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Show A few days ago the assistant postmaster post-master of Port Chester. Pa., suspected the carrier of having stolen somo oranges or-anges ho had in the offioe, according to a local papor. So ho bought another stock and asked a neighboring druggist to inject into them somo drug that would mako the thieves eick, but not Injure them. Tho druggist hijeoted water wa-ter and then informed tho carriers They of course stole the oranges, and When the owner enterod tho office he found them all very sick. In a little tyhilo they were writhing on tho flooy. Then the joker thought tho druggist had made a mistake and ran to him for a prescription. Ho prescribed brandy, and it took $5 worth to relieve them of their pain. Some of them got a little overcured by the medicine, or on the other Bide of a normal condition, but they enjoyed their superior's joke all tho same- Now York Tribune. |