Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-12
THE ANGUISH MARKET.

THE ANGUISH MARKET.
Heretofore the fame of Fort. Dodge
mao rested on the peculiar ability Of
| lis statesmen 10 land offices fol-
themselves and the pre- eininence of
thar city as population claimant. As
regards plans and purposes and :nci-
dents connected with human welfare
ana the good Of the rare little has
come out Of Fort Dodge But bark.
A Fort Dodge dentist SEED police
mar on claim Of SIS alleged,y due fer
dental services. The policeman brought
in a counter claim of $50 far suffering
ard anguish endured by the patien,
while under the hands OF the tooth
carpenter The evidence is not al hand
but the result is. That jury raised the
policeman ante and gave him s35
whe -ewith 10 bind up his aching jaws
and auay the anguish" referred to in
exhibit B. II must have appeared to
the jury that the brave defender OF
the peace was hurt SO worth more
than he realized. AT any rate lie real
lied the dental job and SIS. Incidental
~ /, is hard winter and s35 Is not
10 be sneezed at by policeman even
II saloon town
II would be interesting to trace the
causes and analyze the impulses that
brought the jury 20 its conclusion.
Perhaps each and every one Of them
was fresh from the dental chair. Per
haps they didn't know policemen very
well and imagined that pain which
could make cop ssueal must De cruel
circulating and Of unusual anguish.
Perhaps they didn't knox that 800
pound man with a neck Ike Taurus
VIII howl Ike soul in Tophet over a
tooth that an aremic woman Of less
than 100 weigh, would stick a pep
per bag Oh and go right on with the
housewora and that policemen are no
exception 10 the masculine rule. Probs
ably every one of those Jurors had
sat waiting his turn and trembisd er
cry time the door TO the torture cham
Der opened lest ne might be next. May
be each had gazed with death in MS
eyes INTO The smiling face OF that
Mephistopheles VINO gr;ns as re says
This won't hurt much and then rams
yards OF steel into the tooth down into
the recessas Of the Victims Deing and
finding the one spot where anguish has
her seat, twists i there. Perhaps
as he held his breath and his jaw in
one tine and one motion re heard The
perpetrators cheerful yoic. SO from g
far distance 3auntiiy remark something
about al exposed nerve while ne
wiped his crowbar or wad of a1sor-
bent cotton and reached fol another
twisted instrument Of agonfzlng tor
ture. Perhaps each reca.zed me CUB
conscious atmosphere ot amusement
that fingers waere these deeds are
done and remembering. fcrgat STAT
utes an6 customs and borne On the
wings q nlemo-y struck al Their own
foes !n the person Of the plaintiff.
Human nature is human na,ure. There
are moments that remain unforgotten
thru life. deep senses Of injury and
!anguisn and untold agony that Ere the
brain and steel the heart 20 reprisal
after years have fed and tie jaw has
recovered. Soon or late comes jury
'serrtce or the meeting IN dark alley
lor opportunity OF one kind and an
1other. And with opportunity comes
Irresistible impulse. R!nzo!
The Fort Dodge Gaze opens up a a
vista Of hope Perhaps we shall hare
the prices of suffering and anguish
fixed some Gay at 30 much per anguish.
a price list OF pain az 1. were. But at
that there Isn't much hope Of trading
anguish for dentistry outside OF Fort
Dodge. The dentist Will raise his fea
to conform to the agony schedule. And
central Iowa folks wouldn't live in Fort
Dodge for free dentistry and the sroc-
cry bill thrown in.
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