New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-06-28
A care where sstryo lr,i1,e Diantt 1s..ill


neighboring city, not thousand miles from tia,a
wherein numbered the fraternity were 5promineils
actors, about which we have lau he'd OF threatened
attack oS winter fever and through the same means
have lost number Of buttons from our Jacket Our
readers are honestly entitled TO have the full
lars, and shall have hearty laugh too. ha hal
The edtor--Whom for short we shall call
having business to engage him much Of tie night.
wisely provided nice bro to streng then the inner
man. and having carefully slowed it away for future
reference stepped out for Q short time to transact
some necessary ! business The foreman and typo
whom we call Quad and Rule soon came in, MID
chanced TO find the steal. hat chance for joke
on Quill! eat the delicious mersel he had prepareG
and when too late laugh at hiI--bright iaeas7aa,
and eagerly and hastily deyoured, after having
2ita fine brown roast Quill comes in and goes % his
labor, slspecting nothing wrong. Quad and Rule
could not long retain their mrh at the rich joke they
had played the secret must out. Thanks to the
careful, proyident Quill, the g steak was fine.i,
Quill, comprehending at Ouce the whole state Off
affairs, determined at once to richly pay the boys for
their lefthanded joke, 90 instantly assuming the
gravity Of an owl ,and the socitude of a matrony
shanghai, with great earnestness, exclaimed . y
:. Ny God, Quad you haven't eaten that poisoned
meat n
rs responded Quad, whilst his face assumed
an ashy paleness his limbs were seized with trem
bling. and his eyes stood inch from his forehead
!" Great God then you are poisoned, and in fifteen
minutes. you are dead man. Strychnine was put on
that meat to kill wolves. y XII
Every person in the office knew that tryehnine had
been procured that very day to silence some wolves
that, with their howlings, made midnight hideous.
Each therefore, rushed forward to the scene Of con
versation, everything in the shape of business vas
suspended and each waited in breathless agony the
termination of this tragical scene. 5#S4ss1
e Poisoned! strychnine! death 4! = groaned the
thoroughly afrighted Quad 80, my God save me @
and he looked beseeehingly heagenward an instant,
then hastily placing both hands on his stomach, he
hissed-s -s Ii, ye gods, feel the death gri rip-thes
poison has taken hold Of my yitals 0hhh!! save
me! what shall 7 take ~ 454
Quill suggested grease, oil soap, lard
an antidote Devil jumped down TO the press and in
an instant returned with large bottle filed with oil
the article used on the press The impid stream rap
idly flowing towards its level, would have soon emp
tied the bottle had il not been arrested the hand
of Rule, whose quick eye measured the remains of
fast;disappearing lifesaying antidote. The remain
der was hastily dispatched, together with all The
grease that could be found in the Office.
CONSERVATION and fright now reigned in that once.
happy Office, and prayers were said tor the sinful
tsouls of the unfortunates The crisis was fast ap-
preaching, when another entered, and was quickly
informed of the awful state of affairs, VIE that the
tyoung men had taken strychnne. "a M . sss
20 To the DOCTORS for Gods sake, haste. screamed
4 the newcomer II s-s2s- .3stg . ~
This was something new and unthought Of in the.
hustle before Quad sprang to the door, and was
about vanishing when Rule moaned out
Stop a minute, Quad. Wait, will go IL we die,
let's die together like men, e. 5sz Is. - s
| s The office OF DR.. NJ. was reached in moment the
victims examined there was little danger if any;
the poison would have done its work before. Quad
was not satisfied, he only saw death before him
could get no oil. Pale, haggafd and trembling in
every limb he rushed ont, followed by all the boys
| in the Office. Breaking through two doors into a
I-neighboriug establishment, he shouted 80 s5 81
/ 5is OH grease, rd--quick-stfychnine Oh !.
/ am poisoned haste or diei 0hhslt The pains
1 of death are seyere--a 0-o-o:o y - 81 S5
The frightened keeper could only furnish him the
little lamp grese on hand and hastily put on the fire
a pan Of pork. The wretehed victim, almost in the
agones Of DEATH his knees, like Belsha8zars shifting
together seized ladle, and with his breath half COOL
/ ing the accommodating fat, rapidly drank it the
| sweetest morsel. The oyerburthened stomach could
not endure anything tenderness and npheaying
ensued and the victim was led back ith difficulty to
the office, physically prostrated. Res 55
4. Quill was absent-the secret bad leaked out2-the
boys couldn't hold-they Uttered and laughsd-the
thing was out. The victims snleit lngdse. very
strong gly-their strength and vgor ratufned
Mo- oil the press conldnt r,ln without IL one dare
i mention the name Of it. Doctor called next morning
hill WAS promptly met. Weather was exceedingly
i cold vet that house was toe hot for Quill for NUM-
i her OF days. The boys want endure the ysght 9l
pork grease orbutter. a ~ 20 vi sa3 .55l3 .a8
+ i On Saturday night, Quad still pale, was passing
II down street-a Stranger called from behind, asking
where was d drug store. wanted stfychnne to peiseI
y wolves. 49, ~. Y
u, With murder in his eye, Qaa1 tuERed upon him
stranger took him for madmni1s and hastty nea
Eh0tly pursued@hats blew off in the wind; ss bare
II headed. as for life, each nefged himsel lf4aYay-
i ,lwSy-uutil lost from sight, We have heard; g
II neither since-meanThil Quill has returned to tE
Office on has gone up, hat gchnne Iian
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