[Illustration: JOHN MCCULLOUGH KILLING A TEXAS STEER.]
Seven years could elapse between that act and the next, and a scene could
be laid in a boarding house, and some of the same beef could be on the
table, and all that. Of course we do not desire to go into details. We are
no play writer, but we know what takes. People have got tired of
imitation blood on the stage. They kick on seeing a man killed in one act,
and come out as good as new in the next. Any good play writer can take the
cue from this article and give the country a play that will take the
biscuit.
Imagine John McCullough, or Barrett, instead of killing Roman supes with
night gowns on, and bare legs, killing a Texas steer. There's where you
would get the worth of your money. It would make them show the metal
within them, and they would have to dance around to keep from getting a
horn in their trousers. It does not require any pluck to go out behind the
scenes with a sword and kill enough supes for a mess.
GRANITE HEAD CHEESE.
A few years ago there was some excitement at Grand Rapids over the
discovery of a bed or quarry of granite. Some of it was taken out, from
the top of the quarry, and polished, and proved to be as fine as any that
is imported. Further working of the quarry, however, has developed a
strange thing.
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