The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-09-16


"Aoihing lut the Ae0f."
Even on the field of duel his penchant for
l'unnin" would he visible in him. as onncarcd
IN his duel with Bob Eran. notorious bar
riSter OF turrans day of legal practice in Ire
land; on fighting Bob having taken dcl;bc-
rate aim, and fired before his time # lis an
'"@'"is'' Cnrran, and missed him. he DO
claimed TO Curran as to his honor bc;no sat.
iSlie'l, and was leayinr the cronra whom ~,
mo"ia'ely Cnrran ficcfiou~ly called out to
h'm: "tome back, until have shot At vour
h'""r. (0ur countrvman. vrrnacu!arly,was
superior individual in his conntrvmcns
oii"lon,hy their application to him of the term
honor as ''his honor ''your honorr"I
MA even illness could not suppress his
i""'"F propensity. as instanccd in his re-
loindcr TO his physician, whilst ATTENDING
hiH towards the removing a great cold fror,
iniiictlnE him. said to this tac,tious LAWYER
Mi '"fian. Hou seem to cough with diff
Guilty when Curran immediately sad to
him' hai ; wonderful, I was i,qcti.iog all
night"
.2".''. oar grcat satiiist. deemed it No, be,
meath 'hc dignity Of his great talents ;n1nl.-
ing IN punning in Dublin society. as in>tanr-
cd IN these two classical puns of his \ lady
III ms society having thrown down fiddle lv
h:;i," ol her m:u,,c aran>, it. he cxcl,iu-
G! Il hrH. -i9a''1. ra .,i<lror p;,a,o,, r;;,;sa
'f"''nI|. An! tia:linc in his SO :cty an
elderly -r1;!c.n1n having lo>t his s.,co.ari,.>
upon al cTc:.inr on wl.i~h it was raining. he
:sce'ioEs! y c"n>3,cd i:r upon Tie loss of his
-'':,.''s y >';ing to lim. tia, il the rain con-
i:'.;', d! al! Ei-li; lie >'.ouIl find them in the
morning an: quoting in confi~ml,ion of lis
+ III e. in:;mation the words Of The Roman
satirin-. '-No-'e i'ntto'a-ytdl.n.. snec,acu,a
n.,.,."
H. Trinity COLLEGE. fellows and students are
;'''!''icd 70 the practice Of runninc: in fact.
the rtn Is rcli>hc1 by all those who come
within tie walls OF Cur niycr>itv 4 nun's
l"F. ctla':on hv a student at an examination
III cur io.:r@c would rescue him ron, rrryi-
Gus condemnation of his examiner. and save
i'In from r0"'lon. \ witty fellow of Old
Trinity. finding a student at an examination
nna''" 20 solve question proposed for his
solution i'y him from Euclil's geometry. ad-
Vi>'l hiS having recourse to the plates to as
Sist lin in lis difficulty. when ic sorrow.u!:v
proclaimed the inn os,ibili,v of his doing 50
hy saying. Il an already M<l.d." a poor
j'f|"'r OF he name OF Fortune. whose answer
in- pTorol at dread fellowship examination
IN Trinity College OF a most disastrous char
acter. in respect TO his chances for Obtaining
he :hcn Object OF his false ambition. in con-
sequence obtained as a punning appcn;lace
20 his name ;Ec a.i;X q. ''Aii>"-arl 50 was in
future termed t. collcciar7 Misfortune.
-Nan election in our CoIlerc. whcrea, our
Trinity bows behave with DECREE of ,iotous
sivaci,y scarcely creditahlc to sobc,-mnlcd
individuals punning in life. On the occasion
a d:*;ingui>;cd scholar Of the house Of t,,o
name of olica was addressing Tic electors
in Tie great hail OF our COLLEGE. IN! confirm
ing 10 TO SO for a more lc1c.bcnc,; nc,io1
than was pleasing 70 Tie mind Of stulcn,
who was listening to his Grafton. when he
exclaimed. in Ills hearing. in the words Of the
poe; N;r@;;i-"O He' Jam Sa'iS.''
/ y rourh clcwni>h student, wit. broruc
cn his tongue You cou!d hang yo;:r ha: upon
translated The wor''s ''ru!licam ,i!la:n," ap-
pcaring in a passage oi one OF the ora;ons of
Ciccro-o p''j'ic lp''>e and 50 to his disaster
he blundcrc! forth pun.
\ student 1t u Trinity examination wittii,
cXcli>rd Ii wr2Hg pronunciation OF the tern
nli'airu:n to his examiner, 10y Guoling The lin,
Of; Horace, commencing Nj mirun." ant
which proclaiinS. ~ C!au,lius alone hc:n.
cognilant OF nj mirua.''
y rustic l.a'ni>t, stu,!cn: o; our Co.lcre
at an examination thus rendered the wy,l
Known h'icS, "i.'cG' m""'A't"'I'm "ft Ie'tH
mus i eo| monument h"'"'r iEan brass;
Wien ms facetlonS examiner proclaimed tc
i'm "ioa would Just answer for our Com
mons.'' And on the occasion Of the funcra
oi Doctor Troy. 4 late Roman Catholic Arch
1,,.tc, of IDul,iin I'm - .,,S~i,,, h.. tJo e.,
"''''oi' VI D"''''' III ''S t''''s'''- .: t"c i'""
u '''''' ~ "'.' was 'oo'' III