The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1883-04-18

$50. IN the presence Of the had boy, who was
,ls-l;nr With his hack 10 the stove, bis coat
~ partea With his hands and cigarette IN
bis mouth. =, II
"Navbs II is me that smells frowsy," said |
n. h,v. AZ be put Lis thumbs in the arm |
beles q his vest and and spit al the keyhole |
n ths door. 81 have gone into business.
"By thunder, believe it IS you, said the
-rocerynan. As be went up to the boy, snutfed
a ccurle Of times, and then held his hand to
his nose. "Tbe hoard OF health will kero-
ssne ycu, If ever they smell that smell, and
send you to the glue factory. What business
have you gone into that makes you smell 50
rank ?"
swell, you see, pa begun to think 1t was
tins / learned trade or profession. and he
saw a sign il . drug store window, Boy
wanted and Is he had boy he didn't want,
he went 10 the drusgis; aud got the job for
ne. This smell on me viii 30 OF IN lew
-e.ks. You know | wanted TO try all the
petfumery in the store. and AFTER | had got
sbou, forty different kinds Of extracts on my
cloths. another boy that worked there he hxed
I'D . bottle Of bsuzine and Sssafeiy, and brine
stone. and q whole lot OF other horrid stnf.
sri labeled !. rose geraniuru, and guess |
les. vslle7ed 10 it. Il is awful, aIn't II II
kerfummixsi M when l went into the dining
room the frs. night that got home from the
store, and broke p all up. He said IT.
minded him Of the time that t-cy had Z litter
@. poIe-ca.s under the tsrD. The air seems
s1ed around where an, and everybody seems
&c know who fixed it \ girl cane into the
store Yesterday 10 buy . sachct, and there
want ANYBODY there but ne, and l didn't
know what il was, and took down everything
IN the store, pretty near. before found 1t, and
thsn l wouldn't have found It Gully the pro
prietor came in. The girl asked the proprie-
Tor If there wasn't good deal Of sewer gas IN
he store, and he told me 10 90 out and shake
rnyself. I think the girl was mad with me
because 20. nursing bottle gu! Of the shcw-
c,se. with 4 rubber nuzlle, and asked her II
that was what she wanted Well, she told NE
. sache. was something for Tie stummick, and
thought ! nursing bottle was the nearest
thing 10 it.
al should think YOU would drive all the
customers away from the store, said the
.roceryaisn. Us he opened the door TO let the
fresh air IN.
al deaf know bat will, but am hired
FOR month IN trial, and ] shall stay. You
see, shan't practice on anybody but pa for
spell. / made up my mind to that when ! gave
. woman some salt instead Of powdered bOTaS'
and abe come lack mad. Pa seems 10 want 10
encourage ME, and is willing 10 take anything
ask him to. He had : sore throat and want,
Il something for it, and the boss drugger told
ne % put no some tannin and chloTaie Of pot
.sh in a mortar. and while lie was pounding
1roppei in q coCplc Of drops Of u'phuric acid,
aud it exploded and blowed pas hat clear
.cross the store, and Pc was winter than
sheet. He said he guessed his throat was all
right. and he wouldn't come near me again
that day"
"The next DAY pa Caule III and was laying
for him. ! .ook white seidlitz powder and
a blue one, and | dissolved them IN separate
classes and when pa came in | asked hin II
he didn't want some lemonade, and he said be
did, and gave him the sour one and he drank
Il. He said it was too sour aud then gave
him the other glass, that looked like water, 10
AXE the taste cut Of his mouth, ana he drank
Il. We'll, sir, when those two powders got
together in pas stomach, and began to sis
and steam and foam, pa pretty near choked to
Death, and the srds came out Of his nostrils,
ard his ewes stuck out, and as soon as he could
ge. his breath he yelled fire. aud said be was
poisoned, and called for doctor, but thought
ss long as we had doctor right in the family
there was no use in hiring one. 50 | got stom-
.ch pump, and / would have had him bated
out in no time, when the proprietor came IN
aid told me to 20 and wash some bottles, and
he gave pa drink Of brandy, and pa said he
felt better. Pa has learned where We keep the
liquor, and he comes in two or three times a
Gay with pain in the stomach.
"They play awful mean tricks On boy IN
a drug store. Tho first day they put chunk
of some sort Of blue into the mortar and told
me to pulvcrise it, and make it up into two
Vii I ~ f1Yaf chr
al the forenoon and it never pulyeriEed at all,
ard the boss told me to hurry up as the woman
vas waiting tor the pills, and mauled It till l
was nearly dead, and when it was time to 60
70 supuer the boss came and looked into the
uor.er, and took out the chunk and said, You
dun fool, you have been pounding all day on
u chunk Of india rubber instead Of blue mass
Well, how was | to know? But l will get
even with them if l stay there long enough,
and don't you forget it. II yen have have
prescription you want filed you come down
70 the store and l will put it up for you NY
self, ard then you will be sure to get what yen
pay for
"Yes," said tie groceryman, as he cut OF Z
piece Of Limburser cheese and put It on the
stove 10 purify the air in the room, 4" should
laugh to see myself taking any medicine You
put up. You will kill some one yet by giving
son. poison instead Of quinine. But what has
your pa got his nose tied up for? He looks as
though he had had fight"
"0h, that was from my treatment He had
! wart on his nose. You know that wart.
You remember how the minister told hin if
other peoples business had button hole in
il, Do could button the wart in the button hole
a. he always had his nose there. Well, told
pa / could cure that wart with caustic, and he
said be would give me five dollars if conld
cure IT: so took stick Of caustic and burned
he wart off, but guess burned down into
the nose . little, for it sweled as big as lob