediate relief to all eases of Catarrh, Asthma, In¬ fluenza, Hay Fever, Rose Cold, Cold in the Head, and diseases of like nature. This mixture is purely vegetable, and can be used by old dr young, with equal¬ ly beneficial results. Sent by mail on receipt of 25 cents. J. Allen Bice, Milford. Fine Stationery. Call at Rice’s Pharmacy and see the finest display of Royal Irish Linen, Boston Linen, Bos¬ ton Bond, Boston Bank Linen, etc., in all the new designs; ' also, Eleciric ' cverland mail for Foreign correspondence. ELEGANT LINE -OF- Full Dress Shirts! rrxES. Grile LEADING CLOTHIERS, Hale’s Block, . Milford, Mass. —XJ IT - NEW SPRING DRESS GOODS, --AT- G. T. Fales Co.’s. HAMBURGS, Largest Variety, IsTewest Patterns. Torchon and Medicis Laces, Table Linen, Napkins, Towels, Crashes, Nainsooks, Ladies’ Cotton Underwear. Bargains in Every Department LOWEST PRICES. SPECIAL DRIVED FOR TWO MONTHS! --IN- Children’s, Misses’ h Boys’ SCHOOL SHOES. Have the Largest Assortment ever offered any¬ where. Bargains in Ladies’ Goat and Kid Button Boots. Also, in Woolen Goods of all kinds. A Great Drive in Men’s and Boys’ Calf Goods. Price.s Way Down. Come All and See the Bargains at G. T. FALES CO., 154 MAIN ST., MILFORD, MASS. C, B, THOMPSON’S, 114 MAIN ST., MILFORD. Vol. IV. MILFORD, MASS., FEBRUARY, 1888. No. 6 Three Typical Greeks. “Wine bibber, with the forehead of a dog And a deer’s heart! Thou never yet hast dared To arm thyself for battle with the rest, Nor join the other chiefs prepared to lie In ambush,—such thy craven fear of death.” S UCH Avere the Avords you might have heard, had you been stand¬ ing on the sea-sliore of Troy, tAvo thousand years ago. Who Avas the speaker? Achilles, the hero of the Iliad, a man Avho had a wider range of character than any other of the Greeks. He Avas angry Avith Aga¬ memnon, the commander of the Gre¬ cian forces, who had thre.atened to take away his prize. GroAving more angry as the quari’el continued, he Avas restrained from immediate deeds of violence only by divine in¬ terposition. Yet, when Agamem¬ non sent heralds to the tent of Achilles to take his prize, he re¬ ceived them kindly and gave it to them, thus showing his obedience and courtesy. As we shall see, however, the Avro!ig was not forgotten. For though he Avas the bravest warrior of all the Greeks, and the one the Trojans feared above all others ; and though he Avas longing to engage in the battles as Ixdore, he was too angry and had too much self respect to indulge his wish. Not until his friend Palroclus had been killed by Trojan Hector did his proud spirit relent. ' I ' lien his tierce anger was turned from th(“ Greeks to the Tro¬ jans, and he returmal to the tight, avenging his friend’s fall by the death of llc-ctor. But Avhen Hec¬ tor’s father, Pri.am, came and begged the body of his son, Achilles not only respected the helpless old man ami granted his ixupiest, but .ali o promised to retrain from the tight during the eleven days of the funer¬ al ceremonies. Let us turn to a brighter side of his character. He was a man Avho hated falsehood and denounced it in the strongest terms; a man who was open and truthful in his dealings with his associates. As an orator he Avas very out-spoken. We learn also that he was a filial son and a loving father. We see many of today, Avho, like him, possessing an intense nature, find it hard to forgive when they are injured. But who is that A dio stands in chest and shoulders above the others, who— “ ‘From place to place Walks round among the ranks of soldiery. As when the thick-fleeced father of the flocks Moves through the multitude of his white sheep?’ “ ‘That is Ulysses, the man of many arts, Of shrewd device and action wisely planned.’ ” Him I place next among the heroes of the Iliad. Although he is not Achilles’ equal, he ranks next to no other hero. Imagine to yourself the man as Homer paints him when— “He stood with eyes cast down, and fixed on earth. And neither moved his sceptre to the right Nor to the left, but held it motionless. Like one unused to public speech. He seemed An idiot out of humor. But when He sent from his full lungs his mighty voice. And words came like a fall of snow. No inoi tal then would dare to strive with him P’or mastery in speech.” His hearers Avere lost in Avonder and gave him their close iittention, for¬ getting all about his personal appear¬ ance. His words Avere never wasted, but Avere to the point, and when he referred to himself, it Avas only to nnike his statement stronger. He S] oke at times of crises, Avhen promi)t, decided action was needed. —he it was who said the right thing at the right time. What a daring deed it was for him to enter Troy in disguise and carry off the Palladium ! Then what inventive genius he shoAved in con¬ triving and building that mammoth horse, a piece of stratagem, by Avhich Troy Avas at last taken. What Avon- derful self-command and courage he must have had to keep himself and the others quiet, within the horse, Avhen the Trojans Avere standing around, wondering what it was for and threatening to destroy it. Hoav he longed to be restored to his home during his twenty long years of ab¬ sence ! What a wide experience those misfortunes must have given h im ! How quick to see a Avay out of danger! Hoav much greater an abili¬ ty to plan and perforin than he had before! Ulysses is a man Avho excels in many things. A man of great in- ventiA e genius, Avith a nature bal¬ anced betAveen prudence and daring. We find him represented, in one side of his character, by the inventors of this day. They have the ready Avit and the poAver to carry out Avhat they plan ; and some, too, may learn from him a lesson of patience and perseverance. “Now uprose Nestor, the master of persuasive speech, The clear-toned Pyliau orator, Avhose tongue Dropped words more sweet than honey, lie had seen Two generations, that grew up and lived With liim on Sandy Pylos, pass away. And now he ruled the third.” Nestor has not as broad a character as Achilles or Ulysses. At first glance, one might think him similar to Ulysses in some respects ; but he was not. True, he was an orator ; but one of an entirely different stain]). He used his gentle, flowip eloquence to offer suggestions, to give good advice, or to calm their angry counsels, especially when Achilles and Agamemnon quarreled in the Assembly. He was egotisti¬ cal, to be sure, but spoke with au- thorit} A great warrior in his younger days, he fought with some of the most warlike men on the earth. We find his stamp of orato¬ ry in few men of the present day. Such men, however, attract the peo¬ ple and have tremendous influence with them. When men who have this quality use it on the right side they are a ])ower for good. Achilles, Ulysses, Nestor,—these three immortal Greeks I place before you. If the elements of their charac¬ ters could be combined in one man of a Christian character, what a power for good would that man be to the state, what a blessing to the town in which he lived! How he would be ‘ consulted and followed! Today there is so much need of such men—men of strong minds, who can see the wants of their times and supply them. Let us try to cultivate some of the best traits of their characters, and illustrate them in our daily life. E. B. B. Queen Featherweight. Oft have T climbed the smoking Aetna, or have been hurled to the sky by its fearful eruptions. Earth’s hollow mountains are my delight and afford abundant caverns for my hid- ing-])laces. I also love to linger near the bright constellations, which, like so many diamonds studding the sky in many a fantastic foian, light the aerial world when earth is in peace¬ ful repose. Sometimes I visit the boundless expanse around the Sun- and gaze upon his vast realms. But these journeys are long and very dis¬ agreeable, especially if one is alone, and so 1 rarely take them. My husband, who is very obliging, accompanies me on ilelightful trips through broad rivers and lakes whose banks are teeming wdth vegetation, through narrow valleys with sloping hills on either side, between narrow mountains, flinging dark shadows over the water, into the bright sun¬ light. Now and then w e ascend into the air, and having refreshed our¬ selves with sleep in the snow-white clouds, steal quietly down with the falling dew and kiss the tired flowers. It would be useless to give you my photograph, for you would not rec¬ ognize it, and altho ugh those canni¬ bals on earth are thirsting after my blood and that of my husband, still it neither conveys to them taste nor smell, but still they will devour us. I have gone so far up into the air as to frighten my husband who called loud¬ ly for me to return. It makes me laugh to hear those men on earth, called “astronomers,” talk about stars, planets and the like. If they would listen to me, I could give them facts enough to reach around their little O globe. Ton can burn me at a high tem¬ perature, aud my heat is very intense. I do not use face-powder, even if my complexion is rather pale. I am totally different from my husband. He is always attacking everything and working the best he knows how. But for all that he is sixteen times heavier than I am. I do not help you breathe, on the contrary I retard your breathing. Fire has no terror for me while it hails with delight the apj)roach of my husband. Woe be to the animal that is so unlucky as to fall into my clutches ! His fate wouM be a speedy death. I remember once my husband and I were traveling and, as we were cold, we thoughtlessly lighted a fire. There was a terrific explosion, knocking me off my feet and throwing us together with such force that water flew all around and extinguished the fire. I am the light¬ est lady in the world, and Avould make the fortune of that greatest of curiosity seekers, P. T. Barnum. In spite of so many good qualities I also have my failings; for I have only one arm, and so, whenever I feel unusually affectionate I can oidy clasp one of my husband’s two hands at a time. Man is indebted to no one more than to me. My husband and I give him intense heat for his arts, ena¬ bling him to melt refractory metals and produce a beautiful light used in light-houses. Every Fourth of July you see what seem to be huge soap- bubbles of many colors, which the toy-makers have fashioned, and many little heart has been gladdened by this simple device. Lately men have put this princi|)le to practical use in war-balloons, wdiich are used both for surveying an enemy’s coun¬ try and for dropping explosive shells on it. Man has been sleeping and is just waking uj) to the fact that I, Queen Featherw ' eight, am one of the most useful of all the elements and to me he is most indebted. ,1. L. M., ’89. Energy. “ ■ HIS world belongs to the ener- l getic,” so sai d Emerson, so say we. But wdiat is energy? In imagi¬ nation stand with me uj)on the banks of the Merrimac. It is Sunday morn¬ ing. Everything is (piiet and ])eace- ful. Along its borders are the im¬ mense mills, building after building. Behind a massive dam lies the hoard¬ ed water, striving to burst its barri- trs. Here is potential energy—the power of doing work. But wdien, on the morrow, the gate is raised, when the great wheels begin to turn and the noisy hum of the machinery is heard, then the power is utilized and we have kinetic energy. Nearly all of us possess the former, but it is the latter, the ability towmrk exerted, that is so essential to every¬ one of us in the accomplishment of anytiiing we undertake. It stands first among the agents of success; above genius, above natural ability, above education, all of which are val¬ uable oidy as they are directed by the spurring force of energy. The old saying, “The gods for labor sell us all good things,” expresses the true sentiment that labor is master of everything we seek; for when a man takes for his motto, “Either I will find a way or make one,” nothing can effectually hinder his success. In¬ deed, the more labor we exert, the more hardship we endure in securing an object of so much the more worth is it to us, and so much the more ap¬ preciated when in our possession. Hecall Napoleon’s passage of the Alps, the toils of its rugged passes, the dangers of its rivers of ice, the perils of the avalanches ;—and yet his wonderful energy surmounted the eternal snovys and brought him into Italy, victorious. Look through the pages of history, and you may rightly record, in the list of examples of en¬ ergy, all who have won great achieve¬ ments and whose names are handed down to posterity. ' I ' here is a phys¬ ical and a mental energy, and today the latter is triumphing grandly. Ten long years were the Greeks striving by brute force to batter down the walls of Troy, fighting hand to hand, sparing no toil nor blood. At last the mental energy of the wily Ulys¬ ses contrived the wooden horse, be¬ fore which fell Priam’s citadel. In the training-school of life each must be the architect of his own for¬ tune, and life will be what each one’s j)ersonal energy makes it. Indeed, Chas. Buxton has said that, in his ex¬ perience, the difference between one man and another, between the weak and powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy, invinci¬ ble determination, a pur])ose once formed, and then victory or death. But it may be said, “Had I the ad¬ vantage which this one possesses, or the superior talent in any direction ' which that one exhibits, I would then know what to do.” Can we all ex- LZL ' r pect to be alike in our tastes and abilities? Sad would be our condi¬ tion if it were so. And thougli we may possess but one talent, while our more fortunate neighbor has ten, yet if we xxse that one it shall be doubled. Do you see the path winding up yon mountain-side, whose summit is crowned with the temple of knowl¬ edge, splendid in workmanship and grand in its proportions? Within is everything for which the energy of man struggles, but without stands la¬ bor, guarding the door night and day. She must be satisfied ere she permits us to pass. Many there are who be¬ gin the ascent, but few whose perse¬ verance overcomes the obstacles and attains the longed-for goal ; for steep is the path and rugged is the way. We stand upon one of the lesser heights. Below is the past, while still above towers the summit, and many rocks and chasms lie in our way thithei’; but a voice within us cries, “Go up higher.” Let us press onward till we reach the land where nothing isu nknown. L. D. c. L. From the forests of Maine to the glowing savannahs of the Great Gulf, and far to the l acific coast, thei-e are a hundred races, but there is only one language. To Noah Web¬ ster, more than to any or all othei- causes, this nation owes its unity of language.—[PLx. A bridge is to he built over the Straits of Messina to connect Sicily with Italy. The place selected for the great luideriaking is where the channel is two and a half miles wide, and 361 feet deep. We extend congratulations to the Boston K. IT. S. Becord on the mark¬ ed imi)rovement its January number shows over any ])revious issue. Rev. A. Arundel has kindly of¬ fered to supply our chapel prayers during examination week.—[Wolfe Hall Banner. Is this by proxy ? ' I ' he exchange editor of the Van- lerbilt Observer is certainly like Yumyum and the moon, “veiy wide awake,” and knows how to tell what he sees, d’he local dejxartment dif¬ fers from that of most of our ex¬ changes in being entei-taining to out¬ siders. Extracts from the Sujxerinten- dent’s report, in the Kentuck}’ Deaf Mute, give an interesting account of the manner of educating the ])U])ils in the Danville Institute for the Deaf. The success of the methods employed is shown in three articles in the same number, written by the pupils themselves. The naive sim¬ plicity of style, the directness of ex¬ pression and the peculiarity of idiom which seem to belong to those who are shut out from the world of sound, make these contributions particu¬ larly interesting. We heartily re¬ joice that a school like the one in Danville can exist, and we do not wonder that those condemned to live in a world of silence wish to show their gratitude to Dr. Gallaudet bv erecting a monument in his honor. We see by the School Medium that the North Brookfield High School intended to give an industrial exhibition the twenty-second of this morth. We hope the material re¬ sult will be the desired piano; and that the benefits in other directions may prove as great as those we i-e- ceived from a similar exhibition a few years ago. We shall look with interest for the February number of the Medium. The January number of the Prem¬ ier, is quite full of brightness, perhaps the one exception to the general bril¬ liancy being the following ci ' iticism in the exchange column: “The East Orange Record comes to us this month glowing with its juctures of hne buildings and railroad hardships, and also with its usual accounts of brilliant ])arties and entertainments.” How can a jxaper glow with pictures of railroad hardshijls? The High School Journal of Evan¬ ston, Ill., is apparently ambitious of following the approved methods of the jxrofessionals. It offers premiums to new subscribers, jxresumably pays for some of its contributions, and has corresj)ondents in many other cities. It is evidently determined to succeed financially, and we hope it will, but we regret to see it stoop to the “j)rize chrorno” method, for tlie magazine is good enough to stand on its mei-its. Its editorials and literary articles ai ' c above the average. The anecdotes and jxoems in F ' rench and G ‘rman are an interesting feature of this periodical. ' I ' hree ladies in Boston are just entering with much enthusiasm upon the work of supplying a long felt “need” for young people. It had seemed as though nothing could be wanting in the direction of juvenile journalistic literature, that every pos¬ sible need in that line had been sup- ])lied by the many excellent maga¬ zines for children already jniblished, but not such is evidently the opinion of these three Boston ladies. Their aim is certainly a lofty one almost too high to be reached, but we wish them success in their endeavors. It is a little unfortunate for the Young Idea of Gloucester that these ladies should have decided upon the same name for their magazine. There is Avhere we have one advantage over most of our exchanges; our name is ours alone, and likely to remain so. “Education for Profit or Loss” is the name of an article contributed by E. H. Barrows to the Acamedian of Washington, Iowa. What opinion the writer intends to express is per¬ haps known to himself, but we frank¬ ly confess our inability to penetrate the obscurity of his rhetoric. Judg¬ ing from the construction of many of his sentences, it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that the greater part of Ids education has been “for loss” to him. For instance: “The one thing most needed in this life is what are we as individuals ex¬ pecting to do.” “The momentous question imminent to all who enter the race for life with a purpose in view,” etc. We may be narrow minded, but if we were racing for our life we should consider tliat a sufficient “purpose” in itself. “Thus their minds are caused to search “and then see how quickly the airy vessel (an empty boat) will succumb to its (the wind’s) fickle force for want of a resisting power, for which it should have been prepared to sus¬ tain it.” “Observe the tiny plant as it slowly and quietly peeps its head above mother earth. ” “But there are some kinds of knowledge that does not, as a rule, pay its possessor.” “Do not understand me as saying that a scholastic education is not necessary; on the contrary, it is necessary. But do understand me as knowledge is the line of business you intend to follow is of the utmost importance in starting, as an impe¬ tus to work, and as a valuable assis¬ tant in gaining that experience for its practical apjilication.” Will some one please translate? George Bancroft accounts for his longevity W ' ith three reasons: First, that he was the middle child in his father’s family, equally distant from the youngest and the oldest; second, that he had always gone to bed at 10 o’clock, unless it had been impossible; and third, that he had always spent four hours in each day in the open air, unless prevented by a storm. “The Wayside,” Margaret Sidney’s summer home in Concord, was once the home of Hawthorne, and “The Tower.” where the great novelist wrote, is now her study. I ■VST TPE 0 K, IimYlIVY. FEBRUARY, 1888. Published Monthly lluriug the School Year, BY The Senior Class of the Milford High School PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. BUS1NE.SS EDITOR.?. GR.4CE L. BLOOD and LYDIA A. ROBERTS. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Ten Numbers.) For the Year, . 60 cents | Single Copies, . 6 cents This paper is for sale at the well-known drug store of fJ. 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, Mass., Post-Oliice, as second class matter. EDITO I Iig. GENERAL EDITORS. Olie L. Brown an d Lillian E. Thompson. We have adopted a new plan this terra, and have recorded tlie temper¬ ature at the beginning of school every morning. The average has been 63.3 ' F. It has so far been more than satisfactory. Much credit is due to our janitor, who has per¬ formed his duty faithfully. Our school-room is well ventilated and therefore there are many ways by which cold air can be admitted. It is a strange, yet sad fact, that when scholars have been out of the Grammar schoo Is only a short time, they seem to have forgotten their former geographical and historical lessons. Some of the scholars—we hope not many—recently were really surprised to find that Gettysburg is so near home. However, it is to their credit that more than eighty out of one hundred and twenty pupils at¬ tended the recent exhibition and ex¬ planation of the Battle of Gettysburg. There the vivid paintings and clear description rendered plain what would have required days of study. The following program was ren¬ dered on our last rhetorical day. The .speakers were chosen from the different rhetorical divisions because of their excellence, and were, there¬ fore, worth honorable mention :— Master Tirrell, Miss Thayer, Master Fales, Master Martin, Miss Toomey, Miss Whitney, Master Barry, Miss O’Sullivan, Gill. Master Sheedy, Miss Pierson, Master McKay, Miss Sumner, Extract from Ilomer Extract from Homer Wendell Phillips Two Homes Hodge and the Vicar To the Young Ladies Our Debt to the Sun Goody Blake and Harry Chicago’s Eire The Captain The Fireman’s Story The Two Lovers Now that our school days are so near their close, let us resolve to add to our stock of knowledge by patron¬ izing our public library. To do this wisely, we ought to have at hand a list of books that are of acknowl¬ edged merit, and such as will edu¬ cate and broaden our minds. Our principal is constantly referring to such books and we are glad to see that some are making a list for fu¬ ture use. In this connection wh quote from the Journal of Education the following: “Our reading largely determines our mental calibre, and we must feel its responsibility. We must consider how we spend our reading time as we do what we eat and how we spend our money. We must never lose sight of our standard and our needs.” Recently our jirincipal’s actions as he entered the class-room at the be¬ ginning of a recitation might have been very suspicions to the unsophis¬ ticated looker-on. He was not cold, neither was he sounding his lungs, but he patted and slapjied himself in the most mysterious manner, now here, now there. What was the matter ? To us it was a well-known sign, for we always expect that from one of his dozen pockets, filled to their utmost capacity with papers, subjects for compositions, topics of interests from the newspapers for the various classes and the school as a whole, some item will come forth and add to the lesson of the day. He is indeed a walking post-office. How fortunate it is that he is not com¬ pelled to have only one pocket as the modern woman is, and that one so covered v ' ith draperies that nine times out of ten she cannot find it. The work during the last half- term has been very satisfactory, so much so that the teachers are begin¬ ning to feel repaid for their time and hard work. Out of our one hundred and twenty scholars only twelve failed to gain the rank of promotion and all these were members of the f ourth class. More scholars have had “Good” (80 to 90 per cent) written upon their report cards than usual. We are also proud to say that many were successful in gaining per cents in the nineties, and carried home “Honor” upon their reports. Below are the names of these honored scholars:— First Class—Thayer, Tirrell, Co¬ burn, Toohey, Lawless. Second Class—Blake, Goldsmith, Toomey, Morgan, Spaulding. Third Class— Mathewson, O’Sullivan, Collins, Wil¬ ber. Fourth Class—Foley M., God¬ frey, Morgan. Physiology IV., who are now study¬ ing the sense of sight, are much in¬ terested in optical illusions. Our principal has offered an opportunity for raising their per cents by giving credits to those who have enough en¬ ergy to devise and bring in original illustrations. Some unusually good ones showing considerable “head work,” have been handed in. On one card by rapid whirling we read Oak, Lily and Ivy ; but when it was at rest we could only decipher a num¬ ber of unmeaning mark. “Lector, si monumentum requiris, circumspice.” Were you standing under the dome of St. Paul’s cathe¬ dral you might read this epitaph on the tablet over the grave of the great architect. Sir Christopher Wren. The historic date of this month sug¬ gests the appropriateness in Wash¬ ington’s case and perhajis this was in Winthrop’s mind when he wrote: “The wide-spread Republic is the true monument to Washington. Maintain its independence. Uphold its Constitution. Preseive its union. Defend its liberty. Let it stand be¬ fore the world in all its original strength and beauty, securing peace, order, equality, and freedom to all within its boundaries, and shedding light, and hope, and joy, upon the pathway of human liberty through¬ out the world; and Washington needs no other monument.” Generally a statement or fact, dif¬ ficult to learn in itself, may be im¬ printed upon the memory by some simple and perhaps foolish method. An article in an old number of the St. Nicholas was lately brought to our princijial’s notice as interesting to his Physiology class, and although jiarticularly to them in that they are studying that branch, it is also of in¬ terest to the older scholars. There the whole brain is likened to the business office of a large establish¬ ment. The Big Brain is the head of theis business, the Little Brain, the foreman who has charge; the Medulla is the Life Department, and although extremely small never rests; the Bridge is the “go between” for the Big Brain and the smaller de¬ partments, and is assisted by the Ear Lobes and Optic Lobes, who seem to run a kind of central tel- graph or telephone office. Lastly, the Central Ganglia or Gang are the little fellows who store up the knowledge of our habitual voluntary actions. All through it is treated as worked by persons and is brought home to us so simply that it is very enteriaining. Nothingis foolish which fixes useful knowledge in the memory. EDITED BY Nellie Brown and Harold E. Kales. Did St. Valentine give you a call on the 14th. A cold is absolutely essential to the fashionable. “Pain kee])s us on our guard from our presence of mind.” “Bi a bi-cycle bi and bi” illustrates a peculiarity of our language. The teacher has lost his pencil. We expect his patience will go next. “The Ought-not-to-Pass Bill” was defeated by a two-thirds majority. “Electricity cannot escape from an insulated wire.” “If your cerebrum has deep con¬ vulsions then you will have a great deal of knollege.” To inquiring zoologist—No, bears do not necessarily go to Iceland to hibernate. Ben Hur is often upon the lips of Latin I. The number of the wise is slowly increasing. Have you written all of Archias? I suppose you are prepared to take the oath for its return. O, for one smell of a picciola, that we may dream of a happy day with no hard translations to study out! The prize offered French I. has v akened the sparks of poetry in many an unexpected quarter. With what interest the stories of our childhood are listened to when told in French ! If any one has earned our new music we think it is our patient prin¬ cipal. The paper bill this term for the three weeklies and the two dailies is $5.63. Almost every one thinks it easier to ask father for two cents than to copy three songs. An example of the advantage of division of labor. The editors will be grateful for another rainy day, as the last one was very convenient, coming on mailing day. Teacher—Are you a carnivorous animal ? Scholar—No sir, I generally eat mv food cooked. A perusal of good old Father At¬ las recently freshened our memoiy as to the whereabouts of Gettysburg, and tlie exclamation, “Why, I thought it was down South!” was universal. “One of Franklin’s last acts was the signing of the Proclamation of Emancipation.” Some scholars forget so much faster than the y learn that the sug¬ gestion to call their brains “drains” is quite potent. A new nerve has been discovered —the glossary nerve. This proba¬ bly accounts for some of the remark¬ able pronunciations. It must have been very warm the other morning, as the thermometer stood so high that one of our fellow- students was unable to reach it. Teacher—Translate “sorti.” Scholar—Having gone. Teacher—Where is the word for having? Scholar—Gone. In some letters written by the Fourth class and dated 1898, some of the young hopefuls state the fact that they have just graduated from the Milford High School. The Latin class are very tender¬ hearted. The) ' object to allowing Archias to be killed “all together;” however, they do not hesitate in murdering Cicero wholesale. It is a generally understood fact that a pupil who has will power enough to learn good lessons, has will power enough to control himself in making a good deportment. It is about time for the seniors to think about elocution. An enter¬ prising teacher in the art could doubtless form a class of eager pu¬ pils from our number. Physiology IV. says : “If you put something sour on your tongue it will make you look cross.” We won¬ der if our teachers ever eat sour things! Scholars are hereby requested to close inkwells when not in use. This new method of swinging the wells into the aisle is doubtless a sav¬ ing of books, but many of the young ladies can testify that it is not a sav¬ ing of dresses. Scholars are requested to keep their books either in their desks, or in their hands, and thus avoid so long an advertising list. Some seem to think any place suitable to drop a book or pencil, as chance haj)pens to j)resent itself. A good chance to observe the heavenly bodies is afforded by lying on your back on an icy side-walk, with your feet clear of the ground. Many stars of all magnitudes can be seen in this manner without the aid of a telesco])e. Try it. It is dangerous being safe when our teacher enters a heated discus¬ sion, as things are apt to fly when he says it is not worth a snap of the finger. If Ave remember the lessons learned in Civil Government until it is our time to vote and hold office, there will be a change in affairs of govern¬ ment. Teacher—Are you jesthetic? Young Lady—No sir. Teacher—What does the word mean ? Young Lady—All sorts of ugly things. One of our local papers seems to be so much interested in Manual Training that we suggest for its mot¬ to Germany’s cry, “Education for labor through labor.” We hope that the seed which it is sowing will be well watered, and will bring forth an abundant harvest in Milford. EDITED BY Mary L. Toohey and Patrick J. Lawless. George N. Goddard, ’83, is teach¬ ing school in Plymouth, Conn. Annie L. (Sumner) Ary, ’76, died at Audubon, Iowa, Jan. 18. Lizzie F. Donnelly, ’87, has been acting as a substitute teacher. Lydia F. Gould, ’87, is now attend¬ ing the Framingham Normal school. Joseph M. Gilfoyle, ’86, is study¬ ing lithography of Prof. Bartlett, Normal Art School, Boston. James Ring, once of ’83, now a dry goods dealer in Minneapolis, has recently re-visited Milford. Walter Parkhurst, ’87, has entered the employment of Stephen C. Earle, contractor at Worcester, Mass. Michael F. O’Connell, once of ’88, is now the Hopedale correspon¬ dent for the Daily News. Maggie F. (Madden) Lee, ’74, noAV residing in Bethel, Conn., is visiting in town. Annie T. Gleason, ’76, is sales¬ woman in a dry goods store in Prov¬ idence. Dr. Herbert H. L) ons, ’74, of Fitchburg, was married to Miss Sarah A. Corcoran, of Clinton, Feb. 9. H. B. S])aulding, ’89, recently per¬ formed a chemical experiment before the Y. W. C. T. U. to j)rove the presence of alcohol in cider. He dis¬ tilled from a small flask partly filled a suflicient quantity to apply the alcohol tests to, before the eyes of his interested audience. ILiZL-Sr Buy Ladies’ and Misses’ NEWMARKETS, DRESS GOODS, Etc. of 138 MAIN STREET - - MILFORD. King Irothers, Boys’ and Children’s MUSIC HALL BLOCK, MILF ORD. AYERy WOODBURY, succe:ssors to j. w. Harris, -DEALERS IN- -s-FaRNI’I ' flRE, C RPE ' I ' INS.- WALL PAPER AND CURTAINS. Upholstering, Carpet and Shade Work a Specialty. 162 Main ht., Milford. BARTLETT ELLIS, I3EA.IjEE,S IIT Hardware, Cutlery, Pumps, StDves, Furnaces. Farming Tools and See is 172 174 Mam St., - - Milford, Mass. Fine Artistic BEiA.TT ’S, 168 Main Street, - - Milford, Mass. IT, II. A ROOMS IN MUSIC HALL BLOCK. Hours: 8a. m. to 10 p. m.. Over TO periodicals on file in Reading Rooms. All men are invited to use our rooms. WINNE-NIPE-KEES-AUKE. TENTH DAY. “Singing, row! brothers, row! O’er the waters so blue; Like a feather we float In our Racine canoe.” f was a night of fearful thunder showers in the west, but we were treated only to their edges, at which exception we were not at all disposed to cavil. Our camp was on a graceful knoll, only a rod from the water, and late into the night busy little projiellers sped by, with noisy whistles and bright headlights. These, with the roar of the trains on the opposite bank, did not, however, prevent a sound and restful sleep. It was a pretty lake, Paugus by name, which spread out before us, and extended four miles down to Lake Village; but it was fortunate for us that the blades of our jiaddles could he set at right angles to each other, giving the effect of feathered oars, for the wind blew in our faces. At the village, the exit of the water from the lakes is controlled by a powerful dam, five hundred and two feet above the sea level, and thus it is hoarded for the mills below, until the drouths of summer come. We ran down to the bridge, stopped to examine an elegantly finished ])leasure-boat which had not made its trial trip, and then inquired the nature and distance of “carry number two.” “Along a good street, across a long bridge, down through a mill-yard, in all about an eighth of a mile,” was the answer. A good-natured blacksmith near by loaned ns his wheel¬ barrow, and, by its help, we transpoited our canoes and “impedimenta” to clear water. We then sought out some relatives who lived here, and were rewarded by the gift of cake, pie, and apples, which had a very home-like taste. As the mill-bells were calling the operatives back from dinner, we dipped onr paddles in lionnd Bay, but kept well to the left, with eyes searching the shores foi ' the outlet at Laconia, The short, swift stream connecting this lake with the next, Winnisqnam, is well utilized by facto¬ ries. The natural fall of water is increased by a dam, and the banks are lined with buildings for half a mile. As the third carry must be made through the heart of the town, an expressman was engaged to transport us. Excellent bread, as well as fresh meat, could be purchased here, and soon an umbrageous tree upon the margin of Winnisqnam (heantifnl water) tempted us to the shore, and we enjoyed a hearty dinner. Here we saw onr first house-boat—a house like a baggage car, with projecting roof and hand rail, and a boat like a wood scow. During the day, and here in particular, onr noses were assailed by the odor from dead perch, floating on their backs or decaying on the shore. At this place, twenty or more were tossed back and forth on the sand, and, rapidly decomposing under the blistering sun, were putrefying the water. If this continues, it must be the cause of sickness to the neighboring inhabi¬ tants. The trouble is confined to the perch, perhajis because they swim so near the surface. The fish commissioners were investigating the matter, but we did not learn their decision. On Winnipesankee, during nine days, we did not see as many dead fish as at this sj)ot, and we were infoi ' med that a man had gathered four bushels in front of his grounds. A pull of five miles brought ns to East Tilton, hut the ground was so low near the village that we retraced onr way for a hundred rods to find a camping-place. The moon shone brightly, and many boating parties went to and fro; but we preferred Morpheus to Luna, and were soon dreaming of dams and carries. 