New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
TOOTHSOME TALES.
Experiences Of Some Persons an ana
ont of the Dentists Char.

through suffering but Of the early ao-
vertisements of Boston dentists appeared In
'"The Boston Gazette" under the date or De-
cember 49, 116S, and is dOuby interesting De-
cause Of the undying fame that came TO this
pulIer of teeth a number OF years after the Iol-
lowing "ad" appeared:
Whereas many perfons are TO unrorIuld'e
as to lofe their Fore-teeth py Accident anu
otherways. to their great Detriment, not only
in Looks, but fpeakng both in PUBIC anu
Private:-This is to inform all fuch. that they
may have them replaced with artificial Ohes'
that look as well as the Natural, and an1ers
the End of Speaking to all Intents, by PAUL
REVERE Godfmith near the Head OF Dr.
CIarke's Wharf Bottom. All Perfons who have
had falfe Teeth fixt by Mr.. John Baker, Sur
geon-D -Dentift, and they have got loofe Gas they
will in Time) may have them faftened by the
above who learnt the Method Of fixing them
from Mr. Baker"
No Goubt there were "dentifts' in the town
of "Bofton" long before Paul Revere inserted
this interesting advertisement in 'The Gazette
that early and invaluable paper from
which so much is learned that is interesting
and often amusing about the customs OF the
people of the Boston and New-England of that
DAY No doubt the work of the dentists OF that
dav was pretty crude and it is certain that they
dentists of our own time. It is to be hoped that
they possessed a sense of humor that invalu-
able gift to one living in an environment of
groaus and howls for it is sadly true as some
one has long ago said, that teeth come
with a yell and go with howl" The howls
were probably more frequent in the days when
Paul Revere was a Boston dentist, for then
there were no anesthetics to send one into merci-
ful unconsciousness during the painful process
Of extracting teeth. People fought shy OF the
anaesthetic when it was first discovered, and
some Of them may have had the feeling Of
stout negro woman of our own time who ap-
peared in a dental room with the buging jaw
and wOebegone look with which every dentist
must be familiar. Knowing that the process of
extracting the troublesome tooth would be a
painful one, the dentist suggested to his patient
that she take gas, to which she said with de-
csiOn:
mo. sab; no sab; yo' don't git dis chile to
TEX none OBJ yo' ole gas en- walk out OBJ dis char
daid when her tooth is out-no sah!"
Nothing could convince her that she would
not be in danger OF walking "daid" out of tho
operating chair if she inhaled dat ole gas
Another negro woman once went to the office
ef this same dentist and she was willing and
even eager to have her sufferings lessensd by
the use of gas but when told that the cost
would be So she demurred and said:
'Two dollahs jess fo de little gas I'd smell in
TO have a tooth out? Why. doctah. dats mon I
pays fo all de gas 1 uses in my house in three
months Sholy I couldn't smell in 81 wuf OBJ
gas in less a couple oh minnits, cheap gas is
now"
She was greatly surprised to know that the
gas she would smell in" was not Illuminating
gas, and was quite relieved to make this discov-
cry, declaring that there was probably less dan
ger of her blowing up" if she used the dentists
gas
A verdant appearing young woman went to
the office OF a dentist and said that she wanted
a depression" taken for a full set of upper
false teeth. When she seated in his chair
and he was making an examination of her very
generous mouth he discovered that she was al
ready in possession Of a very il-ftting set of
teeth
why" he said, who ever made such an ILL
ntting set of teeth as these? don't see how
you ever keep them in your mouth"
ooh. la, these amt NINE" she drawled out
"theyre my aunts. She just let me have the
loan of them to wear downtown"
can extremely absentminded patient Of mine
told me very funny story regarding the first
had made for him." said q Boston dentist to &
friend He was riding downtown in an cleo
tric car in which every seat was taken, so tha
there many to witness his modification
He was SO entirely absorbed in a book he wa!