HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1881-09-09, Page 7SLANG.
mese et she regular Manse* .r Illysone
Lt7a.
The tendency of Amaripws is and has
Datta far many years toward quaint and
exptlwiv. "alsng" for the terse expres-
sion of thought. A few years ago it was
popularly supposed that only the lower
owoe ty indulged in this furor of
•x , but it seems at present to
pores., all grades, and the young lady
of Murray Hill Will talk of "tips' at
Jerome Park in a mat nonchalant way,
and suggest that you "take a tumble" or
"give us a rest," with the most ingrain
of Gotham's merger worldling&
Tracing these popular slang phrases to
their origin constitutes an interesting
study, and often leads the explorer into
the deepest depths of literature. Doubt-
less thousands of persons here heard the
expression "What will Mrs. Grundy
say?" yet nut one in a thousand is aware
that it is found in the first scene t.f the
first act of Mutton's favorite ouwedy
"Speed the Plough." "Tru thin" is
often heard, when the hearer wishes to
express a disbelief in a story, and it may
be found in "Peregrine Pickle," which
was published. in Loudon in 1761. The
expression is also to be found in Shakes-
peare's "Henry VIII., scene I. of act
V. "All cry and no wool," a very com-
mon slang expression, is traced directly
to Canto I., Part L of Butler's "fiudi-
bra&" The original reads:
"Or shear swim, all cry and no wool-"
For the ve.y often heard ezpressiun,
"What are you giving me ?" indicative of
disbelief—no less a source than the Bible
is responsible. It may be found in the
thirty-eighth chapter of Genesis. '
By sightly twisting the words "in
pejus stere," in that good old Latin
author Virgil we arrive at the saying,
"to fo to the had." "He's a brick,' in-
dicates that the person spoken of is a
"good fellow," and dates hem an ex -
premien of King Agesilaus, who on a
certain occasion, pointing to hia army
said, "They are the walls of Sparta
Every man you see is a brick."
"There's millions in it." pante from
Mark Twain's novel, "The Golden Age,"
and Bret Harts is responsible for "ways'
that are dark and tricks that are vain."
MARY of the slang phrase' in use are
local New York is responsible for "You
bet your boots," "Yes, sir-ee, hone -fly,
''Knights of the groan cloth,. and a
thousand like expressions.
"Twenty-five years ago one of the
popular phrases was "Qkysey, take the
butt" It had its origin in an ezprossion
by Frank Chanfrau, as Mose in "Life in
New York," a very popular play of that
period: "By a large majority" is
found in Wolfe s play of "The Mighty
Dollar." "Step down and out" is attri-
buted to Rev. Harry Ward Beecher, and
"Nut for tine", is the refrain of a London
concert hall song which was very popu-
lar ten years afro. "Dug -gene it" was
born in Indiana.
P'•om the immortal Shakespeare a
great amount of slang is derived.
" Othello," the bard speaks of "croco-
dile's
croco-diles tears:" he also speaks of "a party,.. j
and from the' exclamation of Hamlet.
"You cannot play that on me," meaning
that the person does not accept the truth
of the story. "He's gone on her," is
only another way of putting Polonius•
words regarding Hamlet's love for
Ophelia, that he "was gone, far gone."
"Giving him taffy," is popularly sup -
poem' to be of recent origin, but it is
really 200 years old, and hu been in use
in London for fully that period.
A hong the men of note of the past
decade who have contributed to the
slang of the period may be mentioned
Andrew Johnson, whose promise, "I'll
be your Moses," is still heard. "Sho
fly" was origida' with Ben Buttler, as ap-
plied to Hon, S. S. Cox: "On the ragged
edge" is the offspring of Plymouth's
pastor; "Gone, where the woodbine
twin.th" was invented by Jim Fisk: "To
hell across lots' belongs to Brigham
Toting; "Where it would do the most
good" came from Oakes Ames, when
speaking of the placing et Credit Hobe
limo stock; "The almighty dollar" may
be found in Irving•s works.
A Good entry.
A Detroit, Mich., paper contains
the following amusing amount of the ex-
perience of a lumber dealer, presumably
of that city, with one of his Albany, N.
Y. customers. The moral of the story,
es well as the humor of it, will be ap-
preciated by mosey eeadeas: One of the.
lumber dealers in Michigan has for the
past three years been supplying a dealer
.t Albany. Pur the first year every-
thing went well, but at length the Al-
bany man began to complain. He found
$ shortage or culls in every asr load sent
h int, and demanded dieoounte therefor,
and this spring it was impassible to
pleas. him. No natter how carefully
lumber and shingles 'ears culled and
billed hese, he was sure to write back
that they were not age to the deeded.
