The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-05-02
! THE LOVE POWDER.

About the year 1916, a rather stout,
coarse looking man, apparently sonse
twenty. FIVE years Of age, came to my Of
fee and wished to speak with me aside !;
he was dutchman from up the river, ald
spoke our language rather imperfectly.--
Having got me aside, he stated his case
with very great solemnity. HeiprOrmed
me that he was in ,loye with q certain
young woman of his neighbothodd, who,
unfortunately did not return his affection.
This he assured me, was not owing to
any indispositon on her part; for she
was willing to love him If She could; and
in order to overcome the natural repug-
nance shefelt towards him, would con-
sent to any Feasible means. A love pow,
der most naturally suggested itself to his
mind, and he had called to procure one,
81 would haff got it out of our toctor to
home,n said he, "but / was afeard it
might leag out zum how or anoder, and
den | should be laughing stock to de
whole down, 20 as wos gummin to New
York, I fought ! might as veil git i here,
wot will you ak for one shtrong love pow.
der wat will do de bizness far de garl, and
make her love me like 10 tyyil all out"
AT first / cndeavored to reason with
him, on the folly Of endeavoring to excite
love by means Of powders, philters, no.
tions and the like, but l found my argu-
ments thrown away, then cndeavorcd
to laugh him out Of his project, but my
ridicule like my arguments, fell harmless
to the ground; finding bim resolute or
having the love powder, come wha
would, I concluded to give him some
thing which would satisfy him Iaccorl
ipgly put up the powders of tartar emet
ic, Of five grains each, telling him it wa
necessary he should take powder as vel
as the girl, iu order to produce the de
sired effect. ~ Is IN 80
"But I pc in lofe noy Doctor said he
"dose not need any Of de bowder to max
me lofe more as / do, now what 10
shou d dakc it den." AZ Iii 5r,
You must take it said l, otherwise tn,
powder will have no effect upon the girl
nBut den l sh III haff TO pay for dw
powders instead of one"
l then gave him directions to dissolv
the powders in water, and to take on
himself, and give the girl the other 0
the same time, and that they should b
shut up together in the san room at tn
time Of taking the powder, and SO on ft
three hours, thereafter, when-I assure
him, they would induce a remarkable q
feet. The fellow went away, well please
with the favorable determination to hi
love suit and | thought little more of tn
subject. except occasionally to laugh I
myself at the physical effect Of the lov
powder would be likely to produce on tn
amorous dutchman and his dulcinca :
How far they were likely to produce tn
desired effect | could not of course deie
mine but the result would not ipall
prove injurious to the health of the pa
! ties, l was well satisfied. 1t was SOM
what like year after this, thai walkin
one day in the street, / came plump ape
my patient started like Macbeth at Il
ghost Of Banquo,-I would have ayoi
ed him, and for this purpose | lodged il
to the Hotel just opposite. But fe
often brings the catastrophe which i seel
to avoid; and the consciousness Of gui
copiures up dangers, where in reali
none are to be apprehended. My notiol
we're undoubtedly suspicious, and Il
dutchman detected me the sooner for Q
tempting to dodge him at all events :
He followed me into the hotel, and wi
very angry counterance began 80 %
"Bes you not dc tCctor wat gin me l.,
powders dwelve month ago2'H pm
/! what !; j doctor / give you lo'
powders, said 1, appearing to be vast
surprised at this question; you must ce
tainly be mistaken in the man 7 7o5 20
"Py G-tI plieye you pc do man
persisted the Dutchman, "you look
much like him as Won egg does to ano
DER No, my good friend, says | "
must be mistaken in the mani But VIII
is the story of yours about the love po'
der, continued l; wishing tolearn the c
feet they had produced, as we'll perha
as mischievously to afford spcrt to Il
company in the barroom. "Was it
shtory?" 'vy mishter toctor, de lofe po
der aidn't do at oil, dey was all Won ia
cheat dey vos noting more as Won vi
, tattere mattocks, vot makes bcople bul
dcir insides ont, When | goes home
shuts mineself up in room NIT Katariu
and We dakes ons bowder, and toder
/. bowder, just so as yon told me, den. J
, waits for de operation !. py aud py, !
Q grows sick in de shtdmaoh tinks /, "
:. for a, tyyel of an operation i. dis dat max
me feel so all apout do hort ribs,
1 Heart and de shtemach But says n,
/ ting at ALI hopiu 'twould oil durn out
!. de pest, Py and .py we pegins, pote
: as, to % Just like dc sea in D dune
q shtorm. oh how sick Ilpe, says Ka
ripa, den she grows bale as q corps, "a
n Ttought she would 'vains SO fputs !
. arm round her yais. to hold her up7-wh
!! py Got, We pote on us at once begins
d cry, New Yorg, New Yorg, aud by k
! cious, you never seen any pody gsst
aggounts as we did. Dere was put
winter in de room, and we couldn't
out, de.door pccause / logs il and trs
away do key when l first comes in, .
: so @e Fote shticks our heads out Of
= Lvinder and d,bukes, and Dukes; aud bpE
< !, YOU never seen de like 10 all de days