Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-12-20

81 without him, you would De as poor as q
led gar stuffed with saw dust.
adv M. p. Where-where is the reward
innocent virtue! Not TO be suspected is
r possible. To be suspected, is to be damn.
81 Retire to your places.
III SCENE Sd.
r,ler the Misses Tari, who have overheard
he dialogue in the las. scene.
granberry Tart. Oh la!
R!ubar5 Tart. Oh me! Lawful heart!
IFlat scandalous world. Amt il burning
8tsnel
c. +. sodom and Gomorrah: how awful
use folks is getting.
LAT. Minxes! Why they are lewder
AN yonder bare.legged Polle,s with their
els in the air.
G. #. The Lady Mince Pie; yes for sooh
l he LADY,! See her amble-see her twist-see
81 wriggle and mince in her gait!
Rhubar5 Tart. Yes, to be sure. she and
5er two baggages amble as if they were
brought up in border house. III 60 straight
sad tell Her Majesty Plumb Pudding of her
:os1ick so there will.
ACT 3-Scene l..
Enter Oil, Mustard, Wine, Vinegar. Pepper
snd Salt, who have overheard all the former
actors in the drama
OIL (whispers) Why my sweet fellows,
.bese are in sooth rather musical times 10 the
rsslms of Old Roast Beef.
lfustard Why, you speak as if Ole Bull
vas 10 the scrape; whereas old Roast Beef is
10 for it.
Salt. Much the same animal. His horns
are growing.
Wine. (Imitating gobbler) Turk, turk,
tufk! Gobble gobble, gobble
Pepper. Why old mother Plum Pudding
il as hot as my aunt Pepper Pod. Lord I!
How she sweltered how she sweat she
sighed like fiery furnace.
Oil. Let us try to smooth it over. Foibles.
Gentlemen; mere foibles Of the great. Smooth
It over.
TInega. Smooth hell over with hand.
AXE!
Mustard. Yes and ,hat-ha ha tina. fool
Cock Turkey; Isn't he done brown Why,
she would swallow him, quicker than Mt
Elna could swallow sucking oyster!
Vine. What was The old (hic. } Rip whis-
pering about in BROKE bic).en English, with
that cut.throat Carving Knife.
Salt. Engaging him suppose. to cut up
acme rusty; but say-scandaI apari-don't
you think sweet little Mince Pie is chastes
Ehsstard Ha! ha! yes; sud so is horse
,hief but not half as easily overiaken-
I'cod! But didn't the drapery that covered
the Tarts, show off observation-disclosures 10
ssvantagel
Vinegar. The Tarts are relations of mine;
bus be as sharp as you pIeaae. Don's spoil q
Joke for relations sake.
Pepper. should think you were all borne
by the same mother, before her divorce from
Cream Tartar.
Oil Take care, my sweet little Vinegar, or
you will get into as bad a foam, as you did
ono night when you kept company" with
Ssiy-Ratus.
Vinegar. You are mistaken. libertines.--
The Taris are not prudes. They differ from
others chiefly in being more discreet and less
sought after.
Wine. ess-(hic)--chased you mean!
SCENE I'd.
The bell rings, and all the dramatis persona
begin TO arrange themselves in their proper
places, Roas. Beef and Plum Pudding in the
centre.
Chorus By the ,chole company.
Railing. Gathering;
Dingling jinging.
Crash clash
lie, Dish and Platter
No longer scatter,
Come without number
Tnreen and Tumbler.
Wi,t clean washed faces,
We mach to our places,
The bell is lrng,
And our chorus is sung.
(Rev. Pumpkin Pie advances and very rev.
erently repeats grace fifteen minutes long)
SCENE Sd.
Plum Pudding. Throwing herself into a
tragic aititude.1 "Now"
Lieut.. Caring Fork. (Rising and stab.
bling Roast Beef) Thus, thus do / thrust
thee. British ;yrant, who SO long hast ruled
the roast!
Capt. Carving Knife. (Carving) And thus.
bloody monster, do cut and slash thee open
Roast Beet, (groaning and bellowing) Thus
thus do per
Plum Pudding. Advance, jarizzaIies =
Rank and file, fall upon him. Follow your
captains gitteriDg blade. Forward. brave
blades, ('Ths curtain falls amid the dim and
rafting of dishes and the gathering carnage Of