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

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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,

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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.

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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. 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