Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-10-16
HIS NARROW ESCAPE
NEGRo'S LOVE OF ICE CREAM
MADE TROUBLE.
Opened His Jaws So Wide He Could
Not Get Them Shut-After Surgical
Operation He Says "Never Again."

In the amph1theater OF the Cnar1ty
hospital the other evening the wailing
of negro boy could be heard. "Oh,
lordy, lordy! 4 ever gifts my mouf
shet ergin l never is gwine ter open
it ergin. Oh, doctor, doctor, please,
sir, git my mouf shet. l been tryin'
ter git hit shet n l KANT. F yO' ken
shet hit fer me | ANT nebber gwine
eat no mo- ice cream. Hits dat niger
oman whut has got me inter dis trub-
ble."
The negro's cries could be heard in
almost every part of the hospital. He
had been taken there by friend. AS
he entered the gate one of the stu
dents saw him with his mouth as wide
open as it was possible to open it.
The student followed the negro into
the amphitheater and found that the
boy had opened his mouth so wide
that his jaws had become dislocated.
The student backed him into corner
and with his thumbs covered with rub
Der ran them into the negro's mouth,
trying to get the jawbone back in
place. Every few moments the negro
would bite the thumb of the student
and the student would mutter some
thing which would not look well in
print.
The negro was very much frighten-
ed. His eyes looked as though they
were about to pop out Of his head and
if he had walked through brier patch
his eyes would have been pulled out
by thorns.
The student understood the negro's
condition and worked with him for
some time. The first attempt to get
the jaws into place was not successful.
Inc student removed his thumbs and
shook his head The negro thought
this meant that the student could do
nothing. He gave vent to wall that
sounded like a lost soul and begged
the doctor to make another attempt.
All this time he was talking as though
his mouth was full of hot mush. His
mouth was SO wide open that it was
almost possible to see the cream he
had eaten.
The student put the negro's head
against the wall and bore down on
it. There was a sound not unlike the
popping of champagne cork. The
student removed his thumbs and the
negro looked at him and began to
work his jaws. The feeling of relief
that came over his face was hides
cribable. The negro could not realize
it for few moments, and then, in
anecstasy of joy he shouted: Hits
shet, doctor! hits shet!"
The negro used his jaws for few
moments and the student told him
to close it. While the student was pre-
pairing the bandage for his jaws the
| negro told him how he got into such
predicament.
me an err oman was eatin' erwhile
| ergo some ice cream. Me an her was
'vidin' what we had betwixt us. She
tuck a big spoon and filed hit full NV
cream an she axed me did l want
hit. tol' her to glib hit ter me, but
didn't low dat could take dat spoon
in my mouf She said eff would put
hit in my mouf could hab it all, an
as is powerful fond ub cream trow-
ed open my mouf an toll her to shove
hit in. De spoon was err heap bigger
den l fought hit was an when de
| cream got inside an | tried ter shet
my mouf hit wouldn't close. Dare |
| was, wild my mouf full ub cream an
couldn't swallow an couldn't spit hit
| out. Hit kept gittin' Golfer an Golfer,
en- | hung my head down and let hit
run out en- de groun'. Den | tried
ergin ter shet my mouf an couldn. |
commenced ter git skeered, den, en-
lowed | better go to horsepittal. f
hadenter got here wen l did dunno
whit woulder happened. l sho wus
skeered, en- fun dis time on I nebber
is gwine ter open my mouf wide, eben
f sumboddy wants ter glib me err big
piece OBJ watermillion."
The student bandaged the negro's
| jaw and took his name. The negro
said his name was Henry McClennon
and when he left the hospital he was
the happiest negro in New Orleans
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