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cox: Box: Cox:
How can t h a t be!
You proposed to h e r first!
Yes. But then you--now don't let u s begin again-Go on. [Resumes the l e t t e r ) "Poor M r s . Wiggins went out for a s h o r t excursion in a sailing boat--a sudden and violent squall soon a f t e r took place, which it is supposed upset h e r , as she was found two days afterwards, keel upwards. " Poor woman! The boat, s i r ! "As her man of business, 1 immediately proceeded to examine h e r papers. amongst which 1 soon discovered her will; the following extract from which will, I have no doubt, be satisfactory to you. 'I hereby bequeath my entire property to my intended husband.'" Excellent, h u t unhappy creature! ( s a y s Cox in a fit of new-found affection for Penelope. 1 Generous, ill-fated being! same spirit. I [responds Box in the
Box: cox:
Box:
Box and Cox, of course, now attempt to outdo one another in their expressions of affection and devotion to memory of poor departed Penelope Ann b u t finally agree to divide the fortune when the postman arrives with another l e t t e r , this one from Penelope herself announcing that she was picked u p by a steamboat and will he arriving to claim h e r intended, Mr. Cox. The letter was delayed in the mail, and the announced arrival time i s to occur momentarily. Peering out the window, they see h e r descend from a cab, come up to the door of the house, and then get back into the cab and drive off. Mrs. Bouncer delivers a note, informing Cox that she had fallen in love with a M r . Knox on the steamboat and is going off to marry him. Greatly relieved, each man notices, suddenly, a familiarity about the o t h e r , and they discover t h a t they are long lost b r o t h e r s separated from one another in their youth. The curtain descends as they embrace, agreeing thenceforth to share the room they had already unwittingly been sharing. Critics of today would probably not rank such a piece highly, but no doubt the pioneers felt it would do them good to loosen up and have a good laugh once in a while. Something of the scale of theatrical activity in early Cedar i s suggested in the fact that the Dramatic Association in 1854 consisted of 6 1 members, with regular stage manager, prompters, call boys, six musicians. and a clerk. W know t h a t the Dramatic Association survived the e trials of the late 50s a n d , in the mid-60s. was producing such classics as "The Rose of Ettrick Vale" and "Grimshaw. Bagshaw. and Bradshaw." During the winter of 1880 the society produced a play a week for thirteen weeks. Season
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| Title | Mayors of Cedar City |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K.; Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Subject | Mayors -- Utah -- Cedar City -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- Politics and government; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City. |
| Source | Mayors |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/mayors.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 535.cpd |
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