The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-04-14
o'CoNNELL. AND THE scoLp.-,

IT'S talent for vltnperatIVe language WAS per
esiyed. an lhy some he was, neveni in those
days, considered matchless as scold How
ever there was at that time acertain woman
btcdy MorIarty, who had huckster's STA
on one end of the quay, nearly opposite the
-Four Corners. She was a virago of the frs
water, very able with her fists, and still more
formidlble with her tongue. From one END
OF DabliH to the other, she was notorious for
her powers of abnse,and eve1 in the Provin-
ccs Mrs Morartys language had passed into
currency. -/uI9 G94
The directory of Dublin slang had been con-
sideraoly enlarged by her, and hervolnbe
impudence mad almost become proverbiaI.-
Some of Connells friends, however, thought
he could beat her at the use of her own weap-
ons.e Ofthis, however, hezhad some doubts
himself when he hadlistened once or twice to
some minor specimens of her billngsgate.
1t was mooted once whether the young Kerry
barrister could encounter her, and some one
of the company Tin O'ConnelPs presence)
rather rldiculed the idea Of his being able to
meet the famous Madam Moriarty. O'Con-
nell, who never liked to be put down, express
ed his readiness to encounter her, and even
backed himself for the match. Bets were
offered and taken, and it was decided thatthe
matter should come off at once.
The party adjourned to the hueEster's sta
and there was the owner herself, superin-
tending the sale other small wares. few
loungers and ragged idlers were hanging
around the stall, for Bddy was a ''character, !"
and in her way was one of the sights of Dub
lia.sto rrwt rgannfB rgrt.afIf.
,sO'Copnelll was very confident, Of success
He had LAID very ingenious plan for over
coming her, aud with all the ardor of an ar
dent experimentalist, waited to put it in prac-
tice. At this time, O.ConnelPs own party,
and the loungers about the place, formed an
audienceqnite suffeentIto9 Mrs! Mort
arty, on public provocation, TO due exhibi
ton of her powers. O'Connell commenced
the attack by asking:
whats ihepree ofthis stick, Mrs. What's
your-name ?"
"Moriarly, Sirgis my name, and good one
it is, too--and what have you got to say agin
it?-and one-and -sxpense is the price of
the stick. Theoth, it's as cheap as dirt, so
it is"
hOne-and sixpcnce7 for such walking.
stick? Whewl Why you are no better than
an imposter to ask one-and- sixpence for what
costs only o-pence.Haa Z912Esis ,l.Ess 4
"Two-peDce, yer grandmother ?" replied
Biddy. tDo ye.mean to say thatits cheating
the people | am? Imposter indeed ?"
Gay, imnoster and it's that call you to
your teeth" replied O'ConnelI.
"Come, cut your stick, you cantankerous
jackanapes."
"Keep civil tongue in your head, you old
diagonal" replied O'Connell calmly.
stop your jaw,you pug-uosed badger, or
by this and that" cried Mrs. Morarty, "Pll
make you go quicker than you come"
r"Doa't you be ia a passion, 70 y old radius.
Anger will only wrinkle your beauty
"By the hockey, if you say another word of
impudence, I'll tan your dirty hide, you baste-
ly common scrub and sorry I'll beto soil my
fist with year carcass"
"Whew, boys, what passion old Biddy is
in protest, as | am a gentleman---''s.r
"Jintleman jintleman The likes of you
a jintleman! Wisha, by gor, that bangs
Banagher. Why, you potato-faced, pippin
sneerer, when did Madagascar monkey like
you pick up enough ofcommon Christian da-
cency to hide your Kerry brogue?"
easy, now, "eried 0Connell with imperH
turole good nature; "don't choke yourself
with fine language, you old whisky drinking
paraielogram." s-5t
whats that you call me, you murderin'
Eillain2" roared Mrs. Moriarty, stung into a
fury.
ri call you" answered, O'Connell, ia par
allelogram, and Dublin judge or jury would
say it's no libel to call you so" 3asa
sob, tare AID ounsl o, holy Biddy that
an honest woman like me should be called
parybellygrums, you rascally gallows-
bird ! yoh cowardly, sneaking, plate licking
Mackguard."
"0h, not You, indeed" retorted O'Connell
"Why, suppose you'll deny that you keep a
hypethenuse in your house,"
Its a lie for you, you bloody robber.. i
never had such thing in my house, you old
sWinding thief aL
"Why, all the neighbors know very we'll
that you not only keep hypothenu Sc, but
that you have two diameters locked up in
your garnet, and that you go to work with
them every Sunday, you heartless old hep
tagon."
OH hear that, ye saints in glory! Oh
that's bad language for a fellow who wants
to pass himself off as a jntleman. May the
divil fly away with you, you mincher from
Munster, and make celery sauce from your
rotten limbs! |"
"Ah, you don't deny the charge, you mis-
cradle submultiple of duplicate ratio"
"Gornse your mouth in the Lify, you
nasty tickle pitcher. Afterall the bad words
you speak, it ought to be flther than your
face, you dirty chicken of Belzebub."
Rinse your mouth, you wicked old poly
gon. To the deune pitch you, you buster
ing intersection of sinking superGces."