The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-17
A ts.ass!y Practical Aoskc--A,ocAca :.
by Night ian Disscc.;Ds Nooh.
-. -, 60. n,rn,,n, 10 InIetfn.


Medical students aIe noted for thelr 10Y
Of rough, practical Jokes. Some OF thcm u
an eastern city once placed IN a bag Z nun.
,pr o, human hands taken from s'irlcctT WI
,is,ec;;on. which they let in a lonely pace:
,I,rn;nr the whole ncighborhooa u! CIV
,tinn the belief that some horrible ana NY.
orion, murder had been pcrpctr;lca 'uei.
IN another OCCASION number oil mem III y
nI,e~c ore night frightened gaWky no. ar
.,n.t ar, rr hi. senses by running tue sii'o'.'
' 1iS,. hand of "suhied IN Ills lace,
and ,rri,n!y asking him il ne woilta ihe - '.S
a cornsc. These jokes. however lousn ~.
.,nv were. were mid coh'iE!!cu w" ,1,;i
which was lately pcrpctr1ted III me .ucu, 1
,,,;i,.r.a hero. Onc Of the students atleiiuc"
,a.t,,r. in q safe which indicated much
.,nsnr worship OF "tlc rosy" than OF his
,nnts lie MAS allowed to "lay OIL ana
.,,n !: on; in .!cen until the st:'id professors
,,I cnlscd iinrar;ng grave instruction on
.,,,,c of the practical diseases W!nch aihlc'
"inr house we live in When thc doctor
aad di>pclscd. tic students >ol"'nnly con-
Guided to sboy their diSanprobHti2n OF M
,cyn,rrc.,icn in general. aad that OF 1heh
RING brother IN particular otictcc III
MS case having been heightened hy His get
>;nY "coricd " alcuc, WHEN a dozen sFhim-
shizint friends would lave been wiling u
,,yc stood bv him 70 sec that VAC Eih
:.lin-" Was done ali around
Four l,rawnv Studclh' took Up Inc s!"cn-
;or inchr!itc and carried him into tAr ois-
,ccting room. upon tie long table OF Whic,,
devoted to tie l,po,i; cf 's,i0S, thcT slowly
and sadly laa hen dom t. take lis fc,';
rhc rayn,r OF III AGED colorcd gentleman ana
- = hriwuy white were iotcd up alongside
him t,cirij Of w:,cl. Tho ;nr:Ir&lc wa, ttc'l'
hat there mi:ilt bc proper Dnno Oh
brotherhood between thea. nc COO: %
,i,r dis>cct;ng room. was ticl C'fe.uli!
inrted and the students, with the consci"hs-
ness Of tl,ny wei. performed, went 70 cEJo!
f,rir diane. il being then about > :. NJ. IL
i;,r l,rr,,9.:i. Of ,lic riaybills, an interval Of
.iv hoiir, nlSt now Ec supposed 10 nave
elon.ca. All In tho meantime |ras well VAIN
the s;ccpino iuehria!". lie may have sHnlea
,,nnro,is,y and stretched and kicked stupidity,
nut his cold companions maize no complaint.
Even drunken slrtp, however long is II
.-rrnra,I, IS. Ike the traditional lane. must
H,,r an end and 50 ABOUT il !. VI, mol
mite It witct;o" hour, hnt nnp!2a@'nt!% near
: The SlcaDcr,S ,cn>ss began 10 revisit !itt
,,,1h when il was calculated that he would
maxi night hideoi.s vaitt lis yc!is.
\ 81, ~ -
lie Sr"",''nis o. hi jrj an,i u:,n, Of
IaNn|. the lE''"'">> " ~, I;c T..r ~, i:>
-.sl,o,v Is, sec Ware he WAS. III" !E1tt-%io"h
moon wa. shining through n peculiarly MI
certain and gho>t-lihe li"ht t:.r"u:H! t'r
room. The iaehri2tc rubbed i!is eyes ana
stared. but as itu ce,ld reln"nbrI n"th'n|
Nccpl INT Lc MA ', na,,iS I, nf 'ra," out
los; co,'sc:oU>Ac.< IL so.'W .at ,,.h;i,
W1"rc Il" wa 's' ~ i[,,' 10 n,rinrr
movement d'*5tn III, ot ,,t t,.2 .,,:r,. HIM
WitI'ia het'F 'h't:'; ;,. ~, ",, ~ n, wpiljt
lie Wa i!.n O n.y. ,,,',n,, ;,io ;l.,n;iv:
ave been iF!;.,y'''i -, . .t.nd nnt I,rou the
'ai even rs II ""> ~, ~ went at once for me
order OF ills so:'' ~" ..,,lr,!<" 4, his Lcti,.
ur'r, "'"''2 Io.!.oJ and on Il nc pa,nu!cd
~ '. ,rij. and hex, tlriousIy yclliGs lYs
h !" 'vI' t 'r,.' While says..siv.