The Nevada journal., 1856-03-21
LET'S DIE TOGETHER !

uat dSO, ma uelpnDOrlnG city, nOta lnOuS-
and miles from this, wherein a number Of
the fraternity were reprominent actors, about
which we have laughed off threatened at
tack of winter fever, and through the same
means, have lost ramber of buttons from
our jacket. Our readers are honestly en-
titled to have the particulars, and shall
have hearty laugh too. IIa ha! ha!
The editor, (which for short we will call
Quill, } having business to engage him much
ofthc night, had wisely provided nice
broil to strengthen the in''er man, and hav-
ing carefully slowed it aN = for futureref-
erence, stepped out for short time to
manage some necessary business. The
foreman and typo, (vhom we call Quad
and Rule, soon came in. ana CHANGED to
find the stake. What fine chance for a
Joke on Quill; eat the delicious morse1 he
has prepared, and when too late laugh at
him-that's it-bright idea-ah, we have
him on the hip! The juicy steak is broil-
ed and eagerly and hastily devourcd, after
having given it a fine brown roast Quill
comes in and goes to his labor srspecting
nothing wrong. Quad and Rule could not
long retain their mirth at the rich Joke
they had played the secret must out
Thanks to the careful providcnt Quill, ''thc
steak was fine y
Quill comprehending at once the whole
state Of affairs, determined richly to repay
the boys for their left handed joke, so, IN
stantly assuming the. gravity of an owl,
and the solicitude Of fnatronIy shanghai,
with great earnestncss, graspf1g Quad by
the arm, exclaimed
"My God Quad, you haven't eater
that poisoned meat %
"Y-e-s," responded Quad, While his face
assumed an ashy paleness, his limbs were
seized with a trembling and his eyes stood
out an inch from his forehead.
''Great God !! then you are poisoned,
and in a few minutes will be a dead man.
Strychnine was put upon that meat to kill
wolves"
Every person in the office knew that
strychnine had been procured that day, to
silence some wolves, that with their howl
ings, made midnight hideous. Each, there
fore, now rushed forward to the sce,te OF
conversation, every ything in the shape of
business, was suspended, and each waited
in breathless agony the termination of this
tragical scene
poisoned !-strychnine death y"
groaned the thoroughly affrighted Quad.
''Oh my God, save me" and he rolled
his eye beseechingly an instant for the first
time heavenward, then hastily placing both
hands upon his stomach, he Kissed, "Ah,
ye gods feel the death gripe-the pois-
on has hold of my vitals Oh-hh Save
me-what shall | take ~
Quill suggested grease, oil, lard, soap,
anything as an antidote. Devil jumped
down to the press, and in ap instant re-
turned with large bottle filled with oil
, the article used on the press. Quad
grasped it spasmodically, disengaged the
E cork and placed it to his mouth. The lim-
ped stream flowed towards its level, and
the bottle would have been emptied had
it not been arrested by the hand of Rule,
i, whose quick eye measured the remains of
the fast disappearing, life-saving antidote.
The remainder was hastily dispatched, to-
/ gether with all the grease that could be
found in the office.
CONSERVATION and fright now reigned in
that once happy ofice-prayers were
| breathed for the sinful souls of the two un-
' fortunatcs. The crisis was hastily ap-
S preaching, when another entered and quick
y learned the awful state of affairs, viz
e that the young man had taken strychnine
''To the Doctors for Gods sake-haste."
screamed the new conner. This was some
thing new and unthought of in the hustle
Y before. Quad sprang to the door, and Vas
G about vanishing, when Rule moaned out,
' ''Stopa moment, Quad, wait, | will 90. Ii
G we die, let's die together like menr'
: The office of DIR. M. was reached in a
e moment the victims examined = said
there was little danger, the poison, taken,
would have done its work before. Quad
G was not satisfied he saw only death be-
fore him could get no oil Doctor was
3 out. Pale, haggard, and trembling in eve
Try limb, he rushed out, followed in the
t distance by all the 'boys," from the office
breaking through two doors of neigh
: boring establishments, he shouted to the
S proprietor in sepulchral tones:
E coil, grease lard-quick-strychnine
d 0, | am poisoned haste or die! Oh-h-
h-h ah-h-h-h! The pains of death are Sc
$ we're. O-o-o-o-co !" The frightened keep
= er could only furnish the little lamp grease
on hand, and hastily put on the fire pan
G of pork. The wretched victim almost in
the agonies of death, his knees, like Bel
i shazzar's, shifting together, seized ladle,
and with his breath halls cooling the accu-
: mulating fat, rapidly drank it as the sweet
: est morsel. The overburdencd stomach
could not endure everything; tenderness
$ and upheaving ensucd, and the victim was
!, led back with difficulty to the office, phys
4 ically prostrated. Quill was absent-the
: secret had leaked out-the boys couldn't
hold-they Uttered, laughed, giggled-the
i thing was out. Quad and Rule smelt Il
; mice, very strongly-their strength and