Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-07-23
An Aching Tooth.

Did you ever nave jumping toi'u'
ache? OF course not, but there IS
man down in Kansas who is, or has
been indulging in a hilarious course
of this very celebrating, yet excruci.
ating experience In fact, he had it
bad. At one time, he was ready to go
before justice of the peace and take
an oath that mis- eye-toolh was trying
to exchange places with his wisdom
tooth, and made from twenty to fifty
trips about his jaw, an hour, negotia-
ting the exchange. In fact, he really
believed that his wisdom.tooih re.
turned each visit OF the eye.tooth, and
that bp,h would occasionally indulge
in game of leap.frog, by way of en-.
tcrtainment. during the negotiations.
1t was evident that the eye.,oolh had
made up its mind to move, and the
owner of the premises finally conclu-
ded to interposc no objection TO the
removal; but he couldn't get up cour-
are enough to let dentist monkey
ahopt his mouth. The tooth seemed
to take SPECIAL delight in starting on
It's excursion after the man had gone
to bed Now, no ordinary man is
going to lie. quietly, and allow any
tooth 10 indulge ia nocturnal picnic,
not If he can help 1t. This is a
special privilege of cats, and no well
regulated tooth would think OF such q
thing The night jamhorces of that
tooth would cause the man to get up
and walk the floor and moan aud
groan till morning, when it would
quiet down to get a little rest and u
better hold for the next night. This
made the pnan q holy terror 10 his
nefghhors, who were kept awake
hearing his groans and signs. Fin
ally, after a committee of neighbors
visited him aud informed him that lie
must let up on the night racket. he
made up his mind to put the tooth
out of its home, bag and baggage.
How to do IT, was what bothered him,
as he-was determined that no dollar-a.
yank man should NEEDLE with it.
He tried Il writ OF ejectment, but IL
wss ne good. !, He was seriously con-
tcmpating a trial of the English
eviction laws, when an idea struck
him. That tooth must be removed
suddenly. The removal couldn't be
too sudden to suit him He determined
to shoe, il ont. Procuring pistol, y
leaden, ballet, and piece of broom
wire, he proceeded 10 make prepar.
atoms for the grand event. He twis.
ted the wire around the tooth and fas.
tened one end to the bullet. This he
rammed into the pistol; the tooth
meanwhile, seeming to have an idea
of what was going ON, was making \
terrible kick aud jumping for all it
WAS worth. All things being ready he
called boy to fire the pistol off.
Horror! He had forgotten to put the
powder In the load, and his gums were
swelling over The wire and the tooth
fairly hopping with pain. After the
boy had fuiled the second time TO dis
charge the pistol, he found himself
dying through the air AT IRENE deus
rate, having been startled by the foot
of the man with the aching tooth.
For two days the poor victim went
around with that tooth fast to pistol
by wire. Finally, driven by desper-
alton, he rushed up stairs, tied TWEEN.
ty pound dumb bell To the wire and
threw il out of tho window. Ii it had
not been for the mans feet catching in
| the window frame, he would have gone
out with the dumb hell That catch
however. gave the dumh.bell chance
to get in its work, which it was not
! slow TO take advantage OF. 1t not only
pulled out the tooth, but killed the
mans dog He felt worse over the loss
of HE dog than he did over the loss
OF the tooth. The too;hache is gone
now. The man, while happy to be
relieved of his quarrelsome food pull.
verzer cannot smile He is in mour.
ming overi the loss o. that dog.
| Troubles never Gene ncly.