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Con. Arrange a school, one of the actors dressing as a country schoolmaster; let the scholars all have books in their hands, conning their lessons in loud whispers.

Ju. The same school can be retained. One of the actors, dressed as a German Jew pedler, can come to the school to sell pens, pencils, paper, chalk, &c. He can talk in a broken Jewish manner. The Jew should be prominent in this scene.

Gate. This syllable, instead of the common representation of a gate, made with a small clothes-frame, &c., can be represented by having the whole company of actors dress in odd garments, and walk about the room in couples, each with a different gait, hobbling, striding, pompous, &c.

Conjugate. Let the same schoolmaster assemble his unruly school, and give out verbs to be conjugated; the scholars, to make the scene ridiculous, should mix up languages and conjugations in a medley.