Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1893 — He Sold Both Pills and Public. [ARTICLE]

He Sold Both Pills and Public.

A well-dressed man, leaning against a lamp-post’, apparently sleeping the sleep of the just, created a deal of interest in a busy London street the other day. He sat upon a box which he seemed to have been carrying; evidently being suddenly overcome with drowsiness. he had plaoed it on the curbstone, and sitting down upon it, fell asleep. To those who succeeded in getting near enough to the man, his gentle, restful snore dispelled the fear that he j might be dead. The side of the face was exposed, and portrayed no sign of ! Intoxication. It was the judgment of everyone that he was sober, in good health, and simply taking a quiet snooze. ; When the crowd became so dense as to threaten, a blockade, the supposed | sleeper 'suddenly jumped to his feet, j mounted his box, and flourishing a j couple of bottles over his head, ex- ; claimed: “Now, gents, seein’ that you are all here, I rise to a question of privilege; and, after thankin’ you for this most ! cordial reception, which I assure you ' will long remain upon the tablets of my memory, I wish to call your attention to ! my world-renowned Paradise Pills,” and so on in the usual style.