Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-04-10
From Parler's Spirit OF the Tim ;.
''" THE REASON WHY.
BY Prank cAnlLl

-az'a. BY PRANK CAHILL.
~ u was about to 1partake OF an oyster
supper, when that confounded double
tooth Of mine commenced aching. "".f
$50" What's the matter, Charley? You
don't eat.''E'".I aG>@ ,iE#. eTa" a@-3 Bel
j. r'oh. nothing slight toothache. 1t
will soon go off, a-.'5 1lazg"... e
-s7't Go o'across the way to the chemists,
aud get littlS creosote and put drop
in the hotlow-ttat will stop it. tt.'
o I7did;so; on returning who should !
meet but Harvey. la.' 80 -... .'-. .."
So" Haa! my dear boy. how do you do %
inquired Harvey. 5H 2".. .15.. 3D. z"...@'
$50" Thank you. quite wtll."4
d ''That'sarigh hi. but what's the matter
&ith ) our face? ?'' sas-is9 --ni -"...E
Z tOldShim; he asked me il had done
anything for it.
,~a"5Yes; havefput some creosote in"
g" ",Creosote'! good gracious The worst
thing'in the world; destroys the teeth /:
you get little hydrocyanic acid. aud try
that: ifEthat don't alIay the pain nothing
.will.''H ,uH ~s -a-.~s-:. .'a .f-s..s. =
hsI tried it. Eating any supper was out
oftlIe question. SOL wenCto bed. Sleep
HVAS an imposSibility. tossed, tumbled.
and sWOro as L lay there. # "-- ...-.r''
Every quarterOi an hour my time piece
struck. secmedrtwo hours. T" I..-".
Tue ticking Of my clock annoyed me
andsmade me uerVous.T got up and put
il in my closet; 1 could still hear IT, So
! wrapped it in my shirt. put it in hat
box and deposited it there again. e. "asl
Thank goodness! Ecannot hear It now
Darn it. it's striking.
Theresl-and l opened my door, and
threw it down stairs. hat box and ALL "I
S-a}Ehese2proceedings were varied little,
6ytmy applying .alternately to my tooth.
hydrocyanic acid and crcosote.l." .19ii
Towards morning got a few minutes
quiet repose. and ,awoke with my feet on
he7pillow, and my head at the foot of the
bed, ,GWith the sheet twisted round my
neck like ia comforter. s'islE 60 yEas Ea-r1t
When the woman arrived Who general
lydusts' and tides my apartments, I call
ed her into my bed room to do some tri>
hing thing for me. .7sr
The moment she saw me she burst out
with the7following [ must preface her
Femarks by telling you that she is a thor>
Ough>bred Cockney )..spa .---..r.-3g
; .'2LaW a,mercyi! bless me did you
hsYef ! % What's the matter with your
face, sir o. .... -; -...+,,..-.-. .-....u
"Toothache y 90 III .,.t-or..
tt'Owlit is sweiled Your ed is as
big as Mrs. Mac Cords Billy. when he ''ad
the brain with water the same year that
Jem Thompson went to sea. Ave you
dene hanything for, it?" 10 gGt-@.v,s1
II calculated, ,petulantly, ",creosote and
hydtocvanic acid" '"oa@'i "' N''"2.'. .,'
When, 1 was in, Hingland, Mr. Whig-
ley, who's 'usbaud lost his lie by the 'ous
in Fleet street tfallink'down, 'ad'the1 tooth
ache dteHdfuIly. 80 Itwas during the time
hi was ''eavy IN the family way with my
George; / remember the time too we'll,
for | was hexceedingly parshial, and fond
Of pig g trotters. Says She to me. Mrs.
Dean. says she. rvs the toothache fright
fully. what shall l do Says she, hi ave
run a red 'ot:needle hinto it SO as to de>
stroy the nerve. buthit is of no good l
shalr go mad; I know. says she. I shall,
hif I don't get halleyiated soon. ~ -
, "SaysI. when my poor dear. a'usbane
WAS halive, q used to suffer hextraortis'
nary with that disease. One night, lis
brother Bob came and took tea with us:
We had perrywinkles and water. efesses-
remember is'so well.To Tommy, that's
my second boy. hand has good /" boy has
nybody hsyer saw though !. T.. sayitit
who 'adp't hought to. fell down the top
of the stairs. to thesrNery bottom, and
graEsd off 'alf1thesskin ifrom.the small of
his back. ~. q. .s17 1"e2 81 7..'r.nl
For hhrcy's sake, let me have cup
OF hoE5tsa.i' II icried, wishing to cut this
Eigna10ls- ls-shortsss---l,.-'. a--a-.r-sr--a
Yes. siseegteialys .siyA nBut as hi