The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-12-12
THE LYCEUM.
Exercises and Assignments Friday Even
December 9Th.

| THE LfCEuhs
Exercises and Assignments Friday Even
| December 5th-
The Association met ut the public schso
room at p. m, President ID. j. Mcmillan In
the chair; Miss Nellie withsrs, Secretary.
Rev. z. J. Greenfield appointed Critic FOL
the evening
Mrs. Addison Smith read Eulogy on Mrs
Grundy, and Miss Gertie Galbraith recited
very effectively the companion-piece poem
to "Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight" The
other persons assigned were absent OF ex-
| cused for the meeting.
At roll call the following were among the
| responses:
Charity creates much of the misery it re-
lieves, but does not relieve all the misery 1t
| creates. MRS. s.
Home is heart place
And heart il a home place;
And he sadly mistaketh who would give up
the happiness of homo
For anything less than Heaven.
A. Z. N.
The devil was sick, the devil monk wsuld
The devil grew well, the devil q monk was
he. AN.
He who has no inclination to learn more
will be very apt TO think that he knows
enough. NJ. w. r. 8.
We lily. in deeds, not years; in thoughts. net
In feelings, not In figures on dial,
We should count time by heart throbs. He
most lives
wh 81 thinks h.,, most, feels the noSIss., acts
We hang little thieves and take off our
hats to big ones. J.Y. b.
Now, to conclude this lang epistle,
As this auld pens worn to the Eristle,
Twa lines frae you would gar me fzzie
Whs am most fervent,
While can either sing or whistle
Y'r humble servant, P.J. i
Peace hath ner victories no less renowned
than war. G. n. FL.
He who refuseth or seglecteth to blow his
own horn. that horn shall not be blown.
E.J.G.
Words are mems daughters, but Gods sons
are things. G. w.
IT'S not in mortals to command success,
But we'll do more, sempronius, wen de-
serve It, ID. j. McM.
II in prating from morning till night,
A sign Of our wisdom there be,
The swallows are wiser by night,
For they prattle much faster than we.
j. Ii. o. |
Three may keep a sssret-if two Of thsm
are dead. B.C.W |
Honor and shame from no condition rise,
Act well your part-there all tho honor lies.
EN-. M.
Narrow ,souled men are like narrow-necked
bottles; the less they have In them the more
noise they make in pouring 1t cut.
MRs.D.
Meet it an / set it down: one NAV smile |
and smile, and be a villain. J.J.R.
IT'S midnight and the setting sun
In rising in the plorians
The rapid rivers slowly run,
The frog is on his downy nest,
The peRsive goat and sportive COW
Hilarious hop from bouEh to bsugh:
A. NJ. NJ.
The tongue is little, but how strong
Only, at most, three inches long;
But when foul words Its rage supply,
Woe to the man that's six feet high.
That lowliness is young ambitions ladder,
Whereto the climber upward turns his face.
L. q. I.
tFor typographical convenience sake the
quotation marks are omitted above. We
would suggest, however, that when posi- Bile,
espondents hereafter give, with each quota
ion, the name Of the author, and from what
'oem, play or other writing the lines are
aken.-ED. n. NV
The following queries were assigned for
ms wer this evening:
To Miss GdlbrdiM IL the significa.
ion Of the wsrd, Marry" so frequently used
. An asseveration by Shakespeare aud con-
writers?
To Miss Thompson-Wh invented letters,
nd which one in the English language is
aost used?
To Z. G.: GreenGeld-which Is the longest
erse aud which IN the middle verse in the
bible?
To Miss WolTe-what is the difference be-
wesn wisdom and knowledge?
To J. II. MiAs-Who was Junius?
To W. II. Trippet-What is the Monroe (
To the Whsle Class-If an irresistible force
,eets an unmovabls body, what will be the
To Gaien Wood-what body Of water is
nown As ''the Green sea-"
To Mrs. L. 4. Ddkin-Name some Of the
lisnemers In geography, science, the arts,
&C., in common use.
To A. May-Explain how flies can walk on
smooth surface, like glass.
To A. M. H.-Explain generally and spe-
hcally the consanguinsous rslat on. existing
etween costing and the hen that may have
atched IL out also as relates to the goose
rat laid the egg and was absent during the
icubation, with maps, charts and other
rawlings sustaining the conclusions arrived
!. u weeks time to prepare.)
On motion the Arion club-Prsfessor Rob.
son and Messrs. Beaumont, Wood and
rsenneld-was constituted the permanent
'mmittse on music, with authority to Sc
Ire assistance, and were exempted from
atsd assignments OF duty after those al.
lady undertaken were performed.
The standing committee on janitor, etc,
ere instructed to ascertain IL tho school
'om could be secured for the regular meet
6 hereafter.
Messrs. Will FERRIS, H. s. Clark and T. T.
aker, Of Butte; G. X. Hardsnbrook, Race 4
rack, and Ed III. Irvine, Deer Lodge, being 9
esent As visitors. in response to invitation,
ID some pleasant things to the Lycsun and
ade suggestions Of value, for which Presi- c
mt Mcmillan made the acknowledgement r.
the society. A resolution was also unani- a
ously adopted thanking the visitors for the q
ndly interest they had manifested, assur- G
g them Of the pleasure of the Lyceum In O
airing from them, and cordially inviting
equent repetition Of their visit. n
The following names were presented fer q
embenhip and unanimously approved:
musl Beaumont, Mr.. and Mrs. K. III. IT. a
ne and Misses Aggis and May Irvine, Mr.. d
d Mrs. X. g. Humber and Misses Matte U
d Mamie Humber.
DR.. j. II. Owings, J. G. Robinson, Esq, r,
d VIM. H. Trippet, Esq, are assigned for
ercises this evening. The meeting will be
the school room at 1880.
OF COMMISSIONERS