Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-08-28

could IN managing The ,'.l
"lhc passag, was unusually long being
delayed neatly week beyond the otdlna.
~ time Of Stating ca the "eond day the
Yankee run out OF piovisicns aud the
captain, US MI nc, Of charity. furnished him
from the vessels sotcs About th,tySis
houls before their arrival, IN the r,hubct.
nnce of his .sultn'lon ni having oulwl,lrl
the captain. he disclosed TO fellow pa.sen.
ger tina, he had "lo,s o cash" and b. made
quite a display Of loose change. This soon
came to the ears Of the captain. who wa. so
indignan, at the imposition which had been
prncticcd upon him, thu, he WINS about to
set the tricky customer ashore, 10 foot it to
New York" the best way nc could bu, on
reflection he concluded thu, 1t would bc q
wors" punishment TO keep him on board
stop his ra,ions, and put him to hard work
From this time until their arrival, the Yan
KEGS situation was no sinecure Furnish.
cd with cloth and buckle, Of sand, he
was set to securing he anchor, Bong in.
ured TO labor, thu, did not trouble him much
bu, to work on an empty stomach thirty
six hours, and endure the curses OF the en-.
ragged captain, and the taun,s and Joors oflhe
passengers and crew, aud all for the small
matter oftycn,y.fvc cents was paying ra,
ihor dear for the whistle"
"Grcai was his JOY, therefore, when they
hauled into the slip at New York and be
fore the sioop had touched the dock he
jumped ashore. Leaving the Iitle hair
trunk 10 be removed after be had salts.
fed bis hunger he fastened to the nearest
place where food could be procured This
happened to be kucks,er's stand at the
head Of the slip; where among other cata.
blcs, were displayed some fine looking lob
stcrs. Our vcrdnn, genius had often hea I'd
lobster. spoken Of ms excellent food although
he had never tasted any; this seemed n
good opportunity 10 satisfy his hunger, and
at the same time to enjoy rare luxury ;
so uher bargaining awhile, and bcntinc tho
old women down in her price some three or
four cents, he bought three HOLSTERS and as
many Boston 'crackcrs' with which he
returned to the .loop.
"Meanwhile one OF the passenger, a wng
of the first order, having been up into the
city, returned on board and noticed the
Yankee, a, the head of the bowspr,, seated
on hi, hair ,nunk, and "going into" lis bar.
gain tooth and nail It was n greedy spec
,aclel He wrenchcd the Jaws and claw,
ofthe lobster apart with unnecessary strength
drawing out with vcroci,y shnrp splinters
Of the Inoal, ana ouing them oil close to the
sockets which held them Such a smack
ing and cracking was never heard before
Carelessly saun,cfng within hearing the
wagglsh passenger gave the captain wink
and remarked
"Ths is horrible business, coptninl"
"What is horrible business !" askoC
the skipper
"Hnln't you heard the ncws' All tht
papers nre full Of il Some Jersey hshn!
smacks have been taking HOLSTERS on th
copperasbsnksBarncgn, and have sold then
all over The city. Every person who ha
eaten any of them i, poisoned Fifty thre
have died since morning; there is ire
mcndous cIcllemen. ,bou, il AS cam
down. saw an officer ares, the old wo
men who keep, the stand At the head of tn
slip, for selling some Of the same Holsters
"The Yankee, who had already devour
ed one and part Of another, paused at III
narration. as if suddenly paralyzcd the
dropping the fragment which he held witt
the untouched prize inlothe water, HI
mouth filled with cTackcr-and lobster, hi
enormous palms extenicd over his abdomen
his face paid with terror, he efelaimed
ooh golIy wha, shall ! du WIN
.hnIl du I'm snringly dead man
Darn York Cuss the Holsters | WIS
I'd s,ad to hum Oh, my bowels my bow
els p
"If,hat Id green. horn hasn't been "a
ing some OF EN- run for doctor crclalT
ed the captain Some one started ashor
for a physician Ia the moan time tn
Yankee coninucd to mourn md lament. q
tracing large crowd Of spectator, by h
cries: "Oh SuKE il had only take
your advice, and kent clear of this ,arnI
York ci,vl I'm DYING know I am
nv mouth taas jua like rusty cent l.
The doc,or'll charge me an ALFRED prie
10 core me, s'spect. There I'm spiuin
green that's the copperas shall die b
fore the doctor gets here Murder Inurde
murder r.
Some one rcrsonalinc physician no
made his appearance, fclt of the patient
pulse examined his tongue, aud pronounce
/. clear case Of poisoning from eatin
copperas lotSefs lie prescribed powe
iul emctie, which was Immediately sdmil
. ls,rred IN a quart Of luhr.warm salt and ~
ter The Effect WAS powerful beyond e.
, plans,ion |, produ- 4 prodiglous pa
I oT'.m, and k"p him in a continual 'hudd
for more than an hour during which, h
Gaze seemed u be- very doubtful He Ike
gliding his stomach wHh bis two hand
; squeczi ng hi, yiscrra, and having down
the con,enliog brce rack d his whole !
nor man 10 the pause u his p7ngs be q
} tered 'undry eIclamaiion', such as, 20
SuKr dam holsters cuss York cn'
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