Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-12
THE DRAMA IN wAus,r

Wausau was treated to perfo.,
of "Uncle TOMS Cabin" ,eaas ''',c
which did not go off smooth Il 'y
pears that the blood hounds they a., "l
in the play were not up in their , as'q
and it was necessary for the prom m
to prompt them with his boot a ~,
dogs and the prompter were on ono -. =,
of the stage, and some boys were on .,
other side. with @supe" bones. actin VI
snpes. The idea was to get the do
interested in the bones, when q ~
thought they would charge across a.
stage, apparently after the f,ot;
slaves. At the proper time the la
were pointed towards the bows 90
given kick, and told to seek ,on,
One Of the dogs, which was pun ny
his tail between his legs and ambla,
across the stage awkwardly, until h
got near the boy, when he took his f.;
out from its place between his legs an,
wagged it from side to side, and run q,
his tonyue and yawned, and licked h;
chops IS though teasing for bone n
stead If acting like fierce blood-boun,
that wanted to tear fugitive s]av
limb from limb. The audience laueho
at the pup, and all would have bcaI
very funny, except for the other los
The other dog was bulldog that had
been borrowed for the purpose. n
started across the stage, creeping, a
though sneaking on foe, his teeth
showing, and he was snarling as only
bulldog can snarl. The boyswho held
the bones in dripping pans were mo-
afraid of the pup, but when the old loJ
began to get near them, the Upcl1
TOMS Cabin business was ASSUMING
reality, and the boys felt that the Life d
an actor had its drawbacks. As the Oh
dog neared the boys they dropped twd
pans of fresh bones and started to climb
up the golden stair of the scenery. ON
got away, but the big dog seized tn
other by the slack of the pants and
brought him back on the stage and
gave him couple of shakes tha
seemed to make his spine crack. Thg
boy yelled murder, and the audience
was excited. The dog dropped the bov
and noticing that the pup was having
his own way with the two pans full d
bones, he went and seized the pup b1
the neck, and shook him until his tai
Strengthened out like whip-lash
After sending the pup behind thd
scenes bowling, the bulldog took pos
session of the bones and began crunch
ing them before the audience, while thd
crowd laughed. They had never seer
anything quite so realistic on the stage
The actors thought it was time to inter
fere, and Uncle Tom came out with
stuffed club to drive the dog away, and
was followed by the whole troupe, will
such weapons as they could pick up
The dog held his ground. He droy
Uncle Tom into the river with running
ice, which Eliza was to cross, chase
Legree under table, and freed Georgd
Harris on stage rock, while little Erl
was scared so she jumped down in thd
orchestra on the big fiddle. The stage
manager finally let the curtain down.
and the dog was ccaxed off the stage
The rest of the performance was all
right, except in the scene where little
Eva is supposed to ascend to Heaven ia
become an angel. The tackle which
was to draw her up got tangled some
way, and the rope got fastened to her
ankle, and she started for Heaven with
one foot pointed up, while the other
leg and her arms and wings were fut-
tering in the air, her head down. and
she was using language to the stage car
penter that would not look well in
print They finally got her right side
up, and it was supposed she climbed
the golden stair all right, as the cur
tain went down about that time. --Pecks
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