Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-07-18
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TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1854.
"Dr. Currents Syrup of MeRaIanthorOs
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he was a baby, that there was something WON
derful about her boy. He noticed things
with so much penetration, and commenced to
pull her hair at such tender days, that 1t
seemed certain he must NOV very wide
swarth through the field of lie. His boyhood
gave equal evidences of precocity He would
purloin his schoolmaster's dinners. tell lie
with an unmoved visage, make other boys
laugh and be birched for it, while he retained
the most imnerturbable gravity. Johnny
used also to exhibit sundry tricks of nature
not admitting of an accomplice, such as alb
stracting his teachers boots when he wore
slippers, stopping the holes with putty, then
filing them with water and setting them out
to freeze. At last however, he was detected
in mailing the coat tail of his preceptor 10 the
chair on which he sat, which procured his
dismissal from school in irrevocable disgrace.
Johnny was now sent to New York by his
parents, and indentured as apprentice to
worthy apothecary. Mr.. McSquills, his
MASTER was a very canny, thrifty Scotchman,
who was well versed in all the tricks of his
profession; and to him Johnny was consigned
for the term of four years, to be fed and
clothed, and to receive a premium of $500 at
the expiration of the time. When Johnny
made his advent at the shop of his master, tho
worthy Scotchman thus addressed him:
"Noo, Johnnie, my BARN, haze We read yer
Bible y
Pretty much all, I reckon"
"Weel, Johnny; ye'll stick to that practice,
for it is vera guide but i the shop, We mind.
ven haze anither buke, the 'pothecarie's Bible.
Here it lis Wood and Bache's Dispensatory;'
yell read sax pages per day. until We haze it
all kent; and yen be out O. yer bed, anent
the sun peers cot The early bird aye catches
the worm, We KEN"
Iob,r1 ~ ,,,isod ,bod;aDna. for ha raaII1,
faneied the business, and became very dligent
and attentive. He soon mastered the mystic
ries of compromising, and talked of crueibles,
retorts, sand baths alembics; and of exhaus-
ton, filtration, as glibly as his master himself
He made few mistakes, of course; for all
apothecares' boys do that, such as selling OK
alic acid for EPSON salts, or iodide of lead for
pulverized sulphur; but Johnnys old luck
followed him; for, if he made any bad work
it never came on his hands, and he grew in
strength and knowledge. if not in grace and
truth, and in the good opinion of his master,
DR.. McSquills. Johnny's place of business
was not far from the; and as casuali-
ties frequently occur there, such as persons
being run over, babies swallowing pins, and
such things, our young friend saw more OF
actual surgery than usually falls to the lot Of
druggists boys. He used to go to the resi-
dences of his patrons and apply leeches, and
when applicants to be bled were very poor,
and could only pay a small fee, Johnny was
always allowed to perform the operation. One
day the following recipe was brought to the
store. by man who was all crippled by rheu-
matsm, and could barely drag his limbs
along:
Tine Colch l o.; aqua Para o.; Syrupus
Simpler oz.-Nisee.
Johnny prepared the mixture, the price of
which was four shillings, and when his Gus
toner had departed, set to thinking of the
profit thereon. Mused he-s'Tincture of col
chicum; one ounce is worth just two cents;
aqua pura, clear water, one ounce, costs tho
trouble of filling the jar. Syrupus simplex.
simple syrup, one ounce, costs about two and
half CENTS bottle two cents-total seven
| cents; profit on the sale, forty-three cents
| Now, if that prescription cures that man,
why Johnny Cure don't waste precious
time in drug store at the termination of his
! apprenticeship, that's all !" A few days af-
! terward the man returned for a further supply
| of the medicine, looking much improved, and
| our hopeful youth took occasion 10 question
him as to his symptoms. The replies were
perfectly satisfactory. He was rapidly recov-
ering, and had taken nothing else than tho
preparation in question, loudly applauding the
skill OF the physician who had treated him.
Johnny stored it in his memory.
W H. IN n n
hero was his own master with S3oo "a his
nocket q GOOD enonob cbsracter and the
world before him. He refused ali Dr.. Nc
SoniIls, offers If nromotion IN, lnft him IN
the very hest disnosed manner He bowev-
err. tbrough his masters influence. secured n
credit Of p few hundred dollars at q whole
sale store down town: and in q few davs
hired a loft in--street. to which he had
conveyed a barrel of alcohol. a barrel of smear
a hundred WEIGHT of colchicum root. Gro
ton water fawcet and LARGE iron kettle
which he nicked mn chean at auction tbeen.
fire cost was IA, In two v eeks' time. these
ingredients were converted into the ndenti~
cal MIXTURE which had formerly cured the
moor crinnle in---street and he had han
tised the congestion. CDR. Cur'em's Svrun
of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, When Il was ali
bottled and labeled. bearing The :. Doctors
signature to prevent counterfeits. and rang
ed along the shelves and floor. bright visions
of golden realities began to swim before the
mind s eve of Johnny. The materials were
not more than half expended. and vet there
were eight hundred and fifty bottles, price
ST., six bottles for $5;' and so confident was
johnny then Of securing the sale. that he
would have refused deduction of forty nar
cent n have received cash far the Iot n.
next tb;ng was to omen an agency and adyar-