The Osceola times., 1884-04-12
DOSING on THE SLY.

"Another man drops in here every
other night and bolts single cathartic
pill each. "trip. | said to him the other
night, "Why don't you buy box of
those pills ahd take them home with
youY No. he replied, IF | did that
every one about the house would think
| was breaking down. and he took the
pill and went away. He'll be here to-
morrow night between 9 and 10 o'clock.
Oh he's taken so many pills that he
don't seem to mind swallowing them.
Most people, however, never grow TO
like pills. Last night man and a wo-
man came in and asked for two sugar
coated quinine pills. put them in
box and he said: Never mind the box,
we'll take them here He swallowed
one and dropped the other into half
tumblerful of water and drank it. The
water went down all right. but the pill
remained in her mouth and she chewed
it up and will awful grimaces swallowed
the bitter particles. Women and child
rem almost invariably chew pills before
swallowing them.
"A man dropped in the other evening
and asked for castor oil in gelatine cap
sules. He took three capsules from the
box, sat down in that chair, called for
a glass of soda water and put the glob-
nles in his mouth, but was unable to get
them down without chewing them. Yes,
it made him very sick, but he straight
ened up on some soda water and two
cathariic pills.
"Most people take water with their
pills, but there are many who insist on
having lemon juice, or honey, OF candy,
or sugar. or coffee, or beef tea to take
the flavor of the pellets out of their
mouth. If man would Just walk in
and get his pill. swallow it without feel
ing and examining and thinking of it,
they would not make as many WY faces
as they do. have seen man tumble
and fool with pill for ten minutes be-
fore he mustered up courage enough to
put in his mouth. No. it isn't pleasant
to look at the face ofa man who is strug-
Cling with a pill in his throat"
RHUBARB AND HONEY.
A mild-looking old man entered and
interrupted the conversation. "Rhubarb
pill" said the newcomer. As it was
| handed to him he said: "Now a spoon
| full of honey" The honey was brought
in measuring glass. Into it the old
man dropped the pill and swallowed the
mass with shudder.
ale comes here every few days." ex.
planned the clerk as the old man went
out. 81 never saw him take any but
rhubark pills. He told me that he las
been taking them for twelve years. Ev
cry now and then there will be a great
run on some pill made according to
some physicians prescription. Last
year we had pill of that kind for rheu-
matism and neuralgia, and after they
became known we sold from one to
two hundred day
Fifteen years ago old DR.. Gross com
pounded liver pill that made a great
deal of money for an Eleventh street
druggist who had the prescription, and
hundreds of people still buy these pills
at the same place. Every prominent
physician has at one time or another
prescribed pills that become popular
with ailihg people.
II cannot say exacty, but think we
average forty pill-takers in this store
every night. Yes, drop in some night
between eleven and twelve o'clock and
you will see me dealing out pills by the
dozen. Business is a trihe dull thus
evening"