Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1890-04-18
Happy lack Grows Melancholy
To IN Editor OF the Interior Journal
Continued from last issue.


but not much for the better or the worse
We ship our cattle TO New York on the
cars now instead OF having q line OF them
on the road from here there 10 consume
the crops OF the country folks. who haul.
eel them into toe thousands OF stands
all along the road. The railroads have
discontinued those stands, but have
brought work OF other kinds Tor many
families. Things have not been bettered
or worsted that | can See. We have
easier ways OF doing things and pretter
and costler things to do things with, but
u Il any bettcr-not bit.
| WAS impressed very much with this
fact not long since when ! had tooth
pulled, extracted, they call it now.
will have to 20 bark about 80 years to
begin. ! was quite small CHAP then;
they say kid now one OF the changes.
took the toothachc. cur good old faith
er prevailed on me 10 have it pulled. al
ter it had ached two or three months,
and my face had swollen all ont of shape.
oar kind mother prepared soothing
syrup" that she called bitter sweet" /
think she called it that because she said
there were as many sweet things as bit
ter in it, She bathed my face for long
time with 1t, Just ~ hot A. | could stand.
When through our father brought out an
old-iashloncd pair oi tooth-dawers- -
twisters. They looked something like a
brace and bI,, without the hit, only they
had handle something like an inch
augcr. lie worked them into my mouth,
hitchcd onto the tooth. placed his lett
loot mp in my breast, TO hold me down
in my chair, gave the tooth hard, stea.
dy twist aud pull all together and
just before died the tooth came. II
had three long claws to it and two OF
them had Tapped pretty much around
the jaw.bone aud OF course brought right
smart OF il along with them. Well, some
folks have too much iaw-bone anyhow
and can't see that there is any change
in that in the last 80 years and my mem.
/ DRY serves me well about il.
. | took the tooth-ache again not Ions
ago. Went To see Lee Huffman. lie
had some beautiful instruments -lookeC
like = change. said tooth pulling Ina,
got to be a kind OF "pastime." "Why
Jack. people have teeth extracted nov
just for fun; it won't hurt. have lit
tie laughing gas here to administer; i
will destroy the pain entirely His sol,
kind words aud benevolent face mad,
me feel better. He sat me me down il
that spring cushioned chair with pill
lowed head-board that fits the largrs
man or smallest boy. aud black AS vel
as white, the governor and tioater alike
he ls not partial, he Is the same To every
body who calls on him in his line, tram
or drummer. 1, felt As soft AS down,
pillows are | took his gas. he pu
those beautiful forceps hold OF tootl
about the size OF year-old colt, tooth
began a scientific sway oi his, wrist, ac
companied by a few gyrations OF his Ell
bow; nv eyes commenced rolling out OF
my face; my neck 10 stretch like a fish
ing-worm. | heard something.jiugiing il
my ears like sleigh bells l began 10 81,
my prayers in language as well under
stood as a Modoc Indians and-ahou
. that time ont came the tooth and-tha
laughing gas made everybody in Tia
house laugh-but me ! thought Pet
Hampton would Kill himself. "Did
hurt. Jack Z. said Lee. in sweet cadenc
oi ucskutsS.
was speechess for a iulI hall hour.
} washed my mouth ont after shedding a
= much blood A. would have satisfied
a Jewish sacrifice OF bulls and goats.
knew tina, Lee was like little Georg
Washingtou-couldn't tell lie. Sai
|: Zee, am not exactly killed, but
believe in my soul your laughing gas
is some OF mammals bitter sweet in
new uniform, and as | discover that yol
have pulled the wrong tooth, You ma,
now try dynamite On tine right one, per
maps IL Nohl nun tlllltI' uon sup
pose any one ever learned Us much chem
istry from as short lecture as / die
from Huffman.
Meeting folks tell us there is nothing
like Experimental knowledge" anc
there certainly is not in pulling eye
teeth. shall never forget that "howery
/ bed of ease" | am not greedy, never
was; upon the contrary | now. in thi:
my last will and testament revoking al
others give and bequeath in perfect
willingness to the balance OF the world
all my interest in the balance of Huff
mrn's 'pastime and fun" We shall
never get through cutting our eye teeth
in this life. Remember that, and as Ions
as we cut teeth We shall have teeth L
pull, but don't let's forget that in tn,
cargo of our life-boat there are plenty o
goodies and don't let's gnash our teeil
at things that We can't help. This lif,
has sweets as well as long suffering. tria
and tribulations, don't you forget ii. Re
member