The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-10-03

Yer rlty, says me warrington correspond
: cut Of the New Orleans Picayune. the
has just leaked ont fairly side splitiir
story from local boarding house Of fash
, ionable repute. about rather elderly men
bsr OF congress. who last season occupie
ssnite OF bachelor apartments in the e,
tsblishment referred TO. The legislatc
in question was something Of dandy. al
ways most carefully made up and padded
and excessively touchy on tho subject O
his age. which he did his best TO conceal
by the employment OF every artiflce TO
counterfeiting youth. His ioible wa,
quite harmless. however, and his habit,
altogether irreproachable--a point not in
variably characteristic Of congressman =
and So. inesmqch as ha maid on .sh~ a /.
nall, the landiady very naturally regard
ed him as her star boarder.
All went well until one day the cham 1.
bermad, while performing her usual
morning duties in the elderly membe
rooms, discovered gruesome looking
object in the big ice water pitcher which
still two.thirds full. had remained over
night upon his dressing table. The young
woman promptly brought it to the atten-
tion of her mistress, who found no difficult
ty in recognizing the thing at the bottom
OF the vessel rs set OF false teeth, for
the lower jaw she thought II looked e1-
ceedingly unpleasant. with its deathlike
array Of grinders. cleaning particularly
white through the water. in horrid con
'rsst with the bright red Of the gums. To
ind such an article 10 an Joe water pitcher
vas especially sickening, the landlsdy con.
idered. Not for worlds could she be pur-
uaded to touch it. No more would the
hambermaid. Any way, under the cir
the best course was to leave il
lone, so that it might be removed later
y its owner, who had evidently forgotten
/. The mistress OF the mansion had heard
nat people who wore false teeth we're &C !
ustomed to put them in glass OF water Q
1ernight II the gentleman OF the second I
Dor front preferred to use a pitcher for e
lat purpose, he should have his ice water a
a vessel exclusively appropriated to his o
Vn convenience in the future, that was |,
|, r
So the vessel was left on the star board p
S dressing table. aud when evening came Il
chsmbermaid knocked gently at the I
or, and said: II you please, sir, j al
'uld like to have your pitcher. to fiji it Ii
th ice water.
The elderly member handed it out with &c
word, and closed the door. She took al
and as she turned away looked in. 1t dc
, still two-thirds full as before. and to th
dismay, there was still the set OF teeth ne
the bottom. She carried it to her mis-. to
IS and somewhat excited conference
owed. the upshot of which was a sud th
determination to vigorous action on Gel
part Of the good landlady. Followed fe'
idly by the girl. she marched up stairs pa
the pitcher and asked for admittance pc
be star boarders chamber. OF
in! she said, upon entering. l regret reg
necessity that obliges me to ask You to
owe your false teeth from this ice water I
her. dri
be star boarder gazed upon her with the
stonishment that was evidently unas. and
cd. are
adam. he replied, I assure you upon and
honor. that l have never worn . fslso the
10 my life. And he proceeded to lum
the assertion by opening his @
th and giving several jerks at his den. thei
both upper and lower, which N
palpsbly his own and in fair state Of HUI
,rvation. and
Q landady weakened at this, but add TOM
intly: Then how did the teeth get then
.he pitcher peor
Q elderly member grabbed the recsp have
from her hand and emptied its con out
into the basin of a stationary wash not
near by. Then he held up the often poss
bject between thumb and forefnger for {
0 her astonshed vision. II was not air-fi
of teeth at all. but q raw lamb chop, percl
sort that comes from the end OF the is on
nd does not have much meat on, you way,
At the bottom OF the water In the have
tcher. it had looked exactly like rount
false teeth the fat. whitened by the round
resembling the grinders, and the the Il
eat counterfeiting the gums. The prope
,sd been placed. with others, direct or co
'op OF the ice in the refrigerator, and cred {
The supply Of ice for evening water y thr
sing Clipped of the limp in the
me cellar, this particular chop was
up with the scraps OF ice and drop
awsres into the star bosrder's Dit The
go slo
ls oil very funny. no doubt; but the lou
arder somehow did not look at the enemi'
from that point Of view. On the man
y, be was unappeased even by an VINO q
ion Of repentsnt Mysteries on "pe
Of the landIsdy, who is Just now 'hing
for new star bosrder to occupy Don
,nd floor front apartments for the cup; u
season. The
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