Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-01-05
SOME NEWSY NOTES.
A Few Items Of Interest CLEANED
From the State Spirit.

From the State Spirit.
Every rose has its thorn: The dropI
of gall turks at the bottom of the nee
II ehe ses!s i,
and diamonds and the canker of grief
works silently in the halls Of reyeiry.
The inaugural ball was no exceptionto1
the law of compensations. There was
a senator, a brilliant, talented senator
a man fitted by nature, and tempted by
inclination to shine In upper social
strata Of any society. He was a good
man, dutiful, loving HUSBAND. ln-|
stead Of coming up to the capital city
for pleasure he brought his wife along.
lHehad one, of the talismanic open
sesames" to the inaugural ball and ne
charged his good wife with the dnty OF 4
packing his dress suit. 0nsthe fateful
night he retired to his room dressing
case i'll hand and triumph in his heart
to his room to dress. Then the ca
stastrophe came. The csaWhalm-
;mer coat was there, the decollette vest,
the dancing pumps, the white choker,
but alas no pants. The senator Z. TO!
sWofe, by note and by ear, but swear
ing conjnres no pants out Of the al 7.
diplomacy, negotiation with the COM
mittee, exchange of hasty notes all
awaited nothing The prejudice of
Pierre society runs strongly TO wearing
pants intervening dress. Prince
Albert is different. "A man may do
much with that, a somhefo and a pair
Of spurs, but with y spike tail coat
pants are inevitable. u, .s.3 u
The senator Went to the ball. of
course. But the JOY was gone oatysof
|it. No smile dimpled his rosy cheek,
the sparkle was gone from his eye.
/ And every time his glance wandered
from the conventional spike tail ard
/ low cut vest of immaculat doeskin to
I the ding, everyday pants OF sombre
brown, frayed at the bottom, glazed in
the seat and baggy at the knees, g
fetching sigh rasped the enamel off the
senatorial teeth. /.
The present legislature contains
many new men. First termers are, Of
course, unsllilled int the inside working
of the game and are very prone ito
oYerlmod esty. The Spirits is ssalWays
ready to boost fellow creature strug-
CLING up the hill Of fame and will Offer
from time totime pointers picked tlI
4 by observation. You know that the
state needs All honest and able man q,
4 the very front: you are that man
A Now, don't hide when greatness come
1 hunting you One very good way te
keep Sin sight is to draw up a resoln:
q ton for an imp ortant special commit
tee, naming the henderson, it in tn,
resolution with yourself as chairman
Iof course. and get some unsuspectine
Icnss TO present it. BY close attention
to these little tricks Of the trade states
men are sometimes made from yer.
ordinary material.
Y It8appears to be generall concede q
4 that adjntant Gen. Conklin will not b,
4 his own successor. Several names arr
mentioned for the place but it Seems
j !, TO lie between Col. Eng esby, Of Water
town, and Sergt A. "a. Northnp p:
Madison. Col. Englesby has a fine ne
4 cord as major Of the South Dak ota Is
in tho philippines. Sergt, Northup
was also there, iii the ranks, and carries
4 q testimonial to- his gallantry in thl
j shape of a mauser bullet in his log
Either man is wholly competent, HI
fact the only sobjec tion to either. is tina
an equally good man must be turned
down.
The State Bar a ISOLATION convened
in annual meeting in this city yester
4 day there issa very fair attendance
some fifty 70 sixty members presen
a from all parts of the: state. Anon.
d many natters OF interest to the profes
4 sion an able paper was contributed Us
the Hon Ghauncey " God who was
q q himself not able TO DE present d
methods Of csdpre II appellate pro
ceedings
The program for this afternoon It'd
]. Guides an address by Hon. u, f Eric
3 son, President of the assoc iation b
rhe u aw al - yorce The meetin