St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-10-27
for the 1Iuulg folks.


.uoInssc$, !Sotf-!Soap H"d CiIer.
\ lady recently told me the ioliowins
story, as being a day adventures Of heI
nine-y ycarS-old son:
Harry Is always engaged in some ml|
chief; and his pranks are 50 lau2hablC
that can seldom keep On sober fac,
lone enough to punish him. Nearly 1
year ago there came a strclling theatri-
cal troop to town. They played TRAGEDY
and comedy, performed pantomimc-, ant
did the nero minstrel business 10 per
fcction: - the boys thought. But what
my son Harry most admired was the
play OF ToodieS. This he determined to
reproduce in his own theatre with new
and unhcarl-of effects.
There WAS new scenery painted on al
old sheet, with >lraws from 4 new
broom, by Bunkey Burnett; mtricat,
-taae mechanism whitfield out with .
Jack knife, by B!onscy Shaw; old COS.
Tunes made TO look rs gJol IL new, 10y
Tommy Bonncrbump, assisted hy hi
~istcr-in-law, Sally Threadnccdle; new
appointments by Tim Iennylcather
new and Original mn-t', TO he performed
on new and very original instruments by
the orchestra, under the direction Of Pat
Goxanmi, an Italian from ireland, ,-th,
whole play 10 he produced under the su
pcrvi,ion ot Harry BItrmau, ,,tagc
manager.
The above stuprnd"u- bill wound NJ
with the following:
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a"'a.r''@ ~" "e 'e|"s'" "t "' "'"'
he stage was erected III Inc ""o"
shed, and rrpoSed ON iour HA"'h1r-eS
lhe floor consisted oI two OLD Oarn-door'
>pIlced together. The drop curtain wa
secondhand morse blanket ne par.
quot and drr-@-'ircIe were i'iI,' ",'l
large Sticks Oh Wood LOO '"'S,i 10 'p"'
set up on end ii''t were rai.ed Cn'I!~
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III lhe p''lInc'. Inns m''ie lIle "''''".
oil Inc theatre very Ihhth FcAed ; but th'
andleh'' were h'!s'F pI,a>td' anu dur
lng the performances were c'n'nISed Will
laughter. imagine lor instance lil'
Saihc ihllS III poSluh Ill ''I' ''I'i'' OF II
New ork at NlOlo ;.
lhe pay was ioeuleS' "l wa re-
c'Ne" Win @'''i "l'I''u>'' men ''H
was over tlt company I'll" Inc niger
Minstrel business. LARRY lace hc'h
and hands were made rs black a~ black
could be, with burnt cork.
Meanwhile LARRY conlIdrd to th'
bones-man ahd The hanioIHi the plan h'
had formed 10 get SQUARE with Tho
two occupants oil Inc private box. lhrN
willingly promised 10 ASSIST ann. h'
momcnt the performance was over liar
ry and ms partners rushed ior Inc pr
f;!te ooN, Iiole''.'y smut Inc ao"r' laNtei'
ed 1t with Il nfoom-handlt, AMI tiel
Kicked the whole concern over As
icll, the Two ariSt"cratS inside lave Il vel
OF race, anu threatened 1" HEX The WloI'
company "iiEc plaZsS. Wv hen y"'
catch nH' the boys shouted. hen the!
beat retreat, each one ""'n& IN a d'i
serent direction.