Mariposa Democrat., 1857-10-15

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NAHAST HOUSE, August 6, 1857.
While deeply interested in the discussion Of
the luxurious repast provided for the happy
guests of this mansion yesterday afternoon,
my attention was diverted by the sound Of
music Of wild and Saracenc description, re-
sounding from the exterior of the building
The melody appeared to be that portion of the
Battle of Prague" which represents the
" cries of the wounded" accompanied by an
unlimited amount of cxertion on the part Of
the operator on the bass drum Hastily rush
ing to the window, bearing elevated on my
fork the large potato from which had partly
removed the cuticle, stephens gives us enor-
nous potatoes, it takes twenty minutes to skin
one properly) beheld procession, number
ing some three or four hundred, all in their
Sunday clothes, every man with cigar in his
mouth, slowly and solemnly moving past the
hotel They bore banner at their head, on
which was depicted an enormous corkscrew,
or some instrument of that description, with
the motto, "a long pull, a strong pull and a
pull altogether" Judge of my astonshment
and delight in recognizing in the bearer of this
banner my old friend, the philanthropic Tush-
maker of widespread dental renown As the
procession reached the front of the hotel, each
man threw away his cigar, and having replaced
it by large quid of tobacco, deiled on the
piazza, in tolerably straight line, and then
! Al. al. lA.., .a2
mouth, from one auricuar orifice to the other,
and showed his teeth. Never have seen so
glttering display Filled with curiosity,
was about to ask an explanation, when my
friend Dolittle from Andiscroggin, who had
rushed to the window at the same time with
myself, saved me the trouble, by demanding
with an incoherent and exceedingly nasal pro-
nunciation, "Wby what on airth is this ere? :"
This" replied the courteous Hiram, whose
suavity of manner is only equalled by the
beauty of his person, this is the American
Dental Association, composed of members
from all parts of both continents, and the
British West India Islands" ".Jerusalem,"
said Dolittle, "three hundred teseM carpen-
ters"
1t was indeed thrilling spectacle. To think
of the amount of agony that body of men had
produced and were capable of yet producing,
to think of the blood they had shed, and of
their daring and mpetuous charges after the
CORY action was over! The immortal charge
of the six hundred at Balaklava was not cir
cumstance to the charges made daily by this
three hundred. As Hiram had truly said,
these were dentists from all parts Of the civil
lied world and elsewhere. There was the ele-
gent city practitioner, with shiny hat and straw
colored gloves, side by side with the gentleman
from the country, who hauls a man all over
the floor for two hours, for quarter Of dol
lar and gives him the worth Of his money. /
observed that forty seven of them wore white
hats, and two hundred and sixty-eight used
tobacco in some form. There can be no ques
ton that this substance is a preservative to the
teeth. / observed, in the rear rank, the nge-
NOUS gentleman who invented the sudden
though painful method of extracting tooth
string the offending member with a stout limb,
and then jumping down-a highly successful
mode of operation, but not calculated to be-
come popular, in the community. He wore
buckskin mocassins and did not appear to be
enjoying successful practice.
But while gazed with deep interest upon
the assembly, the band struck up "Tom Tug"
and away they went. Three times they encir-
cled the hotel, then, "with their wings aslant
like the fierce cormorant," swooped down upon
the bar, registered their names, and took a
grand, united, Federal drink leach man pay
ing for hmself) Here toasts and sentiments
were the order of the day. "The American
Dental Association, like watermen, we pull
one way and look another" "A three dollar
cavity, very filling at the price," "The wood
cock, emblem of dentistry-he picks up his
living from the holes, and passes in precious
long BILL" "The memory Of Dr. Beale, '"
drank standing. These, with other sentiments
of similarly meritorious character were given
and received with great applause.
Having all drank from the flowing bowl, the
association again formed in line, in front of the
piazzas, which were now crowded with curl
GUS and admiring throng and sang with sur
prising harmony the following beautiful, plain
tive and appropriate chaunt;
"0h, Jonathan Gibbs he broke his tewth
A eatin' puddin', a catn' puddin';
Jonathan Gibbs he broke his tewth
eatin puddin' eatin' puddin'.
" Great lumps OF suet they stuck intew it,
Intew il, intew it, inew II, ntew it;
Great Jumps of suet they stuck intew il,
As big as my two thumbs"
This channt finished, and the applause sub
siding. an air of gravity came over the associ-
alton. and the President, DIR. Tushmaker, step
ping forward, announced that few pleasing
and wonderful performances would now be
gone through with, with the object of exhibit