Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1886 — He Wanted Generous Measure. [ARTICLE]

He Wanted Generous Measure.

A parsimonious individual went into a drug store the other day to have a prescription put up. “Be sure you give me generous measure,” said he to the druggist, fearful lest lie might not get his money’s worth. Said the druggist: “If I should give you one-sixteenth of a grain more than this prescription calls for you would be dead in five minutes after taking: a dose.” The mean man turned pale, and said no more about generous measure. —Boston Post.