Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-10-12

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! rs, a,' aid sampson
lie hHed the bottle bis master cotked IL. ovap.
ofai'on tight and again II was placed on the shelf
Again. on Tuesday morning ii was found to have de.
creased considerably IN quantity and sull more To.
wards noon.
| Wen, SAMPSON said Mr.. C. Il find the whiskey
Is sill rapidly decreasing. How do you account
I for ii nov =
'Na-well, !, he berry hard to spsin. massa, said
Sampson =, be oh dose s,crious disappcs RANGES
woi niggcn Cant count tor, aud wat sometimes
puzzles white folks, I tell you
But what is yoDr opinion = said Mr. C..
Wal-al, links, said Sampson, TO tell CORA
mighty uui, ds, de rats be drnkin' IT, for dey hasn,
joined de iemp'fauce sicily as | knows on
Yes said Mr.. c.. but when IL would &c, dow n
as low as the centre OF the bottle, how would the
ss's us1ssgcso get ~ n sten fsssAAA' aaseasss~a
yah, yah, YAH, said Sampson but, supprcssnp
suddenly his ordinations, he added, Look heah,
massa, was Jisi goin' to say as how you was
green. Now, docs you tink as how dem ere rats
wot you sees bou, de store, and woI's so much in
the carbare, at de corner--does YOU tink, axes,
dat, seem so many lakin' Iuleps de suction prn
cerple, dat dey doesn't know de use oh a st,ap D
Wal, reckons dey does, msssa.'
We'll. then, SAMPSON said Mr.. c., III the sam
ple.oo'iie can neither be preserved from the rats
nor evaporation, mus, only submi, to the loss and
hi 1t whenever II is empty Flu II now, and leave
!, again on the shelf, and | care not whether you
cork it not.
MIR. C. told an acquaintance OF his, an apothecary
o. SIMPSONS Partially for the sample bottle, and
asked him il he could moi give him some decocon
10 mix with IL, which, while it would no, visbly al
Ter It's color or taste, would prove less agreeable
Simpsons system than the pure Monongahela. -
TIL. apothecary told him he could and on the
Tuesday before last he furnished the required pre-
parahon Sampson was sent out on errsnd in
the early part Of the day, and, in his absence, the
obnoxious ingredients were introd iced into the
whiskey. To give Sampson better scope, when
he returned, his master went ont, and staid away
long enough TO give the sample-tasting Sampson
fun play at the bottle. When he returned, he no
,ced strange and peculiar rolling of Sampson's
eyes; his lips were the color of stale venson and
he had all the singular characteristics in his appear
ance Of a sick niger Mr.. c. managed to keep
him pretty busy, and although appearing not 10 no.
tice him. closely watched his movements.
'Wo he'd shout, raising his leg up against his
stomach, but still endeavorng to conceal his pain
from his master, and again he would exclam, 'Ah
czech! wo-o goramighyn and he would brace his
I belly round with his hands and arms. At length
finding himself growing worse-that there was nc
chance of the pain abating he threw himself on the
floor, and Ioared out, %, massa msssa dis chd's a
gone nigger-oh, a-ah, o-o-oh y
why, what's the matter Sampson y said Mr.. G..
appearing TO be suddenly as,ouished at the state Of
SIMPSONS bowels.
'Oh! massa, masss,' said Sampson, oh &c, ah
o-o-oh. massa, Use a gone chicken ali! ee! anc
he wrigged about the floor like pea on the
grJGle, his eyes revolving like the beacon OF light,
house, and his color changing like dying dolphin
why, what's the matter with you = said his mas
ter.
/ %, doesn't know, massa,' said Sampson, but
guess Use got de Tyler grippe, and de inhuenzar
and de black vomt, and all de oder plants 10 gen
eral, and ckIar on the high pressure, roarn ribeI
pincerple--oh ahr
The master offered Sampson drink out Of the
sample-botle To cure him, but he turned from II as
/ If il were poison Of the deadlest quality.
| Oh, see how it is said MT C., he has beer
drinking the whiskey that had impregnaied with
poison to kill the rats
/ Sampson, in ugubrious tones. confessed thai he
mad. A dose of castor oil was administered 10 him
and 10 short lime he was as good as new
Since then, neither the rats nor evaporation inter
fefe with the sample bottle, and Sampson is as sric
a teeoialler as if he had tax en- the pledge from Ia
Their Matthew.