Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-04-21
A Tussle VITA the Toothache'
"a curse upon thy venomed stang, >,
That shoots nv tortured gums sIaog.

GA curse upon thy yeG9meG stang
That shoots nv tortured gums sIaog'
The tootbache is one of the conconitauts OF
civilization We boast Of the marvellous pro-
gress which tbs race Il as made from 9 state OF
barbavisul. but this progress has not been with
out countervaiing ac compartments 1here
has been great mental growth N most respects
it is true, but in some respectS-We Go not
believe in all-there has also been phySicai'de-
generacv We can measure the distances to
the stars aud read the records of past ages
in the rocks, and have reduced the forces OF
nature into serYituie TO our wishes; but me
enamel of our teeth, which should be white
and firm to the last. grows black aud breaks
away the bona eneath dlssolves and at last
the nerve lies bare and begins TO tWinge and
thrill with pangs of agony, when our savage
an cestors never knew. Of all tortures with
which ordinary experience makes US acquain-
ted, there is no other so tormenting, eXaspera-
ting and all-absorbing as the toothache. While
the pain endures the little particle OF hbre
known as the "nerYe" is by far the biggest
part of the man-it is omplete master OF the
situation. The blood rushes through It's sem
sitiye channels with ten horse power Its ca
pacity for pain increases each moment. The
poor victim can think Of nothing but his mis-
cradle torment stoicism fails, philosophy
surrenders the fall of leaf, or the note ola
bird nfaddens him; the sympathy OF friends
and the jeers of the heartless are alike exas-
perating. The intoIerable torture would
wiring tears from the strongest man or curses
from Quaker. In fact there is nothing so
utterly demoralizing to a person. mentally,
morally and physically, as a good, vigorous,
ripping toothaehe.
Civilization has given us no one advantage
which is a compensation for this affection; and
if every benefit thus conferred were to be bal
anced by the toothache or its equivalent, for
our part in spite OF all the notification pro-
duced by the dentists skill, we should choose
to turn our backs on civ lization and its ad-
vantages and, returning to the spear, war
club and skin dress Of barbarism, pass our days,
without thought of Tertiary Formations"
or Nebul@ in Orion" hunting wild beasts
aud wild men, and at the last lie downto rest,
at good old age, with thirty two sound, white
teeth in surface that neve knew a pang or
ache. Such are our sentiments after fair op-
portunity, recently offered to form an op !l;on
----
New BELLA new bell, weighing
over 900 pounds, has been hung in the En-
CINE house this week. It has pleasant but
powerful tone, and will prove much more Use
full in giving alarms in case of FIRE than the old
one, which was too light for the purpose.
PETERS MUSICAL REVIEW for April
is to hand, and, in addition to fifteen pages of
select reading matter, contains the following
new and beautiful music:
f'Ain't I Sweet ?" A ladys comic song. BY
I. Brigham Bishop. Crest, Darling, Rest
beautiful lullaby, by E. c. Ilsley "Pm Still
Friend to You" song and chorus by viii S.
Hays. ale wipes the Tear from every Eye"
sacred song, by Fl. P banks "Forest CT AIDE
March," by Charles Kinbel NDamasl1 Rose
Waltz, by E. Mack Golden Sunset Mazur-
ka, by J. Harristoun.
Music is generally considered expensive, but
wnen such a quantity is furnished for the
small sum of thirty cents, it ceases to be a
luxury, and even the poorest may sing. play,
and be happy.
Our musical friends will do well to exam
inc this work, and we feel confident that thir
ty cents, sent to the publishers for sample
copy viii yield them larger return for their
investment than any similar outlay they can
make. Send for copy, or get your news
dealer TO get one for you, and we viii guar
an tee you will thank US for calling your at
tention to it.
Ii is issued by J. L. Peters, music publisher,
Box 1929, New York, at the low plice of SO
a year, or 80 cents for single copies