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Show "Ephrum's" Incredible Meanness. Down in Washington county I heard of mold fellow, a venerable octogenarian, i to had seen his molars depart one by , while his canines and incisors folded fol-ded in mournful procession, Until old e found him bereft of all his early as-istants as-istants in mastication. Awhile ago he bited a dentist in a neighboring town nil announced that he had concluded to vest in a set of false teeth, and at cmco ;an to discuss the financial points in-'tal. in-'tal. During the discussion lie ex-iained ex-iained why he was compelled at this nte hour to make such a venture. "Yer ' siiid the old man, "wobbling" his oothlcsa jaws, "I ben a-neediu' suthin' ' tho kind fer a long spell back, but rother Ephrum, whoi wnz more'n ten m older'n I be, he had a bran new pa'r, 'g'lar double dockers they war, 'n'z iiihran war a-ailin' and likely wouldn't Ht long, 1 jest waited erlong for his'n, ' I ben waitin' fur them teeth," dis-uteily, dis-uteily, "seace "way back in tho seven-tell seven-tell abaont a month ago" here his ice took on a sarcastic tone "Ephrum ' jest couldn't stick it aout no longer, i' he tip 'n' died. But, dorn it" indig-ntly-"ef he didn't ensist afore he left t them thar teeth should be buried 'oDgwith him! ensisted on it, 'n' what's he jest shot his mouth so tarnal ;M no mortal man could ha' got 'em, i'dil so!" Lewiston Journal. - . i |