Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1882-12-08

tAOA - ~ e---H- i*1e- eNt-t' "a
frowsy," said the grocery man to
his clerk, in the presence Of the
bad boy who was standing with his
back 10 the stove, his coat-tail psrt-
ed and cigarette in his mouth.
May be it's me that smells frow-
sy," said the boy, as he put his
thumbs in the arnholcs ofhis vest,
and spit at the keyhole in the door.
81 have gone into business y "by
thunder ! believe il is you," said
the grocery man as he went up 70
the boy, snutied couple Of times
and then held his hand to his nose.
"Tl4e board Of health Will kerosene
you ifthey ever smell that smell,
and send you 10 the glue factory.
What business have you gone into
to make you smell SO rank?" We'll
you see pa begun to think 1t WAS
time i learned a trade or = profess
sion, and he saw a sign in a drug
store window, boy wanted and
as he had a boy he didn't want, he
went TO the druggist and got a job for
me. This smell on me VII go Off
in few weeks. You know want
ed to try all the periumery in the
store, and after L had got about
forty different extracts on my
clothes, another boy in the store
he fixed up a bottle of benzine
and sssafety and bripstone and a
whole letof other horrid s.uT | just
wallcred in it. It is awful, amt it?
Ii kerliumniixed ma when l went
into the dining room The first night
] went home from the store, and
broke pa all up. He said | remind
ed him Of the time when they had
litter Of skunks under the barn.
The air seems fixed around where
| am, and everybody seems to
know who fixed it, A girl came
into the store yesterday to buy a
sachet, and there wasn't anybody
there but me, and / didn't know
what il was; and took down every
thing in the store pretty near, be-
fore ! found it, and then ! wouldn't
have found it only the proprietor
came in. The girl asked the pro-
prictor if there wasn't a good deal
OF sewer gas in the store, and then
he told me 10 go out and shake my.
self. j think the girl was mad at
me because | got a nursing bottle
out of the show ease with a rubber
and asked her ii that was
what she wanted. Well, she told
me that a satchet was something
for the stummick, and | thought
nursing bottle was the nearest thing
to it. IL should think you would
drive all the customers away from
the store, ed, the grocery man,
as he openedtfo door to let the
fresh air in. "I don't know but ]
will, but / am hired for a month
on trial and ] shall stay. You see,
shan't practice on anybody but
pa for a spell, ! made up my mind
to that when ! gave woman some
salt instead of powdered borax,
and she came back mad. Pa seems
to want 10 encourage me and is
willing to take any thing / ask him
to. lie had 9 sore throat and
wanted something for it, and the
boss druggist told me 70 put some
tannin and chlorate Of potash in a
mortar and grind it, and l let pa |
pound it with mortar, and while
be was pounding it l put in a
couple Of drops Of sulphuric acid,
and it exploded and blowed pas
hat clear across the store, and pa
was whittier than sheet. He said |
be guessed his throat was all right
and he wouldn't come near me that
day. The next day he came in
md j was laying for him. / took
! white sedletz powder and a blue
me, and dissolved them in separate
classes, and when pa came in
lsked him il he didn't want some
emonade, and he said he did, and
gave him the sour one and he
frank 1t. lie said it was too sour
md then / gave him the other glass
bat looked like water, to take the
aste out Of his mouth, and he
frank it. Well, sir. when those
wo powders got together in pas
tomach and began TO sis and foam
nd steam, pa pretty near choked
0 death, and the suds came out Of
is nostrils and his eyes stuck ont,
nd As soon as he could get his
'rcath he yelled IRE, and said he
vas poisoned, and called for q doe
or, but l thought as long as long
s We had doctor right in the
amily there was no use Of hiring
ne, SO ! got stomach pump, an
would have had him bailed out
n no time only the proprietor
anne in and told me to 60 and wash
ONE bottles, and he gave pa a
lrink Of brandy, and pa said he
rlt better. Pa has learned where