The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-17
DOC REIsrER's TOoTHAcnE.
A Frontier Experience with Some
Real HumOr in 1t.

heul kfumOr IN 1t.
Colorado Cor. Philadelphia Times.
Why he was called doc" Reister ne
couldn't tell, and it is question If any one
else could give the reason for the title
the only possible suggestion for the name
was that he might have taken his degree
in swearing He was considered one of
the best crooks following any of the cow
boy outfits along the western trails. To us
he was one of the most interesting charac-
ters we had ever met. The thing-or
rather the things-that struck you first
in looking at Doc were his teeth. They
were beautifully white and marvelously
regular.
We were gathered around his camp fire
one August night and as we wrapped our
selves in our blankets we wondered wheth-
or the Flat Top mountains, where VIC were
to hunt for deer, in a few days. would be
any colder than Reister's camp Doc had
cleared away his tin dishes and spoons.
had covered his soulbrero ears and face
with an old shawl, and with an occasional
reference to an aching TOOTH had spun
yarn after yarn-all taken from his own
varied experience, which had COMPRISED
the vocations of miner hunter, cook, cow
boy and hermit. He was no longer under
any restraint. for 1.-The woman" as he
called her, the wife of one of our party.
had been called home, and had started bv
the stage for the railroad at Wolcott that
morning, under the guardianship of the
sheriff, who had, as other charges, a muir
derer, two horse thieves and an ouium
eater. Doc said: THAT woman was none
of your eastern dude stuff. and she
seemed real concerned about those damned
teeth of NINE" and then he proceeded to
relate how they became so even
The tale was as follows: He had been
ranging cattle in the Indian Territory and
acting as cook to a cowboy. outfit of
twenty-five. One night. just as he was
calling all hands to grub, a stranger ap-
peared with a box under his arm, and an
nounced that he was a travelling dentist.
Two dollars per head was the nominal
charge for all repairs.
well, SIR said Doc, the next morn
ing the whole outfit sat on the ground
and that there gent with his files and
nippers and scrapers got in some pretty
good ticks When my turn come he used
that file on my jaw in a way that made
my insides creep. He carried one Of them
hand lookin' glasses around with him
and after he had done his job he let us
take a look at it. My teeth had been
pretty crooked on the edges, but when
were
as even as the prairie pears to be. He
got his 81 from most every man in camp
and then ne left pretty fast-and it was
lucky fer him he did, for the next mornin.
there was about 20 sweiled Jaws in that
outfit from that awful file, land every
damn mothers son of EN- had a gun
ready to shoot that there dentist the next
time he passed that way.
DO you know, from that day to this
and that was bout six years agony
teeth have done the damnedest dancin'
every fall" E
Doc put his hands to his cheeks and
swore eloquently for five minutes. "Ill
fix youl" he suddenly exclaimed, and So
Letting my aid. he proceeded to his tent
and brought forth a strengthening black
bottle from under his cot. Then he be,
gan to search for camel's hair brush,
which a man who--had hunted in the
White river country had left there a year
before. At last he. found II, and while
his back was turned l took the black
bottle to the light Of the candle and read
the label, which was "KendaPs SPAWN
Cure"
Doc stretched himself out on the cot
and I soaked the gums around the jump
ing molars until the hot stun brought tears