Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-12-26

A CRUEL Joxs.-A decidenly rich joke
was perpetrated, within the past few days,
by one Of our Legislators elect, at the ex-
penss of a certain young artist Of Virginia
City. This artist, whom we shall call
Tom, for short, is noted for his pallantry
and good looks; indeed he is universally
acknowledged by the fair sex to be one Of
the " incest young men" Of the city. On
the day in question our gallant friend
Tom was conversing with the said sue
cessful aispirant for Legislatorial honors,
and was bitterly bewailing his lot Of sin
gle cursedness and with l~ugubrouS
eountenance was wishing he had q family
in whose bosom he could spend the COM
ing holidays. Conversation very naturally
flowed on the subject Of Christmas viands:
stuffed pig, roast trukey, baked goose,
fricased sage-hen, aud all their concomi-
tants /; and their relative merits were fully
discussed by both parties with all the zest
of connoisseurs. Well, so much for part
first. There is in the moral city Of Vir-
ginia a lady of considerable wealth, but
Of doubtful reputation. and Familiarity
known as "Old Sage-Hen." She is a
client Of "the member from Storey who
is 1--WE neglected to mention) a young
lawyer with good practice. It so hap
pened that our limb Of the law had but q
few minutes before emerged from the clas-
sic walls Of his Office, where he had been
patiently listening to q grievous story OF
the wrongs of his client aforesaid, and
devising means to right them. A bright
idea struck him. "Are you fond of sage
hen, Tom" said he. "Ah," says Tom,
his eyes dancing with delight, "you just
show me q nice, young, tender one, deli
cately cooked, and you would never ask
me that question again." "1s that 30
exclaimed our lawyer. why, I have q
splendid one in my ofice-just conn out
on the Divide. and brought in alive. l
have no co~nveniences for cooking It, and
if you wish it you may have it in well
come" Tom looked at him to see If he
was really in earnest, in this generous ex-
hibition Of his liberality-and being con-
WINGED, rushed frantically for the coveted
gift. Arriving at the door, he found an
other lawyer-a friend Of No. l, but less
successful in his political aspirations
emerging from the room. He had doubt
less heard the resounding echoes Of Toms
frantic footsteps, and fearing the advent OF
a mad-man, had bravely determined to
meet the danger halfway. Ola,
got a nice, young, tender, live sage-hen
here ;" demanded Tom. Attorney No.
2, Immediately " saw the point" and by a
mighty effort, controlling his features, re-
Piled, with a sober countenance, that he
believed there was a live sage-hen there,
but how young or tender it was, he could
not say. "Trot it out" said Tom, and
let's inspect it." "Come in. come in,"
said No. 2, land inspect it for yourself"
W~hereupon both stopped inside the office,
and Tom beheld, to his utter amazement.
not a sage-hen Of the genus aris. but a
sage-hen Of the genu, homo. His jaw
dropped powerless, and his cheek blanched
at this sudden disclosure Of the cruel
" sell :" and amid roars Of laugter from
some half-dozen who were posted he
beat a very demoralized retreat. Attor-
MES No. l and 2 have not done laughing
yet. The member from Storey" has
gained an undying fame for ability, and
his services will be eagerly sought during
the coming session. in procuring the pass
age of "Toll-road" and "Relief bills"
Poor Tom, he is doing his best to induce
forgetfulness of the occurrence by ro-
treating in the various saloons OF the city.