The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-09-05

OF servant girls to take sthelrs share oi
toilet articles, such as hair oils, per.
I fumes, &C., while they are 'rejuvihating
1.-THE apartments of the boarders.3 Dave
and his friend Robert were very careful
of their respective toilets, and being in
/ a courting way, had been paying extra
attention to personal adornment, for a
1 long time. 1-@#=a1 @Egssw "#
t. They were in the habit of getting a
pint Of hair oil made up by the drug
| gist at one time; and finally they were
in the habit Of finding that pint of this
costly hair oil wouldn't last week, and
/ that all the servant girls in the house
emitted the same perfume they did
1t was not long before they came TO a
conclusion in the matter. So one eve
ming finding that the hair oil cruise was
empty, they took the bottle which had
contained it, and straight they went to
the drug store. There was whispered
conversation with laughing clerk, a
j mixing of various articles in a pint bottle,
and the toiiiio1-ing was marked on the
| prescription book as the contents:
| OF Lac. Asafntida---(milk OF 4asa-
fetida, which, for the information of our
readers we will state, is highly concen-
trated extract of that delicious drug g)---of
| this | OF.
! Of Liquor Potasse---)a fluid slightly
celebrated for its corrosive power; having
the power of taking the hair Of Il dog in
ten seconds) II OF.
| Balsam of Fir-(the stickiest and
gnmmiest article known or.
Alcoholic make the ingredients
fluid 1-2 pint.
This was we'll ''shuck', and deposited
in the usual place occupied by the hair
oil. The next day Sunday Dave and
Bob dressed themselves for church, and
after finishing, travelled down stairs
But they came up another stairway in
few minutes and secreted themselves
in room adjoining theirs, whore from a
couple of panes of glass over the door,
they could see everything that went on.
After the people of the house had gone
two or three servant girls came into Dave $
room.
whist, Molly says large red head
ed one. Misthur Dave has some more
of the lie, and my hairs as dhry as
powdher let's have a regular fix up, wild
the folks all away !" This was acceded
to, and they all went to oiliDg their locks
being very lavishing with the fluid, which
was quite thin in consequence OF the al
cohol-In few minutes red-head says:
"Whirra what smils so - with her
nose turned sky ward
"Shure it's the porfun.e," interrupted
a short and dumpy specimen, with her
hair down her back.
sParfume. indade - says red head,
chats not parfume--that's the rale bad
smill."
"Mebbe," says dumpy, L" its the Patch
Chewly (Patchchouli.) I've hazard that
Patch Chew y smills dhreadful at fust
a pershon must get used till the smill be-
fore they likes it. Shure, its a parfume
used by the quality"
This satisfied red head, and after a
thorough ''ileing," they left the room -
In about two hours the boarders came
home from church. Good gracious
what is it Bless my soul, Mr.. G., ]
shall faint oh my dear there must be an
unclean animal in the room." and thou
sand other expressions were heard, as
the boarders got a sniff at the Patch
Chewley when they entered the house
The master and mistress of the house
were puzzled, confounded, indignant, and
in vain endeavored to discover the local
ity of the ''smel" At dinner time
there were not half dozen boarders at
the table, and those that were there were
rapidly thinking Of backing out, as tn,
three girls who were 'iltd' were waiting
on them, Finally dinner was given up
and with doors and windows opened, the
inmates alternately fro2e and suileated.-
the day was dire one to them, but j,
wore away.
At night the three girls attempted tx
comb their hair The Alcohol had esap
Grated leaving the halsam of fir and hon
ey, and they might as well attempt tt
comb bunch of shingles. At the yer,
first dash that red-head made, her coml
caught, and through the influence Of tn,
potasse at the roots, the whole mass y
front hair came off the side of red head !
cranium, which she discovered with
yell that would have rendered Gambia
enyious. The same result attended tn
rest Of the hair, with the exception Of C
nough to do up as scalp lock to orna
ment with feathers, in Indian style -
The other two girls met the same fate
and about ten o'clock that night the,
might been seen wrapping up their patel
, / gha ~
next morning they were informed by tn
mistress that she did not desire to en-
: ploy bald headed servant girls, and will
their ''chists' they departed in almos
, scalped condition. The discovery O
! Dave and Bob's connection with th
, transaction was not known till lately, bu
their toilet articles have been sacred from
touch as the tomb at Palestine.
DIR. Fordyce sometimes drank goot
! deal at dinner H. was summoned on
evening to see lady patient, when Ii
was more than half. seas-over, and con
scious that he was 50. Feeling her pulls
! aad finding himself unable to count it
beats, he muttered "Drunk, by H2ay
cns1' Next morning, recollecting th
circumstance, he was grcltly vexcd an
/ jast as he was thinking what explanatio
of his behavior he should offer, to til
lady, letter from her was put into hi
2 hand, "She knew too we'll" sid TIA
: letter, 'that he had discovered the III
fortunate condition in which she W;
when he last visited her; and she entrea
| ed him to keen the matter n sanrat !
consideration Of the enclosed Ga hundret
> pound bank -note.")