Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-19
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Washington Cor PAilddeLphia Recoyd
John Law-nOt related to the Missis-
sippi le-distinguished in that. a
member of Congress from Indiana him
self during the war of the rebellion. he
had father in Congress during the war
with Mexico and grandfather in Con-
gress during the war of the Revolution.
used to tell "A story every time he came to
Washington about Senator MacDOugaIl,
OF California, who was in Congress with
him during the war. Washington was
full OF holes and quagmirCs, and the
Senator from California was freauentIV
full of spirits. So it was not surDrisinr
that he found hismelf one dark night
ut the bottom of a deep sewer in
one of the principal avenues. He strug-
gled FOR awhile to get out, but finally re-
laNed his efforts, and rolling over i'm the
mud went quietly to sleep. In the early
morning some passing policemen, peering
into the sewer, saw the Senator there. and
straightway drew him up. He was a very
funny looking object, slime from head to
foot. But his wit was as keen as ever.
''Who are you, anyway%' demanded one
OF the policemen, shaking him impatien-
tly. ''Well," said the statesman. Eslast
night | was Senator MacDougall, of Cali
fOrnia; but this morning | seem to be
severed" The expression on the face
of the solemn Secretary of State when he
first heard this joke may be easily imagi-
ned.
Yes said the druggist, Il remember
very well the great medicine sale on Hill
ton Head, ). c., just after the war Hill
ton Head had been Il great stOrehOuse of
medicines for years. 1t had supplied
camps and hospitals all over that region.
so when the sale was advertised it at
tracted great deal of attention A num-
Der of great druggists and chemists i'm the
Leading cities arranged to pool their is
sues and buy the bulk of the stuff at GER
tain fixed prices. | was keeping a little
store in town near Hilton Head at the
time of the sale, and being in need of
few little things went down. | had a price
list OF recent date in my hands, and soon
saw that things were going very cheapIv
so bid on some halfdOzen articles, and got
them, too, and at very reasonable prices.
Az noon the auctIOneer rested, and we all
took dinner. AS we were STANDING
around afterward pOrtly old gentleman.
whom L had observed among the bidders
came to me and said: DO you propose to
buy much at the sale" No. SAID; Just
few things Represent anybody but
yourself ? he asked. NO. | replied: mo
one but myself I'll give you hundred
dollars he said quickly but quietly, If
you give me that price list you have and
go away and stay away until after the
SALE Say $780, said sand I'll
go.' lie gave me $3.50 without
word. l gave him the price-list and went.
OF course, he was in the ring. Those
fellows got those drugs, the market value
of which was about 81, 800, 600, for S2,OOO.-
600. They could we'll afford TO buy off
humber bidders. But that little transac-
tion, profitable as it seemed, broke many
of them. You see, when they got back to
their establishments with their purchases.
they found that in every case where the
drugs could be cOunterieited they had
been. Somebody had, in the years of their
long residence on Hilton Head, gradually
converted the drugs into gold and substi-
tuted something that looked in each case
like the stolen goods, lt was CHASTITY
Joke"