5 CHAIRS! FRANK H, THOMAS, Hair- resser And dealer in liair-oils, pomades, Thomas’ hair tonic for remoring dandruff, etc., 127 Main street. Milford,Mass. N. B. Ladies’ and children’s hair cut or sham pooed at their residences if desired. Or. F’- Dealer in ZZ E -A. T SI AxVD PKOVISIONS, Fruits, Vegetables, Butter, Eggs, Etc. Also, home- cured Hams and home-made Sausages. 33 Exchange Street. ELEVENTH DAY. “A night had passed away among the hills, And now the first faint tokens of the dawn Showed in the east; I had waked From a long sleep of many changing dreams, And now in the fresh forest air 1 stood Nerved to another day of wandering.” up with the lark!” was onr song—only we saw no signs of the lark. We quickly paddled down to the pulp-mill dam, where ive lifted the boats over into the sluice-way which feeds the waterwheels, and floated down to the mill. There we were objects of interest to many eyes; but, as we could not afford to be a free showq we obtained the use of the large barrow used in the mill to carry the blocks to the grinder, and by this and the help of several willing hands, we soon shot out into the race and danced about like chips. Before “shooting,” however, we were kindly shown over the mill by the gentleman in charge, and followed the blocks of spruce, which give toughness, and of ])Oplar, for whiteness, through the grinding, I ‘V IT cleaning, picking uj), and partially drying i)rocesses, until the pulp came forth from tlie rollers in large, thick sheets of ])ulp-board, which are then folded, ship})ed to Manchester, and there mixed with rags in different proportions, according to the quality of the jiaper lesire l. The little pond below the dam concealed its outlet so well that we made two false starts before hitting the right indentation. It was now very evident that we were on a river, for the surface of the water began to fall off before us like the roof of a house. Soon we ran our first rift, amid our own apjilause and that of the splashing, roaring water, and thought it quite an exploit; but we did not then know what was before us. At noon, Tilton hove in sight, and its bridge broke the Keljiie’s rudder, such was the force of the current. The Winnipesaukee River swings off to the west toward Franklin, and in the remaining few miles, a dam obstructs the channel at least every half mile. As vacations are limited, we felt justified in liiring a farmer to cart us to the lower mills at Franklin as soon as possible. We dislike to pass over Tilton without a word, for its beauties are many, and the public enterprise of its citizens bighly commend¬ able. The magnificent memorial arch, the richly carved fountain, the classic statues, the library building, and the public park, all deserve notice, but our space forbids. At Franklin, the Winnipesaukee River, on which we had voyaged, and the Pemigewasset,— “The child of that white-crested mountain whose springs Gush forth in the shade of the cliff-eagle’s wings,” unite and form the Merrimack, or Sturgeon River, “the key which unlocks the maze of lakes and streams to the north—the Merrimack, than which “no river in the world works harder;”—the Merrimack,— “Whose current shall never faint nor lack While the lakes and crystal springs remain.” Here it is that the shad and the salmon part company when they ascend the Merrimack. With what wonderful power the Creator must have endued them to enable them to distinguish between these two branches This they certainly do, for by the Winnipesaukee the shad seek the quiet waters of the lake, while by the Pemigewasset the salmon seek the rapids and whirlpools of that mountain stream. We breathed sighs of relief when, at four o’clock, we again embarked and bounded southward. But, alas! the sighs were shorter than the bridge of the same name. Rough , boisterous water was before us, and the surface seemed anxious to assume a vertical position. The talk about water’s seek¬ ing the ocean level is all very well, but when that ocean is more than a hundred miles away, this sudden, spasmodic way it has of tumbling over itself in its huriy is veiy reprehensible, and is also alarming to the inexpe¬ rienced. It was too late to back water, and so away we flew. We shall not say how fast we sped through tliose six rapids, for we don’t know, and shoiiUrt be believed if we did. Generally the rifts are short, but full of excitement and nervous strain. In what often seemed minutes, but were really seconds, the canoeist had exj)erienced the ])leasure of leaping down stream, grazing boulders rolling to this side and that, catching the s{)lash of a broken wave in his face, finding himself kneeling or sitting in a pool of water as’he is shot out into the still water; or, with broken paddle and shattered canoe, he may come pounding down, dragging behind his boat like the tail of a kite. We made claim to no skill in this kind of work, yet we received only one wetting, and saved our boats; but we were profoundly thankful when such spots were passed, and we could boast that “we had met the enemy and they were ours.” The greatest pleasure arising from such sports is the pleasure of relating them to admiring friends at home—taking care, of course, that they lose nothing in the telling. “We paused at last where home-bound cows Brought down the pasture’s treasure,” and as the dew began to settle, we did so, too, on a beautiful green knoll in a cluster of great elms, in Northfield. We afterward found this green¬ sward a deceit, for the greenness was due to little tufts of grass, here and there, and between were sand and the dirtier clay-dust which defiles every¬ thing. One of these huge elms, which had been undermined by the s])ring freshet, and had fallen obliquely on the bank and into the river, made both a wharf and a harbor for the canoes, and a brook in the rear furnished water; while all about us were scattered dry j)ieces of drift-wood ready for our fire. Distant rumblings above ])laiidy said, “Trench the tent and make all secure.” We obeyed and then slej)t. (See March number.) C- ' w. -w-ilooZHZ HAS THE MOST Complete Assortment of the Latest Novelties IN GOLO PENS, PENCILS, Pountaiji and Stylographic Pens at the Lowest Prices. Always the Largest Assortment of the LATEST STYLES LST MILLINERY -AT THE- PAVILION MILLINERY PARLORS, Music Hall Block, Milford. JESSE A. TAFT, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Notary Public and Commissioner to qualify civil officers. Irving Block, opposite post office, Milford. COME AND SEE THE GRAND BARGAINS! -AT- RYAN CARROLL’S, 98 MAIN STREET, LINCOLN SQUARE. T. C. EASTMAN CO., Manufacturers of All Kinds of BOOT AND SHOE BOXES AND BAND BOXES -FOR- STRAW GOODS. -ALSO- Plain and Fancy Paper Boxes. Mill, Corner of Central and Depot Streets, Milford FINE MARBLE AND GRANITE CEMETERY WORK. A. C. KINNEY, SO. BOW ST., MILFORD, MASS. -AND- Xj -A_ SAT Call at W. A. Aldrich’s 139 Main Street and examine HOUSEHOLD SOLI), LET, EXCHANGED AND REPAIRED. ojlk:, XjXxs FLOWERS AND FLORAL WORK FOR ARF OCCASIONS. PATRONAGE SOLICITED. Greenhouses and residence on Church Place. SIT FOR YOUR AT lOO MAIN STREET, MILFORD, AT E. L. WILLIS’. COOK BROS., DEALERS IN Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Pickles, Etc. Hams cured by ourselves and Home-made Sausages. Market, 128 Main Street. S. A. COOK. 8. 8. COOK. ©wmmiutjsi (Honcis 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. m. B:0 ' WB.ME C(0 ' . 106 Main Street, Milford, Mass. R. C. ELDRIDGE, Dealer in Dlaionis, fatclies, Cloch aM Jewelry, 132 Main St., Milford. The Best and Cheapest place to buy FRUITS AND CONFECTIONERY IS AT J. W. ROBERTS’. Cake and Ice Cream constantly on hand. Wedding Cake a Specialty. THAYER’S BLOCK. Main Street, Milford, Mass. B ' Cr-y -x-OTJE DRY GOODS AND SMALL WARES AT 166 MAIN STREET, OF COBURN 0 LMSTEAD. MHIAT SHALL AVE EAT? Buy them at Ihe BOSTON BR0CERY TEA HOUSE «S-gCl?g0R5.’? - “Active shears gather no rust.” With Hengist, Saxons, Danes with Sueno came, In search of plunder, not in search of fame, Scots, Piets, and Irish from the Hibernian shore. And conqu’ring William brought the Nor¬ mans o’er. All these their barbarous offspring left be¬ hind. The dregs of armies; they, of all mankind. Blended with Britons who before were here. Of whom the Welsh ha’ blest the charac¬ ter. From this amphibious, ill-born mob began That vain, ill-natured thing, an English¬ man. The customs, surnames, languages, and manners Of all tliese nations are their own explain¬ ers: Whose relicks are so lasting and so strong, They ha’ left a shibboleth upon our tongue; By which with easy search you may dis¬ tinguish Your Koman-Saxon-Danish-Norman Eng¬ lish. A ten-cent box of shoe-blacking will go farther than a $100 diamond scarf pin toward making a young man appear a gentleman. The “simple grace” in Ben-Hur is : “Father of all—God !—what we have here is of Thee; take our thanks and bless us, that we may continue to do Thy wilV One hundred years ago Congress passed an act appropriating for edu¬ cational purposes the sixteenth sec¬ tion of the land of every township in every territory, so that all the new states have come into a splendid educational inheritance. A $30,000 building, whic h yvill ac¬ commodate 150 jmjfils, and he named the Kamona Indian school, is to com¬ memorate Helen Hunt Jackson, at Santa Fe, New Mexico. One rich M’oman devoted her jewels to the furnishing of a memorial room. It is said of the eighteen million children of school age in the United States, six millions are not in school hecanse of lack of state tinaneial ability to provide free jiuhlic schools for these children. At the same time the national treasury has a burdensome surplus of a hundred million dollars. Men who taste food ])rodnets for a living are obliged to sharpen their ])alates every now and then in order to keep them acute. The busiest butter-taster in toivn does this by eating an immense apple, mealy, if he can find one of that sort, every morning before he eats his breakfast. He says that restores all the sensi¬ tiveness of his taste. lYTlT._ hlYE Y, FIRST CLASS TEAMS TO LET. Transients Well Cared For. • i HORSe r CLIPPING PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED. 83 Central Street, - - MILFORD, MASS. IS HEADQUARTERS FOR HANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS! AKD SACHET POWDERS. HENRY S. CUSHMAN, Manufacturer of Heavy and Light Fine Harnesses. Also on baud, 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. B. H. SPAULDING, MANUFACTURER OF Men’s, Boys’ and CMIiren’s Strai Goods, Corner of Pearl and Lincoln Sts., Milford, Mass. Salesrooms, 616 and 618 Broadway, New York. WE OFFER SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS -IN- CLOTHING FOR SCHOOL WEAR. B. E. HARRIS, CLOTHIER. Heath Brothers, FASHIONABLE TAILORS, 118 Main Street, Milford. DEAl.ER IN FRESH AKD SALT MEATS, OF J, D. CROSBY. No. 254 Main Street. Geo. H, Whittemore, Di ' alor ' in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. Watcli, Clock and Jewelry Repair! n {. 110 Main Street, Milford, IRVING BLOCK Rooms,S TAU R AH T Milford, Mass., Over Journal OflBce. Opposite Post Office. AND DINING ROOMS. ' byr‘” ' “■ ' ' ! IT THK DAY OK WEEK AT ■ „ i REASOiNABLL PRiGES. H. L. SNOW of Boston, Operator, No. 4 Jefferson St., Milford, Mass. E. Jj. TEMPLE, Proprietor. -DEALER IN - PURE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS TOILET AND FANCY ARTICLES. .Stationery of all Kinds at all Prices. Cor. Main and Court Ste., Milford, Maes. I Milford Variety Store. i Newspapers, Periodicals. Toys, Etc. Headquarters tor Boston Daily and Sunday Paper.s, Evcrstt Cheney, 1.S6 Main Street, Milford. Meals Served at Short Notice. ERKEST G. BROWN, -TEACHER OF- VIOLIN AND’CELLO, MILFORD, MASS. CO P! o ' ■ H Z o UJ o Q o o w cb a ce ca p; u, C Q o K-i 1 o o cl r ' 1 tri CO ! cc l- KDTCATED for taccenfbl business, taught how to get a lifitg, main Money, and become enterprioing, useful eitisene. Sa«3iMan PotOBKzmn:. N. V.. on the Budson, tboaljr fScISIlalall UllllSgB iuatitutioo devoted to thia epecialty, coasbta oS the Schools d combining Theory and Practice hr a novel and orlfdoai 9«leia 9y«llil«99 of training, and giving actual dally eajteriance n UereUandlfr ing. Banking, and evory variety of Office Work. No student can tain thfa ootirae and reinain ignorant of actual businere transactions of daily oecumnos M oondneted lu the great ezchangre of‘New York and Ixmdon. Phonografihjf aniS TmiifrHsngyoun’r! ' l ' ' ' uS; triyhioKto come fhoilhand atnanMiiMO jiro thor ghly orillcd Id corroapoDd eRoo. otudenta (iee mne to bccoiue general Terb tira repewters ar« t ken J2 radt«. flailing on iPcturM delivored in the coUes : ixi DO other ■chool ' tkU country U thii opportunity oShred. for Buaine Ss Prawlog a S OniAxsa ta] Work. iJH I mfiianAnaskhlfi tar tf rtiATfft. 1 S w I r- ' s H fcH 1 m S H “n S- O 1 S n m , p ! rfr 1 ti! 5 a ' C a 1 e- - PC o K-l hJ w is; CD O o o2j - W S:; PC Q z 1 11 i i !; ! i O - -� .f C ■ 3 i F) profeeso and five assistant instructors. EASTMAN has well Men sfyiad THE BUSINESS UNIVEaSITV OF AMERICA. It la the oMeat «nd moat practical Commercial School, and the largest and moat popular Private 8e.hool in this country, pefora to patrons in every State. IMEN atvi Boys atarttneia life for thcmselvea o oastuniflg the y bneinesB of • Guher or relative, and westing the best imeperatlon to assure succesa ; ‘4 OtJNC LAOISS desiring to qualify thamtelves for good pcaltJona. and V I to mJ(e thems vea IndapeDdeat for Ufa in a abort 81ms and at a vety ntoitTate expense : GkARBNTS aWD CUARDIAM6 wbbUbb their a to be nt l. pTOAp rOUS CltflCXti. Afid tflAi? daughtere prepared far tbo accidents of life, and made self supportiB } j CADEIMIC AWD COLtECB CWAPUATIS Ke finish to their theoretical and unavailing education ; I IS FPOtWTBP YOUNC AWP MIPPLE� ACeB MEW who or© tied to oocservative families, of placea unsyited to their ambitions and abilities, or who deaira to ebang© their course of lifejbT serkjiuyilaoea and btia, Ineas more sstiafoctory and remunerative, will find TUR NEW.-abQrt prso tinl course of study here moat invaluable. tSU are bo vacations. Applicants enter any day with e raal advutiWA Boaid and tnittoii fees more reasonable than In any other FIR8T« 4Tf i4 iM school. AddrsM tat o8telbguo giving special information. SASTIttAN COLLECB, • tti3aRt7Ci.0AisB(,taA ' i gOPGH KK B Pfe lU 8H CO •g - • P Z CD O rt- tP ►-b O Pi c:: u P:’ g o Og I o ■ M O z o § HIXON BROS, HEADQUARTERS FOR 1 6 « } haS ' W Caroets, Stoves, Rangee, Dinner and Tea Bets, Vases, Lamps, Plated ware, Pocket and Table Cutlery. 03 and 66 Main Street, - - - Milford, Mass. -FOR FINE- A, S. Tuttle Co., I DEAI.ERS JN I WWmZMKmWMcM ' l CARPETS, STOVES, KANHKS, OROOKERY, j GLASS, TIN. and WOODEN WARE. j 1 -and y4 Main Street. ! A. S. TUTTLE. ' H. J. DKABINO j -r j BOOTS. SHOES. -AND- SLIPPERS In all tbe Leading Styles, go to m. P� 123 Main Street. Milford. CLAFLIN THAFKR, :Maiiufactui’ers ot ! , I CALF AND KIP BOOTS, Boston Office, 90 Pearl street, j New York offioa. A.Glaflin Co., 116 Church st. A CHOICE 1 INE OF Plush Ornaments Arraseue, Chenille, Flo.?? .and all other articles Suitable for Needle Work. N. B.—Instructions given in Kensington and Lustro Painting by MRS. R. AYLWARD, Grant Block, up stairs, - - Milford. aA.X,X, A.1’ T- EAST’S, T9 MAIN STREET, MILFORD, For a large assortment of OONFEOTIONERT AND FRUIT. . All Ice Cream orders for parties and church fairs will be promptly attended to. Prices as low a the lowest. G- A Fine Job Printer AND PUBLISHER OF MILFORD, MASS. il E GJ ZEiiE. r. ' f LI Xj ' Y ' . Jimfl gC}100L-i 135 0 to lesB. Any inforinatioii regarding those whose pi ' esent residence is unknown, will be thankfully received. Rev. Elias Nason, Alfred V Eike, Sylvester J. Sawyer, Grove P. Jenks, Reed, J.R. Draper, Rev. Charles J. White, D. B. Sanborn, Ruel B. Clark, Frank A. Hill, Silas W. Hale, Herbert W. Lull, Principals. Billerica Dead Baltimore, Md. 9 ? ? Woonsocket ? Worcester . Chelsea Hudson . Milford Assistants. S. Adelaide SCOtt (Gleason) Clara Erskine (Clement) (Waters) Kate K. Barker, M.J. Dyer, Caroline M. Baker, Mrs. Page, F. A. Gove (Ltnderwood) Sarah E. Cole, Mary E. Torrey, (Bryant) Martha i. Cotton, Lucy S. Lord, Ellen M. Patrick, Carrie M. Clapp, (Shippee) Clara M. Howard (Shelton) . Mary B. Smith, . . Y Lucy M. Wilber, . . Milford Lydia B. Godfrey, . Wellesley College Anna 51. Bancroft, . . Hopedale Mary A. Parkhurst, . . Milford Frank B. Sherburne, . . Lowell Alice T. Hall, • Philadelphia, Penn. John VV. Gordon, . . Worcester Alice C. Jones, . . Milford Will. J. Rushmore, . . Milford Alzie R. Hayward, . . Milford Mr. Reed, Afrs. Waters and Mrs. Page are not mentioned in the Town History, but old scholars de¬ clare that they were teachers for a short time. . 5Iilford . Boston Dead ? h Dead 9 . ' Worcester . Boston N. Y. City Cincinnati, Ohio Milford Montreal, Canada Graduates. 1862 1 Cora A. Chapin (Godfrey), Kate S. Freeman (Parker), Mary A. Parkhurst, Mark 1). Shea, Melvin A. Underwood, . 2 1863 Etha H. Ainsworth (Ayer), Kate E. Blood (Warren), Alice B. Chapin, Clara A. Hayward (Fades), Cora A. Hero (Mayhew), AVilliam .T. Mann. .S. Gertrude Parkhurst (Guild), William B. Wood, . . 3 1864 George H. Ball, Frank Battles, Adla M. Chapin (Claiiin), Amanda H Chapin (Gates), Ruth Cheney (Davis), Isora M. Leseur (Reynolds), Milford Indianapolis, Ind. . Milford Chicago, 111. Boston 8 Tapleyville Boston . Alilford . Milford Milford . Boston . Boston Boston 6 . AYorce.ster Boston Brooklyn, N. Y. Dead Jamestown, Neb. Worcester 4 1865 Nathaniel F. Blake, Dianna Carpenter, Joanna M. Coughlan (Luby) Marianna Crocker (Bushnell), Emma T. Day (Parker), Emma F. Fisher (Bullard), . Stearns Godfrey, Anna L. Hayward (Bullard), Alta M. Howard (Goodspeed), David F. McGrath, Ella S. Nash (Howard), David L. I’arkhurst, Marietta N. Thayer (Dewey), Susan E. Thwing (Whitney), 14 Milford . . Dead Milford . East Douglas . . Dead Sherborn Boston . North Attleboro Providence, R. I. Leicester Philadelphia, Penn. San Francisco, Cal. aiilford . Milford 5 1866 Josephine C. Battles (Woodbury), Julia M. Battles, Mary .A. Bigelow, Sarah F. Cummings (Dewing), Annetta L. Draper (Carter), Anna E. Gates (Robb), Ellen M. Gleason (Miller), Anna R. Hayward (Staples), Leander Holbrook, Mary A. Holbrook, Ellen L. Howe. Emma L. Hunt (Draiier), 21 . Boston . Boston Dead . Hojiedale . Berlin . Boston Brooklyn. N. Y. . 5Iilford Milford . Milford Milford . . Dead ■ Carro S. Leland, . ’ Alzina M. Nelson (Adair), ! .Mary E. Noyes (Hale), I Emma C. O’Brien, I .Annie J. Ricker (Philbrook), Clarence A. Sumner, •James N. .Supple, .Abbie H. Walker (Carpenter), .Sara E. Whittemore (Robinson), 6 1867 Jeanette Bassett, Sophia B. Gillman (Conner), Annie R. Godfrey (Dewey), Susan E. Inman, Clara J Lothrop (Walker), Martha M. Ring (Bakeman), Mary W. Walker (Phipps), Edgar W. AVashburn, Anna M. Wilkinson (Whitney), Lura C. Woods (Sears), 7 1868 J. Oscar Bailey, Sarah C. Belcner, M. Lizzie Bowers (Bailey), . Matthew P. Callanan, Ella F. Carpenter; . Ellen M. Chapin (Lothrop), Eliza J. Doty (Chase), Frank •!. Dutcher,. Mary L. Gilman, (Ham) George A. Goldsmith, Randall B. Greene, Samuel W. Hayward, Abbie M. Mann (Newhall), . Ella J. Newton, . Charles N. Nichols, . George E. Patrick, . Milford Waupun, Wis. . Hudson .. Dead Augusta, Me. Milford Charlestown New Bedford . Deail 10 . Dead Lynn N. Y. City Milford . Milford Newton . Milford Boston . Milford Deal! 16 . . Boston Randolph Boston . Milford . Cambridge . M ilford Holden . Hopedale Somerville . . Dead . . Milford Cherokee, Iowa . . Allston Foo Chow, China . . Milford Boston 8 1869 Anna L. Adams (Bell), Gilbert M. Billings, Jane H. Blunt (Sadler), Kate Chapin, Eva W. Cook, Lizzie M. Gleason (Whitney), Henry W. Leland, Emma F. Parker (Nash), Mary W. Parkhurst (Hudson), Helen C. Rand (Tindall), S. Eldora .Sheldon, Alartha A. Smith, Dora E. Sumner (Hastings), . 13 . aiilford Milford . Milford . Milford . Brookline . Brooklyn, N. Y. Milford . M ilford 51ilford Washington, D. C. Milford . Newport, R. 1. Grand Island, Neb. 9 1870 Anna M. Bancroft, - Eva R. Draper, Frank S. Hayward, EleaiU’! ' W. .Johnson, William H Lothroj), Ella U. B. Normandy (Brown), Yelma V. Noyes (Spaulding), John P. Powers, Benjamin F. Saville, Frank L. Young, 10 1871 Edith L. Bl.ake (Billings); Millie A. Blunt (Leonard), . Augusta A. Cay (Taft), . Addie A. Chapin (Yeager), . •Tulia E. Connolly, Kate L. Gillman (Howard), . Hattie Goldsmith (Mathewson), Dita F. Harris (Holmes), George Herbert, Herbert L. Holmes, Elsie A. Jenks (.Jenks), Adelaide M. Knight, .James .S. O’Callaghan, Daniel S. O’Callaghan, Charles F. O’Reilley, Carra V. .Sadler, Jjizzie S. Sumner (Perrigo), Nellie C. Spaulding (Morse), 10 Hopedale . . Dead . Milford Dead South Boston , . Athol . Milford Dead Worcester . Boston 18 Alilford . 5J ilford Upton Athol . Milford . . Deail . . Dead South Boston N. Y. City . South Boston Cheyenne. Wyo. Milford . N. Y. City . Salem N. Y. City . . Milford . Cambridge Marlboro 11 1872 J aura M. Ball, Harris J. Carpenter, Alice J. Chapin (Eastman), .John J. Cochran, Fanny A. Comstock, Leon G. Day, ” . Delia E. Gleason. J.ydia B. Godfrey, Allister S. .Jones, Mary J. Kelly, . Kate J ' l. Martin, • . John D. McGann, Maggie L. Murphy, Henry E. Nelson, Frank M. Nichols, . Harry C. Smith, Inez E. Tuttle (Sargent), Kate A. Wallace, 18 . Arlington . . Milford Milford . San Francisco, Cal. . Castine, Me. J-ort Smith, Arkansas Waltham . Wellesley College . . Boston Milford . . Milford Millville Dead Milford . . Taunton . . Boston . . Oakham . . . Dead 12 1873 Mary G. Bancroft (Winsor), John A. Boyd, Edwin .1. CJieever, Mary E Cochran, El Wood H. Cook, Isadore Harvey, (Bagot) Itelia M Johnson, Sai ' ah M. Keane, Thomas McDonough, Samuel N. Nelson, Ada A. Skinner (Adair), Anna 5J. Taft (Wilkinson), Ilia F Thompson (Taft) Mary A. Tobey (Belcher) Sarah J. Wales (Birch) Lucy M. Wilber, 13 1874 Ella M. Albee, . . . . Julia M. Barry Sarah F. Burns, T rank O. Carpenter, Ortauua Cheney, Agnes G. Costello, .nary F. Devine, Mary E. Fales, Minnie J. T ' oiger, . , Mary E. Hancock (Walker) Edgar H. Jenks, dames E. Jveating, Sarah L. Jjibby (Tyler) Herbert H. Lyons, Maggie F. Madden (Lee) MinnieL. Mann (Whittemore), Daniel W. 51oriarty, Ellen A. Moriarty W ' idiam F. O’Callaghan, W ilham F. Sheehan, Anna E. Sheldon, A. Willis Tarbell Clara M. Thayer, Robert E. Waish, Lizzie A. Vezey (Libby) 14 1875 Emma J). Barker (Swasey) Elia D. Battles (Ciatiin) Kate E. Bei in (Davoren), Hugh Bradliy, Hannah M. Broderick Susie R. Broderick, Harry N. Day, Nettie E. Day, Clara J. Fisher, Eniilie T. Hart (Bragg) Florence E. Harvell, Minnie E. Jones (Voung), Josie Jvelley (Rice) Mary J. Kelley, Faustina M. Knight (W’ithiiigton), Eliza A. McGowen (McDonough) Maria Norris, S. Edward Oliver, Sarah C. Tuttle, 16 Fairhaven Worcester Austin, Texas . Milford 1 lead . Holbrook . Milford Milford . Attleboro Europe . Milford Milford . Milford . Holbrook . Milford Worcetser 25 Dead Milford . . Milford . Boston . JTllsneld Boston . Milford Milford East Somerville Milford Milford . J.ynn Milford . Fitchburg . Bethel, Conn. . Milford . J.yons, Neb. Lyons, Neb. . N. f. City Lynn M ilford Waltham Blackstone . Dead . Milford 19 Milford St. Jmuis, Mo. . Milford Milford . Milford . Milford Milford . Milford . Milford Milford Wicheiidou • Boston . Ho))kinton M ilford Milford Attleboro Springfield Brockton . Dead 15 Emma B- Ball, Clarence Bancroft, Otis B. Barker, Josie G. Cheney (Chappell) George T. Cochran, Sarah JJ. Connolly, Lilia A. Cook, (Shrieve), Annie T. Gleason, iMallieh’. Gleason, Alzie R. Hayward, Mary G. Higgins, Mary E. .Johnson, Nellie .Johnson, Annie M. Keane, Bernard Kelley, Hattie M. Knilghts (Thayer) Flora M. JCnoiVlton, Hannah C. Lynch, Bridget A. I yons, Carrie W. .Me;ild (Prentice) Jennie F. .McGann, Callie J., Nel.son (llixon) Saiira J . Jtockwood (.Mathewson) James F. Slattery, George P. Smith, Edith J. Stoddard, Annie L. .Sunlfier, Nellie F. Thui ber (Jones) 1876 28 Dead . . 5Ianchesttr . . Boston • Milford • N. Y. City . Boston . J awtuxet, R. J. • . Milford • Milford • Milford Milford • Milford Milford Chippewa Falls, Wis. Milford Milford Somerville • Milford • Milford JVlilford . Milford 51edway . Chicago Boston . A ndover Audubon, Iowa ■ Kansas 16 Effie E. Adams, Fannie E. Blunt, Flora J.. Cheney (Dow) Frank Ji. Claflin, 1877 9 . . Bellingham Milford South Framingham JMiiladelphla, Penn. Elegant Perfnies. Dr.llafley’sCoilSpii All of the delicate odors from Luhin, Athinson, Wright, Pal¬ mer, and the other leading makers of Europe and this Country. RICE’S PHARMACY, Milford. Is the most effectual remedy yet introduced. ■ Every year the endorsements of ' this fact le- eome stronger. ■ Those suffering should 7iot miss an opportunity to try it. Made hy J. ALLEN RICE, Milford. Dr, De Jongh’s Catarrh Mixture Fill6 Stationery. Gives immediate relief to all eases of Catarrh, Asthma, In¬ fluenza, May Fever, Rose Cold, Cold in the Head, and diseases of like nature. This mixture is purely vegetable, and can be used by old or young, with equal¬ ly behefleial results. Serit by mail on receipt of 2§ cents. J. Allen Rice, Milford. ■ Call at Rice’s Pharmacy and see the finest display of Royal Irish Linen, Boston Linen, Bos¬ ton Bond, Boston Banh Linen, etc., in all the new designs; also, Electric overland mail for Foreign correspondence. .“R TT “V- II n73 Sw MARKED DOWN! All Winter Overcoats and Suits at Cost. Latest Styles in HATS AND NECKWEAR. ' ELEGANT LINE -OF—- Full Dress Shirts! Grile Sowker, LEADING CLOTHIERS, Hale’s Block, Milford, Mass. NEW SPRING DRESS GOODS, ■AT- G. T. Fales Co.’s. HAMBURGS, Largest Variety, Newest Patterns. Torchon and Medicis Laces, Table Linen, Napkins, Towels, Crashes, Nainsooks, Ladies’ Cotton Underwear. Bargains in Every Department LOWEST PRICES, G. T. FADES CO., 154 main ST., MILFORD. MASS. SPECIAL DRIVE FOR TWO MONTHS! -IN- Children’s, Misses’ Boys’ SCHOOL SHOES. Have the Largest Assortment ever offered any¬ where. Bargains in Ladies’ Goat and Kid Button Boots. Also, in Woolen Goods of all kinds. A.Great Drive in Men’s and Bovs’ Calf Goods. Prices Way Down. Come All and See the •Bargains at C, B. THOMPSON’S, 114 MAIN ST., MILFORD. ' Vol. IV. MILFORD, MASS., MARCH, 1888. No. 7 La Foi. Soyez comine 1 ' oiseau ,Pose pour u n instant Sur les raineaux trop frele: II sent ployer la branche, Mais il chant.e pourlanl ' Sachant qu’il a des ailes. —[Victor Hugo. Faith. Be like the bird, an instant poised On the too frail bough, so lightly. He feels it bend, but knowing well ' I ' liat he has wings, sines brightly. F. E. 11. ’88. “In March come the March winds, They blow and blow, They sweep up the brown leaves That green ones may grow.’’ Ambition in Life. W HAT is your ambition? Of course you have one, as every energ etie person should have; but what is it? Is it for wealth siin|)Iy, or is it for ptitriotisrn ? Perliaps it is philanthropy ; love for your fellow- nian ; it nitty be self-itn]� rovement, to make the best use of yotir own tal¬ ents? Grant that your ambition is for wealth, not to hoard it with a miser¬ ly (uipidity for the money, nor for reputiition, nor yet for charitable pur])oses; but to carry on a success¬ ful business, or for gratification of self, to ha e anything that heart can desire. This is better far than no ambition, for however selfish and un¬ willing to use his money for the good of others a man may be, he is, never¬ theless, of great value to his town. Think how one man, owning proper¬ ty, or carrying on an immense busi¬ ness, is obliged by his taxes to con¬ tribute to the expenses of the town. See the great multitude to whom he gives work. The railroad kings, for example: What power they have in all the questions of the day. Behold the great army of their employes and the others below these, who look up to them and depend on them for daily bread, but all, :n reality, re ly- iiifT on the one man at the head. So then, if you do seek wealth, you will, unintentionally jierhaps, be of great benefit to those about you. Another’s is a patriotic ambition, aiming at the attainment of political influence and the power to give right impulse to society. This is a noble ambition for any peison. In the troubled times of the present, has not the world need of America? And can America meet the position to which she is by nature and by right assigned, unless some one is at work to raise the moral tone of society, and to im))rove the general condition of our ])olitics? Then, if you will, as¬ pire to ])olitical influence; but as you value your country, use your power aright, and let America and the world ])roflt by your good deeds. ' Fhe desire of a third is to do good to his fellow-men, to redress great ])ublic wrongs, further moral and so¬ cial reforms, and, like Garrison and Phillips, destroy vicious systems. When one has such an ambition, if he is eager and zealous, what great o-ood he can do. The world needs O more Peabodies today, to raise and sustain the weak, to cheer the dis¬ couraged, and in every way to work for the welfare of the ))eople. What a future would be ours, were there more striving to lessen the public wrongs, to reform society, and to improve the morals of the gener¬ ations which so quickly come on to the stage of life. The lemperance work needs young men and young women. Here is a fleld for you! The government needs strong-mind¬ ed men to combat the Mormon trou¬ bles. The New West Educational Commission is doing a great work in this direction, for education seems to be the only cure. You all, I doubt not, will soon have the privilege of suffrage. Will your influence always be for the right? Think not that I exclude the young ladies, for even if we are now denied the right of voting, it will not be so long. But who can estimate the influence of one strong woman, even now, on the questions of the day? What an influence Mrs. Livermore has! Although she is not ] ermitted to vote, yet, by her energy and her lectures, slie exerts a power far greater than any one man can by a single ballot. The fourth and last ambition to which I must direct your thought is self-culture. I hear one say, “I wish to im|)rove myself and rise as high as I possibly can.” This is com¬ mendable. Yes, it is a duty to culti¬ vate the talents with which we have been endued, and yet it is selfish am¬ bition, unless we improve ourselves for the purpose of assisting and en¬ couraging others, and to be more competent to devote ourselves to some good work. In this country there are so many advantages of which one can avail himself, if he has the disposition, that he who fails to do so is unworthy of himself. Therefoi-e improve all the j)Ossibili- ties within you. Leave nothing un¬ tried. E. II. “Not books, but thought started by the reading of them, makes the educated man or woman.” Thus de¬ clares a recent writer, and to this we might add : Not what we can memo¬ rize from our text-books makes us true scholars ; but the discipline and development of our mental powers by trying to grasp the real meaning the author intends to convey, edu¬ cates us. Feathers. S ITTING one day near the wind- do v,I noticed a small bright feath¬ er pass by, borne along in its course by the wind. I remarked, “What a pretty feather that is!” whereunon I was .asked by a young friend then in the I ' oorn, “What is a fe.ather, anyway ?” So I attempted the explanation of one, which 1 gave as follows:— A feather is made uj) of three parts, the quill, the shall, and the vane, or beaial, consisting of little barbs. The (]uill, the ] art attached to the skin, is hollow inside, very transparent, and resembles horn in its appearance. It is light, but very strong. At the end is a small opening where the nourishing vessels enter. The shaft is a continuation of the quill, and diminishes in size as you go towards the ti]). It is always slightly curved, the upper and lower parts being separated by a grove. It is covered with a thin, horny layer, and in the hollow ])art is stored a white, soft, elastic substance, which is called the j)ith. This gives strength and nourishment to the feather. The vane consists of two webs, one on each side of the shaft. Kach web is composed of barbs, fixed obliquely to the shaft, and varying in tliick- ness, length ,‘ind width. In almost every feather, near the opening in the quill, there is an addition of a downy charactei ' , very small i n the quills of the wing and tail. Young birds are covered with down before the feathers have develo|)ed, this down helping the feathers to pierce the skin. If you ever notice a peacock, you can find as many different kinds of feathers on him as on any one bird you can think of. On the head of this vain bird are .short feathers, each one having at least four colors. These foi-m a jiart of his clothing. Also on his head are three thin shafted feathers, standing upright, having at their ends eyes of a yellow- green color, which are called “head¬ dress” feathers. On his neck the feathers are of the same brirrlit kind, only longer, while under him, or on his breast, they are of a grayish color. Those on his back are quite long and .all colors of the rainbow. But the great pride of the peacock’s heart is Ids tail feathers, and these certainly are beautiful. They con¬ sist of long shafts, with the short, narrow rainbow feathers in rows on each side, while at the ends are heart shaped jiieces of four colors. The smallest heart is in the centre of the end piece, and is of two colors. That is enclosed by another larger one, until the wdiole end is one large heart. It makes a very pretty feather. There are more than fifty of these tail feathers on one bird. When spread, they take the form of a fan, and are the vain creature’s es- ])ecial delight F’eathers serve to protect birds from the extremes of heat, cold, and I ' ain, for which their arraimement is especially adapted. They also en.a- ble them to fiy, and for this jiurpose are longer and more compact than those which cover the body. Feath¬ ers gave to mail his first pen. The shaft was sharpened and considered very fine to write with. They formed a part of his first weapon, the Indi.ans using them on the ends of arrows to straighten their course. The small, short feathers that come from hens and ge« se are used for feather beds, ]iillows, and cushions. The beautiful birds that inhabit South America and Australia have come to grief through the hands of man. They have been stripjied of their lirilliant plumage tliat we might be benefited thereby. There is jirobably hardly a Lady in the country, but has been guilty, at one time or another, of wearing the feather or wing, or even the whole of a bird. The many ships that sail across the ocean bring us rich gifts in the form of feathers, or we lhiid we are rich if w ' e happen to have certain costly ones in our possession, that were obtained not only through great danger to man, but at the cost of life to the jioor, innocent bird. In such numbers have these devoted creatures been slain to gratify the vanity of woman, that it has at hast attracted the ' a. tention of lienevolent individuals, who have formed a soci¬ ety for their protection, and named it after the great natur.alist, Audu¬ bon. The efforts of this society have somew ' hat diminished the “slaughter of the innocents,” so that many of the sweet-voiced creatures, that would otherwise have been killed, still remain to gladden our hearts with their songs. E. G. w., ’90. A Typical English Home. S IIACEBHIDGE Hall gives a clear idea of an English home of half a century or so ago. In this work Washington Irving describes the daily life of one of those old fami¬ lies, now almost extinct, in which he W ' as visiting for a few ' weeks. The house, a large, stone building, is almost entirely conce.aled from the view of one jiassing by the tall oaks and elms which surround it. An ave¬ nue, bordered on both sides by the same kinds of trees, le.ads to the front door, which is the entrance to a large, airy hall, at one end of which is a fire-place, w ' here at most times of the year, a large log can be found burning. This room is the tavorite resort of the family in the evenings, esjiecially during the win¬ ter, when each one must l� e ready with a story for the entertainment of the others. Passing through the hall the kitchen is reached, where often a number of gyj sies may be seen enjoying themselves at the ex¬ pense of the Squire’s larder. This is an illustration of the hospitality for which the English are noted. In a household of this kind the servants form an important part. Many of them have served in the family so long that tlu ' v seem almost apart of it; the housekeeper is a dignified old lady who can tell the history of every person represented in the picture gallery, w’ithout w’hich no English house is compb-te. Under her supervision everything is done quietly and (juickly. Next in impor¬ tance come the footman and butlei’, both skilled in their own duties. Horseback riding, besides being a pleasure here, is almost a necessity, as it is nearly the only mode of trav¬ eling ; and haw ' king, wi.ich is one of the favorite amusements, requires both a good horse and an experi¬ enced rider. The stable is ahvays well filleil, not only foi- the benefit of the family, but also for any guest. In a grove a short distance from the house is a rookery, and as rooks are said to add dignity to the ])lace where they build, no one is allow ' ed to harm them; in consequence of which there is hardly a tree about the grounds but has Mt least one nest in it. A half-mile walk takes one to the village, ov r which the Sipiire holds much the same power as did the lords in the feudal times over their tenants. The only excitement here is the daily arrival of tlu- stage-coach W’ith the mail,which is almost the only means of intercourse with the out¬ side world, as few travelers come to such an out-of-the-w ' ay place. H. Al. C. ’8(S. Dr. John Murray of the (Tiallen- ger expedition says the mean height of the land is 2 230 feet above the sea level and the mean depth of the ocean is 12,480 feet. Should the whole of the solid land be reduced to one level under the ocean, then the surtace of the earth would be cov¬ ered by an ocean wdth a uniform de})th of about two miles. XjIH.’ST EXCp NQE?