The Willimantic Journal

COLUMBIA.

The weather being unfavorable on Wednesday evening, the dramatic troupe did not appear until the next evening. At an early hour the Town hall was filled to its utmost capacity, by those anxiously awaiting the opening piece. At 7 1-2 o'clock the curtain was drawn, and an opening character piece, entitled 'Pat Maloy,' presented by William J. Robertson, with admirable effect. This was followed by the drama, 'Down by the Sea.' The stage scenery was appropriate to the play. The characters were remarkably well sustained in each part. The parts of Miss Hattie Hutchins (John Gale's wife), William J. Robertson, (John Gale) Charles E Little, (Sep. Gale) Edward P. Lyman (the French pedlar), and Elbert Little (Mr Raymond), were in the drama unusually true to life. All did very well in the closing farce 'We're all teetotallers.' The tableaux 'a non-convenience' and 'a real convenience,' representing a lone bachelor trying to thread a needle to sew on a button, and the same having a wife sewing on the button, while he rocks the cradle, afforded a fund of amusement. The whole was so satisfactory that a request was made to have the whole repeated on Friday evening, which was done to an appreciative audience. It is needless to say that this effort of the young people has proven an entire success.