Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-18
DANIEL O,CONSELL.


alton that the late Daniel O Connel ever
figured in, took place in the early part
of his life. Not long after he was called
to the bar, his peculiar character and
talents received speedy recognition from
all who knew him. His talent for yitu-
peratiye language was by some, even
lthen, considered matchless. However,
there was at that time in Dublin GER
tain woman-B iddy Moriarty by name
who had huckster's stall on one end
of the quarry, nearly opposite the Four
Courts. She was virago of the first
order, very able with her fists, and still
more formidable with her tongue.
From one end of Dublin to the other
she was noted forher power of abuse,
and even in the provinces Mrs. MORT
arty's language had passed into curren-
CIV. The dictionary of Dublin slang
had been considerably enlarged by her,
and her voluble impudence had almost
become proverbial.
Some of O'Connelrs friends, howev-
er, thought he could beat her atthe use
of her own weapons. OF this, howev-
er, he had some doubts himself when
he had listened once or twice to some
minor specimens of her billingsgate.
It was mooted once whether the
young Kerry barrister could encounter
her, and one of the company lin O'Con-
nell's presence) rather ridiculed the idea
of his being able to meet the famous
Biddy.
| O'Connell never liked the idea of his
being put down, and SO he confessed
his readiness to encounter her, and even
backed himself for the match
The affair was soon spoken of pub
licly, and bets were offered and taken,
and it was decided that the matter
should come off at once.
The party adjourned to the hucksters
stall; and there was the owner herself,
experimenting the sale of small wares.
A few loungers and ragged idlers were
also hanging round the stall, for Biddy
Was character" and in her way, was
one of the sights of Dublin.
Dan was very confident of success.
He had laid very ingenious plan for
overcoming her, and, with all the anxi-
ETY. of an ardent experimentalist, waited
to put it in practice. AT this time
IO'Connell's own party and the loungers
about the place formed an audience
quite sufficient to rouse Mrs. Moriarty,
ON public provocation. to due exhibit
ton of her scolding powers.
O'Connell walked up to her stall and
commenced the attack by saying:
whats the price of this walking
stick, Mrs. What's-your-name?"
'Moriarty, sir, is my name, and a
good one it is, too, and what have you
to say agin it? Wan an .sixpence is the
price of the stick Troth, it's chape as
dirt, so it is"
"One-and-sixpence for such a walk
ing-stik! Wheyl why, You are no bet
ter than an imposter to ask one-and-
sixpence for what cost only twO-pence."
"Tuppence, your grandmother" re-
piled Buddy. ''Do you name to say
that it's chateing the people am? An
imposter indade"
You to your teeth!'
"Come, cut your shtick, ye cantank-
erous ovid badger iv jackanapes."
"Keep a civil tongue in your head,
you old diagonal" replied Dan, coolly
''Sthop yer jaw, you mug-nosed
skunk; or, by this and that, I'll make
you lep."
Don't be in passion, my old radi-
MS. Anger will only wrinkle your
beauty"
by the body, if you say another
word of impudence I'll tan your dhirty
hide, ye bastely common scrub; and sor
ny Til be to sile my fist wild yer carcass"
whey, boy What passion old
Biddy is in. protest, as l am q gen.
tleman-
"Jintlemen jintlemen Wisha, by
gor, that bangs Banagher Why, you
potato-faced pippin sneezer, when did
a Madagascar monkey like you pick up
enough Christian dacency to hide your
Kerry brogue %
EASY, now," cried O'Connell, with
imperturable good humor; Z" don't choke
yourself with fine language, you old
whisky drinking parallelogram.
whats that you call me, you MUIR
therin villyun p roared Biddy, stung
into fury.
81 call you,' said he, ga parallelo-
gram, and Dublin jury would say it's
no libel to do So"
80, tare and Guns! o, holy Biddy!
that an honest woman like me should
be called parry-bellygrum to her face!
I'm none of your parry-bellygrums, you
rascally gallows bird; you cowardly,
sneaking, plate-licking blag9ard."
"Oh, not you, indeed,'' retorted
O'Connell.
"Why, suppose you'll deny you
keep rascally hypothenuse in your
housep'
"It's a lie for you, you bloody rob-
beri 1 never had such thing in my
house, you swindling ovid thief and
cherry shouted deludheaerl'
"Why, all the neighbors know very
well that you keep not only hypothe-
muse, but that you have two diameters
locked up in your garnet, AMI that You
60 to walk with them every Sunday,
you heartless old heptagonp 80
''Oh, hear that, ye saints in glory!
Oh, that's bad language for fellow who
wants to pass himself off for ajintleman.
May the devil fly away wild you, you
micher from Munster, and make celery
sauce from your rotten limbsp
"Ah, you can't deny the charge, you
miserable submultiple of duplicate
ratio -.
$50 rinse your mouth in the Liffy,
you nasty tickle-pitcher. After all the
bad words you spake, it, ought to be
filthier than your face, Yen dirty chicken
of Beelzebub p
'Rinse your mouth you wicked old
polygon. To the deuce l pitch you, you
clustering intersection of fouls and stink
ing superfcies p
you saucy tinker's apprentice, if you