Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1856-01-08

A very sr,usins scene occurred . few days
ago, in : eishborin9 city, npot thousand
lmilssr from this. wherein . nambes Of the
fraternity were prominen. actorsssbcut which
I'VE have laughed oEa threatened attack ,pf
winter fever, and through the same means
have luss snunnber Of bus.oGs from our jack
ct Oar readers are honesty entitled to have
the particulars, and shaa. hare hearty laugh
too. Ha! ha! hal
The editor, (which for short We will call
Quill having business to engage him mncll
of the nishs had wisely provided moe
! broil to strengthen the inner man, and hay
ing carefully slowed it away for future ref
oreuce, stepped out for ashort time to man
age some necessary business. The foreman
and typo, (whom we call Quad and Rule,)
coon came in id chanced to fnd tia steake,
What q fine chance for a joke on Qaili; eat
the delicious morse he has prepared, and
when TOO Late, laugh at HIM hat'si bright
tilea-sh, We have him On the hip The
juicy steak Is bfoiIed ana eagerly and hastily
devoured, after having given il a fac brown
rosst. Quill comes in and goes 10 his labor
suspscting nothing wrong. Quad ard Rule
could not long retain their mirth at The rich
joksthey had played, the secret must out
; Thanks to the careful proyident, Quill 'the
steak vas fine .'' es.y
] Quill csnprehending at once the whole
state OF affairs, determined richly 20 repay
the boys for their left handed Joke, SO, in
stan:ly assuming the gravity Of al owl, and
the solicitude OF mauonly shanghai, with
! great sarnestness, grasping Quad BY the
arm, exclaimed
-hy God Quad, you hsvsns ea,sp that
poisoned nAt?" 90 t#1
~ esq., RESPONDED Quad, whilst his face
assumed an asky pa!eness, his fmbs we're
seized with trembling pnd his eyes stood
ont an inch from his forehead. fl
aGreat Cod. then you are poisoned, and
In few miautes vii De dead man. Ssrych-
nine Was put upon tn at meat 20 Kill wolves"
-. :,
Every pe'soa q 'ns ottSp As'1 '''N' - ="
nihe a"0 osea P''''issa = a. '"s' - '''O",'
sotas vol YES, that with their howIjngs, made
n'1' gay h'-s01'
fusaSo '0"A' - N''0 s0e"' -
eSe' yang ~ 'Ns '"@Re : 31''''VsS
peaasa' anu o1'ss Nes'eo' ;" y
IN. tsrrpin alton of this trsgical scene.
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-, -. ,horobrhtv oesr;rb.Ad on.a !
500 =:
instant far he e,st tins
= q ~ .t,lrn,.cirr bo.b hons,
'...h h. h;saaa -.
e. -. aa.,tIr, -ths 7o;xon 5as III
- 80 ~, ~ $40 -.
SUI" 'a - :,
go - - - 'o"p' Guy
'i"ns - a. 1s'..'.s.,l 80 90 'o"n
" ''e r. e'' 'o'"l 'ea WIN
g D'S''' 800 'tN' - '''' ai'''i' useo
Oh 'hS press 1au 'N'pea i'N t"suoo'ca'1y'
az" i'11eN II 70 Hts
ln0a'H, 10 ~ ''sa" '"P'o'y moved
70 ''a' 10 go aiG me 0o'''e Woua have
'e7'' pc N'a = no' ossn arrested oy The
A"'p " i'n'e "'oSs 4'i0A eye measured the
fe1.1'ns y rn0 's' '''s"Pp 7As'ng' 'ne-sa'in6
A"''1'' . ! As fS'hA'loe' was has'' y-d's-
pA'1aea' 'ose'nsf win al the grease that
'oala 0s i0uha 10 'ne once
consternation and fright now reigned in
that once happy ohcs--prayers were breath
ed for the sinful souls of the two unforta-
mates. The crisis was hastily approaching,
when another entered and quickly learned the
awful state Of Affairs viz: that the young
m"n had taken strychoine.
$50 the Doctors! for Goo ssks-hsste !"
screamed the new conner This was some