The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-07-25

Sldered the'.I.ordS OF creation yet tue
frall woman will sit in dentist S chair
for hours il necessary and never vince
when u man would howl aud cringe
while undergoing the same operation,
us though his last moment was to be
one of torture.
Having occasion to have member |
of my tooth box" repaired, called
upon dentist for relief. But must
confess it was With dire lnisgiyings, |
for had heard So much about the
exquisite torture that had to be en-
durea while under his hands, that my
courage canre we'll nigh DESERVING me.
However something must be done, SO
after much parleying on my pant and
II great deal of assurance on the part
of the dentist took my place in his
large easy chair. The operator babe
me open my moulh, and, as his eye
fell on the affected member, he COM
menced: II see slight disquisitiu of
sLIabismetrical detection here which
"but he got no farther, for l arose
and informed him that | wanted The
tooth filed with some mineral matter
not with words. "4All rights, said the
expert, and the next information !
| obtained was that it was necessary TO
put OH IA rubber dam" But before |
got that piece of caoutchouc out Of
my mouth, l thought those words
should be changed around. Well. to
make long story short, the rubber
was securely fastened and supposed
that all was going nicely when. the
rather torcibIy uttered. Let up
you're biting" That sentence nearly
broke me up and as my ''tooth box
was nearly full Of rubber Il could not
do justice to the laugh which followed
but the dentist died. After regaining
compOsure he took up Il shining in.
strument and began to probe the cav.
ity, at the same time firing questions
ut me that l was in no condition &c
answer, ard when l nearly jumped
, out of the chair he smiled and said, 81
) just went in to see if the nerve was
) dead and found it at home and alive.
: Informed him the best l could tina
=, | was already aware of the fact. No
Tho Io.,of I;t I,ccoooart nJ NV INV fro
, quent twitchings he continued to eX
7 pl0re what he called a "minlaturl
mammoth cave, at the same TIM
, eXpatiating on the superior nerVetha
f women display in the dentists chair
I while l was wondering what woman
t would do with that gag i'll her mouth
0 us it would deprive her Of talking.
0 After finishing his explorations
f the dentist gave me hand mirror S
S | might make few observations Of
e my own hook, which l did and wa
g astOnished at the size of the hole tina
: a good dentist can make in a tooth.
J. was endeavoring to tell HIM the tim
S that had elapsed since first discOV
t cred the deficiency of dentine and ena
7 mel, while he mixed the material
necessary to complete his operations
+ Having his materials ready he CON
), menced filling the hole he had excav
IS ated, with something's have forgot
II ten what be called it,-but us l view
ed the operation Ill the mirror
IS thought he would never get throug
g eartIng in ana slowing away minera
e matter, but all things must end all
/, after filling, tamping, smoothing an
II polishing, until l thought he neve
10 would stop, the ''daln" was remove
20 from my maxilllry and l was frc
" once more.
\, The dentist cody went to Nipin
ot his Instruments, informing me at I'll
is same time that he had done good JIG
which believe, and after footing h
II little bill left him alone in his sal
IN ctum and took my departure wis.,
le not sadder MAN.