The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-03

Mrs. Bingham
carried on most
awful. She and the minister they be-
lieved that there warn't no chance of
play actors goin' to heaven. How
ever, the rest ofthe family sort oftelt
that, SEEM, there weren It much chance
before for jackson Jefferson, if folks
conduct has anything to do with it.,
there was no need Of bein' too des-
pairin'. Mrs. Bingham could go on
hevin' prayers put up for him jest as
she always had, and if he should send
free tickets, some of the folks thought
they'd go and see him.
They hadn't none of them never
been into a theayter and they. felt
they'd like to see what it Was like eff
it didn't cost nothing. The young
folks was all on that side, and cur US
enough, Grandper Whitaker he was
with 'em.
"I've led a pious life," grandper
said, ''fur nigh about seventy-fve
year. guess Pm fixed all right in
the other world, and if I don't hurry
| won't never have no fun here"
So when Jeff did send the tickets,
,grandper and Eben and Hammer and
Jane they all started down to town;
and Jane she took a bag of crullers,
and Eben he took a handkerchief of
apples, and Hannah she tooka bottle
OF lemonade, for there was nothin'
.grandper liked so much as hevin' a
good time, and there's no telling
what you get in those New York
restaurants besides flies, and when
Cousin Phineas had dinner there
once he saw a waiter rub up the
sugar, basin with his pockit an
kurchuff.
Well, we felt real pleased to see
grandeur SO clipper. Did I tell you
was goin' along tu? I'm Belinder;
and we jest cut up awful! And as we
wus a-goin' through the village to
the station grandper held up his
head like he was ON parade, and
when anybody stopped to say
"Why, how dye do? Where be you
goin', Grandper Whitaker" he ups
and holers rightout, "I'm a-goin' tn
take the boys and gals up tn town
tn the theayter, fur' tn see my grand
son, jackson Jefferson, perform"
You see, grandper was q perfesser,
and he'd walked upright all his life,
and knowed he wus jest about as
good as any of 'em, eff not considera-
bull better. @
Every now and then grandper
would turn his head-grandper had
real talent fur turnin' his head clear
around, SO it looked as eff it growed
backward-and say:
''Tell you, folks see We air on @
spree, and reckon they wish they
could go along!"
So We went ahead, lookin' fur the
tents. Grandper said theayters al
ways played in tents. But we didn t
see none, nor no place fur none; but
all OF a sudden we came to a great,
splendid house with the name Of the
theayter we wanted to see up all over
it, and great pictures at the door,
and a policeman standin' by the
lamp posts. r&~@ !, .,,.-
Grandper looks around ag'in, and
sez he: ..r. ~.H"c
"Eben, l reckon things is got more
fixy sence I was a boy and went to
the circus, and got whacked for dom
it when l got home. They'vegot their
theayter into house, and sure
enough, the policeman said the tick
cts wuz fur that place, and we went
in. BE-"
A young gentleman, all fixed up
like he wuz goin' to get married
showed US some seats. Grandper he
sot down on the outside one. E5.yz
"Goldarned eff it don't look like
meetin'!' sez he. "But there's a
band, any way" and pretty soon it
began to play; but we didn't see
nothin', only a little boy standin' on
some steps Jest as eli he wuz goin' to
come down but felt skeered until all
of a sudden up he went in the air! I
WIZ so started shruck right out;
but Jane she said she thought first
off it wuz a big shade with a bow
painted ontoit. And then we could see
straight into somebody's front par