Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1893 — The Parson’s Teeth. [ARTICLE]

The Parson’s Teeth.

There is a story of a clergyman whe had taken temporary duty fora friend and who had the ill-luck to injure his false teeth during the week, says the Manchester (England) Times. The plate was sent to the dentist’s for repairs, a faithful assurance being given that it should be duly returned by Sunday’s post, but the dentist 01 the post proved faithless. With the assistance of the clerk the clergyman managed to stumble through the prayers, but felt it would be useless to attempt to preach. He therefore instructed the clerk to “make some excuse for him and dismiss the congregation.” But his feelings may be better imagined than described, when, in the seclusion of the vestry, he overheard the clerk, in impressive tones, thus deliver the “excuse:” “Parson’s very sorry, but it Is his misfortune to be obliged to wear a set of artful teeth. They busted last Wednesday and he ain’t got them back from London to-day, as he was promised. I’ve helped him all I could through the service, but I can’t dc no more for him. It isn’t any use him going up into the pulpit, for you wouldn’t understand a word he said, so he thinks you may as well gc home.”