The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-10-24
Had Neuralgia In the Face.

so with nothing to do, but we had rather
maui rails than do it. It's nice, very
nice, to sit tilted back in front of a ire.
with plenty of cigars and lot of ex-
changes, novel or 80, and q pair Of
slippers. Oh, yes, it looks very nice,
ndeed-~to the man who is not sitting
there. With his throat wrapped up in
an army blanket, a big towel tied
around his head. bottle of wizard oil
In one hand, his temples held in the
other, and q wad of cotton large enough
to make pal pitator saturated with
laudanum and lammed down onto row
OF aching teeth, he is an Object OF the
most sincere and heart-rending pity.
/ He takes up a novel a d just as lie gets
I to where the loving maiden says, YES,
darling, they may say that yo" are poor.
but love You for vour true worth; he
/ patient, dearest; twill be but q lew
brief hours till l will see you in
| HI! lThs last word is used by the
! man ting by tn fire. and whose worst
! jaw tooth has suddenly walked UP and
! gone into busi.scss at the old stand
Down goes the book and the sufferer
! lunpS into the center of the floor and
executes few steps that Highland
| fling girl IN variety show ni4 lit be
| proud OF. In rlshes the faithful little
wife, and for a ew minu cs TIE odor of
lautanrm and hot towels fills the room
/ Then the "bad" tooth goes to sleep tor
| while, and the sufferer gets back into
| the easy chair and takes up the. book
again. But it don't interest him He
has suffered SO that the drops of agony
Sf IL lSta, ~ f,r,i,aoI H.
care y Eether the hero meets the heroine
all right or whether the old man puts
load Of duck shot INTO him Just as lie
(the hero) has reached the lattice and
is whispering Flee with me, my own"
About that time the little wife comes up
with "a nice dinner for papa" and papa's
eyes glisten as he sees the neat tray with
its cup of steaming coffee. He gathers
it ondly onto his lap and takes first a
sip of coffee, but alas the bad. tooth
and four others OF its brethren in the
. upper jaw decide that they don't like
coffee, and rise right up on their hind
legs and howl. The sick man howls,
I too, and by the time this little matinee
is over he feels as if he didn't want to
eat anything for the next ten years.
AAOA 04t0K 01AAC1 ttIC uluuCI lC ulNlA y
eat) is over, in comes the consoler. The
first thing he says is, "Why don't you
get it pulled?" It. There's where the
joke comes in. When a man gets neu-
ralgia in his head he might stop it by
getting all his teeth, his forehead, his
nose, and both ears pulled, but We
doubt it. When neuralgla tackles .
man it don't go IN for any four rounds,
Marquis Of Z. rules; it just comes to
stop and visit him while, and it don't
allow itself to be neglected or forgotten
during its visit. Any of our readers
who have waded through the above will
understand why we are glad to be on
the streets again." N. B.-For sale:
one case Of neuralgia Warranted full
case). Bidders for same can make
their own terms by calling at the Argus
charlottesville Argats.
! A LECTURER went down to Nantucket
to lecture on the whale, and opened
with an unusually large house. Every
thing ran smoothly until the gentleman
undertook to tell the audience how
whales were caught, and then there
was kick right Off. The majority of
the audience were old tars who had
served Oh whalers all their lives. aud
when the learned gentleman attempted
to instruct them as to the best method
for capturing the frisky whale, their
feelings were hurt to such an extent
that they groaned aloud. At first the
Professor paid no attention to their
sut1erings, but as his words waxed
stronger, and he became more and more
interested in his subject, ever and anon
something that very much resembled
dead cat would drop on the stage, and
force him to change his position.
Finally the deceased eats gave our, but
Stheir place was immediately :ahen,by
'@bad smelling hen fruit. This little
-paStime was kept up until the learned
gentleman found it necessary t. :acate
the premises. The following e.caing
the house was closed, and the rext ime
that the Professor makes wIlale c..ch-
. ing the subject of his LECTURE, :: won't
be within a hundred miles OF the coast.
as-Peck's Suu.
+ "DoMEsTIcI INFEIIoITY. Mrs. Leader
is suffering from a black eye, adj
ministered to her by the hand of her
own husband during little domestic
misunderstanding the other day. She
bears her wound phlosophically. even
humorously. Last night at the soiree
she told her friends it was a beaut 8
y spot a 10 Sullivan. Mr.. Leader has
not yet been arrested, but the officers
:, are on his track
! Mrs. Leader has renowned society
and became sensible woman
Through Mai. At
Ynr. rnirht No r.o1I 1nnflari q kN 70 rar.