Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1879 — Holl Him In. [ARTICLE]
Holl Him In.
“Pizarro” was the play. A verdant actor was cast for one of the smaller roles. To him fell the line, “My Lord, ’neath yonder palm we have captured a casique. What is your pleasure ? ” The fellow, when his cue came, rushed upon the stage, exclaiming, “My Lord, ’neath yonder palm we have captured a cask. What is your pleasure?” “Roll him in,” howled the tragedian, “and let’s bust in the bung!” -Courier-Journal. It is very sickly at Leadville, Col., there being from fifteen to thirty deaths there every week from pneumonia. The large quantity of arsenic in the ores is another cause of sickness.
