Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-12-18
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Social Realm


One Of the most successful and nov
ell entertainments ever given In Lew
istown was enjoyed by those in at
tendance at the party given by Mr..
and Mrs. G. w. Cook on Wednesday
evening, December 18th. Invitations
sent out indicated that those invited
were to be entertained by an excur-
sion over the "Funville, Frolickton
and Featherbrain railway" from Cook
station at Lewistown via Cottonwood,
Trout Creek, Garneill and Ubet TO
Harlow. and 1t was intimated that
those invited should be prepared for
the trip.
As the guests arrived, many of
them in unique costumes, with old
valises, band boxes and umbrellas,
they were seated in rows resembling
a railway car and. finally, when all
was arranged, the conductor, Mr..
Cook in uniform. appeared and an
nounced that the train would start
in fifteen minutes, and everyone was
requested to purchase a ticket for
any of the above named stations. A
ticket window" was nicely arranged
in the door of one of the rooms adj
joining the car" where all repaired
and secured a nicely printed folder
with the usual conditions" attached.
On the inside of the folder was a list
of twenty-four questions, correspond
ing with the number of stops or sta
lions, that had TO be answered by the
name of some city, a few Of which
were as follows:
A female arrayed in mans attire.
answer, Galveston.
A woman's Monday occupation and
1000 pounds, answer. Washington.
A girls name, a laugh and a tum-
BILE. answer, Minne-ha-ha Falls.
Not |. and a wager, answer, Tibet.
A mans name and what a city is
sometimes called, Lewis-town.
All of the twenty-four questions
were answered by the name of some
town or city, and those answering
correctly were awarded prizes.
Several exciting episodes transpir-
Ell on the excursion" trip. The news
boy, or peanut vender, made his
rounds on the two excursion cars,
distributing paper sacks with peanuts
which were highly enjoyed by the
passengers, especially the peanut
shells, which we're largely in evil
dence, but the climax anne when
masked robbers appeared at the
doors and with revolvers in each
hand, after several blank shots were
fired, demanded "all hands up" and
with the shrieks and confusion and
a sea of uplifted hands the passen-
gers were duly held up" amid up
roarious laughter. 1t is said that
Judge Cheadle, w. L. Cort and L. w.
King held up their hands for five min
utes after the robbers" departed,
and only upon the earnest solicita-
tons and heartrending assurance of
their trusted friend. David Hilger,
that all was well. did they assume a
normal position and bring their hands
down.
OF course an excursion would not
be complete without a tramp" beat
ing his way. and he was splendidly
impersonated by Louis Lehman, who,
with his Dutch brogue and weiner-
wurst attire, entertained the passen-
gers in his encounter with the cor
ductor, and several interesting hits
were made, all tending to provoke
mirth and laughter.
At Ubet station the train was held
up for twenty minutes for the pro-
verbal lunch counter" opportuni-
ties, one of the adjoining rooms hav-
ing been especially fitted for the &C.
casion, with high stools with the u.s.
ual card notices hung OF the walls of
extra dishes at low prices. and the
voracious ~appetites of some of the
passengers made the r. r. lunch
counter appear as the real thing"
After the trains arrival at Harlow
the chairs were cleared from the
spacious dining oom and Mahana's
orchestra appeared and dancing be-
came the prominent feature till the
small hours of morning indicated the
close of the first railroad excursion
from our city.
On the whole the entertainment
was one of the most popular and sue
cessful ever given in Lewistown. and
the host and hostess are to be con
graduated. while those present en-
joyed themselves immensely.
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