The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-12-04
Servant alrla va. Hnlr nll.

servant girls, to take their share Of toilet
articles, such as hair oils, perNmeiies.
&o., while they are rcjuvenating the
apartments Of the boardcrs. Dovo and
his friend Robert wero very careful Of
iheir respective toilets. and being in
counting way, had been paying extra at.
tention to personal alornmeni, for a long
time.
They were in the habit Of getting a
pint Of hair oil made up by the druggist
Vt one time; and finally they were ia Ms
habit Of finding that pint Of this costly
hair oil wouldn't last week, and that
all the servant girls in tho house emitted
the same porfumo they did IL was no.
long before they came to the conclusion
Of tho matter. So one evening 6odine
that their cruso was empty, they took tho
bottle which had contained It, and
straight they went to tho drug store.--
There WAS a whispered conversation with
u laughing ol,ri, a mixing Of various
articles 10 a pint bottle, and tho following
was marked on the prescription book as
the contents:
OF Lac Asafntida- milk Of asafnli.
da, which for the information Of our
readers we will state. is a highly 90 oloeu
tratod extract Of that delicious drug J.
Of this OF. tIe
OF Liquor Potasse-(a fluid, slightly
celebrated for its corrosive power, having
the power Of taking the hair of dog in
ten seconds )-of this one.half ounce.
Balsam Of Fir--( the stiokiest snd gum
miost article known l oz.
Honey 1 OF.
Alcoholic make the Ingredients rluid,
half pint.
This was well ''shuck" and deposited
in the usual place occupied by tho hair
oil. The next day SUNDAY Dayo aud
Bob dressed themselves for church. and
after finishing, travelled down stairs
But they came up another stairway in a
few minutes and seOreted themselves in a
room adjoining theirs. where from
Q uple of panes of glass over the door,
they could see everything that went on.
After the people OF the house had gone,
twoorthree servant girls came into Dawes
rom
"Whist, Molly" says largo red
headed one. "Misthur Dave has some
more of the lie, and my hairs dhry as
powdher; let's have a regular fix up, wild
the folks all awayR' This was aoceded
to, and all went to oiling their locks, be-
ing very lavishing with the fluid; which
was quite thin in consequence Of the al
chohol, In fow minutes red -hoad says:
"Whirra, what smills so?" with her
nose turned sky-ward.
'TShure it's tho parfams" interrupted
short aud dumpy specimen, with her
hair down her back.
"Parfume, indadel" says the rel-head,
CHATS not parfume-that's tie rail- bad
smill."
"Mebbe, " says dumpy, "it's the Patch
Chewley (Patohohouli) I've hard that
Patch Chewloy smills dhroAdrul at fust
a person must gei used to the smill before
they like it. Shure, it's a par(ume used
by the gu ,lity.%
This satisfied red-head. and after a
thorough "ileing," they left the room -
la about two hours the boarders came
home frJm church. "Good gracious,
what is il? Bless my soul, Mr.. g., /
shall faint, OIL my dear there must be
an unclean animal in the roomW and a
thousand other expressions We heard, as
tho boarders got sniff at the Patch
Chewley whom they entered the house.
The master and mislress Of tho house
were puzzled, cohfounded indignant. and
in vain endeavored to discover the local
ity Of the "smell." AT dinner time
there wers not half dozen board
ers at tho table, and those that were there
were rapidly thinking of backing out, as
the three girls who were "iled' were
waiting on them. Finally, dinner wa:
given up. land with doors and window.
opened, the inmates alternately (roze and
ifocated. The day was dire one to
\ them, bug it wore away. tL
AT night, the three girls attempted tC
comb their hair. The alcohol had eyapo
rated, leaving the balsam Of fir and hon
ey, and they might as well attempt e
comb bunch Of shingles. AT tho very
first dash that red-head made, her cont
caught, and through the influence Of the
potasse at the roots, the whole mass o.
trout hair came OFF red-head's Uranium
which she discovered with a yell tha
would have rendered a cannibal envious
The same result attended the rest Of he
hair, with the exception Of enough TO d,
up as a scalp lock to ornament with feath
ers in Indian style. The other two girl
met with the same fate, and about tel
o'clock that night they might have beef
seen wrapping up their lost "pateh-ehew
lee" locks in pieces Of paper. The mex
j morning they were informed by the mis-
, tress that she did not desire to emplol
bald-headed servant girls, and with ihei
] "chists" they departed in almost a scalpe
] condition The discovery Of Dave an
Bob's connection with the transaction wa
} not known ill lately. but their toilet art
9 cles have been as sacred from touch a
the tomb at Palestine.
From Washington.
: WAsHISqToN. Nov. l8.-It is believe
: that Costa Riea.Yill retire from the po;
session Of the San Juan River as soon a
. she is informed Of the negotiations Of th
recent treaty between the United State
ond Mica "a orno