New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-23
John PAUL AT SARATOGA.

HIS ARM-MILITARY REMlNlSCENCEs - JOHN
PAUL's CHARGE ON MASSACHUSETTS FROM THE
SHENANDOAH vMLEY-A BRIEF RELAPSE INTO
PERSONAL MENTION.
trRoM n OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRTBUSE'
SARATOGA, Aug ISL shall not complain OF
delay IN the publication of my las: letter. For seat
myself to write this much comfortably IN iny
chair than probably could have done had my per
sonal" letter got up here, say, Saturday. BRUISES
always trouble me worst the second day As VIZ
not from the promptings Of poverty at ALL Du' sDp'
Tor the purpose of occasionally having soinetnns 49,
70 read Won can well understand look forward 10
the arrival OF THE TRIBUNE and the seeing iDySe ~
print with pleasureable longing now " -,
contemplation Of it crowns me with olsnay' ~.
armed is he who hath his pan ad' just perhaps D
my faith in the efficacy OF single one Is sh'n i
I-or t, ,,t memory recalls what is written in that
unfortunate nersonal letter, imminent in the ar ana
liable at any time 10 arrive 20 out ana Duy anotneI
nan II cannot be written Of me now ms NE Is o"V
his nan for have three OF them Ana et ine ouV So'
sofclv ont Of this scrape and promise solemny never
10 oct into another the kind; yesl on the uo
tionary swear IT, will be personal again 80 ohs
"a lvel 80, -. ,.. ruoab II ts n mis-
to 70 suppose that they came examine the case of
false teeth OF which mention was made three letters ago
nd too much cannot be laid upon this TACT as
mistaken impression TO the contrary seems TO have got
abroad They came only 10 hold their nineteenth an
nua Convention though the selection OF Saratoga as the
scene may have been in consequence OF something
which appeared in THE TRIBUNE about ten days back.
The proceedings Of the Convention were so eminenty
interest n that an informal dentormal account OF
them may not be unnterestlng to your readers And
any Of them happen have the t0ohache reading me
won't he much worse, perhaps, than having 1t pulled
After praycr-never neglected by annual conventions,
which makes it 70 be regretted that they don't meet
every day OF the year-pOetry was announced TO De IN
order and DR.. J. G.. Ambler-not DR.. j. G. Holland,
though the initials as well the ddactic vein of the
verse might beray into that errOr-Dr. j. g. Amber
csne ambing in on Peagasus, and got away at the
dropping of tho hag-sweet flag, which, compounded
with ncture OF myrrh and bitter aoes, makes an ex-
ceent denricc. lie made his running from the start
and didn't allow the stone fences of syntax or the hurdles
OF prosody 10 stop him once; even the waterumps be-
tween the different meters he took without the least
hesitation Want Of space prevents my giving the poem
entire But III outline If do not line it for you, and
the rest you get at by process of ratiocinaton II
the ayeolar fails 1t did not begin after the style
OF the watercress vendors songs "Buy my bicuspids,
buy buy buy my fresh bicuspds" by the by, though
he might have with prOprety; the Doctor went
along at hand ealOp, and showed excellent time con
sderng condition Of the track aud the fact that he
got Of the gate money and 1t was remarked that
few could have made better string under-pardon me,
I've got the dental convention all mixed up with horse
racing and rolling tenpins. SO will simply give the
concluding lines Of the poem which ram or amoed as
Union! heart and hand and grinders
For the good of all mankinders
The poem was much applauded by the profession and
the remarked its conclusion that he was
ded with gratude-a much finer filing" to his think
ing than gold. After the meeting was again called to
order by the rap OF an "automaton malle" DR.. Law
renee taking his cue evidently from the Presidents re-
mark arose and demonstrated the manner of amalgam
filling "-whch the wnitiated reader must not for a
moment cOnfOund with amalgamation feeling After
Dr. Lawrence had told how the filing might be put in,
Dr Streeter of NewYork got and told how 1t might
soonest be taken out giving earnest conviction
any in this nineteenth century used
such a relic of barbarism the combination OF quick
silver and iron-hlings known 10 the profession as
"amalgam." cement" "platina Filings, deserved
himself be drilled through the abdominal cavity with
one of those Internal buzz-saws lately introduced
into dentistry under the Of "mechancal
drills" have the cavity scraped with coashoyel and
be finally plugged" with set Of forceps shot from
musket Of the army pattern In illustration OF bis
theory he narrated OF your correspondent who
was once OF neuralgia by several drynurSes OF
the wckes pattern with doctors diplomas and sentenced
TO 60 for a months recreation shooting and fishing
in the country with two ingeniously constructed
calvanic batteries technically known az "amalgam
filings" In fun play his mouth. only repreved at the
last moment by bcnefactor OF humanity, who ordered
him 70 stay at home and have the filings out at once
thus saving his life though not his reasonin proof Of
which statement in its eutirety-the life and reason
part-have you this series of letters But II sue
Deed preventing single human creature from being
persuaded over to amalgam filing" under aany
pretense whatever shall feel that neither suf-
fered nor written in vain-in this vein, mean.
Next came discussion what should be done in q
certain dental contingency lately discussed in these
columns On motion Of DR.. sreeter following ORDER
telegraphed by DIT. Boyne from New-York Or
dered 10 be spread-pretty thick-on the minutes Of
the meeting: 'If any man attempts to haul out his
American teeth at the dinner table, shoot him on the
SPOT Dirt" 1t was here suggested that this would
be death in his spot literally, and the question arose
whether lnsomucn the order spread the min
utes OF the meeting. would be necessary TO shoot
the cuprt with a miuutegun in carrying it out. An
amendment to this order Of the day was accordingly
seconded by the one who kept the minutes the final
passage OF the motion being regarded as victory for
hour side OF the house.
And now DR.. Mlls-who believes that grinders should
be made 10 grind slow but exceedingly fne-read an
essay on the subject Of Salvary Calculus" Owing to
slight preoecupaon caused by the reflection that il
was near dinnertme, did not succeed in following his
train Of reasoning closely hope 10 on another
OCCASION bur the general summing up would lead to
believe that il is next impossible TO calculate or
ATTEMPT TO calculate the exact amount Of saliva which
the average American gets rid Of to the hour when IN
good condition.
The question whether aching teeth or gunpowder had
caused most misery the human elected deal OF
discussion The profession seemed divided In opinion
One delegate dentist from Dunkirk-tooth-puller in
ordinary 20 the Administration and member OF the
Dent family OF coursethOught the pangs Of toothache
had been much exaggerated; he had rather have a
toohache any day Of the week and any hour OF the day
than lose Office and he commented very severely on the
want of fortitude exhibited by those who make noun
tain out OF a mole-sr ILL.,
Next came paper on continuous gum work." and
there was an evident disposition to give Dr. John Allen
credit for prominence this line. Indeed is not I'M
probable that Dr. Allen would have carried of the belt