The native American., 1837-09-02
THE FRENCH DENTIST.

| His cuuipace was not an uncommon one in France
for this class of artists. He drove into the middle OF
the press handsome open carriage with servant
| in livery behind alternately blowing a trumpet and
! beating drum, and exclamiig Room for the cele.
braied doctor!" The horse then dismissed, the
carriage converted at once into stage and shop,
/ and the great commenced his harrangue. lie
expatiated the grandeur and importance OF the art
of toohdrawing-on his own unrlvalled sklli, re-
noNned throughout all Europe--on the iniatuatlon
Of those unhappy beings who delayed even Tor sins
ole Instant to take advantage OF opportunity thus
offered to them by Providence. He fourished his
iron instrument in the air, conparingit to The rod OF
Aaron he ikened the listeners themselves TO crowd
| OF nidfls II old, gathering about an apostles ana
struggling s: ..;ly not only against his word, but IN
| spite of their oyn teeth. ALAS! my friends, said
he. when slai have turned my back, you will re-
pent in dust and ashes; but repentance will then Dc
too late. You fancy you have not the toohache Foor
creatures! my heart beeds for you In your culpab!e
ignorance you believe that no one is nnWell VINO IS
not il agony of pain. You imagine that pain IS the
disease, whereas it is only one of the symptoms; ana
yet ! see by the faces OF many Of you-lmay say most
you--hal yon have only the toot'ache, but the
{ symptomac lwinge. This is the case with you, ana
YOU aud YOU and more than Yogs s Ie Jo yoa no.
feel a sensation Of tickling, it were at the root OF
4 your teeth, Of codness at top, as 1t the ar was
i ALREADY penetrating through the breaches Of lime M oI
disease! This is the toothache. This sensation VIII
increase, till it ends III and despair Then you
5 will inquire for the doctor, but the doctor will not
hear: then you will nrst the operation to some mis-
erabe quack who will break your jaws IN pieces; or,
, if you endure in silence the pain will produce lever
fever will bring on madness-and madness terminate
in death His eoquence was irresistible; in ten MIN
uies every soul of had the loohache Several SUI
feers rushed forward the instant to crave re-
lief One Of them fine looking young fellow, gain
ed the race but till he had broken from the arms
of peasant girl who having either less faith more
philosophy. .implored him to consider, in the first place,
f whether he had really the too'hache. Grimly smiled
the doctor when the head Of his patient was fairly be-
tween his knees; and rueflly did the latter gaze up
from the helpless position nto his executioner's face
We all looked with open mouths and in dead silence
upon the scene, ALL except the young girl, who, with
avered he'd, awaited pale, tembling and in tears,
the. event. The doctor examined The unfortunate
mouth and adjusted his instrument to the tooth which
it was his pleasure TO extract The crowd set their
teeth gsnned horribly and awaited the wrench; but
the operator, withdrawing his hand, recommended the
lecture with greater unclion than ever second Tune
was this unnercu reprieve granted. and then third
time. and the condemned groaned aloud. We could
stand no more: already in paroxysm OF the
toothache, and feeling strange fascination creeping
over us as we looked upon the gttering steel, we
fairly took to our heels and fled from the spot"-
Ritche's Handerings ON the Lore.
/ FLOUR COMING DOWN.-The Lowell Patriot
s,ys we are informed upon undoubted authority that
Fl aou; has been sold in Boston within week, in guam
titles, at six dollars per barrel
A VALUABLE DISCOVERY.-A quarry of SUI
perior tri-coIored marble discovered few days
since on the land of Mr.. Ainsley. six miles above
Boonvie, in the vicinity of the Missouri river. 1t is
susceptible of the finest polish.