Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-06
A PARROT IN A DENTISTS ROOMS.
Ho Proves Valuable Assistant to Il
knight Of the FOrceps,

the
Knight Of the FOrceps.
WiIkesbarre Special to the New York Sun.
AT the Albany dental rooms in this city they
have parrot who greatly assists in the work
of extracting teeth. The parrots name is
Cesar He is fine specimen of his species,
his intelligence being something marvellous.
DIR. Weller, who has charge of the rooms, saws
he would not part with the bird for any money.
And no wonder; the parrot brings grist to his
mill. The bird does its work this way:
A man comes to have his tooth pulled. He
gets into the chair and then his courage fails
him. He tells the dentist that the pain has gone
away and that he will postpone the operation
until the next day. In nine cases out of ten
the dentist is unable to persuade the patient
that it will be to his bodily comfort to have the
molar extracted. Then, when the man gets up
ont or his chair. the parrot, who has been
watching him all the time, takes him in charge.
ION, coward. yells the parrot; "you haven t
the nerve of n chicken"
The man looks around in CONSERVATION. The
parrot is partly hidden in his big cage behind
a screen. The man with the toothache turns
around to the knight of the forceps and in.
quires:
What remarks were those you just made?''
VI said nothing" replies the dentist st
was the parrot who was speaking"
The gentleman is then introduced to the par-
rot. A pleasant conversation ensues.
Nice morning" says the parrot; '.tooth
pulled? No! You better; you catch cold when
you go out: better have il out and be done with
it; lots people had teeth pulled this morning"
The man with the toothache IL 30 dumb
founded over the parrots talk that he hardly
knows what way to turn for the time being.
Then the parrot urges him on again, saying:
go on. it will only take minute; the doc
tor is waiting for YOU
This is too much for the man. He goes back
TO the chair and has the tooth removed. Then
the parrot jumps all around his cage and ga va:
"Oh, amt happy; feel 30 happy with my
big tooth out" THAT parrot, said the dem
fist, can talk anybody into getting a tooth
wanted all his teeth taken out and a new set
made We wanted him to take gas The old
man said: well, now, by gosh, don't know
about that. I often heard of people blowing
out gas and then dying; don't think 1 will
risk it Good boy shouted the parrot, SEN
sible man; don't you take gas; just sit down
easy as husking corn When the farmer looked
around and saw the parrot he said: well.
declare; why. that bird talked like a
man. guess I'll take his advice and let YOU
crack away at my chewers.' There was no
trouble in pulling the old mans first two
teeth, but when the third one came he jumped
two feet in the chair. THAT wasa nerve clfncher
said the parrot. 1T won't happen again; Just
keep nice and quiet now and soon your teeth
will be out This soothing advice had calm
ing effect on the farmer and he sank back into
the chair, perfectly satisfied with what had
taken place and what was to come. When the
job was through the parrot said: Well done:
there isn't one man in a thousand who could
go through such an ordeal; you must have a
wonderful constitution The farmer smiled
and said he guessed he had"