Great Event at Podunk

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There is great merry-making in the village on account of the unveiling of a statue which has been presented by a man in a distant city as a mark of his regard for the town of his childhood. The style of the statue is not known to most of the townsmen. Thereby originates the humor of the play. The crowd, gathered about the veiled group, are awaiting the arrival of a state officer who is to make the dedicatory oration. Two sightseers who are late, as they approach, have the ill fortune to step upon electric wires which are exposed near the scene of festivities. They are temporarily petrified as is also a policeman who chances to touch one of them with his club. Promptly the crowd is transferred from the ground of the actual dedication to the group of living people, bound by electricity to remain perfectly motionless for a time at least. While officers are 'phoning to the power house to have the current closed off in that neighborhood, the orator arrives and proceeds to deliver an eloquent speech. His burst of oratory is interrupted when the current is cut off and the group regains its power to move. The comedy ends in a general turmoil in which the actual statue is overturned and ruined.