Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-11-23
Perkins Has tho Toothache.

When I went to bed that night / ap-
rr,hended trouble. Along one jaw, the
lest one, occasionally capered grnmbling
sensation. 1t kept me awake an hour or
30 trying 10 determine whether that was
all there was of it, or whether there was
something TO come after, that would need
nv wakeful presence to contend against
Thus wondering, fell ssleep,and forget all
about the trouble. l don't know how long
slept. but f4ll to dreaming / he'd made
a match for $50 side to fight a cross
cut saw in a steam mill, and was well to
work on the Job, when the saw got my
head between it's teeth. thought tbis
was a favorable time to wake up, and j
did so 1t Immediately transpired that
might better have stayed where l was,
and taken the chances with the saw.
l found myself sitting straight up in
he'd with one hand spasmodically grasp
ing nv Jaw, and the other swaying to and
fro without any apparent cause.
II was an awful pain. 1t shot round
like a dog that had been cruelty cam
phened. 1t bored lightning through the
basement of my jaw, darted across the
roof Of my mouth and then ran lengthwise
of my teeth. If every psng had been a
drunken pillow chased by demon across a
stump lot, I think the observer would I'M
derstand my condition. / could no more
get hold OF the fearful agony that was Ca
vorting around in me than l could pick
up piece of wet soap when in great
hurry.
Suddenly it stopped. 1t went, giving
me a parting kick that fairly made me
howl.
thought I was rid of the teethacbe,
but grumbling set in next morning. 1t
was just like the feeling of the night be-
fore, and still voice said to me, Look
out, Perkins,
did. / went right away to the dem
tist who has pulled the teeth of our fam.
lily and knew our peculisrities. There
was an uneasy smell about his office. it
was very suggestive Of trouble, and as |
snuffsd it in / experienced sinking feel
ing in the pit of my stomach. l looked
at him and sickly smiled. He was never
even on holiday, the handsomest of men.
but now his appearance was very depres'
sing. He looked like a corpse with a
lighted candle inside Of it.
/ told him what the matter was with
me, how had been up all night with q
four-story pain how my wife had been
thrown out of bed by the violence of my
suffering; now
He asked me if I wouldn't sit down.
I sat down on what was once hogshead,
but now cut down and newly carpeted.
lie held back my head, opened my mouth,
and went to fishing around inside with
piece of watch spring.
L l.. l. Id IA nd
Said he:
You have caught terrible hard cold
Il have
1T seems the trouble is with one of the
bicuspids.'
OF course / didn't know what a bicus-
pids was, but thought it wouldn't look
we'll in the head of the family being struck
with so short a word as that, so I asked,
with some vigor:
which oneY
The humorous said he.
Il am glad it amt any worse replied
throwing sigh of relief.
The frontal bone is not seriously affect.
ed. The submaxillary gland is somewhat
enlarged: but it does not necessarily fol
low that parotitus will ensue.'
Il sm proud to hear that said 7, which
l certainly was, although II the parotltls
had ensued it ia not at all likely that /
should have minded it much, unless it was
something that would spill, as l was dress
cd up in my best.
He kept talking and angling.
The esophagut isn't loose he next re-
marked.
'Ah,' said I, winking at him.
'Ah no. the ligaments are quite firm. l
might say
Did it hurt You P he asked, as cool and
calm as the lid Of an ice cream freezer.
Hurt me-! Great Heavens. did you ex-
peot to split me open with a watch spring,
and not have it hurt me? What was the
matter-did you slip?'
Certainly not he said, Il was simply
getting hold of the tooth. just hold your
head back an instant, and will have it
out at once
L guess won't try again. said l with
a SILVER. The toothacte is bad enough,
but it il heaven alongside that watch
spring. You may come up some time,
and pull il out when l ain't at home.
think I could endure the operation if |
was off about eight blocks. Come up
whom you can ~
From the Toronto Express, Nov. 10