Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber’s Note: Obvious printer’s errors, such as inconsistent spelling of the characters’ names, have been corrected. DIE INSHURANCE BUSINESS. A SERIO-COMIC DRAMA IN THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN VERNACULAR, “AS SHE IS SPOKE” IN THE GERMAN DISTRICTS OF PENNSYLVANIA. BY E. GRUMBINE, M. D., MT. ZION, PA. PRICE, 20 CENTS. Sent Post-paid by the Author on Receipt of Price. Sold also by J. A. DeHuff, Bookseller, Lebanon, Pa. PRESS OF REPORT PUBLISHING CO., LTD. LEBANON, PA. CHARACTERS. _Yokle Brownschweiger_ and _Frany Brownschweiger_,—An elderly couple with a debt on their farm. _Sallie Brownschweiger_,—Their daughter. _Old Grandmother Aunshitz_,—Mrs. Brownschweiger’s mother; a “good subject,” old and sickly, rather deaf. _Henner Hoffman_,—An old neighbor who believes in the good old times of “Lang Syne.” _Wm. Shwinefelt_,—Insurance agent for the Yubee Co. and other wild cat life insurance companies. _Augustus Eslinger_,—A young store clerk of the village. Sallie’s lover and Shwinefelt’s rival. _Dr. Fraud_,—Examining physician for the Yubee Co. _Abe Brownschweiger_ and _Ike Brownschweiger_,—Sallie’s brothers, school boys. _Yokle_ ought to have about three yards of plaited corn husk, _i. e._, half of an unsewed door mat, and, as the curtain rises he is plaiting, seated on a stool or chair, while _Ike_ picks corn husks out of a basket and hands them to his “dawdy” as the latter needs them. Perhaps a spinning wheel for _Frany_ would be better than sewing, or darning big woolen stockings. The costumes ought to be suitable. For _Yokle_, _Frany_ and the rest of the family, farmers’ ordinary clothes, but not ragged nor dirty. _Shwinefelt_ should be loudly dressed—large stand up collar with a red necktie, big cuffs, etc. _Gust_, like a clerk, not quite so flashy. _Sally_ ought to be the well dressed beauty of the play. DIE INSHURANCE BUSINESS. ACT I.