The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-11-15
THE PATRIOT.
Frank Cahlli's Tooth.

when that confoundcd double tooth Of mine
commenced aching.
What's the matter, Charley! You don't
eat" % ssees.'
soon 60 of" 81 \
SO across the way to the chemists, and
get little creosote, and put drop in the hoi-
low, that will stopit
j did so; on returning, who should / meet
but Harvey.
Ha !nly dear boy, how do you dot" in.
quired Harvey.
Thank YOU, quite WELL"
That's right but what's the matter with
your face"
! told him; he asked me if had done any
thing for 1t. "A.
Yes. ! have rrtsone creaseas if.s
:" Creosotel good gracious! The worst thing
u the world; destroys the teeth; you get i
little hydrocyanic acid and try that ii that
don't allay the pain nothing will''
tried it. Eating my snpper was out of the
question, so went to bed. Sleep was an inn
possibility; ! tossed, tumbled and swore as
lay there. 5S
Every quarter Of an hour my time-piece
struck seemed two hours
The ticking OF my clock ANNOYED me, and
made me nervous got up aud put it in my
closet; could still hear it. So i wrapped II
in my shirt, put it in hat-box, and deposited
il there again. 3s]s
Thank goodness I can not hear it now.
D--n 1T, its striking.
There! and 1 opened my door, and threw it
down the stairs hat-box and all.
These proceedings We varied a little, by my
applying alternately to my tooth, hydrocyanic
neid and creosote
Towards morning got a few minutes quiet
reposs and awoke with my feet on the pillow,
aud my head at the loot Of the bed, with the
sheet twisted ronnd my neck like u comforter.
| W hen the woman arrived who generally
dnsts and Tides my apartments, | called her
into my bedroom to do some .rling thing for
| me.
| The moment she saw me she burst out with
the following q must preface her remarks by
telling you she is is a thorough bred Coekney)
Law u mercy bless me did you heysr :!
What's the matter with your face, sir?"
| Toothache |"
"'Ow it is swelled Your ed is as big as
Mrs. MacCords little boy Billy, who ed the
brain with water, the same year that Jem
Thompson went to sea- Ave you done any
thing for it I"
l ejacuiated petulantly, "creosote and hy-
drocyanic acid"
"When | was in Highland, Mr.. Wigley,
whose nsband lost his lie, by the ons in Fleet
street falling down, 'ad the tuothache dreadful
". 1t was during the time hi was eavy in
the family why with my George: remember
too well, for was SO hexceedingly parshal, and
fond OF pigs troters. Says she. to me, Mrs
'eHl'' says she, I've the leothaehe ftigAsinly,
what shall do Says she, HI 1--WE run rcd
OF needle hinto it, so as to destroy the nerye
but nit as Of no good l. shall 60 mad. | know,
says she, shall hii don't get halevia,.tl soon.
says ], when my poor, dear llsbaild was
halive, Q used TO suffer hex,mordinary with
hat disease. One night is brother Bob came
and took lea with US; we 'ad pelrywinkles
hand water cresscs-l remember ii so well for
iommy that g my second boy hand as good
hoy as hanybody ever saw, though say it
who 'adn't honght TO- fell down the Top Of the
stairs to the very bottom, and grazed oil hall
the skin from the small Of is back. y VI N
& For mercy's sake let me have a Gun of hot
tea cried, wishing to cut this rigmarole
short. f 4t ~
+" Yes, sir, certainly, sir. But as hi was say
ing, that very night, my poor Dean, eavefl
bless him, 'ad q shocking bad too,hache. lie
tried everything"
Mrs. Dean enumerated several sovereign
remedies that "poor dear Dean y had tried
viz: cammomile, chickweed fried in lard, gin
ger, pepper chewing. tobacco, opium, and N
poutice of brdilcd poppy heads, the last Of which
perfectly cured him, and she intended To pre-
pare the same for me. sttf
While Mrs Dean was down stairs connect
ing this inia'lible remedy, Tom, who had been
for an early walk, came in. I'LL
+" "iows the tooth, any easier ?" '6 N4
Not bit--worse il anything it sal
"I'ook here, old fellow, you put a piece Of
gnnnastic in the tooth, that may ease you.
III go and get some"
Tom departed, and soon leturnels tried
il, but obtained no relief. n
Nus. Dean now entered, witifthe poultice Of
poppy heads, and spplicd it. The heat was so
soothing that fell into ieyerish and restless
sleep.
l was awoke by Jim Brine entering my
room. ,,H ~ -
"You lcok a nice picture for fond mother
TO behold, don't you?' exclaimed jim
give got such " precious bad tooihache"
$50 Tom told mes assI was passing by, |
dropped in TO see you.s What have You ap-
piled TO itl' 'is|
informed him.
"lhey are of no good. Get some tincture
of chloride Of iron: that cured me when lad
the toothache"
II will"
DO. I've got to meet Bombaste at one
so must be Gil. rllifook in as l. return. Good
bye" Erior : s,ss..1..
The pain got more intense every minute L
Jumped ont OF bed and roledtnpoa the Hoor in
my agony. | pressed my cheek against the
marble mantle. strobe abeut the room. / sol
down. pmpne'cd my head. / tried pipe
applied in rapid succession everything that
had been recommended mo, and finished up by
getting into bed again and swearing.
A number Of friends called during the lay
to condoe with me. All had certain cure
for tootbache. One advised me to use solution
OF persequinitraie Of iron; another, extract ot
bella donna; another, pyroligneons acid
another, pytherum, and SC. on. All were tried
and all failed
Towards evening an idea struck me. Why
not have it out? will
] buddied on my clothes and bolted as fast
as ! could to the nearest dentist.
| rang the bell a servant opened the door.
ls Mr.. Jiuks in? inquired
Yes sir"
My toothache was entirely gong.
Would tyo@ walk ia sir, ii il you please,