Two weeks ago a csr'loob of "star" shin-
gles was sett him. Th. • `star" Willie
beats anything made in tee oowatry, and
they know it at /Amity as well as is
Mishigan, but as tsar as the ear arrived
the able flea were hardly ,'akar bells,"
and he eoald not unload the oar until
marred of a dimmest of tweety-dm matte
THS. HURON SIGNAL, iT11).i i :I'a'n', .'. I.4I.
a thousand. The Michipnder had
suffered long, but the and was nigh.
He had impeded every bunch of shin-
gles uu that car, and he made up his
mind to go to Albany and inspect than
over again. The deader there had never
seen him, and the Wolverine walked
Mei his uffioo as a would-be purchaser of
some extra floe shingle&
"I'ee got exactly what you want,"
1ru•1*Iy replied tits Albanian. "I've
gut a car had of Michigan 'state' out
here,Iwhich lay over any shingles you
ever sew."
"Are they all perfect 1"
"Every nue of them." -
"Nu culls in the centre of the bunch-
es t"
"I'll eat every cull you find. I gut
theut from a Michiy(ander who is u
straight as the ten coniinandinenta, and
he has Clever yet sent me a stick ut
sea,ud class stuff. Come and see 'em,"
The Wolverine quietly pulled out his
business card, and laid it on the desk.
The dealer took it up, read the name,
and sat down on a stool, with a queer
feeling in his knee& There was an
awful silence aa they glared at each
other, and it was a fall minute before
the victim slowly extended his hand and
hoarsely whispered:
"Did you ever see a man make such
an infernal ass of himself ? Shake !
Weep as a warm t'rep.
• •Well, Doctor," inquired Mrs. Bank-
er. "the railroads aro built; the folks
keep coming—what are we going to do
about it -"
tke best we can, Mrs. Bunker,"
continued the Doctor. "There is so
touch is society, and in our artificial
habits, that sleep will no longer grow, as
a wild plant, and take care of itself.
We taus, cultivate it u we do oorn and
potatoes. There is no health without
Sound sleep; and theft on the farm, as
eveiywhere else, depends largely upou
physical rigor. Sleep is a powerful
medicine, which helps to cure irritability
of temper, peevishness, uneasiness of
any kind, like nervous dyspepsia. It is
good for a broken spirit, We might
change the hymn a little, without dam-
age, and sing, 'Earth has no sorrow that
sleep can not cure.' Sleep, to be per-
fect, and profound, ; and restorative,
should be so prepared for that not a
single discomfort should interrupt it.
We should get ready for it just u we
prepare for a day's work—have the tool'
all ready and every kind:snce removed."
"Well. how are you going to get it
when it don't come f' inquired Mrs.
Bunker.
"It will come," continued the Doctor,
"if you get ready for it, like any other
welcomed guest. The sleeping room, if
possible, should be in the most quiet
part of the house, above the first story,
well sunned and ventilated, with as little
furniture as poesible in it—consecrated
to sleep. Put away your feather beds
and .omfortables, se unfriendly aids to
sleep, and wood bedsteads and bed cords,
with their untimely squeaking. Have
soli.., iron bedsteads, with sheets and
blankets that will take care of the per-
spiration, ur rather, prevent it, and keep
the body at the mod comfortable tem-
perature. Rule your own house, and
have a set time for going to bed, the
sooner after nine o'clock the better,
when every member of the household
shall be ready fur the main business of
the night, no matter what is going on at
the•lodge, the hall, the hall, the temper-
ance discussion, or the prayereneeting.
"What is going to . become of Iv our
ditties to society t" inquired Mr. Spoon-
er.
"A Inas s first duty to society is to
take care of his body," responded the
Doctor. 'Thou shalt not kill,' is a
part of the decalogue, and neither man
nor woman owes any duty to society
that its not compatible with a sound
mind in a sound body. Sleep is the one
thing needful, if we would have either.
What is man worth to society with *bat-
tered health I Cultivate sleep, and be
worth something while you are awake,"
"I am glad you are so orthodox on
deep,'' interrupted Demon Smith.
"But I am afraid, Doctor, if Hooker -
town adopted your views, you would
soon be without patient& I have fol-
lowed your theory for 30 years, and
hardly had a doctor in my hou&—[Tim-
othy Bunker, seq., in American Agri-
calterist for Sept
from "Adam 1Mee.'
