Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1895 — “Tinksher of Mer.” [ARTICLE]

“Tinksher of Mer.”

Correct spelling is not by any means a universal accomplishment. Those who do not possess the art have various excuses for the deficiency. Here, for instance, is a person who cannot spell well when she writes with a gloved hand. She was a showily dressed woman, who went into a druggist one day and said: “I want some tincture of-—of—l really forget the name of it, as I \?as sure I should, but I have it written down on a piece of paper here in my purse. Ah, here it is. I am afraid it isn’t spelled right, for I wrote it with my gloves on, but perhaps you can make It out” T ”Tiuksher of mer,” read the clerk. “All, yes,” said lie. with a polite smile, “tincture of myrhh. How much will you have?” **