The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-19
UP WITH THE DENTIST.
Lively Impressions Attending the First
Use of Gas.

out the aid OF an8sthetlcs. UncOndl-
tionally | surrendered them 10 the
dentist, who was willing to receive them
for consideration. A twelfth must 90.
As | took the chair of torture, | re-
marked that it was four footed molar
end would hurt
Take gas" suggested the dentist.
"What is gasp"
Nitrogen monoxide, the best an9s'
thetic known. 1t is harmless and serves
well. D."
"'ll take it; give me enough.
The dentist brought forth a rubber
bag, the wooden muzzle of which he
thrust into my mouth
With bound | sprang into the air.
attempted to fasten my hold upon some
thing, but everything gave way-even a
giant elm came up by the roots. Ircal-
lied that had but a few minutes to
live. All my friends-I saw every one
were watching me. My deeds, good
and bad, filed past me. will not say
which formed the longer procession. A
man to whom | had given II pewter
quarter asked me how liked it, and
said he knew that | would come to it.
Now | was going upward, and when
had reached great height | swooped
down like a bird of prey and dashed
through wall of solid masonry-just
one hundred feet thick by actual meas
urement A dozen times l scared aloft
and as many times | sailed down. When
| descended all the stone fences, cob
bles, powders and trees ran to meet me.
hit them all. Now | was ascending
again, but in a different manner A
balloon, niles in circumference was
bearing me upward. | chung to its
lower part with my teeth. My hands
were in my pockets, for the air was
chilly. Above me was the balloon car,
and out of it leaned man resembling
the dentist In his hand he held an i'm
mense pair of tongs. He regarded NE
with evident displeasure.
We were rising at fearful rate of
speed--so fast, indeed, that | could not
shut my eyes. The wind blew the lids
open and held them back. At last the
man in the car said: "Now I'll pull
that tooth; you must cling with your
nose while pull" l obeyed, knowing
that was in his power. The tooth came
out on the end of the tongs, and was
placed in the car. Soon after heard
tumuit IN the ;car above. The dentist
appeared and shook his clinched hand
at me and shouted: "Confound your old
TOOTH 1t is growing so fast that it will
crowd me out. Pretty fellow, you are.
to shed such monstrous mOlar. |
thought this was very unkiud. | had
not asked him to pull the tooth, and
how could be responsible for its size?
Again the dentist appeared and cried
in great wrath: Il shall throw it over
board-look outr' 1t did not hit me.
| saw as it whizzed by that it was many
times larger than the Capitol building
at Washington l hoped that none OF
my friends were standing where il
would fall upon the earth. We were
now near the sun and approaching
nearer at lightning speed. The dentist
sat on the edge of the car, dangled his
leg and smoked He had the impudence
to ask me why did not smoke. twas
so warm from proximity to the sun that
| decided to 90 no further. | relin-
pushed my hold and shOuted Good
by, old breaker" Quick as
thought, insulted, indignant, the den
list rushed for his tOngs. ''Tll pull
, them all" he said, and as | fell the
, tongs heightened and gave chase, but
could not ovestake me.
After falling all day and all night,
, came near the earth early in the morn
I inc. As | flew downward q gilded
weather-cock on church steeple
, crowed. considered this offensive, and
: by some unknown agency arrested my
| fight, and went back to the weather.
: cock and demanded to know what he
\ meant by it,, He crowed the kNder.
| This was too great an insult. | flew at
him, when, presto, he began to crow
] louder, and to grow larger. was on
{ the earth now, fleeing from monster
@ cock The church and steeple were still
II attached to him, but he had become sc
# much larger that they were no impedi'
|, ment. | demonstrated with bin, but
: his only reply was blow from the loot
= that held the church and steeple. He
q was on the point of dancing hOrnppC
= on my stomach. when | emerged into :
O new world in time to hear the dentist
z say: There it is!'' at the same time
st holding up tooth. Did you know
e when i pulled it?" Eyes, saw yoJ
v and your tongs pulling, but felt it not
i You were great while about it. How
y long have been here?" The DENTS
!, consulted his timepiece. "One minute
and twenty seconds. "-EUery Othe
Saturday.
- Gold is found in all parts of tn