The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-08
The Montana Style

We copy the following notice
of a marriage from the Havre
Mont Plaindealer, as an indica
ton of the free hand with which
the editor in the "wild and wool.
ly west" touches upon even the
tender things of life. The
article is headed, Society Gal
liant of Havre Joins the Ranks of
the Benedicts,' and reads:
Cupid, the rosy checked, bow legged
boy, who wings the barbed shafts into
the souls of men aud leaves them
quivering like an ague patient during
q chill. some time since hung his
Jagged barb into the soul of Jas.
Ferguson, making him FESTIVE as a
colt with a CT ctus, meath his tail.
To find surcease from the longing that
pulled his heart cords tight as the
cat gut over a horse fiddle, James did
not seek oblivion in the bumper,
wherein turks a cure for every sorrow
but plunged wildly into the seething
vortex of Havre society, and in the
ball room, at the candy pull, and dur.
ing the pleasant days OF autumn be-
fore the frost was or the pumpkin, he
might have peen seen upon the back
of the gazelle eyed cayuse, the central
figure of an equestrian party whose
dazzling beauty was only exceeded by
their intrepidity in following the
'ounds, aud thus. for a time, he lost
the p%oignancy of the mental suffering
caused by the separation from his
heaven born affinity.
There is a period TO all pain and
anguish and the punctuation mark
was inserted in the life IF James when
a few days ago Miss Rose Pringle
came from her distant home in Canada
to hold the torch of love close to
James somewhat uncertain feet.
Miss Pringie came all the way from
Prairie Capital, Manitoba. to Havre,
fully as long a journey as Evangeline
made from the same vicinity in look
ing up her. Gabrisl, and more fortu-
nate than her song inspiring predeces.
sor, found her lover. True he was a
little wan and pale from the long wait.
ing, for love like a worm in the bud
had gnawed the damask Off his cheek,
but ne was just as keen as a colt, and
now that he has secured his antedote
it is expected the roses will bloom
again in his face. There was some
little delay in the getting ready of the
official papers, but they arrived at
last and the other preliminary ar
rangements having been attended to.
Rev. F. w. Pool vas called to the
home of Mr.. Matt Ferguson, brother
Of the groom, and the knot was Sc
curely tied, Wednesday evening at
seven o'clock. Mr.. Ferguson,
Thursday, did the Plaindealer
the honor of bringing his alto
gether charming bride to the office
and introducing her to all of the
EDITORIAL staff of this great family and
religious weekly, save the horse edi'
tor.
Mrs. Ferguson Is a very charming
woman. blooming with youth and
radiating with the manifold graces OF
feminimity that haye enslayed man
since Adam awoke from his heavy
sleep.
The groom is in charge of the foot
wear department of the Havre Com
mercial Company, is so genial and
af1iable that he put a dent into Havre
society as though it we're a mellow
apple. Now that he has gone into
the realm of the Benedicts the young.
err set will pine and melancholy will
enfOld, in her sable robes, too many
hearts that loved not wisely but toe
we'll.
The Plaindealer following a custom
wisely establish by Ben Franklin in q
rural newspaper in Philadelphia.
wishes that the Furgesons may in
crease and multiply, that the daugh'
tiers be e.s coy and ensnaring as their
mother and the bows as dashing and
gallant as their paternal ancestor,
that the peace and happiness of the
home will radiate ever from their fire
side and that = goodly measure OF Joy
and prosperity attend the Furgusons
even unto several generations.