Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1904 — Limitations of “Store Teeth.” [ARTICLE]

Limitations of “Store Teeth.”

A small town In Posen, near the Silesian frontier, still keeps a night watchman who blows the hours on a whistle. The London Telegraph tells that one night he failed to sound his whistle. The burgomaster summoned the delinquent to account for his negligence. After some hesitation be declared that his last tooth had dropped out and that he could not hold In his mouth the official flat tin whistle. A council was called, and the subject was gravely discussed. Finally one of the members said that he had heard of a dentist at Breslau who supplied artificial teeth. After long debate the council appropriated money to send the aged watchman to Breslau to get a set of new teeth. In due time the watchman reported that his teeth had arrived. That night the burgomaster sat up to hear the result To his astonishment there was no whistle at 10, at 11 or at midnight The next morning he summoned the watchman. “Yon have got your teeth,” he said Indignantly. “Why do you not whistle as before?*’

"Yes, I’ve got a new set of teeth,” replied the old man, “but the doctor told me to put them In water at night”