The silver lance., 1899-02-17
CRYSTAL SNOWBUCKER'S CLUB.

very active social organization. The
Offices will be created to give each mem
Der place of honor.
Norman Ward, President
Mrs. j. l.. Wise, Vice president
Miss Jessie Winters, Secretary.
W. B. Roddan, Official Kicker.
E. e. Fitch. Superintendent Snow
bucker Nursery.
Jim Usher, Treasurer.
VS.. Smith, Keeper of Equilibrium
A. T. Hodges. Guard of Snowbucks
7. O'Brsan, Snowshoe Statistician.
U. }. Carpenter, Sliding Superintend-
eDt.
Frank Dempke, Amateurs Assistant.
Tom Psrman, High Acrobatist.
Jack Wise, Grand High Headertaker.
Miss Aldean Roddan, Coasting Queen.
Mrs. Usher, Mercury Messiah.
At the last meeting of the Snow
buckers resolution was adopted revis-
ing the bylaws so that the same story
cannot legally be told twice in the same
meeting by the same member. This res
olution was introduced as a result OF the
persistence of Sno wbucker Ho1ges in re-
lating certain incidents. 1t came about
as follows
Snowbucker Hodges sat down on his
shoulder blades with his heels at an
angle OF about ninety degrees in midair,
lit corncob pipe that ripene1 in the
early '80s, and said: "Well, you fellows
think this is something of winter.
Now, in "a, when carried the mail from
Gothic to Crystal the Snow got so deep
before spring In Gothic that upraises
were made from the houses to the top of
the snow, and l often snowshoed right
over the tops of the tallest pines. Why
Crystal canon was level fro the top Of
Mineral Point! This little scurry is
nothing to that"
The other members drew a long breath
las long as their lung power would per
NIT after this shock to their nervous
systems), and Hodges lapsed into a
reverie. After an hour spent in hanky
panky, song and smoking his faithful old
pipe. at an opportune time when the
other members were gathered in the
smoking room to thaw the icicles from
their snowshoe poles, Hodges suddenly
awoke and started in again:
"Well, you fellows think this is some
thing of a" but the membs had all
fed.
Another hour passed in silence un-
broken save by the soft click of crack
ing peanut shells, and once more the
members were ensconced In the pleasant
quarters of their club-rooms, when with
oat other warning than Satanic smile,
Snowbucker Hodges began;
well, you fellows think this is some
thing of win-er. Why, in ST and
the club rose as one man, and when they
got through with the chastisement, and
railroaded the amendment to the by
laws through on the pilot of one OF
Smiths web shoes, it took all the stamps
in Snowbucker Williams supply box to
stick the pieces of Snowbucker Hodges
together IN IOfu1 lildt Hlo uobAci
would recognize.
Snowbucker Garrett arose at the last
meeting of the club and with an imperi-
Gus wave of his hand attracted the rec
ognition of the chairman. How the
mighty have fallen" he began, land Jack
Shorey whispered to Doug Kellis that
the speaker was going TO refer to the
battle of Manila), why, Mr.. President,
this afternoon, while the club was at its
usual afternoon exercises, Snowbucker
Carpenter, who has been on the SICK list,
escorted a visiting young lady upon an
exploration Of the realms that lie be-
neath the frost-gems of our glistenins
landscape, and little did we think one OF
our number would so far violate tae
tenets of this stately order as to go be-
low the surface, when we are strictly
on top organization"
The President ruled that NJ. Garrett