- The editorials in the March Haver¬ hill Life we find j)articularly good. The valedictory address to Virgil awakens a sympathetic response in us, but what “Styx” us is why the Young Idea has put that definition of a demagogue among its editorials. Is it so that the “Chestnut” ed. might copy it verbatim et literatim. How do you like the color of the paper this month ?—[Chauncy Hall Abstract. Just the color in which to hurrah over a successful exhibition. Please accept our sincere thanks— not “thumps”—for straightening out our name. I f “the comuositor does not care a fig” for calling us Oak, Lily and Fig, I v(y)ow ice do. “What’er girls do, or say, or dream,” O girls of the Stubeiiville Sem.! how did you ever dare clu-isten your new paper “ The ' Fattier” ? Is there method in your madness? Did YOU mean to forestall criticism? We like your paper, and b ' g you to .ac¬ cept our corilial c.ongratnlations on the success, in every w.ay, of your Hrst effort. Come and see us again. Pray tell us. Stylus, the number of scholars in the Brockton high school. How can you have 59 cases of tardiness in four weeks. Is there not some mistake in the report? We, with an average daily attemlance of 109.8, had only 85 for the whole year. With the same average :is ours your school ought to number m.any hun- lreds. Our list of new exchanges for this month is unusually long, l)ut every one is welcome. ' Fhey .are, as a rule, bright and reachable, .and call them¬ selves as follows: The (Tolden Eagle, The High Sch ' )o! Mirror, ' I’he Col¬ lege Whim, The Reveille, The Acad¬ emy Monthly, Our New Scheme, Southwest rn Presbyteiaan Journal, ' File Meteor, ' Fhe Institute Record, ' Fhe Bellevue College Star. The Oak, Lily and Ivy shows poor taste in mixing up so many .adver¬ tisements with the reading matter.— [Stray Shot. You are very right, but did you copy this stray shot from fifty other exchanges, or is it original? Won’t you whisper to us softly how you manage to float along so buoyantly on the financial sea without any ads. at all ? They are oar indispensable life-jcreservers,—without them we sink. Our “taste” no more than yours approves of the “mixing up,” which, nevertheless, stern necessity compels. If it is rich uncles that helj) you along, can’t you spare us a few? We congratulate the Haverhill Life and Our New Scheme on their printer. We have tried him for years and have never found him wanting. O Professor, translating Virgil— “There are to me twice seven nym 2 )hs of excellent body, which I will give to you.” “M.ac—“How much is a nym))h. Professor?”—[Res Academicae. What is a “which,” Mac might have asked. Does the High School Bulletin wish to retaliate by giving us “too much of a good thing” in return for the same kindness on our part? Is that Yvhy it sends us an extra cover? Or is it intended as something under which to hide our diminished heads? Nous decouvrons. Fhe Ex.-ed. of the Sunbeam con¬ fesses herself weary of bowing in ac¬ knowledgement of complimentary puns on the name of her magazine, but what can she expect if she will l)ersist in flashing her brightness U|)on us as she does in the Jan.-F ' eb. issue. ' Fhe literary department of the March number of the Dartmouth is particularly enjoyable. The poetry is far above the average. “My Aunt’s Specs” is a bright and natui-al sketch, and we enjoyed a hearty laugh over the .absurdities of “Pas¬ sages from The Modern Gulliver.” We welcome the “College Reflec¬ tor” from the Miss. .Agricultural College. The j aper is well printed, ably edited, and the motto is a help¬ ful one; but on t.aking it up, and on putting it down, a question� comes to us not for the first time, “Why do most of our Southern exchanges use such miserably ) ooi’ paper?” There are some noticeably fine ar¬ ticles in the January number of the Riclmiond College Messengeia “Re¬ marks on P’iction” shows how a taste for sensational literature is engtm dered and fostered, and hints at some of the benefits received from reading the best authors of fiction. In “Over Education,” taken from the Johns Hopkins University is a healthy pi ' otest against educating the mental power ' s at the expetrse of the physical. The arguments ai ' e good, but we take exception to this state¬ ment: “It is safe to say that the physically active ar ' e almost always tho.se who carry off no intellectual prizes.” That tliat was the case foi’- rnerly, we grant, but such a state of affairs is no lorrger a foregone con- chtsion with us in the East. It is too generally the age of athletic sports here. How is it in the South, friend Messenger? We are glad to see the Niagai-a Index for March. January and Feb- ruai-y failed to brirrg us the custo- mar-y “bitter-s” fr-orn the College of Our Lady of Angels, and we feared we might have been “vexatioiisly crossed” off of the list of exchanges. “Bitters” are excellent as a spring tonic, and we need them. We an¬ ticipate you. If “the girls who edit the Oak, Lily and Ivy”—oh, boys! oh, whei e ai’e ye !—have “stung with their sar¬ casm” the editor-s of the Literary Morrthly, or of any other of their ex- chatrges, they can only say the woutrd has irot been given intention¬ ally. It was the sin and not the sin¬ ner at which they aimed, but to qirote fr-oirr the L. M. itself, “Wra- tiirg or printing is like shooting with a rifle; you may hit your reader’s mind or nriss it;” “ ' i ' he girls who edit” etc., atrd the boys, too, have only the friendliest feelings for all their exchamjes. O We “laiise” fruits, “cultivate” plants, “break” colts, “breed” stock, “tr-ain” pigeons; but we “educate” man. “It is cert.aiirly true that the ti-ain- irig of a manual training school lets in a flood of light upon a thousand things hut imperfectlg understood before.’’ ' ' “Prof. Pi ' oetor asserts that 100,- 000,000 people lived and died in Amer-ica before its discovery by Colunrbus.” Of coui-se the learned pi ' ofessoi- must be right, but we’ve counted twice and make it 99,999,- 999 each time. For tvveirty-two year’s, and even longer-, Mr. Bergh has devoted his eitergy aird wealth to the ameliora¬ tion of the coirditioir of the dumb cr’eation. Since that time he has seeir the rrrodest society which he founded, atrd of wifrich he was the president, becortre orre of the strong¬ est benevolerrt orgarrizations, not only iir this city, but in America, for there is now h.-irdly a state iir the Uitioir which does not corrtain a kin¬ dred organizatioir In thirty-seven states and territories laws forbidding the ill treatment of animals have beetr passed, aird itt thirty-four of them societies to carry out their pro- yisions have beeir organized. Very few metr have ever lived to see the work which they started grow to such colossal jrroportiorrs, and there is iro other I’efoi’mer irow living who has Yvitiressed the spread of his ideas over so vast a territory.—[Benjamin Northroj). TP 0 K, miiYIIYY. MARCH, 1H88. Published Monthly During tlie School Year, nv The Senior Class of the Milford High School PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. BUSINESS EOITORS. GK.4CE L. BLOOD and LYDIA A. ROBERTS. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Ten Numbers.) For the Year, . 50 cents 1 Single Copies, . 5 cents Tdis paper is for sale at the well-known drug store of J. Allen Rice, where subscriptions for tlie year will also be received, and back numbers can be obtained. Address all communications to THE OAK. LILY AND IVY, Lock Bo.x 137. Entered at the Milford. Mass., Post-Office, as second class matter. GENERAL EDITORS. Olie L. Brown and Lillian E. Tho.mpson. Howoinl in the Sund.-iy Globe of the eighteenth instant gives cigar¬ ettes tlieir just due in language more vigorous than classical. The paper is on file. Be sure ami read it. Most Chemistries assert that oxy- gen, the insatialile iconoclast, meets an enemy in fluorine, which alone of the seventy-one elements can succes.s. fully resist its attack; hut we learn that a French chemist has succeeded in comhining the two, and thus seems to have proved the theoiw to lie true that fluorine is the most active of the chemical elements. We are indebted to Representa¬ tive Lally for this year ' s Manual of the General Court of Massachusetts. The school has f-� r the several suc¬ cessive yea.rs past lieeu presented with a Manual and it has always jiroved a much used reference hook for the Civil Government classes. The gift is very opportune, and sin¬ cere thanks an due .Mr. Lally for his kindness. A Texas superintendent who fa¬ vors the Blair hill for Federal aid likens a republic, in general, to a cone resting on its base, for the peo¬ ple are the government; and a mon¬ archy, a one-man-j)ower, to a cone resting upon its apex supported by the sword, juirse and bayonet. He adds, however, that our government, the republic of Jefferson, is an arch of thirty-eight parts, resting upon two abiUments of universal suffrage and of universal education. By illus¬ trations taken from the last census he shows that it is impo.ssible for the Southern States, with less than half the resources of 1860, to educate double the number of children. We were all much gratified this rnonlh at the signs of care and art exhibited by the Chemistry class in etching copper. For the Chemistry scholars now “seeing is believing;’ as this school has ihe good fortune to have a laboratory in which the class may test their knowledge. By a class vote, tho.se etchings judged to be the Lest were by Miss Connolly, (whose specimen was a remarkably fine imitation of the title of this pa¬ per,) by Miss Clark, and by Master Gould, all of’89. Much to the surprise of Latin L, Ben Hur seems to illustrate a great majority of the jioints brought up while reading Cicero’s orations. In General Lew Wallace’s novel they find the chariot I’ace, the advantages of being a Roman citizen, the farm¬ ing ami jiaying of tributaries, the scourges practised at those times and the method of carrying on a naval battle with the galley slaves. J’hc succession of the Roman command, the fate of Judea, is clearly and in¬ terestingly brought forth and im¬ prints it u])on one’s memory betti-r than a history could have done. We advise the scholars to I’ead it, not lor wdiat the author designed it perhaps, but for the practical bene¬ fits to be obtained from it. When a person has read this book, that one may truly say that he has read one standard novel, and thus must hav e broadened his mind in some respects. It is just such books as this which should fill a well selected library, and —ours does not contain this book, but W ' e shall cheerfully acknowledge its receptjon. Our principal, trying to seek sub¬ jects for compositions that would not be above the knowledge of the scholars, and wdiich wmuld obviate the necessity of eopying from ency- clopsedias, gave out the subject, “Feathers,” with the following top¬ ics: Parts, kinds, value to the birds, and value to us. It was to lie written “as if the wudter were telling a friend younger than himself, who has never seen a feather.” The following is an extract from a composition :— “A feather, my dear child! ‘What is a feather?’ A feather is a comjilica- ted modification of the ligumentary system forming the plumage of a bird. ‘What is it made of ?’ It con¬ sists a hollow cylindrical semi-trans¬ parent tube composed of coagulated albumen, in both form and appear¬ ance resemljling the chemical consti¬ tution of bone. This is terminated at an obtuse extremity by the lower umbilicus through which the nutri¬ tious vessels enter a continuous shaft communicating with a shrivelled membrane at the other end. Now, little one, 4vill you know a feather when you see one?” O would that there were a uniform rule for capitals! Every publishing house seems to lie a law unto itself, and therefore it is that our text¬ books do not agree. Then, again, our newspaper proof-readers, to save time and expense, have a newspa])er rule, and they decapitate with the effectiveness of a guillotine. As a general rule, however, capitals are jiassing over to the minority; but still are ever ready, as our friends un¬ der the dome in Boston, to “submit their repoit. Teachers who rely on one text¬ book in their teaching take the same risk that scholars do when tliey inva¬ riably make their answers to | rob- lems agree with the Ix-ok answers. In looking iij) the liasis of apjiortion- ment for a national representative we learned from .Mowry’s Studies in Civil Government tliat it is 151,912; from Miss Dawes’ How We Are Gov¬ erned, 154,(I(J0; from Geo. V. Jones’ The People’s Family Atlas, 151,894. The Congre.ssional Record of Febru¬ ary, 1882, gives no number beyond the 325 rejiresentatives then voted for the next decade. Whoever is so inclined can divide the population of the thirty-eight states by tins num¬ ber, and he will obtain 151,911.8-1- As the result of a petition by the scholars asking for a certain time to be set aside each month for debating the leading questions of the day in Milford, this new and what prom¬ ises to be a very interesting feature, has been introduced into the rhetori¬ cal exercises this month. From a number of subjects handeil in to our principal for the tojiic of discussion for the first debato, he has selected, “Resolved,that Milford should estab¬ lish a sewerage system.” Duly the young men will jiarticipate in argu¬ ing this subject, and for the leaders in the aftirmative the scholars have chosen Masters Fales ’88, Fitzgerald ’89, Howard ’90, Noyes ’91; and in the negative ’rirrell ’88, Spaulding ’89, Larnson ' 90, Scully ’91. The debates are to lie carried on by the parliamentary rules of procedure, and the books in the book-cases con¬ taining the method by which de¬ bates should be conducted are now constantly in use. Although the young ladies do not take part in this debate, our principal has in mind a subject in which they will actively engage. The success of this new method will wholly depend upon the interest and desire manifested by the scholars. O EDITED BY Nellie Brown and Harold E. Fales. The stormy March has come at last, With winds and clouds and changing skies; 1 hear the rushing of the blast That through the snowy valley flies. “Integer means mixed ui).” “If you can’t do your best, do what you can.” “Filet de boeuf-sale atix choux et haricots au lard.” “Le sol manque a Picciola. Picci- ola wants the earth.” “Pitch depends on the number of times it is played on it.” The sweetest sound to our ears is the Town House bell at 8.15 a. m. Accor ling to our F ' rench an.ato- mist, man is a biped without wings. What per cent did you get in the “single skull races” of e.xaminution week? Carior mihi quam tibi. She was very sure carior referred to a mascu¬ line noun. Physics III. infortns us that “to run a dynamo you must put it where the watei falls.” True generosity.—“You can have it for yours ami mine, and I’ll keep it witli my things.” ' Pile elements holding sway for two days interfered with our plans of work in closing our term. Snow-Bound was the play acted on tile New Fngland stage recently, with the leal article for scenery. Some ol our book-keepers’ debits and credits lo not balance. Is it possible that they are preparing to go to Canada? The northern part of Maine is far ther north than Queb c, and more than half of its territory is still an unsettled wilderness. We thought corporal punishment a thing of the past, but here is the Journal of Education asking teachers to send for its clubhiarj list. A student of Philosophy informs us that ventriloquism can be seen. We have heard of Bell’s visible speech; is it that to wdiich he re¬ fers ? “.Analysis has brought to light the fact that ice cream frecpiently con¬ tains glue.” Many are the girls who stick to it, and many are the boys who have been stuck. Teacher—What season of the year is it? Scholar—Fall. If you don’t be¬ lieve it stand a few moments and watch the people pass from Main street to the high school house. Owing to our recent study of Civil Covernment, many of our number took considerable interest in town meeting and watched with some understand¬ ing the proceedings of the day. Our teachers find an improvement in the hand-writing of the recent classes. If this is so, we fear that there will be few Horace Greeleys and Bufus Choates among them. As our classmates find places be¬ hind oui- local counters, we trust that their records may differ from this of a messenger boy: “Monday, hired; Tuesday, tired; Wednesday, fired.” Some scholars seem to be only half awake during recitations, but it can¬ not be liecause they keep late hours, for some do not even know the shape of the moon. They declare it is an olilong. An advertisement reads—“Want¬ ed, a young man to be pailly out of doors and partly behind the coun- tei-.” VYe think that one of our young men can “fill the bill,” judg¬ ing by his freijuent requests to enjoy tlie fresh air. Wanted— A head with fifty-three ounces of well convoluted, fine brain matter. As the sup|)ly is never equal to the demand, a good price will be paid and no questions asked. If delivered before examination week, a chromo will be given extra. Our new music is so fascinating that we ai’e often temjited to run over the time allotted. It is so en- chanting to sit in a waian room with ' • ' •liallou iiirds” singing and ' ‘ ' •Urown bees” humming about, while the outer world is buried in snow. “ riie touch of King Midas the Golden Prefiguied my work in the cell, Where the exquisite parable olden In tangible beauty I tell.” The Physics chiss can appreciate this iifter their recent experiments in electroplating. Our ajiparatus has worked tmusutdly well this year. A very .artistic design consisting of different kinds and parts of feath¬ ers, as illustrations of her composi¬ tion subject, was drawn by Ussie G. Wilbtir, ’90. We have no doubt thiit it gave the teacher sincere satis¬ faction to know that at least one of the pupils could put her knowledge of drawing to real, practical use. The Ntitional School is about to begin ; let us see to it that we are good scholars. “Which remark we use to explain” is caused by the fol¬ lowing: “Some one has said that the presidential campaign is a national school wherein the nation requires a minute and accurate knowledge of the government and of all govern¬ mental affairs.” EDITED BY Mary L. Toohey and Patrick J. Lawless. Theresa A. McCarten, ’85, is em¬ ployed as clerk at Natick. Fred Hannon, once of ’91, is now attending school at Montreal. Elizabeth B. Barns, ’87, is now at¬ tending the Friends’ School, Provi¬ dence. “We twelve” progressive anglers recently met with Lillian PL Thomp¬ son, ’88. Aaron H. Mayhew, English ’85, is now assistant book-keeper at C. W. Shippee’s. Hartwell B. Spaulding ’89, is at¬ tending the Monroe School of Ora¬ tory at Boston on Saturdays. George Stimpson, once of ’87, has finished his course of study at Co¬ mer’s Commercial School, Boston. Charlotte T. Field, ’84, and Grace P. P’ield, ’86, are on their return trip from California, where they have passed the winter. Fred A. Shepard, once of ’84, is reported as having a singular ability for lessening by simple methods in Book-keeping, the labor which is re- g.arded so complicated at J-5. H. Sjiaulding’s factory. At the town meeting recently held, John T. McLoughlin, ’83, was re¬ elected town clerk, Murt.agh J. Rey¬ nolds, once of ’78, was elected tax- collector; Nathaniel F. Blake, ’65, was elected a trustee of the town library. Charles E. W.akefield, once of ’79, met a sudden death on his way to Cherokee from Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 18. He took a train from the latter place, but on account of dark¬ ness and rain, he fell and was in¬ jured so b.ailly that he lived only un¬ til the next evening. Mr. Wake¬ field has resided in Randolph, Neb., for the past five years, where he edited the Randolph News. “The Louisiana purchase was the largest transfer of real estate which was ever made since Adam was pre¬ sented with the fee-simple of Para- dise.” ______ Talk about the danger of a misuse of the decim.al point in doctors’ pre¬ scriptions as an argument .against the adoption of the metric system! Why, how much plainer is a snake, seem¬ ingly suffering from a severe attack of cholera morbus, as an indication of fractional jiarts of a pound? For our part we agree with a writer who says that the multiples in our t.ables of measure “are not complimentary to the civilization of our fathers.” XjIL Buy Ladies’ and Misses’ NEWMARKETS, DRESS GOODS, Etc. of J. w. mCKEY, 138 MAIN STREET - - MILFORD. Sing Irothgrs, Boys’ and Children’s MUSIC HALL BLOCK. MILFORD. AVERY WOODBURY, SUCC ' .SSORS TO J. W. HARRIS, ----DEALERS IN- • FaRjMiiraRE, cTiRPEiFiNe.-i- WALL PAPER AND CURTAINS. Upholslering. Carpet .-ind Shade Work a Specialty. 16 ' .J IVIain St., Milford. BARTLETT ELLIS. idea.Ije:e,s iit Hardware, Cutlery, Pumps, Stoves, Furnaces, Farming Tools and Seeds 172 174 Mam St., - - Milford, Mass. Fine Artistic BEA.TT ' ’S, 168 Main Street, - - Milford, Mass. X. M. CL A. ROOMS III MUSIC HALL BLOCK. Hours: 8a. m.to lOp.m., Over 70 perio licals on file in Reading liooms. All men are invited to use our rooms. 5 CHAIRS! FRANK H, THOMAS, Hair-IDresser And dealer in hair-oils, pomades, Thomas’ hair tonic for removing dandruff, etc., 127 Main street. Milford,Mass. N. B. Ladies’ and children’s hair cut o sham pooed at their residences if desired. 0-- Dealer in Is L IB T S! AND FKOVISIONS, Fruits, Vegetables, Butter, Eggs, Etc. Also, home- cured Hams and hoL ' ie-made Sausages. 33 Exchange Street. THE STURGEON RIVER- TWELFTH DAY. For the river of rivers is Merrimack, Whether it foams witli the tnouniain rain, Or toils in the mill-race, deep and black. Or conqueror, rolls to the ocean plain! —Edna Dean Proctor. HIS was our last day, and a long one, too, for Manchester was its goal. iP As Nortlitield was tliirty-tliree miles by rail from tliat city, and below us the river was very crooked, and there tvere two long carries, we felt safe in estimating the remaining distance as forty miles. While tlie sun was tvrestling witli tlie water-latlen clouds, M’e broke camp. The lines of tlie poet recalled an historical fact, but our eyes could not locate the sjiot of wdiich he sings:— “Northward is Franklin, where wild waters meet From inoimtain lieight and limpid lake to greet Our Merrimack;—the riislic legion where The noble Web. ' iter lived.” We ran down stream with help of paddle and current, with our ears wide open to catch the sound of rock-beaten rifts at e.ich snect ediiig bend. We sliot under three bridges, long and high, w here the rush of (he current against the stone abutments could be heard rods away. ' I ' lie railroad lines to right and left centre at the “City of Hariiiony” (a misnomer at this time, for the lA ' gislature is in session), and might lie likened to the letter Y. That to the east comes from the lakes and White Mountains, while the otlier joins Ncm’ Hampshiie to Vermont; but the river, meantime, with the strictest imjiartiality, runs buck and forth in the green interval like an anxious mother, afraid that one may suffer in her absence. As a feature of the landscape, this is quite enchanting; but the extra two, three, and even four miles it adds to tin- distance is far otherwise. Boscawen and Oaiiter- biiry displayed their river banks to ns as we passed hetwi en these tow’iis and under tlieir bridges. tsjieaking of banks, Me ought to mention three jilaces, one of which furnished the subject for a pi tnre. In these the river had made a half¬ circle to the left, into what was once a high hill; hut, after years of spring fresliets and the resulting landslides, the hill had been eaten away, until a battlement, cut precipitously downward from its snmiiiit-line tlinnigli soil, sand and clay, liad lieen left a hundred feet in heiolit, bordered with trees, all ready lo topjile over at the least disturbance. We recalled the stories we had heard of the avalanches of the Alps, and it seemed as it ' here the ie])ort of a gun would have sent tons of eartli tobogainiing river-ward. A liecnliarity of these high banks is that the water vvliich falls in showers settles throngli the upper strata down to the elay, and tlieiiee, seeking an outlet, all at once as a brooklet goes babbling down the remaiiiiiiu’ distance to tlie river in deejily cut channels. We had been informed several times that only 8( wall’s Falls prevented a clear course to Concord. Even within a mile of them, we were told that M ' e must make a carry of tliree quarters of a mile. So we went on, dread¬ ing the pros})ect, for the water was growing rougher every minute. We rail two rifts, lint in the third we eonld not find a canoe’s length of eleai- water deep enough to float it, and so, with lines fastened to how and stern, and padd ' e in hand, we pushed, pulled and waded, and jumped from rock to rock, for fifty feet. Then on onr knees, with paddles secured by a rope, we fought onr way through three more series of rafiids, no v dodging a rock in sight, now one marked by the dashing spray or the backward rush of the water; the next moment, with vigorous sweep of tlie jiaddle, resisting the twisting jiOM’er of an eddy, until we had passed over the greater part of a mile, and we stopped to congratulate eaeli other and compare experiences. But still that carry worried ns. Soon after, we met two young men bath¬ ing, and asked onr usual question. “How soon will yon meet the falls? Why, you’ve just jiassed them!” We sent up a shout of joy, and had a good laugh at onr owm expense. The dreaded falls were behind ns, and no carry had been made. Perhaps we ought to add that the river M’as nnnsiially high, and generally a longer distance would have been like the fifty feet just mentioned. We went hurrying on, rejoicing at onr good luck, yet not so fast as did that birch canoe in stormy March of 1G97, impelled by the strong arms of two women and a boy. No vision of pursuing red men made onr hearts palpitate with fear; for us “no Indian lurked behind every rock and pine.” Such 4vere onr thoughts as, njion the crest of an island at onr right, we beheld the monument erected to the memory of Hannah Dustin and her IVY two companions, whose leeds are on the page of every schoolboy’s liistory. A high pedestal of granite, surmounted by a life-sized statue of the heroine with tomahawk and scalps in hand, stands within a rod of the Northern Railroad, and is seen by hundreds every day. In striking contrast to the lesson of this historic deed, the State Pris¬ on’s massive walls next met our searching eyes, and then the dome of the State Capitol—no rejection is intended by this combination; while beyond the undulating intervals the “clustered sjtires of Concord stand.” “By the highway,” said one of our friends of the bath, “the distance to town is a mile and a quarter, but by the river, three or four miles.” The other facetiously added, “I skated dowr last winter, and I thought it ten? ' As dijiner was forbidden until we reached the city bridge, the distance was likely to seem as far to us. Time and patience, the adage is, will conquer everything. In our case, too, these, plus considerable vigorous paddling, overcame at last the crooked S’s of the Merrimack, and beneath friendly branches we dined and rested, with the satisfaction of knowing that twenty miles of river lay between us and Camp Webster. The remaining twenty miles had been run once before, and therefore seemed like old friends. An uneventful paddle to Garvin’s Falls, a double carry,—first to reach the canal which feeds the paper-mill, and second, down a steep bank and ovei- a stone wall, to get into the race-way,—and a photograph of it all, occupied our time until the watch said half past four. Then we launched in the boiling waters, where the river and r.ace met, and, after twisting and tossing for a minute, we set the course for the mouth of the Suncook. Then were first seen the long rows of mills, many stories in height, which here, and at the great cities below, have given the Merrimack ks nqmtation all over the world. “Ten thousand spindles in their planes spin, Ten thousand spools fast wind their fibres in. Ten thousand shuttles slioot across the web Fed by the mules slow back and forward led.” (See April Number.) She—“Mr. Chestnut, is there a Chautauqua in M-? Me—‘A She-talker? Law, yes! There’s more’n fifty She-talkers in our neighborhood; an on ’em ’d talk ye blind at one sittin’.”—[Ex. Under the orders of .Vapoleon III. the records of the government stdiools were keijt in two classes,— those of the smokers and those of the non-smokers After some time the records slnnved that the smokers were markedly inferior, ])hysically, mentally and mor.ally, to the abstain¬ ers. When standing before a grand conflagration, witne.ssing the display of mighty energies there in action, and 8eeir;g the elements rushing into combination with a force which no human energy can withstand, does it seem as if any power could undo that work of destruction, and re¬ build those beams and rafters which are melting into air? Yet, in a few years they will be rebuilt. This ndghty force will be overcome ; not, however, as we might expect, amid the convulsions of Nature or the clashing of the elements, but silently in a delicate leaf waving in the sun¬ shine. The sun’s rays are the Ithu- riel wand, which exerts the mighty power, ai.d under the direction of that unerring Architect, whom all true science recognizes, the woodv O ' 4 Structure will be rebuilt, and fresh energy stored away to be used or wasted in some future conflagration. —[Cooke. No error can be greate • than to look on the so-called Middle Ages as a tune lacking in intellectual activi¬ ty. In no age was the human mind busier. But it worked round and round on the same subjects; it worked always either in submission to authority or in conscious revolt against authority. The world of the Middle Ages was a world full within its own range, but pent up within both intellectual and geographical bounds, ’riie widening of the geo- grajihical range, that is, the discov¬ ery of the New World, was no small •element in the widening of the intel¬ lectual range.—[Freeman. To those who would so circum¬ scribe the course of instruction in the public schools that tiie mind of the scholar is confined to bread-and- butter and dollar-and-cent studies, we offer this from a recent communi¬ cation in a VVestern paper: “To edu¬ cate a child is to make a man of him, to develop all that is in him ; to help him to be himself, not what others think he ought to be; to give him liberty to be what God made him to be, not to make him wliat some men or all men may fancy he should be.” HAS THK MOST Complete Assortment ot the Latest Novelties IN GOLD PENS. PP’.NCILS. Fountain and Stylographic Pens at the Lowest Prices. Always the Largest Assortment of the LATEST STYLES IN MILLINERY -AT THE- PAVILION MILLINERY PARLORS, Music Hall Block, Milford. JESSE A. TAFT, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Notary Public and Commissioner to qualify civil officers. Irving Block, opposite post office, Milford. COME AND SEE THE GRAND BARGAINS! -AT- RYAN CARROLL’S, 98 MAIN STREET, LINCOLN SQUARE. T. C. EASTMAN CO., Manufacturers of All Kinds of BOOT AND SHOE BOXES AND BAND BOXES -FOR- STRAW GOODS. -ALSO- Plain and Fancy Paper Boxes. Mill, Corner of Central and Depot Streets, Milford FINE MARBLE AND GRANITE CEMETERY WORK. A. C. KINNEY, SO. BOW ST., MILFORD, MASS. Xj Al. Call at W. A. Aldrich’s 139 Main Street and examine HOUSEHOLD Sewing Machines. Pianos, OiEans, M Slieel Mnsit, SOLD, LET, EXCHANGED AND REPAIRED. IL.IXj ' Z ' Z’V ' X’ FLOWERS AND- FLORAL WORK FOR ALL OCCASIONS. PATRONAGE SOLICITED. Greenhouses and residence on Church Place. S 1 T FOR Y O UK AT lOO MAIN STREET, MILFORD, AT E, L. WILLIS’. COOK BROS., DEALERS IN Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Pickles, Etc. Hams cure.] by ourselves and Home-made Sausages. Market, 1:48 Main Street. 