Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-09-22
M | s G. E LIAN EOUS.
GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE ME-
DICINES
By A SWAMP DOCTOR.

uEl IlNd ACQUAlNIED WITH THE ME-
/ DICINES.
By A SWAMP DOCTOR.
/ "Now, Mr.. Tendas," said my kind pre-
I;ep'or, few days after had go, regularly
Installed into the office, "yonr first duty
must be 10 get acquainted with the diffe Mt
medicines. This is Dispenss,ory-ss you
read Of q drug, you will find the majority
imenti"ned on The shelves, take 1t down and
Ediges,"-here, unfortunately for the peace
of mind and general welfare of loafug In
Isiian, who hung continually around the Of
Eice, seeking what be nigh, devour, or ralh-
FER steal, the doctor was called away in o
Egreat hurry, and did not have time 10 finish
tthis sentence, so stake i, down and digest"
By the father Of phvsic, thought ], this stu
~ OF medicines is not The pleasant task ]
lan'iciPa,c ,cd-ra,her srduous in the lrng run
,or The stomach, should judge. Io - ,Ilow
md dIges, oil the medicines from Ahracah-
;,h.s To Z,nziber: Why some of them are
fsomi,s, and I'd like to know how .hev are
/" be kept down long enough to be digest
I'D Now, as for iamsrinds, o. liqunrice, or
...shite sugar, nigh. GO Them; bu. sloes,
&c.. and castor oil. and running
your u"s. - .our inr"a' - PITT
disaereesble any way you can take them.
I'm in for il. though, ] suppose its the way
all doctors nre made, and ] have no claim
/" be exempted. And now for The big book
with the long nsme.
] opened II upon The lis, OF the melsls.-
Reading them in the order that slptahe,i-
cal arrangement entitled j. 10, was .'Arsenic:
deadly poison. Bes, preparation. F"~lrr's
solution. Symptoms from an overdose,
burning in The stomach, gres. thirst, exces-
slve v"mI'ing," SC, SC. With eyes d's,en-
ded 10 their u,n"s, capacity, | read the
.oke this internal medlcamen, down, diges,
IT. and run the chances "f its not being an
overdose: Can, think Of IL moment
I'll 9" back to my plough fret; but then
the doctor knew oil The dangers when he
gave his directions; and he was so precise
snd particular there canno. be sny mistake.
E]l take look at it anyhow, aud hunted
1t up. As the dispensasory preferred Fow-
ler'e solution, selected that. Expecting TO
6nd but small quantity, was somewba,
surprised when discovered it in q four-gal-
Ion bottle, nearly full. took ou, the
stopper, and applied it cautiously to my
nose. Had it no. been for the label, bear
ing, in addition TO the name, The fearful
word "Poison," and the omnous skull and
cross bones, | ould have SWORD it was old
Bourbon whisky. Old Tubbs, the Indian,
was sitting in The office door, watching my
proceedings v i,h a gres. deal Of interest.
Catching The spiriluous odor Of the ARSENAL
solution. he rose up, and approached me ca
gerIv. saying
"Ugh. Injun want whisky, give Tubba
whisky bring wild duck-so many" hold
ing up two of his fingers.
The temptation was strong, ] mus! con-
fess. The medicines had 10 be tested and
! felt very much dsinclined to depsr. this
life jusl then, when The pin feathers Of SCI
ence had jus, commenced dispIacing the
sof. down of ofducklingdom. But This Indian
he is Of no earthly account or use 10 any
one; no one would miss him, even were he
TO take an overdose. Science often has de-
manded sacrifices, and he would be will
ing one butt, may kill him. can. do
it; to kill man before ] &c. nv diploma
would be murder. A jury might not SO
pronounce it, but conscience would.
can't swallow it, and Tubba must not
These were The thoughts ,ha. flashed 'hro'
my mind, before replied 10 the Indian s
request
"Indian can't have whisky. Tubba drink
whisky-Tubba do So"
Here ] endeavored 10 60 through the
pan'omime Of dying, as ] was no. sufficient
master Of Choclaw to explain myself
lifted glass TO my mouth, end pretended
to empty i. then gave shor. yell, clapping
my hands over my stomach, staggering
jerking my hands and fee. about. as | fell