Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-01-26
PAT AND THE DOCTOR.
OR THE MEDICAL STUDENTS JOKE.

The Spirit of the Times vouohes for the truth
of the following laughable Joke:
ssCome, Patrick said medical student in
one of our city institutions. to the honest por-
ter therein employed, ''as I'm going to treat,
step in the corner and take drop with u.s.
''Sure, and are We in arrest, Doctor, dearl''
queried Pat with grin
| "Certainly, come along"
! Pat didn't want coaxing, and he therefore
accepted the invitation and followed the Doc
| tor. Arrived at the public house, the Doctor
| poured out half tumbler full of the ruby Ii
quid, and Gnder pretence of adding a little su-
gar he silly slipped in the contents of box
of cayenne pepper which stood behind the
bar. 'sDrink qulck, Pat, for l see Professor
b coming across the square," said the
Doctor, stirring the fiery mixture and handing
it to Pat, who quaffed it off without taking
breath scarce had he taken his lips from the
tumbler, ere his countenance began to undergo
the most ludicrous contortions. ''Wather,
for the sake O. mercy wather - gasped he,
his mouth raw with the burning drauoht.
Just at this moment one Of the Doctors
friends happening accidentally to walk near
the two, and seeing the bottle from which the
liquor had been poured standing on the coun-
ter, IN front of Pat, he exclaimed with an anx-
ious look, ''Why Doctor, you didn't let the
man drink from that bottle ~
'.Then you're dead man,'' said the other
turning to Pat, 'sfor l prepared that bottle of
poison 10 kill cockroaches, for the barkeeper
here.''
Pat turned CHASTITY pale, he gasped for
breath. 80 murther Pm dead run for a
Doctor o I'll be dead afore you come back!
Holy mother of Moses, why did / taste the
dirty brandy. o the pison burns the inside
of me! For the love O. heaven, fetch a Doc
tor, I'm dyin', Lord have mercy on my
soul - and like EXPLANATIONS did Pat pour
forth with astonishing rapidity.
whats to be done for the poor man - said
the Doctor.
''I'n run and get him dose of Tincture
Holeepokee,'' said his friend ,fssit is the thing
that'll save his life;'' and away he went and
shortly returned with the 'Eincture Hokeepo-
kee, as he called it, which was nothing more
or less than a rochelle powder. Almost every
one knows, or ought to know, that rochelle
powder is put up In two papers, one blue and
one white, and in taking it, the contents of
the blue paper are dissolved in about gill of
pure water in one tumbler, and that of the
white paper in another; the two are then
poured together when lively effervescence
takes place, making fOaming and sparkling
drink.
Well, two tufnblers were arranged, the re-
chelle powder dissolved in them, and Jack
was told to drink first one and then the other
Immediately after it; he followed these direc-
tons implicitly, and the result was that the
two doses met midway in his throat; the eff
fervesence took place, and for moment or
two he was perfect living fountain; he lite
rally fodnaed at Ire mouth
The bystanders could keep silent no longer,
but gave vent 20 their feelings in laugh.
long, loud and hearty. Patrick started off
from his prosecutors without his hat, his hands
clasped over his abdominal regions and his
hair streaming in the wind.
The next day one of the students seeing
him. inquired respecting the occurrence. so
bad luck to that scamp of Doctor" said Pat
she gave me such a red hot brandy it set my
insides atire, and when | drank cowld wather
it billed over 20