Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-08-21

Correspondence OF the Boston POST
NAHANT HOUSE, August 6, 1917
While deeply interested in the discussion ~ ~
urious repast provided for The happy guests of th
mansion yesterday afternoon my attention W. us
verted by the sound of music of a wild and Soo.ul'
ic description, resembling from the exterior If gu:
building The melody appeared to be that port;oo
of the C Battle of Prague which repressnp oruon
cries of the wounded" accompanied by an nnI; 1ne
ed mount of exertion on the part of the oner.,nu
the bass drum. Hastily rushing to the window iron on
ing elevated on nny fork the large potato from wb;oh
had partially removed the cuicle, (Stevens "nlch
us enormous potatos it takes twenty minutes ~ gEeS
one property beheld procession, NUMBERING sonu
three four hundred, all in their SUNDAY c1otbn"
every man with cigar in his mouth slowly and col
EMMY moving past the hotel. They bore a hannnr
at their head, on which was depicted an enormnUa
cork screw, or some instrument of that descrinIoa
with The MOTTO " Il long pull a strong puH. md
pull altogether Judge of my establishment and d.
light in recognizing in the bearer of this banner nv
old friend, the phIlanthropic Tushmaker, Of wdo
spread dental renoWn. As the procession r.acb"s
the front of the hotel each man threw away his .;
gar, and having replaced by large qud of tobacco
defed on the esplanade beneath the piazza in to
erably straight llne and then gazing intentv at H.
windows, opened his mouth, from one auricular orr.
fee to the other, and showed his teeth. Never have
seen SO glittering display. Filled with curiosity
was about to ask an explanation, when nv friend
Dottlc, from Androscoggin, who had rushed to The
window at the same time with myself, saved Inc tho
trouble, by de handing with an ncoherent and eY.
ceedingy nasal pronunciation, why, what on airIh
is this ere 9! his" replied the courteous Hiram,
whose suavity OF manner is only equaled by the
beauty of his person, "this sir, is the American
Dental Association, composed of members from ali
parts of both continents and the British West Ind;a
islands" "Je' e.osafen," said Dolitle, three hun
dred te1Uth carpeaterSr'
1t was indeed thrilling spectacle To think Of
the amount of agony that body of men had produc.
ed, and were capable of yet producing to think Of
the blool they had shed, and of their daring and
impetuous charges after the CORY action was over
The immortal charge of the six hundred at Baakaya
not circumstance to the charges made daily
| by this three hundred. AS Hiram had truly said
there were dentists from all parts of the civilized
world and elsewhere. There was the elegant CITY
practitioner with shiny hat and straw coloed gloves
side by side with the gentleman from the country
who hauls man all over the floor for two hours for
quarter of dollar, 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 question that
this substance is a preseryalive to the teeth. | OBJ.
served in the rear rank, the ingenious gentleman
who invented the sudden though painful method of
extracting tooth by climbing tree and connecting
by a catgut string the offending member with stout
limb and then jumping down; highly successful
mode of operation but not calculated to become pop
uIar ia the community. He wore buckskin mecca
SINS and did not appear to be enjoying successful
| practice.
But while gazed with deep interest upon the as
| sembly the band struck up " Tom Tug" and away
they went. Three tines they encrcled the hotel
then " with their wings aslant, like the fierce
morant' swooped down upon the bar, registered their
Names and took grand united Federal drink, (each
! man paying for himself.) Here toasts and senti-
ments were the order of The day. 1.-The American
Dental Association, like watermen, we pull one way
and look another" GA three dollar cavity, very
filling at the price" " The woodcock, emblem Of
| VIC liI,;r tho holo nd
passes in precious long bil.' The memory of Dr.
Beale drank standing. These, with other sentiments
of similarly meritOrous character were given, and
received with great applause.
Having all drank from the flowing BOWL the
ISOLATION again formed in line in front of the piazzls
which were now crowded with a curious and admir-.
ing throng, and sang with surprising harmoney tho
following beautiful, plaintive and appropriate
chaunt -
s'Oh, Jonathan Gibbs he broke his tewth
| A eatin puddn', eatin' puddin'-
Jonathan Gibbs he broke his tewth
A eatin puddn', eatin' puddin'.
| ssGreat Jumps of suet, they stuck intew it.
lntew it, intew it, intew it, intew it -
! Great Jumps of suet, they stuck intew it,
AS big as my two thumbs.
This chaunt finished, and the applause subsding,
an air of gravity the association, and the
president, DR.. Tushmaker, stepping forward,
nounced that a few pleasing and wonderful perform
ances would now be gone through with, with the
object of exhibiting the dexterily acquired by the
members of the society. Then, turning to the Dine
he gave the command, "Draw p In an instantevery
one of the association armed with brilliant turn
screw. " Fir!" shouted DR.. Tushmaker, and each
member opened his mouth and attached the fearful
instrument TO back tooth. sc Haul !" screamed the
doctor. Hold" for Gods sake" shouted |, but it
was loo late three hundred double fanged back teeth
dripping with blood, were held exultant in the all
The association looked cool and collected; there
Ip,;nh t horo poip lint E1yo fbo hnu
they repressed il the ladies with wild cry of horror
fled from the piazza. Replace !" shouted DR.. Tush-
maker and in Instan. every tooth returned to the
mouth whence it came | understood it at once, il
, was ball practice with blank cartridge--they
were all false teeth. Several other Interesting
exercises gone through with. A hackman
passing by on his carriage Was placed under the IN
huence of chloroform, all his teeth extracted without
pain, and entire and elegant set put in then
place, all in fortytwo seconds. His appearance was
wonderfully improved; he had been known, tor years
as snaggIe- toothed Bill ," but new and more com
plimentary title will have 10 be devised for him.
, Wonderful are the Improvements of science. At
O'Clock the procession was formed. and the band
playing =" Pull Brothers, Pull" the association moved
, off, returning by the Nelly Baker to Boston.
have never seen three hundred dentists together
before, and don't believe anybody else ever did,
but consider it pleasing and improving specta-
Gle, and would suggest that the next time they meet
they make an excursion which shall combine busl'
ness with pleasure, and all 60 down together and re
move the snags from the mouth of the Mississippi
We had hop here last night; Belle a young
lady from Boston Good bye. Remember me to
the Tewth Doctor.
Yours respectfully, p
SUPREME CoURT-The following young gentlemen
have been admitted to the practice OF the law IN
North Carolina, by the Supreme Court now IN SESSION
at Morganton ,,