The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-02-13
"THE DEEsTIiICk sKULE"

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was great acting of itself, and the way l.,
wrestled with ''Clncinnati" whistling DC
casionay tn call himself together, was biz
hit. 1t was not OverdOne. Indeed, thu
delicious humor OF the whole program con
sisted In the cIoseness of Its caricatures t.
what all realized that they had seen In life.
| The round. "Scotland's Burning" wal
we'll done by Andrew jackson Cartwright
(Mr Miller Dorothy Ann Cottongame Mrs
MarshalD Samanths Drake (Mrs. Gregory
Lestina Ann Cartwright (Mrs. Houghton)
WIN. Henry Harrison Pickens, (H. b. Cham
berlain). gave recitation with an awkward
rythmical earnestness that was killing
rather he gave few lines Of It and fed gaz'
Proctor) had composition on "Girls" evinc.
Ing an Intimate nowledge of the subject
But the great thing In this line was the essay
BY Ephraim MeIanchton Roebuck, &c w.
Dunham). on "Bones." 1t was simply inim'
table In the boyishness Of Its information, way
would be repeated at the end OF an occasional
sentence. Josepbus Fogg's, III. A Chapin)'
on "Monkeys" was full Of grand good hits,
but the delivery was not cOrresl'0ndlngly ef-
fective. Joe East, Geo. r. Selleck), dis.
coursed on - Breath" Tor his composition. 1t
was short but side.spIitting. Bartholomew
Cummings, wv. H. Minor, was one Of the
three or four best features of the evening.
His makeup was perfect, and his recitation
In movement, facial expression, tone and all,
was perhaps the most finished piece Of art Of
the evening. 1t brought the only encore.
He was presented with floral Offering In the
form OF a cabbage. head. Julia Ann Shicker.
piece capitaly, and Jeremiah Stubblefiled Of.
fered some fresh thoughts on cats, of whom
his conduct as pupil indicated that he had
been close student.
The Universal knowledge Glass furnished
sport In quantities. 1t consisted of William
Henry Harrison Pickens, lH. B. Chamber
laiD) Polly Benderbacker, Mrs. Dalton) Billy
Benderbacker (Baby brother), IF. w. Stiles),
Sambo George Washington, &c. Henkel,)
Perseverance Hilda Peabody, MRS P. X.
White, Elijah Micawber Cartwright, 20. d.
Esterbrook), Nancy Jane Fogg, miss Bar.
nard). Bartholomew Cummings, (W. H.
Minor, Jeremiah Stubbleield. (H. Estey.)
Sallie Lawn, Miss FrOsD, Joe East, Geo. E.
SelIeck), Becky Short, (Mrs. McLacblin.)
There were number of good local hits.
and general quilps of absurdity I'm this exer.
else, which was made one of the leading fea-
lures.
Andrew Jackson Cartwright, (Mr. Miller),
closed the exhibition exercises, and then
came the GROWING scene, when Squire Kick
er pitched into the teacher and the manage
ment of the school, Objecting on principle to
female teachers and showing the melancholy
results. He made lot of points and made
them effectively, compelling Deacon Way
back to come to the rescue, to call out pupils
to show how well they were taught and
trained. This part Of the programme was all
new even to the school, and Its freshness
added to its zest. No man could have exceled
Col. Hooker as the deacon. His arguments
and his historical illusions were just absurd
enough, bis local hits interspersed thickly
enough to keep the audience In a roar, and
when he clnched his argument by charging
a "deep laid conspiracy" to drive out the
teacher to provide place for Grover Cleve.
land after 1892, his case was won. and In
triumph he called on the teacher to disprove
the accusation that she cOuldr't teach "for-
eign tongues" by giving an exhibition of
Choctaw, and she did it or something, her
whole body he ping talk As she went up to
nant with the flow of words. The
squire wited completely, the bachelor. Dea.
con Slowcoach voted with Wayback, the
school cheered and closed with "Auld Lang
Syne' with the aid of the audience.
1t was throughout whoieseme fun. There
NO, lH or sssns " Is been ef
ont truly :.,1 never Win iss 'H .rs.
1sroE.. against the most refined taste.
h'he entertainment was the suggestion
Of Mrs. Gregory, who is on here for
Mrs. Ryder had the management OF II, the
wav II went being proof of their careful at
tenfion to details. G. A. Boyden was stage
manager, The total receipts were above
5000 and the ladies will clear over SZoo; ~.
Before the audience was dismissed ".
Draper gave the socIety's thanks all round,
aid repetition had been asked for the pen,
: tit of the Rural improvement society, ana
On motion of N. l. Hawlev, put by Hon. d.
D.. Harris, the audience asked the company
@ repeat and it was finally agreed to DO SO
,ext Tuesday evening, the tickets to go on
ae at Chapin's tomorrow noon. Inc pro-
ram will be changed, shortened at some
Joints, heightened at others, new local nlts
more time given for Mr.. Stiles,
Who used to be with the Whitmore " Clark
company, and the whole got into less time.
We predict for 1t another great success.
To save fir m Cold NegIec
EDITOR REFORMER.-Sir: The 'Deestrick
kuleo was a success, on the whole as
me thing of the kind as Is ever seen. All
i'd their parts well. Several deserve special
ice them. But it has occurred to me that
ou may be restrained by a sense OF delicacy
rom giving to Mrs. Davenport the full
raise belonging to her. samantha Ann
'ettigrew was easily the bone, sinew ana
oul of Hardscrabbe Skule. Her makeup
vas eminently lifting. Her entire manage mage
lent of the "Skule," including those little
ouches and flashes of the genius of the occa-
lon, was Incompatible, and her recitation In
Cherokee, Sanscrit or Hardscrabble
ialcct blessed II 1 could tell what 1t was)
lay safely be called recitattve triumph. IL
vas the finest piece of stage recital ever
card, and have heard not few. The
rescendos and climaxes, the involutions and
eriods as the s,hool.mar'm waxed more and
lore indignant at the old jew OF acommittee-
IAN who had urged her dismissal, and the
enuinely theatrical movement OF the whole
hing constituted a success unequalleds Ana
hope that In The repetition to be given nexI
tuesday, evening, whatever changes may be
nade in the presentation. she will give us that
anne tongue.iingle again, and accompanied
With the same genius of acting.
Yours truly.
West BrattlebOro. -James l. Ray has