Cylinder Lists: Columbia Brown Wax, Columbia XP, Columbia 20th Century, and Indestructible (2000)

AGREEMENT made thia sixteenth day of Hay, 1911, batween CAL STEWART, of Raw York, Raw York, party of tha first port and THOUAS A. EDISON, INCORPORATED, party of tha second part* Tha party of the first part agrees to make for the party of the second part two (2) perfect caster records each of not loss than four (4) different monologues per year. These monologues to be furnished by the party of the first part and are to be of a *Rube" character such as the party of the first part is Identified with and are to bo of such a quality as will be accepted by the critios of the party of the second part. The reoords are to bo recorded at a plaoe designated by the party of the second part and the dates on which these reoords are to be recorded will be mutually agreed upon and are to be made at such a time as will not interfere with the vaudeville dates of the party of the first part. Jot this work the party of the second part will pay the party of the first part one half oent (.OOj) royalty on each and erery record and copy of record sold by it serving to reproduce mechanically the monologues referred to above and a statement will be rendsrdd. quarterly, on the first of January; April; July and October and payment to be made not later than the first of the following month. It is further understood and agreed that during the life of this agreement the party of the first part will not make sound records of any description for any other person, firm or corporation. This agreement is to extend over a period of fire (5) years from the above date and the party of the second part will have the option of renewal for another five (J) 'tL^r-x^x^c To XjC. 0-^1 further understood that in case the party of the second part does not care to exercise its option the party of the first part will receive a royalty on all records made under this agreement for one year after the expiration of this agree- ment. IN WITNESS WKKRROT, the parties hereto have executed this agreenent in duplicate the day and year above written. THOUAS A. EDISON, INCORPORATED <» To the Reader. The one particular object in writing this book is to furnish you with an occasional laugh, and the writer with an occasional dollar. If you get the laugh you have your equivalent, and the writer has his. In Uncle Josh Weathersby you have a purely imaginary character, yet one true to life. A character chuck full of sunshine and rural simplicity. Take him as you find him, and in his experiences you will observe there is a bright side to everything. Life Sketch of Author HE author was born in Virginia, AT** on a little patch of land, so JfiflklL poor we had to fertilize it to makc brick. Our family, while having cast their fortunes with the South, was not a fam- ily ruined by the war; we did not have anything when the war commenced, and so we held our own. I secured a com- mon school education, and at the age of twelve I left home, or rather home left me —things just petered out. I was slush cook on an Ohio River Packet; check clerk in a stave and heading camp in the knobs of Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia; I helped lay the track of the M. K. & T. R. R., and was chambermaid in a livery stable. Made my first appearance on the stage at the Na- tional Theatre in Cincinnati, Ohio, and have since then chopped cord wood, worked in a coal mine, made cross ties (and walked them), worked on a farm, taught a district school (made love to the big girls), run a threshing machine, cut bands, fed the ma- chine and ran the engine. Have been a freight and passenger brakeman, fired and ran a locomotive; also a freight train con- ductor and check clerk in a freight house; worked on the section; have been a shot gun messenger for the Wells, Fargo Company. Have been with a circus, minstrels, farce comedy, burlesque and dramatic produc- tions; have been with good shows, bad shows, medicine shows, and worse, and some shows where we had landlords singing in the chorus. Have played variety houses and vaudeville houses; have slept in a box car one night, and a swell hotel the next; have been a traveling salesman (could spin as many yarns as any of them). For the past four years have made the Uncle Josh stories for the talking machine. The Lord only knows what nextl