Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-04
THEIR FIRST PLAY.

When jackson jefferson Bingham took 4
TO play acting Mrs. Bingham carried on
most awful. She and the minister they n
believed that there warn't no chance of
play actors goin' to heaven. However, 8
the rest of the family sort of felt that,
seem there weren't much chance be- ,
fore for jackson jefferson, il folks con-
duct has anything TO do with il, there
wus no need OF bein' too dcspairin'. Mrs
Bingham could go on hcvin' prayers put
up for him Jest as she always had. and IL
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 theayter, and they felt they'd like
TO see what it was like ef it didn't cost !
nothing The young folks was all on |
that side, and Gurus enough, Granper
Whitaker he was with 'em.
I've led pious life" grandper said,
"fur nigh about seventy-five year.
guess I'm fixed all right in the other
world and II 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 bag of crullers. and Eben he
took a handkerchief Of apples. and Han
ner she took 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 no saw a
waiter rub up the sugar basin with his
pockit ankurchuff
Well. we felt real pleased to see
grandper so clipper. Did | tell you
was goin' along tn? I'm Belinder; and
we Jest out up awful! And as we wus
a-goin through the village to the station
grandper held up his head like he wus on
parade. and when anybody stopped TO
say. why, how dye dor Where be you
goin'. Grandper Whitaker" he ups and
boilers right out, I'm agoin' tn take the
boys and gals up tu town tn the theayter,
son, perform.
You see. Grandper was perfesser, and
he'd walked upright all his life, and
knowed he WIS Jest about as good as any
OF EN-, eff not considerbul better.
Every now and then grandper would
turn his head-grandper had a real talent
fur turnin' his head clear round 80 it
looked as eff il growed backward-and
say:
Tell you. folks see we air on a spree,
and | reckon they wish they could go
alongr'
So we went ahead, lookin' fur the tents.
Grandper said theayters always played
In tents But we didn't see zone. nor no
place fur none. but all OF sudden we
came to 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.
Grandper looks around ag'in and seq he;
"Eben, reckon things is got more fixy
sence wus boy and went to the circus,
and got whacked for doin' it when got
home. They've got their theayter into a
house:" and sure enough. the policeman
said the tickets wus fur that place, and
we went in.
A young gentleman, all fixed up like
he wus goin' to get married, showed US
some seats Grandper he sot down on
the outside one.
"Goldarned ef 1t don't look like meet
int" ser 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 CT he wus
goin' to come down but felt skeered, until
all of a sudden up he went In the air! !
wus SO started shruck right out; but
Jane she said she thought first off it wua
big shade with boy painted onto it.
And then we could see straight into
somebody's front parlor and there wus
the help talkin' to herself and sayin'
all sorts of things about the family. Thes
the door bell rang and in came our Jack
son Jeffersonl i never wus so surprised
In my lifel He wus all fixed up, and he
didn't take no more notice of US than ef
We waran't there In minute / saw
why; he'd come to call on young lady,
and wus so taken up by her he hadn't
eyes fur nobody else. didn't mind, but
Jane did. They sot on a sofa and talked
until In come an old gentleman and asked
jackson jefferson what he WIS there fur,
and told him he didn't want no low down
poor folks comm after his daughter.
Now, there amt nothin' fires grandper
up so as anybody lookin down on his
family, and he riz up from his seat Like
fash. He Is six feet two Ii grandper,
and his hair Ii white and grows real
long. He kin DO seen q1ite distance.
Everybody looked at him so pleased they
had TO laugh.
"Hullo, your says he. "You, mean,
talking to jackson Jefferson Cd ef he wus
the dirt under your feet. I'll hev you
10 know that the Binghams and the
Whittakers air az good families Us you
kin find anywheres. jackson jefferson
Is quite good enough for that gal Of
yourn, and as fur bein' poor, Two got
considerable TO leave myself; and eff
hadn't, his pa is forehanded, and his ma
has forty acre farm of her own, boz
sides stocks. jackson jefferson can
marry Squire Maltby's darter fur the
askin'. and ef was him wouldn't hey
a gal that would go round with the back
Of her waist split down 80 1t amt decent
when she could patch IL with the trail Of
her dress and leave plenty 70 spare u