Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-04-02
Humorous Srlrrttons.
AN INCIDENT IN DAWES BOARDING
HOUSE


AN INCIDENT IN Dawes BOARDING
HOUSE.
At the boarding house where Dave and hif
friends put up. are anumbor of servant girls,
and it is the idosyncracy Of servant girls to
take their share of toilet articles. such as
hair oil and perfumes, while they arc rciuvin-
ating the apartments of the boardors. Dave
and his friend Robert were very careful OF
their respective toilets. and being in a court
ing way had been paying extra attention to
personal adornmcnt.
They were in the habit of getting pint OF
hair oil made up by the druggist at one time
and finally they were in the habit of finding
that pint of this costly oil wouldn't last a
week, and that all the servant girls in the
house omitted the same perfume they did.
1t was not long before they came to a con-
clusion in The matter. SO ono evening when
the hair oil cruise was empty, they took the
bottle which contained it, and straight they
went to the drug store. There was a whs-
percd conversation with laughing clerk. and
mixing various articles in pint bottle, and
the following was marked on the prescription
book as the contents
OF Lac Asafutida, which for the informa-
ton of our readers we will state, is a very
highly concentrated extract Of that delicious
drug--of this ] on.
OF Liquor Potasse, Ga fluid celebrated for
its corrosive power having the power of TAX
ing the hair off dog in ten seconds,) - ~.
Of Basam of Fir, lthe stichicst and gum
micst article known W.
OF Honey, | oz.
OF Alcohol, to make the Ingredients fluid,
- pint
This was we'll "shuck' and deposited in
the usual place occupied boy the hair oil The
next day Sunday Bob and Dave dressed
themselves for church, and after finishing
travelled down stairs. But they came up an
other way 10 few minutes and socrctcd
themselves in aroom adjoining thoirs, whore
from couple of panos of glass over the door
they could see everything that went on AZ
ter the people of the House had gone two or
three servant girls camc into Dawes ROOM
"Whist, Molly said large, red-hcaded
one--"Misthur Dave has some more of the lie,
and my hairs as dhry as powdhcr: let's have
a regular iix up wild the folks all away"
This was acccdcd TO-, and they all went oiling
their locks, being very lavish with the fluid,
which was quite thin in consequence of the
alchohol In a few minutes road-hcad says
"Whirra, what smills so; with her nose
turned skyward
"suro It's the parnimc, intcuuptcda short
and dumpy specimen, with her hair down her
back
"Pmfumc, indadc," says the rcd-hoad-.
that's not parlumo-it's the ralo bad smell. -
"Mobby,' said the dumpy, "its the Patch
Chowley I've hazard folks say Patch Chew
Icy smills dhroadhl at ust; person must
get used to the smill before they likes it.
Shurc, it's parfumc used by the quality"
This satisfied rcd-hcad. and after tho
rough "illing they left the room. In about
two hours tho boarlcrs came home from
church.
Good gracious, what is it, Bless my
soul, Mr. c., | shall faint Oh my dear,
there must be an unclcan animal in thereon %
and a thousand other expressions were heard
the boardcrs got a sniff of the Patch Chow
ley, when they entered the house. The mas
ter and the mistress of the house were pu2-
zled, COMPOUNDED, indignant, and in vain en-
deavored to discover the locality OF the smell.
At dinner time, thoro were not half Il dozen
boarders at the table, and those that were
there were rapidly thinking of backing out
as the three girls that were "iled'' were wait
ing on them.
Finally dinner was given up, and with
doors and windows opened, the inmates al
ternately froze and sufocated The day was
a dire one to them but it soon wore away
A night the three girls attempted to comb
their hair. The alcohol had oyaporated
leaving the balsam of honey and fir, and
they might rs well have attempted to comb
bunch of shingles. At the first dash the red
head made her comb caught, and through the
influence of the potasso at the roots, the
whole mass of the front hair came off the
side of rcd-heads Uranium. which she discoy-
cred with yell that would have made can
nibal cnvious, The same result attended the
rest of the hair, with the exception of enough
to do up as a lock, to ornament with feathers,
in Indian style. The other two girls mot the
same fate, and obout ten o'clock that night,
they might have been seen wrapping up their
lost Patch Chowloy locks in pieces of paper.
The next morning they were informed by the
mistress that she did not desire to employ
bald-headed servant girls, aud with their
"chists' they departed in almost Il scalpcd
condition,
The discovery of Dave and Boh's conncc-
tion with the transaction was not known till
lately, but their toilet articles since then have
been as scored from touch as the tombs of
Palestine.