PAINE PUBLISHING COMPANY, DAYTON, OHIO.
Transcriber’s Notes:
Play changes characters names to nicknames and back again at times. Dialect is inconsistent in spelling. For example “haint” and “hain’t.” Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
Page 4, “rehease” changed to “rehearse” (rehearse your parts)
Page 5, “On” changed to “Oh” (Oh no, Reuben)
Page 11, “fashinoned” changed to “fashioned” (in the old-fashioned)
Page 15, superscript 24 changed to 21. (No, by hemlock!21)
Page 19, “going’” changed to “goin’” (goin’ to hang one for)
Page 22, “Hallelulah” changed to “Hallelujah” (Glory Hallelujah)