Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-03-27

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more. but it warn't no use, count game
he would: and Fremcunt beat him one
So that sot the, game-Bpcks six,r Fre-
mount six. an Fillmore three. an Bucks
deal an Frenoppnt' beg or stand. :,
Buck licked his thumb an dealt 'em
nifty slow aud keerful. I looked At Fill
m0re's Herds as he got 'em from tie deal,
and st liked to knocked me down. There
was tie ace, the king. the queen the jack.
ten. an the juice ov. ttumps Thinks I,
O4Lordy and then I looked at him, and
thar the ola feller lsot, his belly kiyerin'
the cheer all over. an nearly out to his
knees; as solemn, as big, an about as
wise as an ole Dutch squire atryin' Of a
bastardy case with good proof agin the
daddy: II tell ye boys. he looked list like
he had his fust big horn OF whisky for the
mite. an felt it in his boots. I: thought,
Oh. Lordy agin. ~" go !. 2 .-..'' t''-S1 -
= Buck never turned up his hand. but
axed Fremount what he ment tn du. He
looked athis kerds. sorted 'em, then.look.
ed up at the lamp. then At Buck, scratch
ed his ear. shot up his eyes an very
slowly sed-I-b eg. By the jump
in Jehosaphat'! Buck run 'em quick, an
l thought no harm tu take another look
at old Fill. He Tolch allow collicky sort
Ov grunt. and then he blowed. l swar
the wind cum oulen his noze. month.
eyes an years, an like to put the lamp
out 't' ' -i' a't"'e'
L lodged an took peep inter Fre-
mounts hand and l now swear, that
when a mans six on " big game Of seven
up. l never seed jist sich kerds: He hilt
tother three aces. bound to be high let
what wood cum-an out-an' out Presi
dent at that. Thinks |. o Lordy, Buck
o Lordy. Fillmore an watched to see
what suit was to make the President out
en- that darned mulc-eaten Frcmouut,
when thar's nary DImikrat in he'll ef he
didn't turn jack jsL as easy as ef thar'd
been fifty 2 Of 'em in the pack. aud then
only leaned back'arls outcn his cheer.
and tainted as comfortable on the floor
as an old made at quillin when the
kissin begins. Fremount's eyes turned
green - The Gar on the back ov his head
rlZ up like the teeth ov comb. his must
tuch'us turned up towards his eyes. he
brayed like mule. an at one Jump xiv.
cred ole Fill as he lay, and then sot into
btlin an chOkin au Il mOulin ov him like
the devil beatin hominy' This sort ov
excitement fotched the old frller tn an
as soon as he felt all the hurtin inside an
out. he sot rite in tu titin. like an ole stud
hoss. an thar they he'd it. looked at
Buck who still hilt the kerds in his hand
with the jack turned up on top) as much
as tn SAY, Shall part 'em p He shook
his he'd; an put my hands in my pock-
cts an kept outer thar way. They tit
some By this time. l tell yer-har, wool,
fur an feathers flew. sorter like ginning
cotton. Sea.ward cut dirt as soon as
that arful jack was turned. an locked the
door on the outside. an went straight TO a
pra'r mGetin in Ninth street, whar reck-
on he is yet. Well, thar they f., An
grunted, an every now an then Fremount
wud bray like onto mule. an Fillmore
wud grunt out sumthin about sumbody's
box an fushin.. Now. ef fushin means
nairin', they war fused about as well rs
two pints OF bald face in quart flask on
hard trottin hoss. An ov all the darn.
ed nOises ever did hear; they shook that
big tavern tu tie ground. An walked
all over a lather ov swet, an then Just
turned over in the bed and cried like q
baby"
What for. Sut ?''
"'Case | walked up afore either hol-
Tered. an / never will know which whip
ped. Ole Buck knows, and Of ever set
eyes on him. I'II-ax him. Give US anoth>
er horn. old hoss.'"' a., - ,..- ..s
Qua TEETH 1t is often asserted that
the teeth OF the present generation are in =.
ferior to those of the generations who have
preceded US. We wish. says an exchange.
that some Of our many dentists would
prove literary enough to give us dental
history. We should be astonished. prob.
ably. at the dental evils OF othhr days.
Evidences OF the use Of false teeth by the
Romans, two thousand years ago. were
found among the ruins OF Pompeii. Three
hundred years ago. Martin Luther COM
planned OF the toothache; and German
ambassador at the court of Queen Eliza.
beth spoke of the weakness aud imperiec.
lion OF the English peoples teeth, which
he attributed 10 their custom Of eating a
great deal of sugar. Shakespeare makes
one Of his characters speak OF being kept
away by a raging fang Roger VIII
!iams was struck by the imperfect teeth Of
the Narragansett Indians. wEom tooth
ache and decayed teeth troubled exceed :
iugly. George Washington had set of
artificial teeth. for which he paid Eve
hundred dollars. Napoleon had bad
teeth. and was especially troubled with
them at St. Helena. Walter Scott speaks.
at comparatively early period of life. Of
dental troubles. and wishes he had some
fresh teeth Such are a very few facts
which come up in our poor memory con-
cerning somewhat interesting matter