Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-08-17
JOIN Phenls and be Den'I't
rcorr.,p.nasnss of.he boston POST

Correspondence ofthe Boston Post.l
N4HASr HOUSE,, tAug. 6, 1857.
Iyb;Ie deeply interested in the discussion OF
theluxurious repast provided Tor the happy seuala
of this mansion yesterday afternoon my :I5
tion was diverted By the sound OF muslcioI Wiz
aud Saracenic description, resoundins ron Wy
exterior of the building. The melody appears
TO he that portion Of the Battle OF Prague winch
rcnrcsents the Series of the wounded, accom-
! named by an unlimited amount OF exeFtlon on
the mart ofthe operator on the bass drum. Hast
I ily rushing to the window. bearing elevated on
my fork the large potato from which n l par
tally removed tho cuticlc, Stevens gives US
enormous potatoes, It takes twenty minutes =
skin one property beheld procession, mum
boring some three or four hundred, all IN theif
Sunday clothes. every man with'a cigar IN his
mouth. slowly and sOlernnly moving past the no
tel They bore banner at their head, on which
was depicted an enormous cnrkscrew, or some
instrument of that description, with the motto
"a long pull. a strong pull. and pnll altH-
gether." Judge Of my astonlshment ana oel'n!
in recognizing in the bearer of this banner, my
Old friend. the philanthropic Tushmaker, OF wide
spread dental renown-
g The procession reached the front Of the ho-
tel each man threw away. his cigar, and having
replaced it by large quid of tobacco, detiled on
| the esplanade beneath the piaZZi, IN tolerahly
STRAIGHT line. and then gazing inteutly Mt the
windows, Opener Ote
/ orfiee to the other, and showed his teeth. New
er have seen SO glittering display FILLED
with curiosity I wns about to ask an explains
| ton, when my friend Dolittlc, from Androscog-
/ GIN who had rushed to the window at the same
1 time with myself, saved me the trouble, by de
| mandiug with an incoherent and exceedingly
nasal pronunciation. t.Whv, what on nirth Is
| this here.' 'sThis, replied the courteous Hiram
whose sauvity ofmanner is only equaied by the
beauty of his person, this sir, Is the American
/ Dental Association composed OF members from
all parts of both continents, and the British
West lndid Islands" ''Jerewsaem, Salu DO
little, "three hundred tewth carpenters!
| 1t was indeed thrilling spectacle to THINK
/ of the amount of agony that body OF men mad
i produced. and were capable Of yet producing, to
/ think of the blood they had shed, and of their
! daring and iInpctuouS charges after the CORY ac-
| ton was over! The immortal charge of the SIN
hundred at BalaclaTa was not circumstance to
! the charges made daily by this three hundred
! As Hiram had truly said, these were dentists
| from all parts of the civilized world and else
Ewhcre. There was the elegant city practitioner,
with shiny hat and straw colored gloves, side by
/ side with the gentleman from the country, who
hauIs man all over the floor for two hours, for
| a quarter of dollar, and gives him tile 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
sentative Of the teeth. observed in the rear
rank the ingenious gentleman who invented the
sudden though painful method Of extracting n
tooth by climbing tree. and connecting by
catgut string the offending member with a stout
limb. and then jumping down; highly sue
-a'Nss vstrtlt Ht-St 10
become popular in the community. He wore
buckskin n0ccasins. aud did not appear,tos be
enjoying successful practice.
But whilcsI gazld with deep interest upon
the assembly, the band struck up TON Tug."
and away they went Three times they encir-
cled the hotel, then with their wings aslant,
like the fierce cor1norant' swooped down upon
the bar, registered their names, and took
grand united federal drink, (each man paying for
himself) Here toastS and sentiments were the
order of the day. "The American Dental Asso
citation, like waterman, we pull one way and look
another" The woodcOck, emblem ofdentristry
-he picks up lis living from the holes. and pas
scs in precious long bill" The memory ofDr-
Beale, drunk standing. These, with other sem
timents ola similarly mcritorious character, were
given, and received with.grcat applause.
Having all drunk from the flowing bowl. the
association again formed in line in front Of the
piazzas, which were now crowded with curious
and admiing throng. and sang with surprising
harmony the beautiful, pIaintiyc and aPpproPri-
ate chaunt:
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