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A Bald-headed Man Buying Drugs

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
July
Year
1881
Copyright
Public Domain
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Thore ar; tWO mad men in MiHrmnkM. One U a bald-l.eaded man and the other la a tlruggist. The bald man told S doctor that hls hatr ras falllng out, and he aBked him ir lic dldn'l know somrthlng tliat would stop il. The doctor told him he wciiiii fix mm, so ne wrote bul a prescriptlon, whlch wal as fotyowi : Chloride of soiliom, one ounce; aqua pura, elght ounces. Shake Will ftnll Itro Ou the calp even na#ralng. The bald maft went to airuggiBtand bad Lhfl i)ii--criiiion iut np, paying i tor it. He ask.nl the drujririst i M WiinÜ n litUe higb, Imtlultasliaiiirdwlini tlic ilrnyjrist asked him If he knew how roucli aqua pura ci-t agallón. H said b didn't, l)it siippc.scd it caiue high. The drugglst told hini aqua pura was one oí tbe most penetratlng drugs In store, and as forchloride of sodiuin, there was ootblng iU' It, and tbe war in l'orii had sent it up kltillg. He said f the trouble In Chili keptou thrre mi no knowing how liigh it would ba The bald man uscd the medicine, and feil as though it was doing him good. His wit'e nouced llttle new balr coming oul and he feit gDOd, BO when the stutl was gone be took the bottl to the More and had it tilled agidn, The ehap who lilled it this time Wa another ehap, and when tin: bald-heaiied man Ihreu down a dollar the dniggitt .-aid : MiU. niinil; we won't charge ,V"U aaytlilng for tbat. The liuld man asked how tbat was, when the JruggUl -aid: "Wiiy, its only salt ui I water, anyway. Tbe -alt is only twocents a pound, and tl ¦ water i prettj cbeap this ear." The huid man gave one jaSp and said : "I paid SI for iïllinjr tbat bottle before, and 1 want niy money Imck. Ifs a bald-headed swindle I thought that Peruvian storj didn't look plauaTble.'1 Tlie druatlsl gave the man a box Of digan to keep still about

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News