The Placer herald., 1871-01-21
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Whisky win Fetch EN-.

been reared boys together in London county
Virginia, met by accident at the Robertson
House, in this city, after separation of fifty
years. Their names were respectively Mr..
Brown and Mr. Shacklett After the usual
greetings and congratulations they fell into a
dialogue, portion of which we reproduce as
follows:
Brown-By the way, Captain, how is my
old friend, George Grasscoke ? havn't heard
from him for thirty years.
Shacklett-l1es dead, sab. Died at the
early age of seventv-fvc.
Brown-Dead George G. asscoke dead /?
And l only seven'y-fvc? Dear mel What
was the supposed cause of his death ?
misunderstanding lis head mournfully)
Whisky, sab.
Brown-Captain, have you heard of Major
Paynn lately?
Shacklett-Yes, sah the Major is dead !,
sab. Only seventy ynine when lie went off.
Brown--What was the supposed cause of
his death?
Shacklett - Whisky, sab, WAS the sup
posed cause.
Brown--lIow is our old friend, Colonel
DldCkInOre GOWN al tIle MdUOr
Shacklett-Dead, sab, dead he dropped
off unexpectedly in his 100th year, much re-
gretted.
Brown-You don't say? And the Colo
mel is dead What was the supposed cause
or his sudden decease?
Shacklett- Whsky, sab. Dreadful try
ing on the constitution, sab,
Brown-His death must have been deeply
regretted. But, Captain, of course you re-
member old John Marshall, who lived down
On .re little creek called Goose Run. He
had two charming girls; one was called pretty
Jane and the other blooming Rose. Don't
you remember EN-? How's the old gentle
man getting along?
Shacklett- he's gone too, sab; he was
getting little oldisl, and he died at one hun
dred and five.
Brown-What old John Marshall dead +?
What took him off?
Shacklett-Whisky was the supposed
cause.
Brown-Let us see, Captain, did you
know Major Tompson? He was great fox
hunter and fond of running horses.
Shacklett oh, yes, sab, remember him
well. He left us only short time ago. He
wasn't quite one hundred and fifteen-acked
two months of it. Whisky was the sup
posed cause of his death. 1t will floor the
best of them.
Brown suppose, Captain, that you rec
olle"t Colonel Morgan, who lived down in
Flat Bottom? ? He had pretty daughter
whom we used to call Sweet Briar; (nudging
the Captain)that was your name for her,
eastwise. She married young chap named
Smith, who owned the fine horse Silver Lake
won great many races at Hagerstown;
took pile of money out of Maryland. How's
the old man He was in his S0th year when
| saw him last,
Shacklett-He's dead, sah Died, as all
supposed, from whisky, month after he was
hundred and ten. 1t takes off many Of
our friends, Isaac.
Brown-But what has become of young
Tom Smith =? He cut you out Of your girl
once, you know.
Shackett- tt-Gone, sab. Died before the
war in the prime of life; only ninety-one.
He had just sold his last niger, and drank
him up. But whisky fetched him at last.
Brown-Well, well, l always thought
that would be the end of him. Will you go
out to the bar and take nip, Captain ?
Shackett--Well, Isaac, bein' as it's you,
l don't care if do.
Whereupon they adjourned and took a
"nip" of the identical poison that had brought
SO many of their friends to premature graves.
viii our young men take warning by these
frightful examples of men cut off in the prime
of life and in the midst of their usefulness I?
We hope So