Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-12-14

Il uRNc never seen TIE rare anu oeautl
fHt drama of Uncle Toms Cabin th,
following story of the plot will prov,
instructive: Uncle Tom is avhit,
man BACKED up and wearing j yer,
bad wig to represent negro wool. H,
is bought by small man with a big
voice who is called st. Clair. Their.
Is little girl named Eva, who is al
legged to be in delicate health, although
her physical appearance is robust
she sings sweet songs about the new
Jernsalem, and wears bangs. s She il
the suggestions daughter Of Mr.. St.
Clsir and naturally enough gets
mashed on Uncle Tom. Mr.. st.
Ciairs's wife has something the mat
ter with her liver, and is consequent
ly a lugubrious sort of q party to
have around. There is also a Miss
Ophelia, who is Eva's aunt. She
has, or rather possesses, blacked up
white girl called Topsy. This Topsy
issas full Of deviltry as an egg is full
OF meat, and she also does some bad
banjo playing and equally bad sing
ing. Mr.. st. Clair tries to take in
ten bar-rooms in one night and is
stabbed in the lumbar regions by 4
bad man in furious side whiskers
named Legree. Eva in the mean
time has caught cold sitting in draft
and talking about: the New FJerusa-
lem, etc. With Uncle Tom. There
fore she takes to her little chestnut
crib, sees angels, and to all intents
and purposes dies. This makes two
dead people in less than forty mid
utes. There is saddle colored ADV
called Eliza who tries to cross river,
accompanied by her son, who hap
pens to be little girl dressed up in
boys clothes. The river consitsssof
paper mache arrangement which is
dextrously worked to and fro with &
rope'hy Harry Plunkett, of the opera
house. Eliza, who is a lightning
screamer when she lets herself out, is
pursued by several men in. six bit
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wigs and two Siberian bloodhounds,
imported at great expense from Yonk-
ers, N. y, and Youngstown, @. In
the trouble which ensues, two of the
men in cheap wigs are presumably
killed and Eliza and her little Girl ia
boys clothes get away. This makes
a total of four dead people in sixty
When MIR. st. Clair's esd
tate is settled up, his negroes are
sold, Uncle Tom among others, to
MIR. Legree, the hardened reptile with
furious side whiskers. This Mr.. Le-
gree takes Uncle Tom off to his farm
and in moment of depiorable anger
knocks him down and then I'M
mediately orders him licked by two
dusky colored men who rush in and
drag Tom across the stage. Uncle
Tom concludes to die which he does
in grand shape. He sees Eva up
among the flies of the stage scenery,
quotes some scripture and then stif-
fens out. This makes five corpses
behind the curtain. To kind of even
up things, Legree is stabbed and al
lawyer whose names is Marks is |
kicked to death by a mule-an oc-
one cannot help regretting
lid not transpire before the play be-
gan. The drama ends with a birds
Eye view of Eva and Uncle Tom and
he rest of the gang in heaven, Mr..
Abe Armstrong in the meantime
burning red light at the left wing.
md Prof. Ragsdale's orchestra dis
'oursing sad, sad music. The only
'reatures surviving the whole business
re the bleod-hounds, lawyer Marks
mule and the spectators, which is
luite wonderful fact, so far as the
pectators are concerned.