The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-06-16
RoBINsoN's BARN DANCE.
Gala Event Near Coal Harbor.-A
Mammoth Stable and Horse Hos.
pitaI. Two Hundred People Dance,

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pitaI. Two Hundred People Dance
Coal HARBoR, n. D., May Both
THE movement Of substantial de.
velopment and improvement is very
pronounced in. Mclean county this
year and probablynowhere more &C
than northwest from Underwood
which, in itself, is quite a thriving
village.
Everywhere are seen new and pre-.
tentious buildings, houses. and sta.
bles going up and the Dutchman's
philosophy ''if I builts mine kline a
fine house, den byme by dey builts
me one," seems to hold good. Ev-
erywhere fine stables are being
erected. :
The finest Of these in Mclean
county, and more than likely the
finest on the Slope has been re-
Gently completed by the Robinson
Bros, George and John, veterinary
surgeons and ranchers, two miles
from Coal Harbor.
The stable is a very large one,
measuring ll4x4O. One side is de-
voted to box stalls for the care of
stock and a larger one is fitted up
for the purpose Of operating upon
and treating animals. On the same
side, the owners have a fine office,
in which they have full veterinary
surgical and medical supplies.
On the opposite side are ordinary
but roomy stalls for the accommo-
dation of cattle and horses with a
passage way between them and the
outer wall. Between the two tiers
of stalls is a very wide passage
driveway and the scheme Of door
way into, through and out of the
box stalls, allows of the utmost
convenience. r
From the ground to loft floor is
eleven feet, and from loft floor is
twenty-four feet allowing a hayloft
capacity of one hundred and fifty
tons Of hay. The loft is fitted up
with hay trolley apparatus to un-
load hay from wagons and is very
spacious room.
When the stable was completed,
the boys announced that they would
give a grand ball in the loft of the
stable, and people from far and
near were there Saturday night,
some coming a distance of seventy
five or eighty miles, and there wore
two hundred people present.
The loft presented a very pretty
and unusual sight. The platform
where the Underwood Orchestra
sat was in the middle of the build
ing to one side. and was very pref
tily draped and decorated.
Suspended from the rafters were
Japanese lanterns in alienation,
which cast soft and pleasant light
over the great room. Pretty dra-
peries and bunting, and Japanese
parasols were prominent in the dec
orations, and over each end were
draped great large United States
flags. These waved gracefully back
and forth with the gentle breeze
that passed through from door to
door and out. It was a very pretty
as we'll as patriotic scheme of dec
Grafton, and was continuously COM
mented upon by the guests.
The music was good, the floor
fine and waxed to perfection. To
the strains of the first waltz, two
hundred guests responded, and the
1850 square feet Of dancing space
was but sparsely covered. Indeed,
one could scarcely imagine there
were SO many present.
The program was made up of
waltzes, two, three and half steps,
%quadrilles and lancers, and the last
two mentioned were not of as fire.
quent occurrence as is generally
supposed to be at country dances.
At eleven O'Clock, intermission
was had and every one sought out
their baskets to enjoy a lunch.
Gay parties gathered here and
there. Little knots and groups ate
their lunch, interspersed with jests
and laughter. Hot coffee with de-
licious cream was furnished by the
hosts, who left nothing undone in
ndeavor to entertain.
Not long after this hour, the
dancers began to depart and Nc
Lean county's great barn dance
was over. It was a most enjoyable.
affair, made SO by the unstinted
hospitality Of the young gentlemen