Orator.”—Anonymous.

George W. Kingsley 10. A Dandy’s——What?—Independent Balance. William Stuart 11. MUSIC. 12. Patriotic Stanzas.—Campbell. Thomas Wells 13. Injustice of Slavery. James Sedgwick 14. Question Answered.—Ladies’ Magazine. George Lester 15. Fall of Missolonghi.—E. Canning. Theodore S. Pomeroy, Jr. 16. MUSIC. 17. The Rich Man and the Poor Man.—Khemnitzen. Lewis Burrall 18. Man, the Artificer of His Own Fortune. Edward Selkirk 19. Pleasures of Knowledge. Marshall Williams 20. Extract from an Oration by Wm. R. Smith. Edwin Williams 21. Running Dover, a Boaster.—Anonymous. George W. Kingsley 22. MUSIC. 23. Influence of Intemperance on our Government.—Sprague. Bradford Dresser 24. Bunker Hill Monument.—Webster. George W. Parsons 25. Extract from Webster on the Slave Trade. John Ely 26. Parody of “Lochiel’s Warning.”—Edward Selkirk. Advocate of Temperance, {Edward Selkirk Vender of Ardent Spirits, {Theodore Williams 27. A Wife Wanted.—A Bachelor Edward Carter 28. MUSIC. 29. The Instability of Human Government.—Rutledge. John Vallet 30. Parody of “Brutus’s Address to the Roman Populace.”—Anonymous. George W. Burrall 31. Peter’s Ride to the Wedding.—New Speaker. George Lester 32. Tragical Dialogue.—Columbian Orator.     Indian Chief, Charles Pomeroy     Son of the Chief, Cyrus Field     Soldiers,   Charles Deming
  John Vallet 33. Petition of Young Ladies.—United States Speaker John Henry Adams 34. MUSIC.

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FRIDAY EVENING.

ORDER OF EXERCISES.

1. MUSIC.

2. “SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER.”—Goldsmith.

A COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS.

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

Sir Charles Marlow,	S. G. Jones
Hardcastle,	H. C. Fay
Young Marlow,	H. Tremain
Hastings,	E. Rockwell
Tony Lumpkin,	H. Gardner
Diggory,	C. Pomeroy
Jeremy,	T. Williams
Stings,	L. Fenn
Mrs. Hardcastle,	C. W. Field
Miss Hardcastle,	F. Fowler
Miss Neville,	J. Stephens
Maid,	J. Ely
Fellows of the Ale-house, Servants, etc.

ACT THE FIRST.

Scene 1.—A Chamber in an Old-fashioned House.

MUSIC.

Scene 2.—An Ale-house Room.

MUSIC.

ACT THE SECOND.

Scene 1.—A Room in Hardcastle’s House, supposed by Marlow and

Hastings to be a Room in an Inn.

MUSIC.

ACT THE THIRD.

Scene 1.—A Room in Hardcastle’s House.

MUSIC.

ACT THE FOURTH.

Scene 1.—The same Room.

MUSIC.

ACT THE FIFTH.

Scene 1.—The same Room.

MUSIC.

Scene 2.—The back of the Garden.

MUSIC.

Scene 3.—A Room in Hardcastle’s House.

MUSIC.

3. Epilogue.—United States Speaker. Theodore S. Pomeroy, Jr.

MUSIC.

CHAPTER II

EARLY LIFE IN NEW YORK

(1835-1840)

IT was on Wednesday, April 29, 1835, and only a few weeks after “She Stoops to Conquer” had been performed in the village academy at Stockbridge, that Cyrus Field, having persuaded his parents that he was old enough to go out into the world and seek his fortune, left his home. For three years before he had kept the family accounts, and had most carefully entered every item of expense in a small paper book, and he was well aware that it was only with strict economy that the eight dollars given to him by his father at parting could be spared from the family purse.