, 1863-10-23

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d. Geddea. ar Englieh clergyman and trans
1ator ct the Bible, is the n1'hor Of = very
amusing macaronic poem describing dinner
mtetibg At the London Tavern. He thus de.
scribeb the tables:
"sedimrs I'D teEcas tabulas longo ordtne postss
spoonfbue. ct kniyis shsrpis, furisque trisulels
stratus; cum largis gl8ssis, ytLoque replotis.
totei11s, ealtls, rinesazique czuctls.''
AID en- alter dioper speech:
''9hick-shortus sed homo (cui ncmen credo Be.
Upstartane medic. super ct subsellia scandena
Jod eonTentus ocn1os atque ora trahebat.
bteeeh,pocket one hand fills; totam tenet altera
Chartsm mo1csls plenam sharpisque reso1 y1s
! Teiba
Pass una sHcas! hear him 49, Move, more y pare
3! a.tera clamat,"
| But The most ingenious and curious pro.
ductions Of this kind ara found In our ecrau
hooks, Cleaned from out of.the-way columns
Of lie newspapers, many of then perhaps
| written by the best authors Of the time, but
unclaimed and dunacknoW1edged. TIE follow.
| dtg description Of dance Is very graphic:
| TEE POLKA.
| Qui nunc daucera ynl: modo
Waits to dance In the fashion. oh!
Disc+Ee debit, ought 10 know,
kickcre floor, cum heel and toe,
One, two, three.
|
Whi1ligfg, twirligig, 1apiae.
Po!ka,n iangure, virgo. yit!
VIII you join the polka, Mles.
Liberins-moet willingly;
Sic 9Eimus-then let us tn;
hnnc vide,
Nhiflabout, t6irlabont, ce1ese.
Tum ]mva cito, tum de1tra,
First to the left, then t'other way;
Aspice rttro-in yuItu,
Ton look It her, and she looks at yo7.
Das pAlm1u.
ChaSgc hands, mA'am;
Cele1e-1nn away. inst in cham.
'"Little Johnny Hosner'' has been put into
classical dress rs follows:
Parvus Jacobus Homer
Eedtbat In corner
Edens Christmas pie;
1Ese1uit hts thumb,
Exhahit plum. .....
Clamane, "Quid sma1t pner am I!''
It Is hardly m improvement on the origi-
Somebody with genius for investigation
has discovered that the unique and classical
saying Of 40, take your time, Miss Lucy
Long" WAS stolen from the old, very old,
edition Of the celebrated works Of "Masta
Gonsipg." and 1875 that the TEXT printed
and rendered from the original Latin NTH a
ffee macazonic translation Is thu: "ASA 9
"0hordm tibi ca,7e,
M Luciano Longt
0ea,pe diem {Whatbo -
De subjet OBJ my song?)
sin Congo sQuomrum <umno,
Dc niger snoraEn strong;
q, 1knpuS u1s Gumbo,
4MLuctana Long1 =
"Yah! cnpio IL attoze
III I.ucIana Longi
C1nfs lafr0k, He 70, roIly,
lee got to move along j
Here is little story with mo1n1:
vE1r FE1Ia-r7ous.
Fe1Is sedit By hole,
l1lentt she lum omni soul
PreGeEe rata:
Mice concurrent trans the door,
In n4tneto duo, tres, or more,
Ob1ftl cats.
Fclfe taw them ocu1is
III have them :-inquit she gucss,
Tue lila e1tpt toward the group,
H4beam, di1it, good rat-soup.
PinGucs eunt.
Mice continued all 1rderc
Intent they tnlodun yerc
Tune rushed The fe11s into them,
Et tore en- otnnes 1lmh from limb,
1rstaoicr.
Mu1es omues, Runc be ehY,
Et antem pfm mihi-
Sic boz iacis-" rerbum sat-"
AF9id s,Ed9osa 2 whoppiog Thomas cat
campaign Of 1874.
cE MEME yIEEx coos.
ace memo yicux roor nest pas quite mort.
II nest que eenlcment mapping
Je pence, myeelf, un1ees al tort.
Cette chosc est yet to happen.
"En dix .huit forty four, je gals,
Vous'll hear des curious noises,
"a nj hnf co 1bT4$0 ernf1 al