Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-07-09
FOUNDER OF MANY PILLS.
A Glimpse Of the Drug Clerk Mixing Up Pol.
sons In Little White Pellets,

Glimpse OF the Drug Clerk Mixing Up Pol.
sons in Little White Pellets.
There is little doubt that the youthful
mind of Theophilus, John or Dickv is
often fired when reaching up after a
glass of soda-water, with a wild desire
to become a drug clerk. The aspect
OF the gorgeous person who stands be-
hind the handicapped counter and
ever beams on the army Of the heated
who beslege him for draft of the tizzy
fluid minds the boy to imagine that
whole summer long with free soda
water constantly within reach would
be quite an ideal state of existence.
Yet the urchin would find the reality
which turks behind this romantic
vision quite different sort of thing.
1t may be that some persons can see,
as 1t is claimed, a certain distinction
OF bearing in the manner of the clerk
according TO whether he is selling q
toothbrush or wrapping up a chest
protector. But such fanciful halo
transeendent spirituality invests HIM
only in the eyes of q few hero-wor-
shippers. To ordinary people he is only
a hard-workcd mortal particularly
interesting when he IS recommending
some new patent nostrum, or pounding
pills himself in the little shop back OF
the store. For him, to be sure, quart
measure, yard-Stick and rough scales
became graduated glasses. horn spoons
and spatulas and finely adjusted scales
on which hair is a large quantity.
His hours are long, for he appears
among his perfumes and his poisons
at Z O'Clock, nor does he crawl away
from them much before 10 at night.
When he does retire to dreams of mix
ing EPSON salts with castor oil to re.
move the glanders he has a bell within
an inch of his elbow and speaking
tube as near his mouth. Bv these he
is often summoned at the dead of
night to dole out medicines.
He is proficient at washing bottles.
Tor when he entered the store as n
small boy he was set to doing that,
with many warning not to leave any
straw in them. But he remcmbercs
his David Copperticld," and with the
"l'uSo tha' CharleS DlckenS was
i's partner IN inc trade, chcerfully
ie"rhS long LatIh names Tor herbs and
uiues WIN tnelr common English
tqules"IentS' lie Is rather an interest
ing figure when hotaacs mp one of DIR.
Phussyman'S prescriptions, written in
.n"' DarOarouS hahl In which the
pnys'clan Always ihduIgcs. The pa
'i'nl VI 'ho PatIehl relative who
@eollics @ III WIN 'he important bit OF
paPcI usually Is very curious to know
"ha' tlat lncuicihe Is Tor. But the
Young druggist Is an adept at talking
sooG uGal without saying anything
ana tells MS lnq'llsitor something that
sallSieS 'he mlhd without disclosing
tne uoctot secret. For the physician
Hileh Hileh uoes not want the patient to
I, Ni'ow ior what 'ne treatment is being
"'lh'n'Stereu' ahu your Keen druggist
always keeps on inc sunny side OF as
many doctors as he knows how. But
1t Is eSPeclally when he retircs into the
seGiusioh ii OF ms piIl-pounding den to
PoiiSn up the KNOB OF his peStlc against
uTuTS OF an SORTS that the young man
.ea.ly holuS our interest, Here it is
tna' nc most nearly approaches the
ora aIchcmlSt with which he is inevita-
ply more or less associated, and with
hunuTeus OF polsons, aromatic or
nlaiouorous herbs all about him with
potion of some sort in pot at his side
lic occomcs almost uncanny. Tidied
up ior Visitors to inspect, the pharma-
clSl Heh Is neat and huSlness.like
room IN appearance, but take ii when
lihctures, pills, face-waSh. bittcrs or
powders are IN preparation and the
very confusion pIcaSeS one as much as
II sweet disorder IN the dress did
olI hopert ncrrlek.
hehlnd ms table, with glass tunnels,
Graduated glasses, spalulas, scales,
Jnrs' hahd'prcsS and grinding-ma-
cIIhG' whose very array promises the
pIcWlnS OF some sana'iveS, stands the
ap9thecary' folSons in such quality
ana number that Alcdca's eyes would
nave ia'rIy gilstcned are about. But
IN, Inc scene Is harlly a peaceful ono,
Inc modern combination of witch,
herD DOCTOR and seekers for the
phlioSopher stone putters briSkly
ABOUT NOW ne cuts up these herbs
ana pressing them ina solution, strains
OH ms desired llIld. lie grinds chunks
Sl sollus IN ms collee'mill to powder.
NJ Near Oy harSs ms metric weight tables.
lhere lsa lltllo mortar for plasters,
another Tor pilIS and a third for cmul-
SlohS' ne rNDs ihe ingredients rapid
~ together and then runs in gum
arabic 10 make the mass plastic. Get
tihg II OF the required consistency, he
places 1t on wooden board, on one
end OF which is grooved brass plate.
Flaltening the compound out on this,
ne taxes another board made to fit
down on TINS and with alternate
grooves, Pressing this down and rub
Ding II along on the other, the MASS ~
cur INTO long, slender pencil-like
Dodies' Inc pills are picked of from
TINS and rolled to a spherical form be-
i n An aIaaa al .