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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 246, 17 October 1877, Page 4

Perilß of Tooth-drawing.— -The competition among the dentists in San Francisco (says the Neios Letter) is getting to be aa fierce as (ho recent war among the cheap clothi-re. We recently advertised for bids to huve six teeth extracted, and received ia reply 87 offers from legally qu-Wifled raolarwrenchers. The lowest biJ was Idol and 35c for tha cix, including the uae of ether spray, and a new set of teeth thrown in. We accordingly 9e at the floctor word that his offar was accepted minus the new teeth, which were not required, but for which he could, of coarse, allow something. He demurred somewhat when he learnt he was not to operate on the editor of this, our hebdomadal evungeliat, and turned a Hitla pale when he found that the patient was a full-sized mountain cat, juat sent us as a present by Buffalo Bill the great hunter. However, he set to work with hia tweezers up bis|arm, and a|ghastly observation something about' "poor pussy," and got firmly hold of the two | largest fanea right between the palm I

and (ha back of his hand. He seized the remaining four teeth with the calf of his lag very successfully, and even tried to remove the brute'a incisors with hia nose. After tea minutes hard worJf he gave tha thing up as a bad job, and retired to his bad, disgusted with his profession, and enveloped in courtplaster. Should erysipelas set in, we shall be pleased to attend his funeral. In the meantime further bids are solicited.