Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-04-24


and ability II the children If En-
mons county was heightened and
my pride in the excellence 81 our
schools ard the skill of our teachers
highly gra,ified The tirss feature
to impress itself upon ny minc " hen
| entered the schooi-roana Vas the
extreme taste and ska s nicsi the
val decorations and the stage Mt
tings displayed They we're SIMPLY
beautiful Then the audience. TOO,
was an interesting assembly fDr a
frontier town. AT the culture and
refinement Of the community were
gathered there. and more nteill-
gent congregation of faces has rare
" greeted any schoe On exhibition
night. Se.cfai prominent persons
were presen, from a distance, and
among them noticed Mr.. and Mrs
Rumstead of Wincheste. and tie
Misses Anna Gel and Lille hem
Of williamson, 4 few minutes
after clock the band Of the 18th
Regiment of t. S. Infantry. from
Fort Yates. Who kindly furnished
the music. struck UP an Inspiring
overture. This same orchestra con-
.:.xJ - ~orjer tba ,,-o-. N.ilynf fll
music ALI through the entertain
ment, and added much TO the pleas
ure Of the evening Rev. 5 5. En-
ny asked the blessing Il the AZ
mighty, ard then the entertainment
proper was opened by Charles Pat
terson, y no delivered an original Sa.u-
tatory which vas. both in composition
and delivery. a masterpiece. Inc
program contained about fifty num-
hers, many Of them rendered by
the lttlest specimens Of humanity
that ever faced an audience. Miss
Genie Patterson. who is barely six
years Of age, gave several reeita
tons and sang a solo. doing every
thing so PRETTY that the mouse vas
charmed. Miss Alma Pitts, aged
nine. who had already acquired CON
siderable local fame as an elocution-
ist. rendered number Of very diff
cult pieces in highly credi,abie
manner. Charles Patterson and
Willie Hill divided honors as ora
tors. Patrick Henry famous ora
ton by the former and humor-
Gus miscellany by the latter were
especially tine efforts frankie
l-ampman, ten years old. tool. many
and varied parts with great effect.
Flora Lee also did remarkably
we'll Ralph Patterson. Ben Lamp
man, Lille Darland. Gerge Darland.
Jennie Hill, Jessie Iampman and
Geofe Pitts deaerye especial praise
and should have more extended no
tice did space permit In addition
to the musical and Evolutionary
numbers, there were several little
dramas. One The Demon Of the
Glass" temperance play was
participated in by seven Of the chill
dren, Charles Patterson and Alma
Pitts taking the leading parts with
much grace and talent. Aunt
Polly Lesson. comedy, by Alma
Pitts. Flora Lee. Ralph Patterson
and Jennie Hill. was very GOOD, in
deed. The great hit Of the evening
was ,he.comedy, A Domestic Quar-
rel. in which Ralph Patterson and
Flora Lee represented the disruta-
tious husband and wife ID manner
50 realistic as to almost put 10 the
blush old married PEOPLE who have
had plenty Of practice. Very many
Of the numbers were given in cos
tune, and the elegance, taste and
variety Of the costumes we're re-
markable. All in ali. the entertain
ment was ore Of which every one
must be proud. | heard many a
member Of the audience declare it
simply marvellous that children
could do so we'll; and. as for myself,
! can truthfully say that in a some
what extensive experience in such
matters have never seen children
appear 90 we'll in public. nor attend
ed school entertainment so thor
oughly enjoyable.
From the Record, Aug. %, 1885:
Miss Bessie McNcl is again al
homo. The Williamaport school
e-opened last Monday. Attorney
Armstrong visited the Capital last
week. Commissioner Yeater w,ll
visit Bismarck the latter part Of this
week. Messrs. j. N. Roop and
Thomas Kelly are the victims drawn
from this locality for jury duty at
Bismarck during the coming term of
court. The census statistics for
1883 show that F,mnons county has
s66 inhabitants, 29l farms. and 81
Union soldiers. There were only
three deaths during the year. In
1880 there we're only 3s people in
the countv