The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-04-29
ORIGIN OF POPULAR PHRASES.

UblU4H Uf SUf ULAh FHRASES.
"IlousoN's CuoIcE."-This expression
is prove:bial both in Europe and America.
The story in its origin is :hus stated -
Thomas Ilobsou was celebrated carrier
in Cambridge, who to his employment in
that capacity added the profession of sup
plying tle ) u lon;S ut he University with
horses. In doing this he made it an un
alterabIe rule that every horse should
have an equal portion Of time in which to
rest as well as labour. Hence lie always
refused to let u horse out Of lis lurn, how
ever deSirous the applicant might be Of
choosing for himsc't. Thus the saying
"lloJsou'S choice, Ills or aoHe."
"BANKHUrr.'-Few words have so re.
marka!le II history as the familiar word
bankrupt, The money changers Of Italy
had, it IS snil, benches or stalls in the
courts Of exchange, in former times, and
at these they conducted their ordinary
business. When any of thcm fell back in
,hc world, or because insoycut, his bench
was brokcn-bcmch L0lcy0iio, WAS given to
him. When the word was adopted INTO
English, it was nearer the Italian than il
now is, being bankroU! instead of bank.
rupt.
OEIGN or TIE EpuuHr "TuUHcoAr"
nc opI'oo'o"N .e,"' 81 'uf"Co"I tooN
80 ''So ''o''' enc oi "'' "tS' Duhes 0i "a
voy, whose domimions lying open TO the
imcursiOns Of the two conicndin@ houses
of Spain and France, he was Obliged to
temporiso and fall in with that power
'I;' s""t wa" '''s' 81 'Nl,y 10 "'E"s," "''n' "c'
,o'c'"S u '"e success "' 'ner ."'mS
S"I's' I1, one "''2'"e'' 90 othg r'l"en'-
- o'''s'n ~ e''""9e Sues nc numerous
: |o' d co't mace '""' WAS o'ue on one
az" "'' = WI ''.T o'''r'' anu ''''EMt ue
"''.'e'eI,'! .I, Wv M9''' e''"e' sue "u'' "a !e
:" Wv 'P''''',' 'i'''eN' NC ""ro Tie ''ue
o"I' I'"' "o ""'Sc sue WIS 'ne
""e ,,.T', % ''o ,i ,1 'e"'". from from t"e",e he
I'',c" ','c 'H'"''"', y! way o' ",'
:" S"'s"'"S nun "0''' o'''c' princes o' 'he
S"'',' !'""''' -,
:, H''''' nc ""'~S sa"t''e'
,,"' .,..''I S''"'''c't. "'e S,"S","f recofGS o'
,"o," l"' T. Iot'e,S r ""u 'et,'''SS. o"u"'
,nL( ,:s;.a 49, ~ ~ ''TII' - s.''I'o'',, .S one
Ia "o ,'.,' i '"' iio! Luna ~ h'S' Il
,'''n I. o'.t.S' ~ e'''',.''o'' c'e" me-"
'''''' VIZ" ,"'" ~ 'o'''
&C.,, i"o'T "o'S Menus
,'',! U''' whose acres walked these blessed ieet
''1''' ''"''''" ""''"'eu years ago. were max
cd'
for o"r advantage to the bitter cross
By degrees, however, the making Of
TINS pilgrimage degencraIed into mere
worldly fashion, and every idle person
that Hked sirolIlng about better than per
i9r'n'mS the duties OF his calling, assumed
'he p''gnms stan, and proclaimed him.
sell bound Tor the Holy Land {: to which
very oL'ch ne never IN earnest set out
And thus this word forfeited tho more
honorable meaning it may once have
possessed and the "aannierer" came to
S'gn'ly one IDLE and unproli'abIy wasting
n'" t'ine' i"'tenng here and there, with no
LAed purpose or a'm.-IFench, on tie
oS""y @ "ofd$'
NPiNsrEHs.-Amongst our industrious
ana hugal ioreialhers, 1t was maxim
'Nat a young woman should never lie
married nn'I she had spun tor herself a
compete set OF domestic linen. From
'hS custom 1t was that they were called
sPIns'eT'' an "PPe'auon which they still
retain IN al leg" proceedings although
t:ow'"'dayS s' II wou,d be very difficult to
""" "o'n"" ehu'.eu 10 the name.
Joh, p C,ovrL r>.,o-1I :. C:.,:.
on Fr;Jav nirL, or Ias, na",. a." %H''"'''' Mnrn !;
one Of his anecJo,o. ''' !"
4 Ior,, lam ,,,a,, Vn,,l.,, ,.,,,.l
Jrng store and aeGnJ '''>'' '''''' "
BE Won the Irngger,,
"WeIl 'snoscso .,ulrnc.u
"WnI1 hry Won ,,at an" s. r,is ava
sceptip' s,n0 ~ ,,o c,Is nnt on ,h";, | Lon @
ker'chers ~ - ''N' ''"'
con vesn
VII n,u cor. :,
:nm,,, 90" >" I'm IN I."sp,"te ana 'o'u me 10
49, VIC nun mount !" Sce"tt1 SUN,
GnJ sa, r,"He .;, mt, SUNK sweet I! GoT,G
"1 ;"s, Ill 1U"iI In ~ sun, 81 20" 'o 'n'nu III
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