The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-16
TOLD BY THE OLD CIRCUS MAN.
An Encounter OF wits Between BOSS
and Dentist Over the Giant
Of the show.

Il sha'n't soon forget" said the ole
circus man, "a little joke that the ole
man played, or tried to play, on the
dentist" relates the New York Sun
sour star attraction, the greatest of all
giants, had a tooth that needed filing
1t had needed it for a long time in fact;
but like q great many other people
not as big, the giant had let the tooth
go until it began to trouble him; and
then he wanted something done to it
right away, and when we'd got the
! pain stopped he wanted the tooth
filed; he didn't want to lose 1t. And
here's where the old mans joke on the
dentist came in; he was always up
to this sort of tricks.
maybe you'll remember my telling
you about his going into laundry
once and getting the price for doing
up collars, any collars, as he put it,
and then taking In a stand-up collar
that our great 1S-foot giraffe used to
wear when we dressed him in dude
costumef But that was easily squared
by free tickets to the show, and by
the pleasure the laundryman found in
seeing the giraffe walking around the
ring wearing the collar that he had
done up. But it was another matter
about the tooth. The old man goes to
the dentist and tells him he hasan ac-
quaintance that wants a tooth filed,
and asks how much 1t would cost to fill
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course the dentist can't tell without
seeing the tooth and the cavity; and
the old man tells him it's big man,
big tooth and big hole; it will take
lot of gold. You name the price, he
says, and I'll pay it, and the dentist
sets figure that will cover the cost
of filing as much hole as there could
be In any tooth he ever saw, and gives
the old man date, and at the day and
hour the old man takes the giant
around.
tive never told you the exact stat
ure Of the giant, for fear you wouldn't
believe it, but I've told you various
things, one time and another about
him, that would enable you to form
some idea about it. The tooth--well,
II I should tell you even the size Of that,
you wouldn't believe me; but when
the dentist saw the giant stop in front
of the house he knew that if the giants
tooth corresponded with his general
dimensions, and that cavity should be
of about an average size, as compared
with the tooth, he was up against it
hard; and he knew he was, when he |
had got the giant settled down where
he could look into his mouth. He had
contracted to fill tooth with gold for
ten or fifteen doHars, or whatever it
was, something like that, and there
was hole that would take in $3.50 to
$500 worth of metal, to say nothing of
the labors
''But the dentist evinced no surprise,
nor did he seek to fly the track; on
the contrary, he got his traps around
where he could get at 'em and began
work.
1--WE struck the Office at II o'clock;
the afternoon show opened at two. At
one o'clock the old man says:
'Well, guess we'll have to shut off
now for awhile, and come back after
the afternoon show
oh, no, you can't do that says the
dentist, he'll have to stay right here
now till the job is finished.
"'How long will that take?' says the
old man.
"'Oh, l don't know says the dentist.
! should think it might take a day, or
maybe day and half.'
Welt But can't have him sit
ting here with the show going on. He's
he biggest thing in the circusv said
he boss.
"'You can take him away any time =
rou want to- said the dentist. but II
rou do. you don't want to bring him
pack
"'Why notT says the old man.
Didn't you agree TO I'll his teeth for
70 much?'
Yes says the dentist. but the
,rice I named 10 You was for continu-
'us work; for a Job done at one sit
ing I'm ready to go right on with !
T. now and finish IL up: hut II You :
axe him away and bring him back.
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