Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-10-26
Impromptu.

One day, as DR.. Young was work.
ing in his garden at Welwyne in COM
pany with two ladies'. Zone Of whom
lie afterwards married. the servant
came to acqnaint him that gentle
man wished to speak with him. Tell
him." said the doctor, am too hap
PLY engaged to change my position"
The ladies insisted that he should go,
as his visitor was a man of rank, his
patron, and bis friend. But, as per-
suasion had no effect, one took him
by the right arm. the other by the left,
and led him 10 tho garden gate when.
finding resistance in vain, he bowed,
laid his hand upon his heart, and, in
the expressive manner for which he
was so remarkable, spoke the follow
ing lines
Thus Adam looked whom from the garden driven,
And thus disputed oras:s sent from Heaven,
Like him go, but yet 10 go I'm 10th,
Like him Co. for angels drove US both.
Hard was his fate but mine still more unklnd
His Eve went with him, but mine remains behind
Ben. johnson having been invited
to dine at Falcon Tavern, where he
was already deeply in debt, the land
lord promised to wipe ont the score il
he would tell him what God. and the
devil, and the world. and the landlord
himself, would We best pleased with
~ which the ready poet promptly
replied:
God is best pleased when men forsake their sin
The devil 10 best pleased when they persist therein
The worlds best pleased when thou dost sell good wine
And you're best pleased when do pay for mine
Burns. going into church one Sun
day and finding it difficult to procure
a scat, was kindly invited by young
lady into her pew. The sermon being
upon the terrors Of the law, and the
preacher being particularly severe in
his denunciation of sinners, the lady.
who was very attentive, became much
agit ated. Burns, on perceiving it,
wrote with his pencil, on blank leaf
Of her bible, the following:
Fair maid, you need not take the hint,
l-.sF+t Nor Idle texts pursue ~
Twas only sinners that he meant;
Not angels such as you.
After Burke had finished his extra
ordinary speech against Warren Hast
ings, the latter according to the testi-
mony Of his private secretary, Mr..
Evans, wrote the following sarcastic
impromptu:
/ on have VIC wondered that on Trish ground
| No poisonous reptile ever yet was found;
| The secret stands revealed in Natures work
She saved her venom 10 create Burke
DR.. Johns6n's definition on note
of admiration, (!) made on the mo-
ment, is very neat:
| Isee-I see-I knew not what
sec dash above a dot,
Presenting b my contemplation
| perfect point Of admiration
An old gentleman named Gould,
having married young lady OF nine
teen, thus addressed his friend, DR.. g.,
at the wedding festival:
So you see. my dear sir, thoagh eighty years old,
A girl Of nineteen falls In love with old Gould /!
To which the doctor replied:
girl n nineteen mny love Gould II is true,
But believe me, dear SIT, it is Gold wi,hou, IT,
Mr.. Fox, the great orator, was on
one occasion told by lady that she
did not care three skips Ut louise
for him." He Immediately took out
his pencil and wrote the following:
A lady told mo, and in her own house,
That she not for :" three skips Il louse,
forgive the dear creature for what she has said,
Since women viii talk Of what runs in their head.