The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-02-26
VOL. II.
The 22d,


their impatlence. Kellar's Hall ncvel
contained a happier, more comical or in
teresting group than on Friday night last
Disguises were Of all devices, color and
shape Fred Barrows stalked the floor a
pcrsoniflcation Of the hero of the day ol
festivities, his dress was a complete coun:
terpart of that of Gen. Geo. Washington
and his form, step and general demeanor
indicated the gentleman he was personal.
y ing. Sheriff Dixon played Gen. Grant te
perfection, in dress, the inevitable cigar,
: and in the mum reticcnt dign6ed manner
v that is characteristic ofGrant He enjoy
every thing but the forward and back
t movements in the dance, he was not &C
customed to retreating
Arthur Rudolph dressed in the rich robe
: of royaly personated Frederick Charles
his action and muff1ed dictlon was evi
IDENTIFY Russian, for it was beyond our
American optics to penetrate his Disguise
and our limited knowledge Of foreign
tongues would not enable Us to interpret
his jargon. Pete Behlmer, with the dig
nifty that lie naturally maintains represent
ed the Crown Prince, and succeeded admir-
ably in checking the impetuous ardor Of
Frederick Charles. The dress of the two
latter gentlemen was the most elegant Of
the number. Geo. +. Keeler represented a
Japanese Dignitary, and the original
could not have been more 1.-THE of move
mcnt or commanding in appearance War
rem Dick yankeeiscd himself beyond the
knowledge of his own wife but Warren
soon DOTTED his disguise, as 1t is his nature
to appear natural, and there was too mnch
| Yankee for him.
If Bret Hart could have seen Jim Fow.
ler in the character of the "Hcathca Chi
nee" with smile so child like and
bland, he would have challenged "Ah
s in for a hand at that favorite game to
test the capacity of those flowing sleeves
ior holding five aces.
Every Indication Of unse emily conduct
was promptly checked by ssalwart Po,
iccman whose dress was so complete that
detection was defed, until the unmaskign
disclosed the smiling face of Charley
| Christopher.
john Bertrand was the little old gentle
man of the Centennial period, with knee
breechcs and powdered head and cue.
Otto Rudolph was the Hunter, in white
ducking suit and high top boots. Dir.
Fletcher represented Pat just from the
Caliepe ertsnsion Of the Railroad, aud his
mask must have represented the father of
all Pats.
Henry Smith was the Red Bird on one
side, aad Bluc Bird on the other. George
Harlan, the nagger dandy with plug hat
white vest and fancy cane, Was happy as
the original Jim Keller was the lone
bachelor Turk. disguised beyond aetec-
tion George Garter was the tractable
Ike Par,ington, trailiag sitter his anxious
mother.
Elllng Opsal and VIM. Raymor, in rep
resenting the Siamese Twins, looked 50
much like both, thai you could not tell
which from tothsr; their ''arf and srt''
suits and masks were comic in the extreme,
and their actions were IN consonance
with their vesiments.
1 Tommie Miller represented the High
I land Laddle
The assembly wers startled as they
were forming tor quadrille, at the en-
trance of tall gaunt figure that glided
| past the throng and timidlY shrank into
a corner, evidently terrified at the sight
of so many human beings. His yel.o "
striped pants toe short for his length, his
coat, ihe waist Of which seemed to he en-
deayoring to reach his arm pits, his
i mask, of features almost indescribable, ex-
cept that they indicated vacuity of senti-
ment Of every kind, the matted colorless
hair tangled and dangling over his fore
head. all combined to form an almost
Ihldeous but harmless figure of what might
have been once man. 1t was the wild
man of Borneo, and from his entrance un-
til divcsted of his mask the character OF
the tlmid ungainly creature was personal
| ed as no one in the threng but Oscar hea
could At the unmasking he choose as
lpartner an awkard looking figure clothed
| in lady's habliments, and removed her
mask whe.l E. Roots facs was brought to
light as the gay companion. Roots dis'
guise was complete one and had not Deen
suspected; he must have been woman al
some time during the Darwinian period
Other gentlemen were masked whom We
; could not indentity.
. We are also IN the same dilemma IS to
sevara, Of the ladies, not learning tne'r
names or being enabled to describe their
psrsonifcations.
Mrs Darwin Keller was an excellent al al.
;. - tho Cen. as cousort in the dress OF
Martha n Washington. Mrs. Harlan out
-Idone the original darkey Aunt Chloe IN
looks and the care she exercised over, Top
{ sv, alias Mrs. Leon Bertrand Iopsy nus :
a,;dentlv acomed up" and not "growed."
,, Mra Haraldson the beautiful Flower dlri,
u.s an attractive star. both in dress ana
= movement and her disguise was 50 eom-
n,o,e that Mr.. Haraldson who had search.
sd n vain for her during the evening" aia
not suspect that the flower vendor was ms ms
,ns, n eompanion, Dolly Dixon could not
: ,sno - selected more appropriate charac-