Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-07-12

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DO md to Garneill to celebrate tie
Fourth Of July.
Along about IL O'Clock, after every
body had gotten on speaking terms
with every other body, the thing got
the proper swing and away she went.
First n the program was the horse
race, and by the time the judges had
reached the judges stand and the
horses the score the excitement be-
gan to smoke and the v ten
sion was up in high c. After a good
deal Of monkey business at the score
the starter sent the horses aw ay In a
bu.ch, the flag dropped and the great
race was on. Before they reached the
quarter pole the race was between
"Sapolio" and Dutch Calico" the
Others appearing to have forgotten
what they started out for, and while
waiting for further instructions were
filling In the time amusing themselves
d ,ncing what appeared to be the
Harvard Gavotte'-l forgottosay,
all except "Pink Pills. who, putting
business before pleasure, on seeing
the old family milch COW browsing a
few yards off from the track. Skinned
ont across the prairie to round her
up for milking time.
All this time "Sapoli " and Dutch
Calico" were tearing n bone out for
first place, and as they came down
the home stretch it locked possible
to cover them with a door mat. A
second later, AZ they shot under the
wire, the crowd was in n condition
bordering on delirium, and by the
time u pulse beats got back to the
normal and we had gotten the kinks
out of our muscles, the judges an
nounced from the stand that "Sapo-
Ito" had won from Dutch Calico
by a whisker. An old lady remarked
in my hearing that anybody but a
fOCl would know that sapOlio would
always take the color out of Dutch
calico.
AJout hal, an hour after the race
was ver"General Debility" wobbled
in under the wire, his jockey claiming
that be had mistaken the race for q
slow race and coared that he haC
been j0bbed ont Of the purse.
The foot race and sack race fol
lowed the horse race, the purse II
each case being givel to the first tC
cross the tape.
The balloon ascension, | regret t.
say, was n dreary fizzle. About IN,
time fixed for the ascension "a stronl
wind arose, and to make sure tn,
wind was about right we sent up ,
pilot balloon. The wind didn't do 1
thing but jump onto the poor liItl,
thing with both feet and jam it int
a wire fence, and then the crowd lift
ed up their voices and TANNED tn
wind. The party who was to max
the ascension was a Mortified eye
witness to all this and was fast be
coming a physical and mental wreck
His legs looked like sticks OF candy
with one leg trying t.. lick the othe
of, and when the committee suggest
ed that the ascension could be mad
and that his weight would stead.
the balloon, he lit out over the praI
rie and WIS next day found non con
pos mentis In one corner OF n cyclon
cellar.
After we had eaten everything i
sight and played croquette and ter
mis- till we were all In danger OF bein
afflicted with tendonous rheumatism
we joined the crowd that was film
the school house to listen to the col
cert. Miss Harta Hassett, in a grace
full Japanese robe made of the star
and stripes, read the Declaration
independence. Mrs. w. W. Badgt
and Walter Elliott followed in son
selections from the different opera
played on violin and organ. Mi'