The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-03-21

"Nosa prap More" 'thout its
-. .Sweetened. r1 .


very common metphorical expression is
contained in the woIds, Z" getting the
hang" I,is Of universal application and
conyeniencs, and became popular from the
day offs" frs, appearance in the New
Orleans Picay une, ten years ago,as the nne
OF story Of "a western gambler in steam
ben. who refused TO refund certain monies
frauduleaily obtained, although made last
10 tn, piston rod Of The machinery, and COM
PEELED, every second, alternately, 10 Jump
and plunge backwards, TO prevent, IN The
one case, his heailhOm being jsrked oi.and
in the other his brains from being dashed
on, by the regular and powerful stroke.
"Let ms alone I'm just getting the hang
oil the mashinery,' he exclaimed, when II
was demanded, "wonr BOu pay back,
now!" 81. ..
And so 10 law, politics, religion and NOR
ais, science and art, The American people
have been getting he hang ever since.
"No, a drdp more 'thOHi IT'S siss'ieHsd."
is household phrase in q part OF Georgia
and Alabama. A man declines, with II, 70
renew a game ofcards at which he has been
unsuccessful; rustic expresses. by The ell
egant periphrasis, his determination 10 drop
the acquaintance Of some cruel beauty; the
little politician vows, in these terms, TO alb
stain, 10 future, iOm some particular course,
which has proven Improbable and so on,
through thousand phases and cases Of
commonplace life, i, answers ia purposes
OF playful bui decided nesiiion or declen-
sion for il,e party using il. In fact, 1t, a
rather liberal rendering OF Shahsperean
+" No more Of that, Hal. and thou lOVsf mi"
though mo,,ly by those who never read
Shakespeare.
We believe that our friond, Col l.. uaT-
alison, formerly Of Georgia, is entitled o the
credit OF The story on, OF which grew the
expression. lie tells il abou, thus:
Twenty years AGO, il was the custom IL
northwestern Georgia, as indeed J, was
throughout, the southwest, Cor dp-soods
dealers TO keep barrel OF "spire,s" In
the back room, aud to tTea, " liberal
customers to a glass wheneveT desired
Filens and DSwberry were such dealers in
one OF tho small towns dedicated and they
had ior a customer clever, IOllioking oil
fellow, named Joe Denny, who drank whis
key in p,IsrOnce TO wafer, always, and
whose wife was flesh Of his flesh in thai
particular. The old couple would como 10
town, trade quite freely, and quite Us free
ly imbibe the spirits ia the back room Of The
dealers we have named.
On ono occasion both the old man and
the old woman continued their pOiaicns in
o,dinaiely aud As Fillens observed tha, his
goods went better the druuker the old we
man became, he pressed her 10 drink. A.
las. She refused. unless he would sweetcn
IL with little STORE sugar The amiabls
storekeeper INDUCED her, and when
the old couple started home in the evening
lac, tho old man coull scarcely noun, his
horse, aud the wife had actually to be lifted
and placed on the pilliOu behind him. Hap
PLY. she leaned one way, and her husband
the other, so that the grayilaiiOn Poin, was
between them aud as she clung to him in-
s,inctively, they passed out Of the village
safely.
Before reaching their home, however, they
had to cross a small creek, and when their
horse stepped in 10 drink, the old lady hav-
Ing reached uneonsciousncss, released her
hold, and quietly lapsed in the stream be-
low Occupied with his thoughts, the old
man did no. perceive his loss, bni logged
slowly homeward. Arrived there the chill
drcn inquired anxiOusly for many" bur
the old man could only say that she hal
been on the "eriter" and tho {" criller
hadn't Kicked up nary time, so he couldn't
say where she moul DO ~ and threw him
sclfs,upid on the bed. Girls and boys Dew
along the rOld the OLD man had come, yell
ling many! ma-msc, bu, Of course no ma
my responded.
When they arrived at the creek The oldest
girl shouted" yoader she is, sitting down in
the creek !" Aud there she was, seated
comfortably in tho water, which came near
ly up to her mouth. Is she swayed back
and forth, now yielding to The imPeiuousi-
ily OF the stream, and nov resisting ii with
some success, the muddy adiI would occa-
sionally wet her lips, AM each lime il dId
so she would family cSclaim, with grim
effort to smile =" MOI dap more, Mr..
Fllens, thou, lis sweetened."
And il is 10 this romantic little incidoni
in the lie Of the venerable Mrs. Joe Denuy,
that we are indebted tor QUE OF our most
popular cOlIOquial phrases. - Montgomery
1iai.
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