Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05
HE BEcJ&fs a DRUGGIST.

Nv h.N. " lat j. Il that .i'lrIl- =,
;lh"ut thi- -trr,a 1t ~r,l., a. though
everything hai turned iruWS." -aid
the grocery man tn his clerk. in tn.
ir"~"ucr IF the bad boy. who W.
standing with ms back t. the stoke
hih c,at tail parted with hi, hands
;uId II cigarctt" in III lnnuth
"Mayh" it l. :hat smells FrnNy.
said the boy. IL he pu; his thumbs III
the annhulr- Of his vest. and ~p.t ii
the key hole III the door. Il have
gone INTO hu-inc-~.
BY tIlill,irr. | h.iicyc it Is You.
e;ud the grocery man. IL he went up
to the boy. ~uutl'cd Il couple cf times.
and thou held his hand to hi., no~".
The Board Of Health Will kerosene
yuu. if they ever smell that smell. and
send you to the %liIr factory " hat
cuisines, have yea gone into 10 make
you smell 80 rank ''
We'll. yuu srr pa begun to think
Ii WAS time | learned Il trade. or Il per
fc,sion. and he saw a sign in a drug
store window. boy wanted and as he
had boy hc didn't want, he went to
the druggist and got Il job for me.
This smell on me Will 90 OFF i'll Il few
weeks You know wanted To- try all
the pcrfuiucry insthc store and after
| had got about forty different rx
tracts on my clothes. another boy
that worked there he fixed up Il hot
tie of brnzinc. and a4safcty. and
birthstone. and Il whole lot of other
horrid stuff. and labeled it rose ger
anium,' and | guess just walIrrrd
in it. 1t is awful. amt it! 1t krr
tlummlXcd ma when | went into the
dining room the first night that | got
home from the store, and broke pa all
up. He said | reminded him of the
time that they had Il litter of skunks
un Ter the barn. The air seems fixed
around where | am. and everybody
seems to know who fixed it, \ girl
came in the store yesterday to buy a
satchet, and there wasn't anybody
there but me. and didn't know what
it was, and | took down every thing in
the store pretty near, before found
it. and then | wouldn't have found it
only the proprietor came in. The
girl asked the proprietor if there
wasn't a good deal of sewer gas in the
store. and he told me to 60 ont and
shake myself | think the girl was
mad at me because | got Il nursing
bottle out of the show ease, with Il
rubber nuzzle. and asked her if that
was what she wanted. Well. she told
me satchet was something for the
and l thought IA nursing
bottle was the nearest thing to it."
Il should think you would drive
all the customers away from the
store" said the grocery man. as hr
opened the door to let the fresh air
III.
Il don't know but | will. hut | am
hired for month on trial, and shall
stay. You see. | shant practice ON
but pa for Il spell. made
up my mind to that when | gave a
woman some salts instead OF pow
dcred borax. and she came back mad.
Pa seems to want to encourage me-.
and is willing to take anything that
| ask him to- He had sore throat
and wanted something for it. and the
boss druggcr told me to put some
tannin and chlorate of potash in a
mortar and grind it, and l let pa
pound it with the mortar. and while
he was pounding l dropped in a
couple of drops of sulphuric acid. and
it exploded and blowed pas hat clear
across the store. and pa was whittier
than a sheet He said he guessed his
throat was all right, and he wouldn't
come near me again that day. The
next day pa camei in and l was laying
for him ItOok a white seiillctZ pow
der and Il blue one. and dissolved
them in separate glasses. and when
pa came in l asked him if he didn't
want some lemonade, and he said he
did. and l gave him the sour one and
he drank it. He said it was too sour,
and then l gave him the other glass.
that looked like water, to take the
taste out of his mouth. and he drank
it. Well, sir. when those two pow
ders got together in pas stomach, and
began to Sis, and steam. and foam. pa
pretty near choked to death, and the
suds came out of his nostrils, and his
eyes stuck out. and as soon as he
could get his breath he yelled fire.
and said he was poisoned. and called
for n doctor, but thought as long as
we had doctor right in the family
there was no use of hiring one, so |
got stomach pump, and would
have had him bailed ont in no time,
only the proprietor came i'll and told
me to go and wash some bottles, and
he gave pa drink of brandy and pa
said he felt better Pa has learned
wLere we keep the liquor and he
in two CT three times a day
with a pain in his stomach. They
play awful mean tricks on boy in a
drug store. The first day they put
a chunk of something sort of blue into
a mortar, and told me to pnlverize it,
and then make it up into two grain
pills. Well, sir, l pounded that
chunk all the forenoon, and it never
pulverized at ali, and the boss told
me to hurry up as the woman was
waiting for the pills, and 1 mauled it
till l was nearly dead. and when it
was time to go to supper the boss
came and looked in the mortar and
said, You dun fool. You have been
pounding all day on chunk of India
rubber, instead Of blue mass Well,
how did 1 know! But Twill get even
with them if l stay there long enough.
and don't you forget it. If You have
a prescription you want filled you
come down to the store and l will put
it up for you myself, and then you
will be sure you get what you pay
for"
Yes said the grocery man. as he
cut off piece of limberg cheese and
put it on the stove. to purify the air
in the room, Il should laugh to see
myself taking any medicine you put
up Iou will kill some one yet. by
giving them poison instead ofqu.nine.
But what has your pa got his nose
fled I'm fOrl He looks as thouph hp