The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-30
-FOUR FOOLS IN A WAGER.
And the Dentist Must Have Been the
Biggest Idiot in the Lot.


From the Philadelphia Tines.
It may be the nearness of the Norris
town insane asylum which is disseminat-
ing foolish" germs throughout the sur
rounding atmosphere, but at any rate there
are three candidates for admission at Har-
leysville.
The trio is made up of a baker and two
of his drivers, who became mixed up in
controversy as to who had the most nerve.
Each man backed himself for a five-dollar
bill and a three-cornered wager was laid,
the winner TO take the pot
Then came the question of deciding the
bet. The baker had a CLEAN of intelligence
above bread-mak.ng. In his lifetime he
had suffered from toothache. He knew
that he had enough nerves in his teeth to
stake" a Mormon family. The two Jehus
agreed that teeth were about as thickly
POPULATED with nerves as any other portion
of the body. This led 10 the decision that
they would visit a Norrislown dentist, and
the man who could have the most sound
teeth pulled at one ''settin" would cop
off the dough" or rather the fifteen pas
tres.
This was agreed upon. and on Saturday
after the baker had ''seL his batch" the
three men HE'D themselves to a tooth art
list Their nerve received several shocks
as they saw srInning inc sors molaTs BIZ
cuspids and things in the dentists Win
dow.
walking bodily into the dental abattolr,
the baker explained the situation and Sc
cured wholesale rates.
Precipitation was oozing through the fea
lures of the three as the smiling dentist,
loV iugly Eourshing a murderous pair of
forcops, pointed 10 the upho stored chair
aud with bow asked, who's first?"
No one jumped forward, and persp ration
received new impetus. Finally the Woody
Lettors decided by the toss of a coin. one
of The drive $ was selected as the first vic
TN, and with a bold demeanor he seated
himself in the chair jostling the nicely
polished cusD.dore which was screwed in
Vtiugly upon The de
The dentist EaZed into the drivers open
features. and before the victim knew the
performance had started the knight of the
forceps was singing grinder" about the
pre- misses. Six teeth had been sent TO grass
when, with a yell the owner of the late
teeth cluched the dentist by the throat.
leapod from the chair ana pranced about
the room.
Next" said the dentist as he rolled up
his sleeves a little higher.
1t was up to the baker and with a
confidence he did not feel he took the seat
res gned by his predecessor. His pulse be-
gan 70 double up and the dentist went to
work The SIX sacrificed teeth had enabled
him to get his hand iu," and before the
baker could think Of the price Of flour 1--WE
teeth We're rafting against the wall and
dropping like hail on the floor
Five was all the baker could equander.
He was perfectly willing to resign all
claim to the SO, and, Dragging the dent
lists fache, sinewy wrists, he stopped the
performance.
In The meantime the other driver, with
bulgins eyes and with gaspiug breath was
watching every move. The means of the
first man with his head over the sink
and the blanched countenance of his boss
took the hears out Of him.
Next" again said the executiouer. and
with "A mighty effort the remaining driver
pulled himself together and took the chair
With a smile serene and mild the dentist
man took a hitch in his trousers, spat
upon his hands and resume the seance
He was Just beginning 10 enjoy the work
Business had been kind of slack. and he
was a little out Of practice. Here was his
chance. The driver WINGED as he saw the
smile on the face of the manipulator of
the cold cleaning forceps. 1t was too
late.
In went the pincers, and despite the
struggles of the patient, his muffied wells
and the thrashing of his legs the u. D. S
did not stop until eleven strong. sold
teeth had been torn from the settings of
red gum and scattered about the premises
When the dentist halted for moment
10 catch his breath the driver lurched ana
rolled ont of hiss chair.
lie had won the SIS, but tears came 20
his eyes as he saw his fai hful n1o,ars and
kindred worries scattered about. their work
in life comp,e led
The dentist was pleased with the lob.
ard as he ushered the three bettors 10 the
door he bowed blandly and remarked.
Come again, gentlemen.