The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-07
Sc. with the pertispertate.

"Now, You might struggle with that
writing all night before you discovered
that it meant hvs cauts' worth Of pre-
cipitate."
The druggist brought out a p~asteboa'd
box full Of Odds aud ends of papers aud
sRia: Il have Kept q few samples of the
kind of prescriptions q drusxist IN 4
tenemsnt neighoornood is expected to
unravel. f8
LAS a rule, these prescriptions are
well known household remedies. aud are
written by n member OF the family aud
are sent to the druggist by one OF the
small children. Long experience with
all sorts Of scrawls, and astruggie of hf-
teen years with all manner or spelling,
have enabled me to ARRIVE at che Com
clusiou OF what Is wanted at home. until
l almost believe l could translate the
writings OF an Egyptian obeIisk. Here
are some Of the family prescriptions that
time:-rhis one reads, Caster Ale and
paragic,' that il easy to translate
into castor oil and paregoric. This.
'extrack of Rats has nothing to 20
with rodents. but is simply a cali for ex-
tracts of roots. 'BuIlous Bills means
bilious pills. 'Creamertarter' is phonetic
calIy all right. Here is au order from a
man who had a general idea of what ne
wanted when be wrote for Quick Pacific
cour.' he e Switt's Specific, aud he
go. it quick. THIS one might puzzle
some people, Away for 4 1sicK, 1 sea {
aloes. and / guess that servel Inc pur-
pose.
"INSEX PoDER FOR BEDS.
Here 10 Ole tnat leaves 40 doubt as to
what was desired, even II the spellin g
wasn't according to Wsbster:-'Ten cent.
IuseX Poder for beds,' The person VINO
sent for coat bolsom' doubtless had y
cold The mother VINO wrote for Scrip
Of Swill for naoy 4 months DID, wanted
syrup Of sQuilis. This prescription reads,
Rush ali Salcs,' aad is an attempt TO
write Rocnelle salts in The phonetic
style. Here is one that explains itself:
Black hair restorer for black hair. ,
Icing Nose meant lceiand mass. Peru
blne bare mean Peruvian bark. 10 g.
Keneine' ia one way of writing ten grains
OF uuinlue. Olive ways is one OF tue
ways aloes is written by those vino don't
kuow how. Eere is a prescription that
looks as If 1t Yves written by German
comedi1u: 'GarboliR Esset cut Wasse-
line aud 1t means carooIlc acid and
vaseline. This scrawl reads 'Essens of
Armies Sede,' aud might he the phonetic
way Of writing essence Of anisessed.
'Pcnny Rlle' is easily deciphered as
pennyroyai. Bella Dono' Is not a girls
name, but a prescription for ~bslladona.
Tinker OF MUIR is a call for tincture of
myrrh. Said Liz Powder is oue way of
writing Seidlitz powder.
DRESSING o HI BALL.
TITUS order Was evidently written by 8
young lady dressing for a bail, 'one cars
mine box of swan down feash COLOR She
got her face powder All right; IS C, hts
alchola,' meanL alcohol; 'Saddlers Builder
was a request for Seidiltz powder; comp,
catLarich pills. | made out to be COM
pound cathartlc pills; &c Werth of Cork
Plaster meant court plastsg; Spirits of
neighLure' simply meant spirits of nitre;
:Pommy stone was a phonetic attempG at
pumice stone; 'Odine Potostan Tor rulna>
tIsm' was arheuniaLie remedy. iodide of
potassium.
Here are q few of the many orders l
get where the selection of the medicine is
lett to myself:-'Can o give me some
thing to stop The baby cryingi' No; I
didu'G send a gag. Here is another
Send me ten cents worth OF something
to stop my ake.' The writer forgot TO
state where aud what kind of an ache it
was, aud the little fellow, who brought
the order didn't KNOW where it was-a
coru or & toothache. This Que was also
indelnite:-'dere DIR. plese send me some
medsine for tommy he is Two six to
go TO sch0ole.' / was called out Of my
bed one night bS u little boy. VINO said:-
Papa Is drunk again I'M Won't go to
sleep. and mama sent me to get some
drops to put In his beer and make him
keep Quiet.'"