, 1885-01-31

cOulu nave petu eApecteu Dy tine
most sanguine, and the old veterans
must have felt highly elated as they
gaEed upon the sea Of faces and
noticed the great interest everybody
seemed to take Ia tine proceedings
Every seat was full and many had
to stand during the early part Of the
evening. Post Commander, Gen. A.
p. Curry, acted as president Of the
evening, announcing the programme
and introducing thOse taking part.
The programme was made up Of
vocal music, recitatlOns and speak
ing. The songs were all Of II patrl-
otic nature and were sung by II gIee
club composed Of Messrs. Gordon,
Fellowes and Benham, Mrs. Dr.
Burch playing the accOmpaninIents.
The speakers OF the evening were 4.
J. Webster, W. NJ. Murray and :. &.
Hyde. Mr.. Webster's subject was
The Ladies' Of the War" lie high
ly eulogized the part taken in the
great struggle by the ladies OF
America. he graphically described
his experience when wounded on
the peninsular and life in the hospl-
tai, where the angel presence Of wo-
man liHhtened the sufferings Of the
soldier, and soft hands and sympa-
thetic hearts made pain more beara-
BILE and encouraged those who were
on the verge OF despair. 1t was u
tribute to our patriotic ladies that
they richly deserve. 1.-THE objects
Of the Grand Army OF the Re-
public" was the subject Of Mr..
MurSy's address and the menu
bers Of the post were fortunate
In their selection Of II speaker tO set
forth the fundamental principles
upon which is founded this grand
organization. He plainly exempli-
Ned the ties that bind together those
men who had faced death In the
leaden hail, who had tolled on fear
full marches and who had bnfVed
destruction In hundred way In field
and food. The first and foremost
object Of the society is fraternity
and fellowship. Closely allied Is the
second object, charity, and last, but
by no means least, is iron-bound 10y
atty to our common country and that
bright hAg, the stars and stripes,
which is symbolical Of freedom
wherever the foot OF man treads.
Most ably did the speaker set forth
the glorious objects emblazoned upon
the escutcheon OF tho @. A. r. and
his peroratiOn WAS fash Of elo-
quence. Hon. s. c. Hyde was book
ed for an address upon the Future
Of Washington territory" and he
handled the subject In his usual ad-
mirable style. He dwelt upon the
possibilities Of this corner Of the
republic, and In words painted n
greatness for Il that all Washing
tonians anticipate for 1t In the near
future. Its capacity for supplying n
dense population, its advantages
with an inland sea rivuling In natural
beauties the Mediterranean, its
mountains secret,ng unbounded
treasure, Its agricultural and pastoral
advantages, and the grandeur VI Its
rivers were touched upon ter5ely
and effectively. He pointed out the
part to be taken by the old soldiers,
and urged upon them to see that
such constitution should be adopt
ed as to insure life, liberty und free
dom, and equality to all within Its
borders. The singing was good, and
the old time patriotic songs stirred
up memories Oft long past. Harry
Gordon closed the ex rcises by sing
ing n comic song, "Sarah's Young
Man." in fine voice. He was re-
called, and the audience would not
take a refusal. Miss Maggie N0sler,
Miss Ettie Young, Miss BERTHE Lewis
and the Misses Ida and Viola Klrks
man delivered the recltatiOns They
all did well, Miss Viola Kirkman In
particular. This was the first ap-
pearance Of the little miss OF nine or
ten summers on a stage IN this city,
and the reception she met with WIS
exceeding flattering. She has an
excellent voice, is a natural actress,
and has dash and freedom on the
stage that Is very taking. Miss
Kirkman, II she follows up her
studies, will make her mark as an
elOcutiOnist. DR.. Campbell did
pantomime act, entitled "The Read
ing OF General Order No. H." The
trouble was that the mess crew had
commenced preparing army refresh
ments, and this combined with the
anxiety Of the boys to get in at the
arst table created such a COM
motion that IL was utterly i'm
possible to hear the doctor Ave feet
from the stage. r. w. FOrrest also
assisted by reading poem, the best
part Of which was blotted out by the
noise. At a point Of intermlssiOn
sindwlched lD about the middle Of
the programme, refreshments con-
slsting of the provcrbial soldiers
ratlons, black cOffee, pork and beans
and hard tack were served out on
tinware. The crowd took to the
prOvender In good shape, and the
stock In hand dwlndled away before
the repeated attacks. 1t was late
hour when the Occur d'Alene mar
tial band, quite II feature Of the af-
fair, by the way, sounded the taps
and the crowd dispersed. While
there may have been more interest
Ing entertainments Of local nature
In this city In the past we doubt II
there was ever one where every