Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-16
NATURES METHOD.
a Kicker who MAS Only Speaking
C.snsrzlIy About Teeth.


Ill, funny about person,
teeth. remarked The man who had
ordered coup and chicken hash for
-, lunch. IA least il isn't 81
blamed funny q. IL curious. You
lake the Icr,h ana the finger nail.
COR instance.
"well:" said the man opposite.
~ mans finger nails grow. don't
thew"
Certainly. SO does his hair.
We'll, what's the u,e? We don't
need our hair or our finger nails
not more than certain length any
way--but they keep sproating right
along. lust a. if we did and just a.
long rs We live.
"Oh, ! don't know" said the 9th
er man. passing his hand over the
top OF his head.
well. YOUR finger nails do any
way. But Noa just get your one
crop of teeth. and they've got To do
,oa. Their, nothing more coming
10 you.'
Il always understood there were
two crops
I YES, the baby teeth. That's 20.
But that's only another instance OF
the foolishncss Of the whole arrange
ment. How 10 We start in: With
out any teeth at all. Then We begin
cutting en- They worry u night
ana day and make Us drooi all over
! our bib@. So thai We must have oar
white dresses changed every few
! hours. and they wake u up at night
so that our parents have to carry us
around and sing to It's and give "
soothing ,irup that makes morphine
fends Of u. in after life, and not
| only that. they disorder our little
stomachs and send u into Conyg!-
sions, from which we frequently die.
! Why:"
AK me something easy"
"That keeps up for about two
wears. onl. having gone throJ1a
with all that. vou'd suppose hid
MIGHT bc provided with teeth for
life. Rut 10. The last stomach
tooth T., hardly in before the first
front tooth begins working loose.
md then there. toothachc. The
FIRST loolha,hc. Ny land. Then
vour mouth gets filed with ,ait-or
the teeth do-and cloves are wed =
ell in them and cotton batting soak.
cd with creosoic that takes the skin
all oil the inside of volr mouth
and camphoratcd chIorofornf aud all
manner Of stuff. lou 20 through
the mental augui.h Of having a
string tied to some cu,pid or incISor
aud to the handle OF door. loa
are taken to the dentist and obliged
10 u-c a toothbrush.
"lhrn the ncN teeth come, and
thcy have to he Strengthened. Then
il j. noticed that one has begun To
decay, and it j, >coop"d ont and in.
laid with precious metals, Others
follow. Then come the drilling
and filling of the back teeth, u!crra-
ton. desperation. distraction and OK.
traction. One bg one they are crown,
ed, hridlcd, buttres>cd and other,
wise repaired until NJ the are OF for
", perhaps liIiv or siNtN--anywal
with twenty or thirty good wear, oI
life before nina man is practically
toothlcsS, after having been iron
blcd more or less all hi, DAYS. Now
] claim nature is dead wrong there
Teeth ought 10 grow like hair. q.
fast as they are worn. off--wcll, i'm
ger nails then. Keep for!cDiin.
YOU are bald. Teeth are to the ma
; jority simply nuisance and an cy
& pensc.
why don't Won have the snan
out and an artificial set put in an,
have done with it: Haven't YOU 90
the nerve"
"Snags. Me; Why. man, couI,
bite off the end Of tenpenny mai
: and chew ii like gum. never had {
. toothache or lost a tooth in my life
! I'm speaking generally."-Chicag
J News.