Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-23
A Common Weakness-The Human HabI
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of Boosting.
The following from the new work of Re-
creations Of Country Parson, will be found
very true:
"I have known a man who had a couple
Of moorland farms hsbitually talk of his
estate. One of the commonest and weakest
ways ofvaporing is by introducing into your
conversation, very Familiarity, the names of
people of rank whom you know nothing
earthly about. How sad it is said Mrs.
Jenkins to me the other day, about the
duchess being so ill Poor dear thingl We
are all in such great distress about herl' we
all meant of course, the landed aristocracy
of the district, of which Mrs. Jenkins had
lately become q member, Jenkins having re-
tired from the hardware line and bought a
small tract of quagmire.
'Some time ago man told me that he had
been down to Oatmealsbire to see his ten
antry. Ofcourse he was not aware that /
knew that he was the owner just one farm.
'This is my parish we have entered, said a
youth of clerical appearance TO me in q rail-
way carriage. In one sense it was; but he
would not have said so had he been aware
that knew he was the curate, not the rector.
How cen Brown and his wife get on2' a
certain person observed to me; they can
not possible live; they will starve. Think OF
people getting married with not more than
eight or nine hundred a yearl' How dig
nifed the man thought he looked as he made
the remark. 1t was a fine thing to represent
that he could not understand how human
beings could do what he was well aware
was done by multitudes of wiser people than
himself
at is a cheap horse that of wiggins's," re-
marked Mr.. Higgins; it did not cost more
than seventy or eighty pounds Poor silly
Higgins fancies that all who hear him will
conclude that his own broken-kneed hack
(bought for f25) cost at least ESQ. Oh, silly
folk who talk big, and then think you are
adding to your Importance, don't you know
that you are merely making fools of your
selvesY In nine cases out of ten the person
to whom you are relating your exaggerated
story knows what the precise fact is. He is
too polite to contradict you and tell you
the truth, but rely on it he knows it. 81.
No one believes the vaporing story tolG
by another man; no, not even the man who
fancies that his own vaporing story is be-
lieved, Every one who knows any thing oi
world knows how, by an accompanying pro-
cess of mental arithmetic, to make the de-
ductions from the big story told, which will
bring it down to something near the truth
Frequently has my friend Mr.. Snooks told
me of the crushing retort by which he shut
up Mr.. jeffrey upon memorable occasion
can honestly declare that ] never gave
credence to a syllable of what he said. Re-
peatedly has my friend Mr.. Long6ow told
me of his remarkable adventure in the Bay
of Biscay, when whale nearly swallowed
him. Never once did fail to listen with
every mark of implicit belief to- my friends
narrative, but do you think l believe it
And more than once has Mrs. 0 Callaghar
assured me that the lighthouses on hel
'fawther's esteet were three miles in length
and that each cluster of grapes grown
on that favored spot weighed above @
hundred weight. With profound respect
= gave ear to all she said; but, gentle
daughter of Erin, did you think was as soft
as seemed You may just as well tell the
truth at once, ye big takers, for every body
will know it at any rate" l