Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-02
a DRUGGISTS RESERVATIONS.
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[St Psal Pioneer Prsss-
Remarked q Wabasha street dEczxiss
= have sss1 II stated In aA EastsFE
nsSspspsF thai hcorics e6swing bas be-
come a f4yefits cGsto1n sGoug ths LADIES
taas they ara IN the haiti u bs's iss Il oy
tie nss-doilar paexazs, aad tat tas
champions uoag tie fsnals ens~ers sat
up oas ~ ii sss u taadlss Ia Aboet tss0
@ssks. Nov, Il there i @ay such craze
as that. Is hasa't sss ack t1ls section sf tRs
country yst. All I've seen B0thlag % Ia
dicats tbat Ne are threatened With .
hcorice crazs. lt 10 very raFely yosa VII
see . &onlaa ehssiaZ, although some OF
them DO take t0 iieorics little
occasionally As matter Of fact, how
ever, ~s have haf ~ run on such things
for ten years. sat 1 suppose the reason
there 5 less call for hcories root, slippery
elm and gum nov than there ~as then Is
that nearly all the druggists have added
candies . their stock Ia trade. People come
in and instead OF buylng soinething 70
chew On get candy. They think they ob-
tain a better quality at q drug store than
they could ct az an ordinary candy shop.
Although am In the business myself, l
am free 20 state that that idea Is mis-
taken one. We sell the best candies, bus
the best candies are obtainable at any
nrst-class candy shop. Speaking of things
% chew, Pye known people TO masticate
tola gum Now that's hard stun 10 chew,
because lt sticks 70 the jaws, and once In
tse mouth is difiic lt 70 get out again Ii
gives person a sOrt of lockjaw. We tell
people about that when they call for the
gun; but some Of them IL they happen 10
be little bis pig-headed, won't believe us,
aud insist on having the gum. The next
We hear ffom them is that they come
around aud give rs good blowing up for
selling them the article, claiming it Was
MT OF the right kind.
~We sell some taffy tOlu, but down South
thsre is perfect rage for it. A gen le-
inan from Louisville told me that III tha
city every other person one meets on the
street is chewing this gum. IL Is sold 10y
all sorts of dealers, and even the newsboyi
and boOtblacks do a thriving business ped
ding it out. Well, there's no craze fo
ncorice root, but down there there seem
70 be one for tolu. As we are speaking o
crazes, let me tell you OF a very amusing
craze that developed right here in st. Pau
in 1859. Nearly all the druggists keep
little gum benzoin on hand. At the stor
where was then employed We had abou
ten pounds. There was ordinarily very littl
call for the article, but all of a sudder
there sprang up a demand for gun
benzoin. Ladies' fairly poured into tn
store, each 70 order one ounce Of gum ben
zoln aud halt a pint Of whiskey. Druggist
| in various parts of the city sent around 4
US for supplies. We didn't know what Il
make OF IT, The ten pounds soon gave out
and we had to telegraph east for more. In
side of month, l presume, at least fiv
hundred pounds Of gum benzoin were sol
to the ladies of this city. Then the craz
let up nearly as suddenly as 1t came OF
When we got at the bottom facts in tn
matter we found that there had been
woman here from the east, lecturing to fe
males only, and she had recommended
mixture Of gum benzoin, whisky an
water for the complexion.