Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-08-15

All Over With Meaer saa
6lery-A Fits1ng Close.
The summer social season at Idaho
City was brought to . close q few
evenings ago-an exciting, spirited
and uproarious close. Longtom
Graveldig invited Paydirt Dick.
P'peclAy Pickenshovel, BIuegravel
PipeumnozzIe, lsimrock Riffleraffls,
Sluicefork Pitchemout, Psychute
Pete, Longstryde Ditchemtender,
Pumpsharp PiunRerpacken, Hiram
Observation-Disclosures and many 9TH
or select members of the Four Hun
dred and Eleven to sashay forth IN
the cleaning, at the time when the
whipporwill sings his song and all
nature is clothed IN holy calm and
the balmy air fans and coois the arid
sands of More creek valley. They
were invited to sashay forth in the
direction of Longtom Graveldig's
palatisl home on Wash Gravel Hill,
romantic villa overlooking . big
scope of country-in fact, overlook.
ing all that is below it. This high
toned villa is known far and wide as
the headquarters and only resor. Of
the select -Four Hundred and Eleven.
The resort is high-toned; no one has
the temcrity or audacity to dispute
that fact. The resorters are also
high. toned-the elite of the aurifer-
GUS gravel belt. The aforesaid in
vited guests with numerous others,
also invited, sashsyed as aforesaid.
They passed by the shaft of the
Boise County Mining Co. and picked
up the day shift which had returned
to that favorite resort, after their
evening repast, to hum tobacco from
the night shift. 1t is necessary here
to state that the gentlemen compos-
ing the day shift aforesaid are men,
bers, in high standing, of the Four
Hundred &C., and of course had
been duly invited to pariake of the
hospitalities, solid grub, liquid hilari-
ty and other good things to be brought
to the front by the rich and. refined
Longtom Graveldig, and dispensed
with lavish hand. They sashaved
forth, as before Indicated, to the mu.
sic of an original song composed for
the occasion by the high-toned Fore
man of the aforesaid shaft. We
cannot give you all idea of the mu-
sic, further than to portray the effects.
1t was so enhancing as to lift the
rocks from their sandy beds, and
they seemed to say, and no doubt did
say" Hush, be still" The night
shift crawled into the shaft and the
pump stopped, ard some one feehlv
sang to an old strain" stopped short,
never to g" again" We will give one
verse of the song, which is fair index
of the verses that follow. 1t is not
only poetic and soul-stirring in its
pathos and sentiment, but high-grade
in its rhythmic rhyme. 1t was writ
ten in English, but translated and
sung in French, so as to rhyme more
truly with the refined accomplish
ments of the Four Hun ired &c. In
English the first verse runs as fol.
lows: "Of we go to Graveldig's, and
there we'll eat and drink like pigs
Well whoop and shout between the
swigs, OIL the hill at Graveldigs
Well hit the floor with heavy heels
i'll jigs and clogs and dizzy reels
With loud and lustv laughter peal.
we'll lift the roof at GraveIdig's, a,
there we eat and drink like pigs
All joined in the melody, which made
the blood of all within hearing Greer
and crawl. The melody grew les.
and less in volume and softer in tone
as the merry members of the F. H
, and E. vanished in the dusky dis.
tance. They arrived near the will,
aforesaid, and Graveldig, hearing tn.
melody of song floating through the
stilly air, foated out, himself, with
} heavy shovel handle to meet the
mob. On meeting his invited guest.
, he raised the shovel handle aforesaid
above his head and said: "Stop, ST
) lence, ye! Why cometh We hither ii
this manner thusly?" A member o
! the company then and there elo
quently raised bottle above his heac
J and shook it in refined, graceful ant
, accomplished manner characteristic,
J only of member of the F. H. and E
! He said, in u soft, mellow, melliiu
ent, zephyry voice possessed only b,