Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-09-26
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2 Ffoat Tech and the Grinders.


l9l Ou6s on time . tnatiny arose Anong the
teeth Of 3 worthy man, Ia COED health and
blessed WITH sound constitution, commonly
known as Uncle Samuel. The cutting teeth
or iacis5ri, and the eye-teethi or eaNinss,
though not nearly 50 many, all counted nor
50 large, nor -stroag ~ the grinders, and
81 no snsshs so Whit, but, on the coatrnrY,
Tsry much discOloFed, began 10 6nd fault
With the grinders a. not good enough COM
pauy for them The eye teeth, being very
sharp and fitted for siEing and tearing, and
standing out TALLER than lhs rest claimed to
70 lead thsmg Presently, one Of then CON.
planned that 1t ached verysbadly, and then
another and another. Very soon the cutting
teeth Rhish pretended they we're supplied
BY the same nerve, and we're proud Of 1t,
began toashsalsOs They al agrsed that it
was the fault Of the grinders, .,..
% About thia time, Uncle Samuel having
used hist0oth brush which was never agoOd
one, having no Iffnsss in the bristles, for
four years, took anew one, recommended
% him by 6 great number Of people IS 3
homely but useful article. Thereupou all
the front teeth, one amer another, declared
/ that Uncle Samuel meant 10 seouF them
HlIora nllA " 30 sAllDk my NNGA4 1ANNA
submit to, though the whole oiVilised world
Was calling on them to DO So 50 they all
Finsisted On getting out Of the sockets in
which they had grown and stood for so
many years. But the wisdom teeth spoke
up for the others and said; g,-r 3 -.
HNsy, thsre be bat twelve Of you front
teeth, and there be twenty Of rs grinders
We are the strongest, and agOOd deal near
est the muscles and the joint, bntsWe can
not spare you. We have put up with your
! black stains, your Jumping aches and your
snappish looks, and now We are not going
I to let you 20 under the pretsnse that you
\ are to be scrubbed white If you stay. You
don't work hsif 50 hard IS We do but you
can bite the food well enough, which We
can. grind 60 mush better than you. We
belong 10 each other. You must stay
3 ThereupOn the feont teeth, first the cs-
mines OF dog teeth, next the iAcisOrp OF
cutting teeth, proceeded to declare them
selves out of their sockets, and no longer
belonging To the jaws. Of Uncle Samuel
Then Uncle Samnel srose in HE wrath
and shut his jaws tightly together, and
sEOre that he would keep them shut till
those aching and disoolOred teeth of his
/ Nput " pAoOc1 III bucAI bOCkeAAf II nbcu
were, rather than have them drawn, stand.
ing as some of them did, at the very open
in0 Of hia tksaT nssi s4n5naeh z
eli those teeth are beginning 70 4che worse
than ever, and to decay very fast, 20 that
/ Il will take great deei Of gold % stop The
heles that are forming in them But the
great white grinders are as sound as ever
4 and will remsin SO until Uncle Samuel
thinks the time has come for opening his
| mouth. In the meantime they keep OF
1 grinding in quiet way, though the other
4 have had to stop biting for long time
When Uncle Samuel opens his nCuth the
will be as ready for work ss ever, butthps,
poor diseolored teeth will be tender for q
| great Whifs, sndnsvsrlb be 90 strong as they
we're before they foolishly declared them,
!. selves ont Of their sockets.
i ThefOfegOiHg fable is respectfully dedi.
loated To the Southern Plebs, who, under the
lead Of thsir q Patriotism masters, hay.
"seceded, like. theig predecessors in the
days Of MeHeni6s Agrippa. as