The gazette-news., 1902-12-06
A CASE
OF G. 1T
rConvrigbt 1eo2 by G. b. Lewis. ]

playing back into a fat wallet. ITS
not only nice to have such things
about. but TO look back and remember
that owe all I've got 10 the state Of
Connecticut"
"But why particularizc Connecticut?
Because Of its laws and because of
its people. When I got my diploma rs
a pharmacist, | went into business in
that state. In those old days drug
giSt who started i'm business i'm Il Con
nccticut town found about forty old
laws on the statute books to- confront
him and render his life miserable, and
the stranger who opened business in
small town found all other business
men against him. got Il corner store
in 4 big village and began to hustle.
The first thing did was to take full
page ad. in Il local paper. Can you be-
lievc that | WAS arrested for it,"
"On what SrOundS:" was asked.
For umduly exciting the public.
Yes. sir; the warrant read that l was
seeking To stir Up anger and excite
ment against public welfare. and ! was
fined so and cautioned to 80 slow. |
paid the newspaper $50 for That adj.
and yet the editor cane oU4s the next
issue and said il was cyiCv:t that a
dangerous agitator had settled i'm tn"
community and ought to he carefully
looked after, 1t WAS the proprietor Of
the other drugstore who Instituted the
proceedings against me. and in revenge
marked all my patent dollar remedies
down 10 5 cents. That left Il humping
big profit. as you know. hut in less
than thirty-siN hours WAS arrested
again. The charge WAS that | was
preparing to dcfraud nay creditors.
proved that | hadn't any. but owned
ny stock and had $l..tO in tie bank.
but tin court held that there must bc
somr s"rt e fraud in my knocking
down prices. aIId paid another fine.
| realized 10y this time that thcy were
after HIr. but | was Lorn of lighting
stock. and made up my mind to hang
on.
And the next mOveE'
"Wcll. | had grocer next to mo and
Sh"cstorc on the opposite corner.
The "ru-cr got four dozen bottles of
cough medicine to peddlr out. and the
shoe man put n lot "f ypnH=rs and
tnothhruShcs on sale. I at once l.nu@ht
two laIr,lS If ~u-ar aEd sold il ut 4
cent less 4 pound thar the -lu'..r. and
",a 81 c:ts.. Df bots worth j.; a pair
and .I,r ,,rTy man his chUic" for
81 -. | made those fellows tired in
about three days. and they had me
arrested for faiSt prctcnscs. | turned
about ami hauled '"m up for selling
goods not covered lay their Licenses,
and they let - If uI" as il they'd
picked up hot potato. M"HnWhil" IA"
other 'rU-.i~ Was laying for IN"
a-aiu. There WIS 4 law HAT every
prescription should hc flied with the
town clerk. but. not Knowing of it. |
had t1Ern no steps. pleaded guilty
V ben arrested and WIS fined $lu and
c,SiS ! wanted tn @rt even. Of course,
and the chance soon occurred. He Wis
itrd H.; store ou Sunday 10 sec that all
WAS ri-lt. aud | sWurr ont warrant,
and ne had To fork over -. IL" law
at that time oven kept - man out of his /.
own store un Sunday unless in case of
fire or serious illness.
"A dry goods man went into toilet
SOAPS. and | huu@ht and almost gave
away calico enough tu last that county
ten years. When | had settled him. Il
hnuL~iurc man took up >cidlitZ l"w-
dcrS and pills, and supplied the town
with free paper and envelopes. ! had
;.ut the better of him when | WAS fined
fnr u~iu- uhLuNioUS lan@Ua.r. 1t
wasn't anything | said. hut Il sign in
The window reading You've All Got
'Em. hat I've cot the Cure II was
a cold luut remedy. but the judge de-
ciIcd tl.Ht the Si-u Wi.Et refer To- bugs
and other things aud WAS at any rate
calculated L. shock sensitive people. |
paid the usual fine ami ShuuldcrUd my
gun IL get back at the clap who
sNouc out the warrant. He was
furniture man and a church deacon,
and after lit had him fined 50 for
ohStruc,inS the sidewalk with Il bed
stead. As Ia trade and profits, hadn't
any. Of course. hut as my expenses
were H-h1 ami my stock all paid for |
could afford to hang on. W hen they
had made general uoy,. Il on me.
used to ga off fishing and huntiu@ and.
Iuc,rly enough. ! was arrested for
that Under an old law. which read
that drugstore must hc kept open
during reasonable hours on Wc,AdH! =.
WIS fined $50 and costs. My rival
WAS the man who caused it. aisi the
very next day | got even with him.
\ chimney burned out and hc rang
the lire bell The law read that any
person ringing the bell unless there
WAS IRE was guilty "f 4 miSdr |
ucanor. ami as there WAS no fire il
cost him SS tO square matters"
but they let YOU alone at lastE
was asked 10y one of tn" listeners.
"Nc>. after wear or two more of
IT," replied the retired druggist.
And then you shook haLis over the
.hasm and lcgau to make Your million
and half:' was asked as the retired
druggist got up to 20.
"Why, yes; that was the end Of the
attempted freeze out, but | sold my ;
store after lit. There was no money
10 hc made there"
"Rut lnU-how''-