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.