The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-01-03


evening several Of the jovisl and gay
began to ceiebate BY parading the streets
and singing songs to give the old year
a friendly kick into oblivion and hail
the new with becoming welcome.
With an old coffee grinder under his
arm one of our noted men, assisted By
several other sonorous voices. ground
out "Silver Threads" at nearly all the
places of resort, with an EVIL
dent desire to sing that growing old"
song out OF date. Many friendly glass
was drank and toast given i'll honor of
the debut OF the new year, and the res
olutions made we're numerous and cu-
rious. In the early part of the evening
the society of the order Of
THE REpcRos
held meeting and initiated few new
members who intend to tnrn over new
leaf in their future book of life. but the
great talk Of the eve. was concentrated
on
THE GRAND BAL MAsQuE,
at the Oriental. Now. maybe Winnie
mucca can't get mp q masquerade, and
then again perhaps she can. a. the &C.
quel fully exempliAed. Every variety
of costume had been ordered by the
management. who worked with grea.
zeal TO give ecidt TO- the occasion. and
tight well were their efforts rewarded,
success attending il from beeinning to
end. $50 Sam Bucknsr' stentorian
voice announced that all was in readi-
ness for
THE GRAND MARCH,
and to Strauss exquisite music the
merry maskers marched around. clown,
harlequin and graosful columbine vie.
ing with sach other in the beauty or
grotesqneness of their attire. In the
background were numerous spectators
watching with pleasure the unknowps,
aud as the orchestra struck up and the
whirled around in the giddy
mazss conjecture ran high among them
as to who,
& FOR THE LORDS SAKE!
Was snch and such one, but all they
could do was to hold their sides and
increase their weight by fits OF uncon.
trolubls laughter. while fountains of tears
ran triekiiug from their eyes. dropping
from their rubicund noses.
v THE MUSIC
was excellent. and the prompting could
not be exeellsd by Flahsrty, Gotham's
king promptA in the terpsichorsan cir.
Giles. At the hour for unmasking such
A time was never witnessed before. Ev-
sry body was somebody else, and while
bets had ran high that such
} Que was so-and-so. ID turned out that
they were as much mistaken as IL they
bad lost their shirts. Some very neat
aud tasteful attires we're worn.
The BEST SUSTAINED CHARACTERS
being Conductor Hopkins. who ap.
pearsd ~ q "Teutsn," and John Rags
iale. who initiated to perfection Tam.
mapy's great chieftain BOSS Tweed"
md in assuming his proper self dis
xorged several pillows and nearly a full
bel tick from around his .corporosity.
Miss Mary Lnff as the Goddess of
liberty" and Miss Gnillaume as the
Daughter of the Regiment. were
pronounced the best lady characters.
Among tho other noted characters were
Hrs. NJ. Ha.sdale az tho champion of
WomaD's Rights" Miss Barnnm as q
Swiss Peasant Girl" Miss Wilkinson
is Might. Mrs. Hughes MS hard
working Irish Wssherwomsn," Mrs.
M. Barrett as Little Railroadsr."
Miss Mamie Shaw pretty Flower
Girl, Frank Robins n. vivacious
sonng lady, with thu Stars and Stripes
boating gracefully around his crinoline,
Mr.. Maxson az Brother Jonathan,
Mr.. Stone as "Gambrinus, Charles
oproul as Parrot" G. H. Stoddard
as "Bacchus," Alex Wise supporting
him, Judge Ivory as Scottish High