Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-01-15
miscellaneous.
Bill WhiMetree's Dcntal
Experience.

: Experience.
Have you ever had the tooth-achei-
II not. then blessed is your ignorance. for
!, il indeed bliss TO know nothing about
the tooth ache. as you know nothing alb
solutely nothing about pain-ihe acute,
double-distilled, rsc,ified agony that turks
about the roots or fsngs OF trsscherous
tooth. Blu, ask sufrerershow il feels.
what il is like, how il operates. and you
may learn something Theoretically which
,ou may pray heaven that you may not
know prac ,icslIy.
But there's poor William Whifletree
he's been through the mill. fought,
blei. and died (slighrly) with the refined,
essential oil of the agony caused By rag
ing tooth. Every time we read Othello.
We are half inclined 10 think that mere
than half of lagos devlishness came from
that 'rsging TOOTH" which would not let
him sleep. but tortured and tormented
..mins ancient" so that he became en-
Uttered against ali the world, and black
smoors in psliculur.
! William Whifle,ree's case is q very
strong illustration OF what too,h-ache is,
and what il causes people to do; and al
fords a pretty fair idea Of the manner in
which the tooth and sufferer are medicin-
ally and morally treated by the ma.:ria
medica. and friehds at large.
William Whifflelree-or "Bill' as most
people called him-wns a sturdy young
fellow of two-and twenty. of poor but
respectable parents" and tended the dry
goods store Of one Ethan Rskestraw. in
the village OF Rockbo,tom. State Of New
York.
One unfortunate day. for poor Bill.
there came to Rockbottom galvanized
looking individual. rejoicing in the euPh
onium of DR.. Hannibal Orestes Wang
hanger. AS q surgeon. lie had-according
TO the album-full Of certificates open
J led in all the scientific branches OF ampu
tation, from the scalp lock 10 the heel-tap
upon Emperors. Kings. Queens, and COM
mon folks; but upon his sceince in the
dental way. he sp read and grew lumin
Gus. Ia short. DR.. Wangbanger had not
been long in Rockbottom before his 'gif,
Of gab," and unadultera,ed propensity
to elongste the blanket. set every body,
including poor Bill Whifflelree. in fu.
, ror to have their teeth cut, filed. scraped
rssp.d. reset. dog out. and FURNISHED up
Z Now Bill. being. as we sforessated.
, muscYlsrly developed youth, got up in
the most sturdy New Hamshire style, his
teeth rere teeth. in every way calculs'
ted to perform long and strong; but Bill
was fast imbibing counter-jumper no.
) tions, dsbbIng in stiff dickeys. creased
soap locks. and other fancy ''fab- dabs,
supposed TO be essen.isl in cutting .
swsuh among ys fair sex.
3 So that when DR.. Wanghsnger once
: had an audience with Mr.. William Whit
fe,ree in regard to one of Mr.. Whiffie.
! trees meIars which Bill thought had I
"speck" on it. he soon convinced the vic
n tim that said molsr not only was specked
but out Of the dead plumb Of its neares
neighbor at least the 84,h part Of al
8 iach!
: 20. shocking!' said the remorseles
! hum; cit Is we'll I saw il in time, Mr.
Whiff1etree. Why. in the course Of [
W few weeks, that tooth, sir. would have
e e1folisted. cslcareous supperstion woul.
: have ensued, the gum would have ossified
J, while the rerve Of the tooth becoming
i. spos ,hrophized. the roots would have con
: lcstena,ed in their hiatuses. and the Jaw
bone. no longer acting upon their fossi
/, exodus. would necessarily have led TO th'
/ entire suspension of the capillary organ
= of your stomach and brain. and-deatl
roua superrene in tico Azure"
Poor Bill he scarcely knew what fain,
: ing was, but queer sensation settled il
his "cssis frontis," while his ossis legs
4 almost bent double undsr him. at the aw
ful prospect of things before him! H
took long breath. however. and in
> VOICE tremulous with emotion, inc uired :
Good Lord. Doctor! what's to be don
d fors felleri"
= "Plug and fIe." calmly said the Doc
tor.
"Plug and fils what"
sThe second molar," said the Doctor
though the trescherous monster mean
Bills wallet Of course!
"whafll cost, Doctor!" says Bill.
"Done in my very best manner. upo'
the nev and splendid system invented b!
. myself. sir, and practiced upon all sh'
csowned heads Of Europe. London. snt
Washington City, it will cost you three
: dollsse."
docs IL hurt much Doctor7" was Bill'l
cansieus inquiry.
"very lissle. indeed; iss sometime,
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