Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-14
PAINLESS DENTISTRY.
He Had an Experience with Laughing
Gas and VIII Never Forget 1t.

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cayed so as to leave the nerve un-
covered or il il is worn down even
with the gums. so that it is neces-
sary to dig the flesh away in order to
get good hold with the forceps.
then the chances are that you will
kick a little,n
Then the tall man trembled from
head to foot, and in a shaking voice
said; "What do you think of that
one?' accompanying his words by
opening his mouth to its fullest ex-
tent and indicating with his finger
the seat of his trouble.
The doctor took up small instru-
ment with little round looking A
glass at one end, and, returning ~
into the cavern that yawned be ~
him, made a careful inspection of he
interior.
That looks like a stubborn old
fellow remarked the doctor, as he
replaced the instrument upon the
working table.
"What would you advise?' timidly
inquired the tall man.
Laughing gas" replied tho
doctor
"Wrl I be oblivious to the
pain?"
"Entirely so.
The tall man settled himself in the
operating chair, and the doctor in
serted between the patients teeth an
old champagne cork Then he placed
q funnel-shaped piece of rubber over
the tall mans mouth and nose, and
told him to breathe heavily. Gradual
ly consciousness gave away undor
the influence of the gas, but not
until The man to be operated upon
had suffered the sensation of being
smothered under an old-fashioned
feather pillow.
The tall man was now in dream
land He first imagined that he was
on his way to the worlds fair and
when the train was on down grade
and going sixty miles an hour the
wheels left the track The air.
brakes broke and the cars rushed
along at terrible speed. 1t was
with the greatest difficulty that tho
dreamer kept in his berth. Tremen-
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wheels running over the tics The
suspense was something awful; the
wreck of tho train was inevitable.
The car was filled with the shrieks
of the terrified passengers, mingled
with the crash of glass and the rat
tie of the train Suddenly there was
a deafening report and a tremendous
concussion and the cars appeared to
crumble away
Tho tall man found himself in
total darkness, but suddenly, to his
horror, he discovered Il streak of
lurid flame through the wreckage,
which told him that he would be
roasted alive if immediate succor
did not reach him He could hear
voices directly over him, but do as
he would not sound could he utter.
The flames were making rapid pro-
gress toward the place where he was
confined, and their hot breath was
beginning to SINCE his whiskers.
Then came the crash Oft axe direct
y over his head The first blow
Utruck him squarely in the back OF
the neck, and he felt that his time
had surely come, The next one cut
off his left ear, aud the third opened
up space in his Uranium the sizo OF
II saucer. The fire had now crept W
to his feet, and the left one was
Elowly roasting, when another blow
from the axe, greater than all the
rest, knocked his head clean from his
body. lie experienced a singular
buzzing in his ear; there was CLEAN
of light in the distance and with q
bound he returned to consciousness
The doctor was standing over him
holding a double tooth in his for
ceps
THAT was an old stager, and NJ
mistake. How he did hang, 1t took
all my strength to dislodge him, ;
md the doctor wiped his dripping
forehead with his handkerchief.
where a-a-am I?n were the frs
words of the tall man. Il
"Why, right here in my Off ~
4 responded the doctor, You WOW
have had tough time if you hadn't
taken the gas, "
well, if it had been rougher thar
it actually was would now pe {
corpse" and the tall man paid the
81. so, and went out into the street
feeling as ii he had been walking il
Il treadmill for week.