Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-05-12
"ILING" THE HAIR.

At the boarding house where Dave and his
friends put up, number of servant girls,
and it is the idosyncracy of servant girls to
take their share of toilet articles, such as hair
oil, perfumes, &C., while they are rejuvenat
ing the apartments of the boarders Dave
and his friend Robert were very careful of
their respective toilets, being in a counting
way, and had been paying extra attention to
personal adornment.
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
thai pint of this costly hair oil wouldn't last
a 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 evening, when the
hair oil cruise was empty, they took the bottle
which contained it, and straight they VI ent to
the drug store. There was whispered con-
versation with laughing clerk, and mixing
various articles in pint bottle, and the fol-
lowing was in the prescription book as the con-
! tents
OF Lac AssafGtida, which for the inforrna-
tion of our readers we will state, is highly
concentrated exact of that delicious drug-of
| this, l OF.
Of Liquor Potasse, "a fluid celebrated for
its corrosive power, having the power of TAX
ing the hair OFF dog in ten seconds,) OF.
OF Balsam of Fir the stickiest and gum
miest article known.) l OF.
Of honey OF.
OF Alcohol to make the ingredients fluid,
pint.
This was we'll ssshuck, - and deposited in the
usual place occupied by the hair oil.
The next day Sunday Dave and Bob
dressed themselves for church, and after fin
ishing travelled down stairs. But they came
another way in few minutes, and secreted
themselves in room adjoining theirs where,
from couple of panes of glass over the door,
they could see everything that went on. AT
ter the people of the house had gone, two OF
three servant girls came in Dawes room.
ssWhist Molly said large red-headed one
-s.Misthur Dave has some more of the lie
and my hairs dhry as powdher; lets have
aregular fix up wild the folks all away" Thi:
was accceded to, and they all went to oiIing
: their locks, being very lavish with the fluid
which was quite thin in consequence of the
alcohol. In a few minutes red head says:
; "Whirra, what smlls so ?'' with her nose
turned skyward.
ssSure it's the parfume,' interrupted short
S and dumpy specimen, with her hair down her
S back.
ssParfume indade," says the red head
s:thats not parfume-it'S the rale bad SMELL
ssMebby,'' says the dumpy, ssPatch Chuwly.
q I've heerd folks say that Patch chuwly smills
dreadful at fust; purson must get used tc
, the smill before they likes it. Sure it's per.
: fume used by the quality.''
This satisfied red head and after thorough
s'iing," they left the room. In about two
hours the boarders came home from church.
ssGood gracious, what is it Bless my soul
Mr.. G., shall faint Oh my dear there mus
be an unclean animal in the room.' - and
thousand other expressions were heard as the
boarders got a sniff at the Patch Chuwly, wher
: they entered the house. The master and the
{: mistress of the house were puzzled, confoun
: ded, indignant:an vainly endeavored to dis
# cover the locality of the smell. At Dime
i time, there were not half dozen boarder
G at the table, and those that were there wer
d rapidly thinking of backing out, the thre
d Finally dinner was given up, and with door
n and windows opened, the inmates alternatel
,, froze and suffocated. The day was dry ON
to them, but it soon wore away.
If At night the three girls attempted to com
st their hair. The alcohol had evaporated, leav
= ing the balsam of fir and honey, and the
|, might as well have attempted to comb bunc
= of shingles. At the first dash that red-hca
e made, her comb caught, and through the infu
ence of the potasse at the roots, the Who'll
d mum, which she discovered with yell tha
Is would have made cannibal envious. Th
same result attended the rest Of the hair wit
the exception of enough to do up as seal
lock to ornament with feathers, in Indian sty le
y The other two girls met the same fate, and a
bout ten O'Clock that night, they might hav
been seen wrapping up their lost Patch ChuW
:. ly locks in pieces of paper. The next morn
= ing they were informed by the mistress tha
=. she did not desire to employ bald-headed sci
,e want girls and with their sschists' they de
Of parted in almost scalped condition.
The discovery of Dave and Bob's connec
tion with the transaction was not known III
= lately, but their toilet articles since then nav
been as sacred from touch the tomb Q
: Palestine.
j. a down.easter advertises for wife IN tn
= following manner :-ssAny gal what's got
COW. a good feather bed and fixens, five hun
Al