8. . i. COOK. 8. 8. COOK. and Bourne’s is the place to find the best assortment of Dress ' rriminings and Kid Gloves in town. In¬ fant’s goods of every description. 106 Main Street, Milford, Mass. R. C. ELDRIDGE, Dealer in Diainonfls, Watclies, Cloch aM Jewelry, 132 Main St., Milford. The Best and Cheapest place to buy FRUITS AND CONFECTIONERY IS AT J. W. ROB ERTS’. Cake and Ice Cream constantly on hand. Wedding Cake a Specialty. THAYER’S BLOCK. Main Street, Milford. Mass. STJ-ST -SrOXTE, DRY ROODSAND SMALL WARES .4T 106 MAIN STKEKT, OF COBURN OLMSTEAD. WHAT SHALL WE EAT? Buy them at the BOSTON GROCERY TEA HOUSE Active shears gather no rust.” “How shall I a habit break?” As you did that habit make. As you gathered, yon must lose; As you yielded, now refuse. Thread by thread the strands we twist; Till they bind us neck and wrist; ' Thread by tliread the patient hand Must untwine eie free we stand. As we builded, stone by stone, We must toil, unhelped, alone, ' Till the wall is overthrown. —[John Bolye O’Reilly. A little boy, who was riding in the park with his father, finding that they could not ride as fast as he liked because of certain jiolice regu¬ lations, said, confidentially, “If it w’eren’t for (lod and the police wdiat a good time we could have, })aj)a.” Coal is only the stored-u]) energy of past ages of siinshine, and the beautiful aniline colors are only the stored up tints of the risings and the settings of the sun in the fern age, which the skill of the chemist has again set fiee from the shadows of a long night of subterranean blackness. One storv intellects, two-storv in- tellects, three-story intellects with skylights. All fact collectors who have no aim beyond their facts are one-story men. Two-story men com¬ pare, reason, generalize, using the la¬ bors of the fact collectors as well as their own. Three-story men idealize, imagine, predict; their best illumi¬ nation comes fi’om above, through the skylight.—[Holmes. Whai a cuniung silversmilh is the frost! The rarest workmansliij) of Delhi and Genoa copies him but clumsily, as if the fingers of all other artists were thundis. Fern-woi’k and lace-work and filigree in endless va riety, and under it all the watei- tin¬ kles like a distant guitar, or drums like a tambourine, or gurgles like the tokay of an anchorite’s dream.— [James Russell IaiwcII. The little hoy imitates soldiers, models clay into an oven, builds houses, makes a wagon out of chairs, rides on horseback upon a stick, drives nails with the hammer, har¬ nesses his brethren and comrades to¬ gether and plays the stage driver, or lets himself he captured as a wild horse by some one else. The girl, on the contrary, plays with her doll, washes and dresses it, strokes it, claps and kisses it, jmts it to bed and tucks it in, sings it a cradle-song, or speaks wdth it as if it were a living being. This fact shows that sexual difference exists in the play impulse. —[Schneider. hlYE Y, FIRSTCLASS TEAMS TO LET. 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Milford, Mass. -FOR FINE- BOOTS, SHOES. ■ — ■■ AK T — ■ ■ SLIPPERS In all the Leading Styles, go to F, 123 Main Street, Milford. mwmmMmwmm CARPETS, STOVES, R.ANGES, CROCKERY, GLASS, TIN, and WOODEN WARE. 91 and !H Main Street, A. B. TUTTLE. H. J. DEAKIKG OLAFLIN THAVER, Manufacturers of CALF AND KIP BOOTS, Boston Office, 90 Pearl street. Now York office, A, Claflin Co., 116 Church St. A CHOICE LINE OF Plush Ornaments Arrasene, Chenille, Floss and all other articles Snitable for Needle Work. N. B.—Instructions given in Kensington and Lustro Painting by MRS. R. AYLWARI), Grant Block, up stairs, - - Milford. OA.IiX, .A-. T- 2).d:.i CTTEAST’S, 79 MAIN STREET, MILEOBll, For a large assortment of OONFEOTIONEEY AND FEUIT. •All Ice Cream orders for parties and church fairs will bo promptly attended to. Prices as low aa the lowest. t- Fine Job Printer AND PUBLISHER OF MILFORD, MASS. ibE GJ ZEi¥E. O IC. What of the Future? “We can bear to the future No greater than to us the past hath brought.” As year after year rolls by, new men are brought to ])nblic notice. The fame of some of these is tempo¬ rary, lasting for a short time and then dropping (piietly out of knowledge and memory. Time but adds to the honors of other men and fleeting years keep green the laurel wreath awarded to their victories. Some scientiflc discovery, some invention, a bit of poetical thought printed at the head of the current items, a water-color sketch in one of the frequent art ex¬ hibitions, a novel by some unknown author, a thrilling sijeech by a politi¬ cal novice, all these are a constant re¬ minder to the casual thinker of the thousands of people in this busy, bustling world, pushing and strug¬ gling to gain pre-eminence. Enthusi¬ asts foretell for the future greater achievements and the rise of more eminent men, but how can the heroic deeds, brilliant successes and lasting fame of the past and present be sur¬ passed ? At all times, the world has had its illustrious geniuses, but in the world of poetry and song Shakespeare “the myriad-minded,” with his grand trag¬ edies, is the greatest 2 :)oet that ever lived. Milton, with his ei ics, Spenser, with his allegorical poems, Words¬ worth, Burns, Gray, Dryden, and of more recent date, Longfellow and Tennyson—who can excel them in the rare beauty of their thought and ex¬ pression ? From the fifteenth century to our own day, the world’s scientists have been many and famous. The German astronomer, Copernicus, was the first to demonstrate the falsity of the theo¬ ry that the earth was the center, around which all the heavenly bodies revolved. Then came the Italian as¬ tronomer, Galileo, of the same belief as Copernicus. Harvey, the discoverer of the circulation of the blood, ' and Isaac Newton, of the law of univer¬ sal gravitation, are too well known to be mentioned. Later came Galvani and Franklin with their wonderful electrical discoveries, and the natural¬ ist Agassiz, who being shown a bone of a fish, could describe its form and characteristics. Although this century’s artists, as Rosa Bonheur and Bierstadt, animal and landscape })ainters, are very fa¬ mous, yet for the richer tints and i-arer ])aintings we go back to the time of Titian, the so-called “Prince of Color¬ ists,” and Raphael, ndiose greatest work was the decoration of tlie walls of the Vatican. Rubens in his grand historical jjaintings and Michael An¬ gelo in St. l etei-’s Church, Rome, have left fitting monnments to their fame. Artists of the day visit Rome and the old Italian cities, eager to gain instruction from the noble works of the old masters. For musical com- jiosers, we have Handel, the father of orchestral music, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Haydn, Liszt, Abt, Bach and many others. What can be more divinely beautiful than Mendelssohn’s “Songs without Words” and Chopin’s Sym- ))honies? What more grand than Haydn’s Oratorios? We have had men who have suf¬ fered many privations for the sake of increasing our knowledge of the Hark Continent, as Stanley and Livingstone in their African travels, Kane and others in their efforts to reach the North Pole. Then we hav- Colum¬ bus and other early explorers who sailed over unknown seas, opjiosed by those to whom they looked for en¬ couragement and who during their life suffered want and shame, and in their old age contumely and disgrace. Although the Scientific American week¬ ly gives long lists of inventions amel¬ iorating the condition of the laboring classes, although today we have such inventive geniuses as Edison -and Morse, where shall we find more noted inventors than F ' ulton with his steam¬ boat, Whitney with bis cotton gin, and Watts with his steam engine? Our late war brought into promi¬ nent notice such men as Grant, Lee, Sheridan and Sherman. Every coun- tiy has its hei o. France glories in the military achievements of Napol¬ eon; Englishmen admire the brilliant career of Wellington; Germany boasts of Bismarck, while way back in the time before Christ, Caesar, foremost man of all the world, was Rome’s greatest general. Reviewing the lives of these bril¬ liant examples and of others taken from the long list of philosojjhers, statesmen, philanthropists and authors, ] ast and j resent, taking into consider¬ ation our knowledge of mankind, shall we in the future see greater men than the world has already produced? G. p. r., ’86. Professor (to student who writes, not for the masses, but for the educa¬ ted few) : “You should write so that the most ignorant of your audience can understand all you can say,” Student (})uzzled) : “What part of my 2 i ' oduc- tion is not clear to you, sir ?”—[Berk- leyan. “Quousque tandem abutere etc,” No, a tandem is not a horse and two carriages. BUY YOUR lD:R.lZr C3-OOIDS AT T. Mechanics Block, 138 Main Street., Milford, Mass. GEORGE G. PARKER, Attorney Counsellor at Law, No. 2 Washington Block, Milford. H. C. SNELL, Dealer in MEATS AND PROVISIONS Fruits, Vegetables, Pickles, Etc. Also, home- cured Hams and home-made Sausages. G4 MAIN STREET. HENRY S. CUSHMAN, Manufacturer of Heavy and Light Fine Harnesses. Also on hand. 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 Diamonis, falclies, Clflcks ani Jeielry, 132 Main St., Milford. ALL ORDERS FOR 0-1 00 lEJ E S Received from the High School Scholars, will be promptly delivered by the BOSTON GROCERY AND TEA HOUSE. G. F. WINCH, Proprietor. A CHOICE LINE OF Plush Ornaments Arrasene, Chenille, Floss and all other articles Suitable for Needle Work. N. B.—Instruction given in Kensington and Lustro Pa inting by MRS. R. AYLWARD, Grant Block, up stairs, IMilford. MRS. M. E. SPENCER, MODISTE, 100 Main Street, up stairs. Everett Cheney, PERIODICALS AND FANCY GOODS, 136 Main street, Milford. AGENT FOR THE BOSTON HERALD. Ctooi Bje Corn Reiover For Soft and Hard Corns, Bun¬ ions, Warts, Callouses, e., removing them eompletely, and without pain or ineonvenien ee. Price 25 Cents. J. ALLEN RICE, Pharmacist. Milford, - - Mass. - ' T.AjrCE- Syrup Stillingia AND SARSAPARILLA The Best Blood Purifier and Spring Medicine. For Sale at Rice ' s Pharmacy. .A-O-EiTCrs- Base Ball Supplies, ATHLETIC GOODS. Fine Stationery. Call at Rice ' s Pharmacy and see the finest display of Royal „ erythina in the Catalogue Irish Linen, Boston Linen, Bos- for Physical Exercise and de- Bond, Boston Bank Linen, velopment of muscle will oe fur- , „ , , . nished at lowest prices, at etc,, in all the new designs; rice ' s 116 MAIN ST also, Electric overland mail for ' Milford ' Foreign correspondence. Ever G. T. Fales Co., Make a Specia ty of Black Silks and Rhadames, BLACK AND COLORPED DRESS GOODS, LACES, Ribbons, Ruchings, KID GLOVES, CORSETS, HOSIERY UNDERWEAR. LARGEST ASSORTMENTS Parasols Sun Umbrellas. In Milford. All New Goods. G, T, FALES C0„ 154 MAIN ST., MILFORD, MASS. H H CLOTHING Suits for School Wear -and- SUITS FOR GRADUATION Elegant Spring Neckwear. All the Latest Shades in Spring and Summer Hats. G(ile L Hale’s Block, ow kef ) Milford, Mass. YOUNG LADIES, Be Sure and See our New Lines of Kid and Goat Button Boots. Be Melrose, Mayflower, Planet ani BeJforJ, They are the Prettiest Style.s, Finest Made, Best Wear¬ ing, Perfect Fitting, and Most Beautiful Boots out yet. A large sujiply of Children’s P’ine Kid and Goat Spring Heels. YOUNG MEN LOOK AT THE Fearless, ffMsor aefl iewliall IjUSTES skcoies. Made of the Best Calf, Stylish, Good Wearing and the Handsomest Button, Balmoral and Congress shoes that are made. A full stock of all kinds of Tennis Ox¬ fords. A store full of all kinds of footwear. And the prices will suit you all. Come one and all and call on C, B. THOMPSON, 114 MAIN ST., MILFORD, Vol. IV. MILFORD, MASS., APRIL, 1888. No. 8 Oak, Lily, Ivy. “It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man better be, Or standing long, an oak three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere; A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night. It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see. And in short measures life may perfect be.” —From an Old Poet. Growing where grim death is seen, A faithful plant is the ivy green. — Dickens. Like lily pure, like oak-tree strong. Like ivy true—to right through wrong. When all these three in one we meet, ’T is then we find a soul complete. Maps and What They Teach. A MAP is an attempt to represent a part or the whole of the earth’s surface to the eye. As men began to w ' ander over the earth they felt the need of maps to show the direction of their travels and to re¬ cord their discoveries. To the Egyptians, among civilized people, we are indebted for our earliest maps. Because the portion of the earth bounded by our horizon which can be seen at one time has the ap- pearamje of a disk, the ancients thought it the shape of the earth, and therefore the original and earli¬ est form of map was that of a circle. ' J ' o the Babylonians is due the credit of the division of the ecliptic into 12 signs and of the circle into 360 de¬ grees. Marseilles has the honor of applying the knowledge of astrono¬ my to map-making. Although the Romans highly valued maps in their campaigns, they did not improve on the methods of the Greeks. T fter years of inactivity we find in Italy, in the 13th century, the first nauti¬ cal map constructed with the aid of a compass. For a long time map¬ making was carried on by private individuals ; but in later years, coast surveys have been made by the dif¬ ferent governments, and today we have maps of great beauty and won¬ derful accuracy, representing ' not only relief, that is the physical fea¬ tures, but also showing the distribu¬ tion of vegetation, or where the dif¬ ferent products can be most abun¬ dantly raised. There are also isother¬ mal maps connecting places having the same annual temperature; maps telling where volcanoes and earth¬ quakes occur most abundantly ; maps showing the distribution of the races of men and other animal life. There are rain and wind maps, and now we have daily weather maps, made un¬ der the direction of our national bureau, which tell the direction of all ihe great storms and are there¬ fore of great assistance to mariners, by giving them timely notice of the probabilities of the succeeding twen¬ ty-four hours. Much knowledge can be conveyed by a map without the usual written or verbal description of it. To illus¬ trate this, let us imagine before us the familiar map of our own state. We first notice the parallels of lati¬ tude. They are 41 degrees 10 min¬ utes and 42 degrees 53 minutes, and give us the state’s distance north of the equator, and roughly tell us its climate, although we have learned in our Physical Geography that ocean currents and the direction of its mountain ranges may modify it to a great e.x:tent. In the corner we shall find a graduated line called the scale of miles. By this we can tell how much space is given to the rep¬ resentation of a mile,the distances of the different places from one another and the dimensions of the state. By the use of different colors townships are marked out, and by colored boundary lines the counties are indi¬ cated ; wavy black lines show the river systems, while irregular spots of blue show its lakes. Little groups of radiating short lines indicate the mountainous districts, and on a phys¬ ical map valleys, plains and table¬ lands may be shown by different in¬ tensities of the same color. The relative importance or size of the cities and towns may be shown by different sizes of type. Railroads are laid down by red lines, canals by two parallel lines, and the great highways by finer lines. Light¬ houses are often located by red crosses and battle fields by red flags. The irregularity of the eastern boundary indicates a great extent of sea coast, due to its two great peninsulas, Cape Ann and Cape Cod, and therefore it must have a great many bays and harbors, which, of course, suggest great commercial facilities and fishing interests; and we are not surprised to learn that Mas¬ sachusetts is first, in proportion to her population, in the extent of her foreign trade; and that more than half of the fishing products of the United States are taken in Massachu¬ setts vessels. These statements at once bring to your mind Gloucester on the Cape; Salem near Beverly of unsavory legislative memories; Mar¬ blehead of revolutionary fame ; and Boston, the metropolis of New Eng¬ land, with all its radiating lines of railroad (which weave a net-work all over eastern Massachusetts), and New Bedford, the whaling port of the world. Moving westward from the coast we behold cities and towns crowded thickly together; from which we conclude that the early in¬ habitants first settled in the east and t spreiul to tlio wost. This is con¬ firmed I)y the position of the e,;ipit:d, :u:d when we turn to the pnges of our liistory we rend of tfie one lum- dred and one j)ilgriins wi� o landed from the jVIayfiower on Plymouth lioek, and tlie four hundi ' cd Puritans who settled at Salem, the city of ])eace, ami of St. Botolph’s town with its ciadle of liberty and its old south church. Although we S( e no high mountains indicatisl here, yet the direction of the flow of its nu- iimrous MU dl rivc-rs not oidy proves the irregularity of the ‘ouutrv, but leads us to suppose that the soil would be fertile and that they would furnish water-power for its factories; and they account, too, for the fact that Massachusetts is surpassed in the actual value of her manufactured productionsoidy by New York and Pennsylvania, each of which is five times larger. We might also, in imagination, see on this map lines of other colors ; lines showing places having the same average temperature, indications of mineral wealth and vc ' getable ])ro. ductions; for instance, at Lee are located the marble quarries ; at New- buryport, silver and lead ; at Mon- son, Quincy and Milford, the gran¬ ite. It is ery desirable in the study of (geography to procure the maps issued by the great, railroad com])a- iiies, for although they are issuetl to advertise themselves, yet they ofti n give important information ; for ex- am])le, they locate on their maps the nature of the land — whethei- it is suitable for farming or grazing pur¬ poses. Maps are being constantly im- provt ' d as new surveys are made and the introduction of new methods in¬ creases the accuracy of the work. Even today jMassachuse..tts is being surveyed as she never has been be¬ fore, and every natural featui-e ex-, actly located and soon we shall have a map that can be surpassed by no other state. Then let us acknowl¬ edge pur debt to the men who have j)roduced and are [)roducing such great helps for our schools and for the general education of the ])eo])le. F. J. M. Good Adv i i i. O merchant, in thine hour of e e e, If on this paper you should c c c. And look for something to ap p p p Your yearning for greenback v v v, Take our advice and be y y y, Go straightway out and advert i i i, You’ll find the project of some u u u, Neglect can offer no ex q q q, Be wise at once, prolong your d a a a, A silent business soon de k k k. —[Ex. Sydney Carton. S YDNEY Carton was a dissipated man with a sullen, disagreeable look upon his face. lie seemed moody and morose and said but lit¬ tle, yet when he wished he could talk exceedingly well. lie appeared to care for nothing, and this indiffer- etice hung around him like a shndovv. He was a man that would have been called handsome; for- he had finely formed feattires, btit they had be¬ come coarse and uncomely from much dissipation. He had always done the work of others, and even wlien a boy in school he had helped tlie other boys to get their lessons instead of learning his own. Ye hear of him first in the court house in j.,ondon with his friend Mr. Stryver, a noted Lawyer, whom he -serves as “Jackal.” CaiTon is watch¬ ing the procee lings of Charles Dar nay’s trial, and l)ecomes much inter¬ ested in two of the witnesses against the prisoner. Dr. xManette and his daughter Lucie, with whom he falls in love. He determines to save Dar- n.ay_’s life for her sake. He writes something on a piece’ of paper and tosses it to ‘Ml ' . Stryvei ' , who, after I ' eading it, calls the attention of the court to the likeness between the prisoner and Carton, and, as the wit¬ ness u|)on whose evidence the case seems to hang, can not swear which of the two it is whom he saw, Dar- nay is .acquitted. After tliis Svdnev became well ac- quiiinted with the .Mauettes and would go to their house very often. He seemed to enjoy their company, although he never talked much with them. One day when he called he found Lucie alone. She had never felt at ease with him; but now, as she was working, h.ap])ening to look up she noticed a change in his face. As he talked with her, she was sur¬ prised to see tears in his eyes. He told her what a worthless life he had led, and when she said that it need not be so in the future, he answered that he knew better, for he never could be any different. Then he went on to tell of his love for her. He said that he knew she never could return it, and he was thankful that she could not, because as he was such a wreck, she could only be miserable with him ; but he wanted her to know that, although he had fallen low, he had yet good feelings in his heart, and that he had thought of trying to throw off his sloth, but it was nothing more than a dream. Still, whenever he recalled this d.ay, it would always console him to re¬ member that he had confided in her, and he hoped she would never tell any one else. Then, as he moved toward the door, he told her that he would be willing to give his life for her, or any one dear to her. Shortly after this Charles .and Lu¬ cie were married, and she asked her husband to treat Carton as though he had a heart, though he seldom re¬ vealed it. If Carton had heard her, he would have said ag.ain, “God bless her for her sweet compassion !” About this lime the French Revo¬ lution broke out, and by strange cir¬ cumstances Charles Darnay was called to Paris. He was taken jni- soner and acquitted through the in¬ fluence of Dr. Manette, who with his ilaughler had followed him to Paris ; but the same night he was again ar¬ rested and condemned to death. In the meanwhile Sydney Carton had come to Paris, thinking that perhajis he might be of some assis¬ tance to Lucie. He thought it would be best for Dr. Manette to try his influence ag.ain, but when he re¬ turned to them insane, he saw that that hope was useless. He had then only one jdan left, wtiich was to visit Darn.ay in prison, through .the power he had gained over one of the jail¬ ers, exchange clothes with him, let Darnay go free and lie executed in his place. ' Phis he was going to do because of his love for Lucie. He had every preparation made so. that Lucie and her family could start for London the ne.xt day. He spent the night in wandering about the streets, and the words he had heard at his father’s grave kept recurring to him: “I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me though he v ere de.-td, yet, shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, sh.all never die.” All his plans worked s.atisfactorilv, and by 2 o’clock the next day D:ir- nay and his wife and family Avere on their homeward journey, and at the same time Carton was on his way to be e.xecuted. While he was waiting there was a grand look upon his face and the peo])le who sa v him spoke of it afterwards. His last thougiits were for Lucie, tiie woman he loved so loyally and for whom ho was giv¬ ing up his life. He imagined her and her family in their home pros¬ perous and ha])py ; but he felt that as long as they lived his memory would be cherished and held sacred in their soids. He Avas a true hero to give his life for another, that the Avonian he loved might live haj)pily Avith his ])referred rival. He died a grand .and noble death, even if he had not lived .a no¬ ble life. H. T. c., ’89. liXLY. E;xcp;q]viGEg. Our tlianks are hereby tendered to the Coburn Clarion, the College Whim, and otliers of our exchanges, for favors received. “March Wind” is a pretty little poem in the F ' ordham Monthly, and it seems to us that the “Ode on Washington’s Birthday,” by the same author, has true poetic merit. Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va., is an industrial and technical school in which there are 450 colored boys and girls, with 131 Indians of both sexes, working hand in hand.—[Phi- Rhonian. It seems almost too bad to leave one poor Indian out in the cold all alone, with no one’s hand to take hold of. Can’t some one send on to them just one more dark cornplex- ioned individual to make the number even? Just think of one poor “In¬ jun” flocking by himself! “C’s” “Tragedy” in the High School Record is a poetical version of a very prosaic event, while “The Fairies of tlie Snow” is a pretty prose revision of Bryant’s “Little People of the Snow.” The Academy Journal for March has a literally “good” exchange col¬ umn. Out of the eiijht exclian 2 [es noticed, it speaks of six as being “good,” and one other contains some¬ thing “valuable.” The Easter number of the Reveille is elegantly gotten up, with its appro¬ priately illustrated cover and its pro¬ totypes of Col. Hyatt and the base¬ ball team. Nor does it lack well written articles in ])rose and poetry. We like the exchange-column of the Owl. We are not sure, though, but it’s the exchange editor we like, after all, because while defending himself front unjust criticism,he does not forjret to be thorou hlv court- eous. The Torch shows enterprise in get ting out a double page illustration of Main street, Asbury Park, and in re¬ publishing a graphic history of that town. We have often felt ashamed of the meagre wrappers we have used, but the Torch is not a shining light in that resjiect. Is the Randolph-Macon Monthly ashamed of its address? Why, else, does it take such pains to hide it? After searching diligently with a mi- cro.scope we succeeded in flnding it wrinkled up in a little space in the “north-east” corner of the cover. We think what it calls an “acute” design would be an improvement on its present one. Of all of our exchanges, we think the Xavier comes the nearest filling up every blank in a school journal. One viewing it from the outside would not form a very exalted opin¬ ion of it, but beneath its covers we find interesting and instructive read¬ ing matter.—[Oak Leaf. Please send diaorram. O Many thanks to the Normal News. We have not received a criticism either good or bad for some time, but have been treated by most of our exchanges as not worthy even of mention.— [Hi gh School Bulletin. Excuse us dear exchange, we do appreciate you, even if we have not said so, etc. We intend to write something real sweet and have it stereotyped for use in our remaining numbers. How could the Oak, Lily and Ivy have got hold of that little conun¬ drum about 1888. We notice it has “January 1|” at the beginning of its “Locals.” Thought that joke had gone out of existence long before January arrived.—[Acadetny Echo. We beg pardon of an Lcho for saying January If. We wished to say January y, but doubted the ability of an echo to reduce it to a mixed number. Ask another. The Stylus comes from Sioux Falls University. If we did not know what “university” and “college” mean in the West, we would often be surprised at the quality of the ])apers received. The exchange edi¬ tor of the Washburn Reporter seems to be quite disgusted with the gener¬ al mis-appropriation of the title of university. He says, “There is but one institution in America worthy of that name. That is Johns Hopkins. ” Extremes meet. Almost everything is a university in the West, only one institution in America is worthy of that natne, according to the VV . R. man. We wonder just how the lat¬ ter defines the term. We gladlv welcome the following new-comers: The Normal School Or¬ acle from Morris, Illinois, which starts out with some solid literary articles; the School Journal, of Poughkeej)sie, N. Y., and the Vol¬ unteer, of Concord, N. H. The lat¬ ter seems to be somewhat at odds with another Volunteer. We hope they will not become veterans by turning the pen into the sword. “The Old and the New” is the latter to us. May it visit us long enough to be classed as one of the former. Little thumbnail as it is, represent¬ ing the i e high school of New Bed¬ ford,we wonder how it will ever meet its expenses. However, if the N. B. high school does get into financial diffi¬ culties on account of its great spread in journalism, it will not be because it has not an enterprising superin¬ tendent. We know whereof we speak for we were fortunate enough to have him here once. Greek and Physics. An English scholar thus expresses herself after listening to the Greek class:— “How our Hellenic class-mates have marched with Xenophon. They have done more marching than the famous men in the political jingle:— ‘Good old General Jackson had 40,000 men, He marched them up the hill and marched them down again.’ But good old General Xenophon with his many thousand men, not only marched them up the hill and marched them down again; but marched through deserts and through cities, through valleys and through plains; neither river nor mountain could block their everlasting march¬ ing. Then how they did talk? Why our town-meetings are deathly silent as compared with their assemblies. Even to us English-speaking bipeds their “entuthen exelaunies,” and “elexen hoties” became as familiar as our native tongue I” Here is a thought from the Phv- sics class:— “All of the mechanical powers are contrivances by means of which man can apply power more advantageous¬ ly to resistance, than when he ap¬ plies it directly to it. By the use of machines man can increase either the velocity or the force; he can do work which he could not otherwise do ; he can change the direction of his force and he can use other pow- ei’s than his own. There is a very prevalent error that a machine is a source of power; that it in some strange way performs work of itself. This of course is impossible ; it is simply a trade between a man and the machine; whether, for example, he wishes to move ten pounds one foot oi- one j)Ound ten feet, in the same time. The six common machines are the basis of all man’s mechanical inventions, and well illustrate the fact that man, whom even the ant can put to sliame as regards their relative strength, harnesses the ele¬ phant to his plow ; catches the wind in the arms of his windmill; dams the rushing river to turn his factory wheels; makes the exj)anding steam drive the j)istons of his engines; yea, more, he even makes the lightning his servant. APKIL, 1888. Published IMonthly During the School Year, BY The Senior Class of the Milford High School PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. BU.SIXESS EUITOK.S. GR.4CE L. RLOOD and LYDtA A. ROBERTS. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Ten Numbers.) For the Year, . 50 cents | Single Copies, . 5 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, Mass., Post-Otiice, as second class matter. EDI3F0RI Ii?. GENERAL EDITORS. Olie L. Brown and Lillian E. Thompson. The senior class propose to hold an entertainment which will consist of oratorical and innsical selections ren¬ dered by the scholars. It will occur either the last of the current month or the first of the ne.xt and by this means they ]mr])ose to delight the crowded audience which, of course will be present, and the same time relieve it of superfluous cash. It seems tliat certain out-of-town parties have found out with what friction the editors’ brains are work¬ ing and taken compassion on us; they have forwarded us, C. O. D., a good su])])ly of lubricating fluid. For fur¬ ther particulars see our jirincijial. We advise you to approach him carefully. All you need ask is, “Have you any machine oil to sell?” or “What was the express?” “Seven of the men of Lexington were killed, nine wounded,—a quar¬ ter part of those who stood in arms on the green. They gave their lives in testimony to the rights of man¬ kind, bequeathing to their country an assurance of success in the mighty struggle which they began.” No wonder that Aju ' il is a glorious month .in our historical calendar! Not only can the Old Bay State boast of Lexington and Concord, but also of that other A])ril, when on the same day of the month, her blood again stained the national soil, yet many miles from home. Our teach¬ ers find it difficult to realize that ev¬ ery scholar in school was born after still another Ajiril, when two of the greatest generals of recent times met on Virginia’s land and sent the good news s])eeding all over the land that the “white dove of peace” had again found a nesting place among us. “The most elegant entertainment, next to hooks, is company.” So wrote John Wesley. Notice that he jmts books first, and then remember that books are all about you; that they are free to all; that merely the ask¬ ing will give you for your company the brightest and the best men who have ever lived. In looking over the trees in our school yard, all of which were set out by scholars of this school, we wonder if they bear any resemblance to the persons who planted them. There are the crab-apple trees, the crabbed flavor of whose fiaiit we know, and the maple, although sajipy, we can imagine bears some sweetness. We must plant a tree which will make a good impression on the coming gen¬ erations. No chestnuts, please. If the Dutch persevere in en¬ croaching on old Ne])tune’s kingdom in the future as they have in the past —they ai-e re])orted to have added 1,000,000 acres to the area of Holland by reclaiming them from the sea during the last two hundred year.s, and also to be restoi-ing eight acres to cultivation every day at the jiresent time—Great Britain will again be- come part of the mainland and the choppy waves, of seasick fame, will no longer terrify the European sight¬ seer. While the other powers of this continent are sending out colon¬ ists to remote regions of Africa so that they may add to iheir territory, little Holland, by close application to business, is spreading seaward and is making land right in the mar¬ ket-place, so to speak, of the world. When a young man has the least in¬ clination to go astray, how many pit- falls thei ' c are and how numerous the temptations to which he may yield! So unscrupulous even are these men who carry on the infamous establish¬ ments, that they do not hesitate to offer rewards to people in order that they may influence them to entice others to their dens. When once entrajiped, like a quicksand it draws one down deepei-, yet surely destroy¬ ing one’s life, and often the very hojies and life of others. There should always be some good example or incentive for work in order that, with the mind emplo ed, one may not have time, and still less desire, to succumb to them. This train of thought was caused by the following in an exchange :— “A genuine silver watch will be given to the boy who will biang ten other boys into this jilace,” were the words seen on a jilacard in the win¬ dow of a notorious gambling den in the city of New York a few days since. The Botany class, feeling the need of more and of stronger eyes, have purchased of a Boston optician thir¬ teen extra ones, and now can “go Polyphemus, or any of his Cyclopean brethren, two better.” When “IT. IT.”