Show SMOOT AND BOOTH They Hold Forth aSantaquin and Serious Seri-ous Damage to the Cause of Republicanism Republican-ism Results SANTAQUIN Utah Oct 22COr respoiidenco DISPATCH = Thinking that perhaps our cousins in neighboring towns might be of the impression that they are getting the start of us in the rural districts in way of amusement I will pen a few lines to DISPATCH readers For several days last week hand bills were out announcing the coming of the J E Booth Comedy company They were booked lor the 17th Everybody eeemed anxious for the companys arrival ar-rival for it is not often that we are I treatFd to a free circus The street parade was grand It consisted con-sisted of the Payson drum corps who marched up and down the street playing play-ing tnra ra boom de a until time was called and Chairman Tietjen stepped to the footlights and announced the opening piece entitled High Tariff which proved to be a tragedy before it was completed Heed S Loot played the heayy weight and was making quite a hit until he tried to force Continental coal oil worth only ten cents a gallon on the people Recalled Re-called on our worthy merchant Eli Openshaw to see that they took their medicine but the grand old gentleman objected and Smoot was knocked down and out sooner than was expected Then came the grand event of the evening the great farce entitledBooth on the Stump The comedian made his entrance and said Folks say Im mean Now as we have no right to dispute other folks and judging from his looks I for one came to the conclusion conclu-sion that even a politician might once In a while tell the truth Then Booth got funny and tried to do the act called Jeffersonian Simplicity Sim-plicity Well Booth cau handle simplicity sim-plicity all right but when he came to the Jefferson part he wasnt in it Then he gave us a song and dance entitled Bounty and School Bill but he got the song pitched too high and his feet couldnt keep time to the music and the curtain droppea amid cheer after cheer for Rawlins Come again Boothy you are doing good work for the democracy in this part of tho coantyFILO FILO CORNSHUCKS |