Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1835-08-06
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COLLEGE W.T..

COLLEGE WIT.
o. Of the best specimens of dog
Latin We have met with for some time.
isays the New York Commercial Ad.
scrtiser,) Is the following satire on the
address Of the heads Of Trinity College
to Lord Haddington. rs viceroy of Ire
land. and his lordship's reply:
Ptaceaf ErceAenfio fu0i-NoS nm
vostus. socii, professors, lecturores. ct
omnes, alii grassi pcrruquii collegii
saero-sanct1 ct individua Tnaitati.
juxta Dublin, capimus hanc ma,utinam
experimentation rogandi exoeilen,iam
tuam quomodo facts. Nos sumus rea-
los slapuPos chaPpos, ct nullsrn made
morsallem-cape. Nos sumos determi.
natl ire totum porcum, ct Tories Der
thickum et thinum. Refornaiio est
tee;otalIter omnis in meo occullo ct
Elizabeth Martin, nam nos stabimus
ad ma'rem churoham donec ornnc est
ccruleum. ct hoe est chattum. Ia
bebamus plus ad deere sed olfacimus
tuum Excellcntissimum deleunerum:
cras crit tempus agendi, nunc est b.
bendum. nunc Has. es tut champeynio
crackendum, nunc pedem, solutum
quassandum: ct sac desinimus cum no.
VEN tempora noyem,-Hippus, hippus,
hurrsye!
TRANSLATED. -
May IL please your EIceiieney.-Wc,
the Provost, Fellows, Professors. Lee
turers, and all the other big wigs Of the
Holy and undivided Trinity. near Dub
I'm, take this early opportunity Ct ask
lngyour Exceilency how do YOU do: We
are the real slaP-up-chaps, and no mis-
take. We are determined 10 90 the
whole hog, and carry the torres through
thick and thin. Reform is tee-to,ally
IN my eve and Betty Martin. for We
stand to the mother church until all Is
blue, and tins is the chat. We had
more TO say, hut We smell your Excel
lency's SJeune; tomorrow will be the
time for acting. now is the time for
drinking; now your TASKS Of champagne
are To be cracked. now we must shake
loose pot, and thus we end with nine
times nine-hip! hip, hura,
To which his Excellency was pleas
ed to reply in slow and measured die
ton:
Ego thanko quemque matr filium
de vobis, ct thinko. quod vos stunt ius,i
iiiis chappi qui possunt exfiunctifcare
radicales. Veni ab terra ca,.earum ct
bannockorum ad ederc vestrum Hiber-
nicum bcefnm ct muttonum. quod multo
melius est guam singedum capu. vero-
cas- ct ad pocketarc pauccs vestrorum
cupreorum. Non speako Laiinum pc
teum adhuc, sed ego capiabo unum
lectonem aut duo ab literatissiro
Thoma Gannonio ct tune ego dabc vobis
mentum waggum IN abundantia.-
Precor quod keepabitis omnes Wis opsos
sobros nam ego sum presidents Tempe
rantla Societatis ct ubi domi semper
dnnko aquam puram linsuens Ham
ardentem spiritun vocatum FaIiatosh-
am aut Ilayam donec ego 60 an vintare
meos AMIGOS. Precor igitur ataue
iterum precor. re faciie vosmetipos IN
toXioatos in culina- Nil plus habeo ad
deere sed dinna fac bcasties dc yosime-
tpos super meo vino.
TRANSLATION.
thank every mothers son OF YOU,
and think you are Just the chaps who
can exfidnctify the radicals. l came
from the land of cakes and bannocks, TO
eat your Irish beef and mutton, which
IS much better than singed sheep head,
and to pocket few Of your coppcrs.-
! do not speak Latin well as vet, but
] will take lesson or two from the
most learned Tom Cannon, and then
Will give you chin-wag in plenty. I
beg that YOU will keep all yourselves
sober, for ! am President Of Tempe
rance Society, and when at home I
ALWAYS drink pure water, leaving the
ardent spirit called Fsnntosh or IIay.
till ! go to visit my friends. beg.
therefore, again and again. do not make
yourselves drunk in the kitchen.
have nothing more To saw. but dinna
make beas:ies Of yourselves on nv
wine.