The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1859-12-14
A rough Story.

.io-i-s witch have bern circulated 10 this
State and generally believed:
Dr.. Tushmaker WAS never regularly bred
a. physician cr snrgsor. bu' he possrssed
naturally a -tfcng meehami,aI gst ius and a
iue appetite, snd iind'r 2 as icsib n CREST
sew 81 ~ lrArii,inr ihe latter prcp-n.'I i.
hc cone uh- ,hrt y 9 u.d o. more good ~
the wnrl and crssie more re,l happiness
,her.in hy putting The teeth Of The lnhabi-
,anis IL good order than in any Other way,
30 he became dentist.
Hp VAS the man that frs invented the
me hod o. placing small cog wheels in the
hack teeth, Tor the more perfect mss'irst'on
II fnod. and he claimed 10 b. the origins al
discnvsrer OF lhst method OF Cling cavities
wnh kind Of pu,sy-which bee ming hard
directly causes The tootn 70 ache 90 griev-
ously ,ha, i, has 10 be pulled thereby giving
ihe dentist Two successive fees for the rame
job.
Tushmake was one day seated In his Office
in the city Of Boston, Mass. when . stout
Old fellow, named Byles. presented himself
10 have back tooth drawn.
The ientist seated his patien, in the chair
Of torture. snd opening his mouth, discovered
there an enormous tooth on the right hand
side about a. large. as he anerward express
I'd il. "as . small Polygloi Bible = y shall
nave trouble with this tooth" thought Tush-
maker bui he clapped on his heaviest forccps
and pulled. Il didn't come. Then be tried
the tnrnscrsw, exrr,ing his uimoss s,reagsh
lbu, the tooth wouldn't come.
go awsy f;om here,'' said Tsshmaker q
lByle-, land return in week, and will drru
that tooth out tor you, Or you will know thu
reason why"
ByIes got up, clsppcc handkerchief !
his Jaw aud put forth.
The dentist went 10 work, and w sh~e'
days lie invented on instrument which nc
was cvpfden, would rulI anything. u wa
ia ccm instion OF the lever. pulley, wheel sn'
xIe incline plane, wedge and screw. Th'
casting was made, and the machine put u
in the Office, over an iron chair. rentere'
perfectly stationary BY iron rods going de~'
Into the foundations oi the granite building
Inaweck cid Byles returned; he wa
Iclsmped into The iron chair, the forceps co .
lnectea v ish the machine attached firmly I
The tooth, aud To-hm. ket sIa,ionii 2 himsel
lin the rear took hold ol a lever iuur fee
long
lie turned i, slighfly-Old Byles gave
sroan, aud Illied Lls right LEG. Anoihe
,urn. another rrosn, the higher went d
Byles rieh, leg again.
.wha, do you raise your righ, leg forl
asked the doctor.
II can'l help H." said the patient.
.Nsll,, said Tushmaker. "she tooth
bound 10 come now.'
lie turned The lever clear ronud. With
-ujsirn Jerk. aud snapped Dd Bsie' hee
rIear and clear from HE shoulders Loving
space IN four i'ch,s bssycsn I've sever
psr'.
" The, MA pusr mprssn exst inaticn ~
ruu,r N the loofh we're found exiende Jo~
the tight ,ld-. through lie right leg, snd tuf
"a % in ,~o prongs Directly under The 80
,f ,he righ' toc'.
M wonder" said Tushmsker. "that
raised his leg"
The jury thought 90 ,ec, but they fou'
the rou'. much decsyed. and five surg Q
j -w caring ,ha, modification would have :
sued ID few mon,hs, Tvshmsker was cle'
Cd on W dict Of "ju@u6 able homicide"
ne was little shy Of that instrument
NJ. terwsrd, but one day an old lady, feeble
-lf,ccd. came in TO have tooth drawn. .
thinking !, would come out very easy, Tu'
maker concluded. just by way of variety.
&c Iiry The machine.
He did co. and = the drst turn drew
" old lsd,'s skeleton completely and entr'
from her body. leaving her mass 81 qu
ering Jelly in the chsirl
y, Tushmsker took her home In pillow q
Il she lived seven years after that. end Y
I,cslled herl,he .lncis Rubber Womsn'
N. had suffered terribly with the rheumatic
but alter ,his occurrence never had any