—Helen Hunt Jack- son—wrote, “Whisper on, glad girls and boys, ’ she revealed the fact that she was not a school teacher; for had she been, she would have known that such an order was entirely superflu¬ ous. Perhaps the rule below mny be of great assi.stance to those who have none which is applicable when they are in doubt and cannot consult the dictionary : Pronounce ex as egz when followed by an accented sylla¬ ble beginning with a vowel sound. The first ten in scholarship and deportment for the last term are:— First Class—Thayer, Coburn, Tir- rell, T ' oohey, Brown, O., Hale, Law¬ less, Crosby, Thompson, Miller. Second Class—Blake, Goldsmith, Spaulding, Morgan, Clark, Conely, Haskin.s, Connolly, Mayhew, Martin. Third Class—O’Sullivan, Mathew- son, Collins, Bartlett, Wilber, Shea, Smith, L., Holbrook, Smith, W., Howard. Fourth Class—Foley, M., Morgan, Godfrey, Nason, Johnson, Lynch, Mullen, Wright, Fames, Montague. Seven boys of the fourth class in the first ten. Seven boys !! This is a phenomenal occurrence, and we congratulate them, and hope that next term more may be aroused. We were pleasantly entertained on our last rhetorical day by sixteen speakers, chosen from the first and second classes. The music, which was rendered through the courtesy of our school talent, enlivened the occasion and made it most enjoya¬ ble :— Miss Brown, N., Extract from Lucile Master Fales, True and False (ilory Miss Clark, The Schoolmaster’s Guests Master Casey, The Night .Journey of a River tMiss Eanies, Banjo Selection, Tessie Schottische Miss Coburn, A Typical English Home Master Keelon, Nobility of Knowledge Miss Flaherty, Entertaining Sister’s Beau Master Fitzgerald, An Opportunity for Work Miss Clark, Song, The Broken Pitcher Miss Roberts, Guilty or Not Guilty Master Lawless, General Grant’s Farewell Miss Haskins, Llnited at Last Master Hoey, Patriotism Miss Brown, N., Song, The Old VV’ell Miss Thayer, Sports at Bracebridge Hall Master Tirrell, Opposite Examples Miss Toomey, Little Joe Master Morgan, Tlie Young Tramp Master McKay, Cornet Solo, A Medley t Accompaniment by Mr. Nash. Accorapaniment by Miss Roberts, ’88. O . ItOCi L . EIJITED BY Nellie Brown and Harold E. Fales. Tom ponce is French for “tom¬ cat.” “Si verte reprimande.” “So green a reproof.” One of the coverings of the eye is “the shillrotick coat.” Les mules revinrent a la voiture. “The mules backed into the carrias e.” The ])a])er fund committee have obtained 85.06 for papers this term. In translating “rorand” as “rust¬ ling,” she probably pictured Aurora in a newly starched dress. Dismal is a very appropriate ad¬ jective for April, if you chance to re¬ member that dismal is dies-malus. Poor “Winnie Peg” must have wandered far from home, as one of our hopefuls declares that she is now in Maine. The young botanists can now be seen carrying about with greatest tenderness, ugly looking bulbs and scrawly roots. How strange it is that so many of our firemen are deaf! Yet we are ' gravely informed that “people who are deaf use a speaking trumpet.” Our usual Fast Day recess was thankfully received, and most of us w’ere willing to rest, even though it came so soon after our regular vaca¬ tion. The plants have come back fresh and blooming,much improved by their outing. Many thanks to the kind friends who have so well cared for them. We would suggest that a class called “The Home Geography Class” should be started, and a sufficient time be given at least to learn the town boundaries. Last term’s work was closed with a lively display of muscle, combined with son]), water, et cetera. The re¬ sult is well shown in the brightly polished seats and desks. Who w ' ere those fine looking young men with black mustaches whom we saw on the front steps recently. La¬ ter. - They were false—that is, the mustaches. We call the attention of Botany I. to Beecher’s beautiful exj)ression : “Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.” Girls, be careful not to leave any cookies in your desks at night. The poor mice will surely kill themselves if they have another such feast very soon. Let us all say ar-butus next month. Pisce vehi quaedam. “A cart-load of fish, so to speak.” See Ovid. We can appreciate Ovid’s descrip¬ tion of the flood now, on account of the weather. It was rather an expensive feast when the rodent nibblers laid hold of our list of exchanges. One of the new scholars in Gov¬ ernment does not wish to support his mother after he is twenty-one. Our school yard has received its spring cleaning this year without our assistance. We do not object to the change. The alumni will be surprised next June to see how their song leaflets have improved in value bv being left with us. “La petite table supportait une belle truite du lac,” recently was read, “The little table held a beautiful trout lake.” The thoughts of the seniors are engaged with badges, pictures, mot¬ toes, class meetings, and—and— why, their lessons, of course. One of our youthful theorists has decided that the way to i revent the manufacture of liquors is to prohibit the cultivation of the poppy plant. Our gift of a new Worcester’s dictionary is gratefully received. The old volume has, though only five years old, often failed to give us the required information. Our piano is now adorned with some genuine Maltese pussy-willows and apple blossoms. We trust that as the different tokens of spring ap¬ pear we may be favored with a con¬ tinual fresh supply till school closes. David Seving says: Man’s new home, the creation of modern times, must be ranked along with the school-house, the college, the studies of the scholars, the hall of the states¬ man, and the temple of religion, as a power over the public mind and sen¬ timent. Of course it is not the whole world of woman. Woman is larger than her house. She calls upon art, literature, pursuits and be¬ nevolence to help her express and benefit her race; but the house is a species of throne, from which there issues daily to the world a kind of jiroclamation of jieace and wisdom and virtue and beauty. It is preced¬ ed by the words: “Hear ye, hear ye.” The half-civilized woman of barbar¬ ous tribes, and the languid, half-dead woman of the civilized lands, will soon hear this rolling voice, and will be aroused to some appreciation of the truth of her existence. EDITED BY Mary L. Toohey and Patrick J. Lawless. Matthew P. Callanan, ’68, who was recently injured, is about again. Alice N. Vant, ’83, has returned from a visit to relatives in Detroit. Ernest L. Cook, English ’82, has gone to Brookfield to run a stationary engine. Mary P. Cox, ’86, has gone to Portland, Me., to resume her musical studies. The pupils of Jessie E. Grow, ’86, tendered her a reception at Holliston, April 11. Lowell E. Fales, ’78, is to be secre¬ tary and treasurer of the Milford Co¬ operative bank. Julia M. Barry, ’74, now teaching school in Abington, was in town re¬ cently on a visit. Fred J. Aylward, ’87, is employed in the cloaking department of Jor¬ dan, Marsh Co., Boston. Harry N. Tyler, once of ’88, has returned from California, where he has been for the past few months. Martin J. Kelley, ’80, is now trav¬ eling in other states to find a climate more congenial to his poor health. M. O’Connell and Frank Jackson, once of ’88, have finished a course of study at Comer’s College, Boston. Albertus H. Hussey, once of ’82, and Robert C. Hussey, ’85, have formed a partnership for the manu¬ facture of builders’ finish. James Ring, once of ’83, has ac¬ cepted the position as superintendent of the Massachusetts Boot and Shoe company’s store in Tremont street, Boston. Eben Williams, once of ’86, is now playing third base in the Dartmouth college nine, and Charles Gillon, once of ’85, is playing the same position for the Fordham college nine, with good records. Frank A. Morrill, ’83, formerly em- ])loyed at the Bank of Redemption, Boston, has been elected cashier of the Hopkinton national bank. We think this the most important posi¬ tion which any one of our recent graduates has won. Henry W. B. Arnold, once of ’88, is the graduating class of the Hope- dale Iligh School this year. We do not know whether he is the valedic¬ torian, or the salutatorian ; but we do know that, as far as scholarship is concerned, he is a good class. This is personal, too. Come to the Public Rhetoricals. XjIXjY Uuy Ijadies’ and Misses’ MGKEfS WRAPS NKWMAHKErs, DRESS GOODS, Etc. of J. F, HICKEY 138 MAIN SrilEET MILFORD. Boys’ and Children’s MUSIC HALL BLOCK, MILFORD. AVERY WOODBURY, SUOCISSORS TO J. W. HARRIS, --DEALERS IN-- WALL PAPER AND CURTAINS. ITpholsiering, Carpet and Shade Work a Specialty. 163 Main St., Miford. THE STURGEON RIVER. (rwelfth Day, continued.) I’he brick-ynnls and clay banks told us that Hooksett was near, and soon the roar of the water confirmed it. The line of bridges, by which the laiilroad crosses the river, and the edge of the dam converge at the right bank, and here shelving rocks allowed the canoes to be drawn up and carried over a wall to the track. As every carry meant five trips for us—two for the canoes, two for the baggage, and one for the camera and its belongings, (five dozen jn’ejiared plates, eight inches by five, are no mean burden),—and as the sun was now sinking, the aid of five pairs of strong arms was gladly accepted at the close of this busy day. By the entrance of bridge number one, by the switch-liouse, and down the broad, sloping stone Avail—once the side of the old locks, Avhen canal boats crawled nj) and down the river between markets and farms—we marched in solemn procession, bearing the bonts. Thus our carry, long in distance, was short in time, and, refreshed by a j)ail of new milk, with the full moon over our beads and two thunder showers behind ns on either side, hurling their tbrents at each other—we remaining neutral—we settled down to a silent, steady and final pull of eight of the longest miles the law allows, to the Cygnet boat house and mother’s jiantry. An excursion train’s rapid transit, the slower rumbling of a heavier freight, the signal lights of Martin’s Ferry, the crowd of wearied pleasure seekers on the wharf at Riverside, were the events of the next hour. In the next the liglits of the State Reform School shone forth, and then the high hank where sleejis BARTLETT ELLIS, Hardware, Cutlery Pumps, Stoves, Furnaces, Farming Tools and Seeds 172 174 1 am St., - - Milford, Mass. Fine Artistic 108 Main Street, - - Milford, Mass. ' ir. M, o. jk ROOMS ON EXCHANGE ST,, Hours: 8a. m.to lOp.m., SUNDAYS, 1 TO 6 P. HI. Over TO periolicals on file in Heading Room. All men are cordially invited lo use onr reading room. 5 CHAIRS! FRANK H, THOMAS, Hsiir-IDresser And dealer in liair-oils, nomades, Thomas’ hair tonic for removing dandruff, etc., 127 Main street. Milford,Mass. N. B. Ladies’ and children’s hair cut o slij.m pooed at their residences if desired. Or- F’. ' Dealer in -’ ♦dm: zb -A. T S! AND PUOVISIONS, Fruits, Vegetables, Butter, Eggs, Etc. Also, home- cured Hams and home-made Sausages. 33 Exchange Street. “- Old .John, vvho, when the field was dark, Would risk his life at risk of Molly Stark.” Then over the “City of .S ' fide Trees” gleamed forth the electric lights with such intensity that their images in the water rivaled that of the moon, w’hile from the dark background on our right frowmed dimly the Uncanunucs or Twin Breasts. Then a line of light marked the Ainoske.ag Bridge, and red signals pointed out the landing at the verge of the power¬ ful dam which fcerls the mills of Manchester that belt the globe wdth tiieir webs. “Be careful there! run along the side or the current wdll roll you under,” came from the Landing, and then strong hands caught us, and we were cordially welcomed to the hospitalities of the Cygnets. “Only ten minutes of ten!” we exclaimed; “well, we are satisfied with the record.” Onr boats were housed for the night, and with feet inste.ad of arms we .added another mile to our journey, as we climbed the hill of eastern Manchester, Ten forty-five p. m.: Not a light, every one .abed. A knock. “Who’s tliere?” “’ I ' is W’e, be not afraid !” Ten forty-six: A glorious confusion of mother, father, pantry, ice-chest, cold vegetables, and tw’o hungry black- and-tan prodigals, who gave positive assurance, between their mouthfuls, that they w’ere not drowmed. EPILOGUE. Slow fades the vision of the sky, The golden water pales, And over all the valley-land A gray-winged vapor sails. ■ Farewell! these smiling hills must wear Too soon their wintry frown, And snow-cold winds from off them shake The maple ' s red leaves down. — Whittier. In conclusion, to use a ministerial expression, tlie trip has been a success in several respects. Forty-three negatives have been secured; our lungs and blood have been purified by the clear mountain air; the sun, nature’s best of medicines, has tanned us; new scenes of beauty have insj)ired us; and, finally, the entire expense for both of ns during twelve days has been less than the board alone of 07ie for half the time at any summer resort. Thoreau says: “It is not easy to write in a journal wliat interests us at any time, because to write it does not interest us.” We have often found him right, especially at the end of along day’s run; but the jileasure of being able to review the July outing when the “snow-cold winds” blow has cheered us to ])ersevere in our self-imposed task. In spite of the days of rain, such has been the satisfaction of our acation, that in closing our journal, we exclaim, as did Longfellow in Outre- Mer, “This journey is written in my memory with a sunbeam.” “O sweet, O sweet, wlien the woods are green, To hear the song of the breeze. Lying afloat in a rocking boat Under the stooping trees. In the shadows cool of a quiet pool. Where the water-lilies gleam. Drifting away thro’ the summer day In a beautiful, golden dream. _ _ — Weatherly. A Synopsis of Last Term- First Class .4 boys, 13 girls PcM-fect attendance.. 3 “ 4 “ Not absent.3 “ 8 “ Not tardy. 4 “ 9 “ Not dismissed.4 “ 10 “ Secoxd Class . 9 boys, 14 girls Perfect attendance.. G “ 5 “ Not absent....7 “ 7 “ Not tardy..9 “ 12 “ Not dismissed . 6 “ 13 “ Third Class . 10 boys, 13 girls Perfect atteiuhince. 8 “ 6 “ Not absent. 8 “ 7 “ Not tardy. 9 “ 12 “ Not dismissed. 10 “ 12 “ Fourth Class. .. 37 boys, 22 girls Perfect attendance. 21 “ 12 “ Not absent. 25 “ 13 “ Not tardy. 36 . “ 21 “ Not dismissed.34 “ 19 “ One boy left, at the end of the fifth week and another at the end of the sev¬ enth, with a perfect attendance; another at the end of the eighth with one absence, and a girl at the end of the sixth with two. The 91 absences were caused by 45 scholars. The 13 tardinesses were caused by 10 scholars. The 17 dismissals were caused by 14 schol¬ ars. Total number belonging on the last day; 57 boys, 61 girfs, and 2 girls as specials. There were 12 weeks in tlie last term of live ses¬ sions, but the Monday after New Years was a holiday, and the storm signal proclaimed three more. Therefore tiiere were 56 ses¬ sions with a po.ssible absence, tardi¬ ness, or dismissal of 67004-, if we al¬ low for those who left. This was the result:— 91 absences out of a possible 6700-|-, 13 tardinesses out of a possible 6700-[-, 17 dismissals out of a possible 6700-j-. Perfect attendance, 38 boys, 27 girls ; or 66 per cent of the former and 44 jier cent of the latter. We think that we have reason to be proud of this record, esjiecially in case of the boys; for we personally know that nearly all of the fail- ai ' es were beyond the power of hu¬ man control. Geology and Cicero. In order that we may become bet¬ ter acquainted with mother earth, we have made a careful study of her bones and earthy covering on which we live. We tried to find out her secrets and learn where she stored her riches, as we hope in the future to become a sharer of them—not necessarily, however, in the crude state. When reading that her heart was hard and cold, we paused and exclaimed, “That is the unjust state¬ ment of an unfeeling man ; we will never believe it.” We finally had to accept it, contrary as it was to our former idea of her. We searched with untiring zeal until we found she had a tender, yielding section completely surrounding her heart, overflowing at times with the warm¬ est effusions. Next we discussed her disposition, and as our Southern friends had been very severely shak¬ en without the least warning or provocation, we were obliged to at¬ tribute to her a temperament far from mild, and to think her sense of justice a trifle lacking; for she made the righteous suffer with the un¬ righteous. After having very thor¬ oughly picked her to pieces, we agreed, as none of us are without blemish, “ ’Twere best to be to her virtues very kind, to her faults, a little blind.” We have just finished the writings of him whose name stands forth up¬ on the jiages of history as one of the greatest the ancients have left us. Cicero was most distinguished as an orator, although as a scholar and statesman he was almost without a peer. Ilis views w ere ennobling and the sense of justice and patriotism that were shown throughout his ora- tions have made the study of more value than did the mere historical facts or the mental training of a for- eign language. The year of Cicer o’s death was that of Ovid’s birth, and as we bid good-bye to the orator, we greet that fabulous story-teller and jioet whose wonderful metamorpho¬ ses would make even the imagination of Jules Vernes stagger. O- ■w-ixjOoZHZ HAS THE MOST Complete Assortment of the Latest Novelties IN GOLD PENS, FFNCILS, Fountain and Stylographic Pens at the Lowest Prices. Always the Largest Assortment of the LATEST STYLES IN MILLINERY -AT THE- PAVILION MILLINERY PARLORS, Music Hall Block, Milford. JESSE A. TAFT.i Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Notary Public and Commissioner to qualify civil officers. Irving Block, opposite post office, Milford. COME AND SEE THE GRAND BARGAINS! -AT- RYAN CARROLL’S, 98 MAIN STREET, LINCOLN SQUARE. T. C. EASTMAN CO., Manufacturers of All Kinds of BOOT AND SHOE BOXES AND BAND BOXES -FOR- STRAW GOODS. -ALSO- Pain and Fancy Paper Boxes. Mill, Corner of Central and Depot Streets, Milford FINE MARBLE AND GRANITE CEMETERY WORK. A. C. KINNEY, SO. BOW ST., MILFORD, MASS. L W Call at W. A, Aldrich’s 139 Main Street and examine HOUSEHOLD Sewing Machines. Pianos, Organs, anfl Ml Mnslt, SOLD, LET, EXCHANGED AND REPAIRED. o-A-Ki, XjXTjIT ivx FLOWERS AND FLORAL WORK FOR ALL OCCASIONS. PATRONAGE SOLICITED. E. E. Mi aB. GroeiiUoiises and residence on Cburcli Place. SIT b’OU YOUR PIOTOGEAPIS AT lOO MAIN STREET, MILFORD, AT E. L. WILLIS’. CpOK BROS., DEALERS IN Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Pickles, Etc. Hams cure 1 by ourselves and Ilome-inade Sausages. Market, 15J8 Main Street. 8. A. COOK. S.S. COOK. Stimmiiigs and Slovcis Bourne’s is tlie place to find the best assortment of Dress I ' rimmings and Kid G-ioves in town. In- fiint’s goods of every description. lOG Main Street, .Milford, Mass. R. C. ELDRIDGE, Dealer in Dlamoiils, Watclies, Clocts aai Jewelry, 132 Main St., Milford. The Best and Cheapest place to buy FEUITS AND OONFEOTIONETIY IS AT J. W. ROBERTS’. Cake and Ice Cream constantl.v on hand. Wedding Cake a Specialty. THAYER’S BLOCK. .Main Street, Milford, Mass. STJY ' Z ' OTJE. DRY ROODS AND SMALL WARES AT l«r, MAIN STREET, OF COBURN 0 LMSTEAD. WHAT SHALL WE EAT? Buy them at the BOSTON GROCERY TEA HOUSE OF J. D. CROSBY. “Active shears gather no rust.” Query: Does the iiioderu word “togs” come from the Latin togaf The Talmud says: If a man teach his son iio trade it is as if he taught liim highway robbery. An enterprising pork-packer of Cincinnati, M’ho tried ihe faith cure on a lot of liams, says it is no good. A boy will learn more true wis¬ dom in a public school in a year than by a private education in five.— [(Ttoldsinith. Tlie Lick observatory, now ready for M ' ork, is situated on Mount Ham¬ ilton, about fifty miles from San Francisco, at an elevation of 4,200 feet ab )ve the sea. About 1840 a Polish officer lectur¬ ing in Indiana on the Wars of Napo¬ leon L, often used the word “hussar.” His hearers corrupted the word into “Hoosier,” a term which soon be¬ came distinctive of Indianians. It has been shown that boys who are occupied one-half the day with hooks in the school, and the ri ' inain- ing half with tools in shops, make alauit as rapid intellectual jtrogress as those of equal ability who spend the whole day in study and recita¬ tion ; and, in addition, the mechani¬ cal skill the} acquire is of immense value.—CSuiierintendent of Public Instruction for Penn. Miss Mercy Warren was one of the chief women of the Revolution. She was the sister of Gen. Joseph War¬ ren. No woman could compare with her in her day. It was she that first suggested the sejiaration of the colo¬ nies from England. Slie was the author of tlie sentence beginning “all men are created free and equal” in the Declaration of Independence, Her plans were suggested to Sam Adams, who carried them out. After the v ' ar she wrote a history of the Revolution which was full of infor¬ mation. The parent who sees a manual training school in operation sees solved before his eyes the problem how his boy may be sure to make a good living in the world. i’o the extent of the number of the graduates of the Manual Training School, the nation is sure of intelli¬ gent and valuable citizens. When these boys enter active life they will not need to wait for something to turn up, because they will be able to turn up something for themselves. If all our boys were so trained, we need give ourselves no anxiety for the future.—[Augutus Jacobson,Chicago. hlVEI Y, FIRSTCLASS TEAMS TO LET. Transients Well Cared For. H0RS6 •• CLIPPING PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED. 83 Central Street, - - MILFORD, MASS. IS HEADQUARTERS FOR HANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS I AND SACHET POWDERS. HENRY S. CUSHMAN. Manufacturer of Heavy and Light Fine Harnesses. Also on hand. Sale Harnesses at Low Prices. Horse Blankets, Storm Covers, Whips, Lap Robes, Horse Collars, Etc. (1 “ Repairing Promptly and Faithfully Executed. No. 76 M.VIN ST.. MILFORD. B. H. SPAULDING, MANUFACTURER OF Men’s, Boys’ ant CMldren’s Straw Goods, Corner of Pearl and Lincoln Sts., Milford, Mass. Salesrooms, 616 and 618 Broadway, New York. WE OFFER SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS -IX- CLOTHING FOR SCHOOL WEAR. B. E. HARRIS, CLOTHIER. Heath Brothers, FASHIONABLE TAILORS, 118 Main Street, Milford. DEALER IN FRESH AND SALT MEATS, No. 1254 Main Street. Geo. H. Whittemore, Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles and Eye-Glasses, Watcb, Clock and Jewelry Repairing. 110 Main Street, Milford. IRVINQ BLOCK Photograph. Rooms, Milford, Mass., Over Journal Office. Opposite Post Office. Photographs taken day or evening and copying of all kinds and framing done here. H. L. SNOW of Boston, Operator, E. L. TEMPLE, Proprietor. H, A, RSSTAURAKT AND DINING ROOMS. BOARD BY THE DAY OR WEEK AT REASONABLE PRICES. No. 4 Jefferson St., Milford, Mass. Meals Served at Short Notice. -DEALER IN- PURE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS TOILET AND FANCY ARTICLES. Stationery of all Kinds at all Prices. Cor. Main and Court Sts.. Milford, Mass. Milford Variety Store. Newspapers, Periodicals, Toys, Etc. Headquarters for Boston Daily and Sunday Papers. Eyerett Cheney, 136 Main Street, Milford. ERNEST C. BROWN, -TEACHER OF- VIOLIN AND ’CELLO, MILFORD, MASS. OQ Q a h - CO w I- M Z o UJ o Q o o H 0 CQ 3 a o 3 Jz; in O «M I ;h i o V3 a o o n Ph o Pm m:5 H W Ph H 02 S : M 1 CO t- w l-H o H O P5 O H O - o ►J hJ w CO s n o o oSJ - w s o t-l E- •cJ o X o o a o •M a N d iz; KDUCATED for successful business, _ taught how to get a Living, make Money, and become enterprising, useful citizens. EaeSinean tf AlSASva V., on the Hudson, the only CdSlillHis UUll6K S institution devoted to this specialty, consists c« the Schools of Ssiein aa combining Theory and Practice bv a novel and original system SliSlltSSS of training, and giving actual daily experience in Merchandis ing. Banking, and every variety of Office Work. No student can take thin course and remain ignorant of actual business transactions of daily occurrence as conducted in the great exchangee of‘New York and London. Phsisograplif and Typewriting young ladies. Students wishing to BScome shorthand amanuenses are thoroughly drilled in corrrapond. ence. Students desiring to become general verbatim reporters are taken mrou h all grades, finishing on lectures delivered in the college ; in no otlier school la this country is this opportunity offered. Drawing and Ornamental Work. An art I 6HD2lSilSslep indispensable for teachers. TaSaVwmsm ' Uu readily learned, and when acquired earns good pay. These I Sis s iSpSig schools, embracing six departments, are in charge of eight r.rofeasore an five assistant instructors. EASTMAN has well been styled TKE BUSINESS UNIVEKSITY OF AMERICA. It is the oldest and most practical Commercial School, and the largest and most popular Private School in this country. Refers t o patrons In every State. and Boys starting in life for themselves or assuming the g .■■MiM.MiM I■ iiw r ■ business of a father or relative, and wanting the best preparation to assure auccesB : desiring to qualify themselves for good poaitions. and g . . — — make themselves independent for life in a short timo and at a very moderate expense : eSAKENTS AKD CUAR PlAW S wanting their sons to be nseful. prosperous Citizens, and their daughters prepared for the accidents of life, and made self supporting ; CAPSWIIC AMP COe-LECB GRADUATES d rmg rim- ble finish to their theoretical and unavailing education ; g iSARPOlWTEP YOUWC AMP WIPPLE«ACEP MEM who are tied to cons ative families, or places unsuited to their ambitions and abilities, or who desift to change their course of I ' fe-b , ?J®bing places Md bus- iness more satisfactory and rem unerative, will find NEiVf abort, prao tical course of study here most invaluable. Th are no vacations. Applicants enter any day vHth Board and tuition fees more reasonable than in any other FIKSX-CUAbV school. Address for catalogue giving special information, EASTMAN COLLEGE, « CLEtt£ ' T C. flAiNgfl, Fr6a% POUGHKEEPSIE, ST IB O o a CO CD 1— 3 car u m m c� Tl o s Sd 1“ m 05 et ! 0) CO ts CQ n % CD CD cT i-b O •-1 pi 00 c o O § a M Q z: o o HIXON BROS, HEADQUARTERS FOR Carpets, Stoves, Ranges, Dinner and Tea Sets, Vases, Lamps, Plated ware. Pocket and Table Cutlery. 63 and 65 Main Street, - - - Milford, Mass. -FOR FINE BOOT SilOES, SLIPPERS In all the I..eiidhig Styles, go to R® F. HADLEY-S 123 Main Street, Milford. A. S. Tuttle Co., DEALERS IN CARPETS, STOVES, RANGES, CROCKERY, GLASS, TIN, and WOODEN WARE. 91 and 94 Main Street. A 8. TUTTLE. H. J. BEARING CLAFLIN THAOR, Manufacturers ot CALF AND KIP BOOTS, Boston Office, 90 Pearl street. New York office, A. 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Tlie fog and mist settled so thick upon us that every morning sug¬ gested a rainy day, and also jiroduced such a chilliness that sleeping from 4 to t) o’clock was a series of restless movements to get the feet in a warm¬ er ])lace. The river, during the first part of the morning’s jiaddle, Avas lined Avith beautiful lilies, and although Ave had no use for them, yet Ave could not re¬ sist the impulse to gather some. We passed some very rich farm lands, as Ave skirted the broad alluvial intervals, Avhere stones Avei-e so scarce that Ave couldn’t find even one to throAV at a dog. It Avas a frequent cause of Avon- der hoAv farmers could settle doAvn contented Avith the aA erage Nbav llamjishire farm, Avhen there are acres in the northern jiart of the state so much better fitted for modern farming. As Ave traveled south, the banks be¬ came ]� rettier, although they still j)re- sented the same difficulties for land¬ ing. We })assed our first toll bridge, betAA een South Lancaster and Lunen¬ burg, Vt., Avhich offered a slight pro¬ tection from a brief shoAver Avhich jdelded more noise than Avater. A sudden splash at our right startled us for a moment, but a musk-rat under the bushes revealed the cause. Soon after, tAvo iron rods, nearly an inch in diameter, extending from shore to shore, one several feet above the other, aroused our curiosity. It proved to be the Lunenburg and Dalton ferry. The Avater is at least 20 feet deep here and is not a ford as a gentleman learned to his surj)rise only a feAV days before this date. lie, a stranger, Avitli horse, top-l)uggy and baggage, in broad day light, deliberately drove doAvn the ferry road into the river,—the boat hap[)ened to be on the op])Osite side and hence his mistake. As several men Avere Avoi’king near by, he Avas rescued Avith only a rather demoralized carriage and the loss of his bag; but a Avetter if not a Aviser man. Just beyond the ferry Ave ])assed under a railroad bridge of the Port¬ land and Ogdensburg line and found ourselves at the beginning of the 15- inile falls, so called by the river men, and Avell called too, and if anyone threAv in half a dozen more miles, Ave certainly Avouhl not dispute him. The name is a little misleading to anyone Avho has only seen some direct fall of Avater from one leA’ el to another. It means in this case a series of rapids, chutes, Avliirlpools, eddies, etc., Avith a large and varied assortment of logs and boulders, some standing up like men to be counted, others lying in AAmit just out of sight like a snake in the grass. On the Avhole Ave found the logs most ju’ovoking, as they seem¬ ed to take great pleasure in Avedging themselves betAveen boulders at right angles to the current just Avhere other- Avise there Avould have been clear pas¬ sage. A council of Avar Avas held and the best plans of att.ack discussed. The first run met Avith f.air success, that is to say Ave kept right side up. Number tAvo proved a little Avorse and one of us got in just to see hoAV deep it Avas. As the darkey said:—:“It didn’t get any better ])retty fast,” and so Ave counseled once again; but after traveling doAvn stream to the next point Avhere Ave had an extensive vicAV, and after taking into consideration that cedar a quarter of an inch thick could not safely compete Avith rock, and, thirdly, that a hole in the boat meant the end of our trip, Avhy, our “voice Avas no longer for Avar,” but for a jieaceful retreat to the nearest farm¬ er’s, Avith the loss of only a cap. A picture of the Avorst looking spot Avas taken to show our friends at home Avhy we didn’t “fight it out on this line.” Our farmer Avas phenomenally prompt and drove uja just as Ave had lighted a fire to cook dinner. As it Avas then 1 o’clock, and 23 miles, so Ave Avere in¬ formed, to smooth Avater, Ave ] romised ourselves a feast for supper and Avith hastily boiled eggs in our hands Ave trudged boldly foi’Avard beside the s))ringless Avagon like bearers at a funeral. Generally speaking, Ave are accustomed to ride Avhen Ave wish to rest ourselves, but in this case, as a re¬ cent freshet had caused the road to resemble a riverbed, avc rode until Avell melloAved, like one under a treat¬ ment of massage, and then rested by Avalking. At every halt avc feasted on bluebei ' rres, blackberries and ras])ber- ries, Avhich grcAV in abundance by the roadside. We reached the so-called smooth Avater at 9.30, after a trip of 9 hours. Although there Avas a beauti¬ ful moon Ave could not find a level sj)ot covered Avitli grass large enough for our tent. The owner of the laud had made a foot-bridge of logs tAvo feet in diameter, extending through shalloAv Avater to an island Avhere a bed of sand afforded the necessary level for a canq). A large log, left on the shore by the last freshet, ma le a splendid back log for a fire and re¬ flected the heat into the tent. We Avere too tired to notice the cold and slej)t soundly. I Friday, August 21. Off at 9.30, Avith only enough Avater to float the boat; soon, hoAvever, it increased in depth and Ave gladly em¬ barked. With the exception of the distant mountains Ave had had no scenery AAmrth speaking of until at this time, Avhen Ave turned into the mouth of the Passumpsic. It is a rocky ]k)o 1 surrounded by great talcose ledges croAvned Avith trees. The entrance of the stream is hidden by a projecting rock and the currents and counter- currents shoAV hoAV irregular the bot- tom is. The Connecticut and Pas¬ sumpsic railroad runs along the right bank and here passes through a cut in slate rock. We deemed the cut and pool both Avorthy of the camera. BeloAV the pool, the Avater soon be¬ came rougher and SAvifter, but by Avading, pushing and ])addling, Ave accomplished four miles up to 1.10 p. m. We are sure of the time, be¬ cause our Avatch sto])ped then; the watch stoj)ped because a Avatch Avill not run under Avater and the Avatch Avas under Avater because Ave couldn’t jiaddle in a boat keel uj). At the time, Ave did not stop to think this all out, but gave our undivided attention to reaching terra firma. The I’oll Avas at once called and both ansAvered “present”, then an account of stock Avas taken Avith very satisfactory re¬ sults. Lost:—T avo pairs of slippers, one left shoe (lace), one- left shoe (button), tAAm pairs of socks, one tin cu|), three dozen prepared jdates, and Avhat Ave especially lamented, the pictures already taken. Just as Ave had found a suitable })lace for a fire to diy our blankets and ourselves, rain began to f.all in a Avay that meant more than :i passing shower. No house Avas in sight ami the bank at this j)lace Avas a slo])e of 20 feet of slippery clay. We did not like to tiw the e ldy again, as it had just shown its poAver by throAving the stern doAvn stream and rolling us over in spite of paddles. We therefore let the boat doAvn to the nearest brook by lines and craAvled along shore as well as Ave could. Wherever the current sets in shore a half circle is Avoi-n out and the headland at the next point is gener.ally precipitous ledges; but, made iri-egular by the frosts of Avinter, they furnish just the necessary rest for the foot. As one or the other slijiped and slid off into the Avater,or as in one j)lace,found him¬ self sinking in the clayey mud that Avas flooded Avith Avater impregnated Avith iron and sulphur; or again, as his liare feet came in contact Avith the sh.arp edges A)f the ledge, “rem.arks” Avere offeretl a])])ro])riate to the occasion. At last three houses came in sight M Bje Cora ReinoTer For Soft and Hard Corns, Bun¬ ions, Warts, Callouses, e., removing them completely, and without pain or inconvenience. Price 25 Cents. J. ALLEN RICE, Pharmacist. Milford, - - Mass. Syrup Stillingia AND SARSAPARILLA The Best Blood Purifier and Spring Medicine. For Sale at Rice’s Pharmacy. Base Ball Supplies, ATHLETIC GOODS. Everything in the Catalogue for Physical Exercise and de¬ velopment of muscle will he fur-, nished at lowest prices, at RICE’S, 116 MAIN ST., Milford. Flue Stationery. Call at Rice’s Pharmacy and see the finest display of Royal Irish Linen, Boston Linen, Bos¬ ton Bond, Boston Bank Linen, etc., ini all the new designs; also, Electric overland mail for Foreign correspondence. H ING- Suits for School Wear -AND-- SUITS FOR GRADUATION 4 Elegant Spring Neckwear, All the Latest Shades in Spring and Summer Hats. mi G. T. Fales Co., Make a Specialty of Black Silks and Rhadames, BLACK And colored DRESS GOODS, Laces, ribbons-, ruchings, KID GLOVES, CORSETS, HOSIERY . UNDERWEAR. LARGEST ASSORTMENTS Parasols Sun Umbrellas. In Milford. All New Goods. G, T, FALES CO.. 154 MAIN ST., MILFORD, MASS. Hale’s Block, yoiJng ladies. Be Sure and See our New Lines of Kid and Goat Button Boots. The Melrose, Mayflower, Plaiiel anil Beflfori, They are the Prettiest Styles, Finest Made, Best Wear¬ ing, Perfect Fitting, and Most Beautiful Boots out vet. A large sujiply of Children’s Fine Kid and Go.at Spring Heels. YOUNG MEN LOOK AT THE 1 XjII TES 02 SHOES, Made of the Best Calf, Stylish, Good Wearing and the Handsomest Button, Balmoral and Congress shoes that are made. A full stock of all kinds of Tennis Ox¬ fords. A store full of all kinds of footwear. And the prices will suit you all. Come one and all and call on C, B, THOMPSON, 114 MAIN ST., MILFORD. Vol. IV. MILFORD, MASS., MAY, 1888. No. 9 The Oyster and the Litigants. ( Two translations from Boileau.) 