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TO THE PUBLIC.
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SURGEON Dentist,

ESpEC FULLY tClurhS ms thanks
~ for The liberal patronage he has re.
ccved for thirteen years pas:--lhe whole
of which time | have been employed in
Dentistry aud have spared no pains or ex-
pensc to quality myself for the BUSINESS.
| am wiling to warrant my work to DO
done skllfully, and Is intend to remain
in town and continue my practice | shall
be ready and wiling 10 make any reason
able repairs Of my work gratis After
ten years practice | went to Philadelphia
and spent the summer in practice with
Doct. $. S. Fitch, one Of the most scien.
tlfc and celebrated practitioners in Dem
tai Surgery in The United States. where
paid five hundred dollars for tuil ion, be.
sides other expenses and received Diplo-
ma, au,horisiug and recommending me TO
practice Dental Surgery 10 lis various
branches in any par, Of he United States.
can assure the public that there is no bnsi.
ness that requires more practice to make
perfect than Dentistry business, and If they
would realize, as those VINO have expc.
| rienced, the great injury done by NAL
practice IN Dentistry they would guard
| against employing imposiors. | am sorry
to be under the dlsagrceable necessity Of
speaking pubckIy OF a young man by the
name Of John Lewis, who adveriises the
practice of Dentistry in this Place. but as
he has travelled ont of his path ana made
an unwnrran,abe use Of my name 10 give
himself currency IN the Dentist business,
justice to the pubic "a well as myself re-
! qulres thai ! should state some facts IN re-
IatIon 10 Mr. Lewis and h> qualifications,
or rather want Of qualifications. Mr..
Lewis entered my Office last May, under n
contract 10 work for me for the space Of
two years at The Whlcsmuh business and
making and repairing Musical instruments,
and the McchancaI part OF Dentistry.
He left my employ unceremoniou.Iy in
January last: about three four,hs of the
eight months time he was with me he
worked at Organs. occasionally assisting
me IN the chemcaI operations Of Manu.ac-
turing pnrccaln teeth. never entered
INTO any understanding with Mr. Lewis to
learn HIM Dentistry, aud during the time
he was with me. | never directed or per.
mlltcd him to perform any operations in
Dentistry. except he mere mechanical part
of Manufacturing the Materials for my
opera'lous and | am not aware Of ms
ever practising Dentistry. Or that he ever
mi ct dcd to practice, until | -aN hi- n'y.-
tl-cmcnt. had Manu'aclurcd teeth al 4!
materials before Mr. Lewls came To war;
for me, and continue to Manu'actnrr them
ana am prepared to instruct others how 10
manutacture them, rs well n> can be done
~ The Unl'Cd : a'c-, hui HE art cannot b.
acquired IN few weeks or even ir.v
months. Al the k0awlcdee NJ LOWS has
IN even the Mechanical part oI Dentistry he
acquired from me IN the manner above TIA.
ted.
have been 'hns particular ia detailing
the history Of Mr. lewis education IN Sur.
g'on Dentistry, IN order Ia caution the
pubic against believing every Quack'- ad-
vertl5emcn'. II requires no logic to con
vince sens Ole people rAaI Il does nos follow,
OF course that the Wnrcsmrh who nann-
tacturcs the Surgeons Instruments. knows
hrw, when and where, 20 Use them AS ski
iuily a. the surgeon himself
4 Bgringi0n, ftb 20. 1887.