The daily Evansville journal., 1863-08-14
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A Chapter Of Blunders.

From q pleasant paper in "Once a
Week" devoted to SiI Boyle Roche, the
eccentric Irish orator, we make the fol-
lewiag extract:
Thus far the public life of Sir Boyle
Roche There is now another view of
him to be considered-the pleasant little
obiter dicta which have been put down /
10 his score, and which there is no rea- (;
son to doubt he really gave utterance to.
After ALL it is natural to suppose that
the coustraint of public speaking must
have fettered the bovine fancy and check
ed the more frequent introduction of the
conversational bulls, IN the reading OF
which he is supposed TO have had great
skill.
Many of these are happily preserved.
"Sir, / would give up halfway. the
whole of the Constitution to preserve the
remainder" This, however, was pariia-
mentary. Hearing that Admiral Howe
was in quest of the French, he remarked
somewhat pleasantly that the Admiral
would soon "sweep the French fleet
from the face of the earth.
By-and-by came dangerous times of
disaffection, and honest mems lives were
insecure Sir Boyle writes from the
country to friend in the capital this
discouraging view of his position: You
may Judge" be says, "of our state,
when | tell you that write this with
sword in one hand and pistol in the
other"
On one occasion, when the infamous
letters to the Public AdUertiser were at
tracing universal attention, Sir Boyle
was heard to complain bitterly of the
attacks "of certain anonymous writer
called Junius." He it was who re-
counted that marvellous art in gymnas-
ties, when, in tumult of loyalty, he
" stood PROSTATE at the feet OF his SOW
ereign." He it was who denounced in
withering language the apostate politi-
clan who ''turned his back upon himself"
He it was who introduced to public
notice the ingenious yet partially con-
fused metaphor of the rat. " Sir," said
he, addressing the Speaker Of the Irish
House, smell rat. see him float
ing in the air-but mark me, / shall nip
him in the bud"
1t was Sir Boyle who spoke in feeling
terms of the gentleman with whose fami-
" he was connected by marriage: He
gave me his eldest daughter, sir" he
said to one of the professional wits of the
Irish bar; "his eldest daughter, sir.
To him the wit replied: {" If he had had
an older one he would have given her to
you"
Mr. Curran used humorously to insist
that these strange bits of confusion were
all the result of careful preparation; per
haps scarcely crediting that there could
be found mind with such an inveterate
constitutional twist in it. In the Irish
House these sayings were welcomed with
uproarious hilarity. There was the ia
tions: II don't see, Mr.. Speaker, WIZ
we should put ourselves out of the wa,
to save posterity. What has ever pos
terity done for us?' He was little dis
concerted by the burst of laughter tha
followed, and proceeded to explain hi
meaning: "By posterity, sir, l do no
mean our ancestors, but those who ar
to come Immediately after them
His invitation to the gentleman on hi
travels was hospitable and well meant
but equivocal: II hope, my lord, if yo
ever come within a mile of my house
you'll stay there all night" He it va
who stood up for the proper dimension
OF the wine DOIIie, anu pFOpOSeu 10 L al
lament that it should be made compu
sorry that every quart bottle should col
tain "a quar-" Very pleasant, and ye
perfectly intelligible was his meaning
though it unhappily took the fatal bovin
share-was his rebuke to the shoemake
when getting shoes for his gouty feet
81 told you to make one longer than tn
other, and instead of that you have mad
one smaller than tie other, the very OF
posite."
Still, he could hit hard, and for ono
avoided his natural blundering turf
Mr. Curran stated that he was quite C;
pable of being the guardian of his ow
honor Sir Boyle retorted: 1 wish ii
honorable gentleman JOY of his sin
cure"