Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-15
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Aman with the tooth SIS abbheshtsly par;
slySsd. No matter-asthst The l!sszgeacy, you
cannot attend to iitgWiths, tie zteothacbe. You
can't eat soffeonrsa shave not eaten for
three days-7ahat We, call eating. OF course
YOU can't sing-and this reminds US of a good
story heard on our friend F. tie other day.
SAs everybody knows 2. (who lis a very; ;'eecen-
atris man is devoted to- vocal music, It is "a
9rpeffectS passion with him. a. gentleman was
Walking out, in Wills, Meadow the otheraday,
and shessaW eFastandingFon The margineobst the
sbranchs gazing iatentfyg to all;'appearanceq at
senething 2in the water Fl He stood there. SO
tlongthatl ltheg gentleman advanced towards. him.
But 2. did hot move. The gentleman called
hm.y Hebeckoned TO- hin to be silent. The
gentleman moved up to- him on: tiptoe with
suspended breath, and +. pointed to- the
water. What, ls,the, matter 2? SAID the gen
,tleman, Don 5you hear Chat frog ?" says:Ft
in a suppressed Whispe issthe finest tenor
ever heard in my life R'6a9YoA 31e1&S a,,gs
sWslbato return; that frog did mot have; the
:toothache! "a mocking- bird coufdn't sing with
the toothaehe: BY the rivers; of Babylon, the
Captive Jews hung their lharps on, the Willows
and could, not sing because they 5hadothe, heart
aehe7zand the heartache.is about Iaslsuferable
as the toothache. .:.9&EAa 2dt 81 91i5h9 /
esIAstolwrting editorials on the ri ght Fit in
the Senate of the United States in this I'm!
three er1 four of your. front teeth, Socrates
couldn't do it, We have heard of the case Of
a young man who was suffering very much with
the toothaehe, and nothing would give him any
reliefo HIS Sweetheart was $50 moved at his
pitiable condition that she offered to kiss him
(she had steadily refused always before). He
told her he didn' care about it-that he was
miserable! Nothing could more powerfully IL
ustrate the terrible energy of this little tor
turer.
Men who are free from pain do not reflect
on the happiness Of their, situation. did you
ever thank God for your reason, sir? was the
startling question with which lunatic stopped
man whom he met on the street Of city
The stranger said he had not.y "WelI, you had
better go and do it then" said the lunatic-
for [ have lost mine" - y
There is fellow in perfect health =
he can eat what he pleases sleeps like a top
has the lungs Of race-horse never had the
headache, the earache, the. toothache, or the
stomach ache he has a good house, good
business; and pretty good sense, Il Yet he is
always complaining; fancies himself on the
whole very badly d-doesn,t$wonder Jones
committed suicide.
That fellow wants the toothaehe. The tooth
ache would sober him. Give him the tooth
ache fer, r,aboutthree days-say week-and he
will wonder how any man can fail to be happy
if he is just free from pain,T And the
demon is cast out of his tooth, and the pulses
beat healthiy again, freedoms from pain fills
him with enjoyment The sky, the trees, the
water, the fields, the city, the people, the cat
tie, the dog-.everything is beautiful -surpas-
singly beautiful.
Now for his sweethsart--in the case Of the
unmarried man-let her offer to kiss him now
Just try him ! Ghm zotsviWe Chronicle