Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-03-02
TO THE PUBLIC.
o. IT, $ a z u @ W o
Surgeon Dentist,

ID ESPECTFULLY returns his thanks
IA for the liberal patronage he has re-
ccvcd for thirteen years past:-,he whole
of which time | have been employed in
Dentistry and have spared no pains or eX-
pensc TO qualify myself for the BUSINESS.
I am willing to warrant my work TO be
done sklll(ully, and as | intend to remain
in town aud continue my practice | .huli
be ready and wiling to make any reason
able repairs of my work gratis After
ten years practice | went to PblladeIp ha
and spent the summer in practice with
| Doct ) 5. Fitch. one Of the most scion
! tfic and celebrated praci itinncrs in Dem
inI Surgery in The United States, where
| ! paid five hundred dollars for tuition, be
| sides other expenses and received Dlplo
ma, au'hor,slng and recon ncndlng me To
practice Dental Surgery in us various
! branches in any part Of the United States. !
! can assure the public that there Is no bnsl.
ness rha, requires more practice to make
| pcttec, than Dem istry business, and II they
would realize, a. those who have eXpc.
renced, the great injury done BY mai
practice in Dentistry they would guard
against employing impostors. am sorry
speaking publlckv OF n ynuog man by The
name OF John Lewis, who ndverIsps the
practice Of Dentistry in tbs place, but as
nc has travelled out Of hspalh ana made
an unwarrautablc use of ny name to give
himself currency in the DENTS, business,
justice to the public "a well as myself re-
qnres that should state some facts IN re-
alon to Mr. Lewis and lis qualifications,
or rather want of qualifications. Mr..
Lewis entered my Office lsr May. under
contract 10 work for ne for the space Of
two years at The Whltesnlih business and
making and reparlng Mtslcal nslrumcnls,
anc The MechanIcaI partot Dentistry.
lie Ielt my employ mcerCmoniOusly in
January last: about thee fourhs Of the
eight months time he was with me he
worked TT Organs, occasionally assisting
me III the chcm,ca ope cations of Manuiac-
inrng parcrIaln teeth ! never entered
INTO any undots'andn. with Mr.. Lewis 10
learn HIM Dentistry, and during the time
he was with me, ncvr directed or per-
united HIM to perform any operations in
Dentistry, except the urrc mechanlca part
OF Manufacturing The Materials for my
operations; and ! an not aware of his
ever practising Dent, slry, or that he ever
inter ded to prucIlco, nlll saw his adver
'I.emcnt. ! had Manufactured teeth and
materials before Mr. lewis came TO work
for me, and continue o Manu- !actnre them
aud am prepared to instruct others how TO
manufacture them. "a well rs can be doue
N TIA" United States but the ar, cannot BE-
acquired N few weeks. ar even few
mouths. All the kn, wl,dHc Mr. Lows has
~ even III" Mechanical parl ui Dentistry he
acquired from me 10 the manner above sta
ted.
have been thus particular in detailing
the history of Mr. Lewis education 10 Sur
g"on Dentistry, IN order To caution the
public against believing every Quacks ad
verllsemrur. II requires no logic to con
vince sens BILE people hat II does no; folow
of course that The Wh,csmrh who manu-
features III" Surgeons Instruments, knows
how, when and where. to use hem as skis
fully A. the surgeon himself
Buringion. Feb 90 1887.