Connecticut western news., 1900-02-22
ALASKAN FESTIVITIES.
Mr Emmons Attends Banquet and
 Military Ball and Grows Fond of the

Military Bali ana sfOWs Fohu or thf
 British.
 Porcupiue City. Alaska, Jan 10, 1900. Editor of NeTs:
 Contrary to my expectations when l last Wrute you l am still at this place and may remain Lere most, if not quite | all, the winter. w. hay. just emerged | f,om the holiday festivities ani doubt. less you will be pleased to hear of them, as they were qnlte a contrast from those I indu'ged in last yenr, when in com pany with three others l was encamped about one mile below here, and on Christmas day we found our war bag so depleted that we had only spare | meal, while this Christmas found me seated at long table eating turkey and cranberry sauce, with vegetables and the luxuries of the season in company
 with Captain Jarvis and his soldiers as guests and all our company of miners elting at our landlords expense, Mir J.
 P. Linsley, our hotel keeper and district
 recorder. At the close of tue dinner | Captain Jarvis invited all tue miners to
 participate in banquet at the barracks
 of tho North Western Mounted Police
 on New Years, but Jack Frost and old
 man Zero entered into conspiracy
 with beautiful Miss Snow to obtain
 possession of the Captains turkeys and
 thus keep the bells of pleasure ringing
 ali the longer. It's needless to say she
 carried her point as beauty. always does
 but iu the end the gallant /aptain enter
 tanned Miss Snow so cHarmingly, she
 bade her co conspiiaters to surrender
 the captives, and the bugle sounded
 along the line and in twinkle you
 could hear the clitter- chatter of snow
 shoes of the N. W. NJ P. rounding us
 up for the banquet and other festivities
 at their barracks.
 Away we go, the handsems red coats
 leading the way. making the trail more
 easy for their guests The ladies have
 just got rolling in the snow as the dog
 team tbat is drawing them got into deep
 snow, but they soon get used to that ss
 they had about twenty such experiences
 in the journey and they said it was real
 fun. On reaching the British camp, or
 Pleasant Camp so called-for it's pleas, ant-quiet, charming surroundings
 nestled here among the hills where no cold wintry blast can mar the pleasure , of her inmates. The ladies are escorted
 to Dr Fraser's quarters where the doc- tors charming wife gladly welcomes
 and kindly entertaius them; and We en- ter the main ball but to see the stars
 and stripes to our right festooned and !, joining the British emblem on the left, while at the junction of the two. a large
 motto of Welcome" is suspended, wrlt- ten in letters of gold. Around this , motto evergreens are interwoven with , other flags of our Nation while Japanese } lanterns of every hue encircle one of
 UT own of red, white and blue. In , fact the whole spacious hall was taste-
 fully and neatly decorated with every r couceiveable token of kindness, while ' the whole-souled captain grasped our
 hands and bade us hearty welcome. After supper toasts and speeches were
 the order. in which we all took part
 and it was quite late when we turned in
 to our blankets.
 But the great day is before us At , breakfast and all through the entire day there was one continued round of pleas. , ure and the banquet in the evening was
 one lopg to be remem bered hy every r one participating Words cannot ex- ? press to you, Mir Editor, the deep good
 feeling, and the whole souled and gen. erous welcome We received at the hands 3 of Captain Jarvis and his soldierly gen. l tlemen There were between 30 and 4O : persons present The tables were load.
 ed with everything money could pur s chase. Roast turkeys, chickens, spare . ribs. all tLe vegetables, English plum
 pndding which was fine, fruits. nuts, es, pies, with all kinds of liquid re. - treatments in great abundance At tha l. close of this flea Captain Jarvis made
 an address of welcome, responded to by
 our Mir Phillips, followed by "Goi save
 the Queen" and the hall rang. Mir Me
 Dooald of the N. W M P. responding. s Toasts: Our Guests" MT Shook, 9 \. W. NJ. P; Respone, our Mir Tacher t America" one verse, the old hall ra' 2
 out shout after shout; "N. W. Mounted 9 Police," Dr Fraser; "rhe Ladies'" Nh i Lawlers, N. ". NJ P; Our Absent f Ones," Mir Nissen; "ro the Queen. ? l "To the Captsin. our Host" Mir Phil B lips, and three cheers; "To the Ladies, T 8 three cheers; after which we formed ir. 3 to line while the ladies retired, and the t floor was cleared. The music calling us
 into action while the floor manager calls !. Jut Salute yrur partners, and the t merry throng Is gliding around the hall.
 Promenade all" away wego. Capta n l Jarvis looks grand in his handsome uni. l form as do all his jolly soldier boys. Dr I Frazer IS here too. All are immersed in l the foils of pleasure, all of them doing g all that man can do to make this occa- 3 sion replete with generous pleasure
 which no one better understands than l our friends. the Red Coats.
 It is now midnil ht A black bear is ? led into the hall He too skips around 8 the hall aud seems to enjoy the fun; but
 look over there in tho left corner, there k is Stubs" the little brown bear, eating
 sugar ont of onr hands. He is cum g aing fellow. He too IS happy las long 2 as the sugar lasts). Now they are talk. t ing a h,shlight of us. Nv the Anglo. = Saxon band calls us into line and Gap.
 tain Jarvis is wrapped in the stars and
 stripes while Mr Murphy of Tennessee
 is encircled with the British flag and
 we take up the line of march down to
 Dr Fraser's quarters and serenade him 0 while he does the honors. Rub-a.1ub- t dub and away we go back to the bar !. racks and Captain Jarvis bids us good - night and relires to his quarters, but n the baud played on ard Dr Fraser was 9 called upon again and did the honors r again, and Captain Jarvis was not left s out and be responded Jas is his way) : with all his heart again and again until 1 1t Hns ahnnt 4 o'clock in tha mnrninp