The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-12-28


don, students at the University of Mon
taaa at Helena, came home to celebrate
Chrlstmas-tide with their parents.
Madison house this week were:
Ed. johnson, Kansas: w, b. Orem,
Dillon: J. y. Fowler, san Francisco:
Frank Conway Farrelton: G.. f. Err
win, Butte; A. N. Mitchell. F. c. Nice,
Ed. Davis. Tom TheXton, Ennis: John
Mcclure, Sam Ogden, Summit; c..
Metzel, l.. A. Metzel. w. n Maloney,
Jno. Williams, Geo. Williams, Fuller
Springs; w. A. Smith, Fair View Flat;
w. Q. Thompson, Pine Cove; L. J.
Maurer, ST. Anthony, Idaho; H. J.
Dickey, Home Park: Marvin Abbott,
Ruby Dell; Manus Houston, NJ. O'Don-
nell, Easton Mine.
Tom Thexton of Thextondale spent
Christmas in Virginia. They tell
good story at Toms expense, of an in
cident which occurred during his visit
to the worlds fair and which we believe
has never yet been published. Tom,
in common with many other Madison
county boys who were in Chicago at
the time, put in most of his time on
the Midway plaisance. Pendemonium
reigned on the last night of the fair
and Tom was present, life size, and
determined to see all that was worth
seeing In the Turkish theatre Tom
attempted to get behind the scenes.
He had disappeared but few moments
when his friends We're surprised to see
him make a hasty exit, followed by two
big Turks, branUishing dangerous
looking knives with hooked ends.
Then followed race which was enjoy
ed by all except the pursued. Toms
sprinting ability was never more to his
advantage and he soon put safe mar
gin between himself and the hungry
knives. When the people of Madison
talk about the blood thirstiness of the
Turk, Tom is in a position to speak
with authority, but for some unaccOunt-
able reason he always holds his peace.
The Christmas dance at Adelphi
Hall in Nevada was one Of the success
ses Of the year. Fnlly seventy-five
couples were present. The large Vir-
ture of a protest against the self-cOn-
stituted social supremacy of an timer
ant musician who wandered into Vir-
ginia short time ago, and being treat
ed handsomely because of the talent
with which Nature had unfortunately
endowed him, set himself up as social
demi-GOd, from which he took q fall
that ought to teach him lesson. We
refrain from mentioning his name, first
because nearly all who read this will
know to whom it refers, and second, be-
cause we do not care to give him that
publicity. But the facts are these: He
asked the projectors of the Nevada
dance an exorbitant price to play dur
ing the evening and they did not en-
ploy him. This raised his ire to such
an extent that he concluded to place
his social ban on the Nevada ball by
giving one in Virginia in opposition.
He intimated that they were ''cheap'
what he could do. The young people
} of Virginia did not approve of his meth
DDS, and as result he sold three tick
cts to his dance, while the Nevada
J boys had to turn people away. Their
surplus, which amounted to about $40,
was donated to an unfortunate man
whose leg was broken in an accident
deccntly. Nothing has occurred late
ly which has given as general salts
, faction as the result of the two dances
one of which was ignored almost in
tirely while the other was at
tended by nearly everyone in the
neighborhOOd Who dances. The re~
buff received was we'll deserv-
ed and we heartily endorse the action
of the young people of Virginia and
Nevada in refusing to allow a rank out
slider to come in between them and stir
up animosity OF course the Harvard
Gavottes and French minuettes are all
very nice, and we are glad to see our
; young people stepping through their
graceful intricacies-ln fact we are
weak enough to attempt to stumble
through them ourselves occasionally
but then we cannot see how such graces
materially add to the annual out put of
the gulch or increase the force on our
quartz mines, nor can we see wherein
Il teacher of such graces is justified in
setting himself up as a social arbiter.
Egotism and gall are the principal
elements in the makeup of this indi-
vidual and in due time he will find
bright and shining social luminary
!, though he may be--that he is out OF
/ his spere in Virginia City.
i, The high school boys and girls
: captured the town last Friday evening
, by the clever manner in which they
rendered the comedy-drama, "Three
Hats" The hall was crowded by
a people who came out to encourage Vir-
!. ginia boys and girls and who sat out
. the performance because it was one Of
+ the best amateur attempts in the city
+ for some time. Miss Bessie Farrell as
= "Mrs. Selwyn' essayed the star role
= and she is to be congratulated on her
a happy conception OF tho difficult char
= acter. Matthew Nelson as 'NIr. Sell
q wyn" was, as he is always, a success.
!. Dick Vickers distinguished himself as
a Roscoe Rlithers" and Ellis Sedman.