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Show i Old Tenth ut Auction. At a pubuc auction held at West i Caester. Pa., tne other dav. the personal i etlects of an eccentric old lady were i sold, and among other curious articles ! was a cellar box full of old teeth. All 1 of tae teetu had formerly adorned the j moutas of relatives, none of whom was j represented in the unique collection by more than one tootn each. Tne old ladv. however, belonged to a numerous family, with extensive connections con-nections and intricate ramifications, and by reason ot this fact she was enabled without dimculiv-to obtain each of the mementos from dinerent persons. Her plan was to ask her relatives for a souvenir souve-nir of tnemselves m the shape of the next tooth they snould have drawn, bae quietly cultivated this odd fad for unward of fifty years, until the assortment, assort-ment, comprising all shapes and sizes of cast oft teetu. filled a round, old fashioned fash-ioned collar box. holding perhaps a pint. W lieu at tne sale the auctioneer produced pro-duced tno novel exhibit and asked con-I con-I fulentlv. "Who bids on this treasure?" j he encountered a deal of good natured cnafims from the audience, anil in the end secured only a bid of one cent, offered of-fered by a ciuamt spinster of fifty-five, who carried oft her prize in haste and C c York Times. |