The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-04-07
A MAN WITH A TOOTHACHE.
Deceit Practiced on the Drug Clerk and
by the Clerk.

Deceit Practiced on the Drug Clerk and
by the Clerk.
| People who never had toothaohe
cannot appreciate this story. And people
who never had q toothache have no bust
ness to brag about their salvation being
secure.
The man of this story went to the
drug clerk Of one Of the oldest houses in
the city. That is only an incident. He
went there because it was nearer than
any other drug store.
81 want something" said the suffer-
er, 'to ease my aching teothr Ny den.
fist is out of the city today, and 1 only
want to get something that will stop
the pain until he comes back"
That was a cowardly lie. He knew
he had no dentist. He knew he had suf-
| fered at intervals with that tooth for
! years and because he was afraid of O
| dentist. But he did not want the drug
man to think he was q coward. So he
| invented this lie in order to get any
thing that would give him surcease from
pain for the time. He knew if he could
do that he would sit down alone some-
where and chuckle to himself that he
had won another victory over an old
tooth and without seeing a dentist.
And he could say, as he had said before
TO others: 81 do not have to go to
dentist. | am my own dentist" There
is nothing man can do Of which he
Will be prouder than knocking out q
toothache without resorting to the dem
fist.
(Which tooth is it?'' asked the man
in the drug store
Il don't see what difference that
makes to you. Isn't it enough for you
to know have a toothache?"
IF the tooth is back one and has O
cavity, it can be treated with more ease,
and might give you something differ
ent for such a tooth. Now, if it is
'front.'
"Well, it is not front one. You
guessed it right in the first place. 1t is
a back tooth--a wreck at that-and it
has a cavity as big as the end of water
main. Now, what else do you want to
know"
"How long have you had it?''
Had what-the toothache or the
cavity?"
'The toothache.
always had it, 1t was aching when
it cut its way through the gum. 1t has
never done anything but ACHE"
You said your dentist is treating it!"
"Ies, l did say that. Dog take it,
man, what Of that? 1t has taken me 40
years to conclude to have it treated"
If u tooth of mine acted like that,
would have it out"
Would you? Say, did you ever have
toothache, and what has this to do
with your giving me something for this
tooth of mine? What is it to me what
you would do?'
II am fixing You something now that
will give you relief until your dentist
comes back"
The man with the aching molar
chuckled.
"Here is your medicine
"Well, any directions ON the bottle2"
''No. If you have had toothache
often, you will know how to use it. OF
course you won't drink it?''
"Well, have taken drinks for il"
"You never swallowed anything like
this. If you had, you wouldn't be here
now"
SIS that so? What is it-poison? Why
don't you put a skull and crossbones
on that label? I'll have you arrested"
"YOu take little cotton, saturate it
with this and put the cotton in the cav
ity, and this will give you rest until
your dentist returns"
"Well, what is it? I want TO know
what am taking for toothache You
druggists kill mere people than the
Brooklyn trolley lines. Have you got
any cotton to go with it?"
~ can give You some cotton"
81 don't ask you to give it to me.
I'll pay"
"Oh, mol We always give pinch of
cotton with bottle of this medicine"
"Pinch be blowedl want a bale of
1t, and want about gallon of this
remedy. The old thing is just killing
me now" .
The druggist gave him ball Of cot
ton, and the customer literally rushed
out, forgetting to pick up his change.
"What did you give himl" we asked.
water and peppermint. .
The next day the customer was on
Fifth avenue, when he met friend, TO
whom he said;
1--WE kept dentist from making
fee. don't believe in rushing to tooth
carpenter when l have toothaohe. I
am my own dentist I've won again.
old man. Cost me quarter. Let's 60
In and blow in the difference. New
York Sun.