Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-01-02

OF course huu I'd go uOWn Wnere lie
once taught school, in the Anderson
district.
Two new Smithdale pumps have
been put Ia place at the Cave Gulch
mill aud the ore bin il nearly com
pletcl. The tramway Ia the mill is
almost finished and the Hssayer H. at
work. e. l.. Wright is now foreman
in the mines. one boiler Is already
filled with water and CA New Years
day the whistle viii blow. Ed. Mum.
ford il nOw cNauya. ing under the
mill for lrcnrhlng the tanks. -.
The sale OF the property vi Godfrey
Fourier, dcccuscd, last saturday
was well attended, considering the
stormy dizzy. The property brought
IA inir price.
l.. NJ. Beatty and family leave on
the 2nd for Illinois, where they will.
remain two years,
The masquerade ball given 10y the
band Christmas night WINS well at
tended. About 80 persons were
masked. The lax Of facilities for OBJ
tanning suits caused many to impru-
wise costumes for the occasion. We
iHilrd 10 get Il description Of all, but
some oi them were most unique aud
worthy of mention The little coun,
Irene Brown, was artive and nimhlc,
aud her little brush made n not time
for the boys; Willie Young. rs the
man ui age, was natural; the brggal
was well represented 10y John Beatty,
y. l.. Poland, Herb Knapp and Bert
Beatty were three jolly tramps aud
were followed by that celebrated
clown, Francis Bglcn; there were
two prestidigitat0ra, John Sweeney
aud DICK Weaver practiclug their
profession; Aurch Dryden wore n
long red dress and represented II
sweet little girl; how n ludy's mask
improves IA gcnt!cman'S face; doesn't
H., Murch? j. ii. Connolly, the jolly
old tar, WAS happy; Roy Lambert,
the Mexican, had hisiacc printed and
wore No mask, yet he was not rccug-
nizcd; Lee Shuttz, the mickey from
Cork, looked natural, only one Of his
]trUuscr legs was much the shorter,
Ole Erickson was IA genuine piantu-
tioa "nigSrr'; the littlr glr! Oi sweet
sixteen aud such u iHvuritc among
the boys, hal Neil McEynny's face
under the mask; Pearl SpragUc had "A
ilag suit: Feed Jones was II cook,
sure: John Wilson thought IA mask
only would improve his face, 81 he
let it go at TINT; Susie Dunn, In the
role ofsIuitw, was complete; thctwo
l!ttic girls IN blue were Grace aud
May Green; Octa Skaggs Wa thc
suuliowrr from Kansas; Henry Butts,
with lIs suit 'Cumiquc,' caused
much laughter: Mrs. Thomas Merry
field. the ghost, had n suit complete;
Mrs. John Biglcu and Mrs. II. j..
GOss represented the red cross, while
Joe was amusing himself shaking
hands with his friends and wcariugn
mustachc that had seen two SHOWS;
Miss Ella Davis wore u mask and
crown; the little school girl with the
book-huldcr and jumping rope was
Airs. G.. l.. Wentworth; Mrs, X. W.
D~Ougherty, with her hook and stalf,
was a line representation Of ~thcshep-
hcrdess: W. q. Allen, with the red,
white and blue and George Washing
ton cane, WIS the flag boy; X. l..
North. an Irish laborer, could out
run anyone; Mrs. j. ii. Connolly rep
resented the age Of tissue paper and
was not recognized by anyone; Ira
Littlejohn was the band bugler; Lena
Magallon was Eva of Uncle Toms
Cabin; Dick Jones was Il duplicate OF
George Washington; Joe Miller was
Uncle Sam; II very oddcouple camein,
and the one wearing the lady's dress
was about O feet 1 inches tall; some
lady remarked that IL was very I'M
I proper ~ enter IA dance hall with
snow shoes On, but M they prom
eaaded down the hall the shoes were
found to belong To Hugh Martin.
You can't disguise II M. II shoe.
Hugh. Jim Connolly was prepared
for either day or night; All. Decker
was night In darkness; Miss Archer
had IA hat and crown: W. W. Badger
had II pair Of black eyes. Where did
you get them, W. W? Gilt Edge can
now boast Of its first bishop; ID. II.
Linebargcr carried out the part nice
~; his suit was very appropriate:
Miss Hughes and Mss France WORE
masks; Mrs. Sharp md Mrs. Cald-
well were flower gri-, John Biglru
and Frank Caven wee the two little
boys in blue; Arthur Kelly and Steve
Bullock were well disguised; Tom
O'Ncil was uu hand, Ui course; T.. ".
King. e.. \. Tillotsun aud Hugh
Green thought their faces would roe
ommcnd them In any new" country.
Airs. Linebarger aud Mrs. Wilson
were mnsqupd ana there were Others,
whose M nes we could not get. So
you will cXcusr usii any ARE omitted
Last, but not least, came Satan, also,
MIN thn fnrk mud hnrnn md ,uh.n