Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-04-16
A Remarkable Case.

A very remarkable case has just
come up before an Alliances court. Ia
small town, not FIR from the State
capital, a photographer aDd deaf
mute denust established an Office to-
gether, and a short BAYOU entered the
place 10 have bis picture taken. The
phol ographer was out a. the Time, and
the polite dentist, no. SLOW in picking
up little jobs Of work, met The visitor
with smile. The old fellow, in his
embarrassment, began picking his
teeth with his fingcr nail anu said:
L want a picker tuck. mister,'
The dentist, understanding the sign
10 mean severe tooihache. conducted
the old fellow 10 the torture engine and
eased him back on the cushioned head
rest. WHAT folio ged is thus detailed
by the old fellow in his Statement! be-
fore the court:
'Arter lie got NE doWn on the thing
that looked llker seat on a railroad car,
be commenced ter tumble aroun' over
my face. tod him that wanted the
pcier ter be as good l0okIn' as posi-.
BILE, as | wanted ter send 1t ter my
married dArer, an' thought be was
smoothln' out the wrinkles on nv face,
but when be priz ID open my mouth
am 'gunter look down my throat,
thought it mighty suarge prcceedin',
still | didn'i say nulhin' as | flowed he
knowed more about his business than
I did. sorter shiyered when he
poked iron thing inter my mouth, but
diddn't move, as | lowed be done it
10 make jaw stick ou. lachui, but the
fust thing | kno~ed after this, be
grabbed aholt O the ARMY soun' Il )th
[ had 10 my head. | struggled and
hollered, but it wao'. 70 use, fur be
swung himself roun' an twisted the
tooth out. | Jumped Of bis arrange.
meut when he tur1ed NE loose, an
= as glttin' oulen thar when he GRABBED
me. fit him, bui he sull held me.
We made sich racket that a feller
cone up fron down stairs, an when
the tooth thiei mad. lot,er signs an
fool motions ter in, he said:
'why don't yer pay Lin fur puIlin'
yer tooth:'
4 didn't want 10 tooth pulled ST.
That's fac way 10 cheat man.
says he. 1t he'd iuck yer plctur hen
you'der ,ald lou wanted tooth pull
ed.' an be colched me by the skuff o.
The neck au' I'D me OJt, an showed
me eroog the slreet. 4 whole mob
iiued 10, au' they tuck me ter jail.
The mob lowlcd lll thought they
was goln' Ter hans ne. stayed 10
iall'iur three days, charged with assault
and battery. NJ, jed.e, trat tooth
vas nulh a urd.ed dollars ter me an
ant that town ter pay me for it, an
moreover. want a At'.s small change
fur stayiu' i'll JAZZ
This case is ra,her r,markable,' I, said
tie judge. You are qaite an old man,
aud it is quite evident that the tooth
which you regret 10 have lost, aud
upon which you pl4ce ssuah value.
would, ere long, have given you
great deal of rouble. Pnde might
have caused YOU 10 bear with it aud
retrained from having il pulled, thus
becoming miserable TO yourself aud a
burlen to your family. The great
troubles of my lite were caused bv
teeth. From early boYhood until now
have been a mart'r to teeth. See
this TOOTH opening his mouth, L wish
some man would scizl me aud take it
out. Considering all these facts. I'll
tine you one hundred dolirs aud charge
sou for poard during your soiourn at
The Jail.