Smyrna times., 1862-01-30
" HOLE NC. SCI
= NaV Hair Gil.

= NHE h2lI CliI
DaVe and ItV,eri, tTo -cu,r men, noted for
their careful toilets, boar rttd a, house where
the servant glr' took their hair oils, teoth
"sshes' ana 80 ;ho bruthes and cologne
water regardless of expense. The -oung men,
reomlng together, Wers in the habit of getting
pint ct hair oil made by the druggist sta
time and finally they wcJl in the habit Of find.
!n5 ths' pint of this costly hair wouldn't last
week, and that all the servant girls in the
house emitted the same perfume lAat they did.
II wac not long before they came o a Conclu.
s'on IN the matter. 20 one ey> nag, when the
ualr oil cruise was empty, took the bottle which
coh1alned II, and stFalrht they wcnt 10 the
drug store. There was clerk, and a mixture
OF various articles il rirt bottle, and the fol-
lowing was marked Oh the prescription book az
the cnttents:
"Of lac sssefn'ida, which, for the Informs.
ION OF cur readers we will state, is highly
concentrated extract Of that delicious druF-of
this one ounce
"Of qGor patassc, "a fluid celebrated fer
l's corrosive quality, having the power oftaks-
ing the hair off dog in ten seconds,) halfan
ounce.
" OF basam fir, Che s'ckiest and gummiest ar.
ticle knowR,) one Ouucr.
"Of alcohol, TO make the ingredients fluid,
half pint.
This was well shuck,' a. depested in the
usual place occupied by TIE hair oil. The next
(Sunday,) Dave snd Bob dressed themselves for
church, and after finishing, travelled dowa
stairs. But they eecreted themselves in a room
adjoining theirs, where they could see every.
thing that went on. Alter the people Of the
house had gone, two of the servant girls came
into Dawes room.
whist" said a large, red-headed ene,
" Mlsther Dave has more Of the lie, and my
hair is a dry as powdher let's have a regular
fix up wild the folks all away.
This was acceaed 10, and all went 10 eiliaR
their locks, being very lavish Of the fluid, which
was quite thin, in consequence OF the alcohol.
ln few minutes red head says
"WhirrI, what smils SO !" with her nose
turned skyward.
"Sure it's the psrfume." interrupted a short
and dummy specimen with her hair down her
back.
Parfume, indade,' snys the red head, that's
not parfume, it's the rale bad SMELL
Meb6y,' says the dumpy, it's the Patch
Chewley. I've heard folks say that Patch
Chewley smiIls dreadful a fust a person must
get used to the smill before they likes it. Sure
it's a parfume used by the quality
This satisfied red head, and af.cr Thorough
'ieng they left the room. In about two hsurs
! the bOarders came home frem church.
Good gracious, what is il! Bless nv soul,
MIR. g., shall faint! Oh, my dear there musI
be an unelean animal in the room : and theu.
sand other expressions we're heard, as the
boarders got a sniS at the Patch Chewley,'
when they entered the house. The master
and mistress of the house were puzzled con.
founded, ind nant, and in vain endeavored 10
discover the locality of the smell At dinner
time thcr was not doZ" boardors at the table,
and those thai were tn, ,e rapidly thinking Of
ckng out, as the giIis who were lied saiI.
ing on them
Einally dinner was given up, md with doors
and wind opened, The int. les alternately
frOzs and Focated. The day was dire one
to them, b., : soon re awsy.
At nisnt ,Ae twa girls attempted to comb
their hair. The ohol had evaporated, leaV.
ing the balssm 8, II and honey, and they might
as well have tte,rpted TO cotrb bunck of
shIRgIes. AttIe first da h that red-head made,
her cuTb cauy'., and i,auencad by the pOtasss
at the roots, the wis mass OF the front hair
cams of red-h heads craniUm, Which abe discoV.
cred with yell that would have made a caDnibal
envioAs. The same result attended the rest Of
the hair, with the exception of enongh 10 Dc
Up as a seal plock, TO ornament with feathers,
IN Indian STYLE The two other girls met ths
same fate. and about ten o'clock that night they
might have been seen wrapping up their loss
Patch Chewley' locks in pieces of paper.
The next morning they were informed by the
mistress that she did not desire to employ bald.
headed servant glrs, and with their chists'
they departed in almcst a seal ped condition.
The discovery of Ds and Bob's connection
with the transaction was cot known till lately.
but their toilet articles since then have bees
as sacred from touch as the tomb of Pa.
lesline.