Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-10
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peculiar talents and character received
speedy recognition from all who knew him.
| His talents for vituperative language was
| by some, even then, considered matchless.
| However, there was at that time in Dublin
certain wOman-Biddy Moriarty by name
who had hueksterls stall on one end of
the quarry, nearly opposite the Four Courts.
She was virago OF the first order, very
able with her fists, aud still more formida-
able with her tongue. =, ,1 ,-hu..uHIL
From one end of Dublin to the other she
/ was notorious for her powers of abuse, and
even in the provinces Mrs. Moriarty's lam
guage had passed into currency. The Die
tionary OF Dublin slang had been consid-
erably enlarged by her and her voluble
| impudence had almost become pr0verbial
Some of O'Connells friends, however,
thought he could beat herat the use of her
i own weapons. OF this, however, he had
some doubts himself when he had listened
once or twice to some minor specimens OF
her billingsgate. ru'. .nu .. urI
1t was mooted once whether the young
Kerry barrister could encounter her, and
one of the company lin UConnell's pres
ence) rather ridiculed the idea OF his being
able to meet the famous Biddy. ... ..H-.
O'Connell never liked the idea of his be-
| ing put down, and so he confessed his readi-
ness to encounter her, and even backed HIM
self for the match. H.HCU lgi. -
| The affair was soon spoken of publicly,
and bets were offered and taken, and it was
| decided that the matter should come off at
once. ..tlY.a .-Ena rslI.- .. .. .if
The party adjourned to the huckster's
stall; and there was the owner herself, su-
perintending the sale of her small wares
| A few loungers and ragged idlers we're also
hanging round the stall, for Biddy was a
''character," and, in her way, was one OF
the sights of Dublin. ...a.r'J .'H
| Dan was very confident of success. He
had laid very ingenious plan for over
coming her, and, with all the anxiety of an
ardent eXperimentalst, waited TO put it In
practice. At this time 0COnnelrs own
party and the loungers about the place
formed an audience quite sufficient to rouse
Mrs. Moriarty, on public provocation, to a
! due exhibition of her scolding powers.
| O'Connell walked up to her stall and com-
menced the attack by saying y' Ir
whats the price of this walking stick,
| Mrs. What's-yOur-name? .if
"Moriarty, sir is my name, and a good
one it is, too, and what have you to say agin
| it? Won-anl-siXpencc is the price OF the
stick" sn l".a ..I
"One-and-sixpence for such walking
stick! Whew why, you are no better than
i I'LL IlUpOSUtT W HSh lUl
what cost only two-pence." fl
"Tuppence, your grandmother!' replied
Biddy. "Do you name to say that it's
chateng the people | am? An imposter,
indade !" mn .HH r.E.g
SAY, imposter and it's that call you to
| your teethm H..t .af O.
Come, cut your sthick, ye cantankerous
ovid badger iv jackanapes."
keep civil tongue in your head, you
old diagonal" replied Dan, coolly.
'SthOp yer jaw, you pug-nosed skunk; or
by this and that, I'll make you lep"
"Don't be in a passion, my old radius.
| Anger will only wrinkle your beauty
by the body, if you say another word
of impudence I'll tan yer dhirty hide, ye
bastely common scrub; and sorry I'll be to
sile my fist wild yer carcass"
| "Whew, boys! what passion old Biddy is
IN. protest, as am a gentleman" q
"Jintleman iintleman! Wisha, by gor,
! than bangs Banagher Why, you potato
faced pippin sneezer, when did Madagas-
car monkey like you pick up enough
Christian dacency to hide your Kerry
brogue?" .'HI rf-n0- ~
"Easy, now," cried o'Connell, with i'm
perturbable good humor; 'dOn'tchoke your
self with fine language, you old whisky
drinking parallelogram." tay' !
"What's that you call me, you murtherin'
vilyun?" roared Biddy, stung into fury
II call you," said he, "a parallelograul,
and Dublin .jury,would say it's no libel
to call you so." III ,p1" tt ll.uGG t..
20, tare and GUNS! Oh, holy Biddy! that
an honest woman like me should be called
parry-belly grum to her face! I'm none
of your parry-belly grums, you rascally
gallOws bird; you cOwardly sneaking,
| late-licking blaggard." gJHI ..Hfe ..I
"Oh,not you, indeed!'' retorted O'Connell.
"Why, suppose you'll deny that you
keep arascally hypothenusei in your house!"
| "It's lie for you, you bloody robber!
| | never had such thing in my house, you
swindling ovid thief and cherry
| deludherer!" 1g rs-.rE MoT .afJII. HHI
r. "Why all the neighbors know very we'll
that you keep not only a hypothenuse, but
| that you have two diameters locked up in
YOUR garret, and that you go to walk with
.them every Sunday, you heartless old hep
tagonp. u69 tn"la arW gd rui .mG W9HN |
s"Oh, hear that, -ye saints in glory! Oh!
that's bad language for fellow that wants
to pass himself off for jintleman. May the
devil flyiaway wild you, you micher from
I Munstar, and make celery sauce from your
rotten limbs!p 9Lt-9 1oHdoy'O tRI'oHH
b "Ah, you can't deny the charge, you mis-
cradle submultiple of duplicate ratio!"
"Go rinse your mouth in the Litfy, you
nasty, tickle-pitcher. After all the bad
words you spake, it oughtto be flthier than
your face, you dirty chicken of Beelzebub!"
4 "Rinse your mouth, you wicked oldpoly-
gon. To the deuce pitch you, you blus-
tering intersection Of foul and sinking SUI
| perficies ~ y hafu9wo8 stj iaaf1H u.
"You saucy tinker's apprentice, if you
4 don't cease your jaw, Pll- .Hitil A 3'UG
But here she gasped for breath, unable to
hawk up any more words for the last vel-
ley of O'Connell had nearly knocked the
wind out of her. u'iNI219l) 9di 2H0Gih
"While i have a tongues, III abuse you.
| you most inimitable periphery :. Look at
her, boys! ~ There she stands---a convicted
perpendicular in petticoatsl There's con-
tamination In her circumference, and she
tr.mbles with guilt downto7 the extremi-
ties other eorrellaries. All, you are found
out at last, you rectilineal antecedent
and equiangular old bag Y Ills you the
devil will fly away with,i you p0rteraswig-
ging similitude of the dissection of ver-
texN 9di dlfW b4seeId dBm org WI
i Overwhelmed with this torrent of Ian
guage, Mrs. Moriarty was silenced. Catch
ing up the saucepan, she was aiming 1t at
O'Connell's head, when he very prudently
made a timely retreat. lot s'poiisj1siiiu
frq''Y0u have won the wager, O'Connell,"
cried the man who proposed the contest.
"Here's your bet,H loil0q isfl1 19y huh
/, SALTY.-5A lady passing along the street,
pne morning last winter, noticed little
boy scattering salt upon the sidewalk, for
the purpose of clearing the ice. Is Well,