The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-09

w. c. I. u, at their Mondays meet
ing, decided upon opening a public
reading room. and have secured {
room in second floor of Odd Fellows
Hall for the present, which will be
fixed up at once, and supplied with
books and papers. We hope the men
about town will avail themselves . OF
the efforts of the Ladies to provide an
interesting home for them, and will
visit the rooms regularly. The rooms
will be opened up this evening, Fri
day, March 9th, and q free lunch will
be given there by the Ladies, to which
| all are invited. Don't be bashful,
boys. The JOURNAL felt at liberty to
give the circulating library to the
| Reading Room, being stuck the
most in the scheme Those who have
books out should return them to the
Reading room. The library contains
about IS books, of all classes of read
ing, and will be quite al addition to it's
reading matter.
FLOWER SWINDLEs-Once in a while
some swindler III the nursery business
attempts to cheat ignorant people out
of their money by advertising a new
blue rose, or red violet, or yellow YER
bena, or blue carnation, IS if such
things were possible. The law of
color in flowers is Simple one and is
this: Any family Of flowers may have
two of three cardinal co1ors, red, yell
low and blue, but never all three; thus
we have red and yellow roses, but
never blue ones; blue and yellow VIC
lets, but never red ones; b1ue and red
verbenas and salvias, but never vel
low ones. The nearest approach to an
exception to this rule is perhaps found
ia tulips; these are often red and vel
low, and sometimes purple, which is a
Inclination of red and blue, but
never pure blue.-Boston Transcript
THE PUBLIC SCHooL.-The School
Board held their regular monthly
meeting last Monday evening. ard
allowed the usual teaching bills. They
also decided that the school will be
continued the full term of nine
months, or until the last of May. One
good order was made by the board,
instructing the priE cipa1 to see that
no boys or young men. are allowed to
loiter about the school building in the
future. This was getting to be nui-
sance, if it had no worse effect on the
morals of the school children, and it is
the duty of the directors and teachers
to throw every safe guard around the
children at school
IN THE CORNER SrONE.-When the
foundations of the new Commerce al
building at the Vashon College were
about completed last fail, the corner
stone was laid in place with Apr opri-
ate exercises, enclosing the usual box
of documents, trinkets and papers.
that people desire may live long after
them, and one day be found most
valuable relics. Through the kind
ness of Frank Freeburger a copy of
the JOURNAL was among the lot, and
may hereafter be consider ed as in the
foundation of learning. The buildin o
is splendid addition to Vas,1on Col
lege, made necessary by the growing
attendance at the institution.
BAPTIST ENTERTAINMENr.L The Bag
fist society is arranging a musical
and literary entertainment for Mon
day evening, March 10Th, at the Bap-
fist Church. The program will be
composed of dialogues and singing by
the young, music and singing by Mr.
and Mrs. DeHan, and addresses BY
Elder Beavens. who will be in Shelton
for his regular monthly services. The
admission fee will be only ten cents.
and the funds devoted to the organ
fund, which is the last necessity of
Baptist Church Don't fail to attend.