Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-08-08

81 5fessor was the champion pain
less foe.h puiIer Of Amersca. h1 e4y
he was IN his sMess mhen eFeHiRs
esas Is dFessed Vi as a h,-.equin
sad aEaIe about II II streets and pulled
sssth riInout charge NJ. Bailey snG
the professor had long ahd ehummE
talk tasethe=, and an agreement vas
reached Three days after the talk
the dentist was back al Exter. A day
later tbs professor followed He had
q wagon and music. He had Gags and
banners and prancing horses. he had
the whole town on the street, and he
delivered a lecture on bad teeth
Bad teeth were responsible for head
aches, fatuIency, dimneSs Of vision
loss OF memory. bilioGsness, liver com-
plant and a score Of other things. Bad
teeth filed grayerards- Bad teeth pre-
vented happy marriages Bad teeth
caused half the crimes committed. Bad
teeth caused 10000 divorces per year-
II was because OF the bad teeth OF
France II WIS only & lecture on bao
teeth and the results this evening. To
MORROW evening the professor would
show the good people OF Exter what
true philanthropist h was There
would be something doing. and II
shouldn't cost any CITIZEN a cent
When the next evening came the
professor made few general remarks
and then offered TO pull teeth free Of
charge. 1t would be Painless. IL any
one felt the slightest twiIge Of pain
that person was TO be Presented with :
five dollar gold piece Ave the pro
fessor would do better than that lie
would furnish sets of false teeth at
the low price of 81 set. Single teeth
would be only ~ cents each No more
headaches in Exter and the death nate
reduced 81 per cent.
Three evenings II took the professor
TO reach the last tooth No hurt. and
nobody out a cent Their were few
people who sympathizcd with Mr.
Bailey and called TO ten him 50, but
he had folded his tent and gone OF
fishing. and il was long fortnight be-
fore he returned What OF the people
who had got something for nothing?
They had had from one 10 six teeth
extracted. Many OF them were ''op
their gums alone Scores were lisp
Ing as they talked. Other SconeS ut
tered hiss as they started out 10 talk
For three weeks they went about pat
ting each other on the back and cali
ing Professor Donaldson the friend OF
humanity. Then Il suddenly occurred
TO some one to ask when he was going
TO return and make good He had
been indefinite about the date They
rushed 10 the office of Dentist Bailey,
but he could tell them nothing beyond
the fact that he had the best Kind OF
luck fishing Letters were written 10
the professor. but they remained IN
answered. \ committee was seat 10
Chicago. lOn miles away. hut IL failed
to find its man.
Then yor must see what happened
Dentist Bailey was ready for the rush
that came He had secured an assist
ant In authorization. His stairs groaued
under the weight OF callers They
wanted 10 be fitted from two front
teeth to all their .nouthS would hold,
There was wocS Cor a year ahead- snd
there was money IN the work. II was
weeks and weeks before one msn In
E1ter would take another mans word
but had TO have everything In writing.
When man hisseS aud iisps and
mumbleS aS he talks how are You go
Ing 10 know what he Is driving at:
There was some attempt ~ counec;
Mr. Bailey with Professor Donaldson.
but Il fen nat You can't figure out
things with your empty mouth II was
six months before the churches had
their usual congregations again and
somewhat longer than that before
lawn parties and raSscS candy pulls
were INDUCED In again. hut there came
time when the stranger who rode
through Fxtcr afterwarl braggS not
of the clean streets and harry aces
he saw. hut Of the white. even 'esth
that met his gaze on every baud