Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-07-24

his head on the muzzle Of his gun
and falls into n sleep. A curtain
rises, and the wife and children of
the soldier are seen in their home.
The act was embellished with two
very laughable scenes. One is
Peter Hygley on picket, which is
as Imaginable and ludicrous as can
he imagined. Pete, while on SEN
try, sings "The Little German Home
Across the Sea-" he then forgets
the countersign and has a laugbable
encounter with the officer of the
day, Major Clark a. b. Howard),
which is sufficient to make o per-
son shake himself to pieces with
laughter. The other is Tom Flynn
on the retreat. Tom has found out
he is on the wrong side, that there
is no glory in the business, and de-
termines to get captured. Tom
creates considerable amusement
by his drolleries. The act ends
with the tableAu "The Reward" in
which Columbia is represented as
GROWING a soldier.
The fifth act opens with a re-
presentation of Sherman's bum
mers returning from a forage
Among the rest is Hygley who has
secured a goose and various other
articles. Pete says they have good
times on the "March to the Sea-
nothing to do but eat and steal.
Wash and Flynn arrive on the /
scene, and the three worthless sue
ceed in creating many a hearty |
laugh. At last Hygley becomes
master of the situation and drives |
the other two off to the camp. A .
camp scene follows in which the
boys are enjoying themselves by
singing songs, etc. The "March |
to the Sea" is sung, Sam Roberts
(E. s. Sellickl tells why he foraged |
The old fashioned bonnet, Hygley
sang some songs in manner that
brought down the house, and then
the scene shifts to Washington
the war being over, the Union pre-
served, and the troops about to re-
turn home. Hygley has an en-
counter with q bootblack, gets
drunk and falls into the hands Of
the Provost guord. The next scene
is home. The troops return joy
fully home and are warmly receiv'
ed by their friends. The flag never
dishonored, is returned to the fair
donors, the troops form to resist
cavalry, the ladies and friends in
centre, and then tableau repre-
senting Union, Freedom, Pros
perty," is shown in the back ground,
and the curtain descends, ending |
the best play, taking all things in-
to consideration, that has ever been
brought ont in Alpena.
The cast was the largest Of any
vet attempted in Alpena, and in
addition to between twenty and
thirty of the Guards and those al
ready mentioned, were the follow
ing: Mrs. Maiden, as Jerusha
johnson Miss Della Kelly, ms Alb
by Smith; Miss Addie Sellick, as
Alice Gray; A. E. Westrope, as
Jas. Hansen; Chas. Anderson, as
Jack johnson: l.. q. Dafoe, as a
Confederate lieutenant and Esq.
Williams; r. Oliver, as a sergeant
of the Union army; +. G Holmes,
as Mr.. Ludlow; II. G.. Whiting, rs
farmer Johnson J. Hyatt, as jack
son Ludlow, and Frank Warner, as
a newsboy. The various charac-
tiers were well represented, and the
play passed off in manner that
was very pleasing to the specta-
tors. Including the tableaux, there
must have been about fifty persons
on the stage at one time. The
rink was nicely fitted up, floor
put 10, and seats arranged so as to
accommodate, comfortably, about
six or seven hundred persons.
The orchestra music, which was
excellent, was furnished by Prof.
Shelley, and +. j. Papst, U. 5.
signal service.