Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-11-15
HmpatIsnce.


II has been often remarkable how each
listener, unless well trained, desires to antiei.
/ pate the speaker in a conversation, and the
suggestion, sometimes wide Of the mark. il
very amusing from It's very irrelevAnoy.
Sometimes, though not always, this springs
/ from eager interest and oyerweening anxiety
that the thought should not be- lost, while
again, II arises from pure vanity that desires
to display its knowledge aud is most eager
where there is little to display.
/ Here is an old but rather amusing instance
illustrative OF this eagerness TO anticipate
this ready comprehension Of what is about to
/ be spoken, which as a lesson might improve
the manners Of many who are not awnre of
/ the rudeness Of which they are guilty. Now,
/ II the speaker stammers badly or hestates i'm
his speech 1t is quite annoying to the listen.
I er 70 be compelled to await the necessary ci-.
/ cumlocution alter the idea is fully convinced.
Aud yet 1t would be scarcely less absurd and
ridiculous for the stammerer to be cot short
IN the middle Of word, and leave tho rest of
he,sentence to be Indicated by nod
| In the Canadian House Of Assembly. some
time since, they had quite n spirited debate
on the bill TO prohibit tho use of hoops and
crinoline, introduced 10y Mr.. Aikena We
publish few Of the most brilliant PASSAGES.
Z NA'f - 'N'AhhOhh WAS hu hIutuh hutuiFef OF
hoops When he was n child of tender
| growth he used to trunde his hoop, all un-
conscious of the fate that was in store for him
Later in life he swallowed ring, which resnl.
ted IN hopping cough, and even now the
sight OF an empty hogshead brought tears to
/ his eyes.
| Mr., Brown complained that it was now i'm
possible TO choose wife, since her defects
we're so hidden by hoOps, aud enveloped in
.crinone, that The naked
Speaker-0rder.
Mr. Brown-Mr. Speaker
SPeaker-lhe honorable gentleman is out
Of order.
Mr.. Brown-Bnt Mr. Speaker, the naked
Speaker-Hold your tongue, sir.
Mr., Brown-The naked.
Speaker-Upon my soul, Brown, silence, or
lIl have you arrested.
Mr.. Brown-Permit me to explain, Mr..
Speaker When | said the naked
Speaker, (yeling)-Clear the galleries of
ladies', Mr.. Sergeant
Mr., Brown-If the name of the seventeen
graees aud fifteen muses., Mr.. Speaker, let me
apologize; | only meant to say that hoops
and criuoline have latterly reached such ru. /
I9ndancy, that 1t was quiet impossible to ar.
rive at the naked
-, Dchlu duu Dlue u6N- |
ils Stop, sir or | viii brain you with mace
Consider the improperly Of
Mr., Brown (Wildly)-Truth Truth truth /
naked truth was what was going to say.
Mr., Dunbar Ross understood his honorable
friend to say that people could not pass along
the streets without being insulted by high
waymen. No, surely the honorable member
from Lake Ontario conld not but be aware
that the character Of every member OF the
house was affected by such dam
Mr. Talbot objected to such unpariamenary
language
Mr.. Ross protested against interruption: |
He was going to say such dam
I Mr. j, Cameron-The honorable member
should not swear in that dreadful manner
Mr.. Ross-Wssn't doing anything of the
kind but would be tempted to il not allowed
to finish his sentence-but such a dam (order
order,) a dam (confusion) he would repeat
if-by such dam tremendous uproar)
Mr.. Wright stood up and moved, amidst the
widest confusion, that Mr. Ross be expelled
from the house for such awful language
Mr. Ross (black in the face) exclaimed that
DAMAGING STATEMENTS WAS all he meant to say
when he was interrupted by a fool
Mr. Talbot-Who's a fool?
Mr. Ross-Foolish ass
Mr. Cameron-Who's 8 an ass2
Mr.. Ross (widly)--Foolish assertion of
profanity,