Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-08-29
Uncle Romus with tho Toothac


Uncle Romus With the ToOthaChe.
Atlanta Constitution.
AS soon as Uncle Remus put in an ap-
pearance yesterday his friends knew he
had been in trouble. He had a red cotton
handkerchief tied under his chin, and the
genial humor that usually makes his aged
face its dwelling-place had given way to
an expression of grim melancholy. The
young men about the Office were inclined
to chaff him, but his look of sullen resig-
nation remained unchanged.
''What revival did you attend last
night?" inquired one.
FFWhat was the color of the mule that
did the hammering ?" asked another.
81 always told the old man that SUI
burban chicken-coOp would fall on him, y
remarked some one.
GA strange pig has been squealing in
his ear" suggested some one else.
But Uncle Remus remained impassive.
He seemed to have all interestin what
was going on around him, and he sighed
heavily as he seated himself on the edge
of the trash-box in front of the office.
Finally some one asked in a sympathetic
tone:
EEWhat is the matter, old man? You
look like you'd been through the mill.'
CHOW you're knockin' at de back do
sho. Eff I amt bin thu de mill sence day
'fo' yistiday, den dey amt no mills in de
land. Eff wunner deze yer scurshun
trains had ruined over me I couldn't er
bin wuss off. 1 bin trOmpin' round in de
low groun's now gwine on seventy five
year, but amt seed no sich times ez dat
wat done spe'unst now. Boss, is emmy
er you all ever rastled wild de tOofache? ?''
"Oh, hundreds of times. The tooth
ache isn't anything"
''Den you des,played 'roun' de aidges.
Ysu amt had de kline wat cotch me on de
under jaw. You mout had gum bile,
but YOU amt been boddered wild de toOf-
ache, 1 was settin' up talkin' wild my ole
woman, kinder puzzlin' 'roun' fer ter see
whar de mex MEALS vittles wuz a gwine
to cum from, an feel little ache sor-
ter crawlin' long on my jawbone, kinder
feelin' his way. But de ache didn't stay
long. He sorter hankered 'rOun' like an
dis time hit look like he come up closer
kinder skummishin' 'roun' for ter see how
de lam lay. Den he went off. Presently
feel 'im comm and dis time it look like
he kyar'd de news unto many, fer it feel
like der wuz anudder wun wild i'm. Dey
crep up an crep 'roun' an den dey crOpe
off. Bime-by dey come back, an dis time
dey come like dey wuzzent 'fear'd er de
surrOundin's, fer dey trot right up unto
de toof, sorter famine it like, an den trOt
all 'roun' it, like desc yer circuOus hosses.
sot dar mighty cam, but l spected dat
sump'n wuz gwine ter hap'n."
s'And it happened, did it?'' asked some
one in the group surrounding the old
man.
'sBoss, don't yer fergit it, responded
Uncle Remus fervidly. Gwen dem aches
galloped back dey galloped fer ter to stay,
an dey wuz so mixed up dat l couldn't
tell one from de udder. All night long
dey ra acked, an dey galloped, an wen
dev got tired er rackin' am gollopin' dey
ali closed in on de old toof an thumped it
an, gouged at it til it 'peared unto me dat
dew had got de Jawbone loosened up an
wuz tryin' for ter fetch it up thrulde TOP
er nv head, an out at der back er my
neck. An dey got wuss next day. Mars
Devenpote Ellis, he seed 1 wuz 'stracted,
an he tole me fer ter go 'rOun' here an
git Mars Eos. Chapman fer ter put sump'n
on it, an Mars Eos. he lowed dat better
have ser draw'd, and his wuds wuzent
more'n cole fo' wunner deze yer watch
aycollums-wunner deze DENTS
mens-had retched for it wild par OF
tongs wat don't turn loose wen dey
ketches holt. Leastways dey didn't wild
me. You Oughter seed dat toof, boss
1t wuz wuner deze yer fo' prong fellers,
Eff she'd grOwed wrong end Out'ards, q
bin a bad nigger long arter jiR'd dt
chu.ch. You heered my hOlerin'.