The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-05-10
RAINSBORO.

tAdy fbhS LOVrs
Mrs. 7. M. Ferguson returned satur.
day from pleasant visit with relatives
at Greenfield.
Dana and Eva Taggart, of Jefferson
vile, are visiting their grandparents
here.
The subject of cooperation will be
discussed at the Farmers Institute, next
Saturday afternoon. Joseph Karnes will
open the discussion. More than ordi-
nary interest is anticipated and large
turnout OF farmers and others interested
in this important subject is wanted.
The suit of the Springfield Jackson
and Pomeroy R. R. Go. against the con-
ditional subscribers to said road, living
here and in the vicinity of Paint P. o.,
that has been pending in the Court at
Springfield for several years, was ended
on the 29th of April through the efforts
of Dickey and Hieskell, in favor of the
conditional subscribers.
o. N. Sans and family, of Hillsboro,
we're guests of his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
A. J. Sans, yesterday.
Through the courtesy Of Rev. G. l..
Winget, Chaplain of the Ohio peniten-
tiary, a copy of the o. P. Me,cs lies on
our table.
The second ann ual commencement of
the Rainsboro High School, Friday eve-
ming was an event of rare interest refec.
ting credit upon the Superintendent
Roberts, the graduates, Miss Sylvia o.
West, Olive 9. Roads, Mary B. Gossett
and Lila B. Roads, and all others con-
cerned. The Hall was beautifully deco.
rated and we'll filed with an intelligent
and appreciative audience. The exer.
cises began with music by the orchestra,
after which Rev. H. W. Bailey invoked
the divine blessing. The class motto
was Ambition" and the diligence
evinced by all showed the motto fitly
chosen.
Miss Sylvia o. West had chosen as
her subject "Secrets of Success" and
the carefully prepared essay and the
sparkling thoughts indicated that the
secrets of success were already begin.
ming to unfold to her in the literary
fields. Miss Olive g. Roads wrote fluent
ly and we'll on the subject of Choosing
a Vocation" and kept prominent the
fact that any necessary vocation was
honorable and in making a choice of
what we do or follow in life, ultimate
success depended largely on ones adap.
liability to the vocation chosen. Miss
Mary B. Gossetts' theme was "Knot
Your Thread Before You Sew" She
first directed attention to the hindran.
ces and vexatious delays experienced
in every day life by seamstresses and
others in neglecting to knot the thread
and then gave her subject a broader
scope that took in the various profes-
sions and callings in life and showed
how much depended on little things
which, if ignored or neglected were sure
to bring delays, and often disaster. Miss
Lila B. Roads presented sensible we'll
written paper on the Formation Of
Character" full of practical suggestion
and wholesome advice, which if follow.
ed would lead to noble man and woman.
hood. All the essays were sensible and
good and very creditable to their au.
thors. The address of Prof. Henry G.
Williams was appropriate and forceful
and made good Impression. Excellent
music was furnished by the Montgomery
orchestra assisted by J. B. Gossett and
contributed very largely to the pleasure
and enjoyment of the occasion. The
diplomas were presented by Superinten.
dent Roberts and the benediction was
pronounced bs Rev. H. w. Bailey.
Benjamin Lewis an aged gentleman
living with his son Joseph, one mile
west OF town, is quite sick and probably
will not recover