Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-30 00:00:00

A DIALOGUE between ARCHY and DENNIS
OVERHEARD 1N PARK LANE.

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nefio Archy—Good morning, Dennis,l hope you are well ?
Dennis—Good morning, my boy, putty, I thank you.
Archy— You look tired, Dennis, have you been up all night ?
lug. suppose?
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Archy— Why, then go to Greer, for he proposes
To clear our dwellings of bugs, rats, and mice ;
And if he does not, then he loses
All his lotion, and the lotion's price.
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heer'd o'him then.
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through experiencing the wonders of his
preparations. You see, Dennis, our house was swarming with bugs.
They covered the walls, bed posts and bed clothes, as thick as the
locusts covered the land of Egypt, and as for rest at night it was o ,t
of the question, as it seems to be with you. They bit us, blistered us,
and crept over our faces with their sickly stanch, until at last we
resolved to leave the house altogether, as we could not get rid of them.
Well, one day I was relating my mis'ries to Jim Brennan, when he
says— "Why, Archy Campbell, go to Greer,
And your house, of bugs, he'll clear."
So after a few inquiries I took down his address, went to the Anti-Vermin
Office, 49, Brownlow-hill, and got abottle of Greer's Patent Antl-Bug
Lotion, which, to my astonishment, cleared thehouse almost instantly,
and I have not been troubled with them since. Well, I was so pleased
with Mr. Greer's lotion that I afterwards called upon him and offered
him four times the value of the bottle, hut this he refused, saying his
only object was to promote the comfort of the working classes. Grate-
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er neglect sending all to him that I know are
Dennis—An' cockroaches; did he clear your house of thim ?
Archy—He did. I really believe we had millions in the
house. They crept over everything—the bread, the meat, the butter,
fish, in fact anything eatable, got to the sugar and eat it, crept into
the jugs and water lunge, and many au one have I swallowed when
getting a drink in the dark. They even destroyed the linen, which at
first I could hardly believe, and so numerous were they that on enter-
ing the kitchen late in the evening the floor was literally one black
mass. Drat the nasty things, I hate them. Well, when I found I
had got so easily and cheaply rid of one pest, thinks I, Mr. Greer is
the very man to apply to to destroy these wasteful things that
frighten Mrs. Campbell and the children into fits. Often a penny well
spent is a pound saved, is an old saying, and believing it applied to
my case and the cockroaches—
Off I went to Brownlow-hill,
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And sound the praise of Robt. Greer.
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Well, he gave me a bottle that in two nights clears-I the house of even
the shadow of a cockroach, and without them dying in their holes.
This Mr. Greer, I thought to myself, is either a clever fellow or a
witch; but whether or not we are overrun with rats and mice, that
eat and destroy many a pound's worth in the year, so I will see if his
skill can clear the house of rats and mice to. By the way, Dennis,
I should have said his preparations are not dangerous to children,
dogs, or cats, being without poison, as certified by the celebrated
Chemist, Dr. Muspratt. When I got to Browulow-hill the shop was
full, and Mr. Greer as busy as a bee amongst the flowers in summer.
Well, he smiled when he saw me again, as if he expected me coming,
and after waiting a short time and telling my errand, he gave me a
Mixture, which cleared the house of rats and mice in a single night,
killing them before they could reach their holes. What he has done
for me I cannot forget, nor praise too highly.
Dennis—Faith, I'll go to him at wun'st.
Archy—Do so, Dennis, and you will find how much more comfort.
able your home will be after. Good morning; there's a friend of
mine crossing the street.
Wisepenny—Good morning, Mr. Campbell; any news from China?
Eh? Nothing! You're smiling. What are you thinking about?
Archy— I'm thinking of Greer, he cleared my house
of rats, mice, hugs, end cockroaches—
And of all inventions now in use,
For vermin none near his approaches.
Wisepenny—You are right, sir, right. Wonderful fellow, isn't he,
eh ? So he's done you a service? Well, so he has me. Greer's
growing a popular man, sir, a popular man.
Archv—l am glad to hear it, for he, of all men, has claims to public
sappott. You have used his Anti-Vermin Mixture, then ?
Wisepenny—To be sure I have, Campbell, to be sure. But a story
reads best from the beginning—don't it, eh ? Well, you see, the other
day, I happened to pick up the Telegraph—sometimes read, yon see.
Well, reads—reads on—comes to " Ravages of Rats on board Ships and
in Warehouses," £104,000 lost to this port alone through the ravages
of rats on board ships. Thinks I, this is enormous—can't be trim—
then thinks again, by Jove, though, it can. Have myeelf lost £250
a-year through their destroying the goods in my warehouses. It's
true—true as fate. Well, reads bottom of paragraPh, and notes down
" Greer's Patent Anti-Vermin Mixture, Anti-Vermin Office,
49, Brownlow Hill,"—takes a cab and drives pu. 4250
no joke to lose, you see—worth something Ito save it, thinks
I—catch a weasel asleep, eh? Ha! ha! ha I Wisepenny knows a
thing or two. Well, makes a bargain—could'nt be hard—would'nt be
right—and he's cleared my premises—not one left—killed bushels of
rats, sir, bushels—all died before reaching their holes, Campbell—who
can beat that, sir, who? He's no quack, sir, no—does what he says
he'll do—cell's none of your swindling nostrums, does'nt Greer—l
patronise him, sir, patronise him—every merchant and shipowner
should—will tell them so—his diseosery is a national boon—wonder-
ful, wonderful I—l'm astonished—would'ut believed it had'nt seen its
effects—elated, air, elated. Have a glass of wioe, Campbell, have a
glass of wine. Clever man is Greer olever, clever—will save
thousands to merchants and shipowners—Thomas Harrison, James
Baines, City of Dublin Steam Packet Company,
General Steam Navigation Company, and ether cotnpanies—long
heads, sir, long heads—raw it at once and had all their line of ships
cleared—save thousands, thousands—come along, Campbell.
Archy—With all my heart. South American and
Let us drink to Robert Greer,
For he's just the man we need,
Ships and houses for to clear,
Of all vermin as they breed.

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