The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-03-06
WITH THE DRUlI5IERS.
Tales They Tel OF Life on the
Road.
a Gay Chicago Drummer who Exchanged
One Of Ills own Lcul4 Cor Lady's-
How II Changed Ills TASTES
Other Amusing Incidents.

"Well, yes, / might relate something
that Is rather extraordinary. said a
drummer for a Chicago boot and shoe
house to a Chicago Herald reporter, ii
yOu viii pardon me for uarrating a
story which chiefly concerns myself. ]
was down in a Central Illinois town
drumming up trade one day when j
was attacked with the toOthachc. ] had
an uusOUnd tooth that had troubled rae
for quite awhile and ! determined u
have done with il then and there. I
sought dentists chair and told him 10
pull il out. He tried 70 convince me
that several dollars worth of gold fll-
ing would make II good as new, but my
ire was ruuse6 and I was bent on hav-
ing revenge. ] would not be satisfied
until / had convinced that tooth thai /
could do without Il. SO / commanded
him TO pull 1t ont, and with protesta-
tiors he reluctantly did So i occupied
the place that this tooth does. said the
travelling man, tapping one OF hia incis-
C-s, and when II was once out saw
that I looked so strangely that some
thing else must take its place rs soon
as possible. / asked the dentist II he
had nothing else he could put IN the
place Of It Is / did not Ike my appear
ancc at all. He was thoughtful Tor a
moment. when 4 light seemed 10 dawn
on his mind. he took from cabinet
bottle IN which was 4 tooth immersed
in a liquid Of some kind. ! have here
he remarked. . -Cod- sound. healthy
tooth that viii almost exactly match
tLcyrest Of your. that ! can plant IN the
one lust extracted and it wiz grow as
though nothing had happened lie per
suaded me- without much opposition ca
ms part, that il would be better than a
false tooth, and IL was the work Of only
a few moments for him TO put II ia place.
Ii was sore for = short time but soon
grew firm and solid. and today it j. a.
good tooth as ] have.
But nov for the stranger part Il the
story. Before the dental operation ]
speak OF was performed 1 had been aa-
Gictad u thc use oE tobacco J smoked
and chevc5 alIno st to excess From
the day / got my new tooth nay love E9r
tobacco began to decrease. and 10y the
time the tooth had become firm and
solid cCuldn't use The weed at all. 4
chew of tobacco or smoking q cirar
made me very sick. In fact | became
opposed TO the use OF tobacco generally
and have remained so till the present
dav But as my love for tobacco waued
my love for chewing gum increased, and
In never without it now. 1 became
passionatcIy fond Of icc-crcam also. and
during the Summer season ] can scarce
" get enough Of It, and q strange feat
ure OF the case Is [ want some other
man to pay for it There seems to be
something about that tooth that makes
me crave for ice-cream. It is with great
difficulty / can pass a millinery store
without going IN and pricing all the
goods in stock. Sometimes, when m
IN a great hurry 10 catch n train. find
myself stopping in front of some millin-
er's window TO inspect the latest stvle
Of hats. When pass Z lady wearing
an attractive gown or hat on the street.
II wouldn't matter if there were a mad
dog after me, I'd stop and look around
TO see If her dress and hat were becom-
ing. It didn't take me long TO surmise
that the new tooth was in some way 20
blame for my strange antics, and when
visited the dentists town again ! went
TO him and told him every thing. Oh
said be. 1T IS even worse than / feared
il would be. That tooth used to belong
to young lady"
A CONDITIONAL SURRENDER
up in a little town in Wisconsin -
remarked a trade seeker whose sample
case bears the name Of Chicago
grocery house, there used to be two
merchants who hated each other as
they hated poison. They We're both re-
tired farmers who had gone into bust
ness to while their time away as much
as to make money. Their stores were
directly across a little open square
from each other, and, trade being very
slow, they had plenty Of time to watch
each other. They We're opposed to
each other in business, religion and pol
tiles. They avoided meeting on the
street, and when they did meet they
never spoke. Aside from the hatred
they bore each other they We're genial,
friendly men. Their friends used TO try
TO get them to patch up their troubles
and differences, but each was firmly de-
termined that the other must take the
first step toward q reconciliation and
all efforts to anicably adjust matters
failed. Finally one of the men became
very i'll When told that death might
come at any moment he expressed de-
sire that ne be permitted to make peace
with his enemy. He sent for hiIA 90
come, and presently the two men who
had hated each other for so long were
brought face TO face. We have been
enemies for long time said the sick
man, but they tell me now that am
going to die, and if do bear in mind
that / forgive you every thing you have
ever said or done against me, but if l
should by chance recover remember III
keep up the fight inst as bitterly as
heretofore, and don't You forget it"
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