Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-01-19
The Letter ii.

From series of articles in The Evening
Post, on the " Curiosity of Language" we
make the following extract on the letter
Il:
There is something profoundly lsments-
bic in the conversation Of Cockney. An
exchange paper gives the following ss the
direction Of an English father to his son ::
90 AIRY, 'op hup and 60 down to Mr. 'Arris's,
and hask i'm If e as bit Of hof hash or
hoax to make 'ammer 'andie." We can
remember something something about as
good, and quite true. An English actor
was playing Pierre, In "William Tell"
Pierre has the following speech "Hor-
rible Most horrible To save HE own
and Albert's life, Tell has consented to
shoot an apple of his own sons head"
The sotor knocked about the his thus
"'0rrible Most 'orrible To save is
hOWn hand HalbeIt life, Tellhss consent
ed to shoot han bsppls hoff is hown sons
cad"
Here ia the letter rs compliment Of
abuse presented to The Inhabitants of Lon
don:
Whereas, 7 have by you been driven
From House, from Home, from Hope, from
Heaven,
And placed by your most learned society
In exile, anguish and anxiety,
And used without some Just pretence,
With Arrogance and Insolence,
! eere demand Just restitution,
And beg you'll mend your elocu!ion.
REPLY.
Whereas, we've rescued You, migrate,
From Hsndcuf Horror and from Hate,
From Huntsman, HorBepond and from Halter,
And placed you where you He'er should be,
In Honor and in Honesty,
We deemed your prayer & rude intrusion,
And will not mend your elocution.
The cockney's method Of spelling saloon is
well known. Said he " there's hess, and
hay, and he'll, aud two hoes and hen"
A gentleman travelling through York
shine, outside Of q stage coach, asked the
driver the name Of very pretty village
they were passing through. The reply
was " Hoogreen" Being asked to spell
it, he reylied: 1--WE spell it with an
haitch and two hoes, gee, han two hees
and hon"
is there anything for George Hogdsn ?"
inquired young man the other day at
the New Yore postofice. I" Nothing, sir"
Three days did George ask for letter.
The last, day happening to watch the clerk,
he suddenly cried "Look ere I say
You're looking smong the matches and
my name begins with no y
Here is an enigma, the hsnswer to which
must be heyident to hail heyes:
HESGLIsH HESIGNA.
hi dwell hin the Hearth, and Hi bresthes hin the
Hair;
Hif you searches the Hocean, youTfn Hi ham
there.
The first of hall Hsngles hin Holympus ham hi;
Yet HI ham banishsd from 'Eaven, expelled from
hon Ugh.
But though on this Horb Hi ham destined to
Hi ham ne'er seen in 'ousE, in hsn ut, or an
'Ovel
Not an Oss nor an Inter ere bears me, halas
But oft ham Hfound on the top of Hass
Hi reside hin han Hattie, snd HI love not to
roam;
Yet hinwari'bly habsent ham Hi from 'Ome,
Though 'ushed hin the 'Urricane of the Hstmos-
phere part;
Hi henter no Fad, Hi creepInto no Fart,
Honly look, and you'll see hin the Hey HI ap'
pear;
oonely ark, and you'n ear me just breathe in
the Hear,
OfHeternity the beginning ham Hl : and msrk,
Though Hi goes lastwlth Noahs HI am first
IN the Hark
Hi an never in 'Eslth-'sve with physic no
power;
hi dies hin a month, but comes hack in a Hour.