Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-08-16
Vol. 5--NO. dS--WhoIe No. 255.

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"llalloo! what's this! For ADVERTISING p |
That's an odd charge in aors bill. You're |
cheating me :
40 no." coolly replied the Quaker ",hat is ,
all right. have charged thee the cost Of pub.
fishing the advertisement which thou Just show.
ed me-"
Here the swinder uttered horrd oath, as he
demanded, "Do you mean to say that you caused
the publication Of that advertisement ~
"rruly did," replied the Quaker with most
provoking coolness
"You told a - lie in it," quickly retorted
the rogue.
"and ,lou wilt find me ready to confess the
fault"
| "fou soid would hear something to my ad.
vantage, il would come here"
Thou ar, mistaken" immediately respon.
ded the Quaker 81 only promised that thou
should~' hear of something 10 Advantage and
is i, mol to the advantage of a poor tailor to COL
lcct an olDs'eb !"
"lfl can catch you in the street, said the
sxindler with an oath in the deepest rage, an
give you such cowhiding as will not leave the
breath in your body" ....
Nonsense" now said the quaker "if thou
really intends 10 do any thing OF that sort, we
had better step ou, into the back yard and finish
3 the business at once"
The rogue was completely non.piuscd by the
couness OF the Quaker, aud stood speechess
and almost petrIed,
"Now." said the tailor gooh-naturcdly, "le,
me give thee piece %: advice. When next thou
hast occasion to get sui, of clothes, thou had
better not attempt TO cheat the poor tailor, bu,
pay HIM honestly, for then will thy conscience
not disturb thee and thy sleep will be swec, and
refreshing.
There is no Goub, Of tho literal truth Of this
story as we received it some time since from
the lips ofthe Quaker himscf-N Y. Tribune
Defective Teeth ana Oh.nsive breath.
Mrs. |. Maria Child. the celebrated author.
css. gives the following directions for the pre-
vcnlion oidefcctive teeth and offensive breath.
Nobody need have offensive breath. A
careful removal of substances from between the
teeth. rinsng the mouth after meals, and bit
of charcoal held IN the mouth, viii always cure
a bad breath
a lump of charcoal held in the month, two
or three times week, and slowly chcwed has
a wonderful power To preserve the teeth and
= purify the breath. The action is purely che
. 4, ,;,'
dlsoriercd stomach, or food dccaying about the
gums and it is this ac.d which destroys the
tcrth
A dear friend Of ours had, when about twenty
years Ut asr, front tooth that turned black
=, gradually, crumhlcd and so broke of piece
meal by frequently chewing charcoal, ,h,
progress of decay was nn, only arrested, but ma
: iure set vigorously TO work to restore tn,
breach, and The crurnhIcd potion grew again
I'll the whole tooth was as sound as before =
This know to he fact,
Every one knows that charcoal is an antipu
,re>cent, and is used in boxing up anmal o
vegetable Substances, to keep them from decay
Upon the SAME chemical principle, I, tends /
A., There is no danger in swallowing it ! on tn
;, contrary, small quantities hate healthf(i ei
, feet on the inward system, particularly whe
the body is suffering from that class OF com
:, plants peculiarly incident 70 summer.
y, would not he wlSc to swallow any gritty sub
stance, IN large quantities., OF very frequently
-, but once or twice week little would be salu
,ary rather than Otherwise. A bit Of chatcua
=, as big a. = cherry, merely held in the mouth
;, few hcurs without chewing, has good effect
>, At first wust people dislike to chew 1t, but us
soon renders it far mure diSagreeable.
who are truahled with an offensive brea,
- might chew it very often, and swallow il bu
# seldom. II is pccniia'y impor,ent 10 cl"nn an
rinse the mouth thoroughly before going to bed
orhrr't,se a great deal ot,he tes;fucti,e act
- " ~ fitm during the night.
II these hints induce only cue person TO taxi
~ better care oflhc teeth, shall be more than &c
=. weried for the trouble of writing. am con
tinually panied to see young people losing thei
; teeth merely frr the want Of few simple pre-
~, cautions and one cannOt enter stage 0
steam car without finding the atmosphere pol
II utcd and rendered absolutely unhealthy for tn
- lungs to breathe, vhea proper use OF waite
and charcoal nigh, render it as wholesome an
n pleasant as a breeze of Eden
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