Outing . LASSIE FAIR. He: Ah, my dear lassie fair, O will you be mine?Thou art sweet, debonnaire, Ah, my dear lassie fair !(A millionaire pere O Clotho benign !)Ah, my dear lassie fair, O will you be mine ? She:Ah, my dear—laissez faire ! I beg to decline ;Gold will bring cark and care, Ah, my dear—laissez faire !(Largent de mon pere Can never be thine !)Ah, my dear—laissez faire ! I beg to decline. Sanborn Gove Tenney. CREED MOOR AND THE NATIONAL GUARD. 445 SPRINGS HERALD. Hark, the bravely-ringing note From the red-breast robins throat! Hear ! Good cheer. The spring is near, The beat of her
Outing . LASSIE FAIR. He: Ah, my dear lassie fair, O will you be mine?Thou art sweet, debonnaire, Ah, my dear lassie fair !(A millionaire pere O Clotho benign !)Ah, my dear lassie fair, O will you be mine ? She:Ah, my dear—laissez faire ! I beg to decline ;Gold will bring cark and care, Ah, my dear—laissez faire !(Largent de mon pere Can never be thine !)Ah, my dear—laissez faire ! I beg to decline. Sanborn Gove Tenney. CREED MOOR AND THE NATIONAL GUARD. 445 SPRINGS HERALD. Hark, the bravely-ringing note From the red-breast robins throat! Hear ! Good cheer. The spring is near, The beat of her breath on my wings youll find— Shes coming, shes coming, shes close behind ! AURILLA FURBER. CREEDMOOR AND THE NATIONAL GUARD. BY W. R. S a rifle range Creedmoor is in-debted for its establish-ment and continuance tothe National Guard of theState of New York, andparticularly to those regi-ments and companies sta-tioned in the cities of NewYork and Brooklyn, morethan the many lovers of riflepractice imagine. Of the citi-zens of the United States who,in September, 1871, incorporated them-selves as the National Rifle Association,nearly one-half were National Guards-men, while in the first board of direc-tors eight of the fifteen were actuallyserving in the Guard at the time invarious capacities. The directors alsolooked principally to the support of theNational Guard in establishing a range,and to this end went to the Legislatureasking for means and for prizes to becompeted for by the National Guardmembers only The early matches werecompeted for very largely by NationalGuardsmen, and every effort was madeby officers and enthusiasts of the associ-ation t-o push the interests of rifle shoot-ing. And, indeed, it is a fact n
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