The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-06-29
THEDRUG STORE MAN
He GETS SOME RATHER PECULIAR
REQUESTS AT TIMES.

he Queer and LnuEhnb1e Names
Under Which Popular Remedies
Are Called For by Customers-Oth-
er Riddles Which He Has to Solve.
"What is it you want, my little man?"
inquired the druggist of the boy at the
counter.
"AIe mudder wants 5 cents of bitter
Alice" shifted the urchin, unloading the
coin from his mouth.
The druggist went into the mysterious
place behind and presently came back
in paper. AS the lad went out Of the
door the druggist turned to his three
wondering friends at the counter.
"What did that boy ask for?" inquired
one of them.
We'll, he asked for bitter Alice" re-
piled the druggist. II don't keep bitter
Alice in stock. SO l gave hin bitter aIoes.
That's What his mother sent Kim fer, I
imagine"
There was iaagh, and enc Of the
three inquired:
"Do yen have many orriens mistakes
like that?''
'@Thsy are legion" was the reply Of
the compoHnder of drugs. II used to
think that some of them were quite
laughable, but really have become SO &C.
customed to them that l am more or less
Indifferent. \ man takes great chances
now and then filing some of the cart be-
fore the horse orders that are presented,
but the majority are easy. Last night a
servant girl from the heights came in
here and asked me to give her some
thing to take mans breath away l
gave her cariiamom seed. which she evil
IDENTITY recognized, for she sampled them
cn the spot.
Il have had any number of calls for
Paddy Garricl;' and even parry garlic
and penny garlic which. of course, pro-
daced paregorie in each case. Here is a
written order for n bottle of the smelling
stuff that goes to your BRAIN This. of
course, meant ammonia. l have had Il
call for high stirrups' when hive strip
was really required. Gum arabic seems
to mix them up Il great deal. for the de-
mands for it has resolved themselves into
gum mare back 'comearaback,' gar
maribacli' and hanback,
You see" continued the druggist, find
ing that his listeners were highly inter-
ested in his statements. "a great many
residents of this ncighborhood are of
most ordinary means and, in addition,
have not superior education. All are
anxious to save physicians charges and
think that a druggist is fully competent
to treat their ailments with success.
Some of their diagnoses Of cases are real
ly pen pictures. Here is 4 request for
something for an old woman who has q
bad cough and cannot cough Then !
find graphic appeal for Il plaster for n
man kilt with stitches That is not
quite as notable an epic as the one which
calls for enough flacllSeed to make q
pudding for sore toe 1t was little
more expressive than the order which
asked for something for heavy pain
in the bones that is coming out through
the eyes
I'VE have here q rather amazing re-
quest for 'enuf eppy cack to throw up
baby 4 years old This youngster
must have been in pretty bad shape. for
here l have a demand from its mother
that 1 furnish her with something for
her 5-ycar-old child, who has AN i'm
preston on his heart and a cough that is
choking him in the neck
ITO fill the next order may seem diff
cult, but it really isn't. 1t states, Send
me some Of the essence you put people
to sleep with when you cut their fingers
off, 1t evidently meant ether. At all
events, that is what it was filled with.
The man who wrote this order wanted
something to take tobacco out Of my
mouth l suppose it was the scent of
the thing that he objected to. The good
housewife who wrote to me requesting
something to rub my old man with got
a Imminent. OF course. 1t must have been
her twin sister who wrote for some
en- III re H. .
Another peculiar demand is for enough
aniseed to take the twist out Of dose of
senna.'
'"These odd orders l might read until
daylight. Send me baby's top to a
nurse bottle meant. no doubt. a nursing
bottle top. and something for sore ba-
by's eye is not easy to mistake. l have
also appeals for remedies for a 'swelled
woman's foot and a man with d dry
spit on him.
"Ths phaaGfc sounding fs, however,
tho most odd feature Of tBf Hks!e hgsf
ness. Cardamon seed AaYe haa do
Scribed as 'cOleSed NAN seeR and S4c-
Gordon SEEDS Orders for upgseztsm
have been cauched In requests for 'haney
Guinton,' Annie Quintom' and 'ARne
Grintum.' Orders for bug mint and
'barBeset' ! have filled with bergamot,
and to n man who asked for Campfire
gave camphor. Awowroot is frequently
written air root and on one occasion /
had a written request for 'raving bald
Sam when Arabian balsam was intend
ed.
''Some of the other mistakes that l
have noticed in the last ten years at this
stand have been Cupid for cubeb, glory
farm for chloroform, OK sled acid for
paint killer for pain killer. strip of
swiIl' for strip of squills, gross of sup
PIGMENTS for corrosive sublimate and
Mary attic acid for muriatic acid.
But do rot mind all these. 1t is the
woman who wants 3 cents worth Of CO.
logne to smell a trunk and the chap who
asks for a mixture of two-thirds alco-
hol and two-thirds castor oil that puzzle
the average druggist. They are what we
call blind writer's, but We manage to
guess what they want. 1t keeps US
thinking at times, though. New York
Mail and Express.
The New Author.
"Sirrah," said the new author to his
valet, chow goes my new novel today"
"The one hundred and fortieth edition
Is just on the press. sir"
Good! Pay the coal bill. settle the gas
account, pacify the grocery man, get my
note shaved and take your salary out OF it
and then come in and shave me"-Atlan-
ia Constitution.
A Man and His Children.
Young men should choose as early as
they can Il good and true woman for Z
wife and look forward TO noble family
of children. My ambition was to have
seven, and the all wise Father gave me
nine.-Robert Collyer in Success.
Tory is On Irish word for 'bog rum
ner." 1t originally applied to the Romish
outlaws in Ireland and then to all Jaco-
bites prior to becoming n political desig-