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Show SATISFIED WHERE HE WAS. Why Buyer's Desire for Good Measure Suddenly Evaporated. Tho following anecdote Is told of a most c.uerul snd seilate druggist In Keeue, N II a gentleman of tbo old school, who foi Til) )e.us occupied tho same coinei, and who, In all his deal Ings medicinal. Is a ver) scrupulous man Not long since a pet son ot not par-tiLiilurlv par-tiLiilurlv liberal pi.ictlces, and withal a close man. came to the good hamuritun with u uvipo that he wished put up, and the man of drugs proceeded a' iiiiiu to attend to It. While engaged In weighing out tho compound, the uistomci, with a smile Intended to be "childlike and bland," said to him 'Now, Hoc, bo sine and give mo good measute " The diugglht pulsed, holding tho scales irt lest while he looked ovei his epictaclcs at the man hcfoio him ' Sh. he icpllid bolemiil), 'If I vvero to give you the meiest grain more than this itelpe calls foi, )ou would tie In hell In live minutes " The bejer didn't persist. |