Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-04-22
CURE FOR THE TOOTHACHE.
What A Young Denver Wife Did to Re.
iieye Her Husbands Anguish.

street the other night, taking with
him a severe case of toothache. As !
soon as he got into the house be
threw himself into an easy chair and
began to groan. At about the same
time his face on the side where the
aching tooth had many years before
attained Homestead began to swell.
In about 80 minutes his left cheek
bore a strong resemblance to an old
fashioned apple dumping prepared
by the hands of generous mother
for large family. The more the jaw
enlarged the louder the young man
howled and rolled about in his chair.
His wife was several years younger
than he, and her sole experience with
the toothache had hitherto been limit
ed to one or two mild attacks caused
by an excessive consumption of
caramals. She had usually cured her
pain with creosote, and as soon as
Charley had found time between his
groans to tell her what was the mat
ter with him she got the creosote
bottle and told him to open his mouth
and let her see the tooth which was
troubling him. He complied, but as
she could not tell by the looks which
one of the teeth was making the
trouble, and as Charley could not en-
Tighten her, she thought she'd better
pour a little of the stuff into the
neighborhood of where she thought
it probable that the tooth was locat-
ed.
Just as she got this idea into her
head she happened to think that there
was another toothache panacea in the
house. 1t was in small phial, which
a peddler had left there for trial.
She thought that it would be
good plan to mix little of this stuff
with the creosote and pour the mix
ture upon the infected jaw. So she
made a nice little combination in :
tablespoon, and telling Charley tt
opea his mouth. she poured it in
She was little excited and nervous
and her hand shook, and so the tiut
penetrated to every nook and corner
of the young mans food receptacle
There was yell of agony which
awoke every dog in the neighbor
hood, and Charley performed horn
pipe in the middle of the floor, anc
accompanied it with series of words
the majority of which his wife hat
: never heard before.
1t was an hour before Charley go
quieted sufficiently to sit down, an'
| about that time a lady member ven
tured to ask if they had sickness il
. the family. She was told of the af
Fiction which had overtaken Charley
and she was all sympathy at once
She had suffered just SO herself, an
the only way to cure the trouble wa
to make cold applications upon til
q outside of the cheek.
3 SO she went home, and Charley
wife made a neat little bag and fille'
it with chopped ice, and then tied
f on his face with a long red stocking
This had the effect of changing
: the pain, and made Charley feel a
Tough he were having needles thrus
wi,lo his brain.
to bIe could feel the hair stand NJ
ME.nt on the top of his head, and hi
/ eyes protruded from their sockets t
: such an extent that his wife though
t that Charley was going crazy.
: Pretty soon the ice began to mel
t and to drip down upon Charley
S shirt bosom, and to meander aroun
n his collar, and course slowly dow
Y his spine, and Chsrley in his deliriul
e felt as though he had been fishin
n and fallen overheard, Then he b'
j. gan to pace up and down the room
and kick the footstools. and stare @,
the windows, and look unkinily
= the cat; and just at this junctnre
+ friend of Charley and Mrs. Charle
! arrived. His name was Arthur, al
.r he had been drug clerk before he b
10 came a dude, and in consequence b
Is intimate friends all called hi
70 Doctor.
T. He was much interested when
n, found his friend was suffering al
p he smiled superior smile witt
ST Charley's wife explained what s.
10 had done for him. What was needle
- he said, was counter-irritant. I
teeth and the interior of the mou
were lnfamei and there was u
d. doubtedly fever there. A hot plast
Il of some kind upon the outside wou
IF be just the thing. He said that
ed Charley's wife would get him t
o., materials he would prepare somethi
IN which would ease the pain almc
lg Immediately. So they all went
nd the kitchen and Arthur turned ba
al bis cuffs and began work. First
ID. ripped open the bag which contain
ms the ice and laid it out fiat. Then
at put on a coating of mustard a
ng moistened it with hot water
Then he put on a layer of '
pepper and then sprinkied the wh'
,Io with water, SO that it made nj
,t thick paste. He tied that up
er- Charley's face and then put bar
RS age soaked with hot water over th
and then he tied the red stocking
10 Eonee more. Then he went home a