Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-04-15
No. ~,
"Lovely woman is the sugar,
Spoons the poor nell seem to be,
MaIrimony is hot water,
Love ia ike A cup Of tea-n

John Swinton, of the sam: Col. Knox, the
great traveller, and Miss Kate Field. An Or
iginal and very humorous sonnet to clam
was read by Mr.. w. A. Croffut, of the Irib-
une;: can Ode to Plate of Hash," by Mr..
Proudft, the humorous dialect writer; and
witty poem on the fair ''Oookist," by Mr..
Richard Stoddard, the poet. Col Nicholas
Smith, who married Horace Greeley's daugh-
ter, and whom Queen Victoria is reported to
have pronounced the handsomest man in the
world-and, she might have added, the vain
est-addressed the assembly briefly, and sew
eral songs, composed for the occasion and
set to popular music, were given by the
Kitchen Khoir. "The Song of the Fricassee,"
part of it sung to AN air from Carmen and
the remainder to the measure of a very senti-
mental old love song, elected roars of laugh
ter and long applause, while "The Pungent
Pot-Luck Picnic Punch" was also very
warmly received:
"Fill the royal bowl again,
Gallant girls and pretty men;
With pungent potluck picnic punch, punch, punch
Oh, the pungent pot-luck picnic punch"
At the close of this literary (?) program
with one m, after the new style of spelling)
the chief cook struck up lively waltz, and
the young people ended the evening in a mer-
ry dance, when all went home decorated with
large tin spoons, toas.iDg irons, sauce-pans,
tin cups and other domestic utensils, given as
souvenirs, and leaving empty plates and a
few stray ish-bones as relics of the feast.
Among those present were many distin-
guished in literature, music, art and society,
and the manner in which such Journalists as
Whitelaw Reid, John Swinton, Mr.. Croffut,
D. G. Croly and others enjoyed the enter
tainment proved the truth of the old saying
that
Is rellshed by the best Of men.
doubt not but that that fendish ''Gem
Puzzle" has reached your mountaine, for it
seems to have spread like wild-fire, and has
become pest in the land equal in venom to
that of the frogs and-things of old. think
that if government would only introduce the
Is, IA, 13 puzzle among the Mormons and
Indians, and get them really interested in
working it out, there would be no more need
of fighting them-they would soon die
painless, if puzzing, death. Public and pri-
vate interest are divided here between this
fatal puzzle and the Presidential campaign,
and paragraphers are fast wearing themselves
and others into early tombs Here are some
specimens of their gem literature:
LUNACIANA.
G. W. never told lie,
But if he had survived to try
The puzzle that makes trouble now,
He might have raid to Parson Weems,
i've done it! done 1t lots of times!
-Andreso's american Queen
"Oh, hubby, DEAR I've called you twice,
Your dinner is qaite DONE
"Just wait moment" shrieked the man,
"pve got 'em all but one!"
Put away the well-worn blocks.
Marked by little Juhnny's thumbs;
Put them in the bureau drawer
Till he from the asylum comes.
Der the puzzle Brown is bending,
Never once hs strained eyes ttin-
See He thinks at last he's triumphed;
No! tits 14-l9--15.
Once again he tries the puzzle,
Puzzle that THERE'S fatal "sport" in;
Ia! .oIe Hes 60 got it nOws Not much: he
Long he pauses long he ponders;
Now he thinks he'a got It certain,
Moves the figures very slowly
Pshaw! tls Eo---A--l3.
See! his eyes dilate and glsten!
Into madness he Ia anftin'!
One more victim for the asylum,
CraZed by l3-l4-15.
-Norristocn Herald.
This and the great spelling reform are al
most more than can be borne by any but the
strong minded, and even they turn pale when
they see the Is fatal blocks, and their philos-
ophy utterly fails them when they see it
spelled flosofy.
On Easter Sunday there is to be supper
given by Mr.. o. B. Bunce, editor of Apple
toms Journal, and Mrs. Bunce, to which are
invited the hterah of the city and many of
the artists and musicians. If time permits I
will write you an account of the affair, for
these entertainments of Mr.. and Mrs. Bunce's
are among the most recherche given in the
city, and one meets many of the best minds
of the day In their drawing rooms, and hears
all of the leading topics discussed in the
ablest manner. - FANNIE PALMER.
FIshermen Drowned.
HALIFAX, April 0.-Three fishermen of
Tancook Island were drowned yesterday by
the capsizing of boat. The following are
their names: George Mason, who leaves
wife and seven children John Wilson, who
leaves wife and seven children David