The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-08
Sc. with the psrtispertats.
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"Now, You might struggle with that
writing all night before Q discovered
that it meant tiye ceuts' worth Of pre-
cipItAte."
The druggist brought out a psstsboard
box full of udd and ends Of papers aud
saio: Il have kept q few samples Of sne
kind of prescriptions Q druggist In y
tenement n~eighoornood Is expected to
unravel.
las a rule, these prescriptions are
well known household remedies, and are
written by a member OF the family aud
are sent TO the dru9glst by Que OF shs
small children. Long experiences with
all sorts Of scrxwls, aud " struggle OF hf-
team years with I'LL manner OF spelling,
have enabled me 20 arrive &C the Cons
clasiou OF what is wantsda at hotns until
l almost believe / could translate the
writings or al Egyptian obsltsk. Here
are some Of the family prescriptions that
have made. me grAynairso before my
time:-This one reads, Caster Ale and
paragic,' that Is easy To translate
into castor oil and paregoric. THIS.
with rodents. bat is simply q cali for ex-
tracts Of roots. 'Bullous Bills means
bilious pills. 'Crsaniertarter' Is phousti<
cally ali right. Here is 81 order from a
mar who had q general idea OF what he
wanted when he wrote for Quick Panlic
cour. he meant SwitFA Specific, aud he
go: 1t quick. THIS QUO might puzzle
some people, Away Tor a fisick,' i sea {
aloes. and I guess that servs4 the pur-
pose.
"INsEx PoDER FOR BEDS.
Here 10 one Luat leave no doubt as to
what was desired, even il tue spellin g
wasn't according to Webster:-'Tsn cents
Iusex Poder for neis.' The person VINO
sent for coat bolsorn' doubtless, had "
c0t6 The mnehAP wn0 WrnC0 fur fS4rnH
of swirl for paoy 4 mouths old wanted
syrup of squills. This prescription reads,
Rush all Salcs,' aad issan attsmp t to
write Rochelle salts in tbs phonetic
style. Here is one that explains itself:
Black hair restorer for black hair. ,
bine bare lneant Peruvian bark. 10 G.
Keaeiue' 10 one ~ Of writing ten graius
Of ouiniue. olive ways Is one OF tue
ways aloes is written by those who don't
know how. Eere Is n prescription that
looks AS IL IL was written BY German
comediau: 'GarboliK Essst eut Vase
liue,' aud IL means carDoile acid and
vsssiine. This scrawi reads 'Essens of
Anuies Sede.' aud might be the phonetic
way of writing essence Of anisessed.
Penny Rile' is easily deciphered as
penuyroyaf. Bella Dono' Is not q girls
name. but a prescription for b%ellaJona.
Tinker OF Muir is . call for tincturs OF
myfrn. Shlu AlZ foWQek ~ QUE way Oh
writing SeldIitz powder.
DRESSING o THE BALL.
"Tlls order Was evidently written by .
young lady dressing for q ball, 'ons car
mine box of swan down fe&sh COLOR She
got her face powder all right; IS C, nss
alchola,' mean alcohol; tSaddlers Builder
was q request for Seidlltz powder; comp,
catLarich pills. l made out Co be conl-
pound ~Gatnartlc pills; &c wsrth of Cork
Plaster ms&nt our plaster; SPIRITS of
n%eighture' simply meant spirits OF nttrs;
:Pommy stone' was a phonetic attempG &c
pumice stone; 'Odins Potosian for ru una
tism' was q rheumatic remeay. iodide OF
potassium,
Here are a few of the many ordsrs I
get where the selection Of the medicine Is
lett TO m~yseIf:-'Can you give ms some
thing TO stop The baby cryinRi' No; /
didn'G sand a gag. Here 10 M%uother:-
Send me ten cents worth OF something
to stop my AXE, The writer forgot TO
state where aud what kind Of an ache 1T
was. aud the little fellow who brought
the order didn't kuow where 1t wxa-a
coru or u toothache. This Que was also
indeinite:-'dere dr.. plese send inc some
medstne for tommy he is two six to
GO TO schOoie.s | was called out of my
bed one night by q little boy. VINO said:-
Papa is drunk again aud won't 60 TO
sleep. and maina sent me to get some
drops to put In his beer and make him
keep quiet"