Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-11-25
THE DENTISTS CHAIR.
HOW NOTED MEN ACT WHILE
SEATED IN IT.

Sheridan, Logan and Sherman Under
the Tooth Surgeons Hand-Andrew
Johnson's Grit and Zach Chandler's En-
durance-A Naval Officer's Enjoyment.
Having occasion to visit dentist the
other day, asked him If was the most
nervous man he ever had in his chair?
''Bless you, no." replied the tooth
tinker "You are only about the aver
age patient, and it would surprise you to
see how some of the big men act when
they come here to get their teeth fixed.
Gen. Sheridan, for example, is one Of the
worst men in dentists chair you ever
saw, and Gen. Logan is even worse than
he. Why, Logan is as tender as baby,
and will shrink at the slightest touch on
his nerves, while suppose there were
never two Drawer men in battle than they.
Gen. Sherman, too, Is about as -bnd, and
acts as il he were going to have u fit
whenever the drill is put into his teeth.
He jumps, and grunts, and groans, and
takes on worse than if he Were having
his leg cut off.
"Gen. Burnside, on the contrary, was
one of the most patient and enduring
men / ever saw. have had him in my
chair a number of times, and have filed
lot of his teeth. He would sit quietly,
without making a moan or saying
word from the time that he took his seat
until the job was finished. He always
seemed to be grateful that | had not
caused him any more pain, and when l
would ask him, rs did sometimes: Does
that hurt you, general? he would reply:
'Oh, no, not much; 20 on and let's get
done with it; the sooner the job is over
the better
ANDREW johnson, when he was vice
president and while he was in the senate,
came to my office several times, and was
a very good patient, taking things philo-
sOphically and making me little trouble.
| once filled four teeth for him at q sit
ting, and every one Of them was in very
bad condition. The JOB lasted nearly
five hours, and must have hurt him
drealfully, but he never WINGED, and did
not seem to have any nerves at all.
OLD ZACH CHANDELIERS GRIT.
"Old Zach Chandler was another good
patient. He would sit in the chair almost
motionless, and would let me drill away
at his teeth without any remonstrance or
show of pain. But one time when l
undertook to draw a tooth for him |
thought the old man would 60 crazy. 1t
was q tough old grinder, and had been
troubling him good deal, being ulcer
ated around the roots. got good hold
with the nippers, and the first time |
nearly lifted him out Of the chair. But it
did not come. l took hold again and
lifted him the same as before. i saw
that his face was quite pale, and asked
him if he did not want to rest? He said:
NO, | would like to have it out at once
But as the operation was evidently so
painful, and us he seemed to keep grow
ing paler, l suggested that he had better
take ether. He declined, saying that he
never took an anRSthetic In his life, and
never would. Turning around sharply,
he told Inc to go on and have it over
without any further delay. / got hold
again and gave jerk that drew the tooth
from his head. he lay back in the chair
entirely exhausted and closed his eyes.
I thought for moment that he would
faint, and brought him glass of water,
asking if it hurt him much. Looking up
to me, he said: Yes, it hurts like -
''There is naval officer in this city,
whose name | will not mention, who
breads to have his teeth touched more
than any man that / ever saw. The first
time that he came here to have a job done
he frightened me so that l was on the
point of telling him to go somewhere else
for his dentistry. 1t was not difficult
or painful operation; simply the filling Of
O small cavity in one of his front teeth,
but when l put the drill upon him
thought that ne would jump out of the
chair. He threw up his arms, and knock
ing over the stand turned on me with
volley of the most fearful oaths and de-
clared that if hurt him that way again
he would cut my head open. Then he
settled back again and said: Now, be
careful; there is no sense in killing a
man in little job like this.
THE BIAVEsT ARE TENDEREST.
1T took me a whole afternoon to finish
that tooth, and would not touch him
again for any amount Of money. This
man was one of the bravest and most
famous naval officers of the war. Moth
ing in battle ever frightened him, and his
deeds have u large place in history.
II find almost without exception that
military and naval men are great COW
ards in the dentists chair; the Drawer
they are in battle the more nervous they
seem to be when they come to get their
teeth fixed.
Admiral Jouett is one OF the few eX-
ceptions. never saw man who could
stand more pulling, filing, and hammer
ing than he. Sometimes when l have
had n drill in his mouth and stopped to
make an examination he would sing out:
Let her 90, doctor! Give her another
broadsidel Jam 1t to herr And then
again he would shout, as | would put the
drill in his mouth: Give it to her, now,
all handsr He would sit for hours and
let me drill away at his teeth as If he en-
joyed it.
II think about the worst patient / ever
had, even worse than the old admiral
told you of, was an officer OF the army,
formerly on Gen. Towards staff. He
was a very gallant officer during the
war, was shot all to pieces, and, L be-
lievc, has since died from the wounds he
received in battle At the time no came
TO me he was full of lead, and carried
the scars he received in battle. But |
never in all my life had so nervous and
excitable man in my chair. Every time
l made a move toward him he would
shrink, and once when l touched the
nerves he shed genuine tears and begged
me, like a child would beg his mother,
not to hurt him so again. "-Washington
Cor. Chicago News.
AN InspIred oriental Poet.
The most interesting incident in the
Orientalists' congress held at Vienna re