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Dentistry.
WOULD not weary the patience Of those
that are acquainted with tho DOCTOR, or
drive more useful matters from the colulns OF
the ncwspapcr, II it were not Tor those mat are
wbollv unacquaintcd with the man. Ns re
spects york he has made no reply TO my notlce 10
the public and furthermore 1t was not my men,
ton to injuro the DOCTOR, or to give myself
more "currency in the Dentist oushess; Du'
from earnest solicitations from those VINO nave
been imposed upon, LIST Will take me DoC
TOR on his own ground. AS 10 inc leng'h oi
time he has been in practice, am en''fc'y un-
acquainted but as to his summers praclicc III
Phlodelphia. TO the best OF my knowledge he
la ,h;s ,Locc ohont or after the 2lst of March,
and returned sometime before the 10Th OF June,
ls36 which including TO and from, would on
l., mall q about 10 weeks. | would refer the
render 10 the DOCTORS own assertions where
bo states ssthe art cannot be acquired IN lew
weeks or even a few months )" and l should
think from his own statements he was well
ownre of the fact, for he says he never entered
into anv understanding with Mr.. Lewis 10 learn
him Dentistry" By some few iacts | VIII let
the public Judge who was the learner, My
first acquaintance with this noted DOClok
was a short time before his departure tor the
far famed City of Philadelphia, where he, from
his statements, OH Itluli' bdl utlCilu'b u
course of lectures delivered by DR.. 5. 5. i. and
obtained recent for making teeth, and also a
Diploma. He brought a few teeth with MN,
presume they were bought, for in all the at
tennis have seen him make since, person
could hardly tell what they were without he
was told. Immediately on his return he called
on me and proposed to form coparlnershp
but on my declining the offer, he then express
sed wish to hire me proposed double the wa.
pes was then getting, which would be IDOL
lars dav. | still declined his offers, from
mere current reports as to his credlbIty and @
respectable citizen. May it suffice to say, he
then employed Messrs. a. b., as was In then
employ at that time, to do his work, or Jobs o
setting teeth; whereas ii he had been skltu
nractitioner in his business, he never would have
hired it done From that time to the 9Th OF May
1897, DOCTOR O. II. Saxton's bill was abou
two hundred dollars for work that had done IL
setting teeth, at which time | went into his EN-
plov, thinking the wages more than the disgrace
as by that time the public being partly INFORMED
who was the practitioner well the DOCIOl
mint cry quackery OF any one that would lear
ofhim,) and as to the use of tools. 1t would b
impossible for any one to obtain 10 the same eN
nertness and perfection as the celebrated DOC
TOR O. II. SaXton for in one case where
patient called to have tooth extracted, whc
seated was called on to hold ms head WI
that most Surgeon like and skl'lu manner III
instruments was applied would sho" man
perfection, and as every one knows 'eet" ar
very smooth and OF an ire GUAR lofhl' me II
strument slipt, but caught the adjoining tooth
that was much smaller: as the nook cau-ht Do
D tween the two, there was quite ii struggle 10 sc
which would retain Their position, but the "eoN
er gave way when I'ttie more OF mat fes's
less power was applied, the tooth came out VIII
such violence that It flew entirely over the pr
tiencc head, picked up the tooth, and be'or
hardly had time to examine 1t, the Doctor VIII
that ea4le eye perceived II 10 De the wrong ont
clapt it IN again, with the cXpresslon, " hoId s'i
it amt quite out;' SO IN with the lnst'!
ments again, and ont came the other
was done SO sc'en''Hcaly tna' !ne pa''en' ~. Ia
not any Knowledge OF the imposluoh. Aho'ht
case OF sNl' long pEac'ee anu oeH'e.,.y' vosG'
er with the use OF TOOLS ana per'ect Eh"wleu-