The weather zone 's a ticklish thing,
an' sefool 'all hit on't sometimes when a
wimps man misses ; that's why the alman-
acs gets so ranch tiredit. It's one o' them
chancy things as fools thrive on
It's like looking at a full Drop o' wheat,
or a pasture with a fine dairy o' cows is
it ; it tnakea you think the world'. coin•
fortable•like It's the flesh an' blood
folks are made on as makes the difsrsaow
Some cheese are made o' skimmed milh
and souse o' new milk, an' it's no matter
what yon call 'me you may tell which is
whish by the look aa' the smell 1
erealdn't give • penny for s man as 'aid
drive a frail is slack because he didn't
get sutra pay for it I've seem pretty
deer, .neer aims I mould wt age a mos,
as you ma never do what's wrong with-
out breeding sin and trouble more than
yes can ever um It's lib a bit o' bad
wcwltaxaiip`_pee sever nes the mad o'
atrLlra'• trw•ra *mire.
the mischief it'll do There's stint
advantage in haviu4 a head on their
shoulders instead of s tuner, T1 at
strength of the donkey ruled lies ill
adopting a course inversely as the argu-
ments urged, wbiob, well considered, re-
quires as great menta force as the direct
sequence ; and the present donkey prov-
ed the first-rate order of his intelligence
by coming to a dead standstill just when
the blows were thickest Su
"meltea good job" of anything, however
was always a pleasure to Adam
That is a blind self-seeking which wants
to be freed from the sorrow wherewith
the whole creation gruaueth and travail-
eth He was like the cock that
thought the sun had risen to hear hint
crow They male their way upward
rarely as geniuses, mostcommonly as
painstaking, honest men, with the skill
and c:nscience to do well the tasks that
lie before thein. Theirlives have no dis-
cernable echo Beyond the neighborhood
where they dwelt, but you are almost
sure to find there some good piece of
road, some building, some application of
mineral produce, some improvement in
farming practioe, some reform of parish
abuses, with whirh their names are asso-
Tt. •!..• r. r'..1 f••r cute,
fl-qi., .,, ..,r 7.. • ILLruut,
• et fi..ollr,
in . t'.;n , t `.1U::ttt••thala
1',,,••• :t :1 sear
• :u.trwl gar, . •..n•i.er 1'u or
twenty refute:ed. lino: cent' per
b x- Fur sale by all druggists.
TlnE KEY TO HEALTH.
small,
BURDOCK BLOOD
BITIER\o
Unlocks all the clogged avenues of the
Bowels, Kidneys and Liver. curying
sff gradually without weakening the system,
all the impurities and foul humors of the
secretions ; at the same time
Avidity 01 the Stto curing .
D
fineHeartburn $
s. Constipation,
Dryness of the akin. Dropsy.
of VLion. Jabtnd ce, Ben Ike=
Bsytlyelaotulaing
, Platte _ of
w Hs, S0*eart, Neeroafaes and tlfeaeral
DebU.ity ; all these and many other Simi.
of BIIBDOOIfi BLOODlar Creep ts yielain Id to the once
wimple Bottles 10c ; Regular size 01.
For sale by all dealers.
1. ■U3CR* St CO.. Preprlelees. Toros.*
oiated by one or two generations after
them (then there are who die
poor, and never put off the workman's
ooat on, week -days ; they have not had
the art of getting rick ; but they are men
of trust, and when they the before the
work is all out of them it is as if some
main screw had got loose in a machine ;
the muter who employed them says :-
" Where
-"Where shall I fitid their like i"
There is an unfortunate disposition
a man to attend much more to the faults
of his companions which offend hint, titan ;
to their perfections which please him.
Newspaper saws.
We call the special attention of post-
masters and subscribers to the following
synopsis of the newspaper laws :
1. A postmaster is required to give
notice by fetter (returning a paper does
not answer the law) when a subscriber
does nut take his paper out of the office,
and state the reasons fur its not being
taken. Any neglect to do Lo makes the
postmaster responsible to the publishers
for payment.
2. If any person orders his paper dis-
continued, he must pay all arreara_tea,
or the publisher may continue to send it
until payment is made, and collect the
whole amount, whether it be taken from
the office or not. There can be no legal
discontinuance until the payment is
made.
3- Any person who takes a paper from
the post -office, whether directed to his
name or another, or whether he has tab -
scribed or not, is responsible for the pay.
