Connecticut western news., 1890-08-13
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 13, 1890.
A LOCAL DRAMA.

ana laStS over an nOur. ne IOuItu acl lasts several hours, with many changes of scene and costumes. There are 12 leading actors in the drama, iand num- Der of assistants lend their aid before the curtain is rung down. The princi pal actors in the cast are T. l.. Norton, the Misses Martha and Charlotte Norton, l.. w. Harvey, Mrs l.. W. Harvey, the Misses Alice and Virginia Harvey, Frank Emmons, Sam Newton. Miss Newton, Miss Thomson, Miss Leveridge. In the first and third acts real thunder, light ming, rain and hail appear. So much for synopsis; now for the play:
 At midnight in their dripping tent,
 Norton and Harvey lay dreaming of the When Chapinville in supplianee bent
 Should tremble at lung power.
 Just before retiring these musicians had arranged to astonish the natives of Chapinville the following afternoon by a choir selected from the campers, among whom were some city people, who were to cross the lake in boats and attend Miss Greenwood's s meeting in the church. Oh, what 8 thunder shower ragged shortly after ''Tom" and "Louis'' retired to their tents, after putting up such 8 job on innocent and confding(?) Chapinvillians!
 ACT IT.
 Glory, glory, how the quartette sang.
 Glory, glory, how the old woods rang,
 Twas the pious chorus, ,echoing from the hill, Practicing the hymns to sing at Chapinville.
 For two hours or more during the forenoon T. l.. Norton, Prof Harvey, Misses Newton and Thomson practiced hymns to sing at Miss Greenwood's meeting, notwithstanding the clouds in- dicated that thunder shower was also practicing in some distant place, to ap- pear about the time the meeting would open. It was suggested to the singers that thunder shower might prevent the meeting being held, but Tom Nor ton, full of zeal and enthusiasm, said he should attend the meeting even if it rained pitchforks.
 ACT H.
 There's no use waiting for the morrow;
 The sun never sets on your sorrow.
 Colored man climbing upa bamboo briar,
 Shove him up ahigher and ahigher.
 About1. 30 p. m., although few stray raindrops were falling, the 12 leading actors before mentioned embarked in their boats and started to row to Cha pinville furnace. They concluded there was "no use waiting for the morrow, /" and as the chap said to Noah, when the deluge commenced, s'Go along with your old ark, don't believe it's going to be much of shower" so these 12 actors in this drama gaily rowed away from the laDding at Twin Lakes picnic grounds. Some rowed faster than oth- CTS, and in going through the lower lake two boats, although quite long distance apart, had passed the railroad trestle be- tween Twin Lakes station and Chapin- vile station before the third boat hove in sight of the trestle. At this moment the rain began to fall in torrents, the lightning and thunder were incessant, the wind blew hurricane and "the waves ran mountains high" while large hail stones fell on the defenseless heads of the party. They were in constant peril of being swamped and it was by superhuman efforts they reached the nearest shore. All of the fparty were thoroughly drenched and Tom Norton $ Sunday go to-meetin' suit and his new hat presented a sad appearance; in fact, the starch was all taken out of Tom. But, worst of all, neither boat load could see the other, and visions of ship wreck and watery graves for the others loomed up before them. In the midst of this war of the elements Prof liar. vey, who landed from the second boat, became so anxious about his family, who were in tine third boat. that he ran along the shore through the bulrushes. bogs and mud until he reached their boat, which had just landed near the trestle. Sam Newton and the young ladies, who reaching the shore near Chapinville Now all were on shore, so we present
 ACT ".
 Westward the stars of Canaan take their way
 The first three acts already past,
 The fourth shall close the drama with the day
 Sam's hardest struggle is the last.
 Sam Newton piloted the young ladies to farm house near Chapinville. Par1 of the way he had to carry his sister ir his arms, as she was too exhausted tc walk the whole distance. The kind hostess permitted the young ladies to take off their wet garments and go tc bed while Sam returned to camp for dry clothing for the party. To make long story short, the entire party struggled into camp at different times and before dark all had reached camp, a less light hearted but wiser party than when they gaily embarked at 1.3O D. m. We cannot ring down the curtain without remarking that the writer saw Prof liar. vey at 4 p. m. slowly, sadly and deject. ed rowing homeward. His boat was some distance from shore, so we ven tured to enquire Ibid you get wet?' "Wet? Wet?" came the reply across the water, ssthere is not dry thread or me-" and the limp and shrunken ap pearance of his apparel corroborated his statement, although you could not recognize what three hours previous was hobby ight-colored suit and dandy hak
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