Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-01-17
few years from overcating fruit, of
which she was very fond.
AN EprSODE or yEnT1t.

- "ts.o SO0uG " Cl0Sh VI " CIllll HULL
ing when Mr.. \. presented himself at
the door Of a doctor in the village of
W., and after series of laundering
knocks at the door with good deal of
vigorous exercise upon the bell handle,
succeeded in bringing that gentleman to
the window overhead.
What is it ?" asked the doctor.
"Doyou pull teeth?" Mr.. x. de-
manded.
Yes; when have too," was the re-
ply.
Then want a tooth pulled"
AL right. Come back in the morn
ing and I'll take it out for you"
Come back in the morning!" ex-
claimed Mr.. X. "What do you take me
for? Here I've been in torment for
these two days, and for the last two
hours I've been hunting all over this
confounded town after q dentist, and
now I'd like to have the job done at
once if there is any way to fix it."
The dentist at first demurred, but at
last he consented to come down and get
the tooth out at once; and after due
interval in which he made hasty toilet,
Mr.. X. was admitted to the house. The
chill of the night was everywhere, but
X. was too intent upon getting rid of the
troublesome molar to mind that, and he
was DULY installed in the operating
chair and an examination made.
"Hold on there" X. said, as the dent
ist having satisfied himself which was
the troublesome tooth, took up his for
ceps and prepared for work. II want
to take gas. This tooth has given me
about all the pain I can stand from it.
"Well," the dentist answered, "the
gas is little low, but if you insist I
will give you what there is. It will
deaden the pain, though very likely you
will feel it some"
The conventional breathing tube of
black rubber was produced, and X. pro-
ceeded to inhale for dear life. For q
moment the dentist allowed him to
pump his lungs full from the gas reser-
voir, and then taking the breathing tube
away, he quickly whipped in his forcers
and whipped out the tooth.
Il did feel It some" X observed when
he was able to get his mouth in con-
dition which allowed him to speak.
did you?" the dentist asked sympa-
thetically. "Not much hope?
"Not SO very mach" x. replied. "Still
1 knew when it came out"
When, q moment later, x. prepared
to pay his bill, and asked the price, he
. was surprised to be told sum which
was so small that it seemed that mis-.
take must have been made.
, "But is that all you ask for admins
! tering gas?" he asked.
"Oh, bless you" was the smiling
answer, there wasn't any gas there.
> only let you breathe into the tube lit
tie to satisfy your Imagination"
x. did not at first know whether tt
to be vexed or amused, but wisely con
! Guiding that the latter was the better
,, policy, he wendell his way home, chuck.
ling, and got himself to bed as the first
, streaks of the coming dawn began to
show in the sky.-Bosto'a Courier.
LoNGEELLOw REMEMBERED HIN,
About 1856 an English man of let
ters, Mr.. Kingston, visited this country.
While in Boston he took occasion to call
upon Mr.. Longfellow, with letters in.
troductory from mutual acquaintance in
England. As he describes the inter.
view in his Western Wanderings," il
must have been very gratifying to the
visitor.
We were soon discussing books and
writer's of books, the leading spirits OF
our two great countries. After talking
he stopped short, and said, Il am GER
tain of tive have met before-many
years ago, though"
"When can that have been? I must
own that have no recollection of your
countenance; but then, from being
near-sighted, countenances do not
make much impression on me" re-
piled.
Odd not you cross from Ostend to
London one night in September, 1912?
and did not you spend the first part of
it on deck as the cabin was crowded ?"
he asked.
Il am pretty certain that I did, un-
doubtedly about that time; and think
made note in my dairy that I had
met on board very agreeable Ameri-
can, with whom had much CONVERSE
ton, but little thought I who it vast"
I exclaimed, gratified at being so re-
collected. Exchange.
FEE DOGS.
A contribution to recent number of
Nature suggests the practicability of
training dogs to be used as companions
to night-watchmen. Their keenness of
scent would enable them to detect fire