4. If • subscriber orders his paper to
be stopped at a certain time, and the
publisher continues to send, the sub-
scriber is bound to pay for it if he takes
it out of the post -office. This proceeds
upon the ground that a man must pay for
what he uses. -
• b. The courts have decided that refus-
ing to take a newspaper and periodicals
from the post -office, or rem.ving and
leaving them uncalled for, is prima far;a
evidence of intentional fraud.
EPPS SCOIOA.—QRATEFULANnt 7eye roe rl�o,
By a thorough knowledge of the natural
laws which govern the operations of digestion
and nutrition. and by a careful application of
the fine properties of well-eelcctod ('oto& JIr,
Epps luta provided our breakfast tables with a
delicately flavoured beverage which may rave
ins =any heavy doetore• bilis. It is by the j udi-
cicioas use of such articles of diet that a con-
stitution may be gradually built up until strong
enott�)t W rester every lenden.•y to dineay.
Hundreds of subtle rte+babes are fivat:ng
around us ready to atta&k where%er there is a
weak point. We may escape many a fatal
shaft by keeping ourselves well tort ified r ith
pure blood and a properly nonrie.hed frame."
—Cita/ Serrire Wizen a. —Sold only in Packets
Labelled -"JAMES ENV .f- ('o„ ttonnr"patl.lr
Chemists. London. Eng.'—Ala„ makers of
$pps's Chocolate Essence for after -neon ase.
1781
TO
BUILDERS._
KIQTAIL BRICK YARD.
A gnantfty of good white brick on land ani:
for sale at reasonable rates..
Thesubaertber is now carrying on the brick
making busla,es at the Kintail kilns, and wilt
give all orders which may be sent lint
most prompt attention. The brick is ,f t'ra:-
elM quality. and the terms are rt•aw.nahlt.
Address
JOHN K. McORSGOR,
Klatail, P. 0
The Great Arneriotzn Remedy for
CO UGHA COLDS, ASTHMA,
BRONCHITIS, LOSS OF
VOICE, HOARSENESS AND
THROAT AFFECTIONS.
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Doom oo•
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sirloin qf • mad its
midmost peetiole 4feet in ~kg oh -
atingle hoariest 0owths, is now teal
known to the p0Mde seeps
assn sp r.14,•..mase •15sr. Adra to ..+
hair ...77:002.76.e. end w .wa..
magi ars are
IrestatasSS. R Y, WA TSDONyeab CO.,
• err w•erwim ..i il�ttr.' rw.�
HOP BITTER
(A J1.dleia., nee a Drunk.)
COATan5'
HOP., BUCHU, MANDP..KZ,
DANDZLION.
AND TRH PCs11T ASO Bus t(ZDICAL QCALu•
TM 07 ALL 07515 Bimrau.
• TIIEY CURIE
Lil Dimmers of theatomaeh, Bowels. Blood,
Liver. 6idurys. sad Uri nary Organs, Ker-
vuurDws�cl le Complaints.
mpWntsU�ela]ly
N 1 OCOYetoaINoCOLD.
win be Mid for a ase they will met cure or
help, or fur anything Impure or injurious
found latbem.
Ask your druggist for Ilop Bitters sad try
thew Lenore you sleep, Take se Other.
D.1 C 1. en absolute:wndlrreeletlblerare for
Lruoaeue.e, use of opium. tobacco and
uarcoura.
Saab roe Ci1cvLas.
All ebe.o .tet4 by fin. ',ta.,
Hep muton 1111, Co., 11.sb..tw, N. T•, a Twat., Oat
LOVELL'S
Pr viii! g of Ontario Directory
s'✓P- i(151-18 -: -
rU lir: 1' l•1.1••! LI/ IN NOVEMBER 1881,
1, .,o,..
.. • LU.. ::•- :lite request of several
i,.u,;. a:,,. .• hers u; tit.• 1'., %ince of
Otaanu u! : he (':ty of Montreal. at,. begs to
anttuuncc 1! at ', . firm will Nadir), a PRO-
oNTAltlu l'IIIhl'Tot,V. in No -
telt, h('f ter]•, .01110 tout; e11
4,1 il3 `t !c - ;lirPfi.
1 •
ANi) A '1'/101:01'611
VAatrtsif iNt Buglnflss P17:1. tory
r• . ;e ).1,: t 11,c
Cleo.,, , • .:1.. 1 -- ti. u
Clore- f.ed:3::s;etbe 1 2 `y
• -•
•
CITY 0= MONT t
,AFTER THE T.
