The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-02-28
sized with a trembling and his ewes stood

sized with trembling and his eyes stoo'
out an inch from his forehead.
1 "Great God then you are poisoned
and in few minutes will be dead man.
Srychnino was put upon that meat to xii
/ wolves"
Every person in the Office knew thai
strychnine had been procured that day, t.
silence some wolves, that with their howl
ing, made midnight hideous. Each, there.
fore, rushed forward to the scene Of conver.
sation, everything in the shape of business
was suspended, and each waited in breath
less agony the termination Of this trngica
scene. hassE .g
"Poisoned!- strychnine I!--death ! I! +
I-groaned the thoroughly afrighted Quad
-"Oh my God, save mei' and be rollec
his eyes beseechingly an instant for thu
first time heavenward, then hastily placing
both hands upon his stomach, he Kissed, 'Ah
ye gods! feel the death gripe--thc poisor
has hold of my vitals. Oh-h-h-h! Save mt
what shall take!"
i Quill suggested grease, oil, lard, soap
anything as an antidote. Devil jumped
down to the press, and in an instant return
ed with large bottle filled with oil---tht
article used on the press. Quad grasped i
spasmodically, disengaged the cork and plac.
ed it to his mouth. The limped stream ra
pidly flowed towards its level, and the bot
tie would have been emptied had it moi
been arrested by the hand Of Rule, whose
quick eye measured the remains of the fas
disappearing, life.savng antidote. The re-
mainder was hastily dispatched, together
with all the grease that could be found in
the office.
CONSERVATION and fright now reigned in
the once happy office-Prayers were breath.
ed for the sinful souls of the two unfortuales
The crisis was hastily approaching, when
another entered and quickly learned the aw.
full state OF affairs, viz: that the young men
had eaten strychnine.
"To the Doctors, for G od's sake -hasteW
screamed the new conner. This was some
thing new and unthought OF in the hustle
before. Quad sprang to the door, and was
about vanishing when Rule moaned out:
"Stop : moment, Quad, wait will co.
If we die. let's die together like men ''
The office of DR.. N. was reached in a
momert-the victims examined-said there
was little danger the poison if taken, would
have done its work before. Quad was not
satisfied; he saw only death before him;
could he get no oil; Doctor was out. Pale,
haggard and trembling in every limb, he
he rushed out, followed in the distance by
all the "boys," in the office breaking
through two doors Of neighboring estab'
ment, he shouted to the proprietor in sepul.
chra tones:
"Oil, grease, quick-strych
o, am poisoned! haste or I die! Oh-h-h.
h-h-h.h.h! The pains OF death are severe
O-o.o.o-o-o"
The frightened keeper could only furnish
the little lamp grease on hand, and hastily
put on the fire pan of pork. The wretch
ed victim almost in the agonies oI
death, his knees, like Belshazzar's shifting
together seized lade and half cooling the
accumulating fat, rapidly drank it as the
sweetest morsel The over burdened stom
ach could not endure everything, tender.
ness and upheaving ensued, and the victim
was led back with difficulty to the office,
physically prostrated. Quill was absent
the secret had leaked out-the boys couldn't
hold--they Uttered, laughed, giggled--the
thing was out. Quad and Rule smelt the
mice, very strongly--their strength and vig-
or instantly returned. No oil, the press
couldn't run that night, no one dare mention
the name of it. Doctor called next morn
ing, bill was promptly met. Weather was
exceedingly cold, yet THAT house was too
hot for Quill for number of days. The
boys won't endure the sight of pork, grease
or butter. Ill
On Saturday, Quad still pale, was pass
ng down street--a stranger called from be-
hind, asking where was drugstore, he
wanted some strychnlne to poison wolves.
With murder in his eye Quad turned up
on him. Stranger took him to be a mad
man, and hastily fed, hotly pursued--hats
few offin the wind; still bareheaded as for
life, each nerved himself--away--away, un.
til lost from sight, We have heard from
neither since meantime, Quill return.
ed to the office.
Oil has gone up in that city, out strich-
nine no sale. 49,,