1 . Two hungry wayfarers, ’lis said,— Though in what book I cannot tell— Were walking onward, side b y side. When suddenly their glances fell Upon an oyster. Tnen each cried That it was his by every right. While thus disputing, .Justice armed With scales appeared within their sight; With much ado their anger calmed, The whole affair they tlien related; Each wished, with costs, to win his cause. But Justice had their true worth rated. She then, without a moment’s pause. The oyster took, the right she weighed. And, straight before their wond’ring eyes. Their greediness she weli repaid By eating it herself, then cries:— “Wait, gentlemen, for each a shell. But let me give you some advice,— In lofty palaces we dwell. While others’ follies pay the price.” Then, having spent on them some time. She parted from them with thi ' cry:— “That oyster was extremely fine; A future full of peace. Good bye!” F. K. H., ’S8. II. This tale is written in some book,— It m liters little where— Two starving tramps the same road took. They found, in their despair. An oyster for which each one rushed And fought for as his own; But Justice soon their clamor hushed Witli words of solemn tone.— She carried balances aiong— i The two began to shout And try to prove each other wrong. As wild they jumped about. Now Justice, having weighed the case. The oyster did demand; She opened it in sliorlest space Ami ate it,—understand? To each one then she passed a shell. Thus she the trouble ends. Then Justice to the tramps did tell On what her life depends. “VVe of the court of law,” she said, “Rely for our subsistence On other men’s mistakes, instead Of any rude resistance. The oyster tasted good,” she said; “Good-by, my dear good two; May you henceforth be nobly fed. Live on in peace. Adieu.” N. n., ’88. The Rose Family- ET me begin as our Botany class JM did the first few days of our study, when everything seemed so strange tt us ; when we were told that fruit as we used the term, is not fruit, and tlnit a leaf, as we called it, was not a letif, and names we had given to flowers did not belong to them at all. Need I say that the rose comes from plants producing true Rowers? The wood grows in circles around a central pith; and the leaves are netted- veined, therefore it belongs to the exogenous class, meaning outward growth. It has pistils of the ordina¬ ry sort, that is, with the ovules or undeveloped seeds in a closed ovary. The flower has both calyx (the green part on the underside), and corolla (the part to which we refer when we speak of the color of a flower). The corolla is of wholly separate petals, and therefore belongs to the polypet- alous or many petaled division of ex¬ ogens. On counting you will see that a rose has more than ten stamens not united, and you will find tint it has numerous and separate pistils, around which all the otlier parts are ranged in circles. The leaves grow alternately on the stem, and each leaf is formed of several leaflets; therefore it must belong to the Rose family. The plants of this family have no injurious qualities, except the bark, leaves and kernels of some cherries. This family is of much benefit to man, as it furnishes the most impor¬ tant fruits of the temperate climates, as well as the queen of flowers. It consists of three divisions, one of as much use as the others. The Al¬ mond family is the first, to which the ])lum, the j)each, the cherry belong, and also the almond which gives it its name. The second is the Pear family, to which the quince and the apple belong. We are all aware of the worth of the apple, of which Bryant says:— “What plant we in this apple tree? Buds which the breath of summer days Shall lengthen in leafy sprays; Boughs, where the thrush with crimson breast Shall haunt, and sing and hide her nest.” The last division is the Rose family proj)er, to which the strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, and the rose belong. In eastern countries the rose is cultivated not alone for its beauty, or as with us to adorn a bride, or to be laid away as a token of love with those whose lives they epitomize, but in the Orient are an article of commerce from which the attar of roses is distilled. Does it seem right that one should take such beautiful flowers for an emblem of war? It is not so strange that the blood red rose should be chosen for such a purpose, although it is far too beautiful to be the sym¬ bol of such cruelty. But who could believe that the white rose in all its purity could be thought of in con¬ nection with bloodshed? Yet such is the case, and for thirty years Eng¬ land was convulsed with the bloodi¬ est war ever waged within her boun¬ daries, and this has always been known in history as the War of the Roses. It seems that as the Dukes were walking in a garden talking of the inevitable bloodshed before them, the Duke of York seized a white rose exclaiming, “This shall be my symbol;” to whom the Duke of Lan¬ caster replied, as he sei .e l a red one, “And this shall be mine.” One night the (pieen of fairies found shelter in the heart of a rose, and in the morning she gave it as a reward that delicate veil of moss. with which it is now covered, as the only thing which could increase the beauty of a lovely rose. Rosa was the ancient Latin name for rose. Do you wonder that it is calle l the queen of flowers when you consider how many songs have been written in all languages about it? ' Die old Romans loved roses as well as we do,and would make them blossom in winter as well as in summer, and had many beautiful myths about them. From them has come to us the delightful saying of “sub rosa.” Have vou never had anything told you “sub rosa,” under the rose, baintv Cupid once gave a beautiful I ' ose to the aged Harpocrates, God of Silenc- ; and the Romans giving substance to the story used it as the foundation of one of their beautiful c-.ustoms. Were you invited to dine with a friend in the old days of Ibnne, and found a rose suspended fro ' .n the ceiling, the talk which fol¬ lowed would be called a sub rosa conversation, meaning one which must not be repeated abroad. ' Phe old name of Syria meant land of the roses, and from Damascus has come the beautiful Damask rose. But among the Syrian roses the Rose of Jericho is by far the most wonderful; there is a legend given us that it grows in the desert in places where the Virgin touched her feet when fleeing into Egypt with tlie infant Christ, and it always blos¬ soms at Christmas. It is a curious shrub, with fragrant, odd-shaped, greenish-yellow blossoms, which folds its leaves and blossoms upward, turns into a dry, brown ball, and seems, to .all ap])earances, dead. Yet if you put this same shriveled bud into a glass of water the whole plant is as green ami fresh and beautiful as if it had suddenly been touched by a fairy ' s magic, wand. Do you won¬ der that it is called the Rose of Res¬ urrection .among the Jews? These flowers are more than mere¬ ly beautiful, when you remember that some roses bring from twenty to thirty dollars a hundred ; and then think of the thousands sold by some dealers at Chiastmas alone, you will know that to some men this cultiva¬ tion means support and fortune per¬ haps. Have you never thought how many and v.aried are the shades and and colors of roses, shading from the deep red of the Jacqueminot to the snow white of the Ni{)hetos? There is the delicate tea rose that was first brought from China to England a hundred years ago. It is said that only a blush and a yellow tea rose were first brought ' across the waters, but now we have many shades be¬ tween those. Also the delic.ate raoi- ret with its pale yellow dress, shad¬ ed with fawn and pink, and the canary, whose bloom vies with the color of the beautiful bird from whicii it receives its name. Surely we must think— “That if eyes were made for seeiii , Then beamy i s its own excuse for being.” And we .agree with the poet who said :— “Our outward life requires them not, Tiieii wlierefore had they birth? To minister delight to man, ' I’o beautify the earth; ' I ' o comfort man, to whisper hope Whene’er his faitli is dim. For whoso careih for tlie flowers Will care much more for liim.” S. M. G., ’87. Our Duties. ® UR dtities may be classified under the different heads of our duties to oTtrsclves, to our fellowmen, to our cotintrv, and our last and great¬ est duty, our duty to God. In doing our dtity to ourselves we should always try to make the most of ourselves by every means possible. We should be willing to do anything that is riglit, not becati e we like it, but because it is right. Ve should give our attention to whatever we are doing, be it study or work. We should always ti-y to improve our minds; but we must not forget that we have bodies as well. We are all bound by duty, as far as we are able, to protect our bodies and preserve our health. Whenever we carelessly and wilfully run any risk that is liable to cause sickness or death, we do a great wrong to ourselves and to those dependent on us. To our fellowmen it is our duty to do everything in our power which will make them happy and lighten their burden in this life. This can be done in many ways; fi-iendly words and suggestions kindly offered, for example; and we often do more good in this way than we 8upj)ose, when it is impossil)le to render .assist¬ ance with our hands. The habit of offering suggestions, to be sure, is sometimes carried too far, and people get into a habit commoidy known as “not minding their own business.” This should be avoided. It is also our duty to try to protect the life and reputation of our fellowmen, and we c.an do much for this last cause by abstaining from gossip, which is so common in our d.ay. The more we know the less temptation there will be to gossip, for then we shall have far more interesting matters to occupy our attention. One of our greatest duties, and o • one which in some cases should come before all others, is our duty to our country. We should at all times be willing to guard and protect it, and, if necessary, give u]) our lives for it. When our country needs our assist¬ ance it is im])ossib]e to do too much for it. What noble examples we have in the lives of some of our countrymen! When oui- country does not I’equire our j)hysical assist¬ ance, we should try to insi)ire the young with love for it and show them how much they owe to it, and for how much they are dependent upon it. It is the duty of every one to obey the laws of his country, and of men especially to do dieii ' duty as voters and citizens. ' J ' her- fore men should study oui- national histor) and the nation ' s laws. Women, al¬ though they do not vote, should know more than many of them do about the history, the laws and the government of their country; for they, too, may soon be given gre.ater privileges. Our greatest and highest duty, that toward God, should always be kept in mind, :md should be really back of all others. We should be inspired by it for all other duties, for we may be sure that we are not working in the right way perfectly to perform these when once we for¬ get our obligations to our Creator. As we owe everything we have, our life, our friends, our country, and everything else that is dear to us, to God, we should never for a moment forget to render our thanks to him; and knowing, too, how much we are indebted to his goodness we should, feel as if we could never be too grateful to him. We should also show the young what their duties toward God are, and insj)ire them with a love for him and for his works. Especially should we pro¬ tect and be kind to all his creatures for liis s.ake. For— “lie prayeth best who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth ns. He made and loveth all.” c. F. c., ’89. Arbor Day. TTIRBOR Day is a d;iy which we j Sl have known and enjoyed only for the past two or three years. It has already been set aside as a legal holiday by twenty-six states of the Union, and probably before many years have passed, the others will have done likewise. The same day of the month each year is not always appointed, but it usually comes in the last of April or the first of iVIay. Although the jilanting of trees was the primary object for which the day LILY. was desijrned, it affords a good op¬ portunity to trim them, to rake up the leaves, and to clear public parks, cemeteries, and public and private grounds of everything tending to mar their beauty. This day will probably be observed to a greater extent in the West, where the cold winds of winter sweep over the broad prairies, and the summer suns beat down w ith unobstructed inten- sity. Now there is every reason why we should endeavor to carry out this plan, especially when we consider how much trees are continually do¬ ing for us. What an unattractive and uncomfortable place it would be without them! Can you imagine it? Seethe cattle standing in the hot sunshine, with tongues hanging from their mouths, and no cool sh ade under which they may take shelter! See the sun sending his rays down upon our houses with full power, and no intervening branches to les¬ sen their heat! Before man existed trees grew, and while he lives they will also, for he cannot do without them. They protect and beatify his home, purify the atmosphere, supply him with a great variety of fruits, furnish hin with fuel and building material. In fact, man receives a great deal more benefit from them than he genei-ally realizes. Trees have always been held in great veneration by all classes of peo¬ ple. The English, particularly, are said to have a great love for forest trees ; they regard their forests and parks with great pride and delight, and are very careful to keep them in good condition. The oak is a tree which has had special respect and reverence paid to it. ' I ' lie ancient Greeks believed that )� rophetic voices, which were both acknowl¬ edged and followed by the people, came from its bi-anches. The Druids, the ancient inhabitants of the south¬ ern part of England, Western , France, and the island of Anglesia, thought that the oak was es])ecially fav‘ red by the Deity. Consecjuent- ly they held it very sacred, building their places of worship and their homes in dense groves of it, and crownin r their heads with its leaves in their religious ceremonies. Nearly all our great jjoets and writers have loved trees, and have spent many hours in writing of their grandeur. They have had their no¬ blest thoughts aroused, and have re¬ ceived their grandest insj)irations while regarding the trees in the for¬ ests. Bryant’s great poem, “The Forest Hymn,” owes its existence to the woods, for it was while there that he received _ the first thoughts that prompted him to write those beauti¬ ful lines. In it he says : “The groves were God’s first temple.” This is in¬ deed a grand and elevating thought, and is alone sufficient to tell us the great love and reverence in which the poet held them. Oliver W en- dell Holmes has such a love for them that he places them on an equalitv with his writings, and says: “I have written many verses, but the best poems I have produced are the trees I jfianted on the hillside which over¬ looks the broad meadows, scalloped and rounded at their edges by the loops of the sinuous Housatonic.” If every one would improve this opportunity which Arbor Day affords CtvCh year by setting out trees, many of our homes, streets, towns and cities would soon be more pleasant than they now are. By doing this, the loss of our noble forests which arc being 3 early swept away by fire or the woodman’s axe would also be partially offset. A writer has said that “a tree is a nobler object than a prince in his coronation robes.” Lan- dor, also, says, “Old trees in their living state are the only things money cannot buy.” Let us remember these lines then, and do all in our power to protect our old trees, and to set out young ones. If no one else carries out this plan, let our schools take it up, and as the classes leave year by year, let them leave a monument which will outlive them. N. A. G., ’89. - Nature a Book. © liver Wendell Holmes, in one of his Breakfast Table series, said something of this nature of a happy thought which occurred to him; “that it was original with him, but because of the great number of men who have lived before him, and because of the vast number of thoughts which have occu|)ied their minds, as numerous as the cor])uscles of the blood in our bodies, there must have been other owners of the same idea, therefore, while granting its previous use he claimed whatever merit there might be in it at that time.” The following simile is too evident to be new, is too superficial to re- (piire great thought, but do not ac¬ cuse me of plagiarism, as it is new to me at least:— Think of nature as a great book. Its countless leaves are the strata of the ages of the past. The far off dawn is one cover—we today are being bound in, the future will fur¬ nish further leaves, and the other cover will come on some unreckoned da} ' , and the book will be closed and clasped to the bosom of the sun - whence it came. Its table of con¬ tents, with its different ages, covers millions of years; from the time when the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters, even until to¬ day. It is a ponderous book. Al¬ ready its thickness is measured by miles, and still goes out the cry for more co))y. This is an illustrated book. Nature has carefully im¬ pressed upon the leaves embossed portraits of her children. Strange children too, and all of one family it is said. Sometimes, too, she has daintily pressed and preserved a flower or leafy branch between its pages in fond remembrance of that by-gone time. “Dry are they now and void of all scent And lovely color, yet what once was meant By these dull stains, some men may vet descry As dead upon the quivering leaves they lie.” And many are the men who have descried, have unfolded their tender petals, and revealed to their fellow- men the story of their lives. How profoundly thankful ought we to be to these men, who have pored over these pages, until, like Agassiz, from the skeleton they have given us the complete whole, and taught by their instructions, today he who runs may clearly read our ancient history in that which is passing. As we turn its leaves and on the ancient pages read the prophecies of a coming man; as we trace the upward pro ress of cephalization from the hori¬ zontal to the upright, from the sim¬ ple to the complex, as we see in the ores, the heat and the light stored away—which make possible the in¬ dustries of this age—a provision for his future comforts and even for his life, we are awe-struck at the gran¬ deur of the work, and the mind of the Author. This also, in a certain sense, is a sacred book. One can¬ not read its pages without feeling that the directing and governino- spirit of omniscience itself must have arranged the harmonious succession of events as parts of a complete whole. Each chapter is so closely linked to its neighbor by organic and inorganic creations that it points to a Divine Creator. L. H. w. “In the higher animals the object of food is not so much to increase the size as to supply the waste of the system.” yaste is caused, you know, by mental exertion, and hence it is that there are so great demands for lunch at recess; for what a waste is here, my schoolmates! TJIE 071K, LmYlIVY. MAY, 1888. Published Monthly During the School Year, BY The Senior Class of the Milford High School PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. BUSINESS EDITORS. GRACE L. BLOOD and LYDIA A. ROBERTS. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Ten Numbers.) For the Year, . ,50 cents | Single Copies, . 5 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, Mass., Post-Oflice, as second class matter. EDIT0 I l£5. GENERAL EDITORS. Olie L. Brown and Lillian E. Thompson. Two very good specimens of co¬ rundum and emery from the Chester mines have been added to our min¬ eral collection by E. A. Bragg, ’90. Our cabinet contains many a valua¬ ble specimen given by different grad¬ uates and friends of the school, whom we sincerely thank and cordially in¬ vite to continue their excellent cus¬ tom. ’Tis the “tonic” season, as every child knows who walks up for his spoonful of “treacle,” whether he be in Squeers’ school or in the home school. We, however, much prefer the tonic of the fresh air made doubly refreshing by the brightness, green¬ ness, and cleanliness of all natui ' e as she sets out once more on her annual pilgrimage. Some of these bright mornings it seems almost cruelty to be summoned within the schoolroom walls; but we console ourselves with the thought that there is only a month before us, and then we can indulge ourselves to the full. Mean¬ time, let us bring as much of out¬ doors within as possible, and by flowers and plants mitigate the im¬ prisonment. Why would it not be a profitable ]� lan to have a standing “ad” in our paper? In an editorial, three years ago, it was casually mentioned that the school had no History of Milford. Three weeks afterwards a very hand¬ somely bound History of Milford was received. Last month we re¬ marked that we would not be averse to receiving a copy of Ben Hur and the result is that that famous book is now to be seen upon one of the shelves of our book-case. To Mrs. Charles Claflin we are indebted for this copy. and to her we now acknowledge our thanks. We pride ourselves that our hints are put so gently (?) and yet so pointedly that our reiders can not fail to be touched by them. We now feel an urgent need for- The entertainment which was given the first week in May for the benefit of -the O. L. and I. fund, un¬ der the management of the seniors, proved a grand success. The piano selection rendered bv Misses Roberts and Bradford seemed to be apjireci- ated by all lovers of music. The vo¬ cal selections by Misses Brown and Clark were well rendered and well received, as also were the two violin duets by Misses Hale and Cooke, who were recalled. All the decla¬ mations were given with the schol¬ ars, best efforts, and not one ought to feel dissatisfied with himself. Much hard work was spent in re¬ hearsals, but we feel duly rewarded ; for during the exercises not one failure of memory or awkward pause occurred, and each word was dis¬ tinctly and clearly pronounced. They all seemed to enter into the spirit of their selections, and they wei’e well rewarded by the close at¬ tention of their hearers. The first class are greatly indebted to the scholars of the lower classes for their assistance, and to the public for their patronage. Our profits were |50 and we expect to be able to leave behind us in June a suitable memorial, as former classes have done. As the child enters the high school this question arises, “Shall Latin be taken or not?” The father says, “Take a practical view. Of what use will it be to him in his business? He should become acquainted with his mother tongue without exhum¬ ing the dead languages. No, it would be time wasted.” Take a practical view of it. It will be of value to him in his business. He will constantly meet with Latin terms, old expressions and proverbs in the very best and most profitable books, and will hear them in public speeches. He will find in the works of noted old poets and rhetoricians many references to old mythological stories. See how the Ovid scholars enjoy reading his tales and delight to find the resemblances of them to those of the Old Testament. Is it not profitable as well as interesting to study the word-building (which is very wonderful) of our own lan¬ guage, and to acquire a large vocab¬ ulary ? Ask any one of our Alumni who took Latin if he now regrets having done so, and you will invaria¬ bly receive the answer, “No.” Our half term cards have been signed at home and returned; in some cases with pride, in others with fear and trembling. Our principal says that any scholar who carries home an average (in his three stud¬ ies) of daily work and examinations which is in the nineties, has reason to be very proud of it; and if in the eighties, he has a record of good work and has no reason to be ashamed of it, unless his natural abil¬ ity is so great that he could easily have obtained the higher mark. It is unnecessary to say that the nine¬ ties are few and the units are small. This is the May-basket time of the year, and we wonder if in other places the custom of hanging baskets is as common as in Milford. Judg¬ ing from the reports of friends from afar, it is not, and so we shall inform our distant reading public that the game is as follows: Procure tissue paper of different colors, paste board, scissors, mucilage, candy, fruit, et cetera; with these make and fill a basket of fantastic design; finally add your card. The real game now begins and the siceet rewards of all your toil will soon be yours. You carefully approach the door of the fair one, hang the basket on the knob, give a vigorous pull and then run. The running is a very important matter. You must not run too far nor too fast; only far and fast enough to add zest to the pursuit and not to give the impression that you are desirous of being caught—al¬ though that’s just what you wish. If you fall down and skin your nose, or try to go both sides of a tree at the same time, or run into the arms of paterfamilias, why, that’s a poorly played game. It’s also bad form to go rushing after a passer-by who knows nothing of this peculiar game, and therefore thinking that a mad¬ man is after her, calls for the police, while the guilty first-cause smiles au¬ dibly from the shade of a neighbor¬ ing tree. But we wander; you are now so unfortunate as to be fortu¬ nately caught by the dweller behind the above mentioned knob, and the penalty of having the cheek to dis¬ turb her quiet is taken out of his cheek in a way that Jupiter would call osculating. The game is now played, and if she understands the game, the wearied he will be obliged to rest on the said doorstep and eat (and talk) taffy. N. B. It is very evident that this game is not suited to two persons of the same gender. P. S. Either jiarty is permitted to commence the game. Ii OC Ii g. EDITED BY Nellie Brown and Harold E. Fales. Have you noticed how toney our new bell is ? The latest phenomenon is “A man standing prostrate.” Some sow their seed by hand, others use a sewing machine. The south stairway has been much improved by some new sheathing. The Botany class will tell you that this is a good year for husbandry. One of our shining stars tells us of a man who enjoys brilliant health. Philosophy II. have recently inves¬ tigated the steam boiler in our cellar. We believe that our entertainment was an exception, in that we had no dead-heads. What’s in a name ? Why, often a negation and an affirmation. Is it not so, Noves ? f •f Teacher to senior—Where is your tibia? Scholar—I didn’t know that I had such a thing. It is suggested that His Excellen¬ cy Oliver Ames, hereafter use olives for his coats of arms. Our piano presents quite a bloom¬ ing appearance,thanks to some of our more thoughtful puj ils. “An epidemic is a trouble that everybody has. Want of money is jirobably the best examjile.” We think he was not a “blue nose” who said “Nova Scotia is on the eastern coast of United States. Oh! recklesii representative, be¬ ware ! We are told that a surgeon-at- arms keeps order in the House. We scarcely recognized our long tresses neatly coiled into a chignon when they were called “shingone.” Visitors are so seldom seen in our school that the number of guests dur¬ ing the past month attracted our at- ,tention. Got your proof yet ? Oh ! That’s a lovely picture; it looks just like you—(aside) with all the imperfec¬ tions left out. Unless some of our scholars learn before long which their left foot is, we shall be obliged to try the “hay foot, straw foot” plan. Young Democracy is manifest in Government IV. Teacher—“Who will probably be our next Governor?” Scholar—“Cleveland.” Familiarity with college songs is suggested on the jjart of another who says that the governor is commander-in-chief of the navy. It seems now as if the best poets ill the class are the Latin composi¬ tion writers. Perhaps we shall have our ode in Latin this year. As the herald cries “The king is dead; long live the king” in one breath, so we say “May rehearsals are over, June rehearsals are at hand.” If those scholars who persist in day-dreaming would remember that the seats must be turned down before they are sat upon, they would not cause a laugh at their expense. A large standing committee are now considering the important ques¬ tion of moving buildings. Any one having evidence to submit will find them two blocks this side of the Post-office. How cruel it is for the Ovid class to enjoy such a hearty laugh over the misfortunes of Pyramus and Thisbe. Now Shakespeare’s use of this story in his “Midsummer Night’s Di-eam” has more interest for us. The M. H. S. Base Ball Club has been re-organized and consists of the following team : Carpenter, c.; Kee- lon, 1 b.; Noyes, s.s.; Fitzgerald, 2 b. ; Burke, 3 b.; Hoey, l.f.; Murphy, c. f.; Eastman, r.f. A grocery wagon is fixed capital. Political Economy 1. think this is doubly true in certain instances. But this class do indulge in luxuries. It is said they have one member for or¬ nament; however, they never indulge in Quaker meetings. Literature H. seems to understand Evangeline’s character. They think . she is synonymous with evangelize. Every day proves how few of us know how to use our new Worces¬ ter’s dictionary. One was recently searching for Evangeline among the Greek beauties and Latin linguists. Gems frojn Ovid L:—“And Pyr- ainus shed tears of knowledge, then he drew his sword from the scabbard girded ’ at his side and plunged it into his groan.” “To yawn apart.” This probably refers to a dislocated jaw. “In Ovid’s time the curtain of the theatre stage was so arranged that when it was lowered it went up. Don’t you understand?” A fine display of etchings on glass has been presented by the Chemistry class. Fred J. Gould’s was the best specimen. This class recently paid a visit to the ga8-house,which proved very interesting as well as instructive. Did you hear the applause from their recitation room the other day ? This was the cause: “Mummies? Egyptian mummies, did you say ? O, they are monkeys.” EDITED BY Mary L. Toohey and Patrick J. Lawless. Bernard Kelly, ’76, is serving as reporter for the Times. M. Heiu-y Connors, ’84, is clerking at B. E. Harris’ clothing store. Harry Tyler, once of ’88, is study¬ ing with Architect Frink in Boston. Henry D. Nelson, ’78, has returned from California, where he has been for the past few months. James Slattery, ’80, is a recent graduate of the College of Pharmacy at Boston. Fred E. Cook, once of ’88, is book¬ keeping in a large factory at Ijons- dale. Lottie E. Smith, once of ’90, is now a clerk at Mrs. O. M. Adams’ variety store. Fred McKay, ’91, has returned from his visit to the noted battle fields of the South. Frank L. Fairbanks, English ’81, has recently been appointed engineer at the pumping station. Fred J. Aylward, ’87, has entered the office of the Massachusetts Cen¬ tral Railroad in Boston. M. O’Connell, once of ’88, is now employed in the office of Geo. VV. Williamson Co., bankers and brokers. W. M. Morgan, a former scholar, was in town this month; but soon left for the West, where he will engage in legal business. We note with pleasure the appre¬ ciation shown to Julia M. Barry, ’74, who is teaching in Abington. Her salary has been recently increased. Alice C. Jones, one of our teachers last year, has paid the scenes of her former trials and triumphs a flying visit. She was warmly welcomed by former pupils, who greatly regretted the shortness of the reunion. We are well represented in the Y. M. C. A. Wheel Club, as Horace A. Brown, ’85, is president, Fred A. Shepard, once of ’84, captain, S. Ernest Fletcher, ’84, treasurer, and Harry W. Haven, English ’82, second lieutenant. Gems from Government IV.: “Our clerk receives a fee for committing a marriage ceremony.” “A man who has a salary of S3000 and spends it .all, will have to pay a pool tax.” “Mr. A. cannot vote because he is a school teacher. Mr. B. is denied the right of franchise because he is not civilized.” All this, and yet they rely on “P’irst Class” authority. IjZ XjI? EXCHTINSEg. The Dartmouth Literary Monthly comes out in a ])retty, new spring dress. We regret to s!iy good-by to West Pitch Echoes discontinued on ac¬ count of the illness of one of its edi¬ tors. Can a leojiard change his s])ots? Evidently a new editor occni)ies the E.xchange chair of the Niagara Index. The criticisms are almost gentleman- ly. The Philosophian Review is to be c.ommended for its pi ' ogressive spirit. Martha Washington is its new teach¬ er. Her department ought to be the dead languages. Is George still open to an engagement? The opinions of the Shurtleff Col¬ lege Review in regard to its exchang¬ es are simmered down into three not over-strong sentences —that is its exchange column. We are glad to receive the follow¬ ing new exchanges: Church and School, Havana, N. Y.; The Comet, Hustonville, Ky.; The High School Kecord, Nashua, N. H.; School Girls’ Eclectic, Petersburg, Va.; Prairie Breezes, Grafton, Dak. Wanted :—The last three num¬ bers of any college journal not con¬ taining an article on Volapuk.—[C ol¬ lege VVhim. Nous voila! We can send them, or four volumes, if you will kindly wait until June. To the Richmond College Messen¬ ger: We have considered the remark to which you direct our attention, and from whatever point of view we regard it we are forced to the con¬ clusion that the Occident-—with all due respect we say it—is talking of something of which it is immensely ignorant. It is amusing to see the number of our exchanges that have taken our remarks of one or two issues previ¬ ous to lieart. We have received ful¬ ly a dozen explaining the originality of their “Volapuk’ article, while six have sworn as to the originality of an article on “Greek Forms.” All this is heaps of fun to us, for when we wrote the article we did it with the intention of showing that our ex¬ changes all delighted in the same tiresome subjects. Their complaints prove this fully. Well, dear friends, “if the shoe fits, put it on.”