Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1917 — Apothecaries of Old. [ARTICLE]

Apothecaries of Old.

Tn Biblical times a person whose business it was to compound ointments was called an “apothecary” (Nehemlah 3:8; Ecclesiastes 10:1). The work was sometimes carried on by women “confectionaries.” (I Samuel 8:13).

An old lady was on her first ocean voyage. “What’s that down there?” she asked the captain. “That’s the steerage, madam,” he replied. “Really?” she exclaimed. “And does it take all those people ,to make the boat go straight?”