| Show old teeth at auction at a public auction held at west chester pa the other dartho personal effects of an eccentric old lady were cold and among other curious articles was 1 collar bos full of old teeth all of the teeth had formerly adorned the mouths of relatives anne of whom waa represented in the unique collection by more alian one tooth each the old lady however belonged to a numerous family with extensive con-nections and intricate ramifications and by reason of this fact she was enabled without difficulty to obtain each of the mementos from different persons hei plan was toask her relatives for a souve-nir of themselves in the chape of the next tooth they should have drawn she quietly cultivated this odd fad toi upward of fifty years until the assort-ment comprising all shapes and sizes of cast off teeth filled a round old fash-ioned collar box holding perhaps a pint when ut the ealo the auctioneer pro-duced tho novel exhibit and asked con-ffiidently who bids on thia treasure be encountered a deal of good natured chaffing from the audience and in tha enil secured only a bid of one cent of-fered by a quaint spinster of fifty five who carried off her prize in haste and triumph cor new york times |
