Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-03-05
From the New York Spirit of the Times.
A HOT DOSE.


Dear Spirit-You remember Jack O'Flaherty;
| the man who said Esyou wouldn't take him tor all
Irishman to hear him spohe.
| Well, this same Jack had afforded rs such &
fund of amusement to several choice spirits on l.
- wharf, in this goodly emporium (Boston)
that your humble servant Bob, deems it e1pedi-
ent to chronicle a few of the richest Jokes where
in Jack has been the sufferer.
| Jack was passionately fond of smoking, and
was always in the habit of asking an individual
whom he saw enjoying the weed, IF he had any
more OF the same sort left % On one occasion
III answer TO this question he received a reply
OF certainly Jack, there's one on the desk that
you are welcome to.n Jack seized the delicious
twist, ia huge regatta, which had been heavily
charged with powder, for his special benefit. y
"a light it you please" said he to the donor;
''don't bother me" was the reply, ''there's a
man who will accommodate you,a pointing to a
full blown Emeralder, who stood on the pier
with both arms leaning comfortably over huge
post, and enjoying the rays Of the sun and a
short black pipe at the same time. Jack stepped
brskly over, and the Emeralder acceded TO his
request with a nod, and without removing the
| pipe from his mouth, Jack inserted the end of
his seear into the bowl of the pipe, (bringing
the hoses OF the two smokers in contact) and be-
gan to draw vigorously to ensure the desired re-
suit scarce had he commenced, ere an explo-
SION took place which sent the pipe in one direc-
ton and the segar in another, filling the olactory
organs & eyes Of the two worthless with any guam
tlty OF empowder, smoke and fragments Of to-
hacco. When the smoke blew aside, we beheld
Jacl; and the accommodating lIibernian engaged
III regular set-to, each thinking the other the
ageressor. The Tears of laughter. however, I'M
deceived Jack, who stepped over with bloody
nose and srvage demeanor to where we were
standing his eloquence was soon hushed how
ever; by an individual known as s.the Doctor
from the TACT OF his keeping come "stutf'' III the
back part OF his store, which he sometimes serv-
ed out on particular occasioEs,' to his srarticu-
lar friends i'll .,small doses.''
E'Step i'll here with me, jack said the Doc
tor with mysterious wink, "step in here and
make it up Witha glass of brandy.n Jack, moth
ing 10th, accepted the invitation and followed
the doctor arrived at the place of deposite, the
doctor poured cut half tumbler full Of the ruby
hqnid, and under the pretence of adding little
sugar.: he slyly slipped nearly half a handful OF
cayenne pepper, from box near by, In the
tumbler. '.Drink quick Jack. before the others
come back here,a said the doctor, stirring the
fiery mixture and handing to Jack, who qua11ed
1t Oft without taking breath scarce had he taken
his lips from the lumber, ere his countenance
began to undergo the most ludicrous contortions.
! ~ other, Tor the sake o mercy, wather!" gasp
ed he; his mouth raw, with the burning draueht.
Just at this moment one of the Doctors friends
happening accidentally to walk near the two, and
seeing the bottle from which the liquid had been
poured; standing on barrel i'll front of Jack, he
exclaimed, with an anxious look. Why, Doc
toryou didn't let the man drink from that bottle?'
eyes did, was the reply. s.Ihen you are a
dead mau u said the other, turning to Jack, for
| prepared that bottle Of poison to kill bed bugs
with
Jack turned CHASTITY pale, he gasped for breath,
Cob, murther! am dead 1un for doctor
| Oh, I'll be dead afore you come back! Holy
mother of Moses, why did taste the dirty bran
dyl Oh, the poison burns the inside of me
For the love OF heaven, fetch doctor I'm dy-
lng,> Lord, have mercy on my soul - and like
excamations, did Jack pour forth with astonisll-
ing rapidly.
''What's to be done for the POOR man said
the Doctor, cpl run and get him dose of Tine
ture OF Hokeepolee,' said his friend Kit is the
only thing that will save his life q and away he
went and shortly returned with the Tincture
Hokeerokee, as he called it, which was nothing
more 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 a gill Of pure water in one
tumbler and that Of the white paper in another;
the two are then poured together hen lively
efiervescence takes place making foaming and
sparkling drink.
| Well the two tumbers We're arranged, the ro-
chelle powder dissolved in them, and Jack was
told to drink the first one and then the other i'm
mediatey after it; he followed these directions
implicitly, and the result was that the two doses
met midway i'll his throat; the ef1ervescence
took place and for moment or two he was a
perfect living fountain he literally focmed at the
| mouth.
The bystanders could keep silent no longer,
but gave vent to their feelings i'll laugh, long,
loud and hearty. Jack started off from his per-
secutors without his hat, his hands clasped over
his abdominal regions and hair streaming in the
wind.
The next day, one of Jacks friends seeing
him, inquired respecting the occurrence. 20,
bad luck to the scamp, the Doctor said Jack,
She gave me such red hot brandy it set by insdes
afire, and when drank the cowld wather it boil
| ed over.