Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-12-26

eminent railroad official and asked his ad-
vice rs to the best position to begin with.
"Wcil, my son, 80 said the genial magnatc
He Il shrcwd smile ripplcd across his ica
lures, there are two ways of going into
the railroad business and only two. one
Is To begin in the yard and work up, and
the other IS TO begin in the President
chair and work down. Take your choice
y good story is told at the expense Of
the Montpelier druggists, which, albeit
little old. has not we believe, appeared in
print before. \ gentleman who was
somewhat ekcptical as to the amount of
chemical knowledge possessed by the
genial dignitaricS of the soda fountain.
prepared a prescription the first ingredient
of which was "ChlOride sodium, > OZ.
Equipped with this, he went the rounds
Of the drug stores. At every one he was
Informed that the prescription could not
be made up. Chloride of sodium was not
to be had, they didn carry it III stock and
didn't know where he would find it. one
druggist informed him that it was an eX-
tr"mcly rare drug, but could be obtained
10y sending to the city The gentleman,
after having visited all the drug stores,
returned to the one where they told him
that chloride of sodium could be obtained
by sending to the city, and laid down Il
small brown paper parcel ON the counter.
There, said he, lis your chloride of
sodium
.llhpoSSlDIt eNclilllhGd the druggist.
! on couldh nave purchased 1t III tins
town"
but did"
You did where -
AT II grocer's'
"NOi What did you call for -
Salt-COmmOn salt
y well-known physician favored the
Idler fine nthpr dnv in u fiji of rrinurkohln
49,, - y ~
an" S"'''eN l"l "l'trI'lIlH c'n''or' WIN MS
views ON TN" medical profession.
"ThcrC is il pile of humbug in the mpdi
cal profession" said our candid disciplc of
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u.s. hnoN' var, iNier' Hl"lerh NcIcn'Io'N
" G@i "ii9toNrr'u 'ilu me h'I ur'u i'liIcicA
"l the n"IIlHn y n'Slh - 10 throw on uIS
''9'' shill"l pm, 'tIah can 90 II .ItlI'
'''i'''n"!!T /" i'HN'N' .N"'OIt ny hlIuIcI'P
,. colN.urflpi. more ny SWING TN" pa,
LtHl proper care ana nursing. hal : 'iI
Nv '''l W. III IIlIIt 'iN'N "'t' VI t'I SIGN
P'I9o" W III recover VIC, lcr ne mas p,"
'"r OF NOT tlu tlr ien' man VIII .di'
any Way, NoW' pearIUE ,illN IN MIMI II Is
uIN 'tH'ul opi'il"l ,'"t h'IiultlhG ne NoD,i
4ouc -! '"ptp!e physicians ana jh' Ill
zone ny 4u(ckS ana I@noramVNtN' tht net
Lr9.u, J. ! Us. 'lc sumo "T th41uu@h IheTc
,,nn,l I,ur Inv Tho .l-ilfrl j. n>-,r,lr ,tI..t
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and the quacks"
Bllt yon Know, continued the DOCTOR
ilo9t Pcopit are P"'!'lu 10 nav pm!
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C,'Vi a. ~ en- ~ ~
nave opctnr aro"iiu ana lhcN VIII nave
MN. frlnHlance. there was i'm old plum
living eight miles out of town who used to
he doubled M with stoma,h-achp every
two or three months u.,d tn oivr him
tLu same ru,,nLt n,.orr t;n,n nh nftnr
r. - ~ az" a.
loriS or Hi'H 'l,lcN ! i"lV nm "Oull
give MN Il STOCK ol the medicine ana ne
could take ii himself. instead of calling me
ill., But no: that wouldn't do he must
have IA doctor. 50 Ec ALWAYS sent into
town rnr mo lie ,vns in,nrinhly t,l,nu
sick in the night and the niaht was alwav,
darker than the inside of n COW. and il
generally rainrd. so you can imagine how
| pleasant Il time had. driving rilTht miles
and back. But that's lust the way with
the majority of mankind. They seem to
! think that if the doctor is there he can
| hold ON their coat tails and prevent 'rm
from living INTO Paradise"
And that reminds me of another thing. ''
resumed the misanthropic phvsiclan. "and