JOHN FITORY
Tl1ts Tlasmltb Is stili to the front.
I have pleasure to ssyyttee that tissptt. the 1 eoaveawnte 1 was pct tokin my Wilda". by
the relent fire in my ptwltsM, that I set stow lrhil lama again, prepared to give the greatest
bargains in t+ioderkh d5
STOVES, TiNWARE, LAMP t ;OODS
end every uther woe In the baa:ne- a
I would also relent my thanks to the Fire briaade sad ptupte of Uudtrtrh for the suc-
cessful efforts in savingmy property is my absence trom horny, et the late Ilrr
II
John Story.
AT THE OLD STAND.
D. C. STRACH.11a111
ti A. ItL4.•V LU Alb
GROCERY 33USINESS
To the old stand in the Albion Not it, formerly t• tori, tl hr bitn. at.en be it ill be pleased
to welcome all Ls 01.1 rwtoturrs and the public generally. A large quantity of
N1.\V. I't►L'H (Mt
A.
1'11E il' _-3 • TILL ''IIE.41"k.N7'.
D. C. TRACHA T.
I HAVE BOUGHT THE
HARDWARE STOCK.
MR. D. FERCUs0N
— 1T ,
VERY GREAT DISCOUNT!
Nearly all of as:.: Stock, ss well as tny ova o.., nal "•u.' , w., f.nngtt borer,. the .tdva.e
.f Mara etarr. i am tletrfore in a pen.w „ c,, end' (S sp r lila any utht•r
Senor he Ihr t.a.f .
• MY STOCK t tF
Farmers', Bllh1e1's', & t8llBr llraro
IS COMiPLE•:'E
we:ce I want•to run •,lgdckl'.
0011Z AIM IDT AT 5V0* MCZS AS WILL PLa6:E TOV.
Fresh" 'around 'Water Lime in Stook.
AGENT FOR BEST .'IEEE BA1:B FENCE WARE.
R_ W_ sys CICL.INZIE
17'rl4m.
HURON CARRIAGE WORKS.
T. & J. STORY,
ISVCCS1880R13 TO JOH,'. 11.0X1. 3f-tN('FACTCREf$ OF
the 15,.' „ -i' .; ... , . • of t� lar lttl nn C ' � _— .- 1". .1"-•
1e71 seal 1, given n• 1t -' ,,,.1 �n•w rantsrt
•
nsmee re•:,e•,tInily •,.' " "er:n•. of Ad-
vertising wood, known upon application.
JOU ' Li '1,1.1J i'uN JV LLbbL
stftC_ �a►. _ma k:,- _`1t'a _�. i��
r or sale by JAM as
(;kutt"r: .. • •
("hcewti.tt and , .t ,1 eta.
Q FOWLERS
EXTRACT WILD
TRAWBERRY
Cines Cholera, Cholere Norboa
aentery, Cramps, Collo, 8sa filo
dick-
ens and 8wmmer Complaint ; alae
Cholera lnfantum, and all Com-
plalnto pearlier to children teeth-
ing, and will Oe furled .quall,
aatreflolal for ad.iIta or eh(1r,M.
NS $*L( IN Mt MNOMTS.
T. MILBURN a 00.,'
Preseiseers. T•r.MS,
C affiaaes
ANY STYLE OF VEHICLE BUILT TO ORDER.
REPAIRING and J(IBJIINIi done with Neatness and Despatch, anti at Reas-
on tb:e hates. (:ail and 'sands, before purcl.aaing elsewhere.
J_ STORY,
HAMILTON STREET.
(KNOX'S OLD STI).
GRAND CLEARING SALE
Boots and _Shoes,
—A T—
CAMPBELL'S BOOT and SHOE EMPORIU,
FOR ON 1', ‘i ()NTH.
Previous to tock taking. My Stock is Large and well -asserted,
and
GREAT BARGAINS
will be giver
WM. CAMPBELL,
(3, seri ch, Jao, 13, 1681 1769
Daniel Gordon,
Cabei-Maer and Under1er.
(Mad Hewe en tea twenty, a(d Largest Steell this side of London!
PASSoa dumas,
Burs -Roost Orme,
Stea•Boentta,
RANT CnAiie,
LOClaess,ifrc,, arc.
N D a sars
y.c. will Sad s their advantage to my sleek 11 tit y seed a atoeCartielsest
et QOADON, Wad amt. was. Tw1 9eis+eh.
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