Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-12-28

Younes place IL one Of the best light
ca IN me county and he is much pleas
ed with the lights.
Cnns- Young entertained many Of
his old-time friends with Q Christmas
dinner At his home. Jacob Chandler,
J. w. Rodgers, p. Morris, Mike Nc
Clear. VIM. Beson. VIM. vene and ed.
Deceils were partakers Of Mr.. and
NIB. Youngs hospitality. These are
all old-timerB and many interesting
stories added spice to the dinner.
The masquerade dance given by tue
X. OF P.'s on Monday evening was q
grand success. There were many At
tractive and beautiful costumes worn.
The first prizes were taken by Mrs.
Ed. Shcarson and B. r. Wiedeman for
the finest costumes. Mrs. Shears0n
represented q Spanish girl. Mr.. Weide-
man represented George Washington
and had one Of the handsomest COS
tunes worn. Ed. Baker and Miss
Caraway took the prize as the most
comical costumed couple. This was
one OF the most comical costumes in
the hall. both representing Swell Le-
wee Darkies." The following CO.'S
tunes yer good: Art Baker, Rip
Van Wrinkle; swell coon. John Sween-
ey; popular coon girl. Dick Baker.
Mrs. Japp and Mrs. Wins represented
winter with W lite suits trimmed In
gold braid. eve.greens and icicles.
These. were very attractive suits.
Mary Sweeney and Lizzie Newman
represented jockey girls. Mrs. Martin
and Mary Pichette representing gen.
tlemen dudes. Mrs. Turnbull and Mrs.
T. o. Caldwell representing hay
seeds" Miss Clark also had one OF
the incest costumes in the hall. Susie
Dunn and Mrs. George Dunn repre-
sented pop cor Mary Green repre-
sented a Japanese girl. John Peppard
and A. Pichette clowns. Miss Sale An
derson and Mrs. Lee represented fiow-
er girls. Mrs. Sharp and Mrs. Dough-
erty rainbow. The Chatter girls rep
resented the Miss Mullins. r. w.
Jones represented Paul Jones and this
was n Of the fine costumes. Robert
Sharp represented a Spanish mer.
chant. N. q. Lee represented a
French nobleman. Henry Daniels
uniform rank, X. of p. There were
many attractive suits too numerous to
mention. The music was furnished by
the Gilt Edge orchestra. Supper was
served at the Gilt Edge hotel by Pro
prietor Lyons. More than 200 per-
sons were present and all pronounce
1t q Of the best dances ever given
ip Gilt Edge.
Jas. and Pete Stafford, Of Kendall,
attended the X. Of p. ball here.
Miss Dougherty, Of Lewistown, was
here spending Christmas and also At
tended the ball.
Harvey Burnett and Leonard Biglen
returned from All Hallows college, of
Salt Lake City, to spend the holidays.
The business men Of Gilt Edge re-
port an excellent Christmas trade.
The doll premiums raffled by the
Gilt Edge Mercantile company, were
quite q drawing card. there being ov-
er 10000 tickets given out to cash pur-
chasers. The numbers were sent to
Mr.. Stout, Of Lewistown. who selected
three numbers. sealed the envelopes,
and these were opened after the
Christmas tree entertainment. The
following numbers drew prizes: 4,34l,
by Mrs. Gertie Anderson, which took
the first prize. the blue doll. No. 999
was held by Ella Donahoe and took
second prize, the white doll. No. rs
was held by Mrs. McIlhone and drew
the red doll. Many persons were dis
appointed, n person having more
than 700 tickets and failed to get Q
prize.