Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-23
DAILY LEADER.
The Terningant soueIehed.

n one ehd OF the quarry, nearly opposite Il
!, -Four Courts. She was a virago of Il
first order, very able with her fists, an
still more formidable with her tongue.
From n end of Dublin to theotber sI
was notorious for her powers of abuse, an
= even IN the provinces Mrs. Moriarty
language had passed into currency. Til
dictionary of Dublin slang had been cor
slderably enlarged by her, and her volubl
impotence had almost become proverbiaI
$ Some of OConuells friends, however
thought he could beat her at the use of he
own weapons. Of this however. he ha,
! some doubts himself when he had listened
> once or twice to some minor specimens O
her billingsgate.
1t was mooted once whether the vouno
Kerry barrister could encounter her. anS
one of the company lin O'ConnelT,
presence) rather ridiculed the idea of hi.
being able TO meet the famous Biddv.
OCOnnell never liked the idea of his
being put down, and so he confessed his
readiness to eneounter her, and even backed
himself for the match.
The affair was soon spoken of publicly
and bets were offered and taken, andit was
decided that the matter should come off at
once.
The party adjourned to the huckster's
stall and there was the owner herself
experimenting the sale of her small wares.
a few loungers and ragged idlers were also
hanging round the stall, for Biddy was a
character" and, in her way, was one of
the sights of Dublin.
Dan was very confident of success. He
had laid a very ingenious plan for over
coming her, and, with all the anxiety of
an ardent experimentalist, waited to put
it in practice. At this time O'ConnelTs
own party and the loungers about the
place formed an audience quite sufficient
to rouse Mrs. Moriarty, on public provo
cation, TO a due exhibition of her scolding
powers.
OConnell walked up to her stall and
commenced the attack by saying:
whats the price of this walking-stick, |
Mrs. Whats-your-name.'
"Moriarty, sir, is my name; and a good
n it is too, and what have you to say
agin it Wan-and-siXpence is the price !
of the stick. Troth, it's ehape as dirt, so
it is
"One-and-sixpence for such a walking
stick Whewl why, you are no better than
imposter to ask one-and-sixpence for
HuaI cosI only WO-pence |
"Tuppence your grandmother replied
DO you name to say that it's
chateing the people 1 I'm An impostor
indeedl6
GAY, impostor; and its that 1 call you
to your teeth!'
aCome, cut your shtick, We cantanker-
Gus ovid badger iv a jackanapes."
Keep a civil tongue in your head, you
old diagonal, " replied Dan, coolly.
"Shtop yer jaw, you pug-nosed skunk;
OF, by this and that, III make you lep."
Don't be in passion, my old radius.
will only wrinkle your beauty"
"By the hody, if you say another word
impotence III tan yer dhirty hide, We
common scrub and sorry I'll be
o sile fist wild yer carcass
"Whew, bOyl what a passion old Bib
is in l protest, as l am a gentleman"
"Jintlemen jintlemenl Wisha, by cor, {
bangs Banagherl Why, you potato
aced pippin sneezer, when did a Madagas-
ar monkey like you pick up enough
dacency to hide yer Kerry
'rogue2' :
EASY now cried O'Connell, with i'm
,urturbable good humor; don't choke
with fine language, your old whs-
-~y-drinking parallelogram." /
"What's that you call me, you muir a
herin vilyun?' roared Biddy, stung into
ury. c
Il call you said he, "a parallelogram
nd a Dublin jury would say it's no libel
call you So
ooh, tare and ounsl Oh, holy Biddyl !
hat an honest woman like me should be
allied a parry-bellygrum to her facet Tn
-one iv yer parry-bellygrums, you rascally
bird you eowardly, sneaking,
latelinkng blaggard!' f
ooh, not you, indeedT' retorted d
IConnell. Why, l suppose You'll deny
hat you keep a rascally hypothenuse in :
house!'
"1ts a lie for you, you bloody robberl n
never had such a thing in my house, you
winding ovid thief and eherry-snouted
y
"Why all the neighbors knew very well
nat you keep not only a %hypothenuse, but
nat you have two diameters locked up in
garnet, and hat you go to walk with
hem every Sunday, you heartless old hep
lyon I"
'Oh, hear that, We saints in gloryl Oh,
lat's bad language for fellow that want
pass himself off for a jintlemen. May /
le devil fly away wild you, you micher i
Munster, and make celery sauce from
our rotten limbs! =
eAh, you can't deny the charge, you 6
isersbls submultiple of a duplicate B
tito = v
$50 rinse your mouth in the Lily, you :
asty tickle-pitcher. After all the bad |
ords you spake, it ought to be flthier !
your face, you dirty chicken of Beel- !,
"Rinse your mouth, you wicked old l
To the deuce l pitch you, you
lustering intersection offoul and sinking y
lperfciesr'
"You saucy tinker's apprentice, if you b
ont cease your jaw III
But here She gasped for breath, unable
hawk up any more words; for the last I
olley of OCOnnell had nearly knocked
he wind out of her. :
"While / have a tongue I'll abuse you,
on most inimitable periphery. Look at =
er, boysi There she stands-a convicted .
perpendicular in pettieoatsl There's con-
animation in her circumference, and she
with guilt down to the extremi-
les of finer corollaries. Ali you are found
ut at last, you rectilineal antecedent and R
ouiangular old hagl IT'S you the devil 2,
I'LL fy away with, you pOrter-swigging Al
multitude of the dissection Of a veFteXi' =
Overwhelmed with this torrent of Ian
Mrs, Moriarty was sileneed.
]atching up the saucepan, she was aiming
al O'Connelrs head when he very pru-
emily made a timely retreat.
HYou have won the wager, OCopnell," Y
ried the men who proposed the contest" Q
Here's your bet" 7