The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-12-31

lofty desk, and made an orchps,r, ,s;. :,
'u"eo IKE so stomach aches In came Mr.,
Fez.:w'gs, one vast substantial smile In
came the three Miss Tezziw!gs, beanns
and 'ovable. IL came the six youny fo,'
lowers whose hearts they broke. IN came
al the young men and women employed
IN the business. In came the house,na;d
with her cousin the baker. In came tn.
cook with her brothers particular friend
the m''kman. In they all came one after
another; some shyly, some boldly, some
gracefully some awkwardly, some push.
'ne' some pulling: in they all came, any.
how and everyhow. Away they al, went,
twenty couples at once; hands half round
and back again the other way; down the
middle and up again; round and round in
various stages Of affeetionate grouping
old top couple always turning up in the
wrong place; new top couple starting off
again, a. soon as they got there; all top
couples at last, and not bottom one to
help them.
"Then the fiddler struck up Sir Roger
de Coverly,' and old Fezziws stood out 70
dance with Mrs. Fezziwig. Top couple,
too; with good stiff piece Of work cut for
them; three or four and twenty pair OF
partners; people who were not to be ti.
He'd with; people who 7vouM dance, and
had no notion Of walking. A positive
light appeared to issue from F.<ziwiys
calves. They shone in every part of the
dance. You couldn't have predicted at
any given time, what would become OF EN-
next. And when old Fezziwig ard Mrs
Fezziwig had gone through, the dance
advance and retire, turn your partner, bow
and courtesy, corkscrew, thread the needle,
and back again to your place,-Fezz;wig
"cut"-cut so deftly, that he appeared to
wink with his legs
Ifyou can't "wink" with your "legs,"
Mr.. Editor, devote your energies TO the
Turkey or Goose, as the case may be, and
don't forget the "stuffing." Whenever the
Christmas holiday comes always smell
the "stuffing" Of that Goose which Mrs.
Cratclit carved :-"It was succeeded by a
breathless pause, as Mrs. Crachit, looking
slowly all along the carving.kniCe. pre-
pared to plunge it in the breast; but when
she did, and when the long.ex?ected gush
Of stuffing issued forth, one murmur of de-
light arose all around the board, and even
Tiny Tim, excited by the two young
Cratchits, beat on the table with the handle
Of his knife, and feebly cried lIurrah."
would send you some items Of special
interest to Montanians, though I'm sure
that the wires are ahead Of me. ! speak
Of Springers bill for the admission of Da
kota, Montana, Washington Ter and New
Mexico into the Union; the President,
nomination of Moonlight to cast his milo
effulgence over Wyoming Ter, itory, ane
the nomination Of Leslie as Governor .
Montana Mr.. Toole seems an earnes
delegate in behalf Of Montana. His Speech
before the House Committee on Territor
les in favor Of the admission Of Montana tt
Statehood was strong one.
l Ihold one gnawing grudye against tina
Democratic House, and take advantage O
this opportunity to disgorge it, | car
never forge, tina, the Denis, last session
failed-ycf"sc1, 10 make the usual appro
priation of five hundred dollars for cats
Democrats evidently do not believe in tina
useful domestic animal. The po>tot'ices
custom houses, ard other federal building
,, all over the country, are infested with 'a'
and mice, and hence cats arc indispensable
Let us all hope that the present il"ns
will wipe ou, the stigma which rests /"
the Democratic party: that if it fail TO to
the mark in other matters, it will not Ia
to put up $500 for cats.
feel sure that it will warm up IN
auricles, vcntricles and tricuspid valve
vour editorial heart, to learn that som
kind friend has presented "Judge NJ
with an over.oat, one likely to keep hin
snug and warm. While it might not d
for Montana, where the thermometer SUP
down to 100 degrees below >er"' al
satisfied it is just the wrap for winter
the Capital City.
"Colonel Cracker" whois bosom 'r'cn
= Of "Iudse" NJ says he thinks that "t
coat is lust uiae too full in the back
but. that "il is a very good coa'-'ef
oood Goa, indeed Colonel C.i> over'oa
). less. ~
Along with wishes for happy Ne
year the mail will carry my earnest hop'
4 Co. thc Tx,nrSr's success and pro>rcrt