Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-02-11
TRIALS OF A DRUGGIST
DAVID HILL.

TRIALS OF A DRUGGIST.
DAVID HILL
| think [ am safe in stating that
not three men out Of every five drink
spirituous or malt liquors for the love
of the liquor itself. It is for the ex-
hllarating effects it gives at the time,
and the intoxication it renders after
wards. Such men, at least certain
portion of them, if they cannot pro-
cure liquors in an unadulterated state,
will accept them medicated with such
nauseating ingredients that, to use a
honlelF expression, they would make
horse sick. / will describe an in
stance of this kind in the following
anecdote, by introducing a man who
"Wanted that Prescription Renewed"
Some months since a rather intem-
perate man came into my store,
walked boldly up to the counter, and
said:
"Say, l want three ounces of pull
verized liquorice root mixed with
eight ounces of proof alcohol. I
want it for my wife; can you put it
up?"
I answered in the affirmative, pre-
pared him the mixture as he request
ed, and he departed. Two hours had
hardly elapsed, however, before the
same man returned, placed the same
bottle / had given him upon the
counter, and said:
81 would like to have you renew
that prescription"
"What! has your wife taken the
other so quick?' %
"Taken the other? No. That cork
didn't half stay in, and the contents
all run out. Look at this?
Here he showed me his pocket
which was slightly saturated with the
contents of the bottle. Judging by
the looks, however, that it was only
q put up job, said:
"See here; that cork story is q
little too thin. If you want that pre-
scription renewed you will have to
take it with another Ingredient
every well," he replied, "put it
up to suit yourself. I guess it will
be all right. -
So I added an ounce of the COM
pound tincture of gentian to the orig
inal prescription, and after telling
him what / had done, he paid me,
took his bottle, and departed again.
Hardly an hour had passed before
he again entered the store, took out
that same bottle, and said:
II would like to have you renew
that prescription
"Well, what's up now; another
cork out? p
"No-not exactly. You see met
a friend
"And treated him with the medi-
cine that was put up for your wife.
Here-take my hat. I'll give you the
credit of possessing the most refined
and unadulterated cheek of any man
in the country. You can CO.
"What! won't you put it up as {
prescription ?"
"No; not unless l mix it will
chain lightning and axle grease"
every well-very we'll, }" he replied
'put it up to suit yourself, I guess
it will be all right
So added an ounce of tincture OF
columbo to the other ingredients, re
filled the bottle and he departed once
more.
Now what | state may seem lik'
an exaggeration of the truth; bu
during the day that same individual
entered my store, took out that same
bottle as he had previously done
,1lano1 ~ hn on1 cold
I'll would like TOTO have yo,
renew that prescription"
/ looked that man in the face for
full half minute before [ could form
any language that was proper to ut
ter. At last I asked: "See here ; d.
you pretend to say that you drank
) actually drank that last mixture
put up?"
"D-don't pretend to s-say anythin!
about it. D-don't make any preten
sions to s-say anything
"Arn't you sick 2"
; 'S-slck? never felt so happy in a
my-hic-life. Sayl would like t
have you renew that prescription.
! ''Renew that prescription, sir-f
it again? No; I'll not put it up
you take the whole drug store with it.
And you can't put it up?''
eyes, sir, can; but, sir, won't.
"You-you won't-eh? Well, now
tha-thas all right. I-I'll let-let th
old woman-hic-sm of the bottle
: D-don't make no difference whic
one drinks it, you know, s'long it
in the family. I-i-hic-it's all I'll
same. Ira, la, la; / mean no offenct
YOU know. I-I-hic-"
, He went out and / saw him L
more.
ssGrunt it Out" THE above is an old saw sa
age as it is senseless. You can't 'grunt out' dy
nensia nor liver cofnDlaiDt nor nervousness if tn