Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-11-21
Socal Gaaffers.
ALONG THE WAY.


bounsiss are many snd within the means Of
most people. II such day - next Thur
day Doesn't swsken . pleasant train Of
though, ia your minds. then be assured
something Is wrong.
We learn Of one Augusta young MAJ,
who viii take . j,uraey Of $50 miles solely
for the purpose Of sitting down with his
family here to Ell y . Thanksgiving dinner,
being obliged to return after . three or four
hours stop in the city. This grand old New
England custom Of Thanksgiving day will
surely be perpetuased by such men IS be
"A druggists business has become in
stead Of manufacturing different medicines
the mere memodziog and handirg Of the
medicines that the laboratories prepare for
you. has il NIT?
So asked . druggist yesterday while he
vas FASTING on label.
He looked anything but pleased. 'Do
look .. il devoted myself to the mental
strains Of memorizisg a. the expense Of
physical force: q be said ~ he paused nc
ment "Tve been ia the business over twelve
yesrs and don't believe that in that time
between the time come down in the morn
isg till si1 o'clock at nigh. have spent
altogether three hours in sitting down in
my sore That doesn't look ~ if spent
my time in memorizlng."
Well a. matter Of fact you don's WELD /
the mortar and pestle so often and devote |
- much time to making pills - formerly
"Perhsps not, though that Is rather
general question. We dom. grope around |
amid such a labyrinth of old drugs that
have bad their day we don't spread so many
plasters; we once had to make all these
plasters that now are all made and sold |
US. Pills are, for perhaps the greater part,
made, and we buy them by the Wholesale
and yet only fer days age myself made |
between 800 and 900 in one day. The ply |
siciaas have formula Of their own and we |
get 9 great many pills made according to
these formulas. they sre made up and sold
to Us in large quantities. But it frequently |
happens that the physician wishes to vary |
from this formuls in . particular case
Then they come to us to make the pills 80
you see we are obliged to keep our hand in. |
as they cay"
1t must bother you somewhat to keep
u with the new preparations?
Well, it does. The pbysici ans Of today |
read = great deal and keep we'll posted on
all the new preparations 20 that compels us
10 do the same"
There's one new method that the old |
ply stefan who has made his reputation will
never take up. and that's writing their pre-
.criptions according to the metric system.
don't know but two writing their prescfip. |
tons in this system" 49,.
What do you think of the plan for one
drug store to keep open all day Sunday the
different druggists tskiag turns in so doing
~ done believe in 1t at ali. How can it
work when one man comes to get the came
bottle Of medicine that be bss been taking
and the prescription is on another mans
books?"
There are lots of people," continued the
druggist, 'twho think that the druggist has
not only an easy time Of it but the art Of
turning all things into gold as we'll. Nov
there are nine drug stores in Augusta, 3
city of about IL, 600 inhabitants, two drug
stores in Rsllowell and eight in Gardiner.
Nov While there 10 better feeling
among the druggists Of this county
than can be found elsewhere in the State
owing in great degree to the efforts of the
Kennebeo Valley Drug Association. yet Of
course where there are so many we are
obliged to keep our eyes open and our wits
at work We are obliged to know vastly
sors, yes more in comparison with general
intelligence on such matters; we are subj sct
to calls st any time of night or day; we
are cup posed il person is injured and
brought to Us to know Just what to do till
the doctor comes"
Ard that reminds me of the call q Vas
s.boro druggist received one night. 1t was
soLut M dnight and he was called down BY
two women who wanted to buy two cents
worth of gun drops. Speaking Of our
troubles you think moment and you will
see that it is impossible for the druggist to
20 out for the evening or be 4gulaf At
tendaat on the socisbles, calico bslis, etc.
though he always buys ticket. He has
got TO leave someone in the store that under
stands the drug profession. II he were
selling boots ard shoes he could call
ia q friend to tend store for him
aud then il the customer got al
wrong pair he could bring them back. II
the customer gets the wrong poison q: the
drug store the chances are that he won'i be
able to briog it bsck AID get IL changed"
But the label had been securely stuck
several minutes before and three customers
were Waiting 50 the druggists narrative was
draw to q close.