The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-07-01

Of life, or as independently acquired
Scientific american.
An Amusing Scene in a Theatre.
! The occasion was the benefit night of
Mrs Phillips That lady was playing
Jaae Shore, in Maturin's tragedy of
that name, The house-and the Front
street Theatre is large one-was
crowded. Inthe first tier, on one side.
ina front seat adjoining the proscenium,
was conspicuous the bury form of
sailor, with a large, red face. He was
well known to many of the audienceas
Captain Hugg the prosperous owner
and master of an Eastern Shore oyster
schooner. He was watching the play
with intense interest and feeling, as
was manifest from the tears that cours<
ed down his weather-beaten cheeks.
He also frequently placed bis right hand
neryQusly upon his left breast but
whether this action had any connection
with his sympathy for the heroine of
the play, or was the result of prudent
concern for the wallet full of Baltimore
aud Ohio Railroad shinplasters he was
known to carry in that region, the
sequel will show.
1t is proper TO state here, that, al
I though the date of these occurrences
was long after the money panic of 1887
| (known as the Hshinp plaster era'') had
/ subsided, and the banks had fully re-
sumed specie payments, yet the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company, by
some financial legerdemain, kept the
community flooded with its one and
two dollar bills, which were almost the
only currency used in the smaller trade
transactions of the city. Ha
The play had proceeded to the scene
in the last act, where Shores beauteous
wife date the omnipotent mistress of
Edward the Fourth, but now by Clos
ter's cruel edict, au outcast wanderer in
the streets, with none TO give her food
or shelter) comes upon the stage, utters
a heart-reading monologue, and falls,
exhausted with starvation and fatigue,
to the ground. AS the accomplished
actress proceeded in the melting rela-
ton of her woes the audience were so
rapt by her beauty and misfortunes that
but few of them observed the demon
strations of Captain Hugg's passion.
That gallant son of Neptune rose slowly
to his feet, convulsed by the throes of
mighty sympathy, and, with fearful
eyes and bated breath, listened to
James pitiful story. When, at length,
she dropped to the ground, seemingly
in the last stage of exhausted nature,
the Captains compassion reached its
climax. He sprang from the box to
the stage, rushed to the actress, bent
over her PROSTATE form, jerked from
his pocket his capacious wallet, tore it
open with trembling fingers, exposing
to view its piled-up treasure, and ex-
claimed, in a voice choked with s0bs
and tremulous with unfeigned emotion:
"Iook up, Mistress Shore, look up!
By Cd, madame, you shan't starve
while I've Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road shinplaster in my pocket-boolx.p
What followed beggars description.
For moment the vast audience re-
NAMED hushed, as if from involuntary
admiration of the big-hearted sailors
generosity and gallantry. Then, as the
ludicrousness of the scene seemed, to
flash suddenly upon them, there arose
such clamor of stamping feet, ,clapping
hands, pounding of canes, shouts, ,roars,
yells, shrieks and screams of laughter,
as never before or since shook the
walls of any theatre.
In the midst of the uproar manager
Wemyss made his appearance, politely
explained to the Captain that Mistress
Shores wants would be duly ministered
to, and succeeded in leading him off
the stage.
k Several Intellectual attempts were
made to proceed with the tragedy, but
| the audience was too thoroughly i'm
bued with the mirth occasioned by. the
sailors illusion to settle down to any
thing serious. Each attempt of Mrs
Shore toRgain their lost attention was
only greeted with renewed convulsions
OF laughter and cries for Captain Hugg.
The shre@d manager only succeeded in
restoring a senblance Of order by start
ing the orchestra in full blast and
''ringing on" the ballet, after which
roaring farce was tolerated, FROM
SPERRYs "reminiscences of the Drama, IL
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