Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03
A CHINESE TOOTHACHE.
A Detroit Fang -Yankers Wrestle
with the Eaeathen Chinee.

with the Eleathen Chinee.
Hap-Swap, a Chinese washerman at 81
Michigan avenue, awoke the other night
from his bright dream, and uttered cry
that was heard across the street. He is
getting along in age, and the toothache
had come down upon him in that soft, sly
way peculiar to nothing else. He stuffed
the sheets into his mouth, pried around
the tooth with hair-pin, and drew the
clothes over his head and tried to think
of all the dogs and rats he had ever eaten
but it was no go. The Polar wave had
worked itself under double tooth, and
Hap-Swap was seen dancing before the
uncurtained windows at midnight and
doubling himself into tho shape of O's,
SIS and DIS.
All day Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday he roamed up and down, sigh
ing and grooning, and the shirts of his
customers hung against tho battered walls,
neglected and forgotten. Such nights as
Hap Swap put in were enough to turn
his hair gray. He sat by the red-hot
stove, got into bed, got out, and walked
around, but there was no rest for him.
Yesterday morning grocer advised him
to go to dentist and secure relief, aud
the Chinaman put on his hat and followed
boy to tooth puller's. The worthy
ID. d. 5. was in and greeted the heathen
with an atlectionate smile such as he was
wont to dispense literally amongst his
customers and others he was mem
Dor of the y. NJ. &. A. and believed in
the theory of peace and good will to ail
men, in both n social and business way.
The Celestial was bold us lion, and he
jumped into The chair, leaned his head
back and cried:
"Come alonge 'em quick !"
"l'll have that out in Chicago min
ute" replied the tooth-carpenter, getting
his tools ready.
"Take sting Take a sting !" hol
Tered the Chinaman, as he rose up ant
caught sight of the implements.
"We don't pull teeth with a string in
this country" said the artist in ivory
"You just hold still for moment, anc
you'll be all right"
Hap-Swap fell back with groan, shut
his teeth hard, and it took five minutes o.
soft talk (of which the jaw manipulation
had a ready-made supply to make him
open his mouth. The professor Of draw
ing then inserted lance to cut around
the tooth, but at the first dig his patien
slid over the arm of the chair to the floor
shouting
Hap-Swap stabbed in the mouth
ooh GOSH !"
The tusk eradicator explained to him
that the cutting would make the tooth
pull easier, but as he talked, soft and
beautiful smile stole over the Chinaman's $
face, and he said
"Toothache alice gone--allee gone
away"
He skipped round the Office and bolted
down stairs, but as the cold air struck it
he uttered yell and came back on the
the bound, leaped into the chair, ant
exclaimed:
"Git him out out-quick."
The snag-oxcavator went to put in hi
forceps, but John" grabbed them, sa
up, and begged that nc might stand ul
and have it drawn.
"If you want that tooth out you mus
stop fooling and lean back" replied thu
impatient tooth-mechanic.
Hap swap opened his mouth, but befor,
the forceps could reach the tooth, he sa
up and called:
"Take stling-put him right round
pull hard !"
81 can't use string. Come-leal
right back"
Hap-Swap leaned back, opened hi
mouth until hat would hardly hav
covered it but snapped his jaws togethe
the next instant and begged
"Gt something up his eyes, SO h
can't sect hurt"
The student in facial anatomy blind
folded the man with towel, got his jaw
open and the foIceps at last cIasped th
tooth. Hap-Swap began to move around
when with a sudden pull the tooth wa
brought out on the gallop.
Wo-o-s-h o-u-g-h /" howled the
Chinaman as he danced around the room
and as soon as the towel was removed h'
grabbed the tooth and his hat, went dowI
stairs with a whoop, and as he ran up tn
avenue, he held the moar up to every
body's gaze and cried out
Joop Who's afraid to have tootl
pulled I"