—[The Academe. C uery—Is the self-assumed superi¬ ority of the Academe “amusing” or —disgusting? It is pleasant to see the pride teachers and pupils in the Kentucky Deaf Mute school take in their insti¬ tution. It can not be a poor one, nor can the officers be neglectful of their duties, when they so cordially invite “messengers” frojn other coun¬ tries in search of information how to conduct similar institutions to visit theirs. The C ' dlege Whim has a danger¬ ous, or rather dagger-ous, looking exchange column The two down- war l points, we suppose, refer to its bright, sharp and pointed remarks upon i ' s exchanges, while the one turned u))ward, may refer to the pos¬ sible return thrust when, by chance, its aim has been too true and too deep. ’Tis truly Macbethian. Prof. Sayre called all the members of the class around the tree, where they sang, “J y Country ' •Tis of Theef with Mr. Entwisle acting as leader and Womrath accompanist on the cornet. At the close of his address the class sang “America.”—[Argus. Variety is the spice of life. ’88 has been the most ' unsocial class that has ever graduated from the high school. It has never had a class sleigh ride, or party, or picnic, or anything. Sleighrides seem to be dying out nowadays.—[High School Bulletin. We hope so; July never was a good month for sleighing. By the way, has ’88 “ever graduated ?” The Guardian says the three step¬ ping .stones to our nation.al downfall are Sabbath desecration, party alli¬ ance regardless of virtue, and immi¬ gration. Then it sensibly adds:— “Our boys are old enough at ten to be interested, and to study the genius of our government, and they are required to wait and study them for eleven years. Then, let us limit the influx of a foreign population, and after it is limited, require actual residence in the country for ten years before being allowed to vote on any question.” We wondered where all our ex¬ changes were this month, and upon investigation found that they were sleeping in the waste-basket at the post-office. If the exchange editors would be careful to direct the Pre¬ mier to 65 Linden Street, there would be no difficulty in delivering the papers. You forget, perhaps, that Fall River is a city of some sixty thousand inhabitants, not a village on the outskirts of some back¬ woods town. Hence “The Premier, Fall River,” doesn’t always reach us. —[The Premier. We have our opinion of a P. M. who does not know where the high school is, or the name of its paper, especially when the paper is “Entered at the Post-office as Second Class Matter.” “Your verses beat warm. But of frozen, winds burdened with snow, Pray what do you know?” Sings the Fordharn Monthly, and its first page presents a very pretty original poem on i ' pril, which it calls a “gracious boon from highest heaven,” and says also of it, “The flowers blow beneath thy gaze.” All very sweet as poetry, but quite dif¬ ferent in fact from the stern reality of our New England weather. We think New York ought to know something about “frozen win ls” after its last blizzard, but the April de¬ scribed by the F ' . M. is not at all like the “April cold with dropping rain” with which we are familiar. Even “May is a pious fraud of the alma¬ nac” here. Not until June can we be sure of any “gracious boon” in the way of weather. We quite envy you, F. M. Handicraft. A healthy sign of the times is the revival of handicraft. It is noticea¬ ble in all the trades. The carpenter is coming to life again; for some years past it would seem that intelli¬ gence ami manual dexterity had for¬ saken this craft. He got his materi¬ als; ready-made from the mill, and all he had to do was to put together the materials already formed to his hand. But a new element is enter¬ ing into the market. Those who pre¬ fer hand-made things to machine- made are rapidly increasing, and sell¬ ers will tell you that there is a reac¬ tion against the flimsiness and pov¬ erty of substance in many kinds of machine-manufacture, and that the importance of tasteful designs in the various forms of handicraft is more largely recognized than ever. Chro- mos, imitation stained glass, and veneering have had their day, and tlie finer products of handicraft and art in which every part is genuine, are preferred to the shams which have so long held sway. In household furniture and decora¬ tions, in metal work and wood carv ing, in the work of the smith, whether in iron, silvei’, or gold, there is a future for the American work¬ man which holds far better promise than can be found in over-crossed ranks of professional men, book¬ keepers, clerks, type-writers or sales¬ men.—[Argus. Buy Ladies’ and Misses NEWMAHKETd, DRESS GOODS, Etc. of J . F, HICKEy, 13S MAIN STREET, - - MILFORD. Boys’ and Children’s %n0 MUSIC HALL BLOCK, MILFORD. AVERY WOODBURY, SUCCESSORS TO J. W. HARRIS, -DEALERS IN- • PaRNCTaRE, C IRPEfI] I6,« WALL PAPER AND CURTAINS. Upholsleriug, Carpet and Shade Work a Specialty. 16a Main St., Milford. BARTLBTT ELLIS. I3EJAIjEE,S IIT Hardware, Cutlery Pumps, Stoves. Furnaces, Farming Tools and Seeds. 17-2 174 Mam St., - . Milford, Mass. Fine Artistic -AT- BEA-TTY’S, 168 Main Street, - - Milford, Mass. T. M. 0 , ik. ROOMS ON EXGHANBE ST,, Hours: 8a. m. to 10 p. m., SUN1)AY.S, 1 TO 6 P. M. Over 7 ' ) perio licals on file in Heading Room. All men are cordially invited to use onr reading room. 5 CHAIRS! FRANK H, THOMAS, IE3I air-ID r e s s er And dealer in hair-oiis, nomades, Thomas’hair tonic for removing tlandrulf, eic., 187 Main street. Milford, Mass. N. H. Ladies’ and children’s hair cut or sham¬ pooed at their residences if desired. Or. F ' . Dealer in IM: B -A. T S!)K-«- -IND PKOVI.SIONS, Fruits, Vegetables, Butter, Eggs, Etc. Also, home- cured Hams and home-made Sausages. 33 Exchange Street. IVY. f UBLIC l HETORJCALS MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL, May 2, 1888. PROGR.A.M. Piano Solo — La Qitana, Ernest Bucalossi Lydia A. Roberts, ’88 Nobility of Knowledge, Josiah P. Cooke Harold E. Fales, ’88. The Drummer Boy of Kent, C. S. Pratt Etta M. Green, ’88. World Worship, j. Peter Lesley Grace J. Crosby, ’88. The Smack In School, Wm. Pitt Palmer Olie L. Brown, ’88. Vocal Duet—Gentle be thy Slumbers, Schlesinger Nellie Brown, ’88, and H. Theo. Clark, ’89. Ultimate America, Lyman Abbott Arthur Lamson, ’90. House Cleaning, Mrs. A. Giddings Park Essie G. Wilber, ’90. A Medley, Elizabeth Irving Emma L. Nickerson, ’90. Vocal Solo—Market Day, Vivien H. TheoL Clark, ’89. Mice at Play, Anon Grace Godfrey, ’91. The Character of the Oyster, E. M. Rewey Guy L. Noyes, ’91. To Young Ladies, A. H. Bingham Louise A. Whitney, ’89. INTERMISSION. Piano Duet—Le Meteore, H. A. Wollenhaupt Lydia A. Roberts. ’88, Lillian A. Bradford,’89. Nix’s Mate, Hezekiah Butterworth Nellie Brown, ’83. Opposite Examples, Horace Mann Philip H. Tirrell, ’88. In the Catacombs, H. H. Ballard Lydia A. Roberts, ’88. Violin Duet—.Auf Wiedersehn, Bailey Florence E. Hale, ’83, M. Theresa Cooke, ’89. Advice to Young Men, Wm. Lloyd Patrick J. Martin, ’89. Entertaining Sister’s Beau, Bret Harte Eliza A. Flaherty, ’89. Poor Little Joe, Sadie Toomey, ’89. Arkwright The Two Flags, Edward Renaud James Lester Morgan, ’89. . How do you pronounce lulus? Let Virgil TI. read the following:— Achates goes shoreward, to see that all’s right, and no screvy loose, With orders to hring to the court that au¬ gust kid, lulus. —[Vaill. Prof. Thorpe - “Boys, we will have the black side of history today.” Student—“What is that?” Pi’of. T—“A lesson written with a lea l i encil.”—[Argus. HAS THE .MOST Complete Assortment of the Latest Novelties IN GOLD PENS, PENCILS, Fountain and Stylographlc Pens at the Lowest Prices. Always the Largest Assortment of the LATEST STYLES IN MILLINERY -AT THE- PAVILION MILLINERY PARLORS, Music Hall Block, Milford. JESSE A. TAFT, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Notary Public and Commissioner to qualify civil officers. Irving Block, opposite post office, Milford. COME AND SEE THE GRAND BARGAINS! -AT- RYAN CARROLL’S, 98 MAIN STREET, LINCOLN SQUARE. T. C. EASTMAN CO., Manufacturers of All Kinds of BOOT AND SHOE BOXES AND BAND BOXES -for- STRAW GOODS. -ALSO- Pain and Fancy Paper Boxes. Mill, Corner of Central and Depot Streets, Milford FINE MARBLE AND GRANITE CEMETERY WORK, A. O, KINNEY, SO. BOW ST., MILFORD,[mass. -AND Call at W. A ' . Aldrich’s 139 Main Street and examine HOUSEHOLD Sewing Machines. Pianos, Orpns, aid Sieet Masit, SOLD, LET, EXCHANGED AND REPAIRED. 0-A.IC, FLOWERS AND FLORAL WORK KOK ALL OCCASIONS. PATRONAGE SOLICITED. (iroeu ' .ioines and residence on Clinrch Place. SIT F O U Y O UR AT lOO MAIN STREETi MILFORD, AT E. L. WILLIS’. COOK BROS., DEALERS IN Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Pickles, Etc. Hams cure 1 by ourselves and Home-made Sausages. Market, 138 Main Street. ' S. . .OOOK. 8. 8. COOK. mH litotes Bourne’s is tiie place to find the best assortment of Dress rrinimingi and Kid G-loves in town. In¬ fant’s goods of every description. IOC Main Street, Milford, Mass. R. C. ELDRIDGE, Dealer in Diauiouds, Watclies. Clocts aiii Jewelry, 132 Main St.. Milford. Tlie Best and Cheapest place to buyl FRUITS AND CONFECTIONERY IS AT J. W. ROBERTS’. Cake and Ice Cream constantly on hand. Wedding Cake a Specialty. THAYKK’S BLOCK. Main Street, .Milford. Mass. BUTY YOTTE DRYGOODSARD SMALL WARES AT 1«( MAIN STKKKT, OF COBURN AOLMSTEAD. WHAT SHALL WE EAT? . Buy them at the BOSTON GROCERY TEA HOUSE OF J. 1). CROSBY. ‘Active shears gather no rust.” But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. —[Byron. A peculiar black paper, made from the bark of certain trees, serves the Siamese and Burmese in lieu of slates. Betel leaves are used to erase the writing. The laboring clas-ses,—so called in distinction from the idle people who only contrive the machinery and dis¬ cover the processes and lay out the work and draw the charts and or¬ ganize the various movements which keep the world going and make it tolerable.—[Holmes. California claims to be the only state in the union w here the olive can be cultivated with profit, and it is argued by a local paper that there is no reason why, in course of time, the state should not realize as large a su m from its olive groves as Spain does from hers. An artificial ivory of creamy white¬ ness and great hardness is now made from good potatoes washed in dilu¬ ted sulphuric acid, then boiled in the same solution until they become solid and dense; they are finally vashed free from the acid and slowly dried, and m:iy he dyed, turned, and made usefid in many ways. To cultivate the eye and hand, in and by the use of various tools, is of endless industrial value. The more various the cultivation of the hand and the eye, the more efficient will be the laborer in any special work. Definite trades cannot he taught in a national school system ; hut the fac¬ ulties may be trained which may be serviceable in all trades.—[Prof. Newman. This is a day when one may suc¬ ceed in almost any honorable calling in which he may engage, whether he be a maker of horse-shoes, a manu¬ facturer of fabrics, a builder of loco¬ motives, a merchant, a school leach- er, or a professional man of whatso- ever sort. But the prime requisite to success in any line is that one must do well what he undertakes to do,— that he must work, and work zeal¬ ously ; yet one can hardly do u ' ell what he undertakes, and work with enjoyment, without a love for his M’ork, or without such a desire to excel in his work as amounts almost to a love or a passion for it.—[The School Teacher. hIYEl ¥, FIRSTCLASS TEAMS TO LET. Transients Well Cared For. HQRSe -r CLIPPING PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED, 83 Central Street, - - MILFORD, MASS. IS HEADQUARTERS FOR HANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS! AND SACHET POWDERS. HENRY S. CUSHMAN. Manufacturer of Heavy and Light Fine Harnesses. Also on baud, 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. B. H. SPAULDING, MANUFACTURER OP Men’s, Boys’ anfl CUllreii’s Straw BooJs. Corner of Pearl and Lincoln Sts., Milford, Mass. Salesrooms, 616 and CIS Broadway, New York. WE OFFER SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS -IN- CLOTHING FOR SCHOOL WEAR. B. E. HARRIS, CLOTHIER. Heath Brothers, FASHIONABLE TAILORS 118 Mala Street, Milford. DEALER IN FRESH AND SALT MEATS. No. 354 Main Street. Geo. H. Whittemore, Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing. 110 Main Street, Milford. -DEALER IN- PURE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS TOILET AND EAKCY ARTICLES. Stationery of all Kinds at all Prices. Cor. Main and Court Sts., Milford, Mass. IRVING BLOCK Photograph Rooms, Milford, Maas., Over Journal Office. Opposite Post Office. Photographs taken day or evening and copying of all kinds and framing done here. H. L. 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Banking, and every variety of Office Work. Ko student can take thia course and remain ignorant of actual businem transactions of daily occuirenoe as conducted in the great exchanges of ' New York and London. Phoisosraphy and Typewriting y ' ;:ng ' iaml ' ' Blre wishing to Decome shorthand amanuenses are thoroughly drilled in eorreipond. ence. Students desiring to become general verbatim reporters are taken through all grades, flnishing on lectures delivered in the college: in no other school ia this country is this opportunity offered. DAniMAM ltiN fo ' Business, Drawing and Ornamental Work. An art ■ vlililQilSnip indispeneabls tor teachers. Txilifjlfganlui vsedily learned, and when acquired earns good pay. Theta I BloSrBpny schoola. embracing six departments, are in charge of eight nrofessora ana live assistant instructors. EASTMAN has well b n styled THE BUSINESS UNIVERSITY OP AMERICA. It is the oldest and most practical Commercial School, and the largest and most popular Private School in this country. Befers to patrons in every State. VOUNC MEN end Boys atarUngin life for themaelvea or astuming the V II — businem of a Gather or relative, and wanting the best preparation to assure success; VOUNC LADIES desiring to qualify themaelvea for good positions, and ■ to make themselvca independent for luo in a abort time and at a very moderate expense ; BARENTS AND GUARDIANS wanting their aona to be usefuU pronperous citizeos, and their daughters prepared for the acoidents of life, and made self supporting $ CADBWIC AND COLLEGE G RADUATES d ri fcle Gnish to their theoretical snd unavailing education; p iSAPROINTED YOUNG AND MIDDLE«AOED MEM who are tied to coos vative families, or places unsuited to their ambitions and abilities, or who desire to change their coarse of life, Iw eeeking Maces and bufr inesa more satisfactory and remunerative, will find THE NEW, short, pno tical course of study here most invaluable. TImra are no vacations. Applicanta enter any day with equal advantagA Board and tuition fees more reasonable than in any other P 1R8T CLAnB achooL Address for catalCgue giving special information, EASTMAN COLLEGE, « CucKEKT C. Gaiitis, Fnalk i POUGUEEEPSISI, V. 0 ) 00 p p 02 ct- 1-1 CD CD ct- t-b O ►i P- O) c o w o a w iz; u Q P o o o w w HIXONrBROS. HEADQUARTERS FOR Carpets, Stoves, Ranges, Dinner and Tea Sets, Vases, Lamps, Plated ware, Pocket and Table Cutlery. 63 and 66 Main Street, - - - Milford, Mass. A. S. Tuttle Co., DEALERS IN A CHOICE LINE OP Plush Ornaments CARPETS, STOVES, RANGES, CROCKERY, GLASS, TIN, and WOODEN WARE. 91 and 94 Main Street, Arrasene, Clienille, Floss and all other articles Suitable for Needle Work. N. B.—Instructions given in Kensington and Lustro Painting by MRS. R. AYLWARD, A. 8. TUTTLE. H. J. DEARING Grant Block, up stairs. Milford. -FOR FINE- BOOT HOES. SLIPPERS In all the Leading Styles, go to R P, 123 Main Street. Milford. CLAFLIN THAiTER, Manufacturers ot CALF AND KIP BOOTS, Boston Office, 90 Pearl street. New York office, A. Claflin Co., 116 Church St. CjAXiXj -Aw. rr. n -A-OTJEi T’s, 79 MAIN STREET, MILFORD, For a large assortment of OONFEOTIONEEY AND FEUIT. All Ice Cream orders for parties and church fairs will be promptly attended to. Prices as low aa the lowest. VoL. II. MILFORD, MASS., DECEMBER, 1885. No. 4 Christmas. What is it makes the loiul bells ring And all the happy children sing? What do these sounds of gladness bring? ’Tis Christmas. What is it brings so many toys To all the little girls and boys. And fills their hearts with many joys? ’Tis Christmas. What is it fills the scholar’s mind, Making his lessons lag behind, And on his card may zeros find? ’Tis Christmas. What is it our vacation brings? Of sav’ry goose and pudding sings, Of cakes, pies, and all sorts of things? ’Tis Christmas. What is it calls for spruces tall To place within a crowded hall, Loaded with gifts for large and small? ’Tis Christmas. What is this welcome joyous day When thoughts of care are far away, And young and old alike seem gay? ’Tis Cdiristmas. !• ' . V. c., ’St). What a Rain Drop Saw. I had become weary of roaming around in the sky in tlie foi-m of vapor, taking merely bird’s-eye views of things on earth, and tvas only too glad when at last a cold current of air struck me, condensing my particles into a dro]) of water, and sending me headlong to the earth. 1 wdthstood the shock very well, as did also my twin brother, who fell close beside me, on the to]) of a rock in central Ohio. But, alas! we were not to remain together long; for the force of grav- itv was so strong that it sent us roll¬ ing down the sides of the rock, though in altogether different direc¬ tions ; he went toward the north ; while I, toward the south. I well re- memV)er seeing his little, glistening body descending the hill,and I thouj ht then 1 shouhl never see him again; for a long, steep path lay before me, and I knew not where he had gone. Ihit we did meet again, though many, many miles from that place. As I said, a long, steep ])ath lay be¬ fore me, and as I went rolling down, I was joined by a number of my com- jianions, who went running down the Iiillside with me. As our number in¬ creased, the faster we went; till at length we jilunged into a brook and went skip])ing over the pebbles, carry¬ ing particles of sand and small stones along with us, wearing off their sharp edges and rounding the ])ebbles in the bottom of the brook. Other rills kept joining us until we grew to be a con¬ siderable stream and were compelled to push against great wheels in our course, which, I learned, furnished pow¬ er for running machinery that grinds grain and manufactures all sorts of articles. The stream had by this time grown to be a large river, and we soon united with a much larger one, the Ohio, where steam boats and all sorts of craft were plying. The banks were lined with towns full of active people, and I thought I had come to a jiretty busy world. Well, we Rowed along for about a hundred miles till we join¬ ed the ]Mississipj)i. Here I became acapiainted Avith rain drops from at least a third of the United States and some even from Canada. U])on our surface, large steamlioats j)lied, load¬ ed down with grain, cotton, sugar and jiroduce of all kinds. After a long journey we reached the mouth, or rather mouths, of the river. Here machines were at work dredging uj) the mud that had been deposited, so that large steamers could j)ass through. Upon asking whei ' C all the debris came from, I was informed that all rain drops, coming down the rivei ' , brought more or less dust and dirt with them, as all travelei’s do, and there were so many of them that in time they amounted to a great deal; for instance, in one year enough is deposited to make a ])yraniid a mile s(piare at the base and taller even than the Wash¬ ington monument. I suppose that I helped add my bit of sand ; for when one meets the tide, he must deposit what he has brought with him. I was then in the Gulf of Mexico, and was carried by the warm Gulf Stream through the Straits of Florida, Avhere I saw polyps at work building reefs, and learned they had in ages past made almost the entire southern ])art of Florida, from St. Augustine south. I was then borne out into the broad Atlantic, with nothing in sight but the blue waves all around me; but here were raindrops from all over the woj ' ld, and what a noise they made chattering in so manv different tongues, and how high they dimced and skip])ed! I was then entirely se])arated from those who had fallen with me in Ohio, and longed to see my brother, when whom should I see sitting, sparkling- in the sutdight, on the bow of a boat coming from Newfoundland, but my very own brother ? The wind drove me into his embrace, and then he re¬ lated his journey, how he had been carried into Lake Erie, over Niagara Falls, across Lake Ontario, into the St. Lawrence river, and so on into the Gulf, and finally into the Atlantic ocean, where he met me. But the hot sun had already grown too strong for us, and we were fast turning back to vapor; till, at length, we went sailing over the ocean toward land in a fleecy clouil. Up the Potomac valley we drifted, over the mountain peaks, where we became so chilled that we barely clung to the lower surface of the cloud, when I heard my brother burst forth with the well known song “Home Again, etc.” s. E. R., ’86. A feeble reed ])rovided man with his first arrow, his first j)en, his first instrument of music,—his three great ineans of comjuest.—[Picciola. Vnlume IV. Gooil Bye Cora Reiover For Soft and Hard Corns, Bun¬ ions, Warts, Callouses, c., removing them completely, and without pain or inconvenience. Price 25 Cents. J. ALLEN RICE, Pharmacist. Milford, - - Mass. Syrup Stillingia AND SARSAPARILLA The Best Blood Purifier and Spring Medicine. For Sale at Rice’s Pharmacy. Base Ball Supplies, ATHLETIC GOODS. Everything in the Catalogue for Physical Exercise and de¬ velopment 6f muscle will he fur¬ nished at lowest prices, at RICE ' S, 116 MAIN ST., Milford. Fine Stationery. Call at Rice ' s Pharmacy and see the finest display of Royal Irish Linen, Boston Linen, Bos¬ ton Bond, Boston Bank Linen, etc., ini all the new designs; also, Electric overland mail for Foreign correspondence. 6 H H OTHING- •O G. T. Fales Co., Mfike a Specialty of Black Silks and Rhadames, BLACK AND COLORED DRESS GOODS, Laces, ribbons, ruchings, KID GLOVES, CORSETS, HOSIERY UNDERWEAR. LARGEST ASSORTMENTS Parasols Sun Umbrellas. In Milford. All New Goods. G. T, FALES C0„ 154 MAIN ST., MILFORD, MASS. Suits for School Wear -and- SUITS FOR GRADUATION Elegant Spring Neckwear, All the Latest Shades in Spring and Summer Hats. Grile SowkeF, Hale’s Block, Milford, Mass. youngTadTes, ' Be Sure and See onr New Lines of Kid and Goat Button Boots. Tie Melrose, Mayflower, Planet anfl Betlfortl, They are the Prettiest Stylos, Finest Made, Best Wear¬ ing, Perfect Fitting, and Most Beautiful Boots out yet. A large supply of Children’s Fine Kid and Goat Spring Heels. YOUNG MEN LOOK AT THE 1 XjI ES 01 SHOES, Made of the Best Calf, Stylish, Good Wearing and the Handsomest Button, Balmoral and Congress shoes that are made. A full stock of all kinds of Tennis Ox¬ fords. A store full of all kinds of footwear. And the prices will suit you all. Come one and all and call on C. B. THOMPSON, il4 MAIN ST., MILFORD. Vol. IV. Class Ode of ’88. I. Hark! the bells are ri nging, Sad is the song they tell, While our hearts in singing, Bid them a fond farewell. They tell of duties left undone Of parting and of pain, How fast these four short years have run. That ne’er will come again. Hark! the bells are ringing. Sad is the song they tell. While our hearts in singing. Bid them a fond farewell. List! list! list to our fond farewell. List! list! list to our fond farewell. II. Hark! their low, sweet pealing Falls on the list’ning ear; In each heart is stealing Mem’ries of hours so dear. When we their sound no longer hear, Let not our thoughts be sad. But filling others’ hearts with cheer, We’ll make our own hearts glad. Hark! their low, sweet pealing Falls on the list’ning ear; In each heart is stealing Mem’rie.s of hours so dear. List! list! list to our fond farewell. List! list! list to our fond farewell. _ F. E. H., ’88. Music- ® XJSIC was originally regarded as including, not oidy melody, but even astronomy and all arts and sciences over which, as it was sup¬ posed, the Muses presided. Later, the Greeks, into whose games it al¬ ways entered, included in the te)-m dancing and poetry, as well as that which we call music. Everywhere, even among the most barbarous tribes, music has assisted in express¬ ing some emotion, and is associated with religion, mourning, triumph and joy. Although what many of the foreign nations consider music would seem anything but that to our ears, still to them it as sweet and powerful as is ours to us. A beauti¬ ful yet simple melody is often more MILFORD, MASS., JUNE, 1888. appreciated than a brilliant master¬ piece, and often awakens and devel¬ ops pure and exalted feelings never felt before. An old philosopher believed the or¬ der of the stars to be a written scroll of music, and that only two stars (which are said to have ap¬ peared centuries after his death in the very places he had designated) were wanting to complete the celes¬ tial harmony. Music has always been thought of as a divine art. By it the charac¬ ters of men and their governments are influenced. Confucius, a Chi¬ nese philospher one thousand years before Plato, said, “Wouldst thou know if a })eople be well governed, if its manners be good or bad, exam¬ ine the music it practises.” And Plato defines music as “the peerless educator ot the spirit.” The sim- j)lest music makes a home cheerful; in school it breaks the monotony of study, and generally after a few minutes of singing the lessons seem less irksome. Often about the daily work one bursts into song or begins to hum without knowing it, and the task, as well as the heart, seems lighter. So, in the case of a boy who is in the habit of whistling, the woodpile seems to decrease in size, while his saw keeps time with his tune. Even dumb beasts are influ¬ enced by its power, Orpheus being said to have charmed the birds and animals by his songs. A different rendering of this story is given by Shakespeare, thus: — “Orpheus, with his lute, made trees And the mountain tops that freeze Bow themselves when he did sing. To his music, plants and flowers Ever sprung.’’ Italy was formerly thought the centre of musical talent, and a |) 0 r- son’s education was not considered No. 10 completed until he had s tudied mu¬ sic in that country. A greater part of the old masters were Italians. Germany, also, can boast of being famous in this branch of art, for some of the most beautiful melodies are the works of German composers. There are few who can a])preeiate classical music, of which W agner’s compositions almost wholly consist. His copyist one day was found try- ing to play some of the great com¬ poser’s music with the sheet upside down. On being questioned in re¬ gard to the fact, he replied that he had tried both ways and thought it sounded as well one way as another. A Norwegian violinist. Ole Bull, whose passion for music kept him in poverty and extreme want for a long time,was so cheered by the sweet tones which he drew from his instru¬ ment that he was encouraged to strive for a high position in his chosen calling. Many real musi¬ cians have lived in pi)verty, vet mu¬ sic has such a power over them that they would rather live thus than give it up. How much happier were the soldiers on the march when singing some lively song, than when they were compelled to go in silence. Music not oiily brings rest to the mind and brain, but, if of the right kind, can often lead one to a higher and better life. F. E. H., ’88. The ability to pronounce the let¬ ter R seems to be growing less and less. It’s surprising to learn how many of our scholars are unable to give it its ])roper sound. Perhaps the naturalist would consider this a case of a loss of power from lack of use, and some dav the vocal organs will be unable to give it at all. Go West, young man, and learn to mas¬ ter your R’s. oj is: Our Motto. T HElvEare many ways in wliich ■Pwe ma learn if we will only im¬ prove our opportunities. They are before our eyes every day, but we fail to use them to any advantage. It never occurs to us that if we had only used the o])]� ortunitie8 which were offered, we might have gained a great amount of knowledge. Many people go through this world with closed eyes, while others notice all their surroundings. Some people so closely observe articles in stores and at fairs that when they return to their homes they can make the same things that they have seen simply by relying on their memory. This way of learning may be well practised at a fair after the nature of the Mechan¬ ics’. One may see there many ma¬ chines of different kinds, aiul by close observation may learn their action. How many things there are that we can learn from conversation ! In talking with another, one often finds that he has had the wrong idea of a certain subject, and by some word let fall he is set right. For this he ought to be very thankful. Some¬ times we fail to ask questions on topics of general interest, because we are afraid we shall be considered inquisitive; whereas it is perfectly right to ask questions at proper times and in pro])cr places. In truth, a wrea t amount of knowledge can be obtained by this means, and some¬ times information which we could gain in no other way. It is very im¬ portant that one’s associates should be those whose conversation will be of benefit to him, and will not lower his character. Many things are learned from books, not only from those written for instruction, but also for enter¬ tainment. In the study of Geology and many other sciences, the reading of some standard novel is often a help when taken in direct connection with the study. The “Last Days of Pompeii” is very closely connect¬ ed, in some passages, vvith the sci¬ ence of Geology, and may serve to fix ideas in the mind of the scholar. By reading, we know all men, places, times, and sciences. What should we of the nineteenth century know about the men of the past ages were it not for books which live torever? Many of us may never have the o])portuniiy of going to foreign lands to see the wonderful ])laces there, but when we are reading a good book of travels it seems as though we were ourselves gazing upon the very scenes described. In the read¬ ing of the Bible does it not seem as if we were personally acquainted with the old prophets? A fourth step towards learning might be terme l refiection. Nothing is ever really learned until it has been pondered iipon and thought over for some time. By continued medita¬ tion on that which has already occu¬ pied the mind, we are enabled to grasp the whole meaning of a thought or act and see clearly de¬ fined its relation to other thoughts and acts. Hence it follows that our judgments would be more discrim¬ inating and our minds strength¬ ened. We see, hear and read too ma ny things that mo never even think of a second time. What great o’ood mii :ht result from the habit of reflecting. G. .1. c., ’8S. Class Statistics. W EBSTER defines statistics as a collection of facts arranged and classified. Under this word I find no a))t quotation from a stand¬ ard author, no couplet from the noted poets. Nowhere can I find even a hint that this science has ever been the subject of a thrilling ro¬ mance or blood-curdling novel. Therefore you cannot reasonably expect from me any of Aeneas’ tongue¬ cleaving adventures or Othello’s ‘hairbreadth ’scapes i’ the imminent deadly breach;’ but simply a few facts and figures in regard to our¬ selves.” Thus has written the statis¬ tician of ’83, and we think it is equally applicable here. In September, ’84, fifty-nine pupils (thirty-two boys and twenty-seven girls) met at the high school, some for the first time and some as old school-mates of the grammar grade. As usual, before the year was over many found out that to attend this school meant work and not play, and consequently they were obliged to leave us. During the remaining three years, for various reasons others have left us, until now only four young men and thirteen young ladies will ap])ear on the Music Hall stage. Sorrowfully we record the fact that the “Angel Reaper has gathered two sheaves” from’88: during our first year, Mabel Cook, and in the second, William G. Dewing. If you are looking for curiosities do not come to the graduation, for you will be disa))])ointed. There are no wonders among us such as Barnum would like to engage. Our tallest, a boy, is only five feet, nine and one half inches, and our shortest, a girl, is only five feet, one inch (how much of this was due to the arrange¬ ment of her hair is a capital ques¬ tion). Our average height is five feet, three inches. One hundred and forty-five pounds will balance our heaviest classmate, a boy; om- of the girls, however, weighs just eighty- six ])ounds, but she is worth more than her weight in gold. Our avei- age weight is one hundred and six- teen jiounds; but together we do not weigh even a shortr ton. We have quite large heads, which means, of course, large brains, and we are sure that they are of the best material and finely convoluted; that is, if hard and continued mental work does really deepen the furrows, as the physiologists claim. The boys have the youngest and the girls the oldest, ranging from one year more than twice the sacred number to its triple. If the class, when arranged in a line according to scholarship and de- ])ortment, were to forni a ring, two boys would clasp hands as the ends joined. The girls prefer a high gen¬ eral average to such extreme.s, and so are by no means envious. In at¬ tendance for the four years, we boast of three girls and one boy who have never been tardy; and two girls and one boy who have not been dismissed. At least one of the boys can point with pride to his position in the rank list of scholarship and deportment. Full diplomas for the completion of a Classical course will be con¬ ferred upon two girls and one boy ; five girls and three boys will re¬ ceive diplomas for the English, French and Latin course ; and two girls, for the English and French. Partial diplomas, (because of change of course or through sickness or other causes) will be given to three girls in the English, French and Latin course, and to one in the Clas¬ sical. If you happen to pass by the school building at some future time and see a very beautiful ash tree, just please remember that the class of ’88 have left it as a remembrance. The authorities say that it is “dis¬ tinguished by its fruit” and we hope it may be symbolical of our after life. We intend to place a new book-case in the northeast corner of the large school-room as the parting gift of ’88. For all other ])articulars wliich you may be desirous of knowing, ad¬ dress our class secretary, (inclose stamp for answer,) or make your in¬ quiries in person at 9.30 a. m., Thursday, June 21, at Music Hall. Resj)ectfully submitted, H. L. T., ’88, Statistician. XjIL ' Z LOC IIi . EOITKD BY Nellie Brown and Harold K. Fales. We rejoice in tlie exj)eetation of liaving a Mrs. Prof, in the class of 83. ’88 will add seventeen to the tuini- ber of the i liiinni, making its total 531. Physics III. “A gater is a good musical instrument to illustrate sym¬ pathetic vibrations.” The temperance class ])ropose that hencefoi’th the future of “he drinks” shall be “he is drunk.” Is the whole frame-work of a whale’s body made of whale-bone? Yes, of course it is. For any information in regard to i I usic Hall impure of the seniors from 3 to 6 o’clock daily. A cruel translation for “avec an- goisse pendant” was given “with hanging agony.” Mr. Fharenith’s thermometer. Know him ? Perhaps he will look more familiar as Mr. Fareignht. Affect and effect are much abused wmrds, as the Physics class recently learned. Consult Worcester. French 1.