The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-26

IhOulaS stone. ....
There is poetical account somewhere Of
sailor man WHO lin the ditty) swers hail,
thus:- ......''
'I,m Jonathan Homer, master and owner,
OF the schooner Mary dnn. I'D
She comes from Pankatank, laden with oak-plank,
And bound Tor Surnam."
A tolerable antthesis is produced in the fol.
lowing by the mere pronunciation:-
'rThe Yankee widow heave, sigh then Iemnently
practically maYhap const ructs pie;
constructs pyre
The first from mon evokes not cen a fie!
The last from stOid wood evOkes a fire."
Echo verses have occasionally amused the
most erudite writers in moments of leisure,
though they have also met with some ridicule.
Butler speaks of them as
"Small poets spay.foot rhymes
That make her (EchO in their ruthfu stories
To answer 10 mt'roRatories,
And most unconscionably depose
To things OF which she nothing knows"
Yet he Immediately attempts some echo verses
himself. and produces very poor ones. A witty
French poet makes good use of them in the fol-
lowing:- ....
Pour nous plaire, un plunet
Tout N usage.
Mals on trouVe solvent
Vent
Dams son angage.
On y volt des Commis
Comme des Princes
ApIes etre venus
Nuds
De eurs Provinces.
Here is an excellent echo verse;
What " Stua are they who pay three Euineas
Echo-Pack o. ninnies."
DIR. harrington wrote some curious punning
words for welLknown glee, whose music is,
believe by Calcott. The first lines of it are:-
"Ah how, Sophia, can you leave
Your lover, and OF hope bereave," etc.
This is to be sung with vociferoHs confagra-
4sN1.xr NhngiC \ hafra
"A house a-firel Can you leave"
Suggesting the ridiculous idea of person hesi-
tating whether to leave or not, under such cir
cumstances.
In like manner another stanza begins
GO fetch the Indians borrowed plume,'
which is to be sung some what as if it were
"Go fetch the engines"
We should Judge charitably of those ludicrous
pronunclatlons which arise from physical mis-
fortunes. OF this class is probably the lisp;
though it has been stated that some ladies affect
it under the impression that it makes them look
interesting, and is even better than Mrs. Mer-
dies "prunes and prism" to give q pretty posi-
ton to the lips II is further said that girls lisp
because they wish to be kissed and have been
informed OF an instance in which gentleman
relating this to young lady whose enunciaton
was usually distinct, was answered by her, Tho
I've heard thay." A cold in the head has
very unpleasant effect upon the voice as the
illustrate:-
"Oh! ask me dot to blow my dose,
By charbig ode, my ,owd
You bay DOT dow de paid feel
1t dever cad be dode! ......
oh blight we fly TO other scedes
Or dwell Id yodder star,
Oh! thed, bv lubly baid, id bliss
I'd strike by light catarrh!
CHoRUs-0h! ask be dot, etc.
had it a dose TO blow,
With such code as hab got,
All! would 1t blow 1t? Doe!
But see, de rays of cubbig david
Are gleabig on the dew
hear de Derry bugle hord,
BY baided fair-AT. TICHIEU"
A British gentleman with cold, and who had
also been drinking wine, attempted, some years
ago, TO make a speech at banquet given in
honor of the capture of SebastOpol. 1t is thus
reported:-
"BIsTER BREsIDED Although we wer' nod the
first pladt the British flag the walls of Sebasto
po Long pause NOD thSd h wish to 6fcH 6edrSct a
Fredch l bead (Another long pause bead (hicL"
lCrles of "Sit down, SIT DOWN.
He took his seat, exhausted by the effort.
The influence of intoxicating liquors on the
pronunciation is always remarkable. 1t is said
that degrees OF drunkenness may be accurately
ascertalned by the utterance of the words
brandy and water" For instance:-So6er,
brandy and water;' comfortable, "brany'n'-
watr;" lively, ''branwatr:" tresh "branwa'er;n
very fresh, 'bramwa'er;" tipsy, "bramwarra;n
very tipsy, "bramwer;" drunk, "bremWar;"
very drunk, 'DamWr-Wrr-Gr;' Stupluly uruuk,
"brr-enghph!" A person dead drunk is not
| capable OF articulation. The mere pronunciation
| OF the words truly ruraln has long been cOns
dered an excellent test of sobriety. In the city
| of Washington it is SAID that the shibboleth OF
| sobrety is the name National lnteLLtgencer. The
| speeches of intoxicated people would be very
ludicrous if they were not so melancholy in their
| exhibition OF human trailty. patriotic citizen
| made a few remarks, one day, on the subject OF
the draft. at we draf' men for'se war, said he,
| I'VE drat men tor'se war; # we lis men forse
| war, we lis men for'se war; admin'strash'ns
| unconstsh'nl, eonhscash'ns uneonstush'nl,
| niggers tush'nl, 'b'lish'n Dis
| Clumby's 'tush'nl; les g down ta' glass so
| then stushnlW
1t will be seen that the above had political
| bearing. So has the tollowing:-"lm (Aic)
| glad T. (hic) meech you las an gelm'n in zis
| 6eau'fl town. H'ra T. Gorsh B. (hicl Lincoln !
| Voice. Shut up, you ignoramusO. Whoa (hic)
| O-oever shays I'm n igo'grigger-nigger-ramu
| (bic) 'nshults me- I'm listed in e WI Wakes
| He he! he (hic). ATS DEAN GOO Joke. Ha J
! ma (hic). Pm goin o have my old cape
varnish an buy torsh N make torshlight 'cesh'n
Pm gon' % vote + canstutu cons'nl con (hicl
! who shes I'm tight? 'e lische! He! he he! !
| shink I'll g. 'ome."
There is sad story about a poor tipsy fellow
| who posed an excellent Sunday School teacher
| by an Unexpectedly pat reply. The sot had
| wandered bllndly into the school, and sat down
| blinking and disheveed, at the end of u seat
| full of nice tidy little Sabbatic boys. The
teacher, horrfed, SAID, with greved kindness;-
''Why. James do you know IN what condr
| ton you are H
| The drunken man replied,
''Yesh'm, IN IN tn gall O. bitness, n the
| bonds u 'niauity. Ash m smore hard queshns! y
An after dinner prosody has been compose, o.
which the following s a specimen:-
"SynalRDha is the cutting Off a vowel at the