Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-07-22
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MISSISSIPPI TllEATRICALS.
''oh {, what has caused this great ~commotion! y"
Political Song Of 10.

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Take Il large stick-a fence rail for instance
and rake it Violently down a Venetian win
dow -biind, ar the side ol a wcather-boauled
house, aud YOU ore very apt 10 make ooBic noise,
especially oi Il still evening.
n correspondent oi ours, Rambler" a. he
signs himself. SAYS HAT hc had Just risen from
the supper table al the tavern in the little viii
lage OF C., in the interior OF Mississippi,
one hot evening last summer, and was passing
ont 10 the front gallery to rest himself after a
long day ; ride, wh,u s,iddcaly he llcarl a tire.
lneIaious racket as oi some one rakiag a tenee
rail Owl The side al a wcaiher-laanled house.
eacir rake followed by a shout OF GLORIOUS glo
rious! irom a pair of lungs # ten trombone
power. Something extra was going on that
was certain. and tired M he Was, our friend at
once hobbledo of towards the point whence the
unwonted sounds proceeded.
IL soon arrived at a door oyer which a linht
hung, and round which ascorA oi little and biz
"nlggers were AS mblcd. xNNiat's the fun,
here ! was a question answered by an individ-
ual standing IN the door, who sail il was "a
uhcdtre.' While paying for lris ticket, another
shout from the interior, AN lanothcr ''gloriousr'
came upon our friends ear, accompanied this
time by Il large shout as of d large political mul-
tltude assembled. lie was soon inside the
room, a large AMI a long one. two-thirds of
which was occupied b. the audience and the
remainder by the stage, leaving IA small space
between. 1t was crowded, too-the benches
were all lull-wllile upon the floor was seated,
his arms locked round his knees and his chin
nestled closely on his wrists, Uncle Billy
Brown, two-thiTds inebriatcd and the other
third fast asleep.
AT one side of the room. and near the row of
candles which served for foot lights. sat 1.-THE
band consisting of a large black fellow and
no mDrs in . very hiub ,l,air "A violin a, H.
hands anda bass drum between his ,gs. After
repeated calls for music, he finally struck up
ny, jim along" playing his fiddle in the or
binary way and with the true corn field dbdn-
dOh, aud at the same time beating Il rumbling
accompaniment with lus kneesand heels upon
the drum. This ovcr-thc bell borrowed from
the tavern after it had rung the boardcrs in for
Supper-nuw gave signal Tor the curtain turisc.
'PIarro, or the Death oi Rolla,' got up by "A
ihespian corps OF the town, was to be In" first
performance. The Pcruy ian appeared and the
applause was So violent that the Young anne
teur who p%ersonated the character bowed. The
applause continued and he bowed lower. An
other round, and he bowed 81 low that his
tights gave way. Apertcct earthquake of APP.
plause followed close upon the heel of this dis
aster, accompanied by d rake by the man with
the tcnce was man witha surc-enouglI
ienc' rail-an1 EJlld backed out aud hauled
on 10 repair damages while the curtain was
falling.
The affair so tickled The individual with the
icnce rail that nothing could stop him. He
rakcd the sides of the house, and then shouted
glorious - aud kept ii up until his friends
gathered round and begged him To desist. But
his steam was up, and the only way hc could
keep from bursting was TO rake and shout with
all his might. Acompromise was finally made
with him, he agreeingif they would allow him
10 'nIake d short eXhori' at the door. and "sins
Il hymc, he would not use his rail again unless
something extra turned up.
Silence having been restored, the play was
progressing 10 u termination. when am
other interruption occurred. In one of the
most affecting scenes, and while the audience
sat Inotionless, speeches., and apparently
breathless, d very large gentleman from the
country rose in his seat. leaned himself for
ward, aud fixed his gfze intently on one of the
performers. Suddenly, he threw out his arms,
cxclaiming Good God! amt that McDonald2'
Away the audience went III perfect commissions
oi laughter, down came the fence rail against
the blinds with Il rake that made all rattle IA
gain, and high above the din arose the shout of
"gloriousi The fat man from the country
needed not the noise and connection around
linn, but kept his eye fixed on the half supplied
performer. in iront p came from those
on the back seats, but the fat man heard not
the summons. He raised his open hand over
ms eyes To obtain a closcrsight, and bent him
sell still farther forward. .'NVhy. no il mint 8"
calculated he, half in doubt-"whv, YES il is"
and then strengthening himself up. and slap
ping his right hand violently i'm his open left.
hc finished with On me fit isn't Melon
aid, sure enough" If there had been a din be-
lore, there was a perfect earthquake of noise
now. There old fence rail came down on the
weather boarding with a rake that started the
nails, the shout of glorious! - appeared louder
from It's hoarsancss, every pair of feet was
stamping. every pair of hands was %clappinp.
every throat was wide open and yelling, while
outside the theatre the horses tied To- the fem
ces broke their brides, and were ~staInpeding
cdNorting about amid shouts OF Stop
hm WHOA :! Hold my c%rit,er, there 80 and
similar CALCULATIONS. Never had there been
such an uproar in the little village of e.
Onlcr was finally restored. but only until
sheef exhaustion left The sadience unable Ia
make further NOISY demonstrations and now
the part enacted by the iatgentleman from the
country was explained. II seemed that the
Thespian's anne who had attracted his attcn-
ton was really Mcdonald. Some four months
previous he had been reported dead to the fat
gentleman, aud as the report had never been
contradictcd, his be~wildenncnt at seeing his
quandtn acquaintance. for he had finally
made him out through all his paint. feathers
aud stage ipppings Ted lim Ia depart II shade
rom ihe ordinary etiquette established among
theatrical audiences. IT, sat down. and once
more th, play commenced. All was hushcd
perfect quiet rcigncd when suddenly il
struck tlr iat man tat o. bad made himself
~uprrmelN ridiculous by thc part be- lad PLAYED
e ioW momorts hciofo. No sooner lad This
i'icy isidy tok"u ioptlold u hi- miul thsn.
ln lh. 'cfF midst ri b rilcuuc which would
h1'o brcoin y graveyard ~ midnight. De- bald
bach in hi4 sai. missed hoih I,oJ.
above hts lT0i, and broke out with 70 IIttI.
Ia lu Chat might have ir.u hsirl a mile
Again thr audisnc" was thrown ilfy clp,uI
-ipns agfip thc fence nil caino miflila down.
tle siiesoi ile boGse ,gHiu Ha shout oi tIr.
iious. ross above Co. lu ui f- itthis was