—Entrant sur la pointe des pieds. Entering on the points of their feet. “Admoto dente,” “when he had re¬ moved his teeth.” Poor Midas; we did not know that false teeth were so an¬ cient. How sad it will seem to see others filling our places next year in the hearts of our teachers and at the head of the check list. Latin I. “hege” is a good foun¬ dation to stand upon, and an “oscu- list is tlie otie to visit, if you have trouble with your eyes. The school is indebted to Sadie Curley, ’90, for a beautiful specimen of iridescent coal, in which the col¬ ors are unusually well marked. ' l ' liursd:iy,June 21,’88,10 o’clo -k— Tile seventeen are tin cynosure of all eyes, ' riiursd.ay, June 21, ’88, 12 o’clock— ' Phe srvi ' iiteen are—? From a recent composition we learn that “beautiful monuments and white swans float about on the pond in Pine drove Seminai-y.” Among the debts we owe to the school are thanks to the j)ianist for special music when we have to come back and ])ronienade alone. Our class tree is flouris ing, and it is with interest that we see the tender branches starting. It is the gift of Inez L. G.ay, ’85, to whom we acknowledge our debt. O limp is rather a lame ti-anslation for Olympus. One of our students of Political Economy informs us that there are two kinds of tariff. Free-trade and Protection. How do you like the ’88 badge? It is an original idea, do you say? Well ves, may be, but we did not in¬ tend it. As our duties with the O. L. and I. cease, we are ready to take con¬ tracts with any other ])aper of equal¬ ly high standing. Teacher (hearing a rehearsal)— Speak moi’e distinctly. Teacher (after the sentence has been repeated)—Now that is English, (after a pause) you know. As the statistics are being taken, the fat ones pray for lighter weight; the lean begin to frown; the short ones mourn their humble fate; the long say “cut me down.” Wanted.—A cat to shut into the school over night, for rats seem to be quite numerous,as a sudden jump, a gasp, a shrill scream in soprano voices indicated the other day. We begin to lose our zeal to be out of school, as we look into the cold world and think what we are soon coming to, and we dread to give up the protection of our Alma Mater. With trembling hands and tear- filled eyes we send our last humble contribution to the O. L. and I. May she live long and prosper in the hands of those to whom we tenderly leave her! The class pictures are unusually good this year, so we think, and as we comiDare them with past classes we see marked improvement in this art Thev are a credit lo both the artists. Teacher—Have you always lived in Maine before you came here? Scholar—Well, I’ve lived most everywhere. Wonder if she is any relation to the late Daniel Pratt, G. A. T. Teachei — Is that drawing of re¬ fracted rays correct. Boy—No; I was thinking of a lookinu-glass. V. Teacher— ' Fhat is not a proper re¬ flection for you ; it would be more suitable for a young lady. Our supply of flowers has been most liberal this month, and every room has been bountifully provided with bouquets. The scholars, as well as teachers, find their pretty colors a pleasant rest for the eyes ami an inspiration to contented work. Will the anoiiyiiious writer of notes left in encyclojiedias please sign his name. We wou’d like to know who is capable of using such endearing terms. Do you realize how sweet the com¬ pliment is when you are said to be as sweet as honey ? The chemists say that honey contains three kinds of sugar, therefore you are sweet in the third degree. We are fortunate in having good photographers at home. Several classes fi-om neighboring towns have been h.ere to have their class pic tures tak( ' n. We think some of them were good subjects. The Botany class seem to enjoy their studies among the flowers. They have participated in several rambles in neighboiing woods and o o fildds, learning lessons which will al¬ ways be remembered as each sjiring the lovely tokens reappear. Physics HI. are indebted to Frank L. Fairbanks, ’81, for the loan of his steam engine. It is very complete and well finished. We are proud to see a former member of our school jirove himself to be so successful a mechanic. A new bookcase is nearly com¬ pleted in the alcove of the upper north recitation room for the storage of text-books belonging to the town when not in use. It has been need¬ ed ever since the free, text-book law was passed ; for since that time they have crowded the apparatus out of its proper ])lace. Where is Hopedale? Ask one of Civil Government IV. He says Gen¬ eral Draper will jirobably be govern¬ or because he is sure of the Hope- dale vote. According to another member of this class, the special freedom from arrest allowed a repre¬ sentative by law, w ' oiild offer a good opportunity to pay off old grudges. On Thursday, June 7, quite a spir¬ ited ball game took place between the Milford High School club and the Mendon Roads. There was some very good playing on both sides, although the Mendon Roads were over-matched by the school club. The score: Milford High Schools, 25 ; Mendon Roads, 4. We arc in hopes that ’87’s present to the school will arrive from New York before the reunion. It will probably be a bust of Minerva, heroic size, and will be mounted above the middle door of the large room. Our present will be a book¬ case for the reference books, wdth an ornamental shield bearing upon it “Class of ’88.” I I V ' Z‘ . THE 07IK, Em¥|IYY. JUISE, 1888. Published Monthly lluring the School Year, BY The Senior Class of the Milford High School PRINTED BY G. M. BILLINGS. BUSINES.S EDITORS. GR.A.CE L. BLOOD and LYDIA A. ROBERTS. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Ten Numbers.) For the Year, . 50 cents | Single Copies, . 5 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, Mass., Post-Office, as second class matter. GENERAL EDITORS. Olie L. Brown and Lillian E. Thompson. The “Class of ’b8” have voted not to receive bouquets upon the stage. If any are sent to Music Hall they will be kept until the close of the exercises. ’88 is on the stage to win her last laurels,—no bouquets, if you please, —but soon we shall ajipear on the stage of the city of Life. May we accomplish something there, before the curtain goes down, worthy of ourselves and the school from which we graduate. We exjiect the argument on the side of Free Trade will be done Brown in the coming debate, if the Political Economy class Fales to present good arguments for Protec¬ tion. It is liable to be a Blood-y fight, yt-t it is hoped there will be no Lawless actions taken. If we be¬ come kungry before it is finished, we shall call upon the Miller. Don’t think we are Green, for we have already a good sup|)ly of Leaven-s to lighten the product. As we review our school year, we ac¬ knowledge that we feel esfiecially grat¬ ified with our paper. It has been a source of instruction and pleasure, al¬ though also considerable labor. We think that we have thoroughly proved that school journalism is a, success and can be jirofitably carried on. We heartily thank our subscribers and our advertisers, who have so generously helped us carry our extra burden, the cover. We hope the succeeding classes will eagerly con¬ tinue this publication and take as much interest and ])ride in it as we have done. The seniors have been busily en¬ gaged in analyzing and mounting specimens for their herbariums. The season has been so backward that many of the prettiest flowers have failed to appear in time to be pressed. This year, as in the past, each page contained a quotation, taken from our poets, ajipropiaate to the flower. As the last will and testament of ’88, she bequeaths unto the coming classes the honor of the Milford High School. It is our last request that they use the instructions here offered to the best advantage. May they proHt by the advice of their ex¬ perienced predecessors, and remem¬ ber that they will look back with the m( st pleasure upon those hours which were well improved. Wishing to assist the Grand Army post in observing Memorial D.iy, our school chorus rendered three selec¬ tions, one being an encore, at their evening exercises in the Town Hall. The time for preparation was so lim¬ ited that our music was nothing elab¬ orate or selected for the occasion, but it was patriotic and inspiring. We feel that we have been duly re¬ warded for our services, not only by receiving thanks from the Grand Army post as a body, but from many of the individual members. We sin¬ cerely hope that the future classes will have the ambition and desire to follow our example and do their duty in honoring the dead soldiers on this sacred national holiday. By a circular just received signed by the “First Vice-President” of the “N. E. A. P. A.” we are kindly al¬ lowed to insert the following notice “in the publishers’ notice, between the sub-heading and the names of the editors”:— “This paper is recognized by the amateur fraternity as belonging to Class A, RanklO,of New England am¬ ateur jiapers, classified by the New En¬ gland Amateur Press Association.” We do not know why we should ob¬ ject ; but we would be better pleased if we knew the caliber of the single examiner who wrestles with the mighty task of judging the “quant i- ty, regularity, quality and typo¬ graphy ” of all the amateur papers of New England. We fall to quoting “and still the wonder grew how one small head etc., etc.” Yes, we do find one fault; we have been given too much for regularity. The only thing we are regular about is our irregularity, and on that basis we ought to have more. How’s that for a paradox! What a vast change from the man¬ ner in which our news from the world is conveyed to us, compared with the olden times. A Milfordian, sitting at his breakfast table at 8.30, may have the morning papers brought to him, in which is a survey of the en¬ tire world. This must necessarily exert some influence as to the care¬ fulness of one’s conduct, since it, by the telegraph and daily neM ' spa- ])er, is made known to the public. This is a miraculou s invention of this age, embracing in so small sjiace conqiaratively the import and happi¬ ness of the whole world. To Misses Roberts, ’88, and Wil¬ bur, ’90, it is now a proper time to acknowledge our thanks for the spir¬ ited marches they have so kindly played for us during the change of recitations throughout the past year. We assure them that their efforts have been appreciated, and they may have the satisfaction of know¬ ing that they have brightened the sessions and rested the minds by their music. To Miss Roberts, also, we owe much of the success of our singing; for we know of no one else in school who is able to accompany us so satisfactorily as she has done for two years. We hope that her mantle will fall upon some worthy successor. We consider it an honor to be able to be the pianist of the M. H. S., as well as a most excellent drill if any scholar wishes to perfect himself. “Botany, we welcome thee! Botanists, we greet ye!” T’he modest flower we have so often trodden utider foot, once so simple, now rises before us to de¬ clare the wonders of nature. With our eyes fastened on its beauty and inhaling its sweetness we study the flower until it has become a book. The sepals offer to our fancy covers to envelop the thoughts; the petals, fascinating illustrations—in our child¬ hood looked upon as indispensable to the flower as the bright })icture8 to our story-books; the pistils and sta¬ mens, which we cared so little for once, we have since found to be the essential organs of the flower, as the printed words of the book. Early in the sjiring, when the untimely snow cast a gloomy aspect around us, we could but envy the gentle flower hidden beneath the white covering, and wished we, too, might tuck our heads out of sight until the warmer rays of Ajiollo asserted their power over nature; but now the “day-stars” of the ])oets make ns for¬ get those former days and we are fascinated by their “formless eyes.” Gradciates of ’55. Complete Four-Year Diplomas. ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND LATIN. Nellie Brown, Olie Lawrence Brown, Grace Jeannette Crosby, Harold Everett F ' ales, Patrick Joseph Keelon, Patrick Joseph Lawless, Susie Theresa M iller, Mary Lizzie Toohey. ENGLISH AND FRENCH. Grace Lydia Blood, Lillian Eliza Thompson. CLASSICAL. Harriot Morton Coburn, Josephine Thayer, Philip Henry Tirrell. Partial Diplomas. (Given for an incomplete course.) ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND LATIN. Minnie Frances Bicknell, Etta Melissa Green, Lydia Ann Roberts. CLASSICAL. Florence Edith Hale. The First Ten in Scholarship and De¬ portment. FIRST YEAR. . Tirrell, Coburn, Hale, Thayer, Thompson, Brown, O., Toohey, Miller, Crosby, Green. SECOND YEAR. CobuiTi, Tirrell, Thompson, Thayer, Miller, Brown, O., Bicknell,f J ' oohey, Hale, Crosby. THIRD YEAR. Tirrell, Coburn, Brown, O., Thayer, Thompson, Bicknell, Toohey, Crosby, Miller, Lawless. FOURTH YEAR. Thayer, Tirrell, Coburn, Toohey, Brown, O., Hale, Crosby, Thompson, Lawless, Miller. FOUR YEARS.t Tirrell, Coburn, Thayer, Thompson, Brown, O., Bicknell, Toohey, Crosby, Miller, Green. ♦Only two studies third year. tEiitered the second year and began Latin. tNellie Brown, on account of sickness and re¬ moval from town, has been a member of other classes, and by her own request is not ranked. If ranked, she would be third in this list. Ushers for ’88 : Fitzgerald,Gould, Martin and Spaulding of ’89 ; Barry, Burke, Gibbons and Howard of ’90 ; Carpenter, Cronan, Noyes and Scully of ’91. Qraduating Exercises OF THE Glass of ’55, MILFORD MUSIC HALL, 9.30 O’CLOCK, M. Motto — Observe, Converse, Read, Reflect, (hlors—Cardinal and Gold. See your guests approach. Address yourself to entertain them sprightly. — W ' inter ' s Tale. Chorus —Song of Greeting. Excursions, - - - . Olie L. Brown They are the abstract and brief chronicles of the time. — Hamlet. FIRST EXCURSION. List if thou caust hear the tread of travelers. —Henry 1V. Caricatures: Uses and Abuse ... Lillian E. Thompson The Fame of Science, - - Nellie Brown Chorus—Sea Song. SECOND EXCURSION. O thou invisible spirit of wine if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil! — Othello. Alcohol and “The House We Live In,” - Harold E. Fales, Grace L. Blood, Patrick J. Keelon, Etta M. Green, Patrick J. Lawless, Lydia A. Roberts. Chorus—June Day. THIRD EXCURSION. In nature’s infinite book of secrecy A little can I read. —Antony and Cleopatra. The Earth, Our Storehouse, .... Minnie F. Bicknell, Florence E. Hale, Grace J. Crosby, Susie T. Miller, Mary L. Toohey. Chorus—The Voice of the Grass. FOURTH EXCURSION. You, that are old, consider not the capacities of us that are young.— Henry IV. Little Folks in Dickens, - Josephine Thayer Manger Births, - - - Harriot M. Coburn The Citizen, ... Philip H. Tirrell Now our sands are almost run; More a little, and then done. — Pericles. Presentation of Diplomas, Chairman G. G. Parker Chorus—Class Ode,t Written by Florence E. Hale We know what we are, but we know not what we may be.—Hamlet. • ' Accompa niments by Lydia A. Roberts. tSee first page. Gradiiates’ AssoGiatiafi. 1BE2-1BBB. Motto— Concordia. Colors— Green and White. OFFICERS. PRESIDENT. Dr. W. P. Cooke, ’78. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Mrs. C. A. Dewey, ’65, Miss Anna A. Woodbury, ’82, Miss VV ' inon.T L. Hale, ’85. SECRETARY AND TREASURER. John T. McLoughlin, ’83. STATISTICS. Principals, 12 .—Assistants, 28. FOUR-YEAR COURSE GRADUATES. Class of Graduates Class of Graduat ’62. . .. 5 75.. .. 19 ’63.. .. 8 ’76 .. .. 28 ’64.. .. 6 ’77.. .. 9 ’65.. .. 14 ’78.. .. 14 ’66. . .. 21 79.. .. 19 ’67.. .. 10 ’80.. .. 18 ’68.. .. 16 ’81.. .. 10 ’69. .. 13 ’82.. .. 28 ’70.. . . 10 ’83.. .. 28 ’71.. .. 18 ’84.. .. 30 ’72.. .. 18 ’85.. .. 27 ’73.. .. 16 ’86 . . 33 ’74.. .. 25 ’87.. .. 17 TWO-YEAR COURSE GRADUATES. ’80.. .. 6 ’83.. .. 12 ’81.. .. 5 ’84.. .. 11 ’82.. .. 7 ’85.. .. 13 Graduates.514 Class of ’88 . 17 Total. 531 ANNUAL REUNION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING, Friday, June 22. Business Meeting at 4 o’clock. ORDER OF EXERCISES. 7.30 to 9....Out-door Exercises 9 to 10.In-door Exercises 10 to 11.30.Refreshments 11.30 to 12,.Closing Songs, Etc. The in-door exercises will include a piano solo and duet, a violin duet, and whistling and vocal solos by members of the alumni and other talent. Let every graduate show his pride in the school by being ])re 8 ent. Five hundred is the number desired. Xil Xj-Z Tlie Young I le:i for May is a live¬ ly one. We sni)])Ose tiiat the new schoollionse will be a Bachelor insti¬ tution. We sadly lament the irregularity and, in a few eases, the entire disap¬ pearance of some of our exchanges. —[tSeveral Exchanges. We agree. Wliere is the M.B. A-nean, Latin School Register, etc. ? The Wilmington Collegian for May devotes itself to the past and present history of the college, its ad¬ vantages, influences, rank, and needs, written by its president and profes¬ sors. The Troy High School Record has a new cover—neat and symmetri¬ cal. Its motto is “Ilium fuit, Troja est,” which we sujtpose they trans¬ late now—“The old cover has passed away, the new one has come.” The Jahberwock, our latest new exchange, is a very commendable effort on the part of the fourth class of the Girls’ Latin School, Boston. The Legend of the Lombardy Pop¬ lar is an extremely well written ar¬ ticle. Certainly, gentle Acamedian, we would change our “slugged col¬ umns” for you if they were “slugged.” Consult yuur printer. Your sad pun on us is quite lost, for we are not Blood-y minded by name or by na¬ ture. Ti-y again. The Messachorvan, Atchison, Kan¬ sas, is the only pa]ter of its kind on our table. It is edited and pub¬ lished entirely by ministers, doctors and ]n-ofessors.—[Dayton (Ohio) High School Times. See Wilmington Collegian for O O May, for another. On Wednesday morning. May 23, ' Miss-- held a nuisicale at her home. The programme, which was very interesting, was composed of thirty-one selections on the ])iano. —[Ex. Thirty-one selections on the piano! Thank ky-ind heaven we were not there! “The Oak, Lily, and Ivy,” eontains an excellent exchange column. But why has it left the Johnsonian out? —[Johnsonian. We would say to “The Premier,” that we did not intend to slight it, for we consider it too interesting to be so treated.—[Same number of Johnsonian. Put your own name in place of the Premier, dear Johnsonian, and our “why” could not be better expressed. Pine Grove Echoes forestalls criti- icism of its May number by its mot¬ to: “Despise not little things.” According to a writer in the Wash- ington Review, manual training does not ju-ove to be an altogether satis¬ factory experiment in the high school there. It seems to jirevent some from getting a projier “fit” for college. “These things ought not so to be.” The Llamptonia for June interests us much. The smiling face of the Rev. Prof. A. B. Meservey reminds us of our pleasant lessons in his book-kee))ing text-book. “Why I Should not Become a Christian,” is a rather original argument in an un¬ usual direction. On the opposite page is Jin appreciative article on Keats and Shelley. Farther along, P. Silli-man—what’s in a name, say you ?—has completely floored Dar¬ win, by substituting for his Natural Selection theory, a Natural Degre- dation one, proving beyond the pos¬ sibility of a doubt that the human race has descended from ghosts. Perhaps this is what Shakespeare means when he speaks of “giving to airy nothings a local habitation and a name.” As we take leave of our exchange friends in this, our last number for the year, we wish to express our thanks to all who have had kind things to say of us, and also to those whose criticisms have hot been alto¬ gether favorable. The former have given us sincere pleasure by their commendation of our efforts, while the latter have caused us to look more closely to our ways than we might otherwise have done. We have endeavored to benefit by sug-. gestions offered in everything but the place of our ads. For reasons financial and political we could not change those. Perhaps the next board of editors will be more suc¬ cessful. A pleasant vacation to you all. Good-bye. George E. Patrick, ’68, is now the state chemist at Ames, Iowa. Rev. A. E. Winship, editor of The Journal of Education, gave us a call last Friday, and highly entertained us with instructive remarks upon “Standards.” We congratulate one of our assist¬ ants, Lucy S. Patrick, once of ’62, on her pleasant prosjieet for the summer vacation. She, with her sister, Ellen M. Patrick, a former scholar, but now a teacher in the Cincinnati high school, will be present at the Nation¬ al Convention of Teachers in San Francisco, July 13. EDITED BY Mary L. Toohey and Patrick J. Lawless. Charles Gillon, once of ’85, lias completed his course at Fordliam College. Charles Godfrey,, ’62, is a second time in England representing the Electric Signal Comjiany. Gertie A. Ball, English, ’83, has been known as Mrs. Orren R. Fox of Natick since May 29, ’88. William W. Philips, ’87, of Bos¬ ton, who has been very ill, has been recuperating in Milford. John Eldridge, once of ’83, takes his dijiloma at Harvard this month, and his brother Eugene, once of ’84, at the Worcester Technical School. S. Ernest Fletcher, ’84, has suc¬ cessfully passed the examinations for admittance to the Boston University Medical School. Samuel Edwards, once of ’86, re¬ cently paid us a visit. Lie is now in the sugar refinery of Harrison Frazier, at Philadelphia. Charles H. Morrill, ’82, once of Llarvard ’86, and later principal of the Wilton, N. H., high school, grad¬ uates this month in the class of ’88, Dartmouth College. John P. Holmes, ’79, a graduate of both the academic and medical de¬ partments of Harvard, and who has been in the West during the past year, will settle in Milford. Alton Parkhurst, once of ’65, is manager of the Chicago branch of the Whitman Barnes Manufactur¬ ing Company, which is said to be the greatest American manufactory of mower and reapei- knives. Frank L. Fales, ’85, (H. U. ’89), will be permitted by the faculty to receive a diploma this year as a re¬ ward for extra work. It is his inten¬ tion to return next September for a course in the Scientific School. Willard L. Fales, ’86, (LI. U. ’9U,) has been assisting a civil engineer in laying out a township in the Sien a Madre Hills of California. During the latter part of the work he had entire charge, on account of the ill¬ ness of the contractor, in relocating a change in the boundaries. Alice T. Hall, M. D., a former as¬ sistant, after graduating at the Philadelphia Medical College, has been perfecting herself in her pro¬ fession by a course of study in Germany. She arrived in Berlin on the day that Emperor William died, and was a witness of the imposing services of his burial. 1 ivy. Class of ’88. 1 . Why not a too rare class? 2, What ought to be the class color? B. What should the class do in time of temptation ? 4. Why can it never succeed in its youth? 5. In sea-faring language, why ought it to be stable? 6 . Why is it unruly? 7. Why ought it to be well fed? 8 . Which one is a too joyous in¬ terjection ? 9. Why aristocratic? 10. Why is one member a contra¬ diction in gender? 11. What one suggests a ho’-se and cremation, or a cow and a brook? 12. Where’ll there be no more sorrow? 13. Why a bad class for we ping? 14. What does the class toll to end all contention? 15. Why will its laurels never fade ? 16. What one’s name makes her equal to two boys? 17. Whv is it a vigorous class? For answers see page five, column one. Buy Ladies’ and Misses’ NKWMAUKET3, DRESS GOODS, Etc. of 138 MAIN STREET, - - MILFORD Boys’ and Children’s MUSIC HALL BLOCK, MILFORD. AYKRY WOODBURY, SUCCESSORS TO J. W. HARRIS. ---DEALERS IN- WALL PAPER AND CURTAINS. Upholstering, Carpet and Shade Work a Specialty. 162 Main St., Milford. BARTLETT ELLIS, Hardware, Cutlery, Pumps, Stoves, Furnaces, Farming Tools and Seeds. 172 174 Mam St., - - Milford, Mass. 5 CHAIRS! FRANK H, THOMAS, Hair-IDresser And dealer in liair-oils, nomades, Thomas’ hair tonic for removing dandruff, etc., 127 Main street. Milford, Mass. N. B. Ladies’ and children’s hair cut or sham¬ pooed at their residences if desired. Fine Artistic BE-A-TTY’S, 168 Main Street, - - Milford, Mass. G- W-. “WILCOX HAS THE MOST Complete Assortment of the Latest Novelties IN GOLD PENS, PENCILS, Fountain and Stylographlc Pens at the Lowest Prices. Always the Largest Assortment of the LATEST STYLES IN MILLINERY -AT THE- PAVILION MILLINERY PARLORS, Music Hall Block, Milford. JESSE A. TAFT, Attorney and Counsellor at Eaw, Notary Public and Commissioner to qualify civil officers. Irving Block, opposite post office, Milford. COME AND SEE THE GRAND BARGAINS! -AT- RYAN CARROLL’S, 98 MAIN STREET, LINCOLN SQUARE. T. C. EASTMAN CO., Manufacturers of All Hinds of BOOT AND SHOE BOXES AND BAND BOXES -FOR- STRAW GOODS. -ALSO- Plain and Fancy Paper Boxes. Mill, Corner of Central and Depot Streets, Milford 3r- HllSOia:, Dealer in E JY T S! AxVIl PROVISIONS, Fruits, Vegetables, Butter, Eggs, Etc. Also, home- cured Hams and home-made Sausages. 33 Exchange Street. Wl!) A.® ROOMS ON EXCHAN6E ST., Hours: 8 a. m. to 10 p. m., SUNDAYS, 1 TO 6 P. M. Over 70 periodicals on file in Reading Room. All men are cordially invited to use our reading room. Statistics of Seven Graduating Classes. ’82. 00 00 ’85. ’86. ’87. ’88. Tallest, G ft. 6 ft. lOi in. 6 ft. 6 ft. 5 ft. 10 in. 5 ft. in. Shortest, 5 ft. 6 ft. in. 3 ft. 8 in. 5 ft. in. 4 ft. 9 in. 5 ft. 1 in. Average, 5 ft. 5 in. 6 ft. 5i in. 5 ft. 4 in. 6 ft. 5 in. 5 ft. 4 in. 5 ft. 3 in. Heaviest, 150 lbs. 158 lbs. 142 lbs. 190 lbs. 139 lbs. 145 lbs. Lightest, 90 lbs. 97 lbs. 47 lbs. 90 lbs. 86 lbs. 86 lbs. Average, 117J lbs. 121 lbs. noj lbs. 125 lbs. 115 lbs. 116 lbs Oldest, 20 y. 5 ni. 20 y. 6 m. 19 y. 7 m. 19 y. 5 in. 20 y. 2 m. 20 y. 10 in. 21 y. 7 III. Youngest, 16 y. 7 m. 15 y. 6 m. 15 y. 9 in. 16 y. 10 ni. 16 y. 2 in. 15 y. 10 m. 16 y. 3 III. Average, 18 y. 7 m. 17 y. 5 in. 18 y. 3m. 17 y. 5 in. 17 y. 8 in. 17 y. 2 in. 17 y. 8 111 Admitted, 71 57 55 71 78 62 69 Graduates, 2 yrs., 6 5 7 12 11 13 0 Graduates, 4 yrs., 28 28 30 27 33 17 17 FINE MARBLE AND GRANITE CEMETERY WORK. A. C. KINNEY, SO. BOW ST., MILFORD, MASS. -AND- -Hfc Xj -A_ SAT Call at W. A. Aldrich’s 139 Main Street and examine HOUSEHOEI) Bewiiig Madhiiaes, Pianos, Orpns, aifl Sleet Misit, SOLD, LET, EXCHANGED AND REPAIRED. OJLIC, LIL ' Z X ' VlZr. FLOWfiBS AND FLORAL WORK KOK AM. OCCASIONS. PATROMAGE SOLICITED. Groeiilioines and residence on Church Place. S 1 T P O R Y O UK AT lOO MAIN STREET, MILFORD, AT K. L. WILLIS’. COOK BROS., DKALERS IN Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Pickles, Etc. [lams cure l by ourselves and Home-made Sausages. Market, 15i8 Main Street. S. A. COOK. 8. 8. COOK. itimmiimsi jund ♦ • Bourne’s is the place to find the best assortment of Dress rriminings and Kid Gloves in town. In¬ fants’ goods of every description. w. H. BaumlfB CO ' . 106 Main Street, Milford, Mass. R. C. ELDRIDGE, Dealer in Dlainoiiils, Watcies, Clocts anl Jewelry, 132 JVEain St., Milford. Tlie Best and Cheapest place to buy FRUI i ' S AND CONFECTIONERY IS AT J. W. ROBERTS’. Cake anil Ice Cream constantly on hand. Wedding Cake a Specialty. THAYER’S BLOCK. Main Street, Milford, Mass. BXrTT ■Y ' OTJIS. DRY GOODS AND SMALL WARES AT 166 MAIN STREET, OE COBURN 0 LMSTEAD. WHAT SHALL WE EAT? Olvo i CO Buy them at the BOSTON eR0CERY TEA HOUSE “Active shears gather no rust.’’ “Do good in thought. Some future day ’Twill ripen into speech; And words are seeds that grow to deeds, None know how far they reach.” Strike for your manhood, for honor and fame; Strike right and left till you win a good name; Strike for your freedom from all that is vile; Strike off companions who often beguile. Be not simply good, be good for some thing.—[Tlioreau. Let us remember tliat interest on borrowed Double makes us grow old. Professor in English —What are the elements of style, Mr. Job Lot ? Job Lot—A pair of Plymouth Rock pants and a plug hat. The four leading female colleges in the United States are: Wellesley with 620 students, Vassar with 283, Smith with 367, and Bryn-Mawr with 79. A popular toast at the annual New England dinner is: “Woman, the conundrum of the nineteenth century; we cannot guess her, but we will never give her up.” Prof, in Chemistry—There are several steps to be taken in finding the exact chemical composition of bone. For example—when you boil it, what is given off? Student—Souj . —[Ex. To use a homely simile, the change soinn on in our bodies is like the man’s knife, which after having had several new blades, and at least one new handle, was yet the same old knife as ever. Twenty years ago women could not vote anywhere. Today they have full suffrage in W ashington and Wyoming territories; municipal suffrage in Kansas ; school suffrage in fourteen of the United States. Somebody has defined hash as “the substance of things hoped for, the t vidence of things not seen.’ ' Another calls it a mosaic, but you do not know any more what is in it, and it does not taste any better by that name. I can’t abide to see men throw away their tools i’ that wniy the min¬ ute the clock begins to strike, as if they took no pleasure i’ their w’ork, and was afraid o’ doing a stroke too much. ... 1 hate to see a man’s arms drop down as if he was shot, before the clock’s fairly struck, just as if he’d never a hit of pride and delight in’s work. The very grind-stone ’ull go on turning a bit after you loose it.—[Adam Bede. miW? hlYEI Y, FIRST CLASS TEAMS TO LET Transients Well Cared For. HORSe f CLIPPING PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED, 83 Central Street, - - MILFORD, MitSS. 2sj:o:e se’s IS HEADQUARTERS FOR HANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS I AND SACHET POWDERS. HENRY S. CUSHMAN, Manufacturer of Heavy and Light Fine Harnesses. Also on hand, 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. B. H. SPAULDING, MANUFACTURER OF Men’s, Boys’ aoillCMiareii’s Straw GooJs. Corner of Pearl and Lincoln Sts., Milford, Mass. Salesrooms, 616 and 618 Broadway, New York. WE OFFER SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS -IN- CLOTHING FOR SCHOOL WEAR. B. E. HARRIS, CLOTHIER. Heath Brothers, FASHIONABLE TAILORS, 118 Main Street, Milford. DEALER IN FRESH AND SALT MEATS. OF ,1. D. CROSBY. No. 254 Main Street. Geo. H. Whittemope, Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing. 110 Main Street, Milford. a; Boweiio®. tllVINC BLOCK Photograph. Rooms, Milford, Maes., Over Journal OfQce. Opposite Post Office. Photographs taken day or evening and copying of all kinds and framing done here. H. L. SNOW of Boston, Operator, E. L. TEMPLE, Proprietor. f -DEALEa IN- PURE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS TOILET AND FANCY ARTICLES. Statlouery of all Kinds at all Prices. Cor. Main and Court Sts., Milfcrd, Mass. Milford Variety Store. Newspapers, Periodicals, Toys, Etc. Headquarters for Boston Daily and Sunday Pajiers. Evgrett Chgney, 136 Main Street, Milford. 11 , A, KAI RESTIURAUT AND DINING ROOMS. BOARD BY THE DAY OR WEEK AT REASONABLE PRICES. No. 4 Jefferson St., Milford, Mass. Meals Served at Short Notice. ERNEST C. BROWN, -TEACHER OF- VIOLIN AND ’CELLO, MILFORD, MASS. co LJ Q m CQ p . p Q c o pp c3 i-q • PQ —1 Q 3 a A — V 1 M a 1 W •d Li E-T o :§ o kS 0=i P P o Ui d -I 02 w CG a 1—1 o o 1 M GO t- cb KDUCATED for successful business, taught how to get a Liviog, maka Money, and become enterprising, useful citizens. PiKSlElliin N. Y„on the Hudson, the only OwlSII9a8 institution devoted to this specialty, con ts oS the Schools of combining Theory and Practice by a novel and original system ■eaaisresaof training, and giving actual daily experience in Merchandis¬ ing. Banking, and every variety of Office Work. No student can take thia course and remain ignorant of actual business transactions of daily occurreno as conducted in the great exchanges of New York and London. Fhpis8 r£pli]f and Typewriting young ladies. Studenia wishing to Hecome shorthand amanuenses are thoroughly drilled in correspond¬ ence. Students desiring to become general verbatim reporters are taken through all grades, flnishing on lectures delivered in the college : in no other school in this country is this opportunity offered. An art These c Ch ' d W o W o s Ph -J w 44 O O CO 3 d s CD a o o tJ) s w o 3 o Pi o O - w s Cl o o Business, Drawing and Ornamental Work. ■ wllatlCSis9l2!|3 indispenaable for teachers. f readily learned, and when acquired earns good pay. ' I iSaC s schools, embracing six departments, are in charge of eight professors and five assistant instructors. EASTMAN has well been stvTed THE BUSINESS UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA. It is the oldest and most practical Commercial School, and the largest and most popular Private School in this country Defers to patrons in every State. you we M E?! and Boys starting in life for themselves or assuming the • ■ business of a £Mher or relative, and wanting the best preparation to assure success ; yOUNC LA9ISS desiring to qualify themselves for good positions, and ■ .r ' 7wT..i to make themselves independent for life in a short time and at a very moderate expense : P ARENTS AND GUARDIANS wanting their sons to be useful. prosperous citizens, and their daughters prepared for the accidents of life, and made self supporting; AGADSfRfC AND COLLEGE GRADUATES desiring a prac- ticai and profita¬ ble finish to their theoretical and unavailing education ; piSAPPOiNTED YOUNG AND WIiDDLE-ACEO MEPI Q 0 d HI r 3 cr w ■ IH m s C3 s- o s m s iU ( o e+ • � ho are tied to cons ative families, or places unsuited to their ambitions and abilities, or who desire to change their course of life, by seeking places and bu� inesa more satisfactory and remunerative, will find THE NEW, short, prao- ticai course of study here most invaluable. There are no vacations. Applicants enter any day with equal advantag Board and tuition fees more reasonable than in any other FIRST ' school. Address for catalogue giving epecial information, EASTMAN COLLEGE, « POUGHKEEPSIE, H. ' sntagss JIAS9 OLEtiEKT C. Gsuies, Fiei% . ( ) I- C 0) 00 PO p o w M. a o CQ 2 : cd- s. CD © a M H-• iz: Hb o P ' o o o HIXON� BROS, HEADQUABTER8 FOR 63 and 65 Main Street,-Milford, Mass. -FOR FINE- A. S. Tuttle Co., DEALERS IN ,1? w B If I s B II a 91 and 94 Main Street. A 8. TUTTLE. jj. j, dearing B001 SHOES. SLIPPERS In all the Lending Styles, go to R P. HADLEY S 123 Main Street, Milford. CLAFLIN THAYER, Manufacturers ot CALF AND KIP BOOTS, Boston Office, 90 Pearl street. New York office, A. Claflin Co., 116 Church st. A CHOICE LINE OF Plush Ornaments Arrasene, Chenille, Floss and all other articles Suitable for Needle Work. N. B.—Instructions given in Kensington and Lustro Painting by MRS. R. AYLWARD, Grant Block, up staii-s, - - Milford. C.A.XiXi Jk-T rr. 79 MAIN STREET, MILFORD, For a large assortment of CONFECTIONEEY AND FEDIT. All Ice Cream orders for parties and church fairs will be promptly attended to. Prices as low aa the lowest. { NT « • i