The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-03-17
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.


the eighth grade, will have the pleas
ure aud privilege Of sending notes 10
the HERALD.
Alma Walker was in "iull bloom"
one day last week. He wore a
"corsage" boqueC OF jonqu Is.
We are requested to send TO you |
the following mpUsitiop, which was
written in class, by Miss Genie
michel OF the seventh grade, ard
ne ected for publication i'll CUmpli- !
ment for being one of the very best.
DOGS.
A dog is quadruped, small
rous sizes -ome beng very small
aud some v~ry large Tn" largest
dog | ever saw was 81 b rnRrd, It
was very pretty Dlack aud white
dog WIN shaggy, curly ha.r, about
THE height Of Il small coild. | uevvr
raw a very sm~li dog buI the small
est ever SAW was mailer Chan cat
and OF b'oWnIsh c)lur. | saW h IN
Ou the street ! am uot very IOau OF
dogs but ii | could have large, has
gy, curly-hsil ed, 81. 5enArd pUppY, u
good watch deg, | would like ~ have
him. The ag-s Of dogs diner, N0me
living ii great while, oEher- living a
very small time. ! nSd n dog when
| WAS smal and it lived to be about
eight years old. UDey generally live
h-tween eight add Twelve year,.
Some dogs are very faithful to their
MASTERS saving them t:"n horrible
deaths. a man once tod cog To
take care Of his child while lie went
| 10 LIe ~ ore and he saved her from
being killed. The st. BeruarH dog
living in Switzerland Among the
Alp, goes out aud saves reOple who
have fallen in the sn"w,6ritts. |
have Rad of Il st. Bernard puppy six
feet and nine inches long from the tip
OF his nose to the tip OF his tail AID it
was thirty -iOur inchea from his
SHOULDER TO the grourd. The IT.
Bernard puppy is cIled monk. a
pug dog Is considered tue ugliest hut
| thiuk hound is u great deal ugjier.
Dogs die great many ditte rent
deaths; some die Of Il broken heart
over u lost master; som" gel killed by
accident aud some OF that dreadful
diseass hydrOphOOia, which Is awfol,
for when dog goes mad we never
know whom he will bite. Per.
Sous die every year from having been
bitleu by mad dogs. When n mad
dog is reported, every body hurres to
Ouy muzzles. Dogs are taxed in
some countries because there l. fear
OF the dreadful disease. The hound
is highly pr.z.d in England and the
rich keep packs OF them to help in
heir favOrite sport, fox hunting.
Some wealthy people have dogs kept
~ we'll as ii they were children, TAX
ing them out riding; buying them
eXpeusiv" gf &; s 'cn as twenty-five
dollar silver collars ana embroidered
robes; also keeping servants TO attend
them. The EsqnimauX drive dogs in
the North, to s(edRes, because they
can stand the cold and horses and
mules cannot.
The ninth grade are at work OF
thelc Original essays, which have tt
De finished aud corrected some time
soon, in order that the best ones MAY
b. memori. ed .,e
Tne following pupils hSve neithe
Zen absent, lardy, nor imperfec
tn $ school year: Mary Ann Taylor
Matte Porter, Est+lle Finley, JESSIE
: regsrden, Mary Lou Cameron, Bessie
Walker, Maggie Pilkiugton, ant
Al, In McKennon. You will se
from the above list that nigh valu
Is placed upon department.; and |
the Maury Democrat MEDIA shoulC
j he offered this year there will b.
Il several contestants for it.
There are thirty hree elocuiior
pupils, who will contest for tn
. medals, and two If the teachers il
the Andrews School have almost de
cideu TO have their suppers rent t
them, rs they never get home in tim
for supper now.
Miss Lena Mcclellan, an accom-
pll,hed musician and a graduate o
Z the High School is teaching music il
= Hail No. 4, and we are delighted.
II Master1 John Brazier aud RO
Q Hart, of Hall No. ara quite sic
r with pneumouia. We hope they vii
soon he well again.
= New ppriug dress and sun
: bonn-ts are beginning to maze tiIei
q appearance.
r Miss Carrie Porter won the spe lin
r, match in Hall No. 3 last Friday.
!, The name of Harry Everett WAS
: syuonym Of all That WA. true, gooC
and beautiful, aud it is with deepes
) regret that We chronicle the news {
! his death. He WAS at one time
II pupil OF the Andrews School, wher
h he was universal favnrite. To So
| ., l. 81, T.,
i was to admire him; TO know him wa
} to love and respect him; aud to o.
r. him as friend was al honor {
> which one might indeed b., prou,
e The sympathy of our eutire school
II extended to the bereaved family
{ Had it been in the power OF IN
= friends tu avert this blow, it wOUl
z not have fallen. But the great i
=, of nature from which there il II
II escape has been paid, ana emo h
ie angel has been added to the ce,esLis
> thrOng.
"What Is death?
q Past its mysterious portal
~ Human eye may never roam;
Yet the hope still springs immortal
t That IL leads the wanuerer home.
g Oh! the bliss that lies before n,
l. When the secret sh all be known,
And the vast angelic chorus
IL sounds the hymn before tine throne!
J. What is fame or wealth or life?
n Past are praises fortune. strife:
, Ali but love that lives forever cast beneat
: When the good and faithful servant tax
- the wreath"