The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-09-07

QUAH-NE-PAH-LU-TAH
and requiring 200 foot stage. do not
know why, of course. but the more diff
ticult and dangerous the play the more
greedily it is gathered in by the ANA
teur.
once knew an amateur company to
undertake the Passion Play" using
the home baseball nine for apostles as
far as it would go Local gags were in
troduced also, and Judas went out on
strikes. A novelty was also introduced
during the trial scene, change of
venue being asked for on the ground
that PLATE was prejudiced.
Regarding my own personal expert
ence with the drama, cannot do better
perhaps than to give You few notes
prepared some years ago for an obscure
journal which was not able to pay for
same, and hence it is introduced here.
can vouch for the truth of the state
ments made. which is the great and
glaring difference between most of my
statements and the average box office
statement:
my first experience with the stage
in Wyoming was in the capacity of jus
tice OF the peace. was a justice of the
peace there for six long and bloody
years. They were troublous times while
sat on the woolsack, and scarcely had
put on my official robes and swept out
the Office before business began to open
up. Hardly had glanced hurriedly at
the statutes-a thing always regretted
afterward, for If you tried to understand
Wyoming statutes you were lost-when
was called upon to unite in the holy
bonds Of wedlock Mr.. Broncho Sam Of
Mandel's Ranch to Mile Tah-le-quah.
ne-pah-lu-tah-the Flush of Dawn
That Wakens-t the Peewee's-Song.
Hardly had / taken brief bath after
this and washed away the bridal salute
with slug of Hugo Rohn's Scotch Ter
rier liquor when I was required by the
laws to deal with the drama. Four en-
thusiasts, it seems, had been for some
time seeking to elevate the Black Hills
stage. having held it up eight times in
seven weeks. In the early dawn Sheriff
Boswell and posse had surrounded this
camp not far from Laramie City, and
when they awoke and arose in their
blankets to take hasty view Of the
fragrant morning half dozen of Mr..
Winchester's justly celebrated opinion
molders looked them in the eye. 1t was
my duty to give these men preliminary
examination. In the language of ris.
ing young litterateur' Of that time, 4
done so. tits needless to say that these
men are now in a ratproof Enclosure
where cark and care do not enter and can
never annoy them. Since then the eleva-
ton Of the Wyoming stage has tagged.
Soon after this occurrence became
attached to paper, the paper itself be-
ing attached in turn to the sheriff. In
the paper expressed my opinions free.
ly, and then If any one attacked me re-
garding those opinions so expressed
fined him heavily. The more vigorous
my policy editorially the more fines I
was able to turn in toward the payment
of the printers.
so l had to be more scathing some.
times than really wanted to be.
I'm this paper advertised everything
that the police would allow me to men
tion. We did not wish to be venal, but
we were between the Office boy and the
deep sea, and SO we advertised things
which were unworthy at times.
Among them ran the ad. Of an
Uncle Toms Cabin company. 1
would gladly forget it now if could,
but cannot. The CHASTITY remembrance
comes back to me now even in my hap
pier moments, and my prosperity is i'm
FILTERED by the recollection that once l
advertised show in the Rocky noun
tains which was even more rocky than
the dear old dignified hills in which l
dwelt =
"oh, but it was tenacious showl Its
toughness, tenacity and acidity were
noticeable even as it got Off the train,
for Little Eva had written in her face
the story of precocious cussedness, and
the bloodhounds were droopy, egg suck
ing, low, vulgar, plebeian dogs from
the Denver pound.
In those days we painted for the
drama We paid 81. 20 to 81. 80 per seat
for shows that now we see for 10, 10
and 25 cents ON the Bowery. But this
show was bad. oh, but, gentle reader,
it was real bad 1t had not been deodor.
lied. 1t haa also escaped the searching